Divorce the bad husband, store grain fields, and marry the emperor's uncle for the second time

After lunch, Song Yuan followed Xia Xiaorou's instructions and brought a stranger to Song Liu's house.

"Grandma, this man wants to buy your house."

"I heard your house is haunted. Can the price be cheaper?" The stranger looked around the house with his hands behind his back.

He looks like he's serious about buying a house.

Song Liu was secretly surprised that she finally found a buyer. "Nonsense, there is no such thing."

"A daughter from your village married my neighbor. I've heard about your family's affairs a long time ago. Stop lying." The man waved his hand.

It turned out that he was an acquaintance. Song Liu and Song Gaofu looked at each other, and they agreed with their eyes and had to lower the price.

"It was originally fifty taels, and now the price is forty-five," said Mrs. Song Liu.

"A haunted house, and you still want forty-five taels? You really dare to offer a price. Thirty taels, flat price!" The middle-aged man held up three fingers.

"Why don't you go and rob it?" Mrs. Song Liu was so angry that she was about to jump up and down.

The middle-aged man patted his sleeves and sneered, "You can sell it if you want."

He snorted coldly and turned away.

Song Yuan, chewing a piece of dried sweet potato, also left Song Liu's house.

The middle-aged man walked to a corner of the house, and Song Yuan shouted into the darkness, "Godmother, we are out."

Xia Xiaorou came over and put a small string of money in the middle-aged man's hand, "This is the fifty cents we agreed on. Thank you for your hard work, brother."

"You're welcome, ma'am." The middle-aged man took the coins and left with satisfaction.

After the man walked away, Xia Xiaorou patted Song Yuan on the shoulder again, "Yuan'er, go find someone else."

"Godmother, how much is the price this time?"

"Twenty taels." Xia Xiaorou raised her lips.

"Okay!" Song Yuan happily ran to the village entrance to look for someone.

Xia Xiaorou gathered her sleeves and stood in a sheltered place, waiting for Song Yuan to find someone to come.

This was her and Song Yuan's plan.

Song Yuan is a child and a member of the Song Liu family.

It won't arouse suspicion.

Song Yuan recruited people and she paid someone to act as a stand-in.

The person pretending to buy the house cut the price to a very low level, and Mrs. Song Liu would definitely not agree. If she disagreed, the person she invited would naturally not buy it.

If several people refused to buy after being invited, Mrs. Song Liu would panic.

The house cannot be sold, and the government won’t wait for Song Liu.

Finally, she will buy Song Liu's house at a very low price.

Soon, Song Yuan found another woman who was driving a donkey cart and taking her child to visit relatives.

This woman was of large stature and dressed no worse than Song Liu. She looked bold and strong and came from a well-off family.

This kind of identity is very much like that of a person who buys a house.

Song Yuan brought her to Xia Xiaorou, and Xia Xiaorou told her her request.

Just by saying a few words, I can get fifty cents for free. This deal is quite a good deal.

The woman agreed readily.

Then Song Yuan led the way and took the woman driving the donkey cart to Song Liu's house.

"Wife, this aunt passing by asked if your family is going to sell the house." Song Yuan pointed at the woman and said.

The woman picked up her three-year-old child and looked around Song Liu's house. "The house is quite old, and a lot of the lime on the wall has fallen off. How much do you want?"

When Song Liu saw that the woman had gold earrings on her ears and looked wealthy, she seemed to be even richer than the man just now. She was very happy and offered forty taels of silver.

The woman looked disgusted and said, "Twenty taels, please."

Song Liu's eyes widened, "Twenty taels? You dare to ask for that price? My house is so big, with brick walls, five big houses all made of big blue bricks, a big open space behind the house, and a big yard in front of the house. You actually asked for twenty taels? Madam, there is no such bargaining."

