The young couple from the farm fights back

After lunch, Zhou Chunfeng and Dashuan took some purple yams and drove the ox cart to the town.

After Jiang Li coaxed the three children to sleep, she went to the main room to chat with Uncle Zhou and Aunt Hu. During the chat, Aunt Hu taught Jiang Li how to sew shoe soles.

Jiang Li has always been open to learning a craft. She was not a girl who grew up in a pampered environment. In the future, she could make the soles of her own shoes, which would save her more than ten cents per pair.

Seeing how quickly she picked up things, Aunt Hu couldn't help but smile and praise her, "Look at how skillful you are. You won't have to buy Chunfeng's shoe soles anymore."

Jiang Li was teased without blushing or getting angry. It was just a habit. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, she and Zhou Chunfeng were a serious couple.

"That is, isn't it his blessing."

Even Uncle Zhou Er praised her cheerful and frank nature, saying that she was an excellent mistress of the house.

In the late afternoon, the sound of an ox cart was finally heard outside the yard. Jiang Li quickly got up and went to open the gate.

"Sister-in-law~"

"Hey, you're back." Jiang Li couldn't help but blink when she saw that they were the only two people there.

Zhou Chunfeng got out of the carriage and said, "The shopkeeper's carriage is at the back."

As soon as Zhou Chunfeng finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves was heard from afar. Looking over, he saw the owner of Kanglin Hall sitting in front of an open carriage.

The man driving the horse should be a shop assistant, and there were two burly men accompanying him, who should be the shopkeeper's men to escort the carriage.

Dashuan pulled the ox cart to the side to make way for the shopkeeper's carriage.

The shopkeeper got off the carriage and looked around curiously at the newly renovated courtyard with a kind smile on his face.

"Boss, please come in." Zhou Chunfeng walked towards the yard towards the boss.

Jiang Li politely stepped aside. At this time, Uncle Zhou and Aunt Hu also came out from the main room.

During this period, the owner of Kanglintang became very familiar with the men of the two families. Jiang Li had only been to the shop once, but the owner also recognized her.

The shopkeeper and Uncle Zhou exchanged a few pleasantries before asking, "I heard you two found some good stuff in the mountains today."

Uncle Zhou Er gestured to a few bolts of yam placed by the yard. "Indeed, they are said to be top-quality purple yams. They are valuable, and we country farmers wouldn't want to leave them lying around, lest they become targets of thieves. So, we sent our two sons to town to find you, the shopkeeper, and exchange the good ones for cash so we can keep them safe."

In fact, when he first entered the yard, the shopkeeper saw several large bundles of yams at a glance.

Purple yam is rare and expensive, but unexpectedly, these two families were lucky enough to find so many wild purple yams at once.

Zhou Chunfeng came to Jiang Li and whispered to her, "One ounce and one pound, is that okay?"

Jiang Li raised her eyebrows in amusement: "Okay!"

The price was totally beyond her expectations.

Dashuan glared at his white teeth the entire time, his heart ablaze with excitement. Earlier in the shop, Da Ge had already agreed on a price with the owner: one pound for one ounce of silver. This pile of yams must have weighed at least two hundred pounds.

[Oh my goodness, I've never seen what a hundred taels looks like in my entire life!]

The shopkeeper checked carefully and thought to himself that they were indeed all good stuff.

It was a bit pricey at one ounce of silver, but the selling price could be multiplied several times over. It was a nourishing herb that only the rich and powerful could savor. It had to be said that before he could even get his hands on the iron stick yams, a wealthy man from the county town happened to be back in town on business and bought them for several times the price.

Afterwards, many wealthy people in the county went back to their hometown to find the clinic, just to buy some iron stick yam.

Therefore, the shopkeeper knew that there was no need to worry about the way to resell the purple yam this time.

After all, after several transactions, the price had been agreed upon. The shopkeeper no longer brought up the high price during the conversation and asked the clerk to take out the beam scale from the car to weigh the goods carefully.

Zhou Chunfeng, Dashuan, and two other men helped the servants carry the scales. After a busy day, they weighed a total of 223 kilograms.

At Jiang Li's signal, Zhou Chunfeng generously eliminated the three-jin change and only accepted two hundred and twenty jin in cash.

