After being rejected, he emptied the mansion and went into exile

"Hey, look, isn't that the eldest daughter of the Shen family?"

"Really? I think it's a girl."

"What you said, isn't the eldest daughter of the Shen family a girl?"

"Oh, haha. That's true. I always see her wearing men's clothes, and it's hard to get used to it for a while."

"The one next to her should be the eldest son of the Shen family, right?"

"It looks like he should be. I heard their eldest son is fifteen."

"I heard he passed the imperial examination and was the top scholar. He should have been a high-ranking official."

"Yes, he's very handsome. Who would dare to marry him now?"

"Who said that? A few days ago, I saw several little girls in the village surrounding Shen Zhizheng."

"Haha, whose family is it?"

"That guy..."

"Where are they going?"

"I do not know."

"Don't tell me, although the eldest daughter of the Shen family is not as pretty as the second daughter, her figure is also good."

"How many people can compare to the Second Miss of the Shen family? Even the fairy Chang'e is probably not as good as her."

"Yes, you see, although the young lady doesn't like to laugh..."

"Stop talking now, the eldest lady of the Shen family is coming."

The Shen family lives at the northernmost end of the village, where there are no other families except theirs.

The exit of the village is on the south side, and anyone from the Shen family will pass by the village entrance when going out.

The village chief's house is located in the middle of the village. There is a road crossing there that is very busy every day.

The weather is getting colder now. Although it has never snowed in Quzhou, you still need to wear thin cotton clothes when the temperature is low.

The villagers entered winter and there were no entertainment activities.

The only way to pass the time is to bask in the sun and chat.

There is a good place to sunbathe not far from the village chief's door.

Normally, it is also the place where villagers hold meetings.

There are not only women and old people there, but also young wives.

Shen Jinyao was planning to go to the village chief's house today. On the way from Shen's house to the village chief's house, she would definitely pass by the group of people basking in the sun.

These people are equivalent to the intelligence station in the village.

In the village or outside the village, as long as someone knows about it, there are no secrets here.

They would exchange secrets with each other and also spread the secrets they knew.

They will bring out what they know for public discussion, and may even exaggerate the situation during the discussion.

Of course Shen Jinyao had heard of this kind of organization, and every time she saw one, she would pretend to be calm and walk past them.

"Aunt Niu, are you basking in the sun?"

"Auntie Li, are you sitting down?"

"Yes, I'm going to the village chief's house."

Shen Jinyao greeted some familiar people calmly, then walked past the crowd with a faint smile on her face.

Shen Jinyao greeted with a smile, and Shen Zhizheng nodded behind him.

"What do you think the two of them were doing at the village chief's house?"

"I guess she's planning to do something again. Humph, a girl has a lot to take care of."

"Hey, isn't it the time you took people's money some time ago?"

"Isn't it my duty to take the money from you?"

"Stop arguing. If you don't believe me, let's go and listen."

……

Shen Jinyao and Shen Zhizheng came to the home of the village chief, Uncle Li. Shen Zhizheng knocked on the door of the yard. After Uncle Li saw the two of them, he took them into the yard.

In fact, Uncle Li has been waiting for Shen Jinyao.

He was curious about potato seeds.

But he also felt that he might have been fooled by that girl, so he could only sulk at home and make wild guesses.

"Uncle Li."

Shen Jinyao and Shen Zhizheng greeted the village chief, who waved his hand and motioned them to sit down.

"Why are you two here today?"

It was obvious that Uncle Li was speaking to Shen Jinyao.

He didn't even look at Shen Jinyao.

Shen Zhizheng did not answer directly, but looked at his sister Shen Jinyao.

Shen Jinyao and her elder brother have already discussed this matter at home.

At this point, Shen Zhizheng didn't want to say anything, but let Shen Jinyao speak first.

Shen Jinyao smiled and said, "Uncle Li, my brother and I came here today to talk to you about growing potatoes."

Uncle Li looked at Shen Jinyao and said, "Oh? Tell me in detail."

Shen Jinyao: "If we want to plant potatoes, we have to plant them now. Good land can be used to plant two crops a year."

When Uncle Li heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised. How could potatoes be grown so easily?

Shen Jinyao explained: "This is a food that can be used as a staple food and has many uses."

Uncle Li: "How do we plant it?"

When Shen Jinyao heard this, she didn't laugh but paused.

When Uncle Li frowned, Shen Jinyao began to speak: "Before we talk about planting potatoes, Jinyao wants to ask about the land in our village."

When Uncle Li heard about the land, his brows relaxed.

He said: "The land around the village has been divided up. If you want to farm, you can farm the land outside the village. You just have to open it up yourself."

Shen Jinyao understood as soon as she heard it. They were talking about wasteland.

The wasteland is actually fine, mainly because the wasteland here is full of weeds.

These weeds can nourish the soil, so there should be no problem growing potatoes on the land here.

But the village chief didn't know that potatoes are not picky about the land.

Especially since these potatoes are from her space, the quality is very high.

So Shen Jinyao pretended to know nothing and said, "Then how should we divide this land?"

Uncle Li: "Outsiders don't get any land, they can only contract it. Two taels of silver per mu of land."

Shen Jinyao didn't know the price, but her intuition told her that this land should not be cheap.

It was grass, after all.

It's not cultivated land.

Shen Jinyao: "Uncle Li, can you take on as much as you want?"

Uncle Li said in confusion: "Yes, how much do you want to contract?"

Shen Jinyao pretended to think, then said, "Well, Uncle Li, I'm a little short of money right now..."

Uncle Li: "This land belongs to the imperial court. I can't help you."

"If you don't have the money to contract the land, just give the potato seeds to someone else to plant."

Shen Jinyao smiled and said, "Uncle Li, I want to give you these seeds, but you need to buy them from me."

"Not only is the price affordable, but if you really don't want to plant, you can help us plant for us and we'll pay you for it."

Uncle Li disagreed, "Huh, you don't even have the money to contract the land, how are you going to pay the workers?"

Shen Jinyao seemed a little embarrassed. "Uncle Li is right. This is indeed a difficult matter. What do you think, big brother?"

Shen Zhizheng said: "How about we think of a solution?"

Shen Jinyao: "Yes, brother, you are right. We can go to General Xiang to borrow money."

Shen Zhizheng blinked his eyes. When did he say he was going to borrow money from General Xiang?

But when Uncle Li heard this, he really thought it was Shen Zhizheng's idea.

I can't help but think that Shen Zhizheng and General Xiang have a good relationship.

In addition, there were rumors heard a few days ago that Shen Jinyao and General Xiang had just broken off their engagement.

Shen Jinyao and Shen Zhizheng came out of Uncle Li's house.

In just half an hour, everyone in Wuhe Village knew that the Shen family was going to plant potatoes.

The money that the Shen family used to contract the land was borrowed from General Guan Xiang.