"I heard along the way that your house is haunted and that your mother-in-law died and often comes back. And you still want forty taels? If I weren't buying it for my parents-in-law who are old and not afraid of ghosts, I wouldn't buy your house. Twenty taels, if you are willing to sell it, then sell it. If not, forget it. But if I buy it and my parents-in-law are not happy, then I can't sell it, and I will lose even more." The woman rolled her eyes.

But why would Song Liu be willing to sell it at such a low price?

He gave up to thirty-five taels.

But the woman still disagreed. She waved her hand, picked up the child, got on the donkey cart, and left.

Song Liu chased after her and shouted, "How about thirty-three taels? Or thirty taels?"

"Twenty taels, not a penny more." The woman said without turning her head.

"You stupid pig, you cut so low, are you trying to buy a coffin board?" Song Liu jumped up and cursed.

Just like the man just now, Xia Xiaorou paid fifty cents for the errand, and the woman left satisfied.

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The next day, Xia Xiaorou took Song Yuan to secretly stop people and bargain.

This time the price was reduced to fifteen taels, and Song Liu naturally refused to agree.

In the afternoon, another person went to Song Liu's house and bargained even harder, directly asking for ten taels.

Song Liu scolded the man out of the door.

After that, no one came forward to ask the price anymore, and the news of the haunted Song Liu family's house had spread to other places.

Many people came to ask what Song Liu's ghost looked like.

Song Liu was so angry that she scolded the man.

Tomorrow is the 29th day of the lunar year. If I don’t sell the house now, I will miss the time for the county government to send official documents to the capital.

On New Year’s Eve, all official documents that need to be reported this year must be sent to the capital.

Song Liu urged Song Gaofu to find a solution, but Song Gaofu scolded Song Liu for not finding a solution herself.

While the couple was arguing, Song Yanbai and Xia Xiaorou entered Song Liu's house.

"Brother, sister-in-law, Xiaorou said she wants to buy your house." Song Yanbai pointed at Xia Xiaorou and said.

Mrs. Song Liu rolled her eyes, "Xia wants to buy it? Can you afford it?"

"Since I dare to come, I can certainly afford it. Just name your price." Xia Xiaorou said indifferently.

"Sister-in-law, how much do you want?" Song Yanbai asked.

Thinking that it had not been sold at the previous prices, Song Liu was afraid that if she asked for a higher price this time, Xia Xiaorou would not be able to afford it.

But the price was too low and she refused to sell it.

After Song Liu and Song Gaofu discussed in a low voice, she gritted her teeth and said, "Twenty-five taels!"

In fact, the price in the village was about the same, but she wanted to sell it at a high price to save her son.

"A haunted house is selling for such a high price? No, I'll only give you eight taels." Xia Xiaorou said with a raised eyebrow.

"Xia, you are so shameless. How dare you cut so low?" Song Liu jumped up and cursed.

"I'll go back to Brother Yanbai's house first. If you agree to sell it, then sell it. If you don't agree, then forget it. I'm not in a hurry anyway." After Xia Xiaorou said this, she turned around and left.

"Brother and sister-in-law, your house can't be sold anyway, so just leave it there. But Wenshan won't wait for anyone. Do you really want him to be beheaded? These eight taels of silver are not to save Wenshan, but to save you. If Wenshan is beheaded, your land will have to pay double tax, and the extra money every year can buy several houses like yours." Song Yanbai said according to Xia Xiaorou's instructions, "It is important to collect the silver quickly. One tael is one tael, and you can't think it's too little."

His reminder made Song Liu, who was already panicking, take a deep breath.

Yes, that’s right. This money was not used to buy the life of her second son Song Wenshan, but the lives of her entire family.

If the second son was beheaded, the eldest son's family would have no good life in the future.

The eldest son will hate her to death.

The reduced income of the whole family will only be more than the price of this house.

After thinking it over, she agreed, "8 taels is 8 taels, tell her to buy it right away!"

Song Gaofu tried to stop him, but was hit on the arm by Song Liushi. "Think about the eldest son. If something happens to the second son, what will happen to the eldest son? We have to spend every penny we have now."