The shopkeeper has discovered the problem now. The little lady who seems to be quiet and well-mannered is probably the head of the family. People around her basically act according to her instructions.

Yes, she is a courageous woman who knows how to save face for the man in charge in front of outsiders.

When I came, I had already agreed with the shopkeeper that he would not accept 100-tael silver notes, so the shopkeeper prepared several 50-tael notes and 50-tael change.

Both parties went into the main hall to make the delivery. The shopkeeper took a sip of tea, and seeing that it was getting late, he got on the carriage and left in a hurry without saying a few words.

The news that the owner of the town's medicine shop personally came to collect yams spread again in Shilitun before the owner left.

The villagers were all jealous of the Zhou family's eldest branch. It was also said that Zhou Ershu's family was now close to the Zhou family and making money from them.

The clan leader and some elders could not help but look at each other, feeling uncomfortable as if they had swallowed a sour nut, and regretted not having established a good relationship with the eldest branch of the Zhou family.

Earlier, Jiang Li and Uncle Zhou had agreed on the division of this batch of purple yams. Uncle Zhou's family would get 30%. It was true that this 30% was the money their family earned by following the right person, and it was not a good idea to ask for more.

Jiang Li and Zhou Chunfeng had no objection to Uncle Zhou's family taking 30%. In fact, even if Uncle Zhou took 40%, they would still be willing. The important thing was that Uncle Zhou's family, the eldest branch of the family that depended on them, needed to be maintained.

The villagers didn't know how much the batch of yams sold by the eldest wife today was worth. Most of them guessed it was dozens of taels of silver. After all, the small bundle that Jiang brought back last time was worth eight taels. Anyone who went up the mountain could make a few taels of silver.

It seems that Zhou Lao Da's family has had a turn for the better. They have earned more money in just a few trips up the mountain than others have saved in their entire lives.

This is what happened, and this is what happened. More and more people in the village were jealous, and some also wanted to curry favor with the eldest wife of the Zhou family so that they could go up the mountain with them and share in the good things.

As soon as the news got out, Lin was furious again. However, because she had a distinguished guest at home and her daughter was there to comfort her, she had to suppress her bitterness. However, she also cursed the eldest wife in her heart, saying that she was so cruel as to take all the good things in the mountains for herself.

When Ouyang Xuan opened his eyes again, he saw the old and yellowed mosquito net, and he was lying in a simple house. His mind quickly recalled that he was rescued from the river by a kind-hearted person this morning.

Cough cough——.

Ouyang Xuan clenched his fists, pressed them against his nose, coughed lightly twice, and forced himself to get up from the kang.

Just then, Zhou Xingyue came in with a bowl of medicine in both hands.

Seeing this, he quickly put the medicine bowl aside and went forward to help with a worried look on his face.

"Sir,—"

Ouyang Xuan subconsciously put away his elbow, probably because men and women should not touch each other.

Zhou Xingyue's eyes froze for a moment, then she smiled serenely again and asked softly, "Sir, are you feeling better?"

"Thank you, Miss Zhou." Ouyang Xuan coughed again and nodded gratefully: "I'm already well. Thank you for your concern, Miss Zhou."

"It's okay. As long as you feel better, young master." Zhou Xingyue said, picking up the medicine bowl again and handing it to Ouyang Xuan.

"The medicine has cooled down. Please drink it first. It will help to dispel the cold in your body."

Ouyang Xuan gratefully took the medicine bowl and said, "Okay."

The young man took two sips of the bitter medicine. Since he was old enough to understand, he had never been so close to a girl. For a moment, he was a little at a loss.

But thinking of the tribesmen he had lost, he quickly asked, "Excuse me, Miss Zhou, is this village close to the city?"

"Our Shili Village is the closest to town. Young Master, do you wish to contact your family as soon as possible? However, you are still weak at the moment. How about I ask my third brother to go to town to find your family, and then bring them back to Shili Village to pick you up."

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Xuan finally smiled warmly. The young man was like a fairy returning from the spring breeze, with an elegant temperament and so clean that people couldn't bear to touch him.

Zhou Xingyue was fascinated for a moment, but quickly retracted her gaze, fearing that her boldness would scare Master Ouyang.