Divorcing your wife might feel good for a moment, but seeing me make money will make you regret it f

Xu Qing told his family about going to the yamen the next day, and specifically told Zhou Chenggong that they would go together the next day.

After spending some time together, Xu Baobao, Xu Zhenzhen, and their little teacher Zhou Chenggong have become good friends.

Hearing that Zhou Chenggong was leaving, they were all reluctant to let him go: "Chenggong, will you come back? If you don't come back, who will we learn to read from?"

Zhou Chenggong didn't know if he would be able to come out again after returning this time, but he had to go back.

He personally recorded the herbal medicine prepared by Aunt Xu and observed how she cooked it before he went back to help his father.

Therefore, he did not answer the two girls.

Xujia Village is currently free of disease, and residents rarely go out.

He didn't know much about what was happening outside, nor did he know how serious the disease was. If he hadn't gone to the job fair today, Xu Qing wouldn't have had a real understanding of it.

She stretched her sore shoulders and prepared to go back to her room to sleep.

Xu Gong stopped her with a bitter face: "Little sister, are you still buying those black lumps and fern root powder? We're almost out of space in the house. Wangcai is tired of them. Now it would rather eat grass than those black lumps."

And what's the point of collecting that fern root powder? We can't even finish all the rice we eat."

Xu Qing hadn't paid attention to this matter recently. Since her second brother hadn't mentioned it, she assumed that all the black truffles had been dug up, so no one was sending them over.

She walked into Xu Jian's room with a pleasant surprise, only to find the room piled up to the brim, with half of the bed covered in stuff, and Xu Jian lying on the other half of the bed.

"Second brother, just accept whatever people bring. I'll take these to town to sell tomorrow and make a profit."

"Please move some things into my room tonight; I can't sleep at all."

Xu Gong never objected to his younger sister's words; he did whatever she said.

Anyway, following the younger sister means you'll get to eat meat.

He carried six bags and piled them in the corner.

When Xu Qing opened it, he found it was full of black truffles, though they were slightly smaller than the previous ones.

[Ding! Pure, natural, pollution-free wild black truffles detected. Price: 800 wen per jin (500g). Want to sell?]

【Yes! 】

The previous ones were larger and were premium black truffles, but these are smaller and 200 coins cheaper. However, these six bags weigh a full 300 catties! They sold for 240 taels of silver.

There were at least a dozen bags of money in Xu Jian's house. How much silver must that be...? Xu Qing felt like he had become rich overnight, and he was completely elated.

Xu Qing made a decision: after returning from the yamen tomorrow, he would immediately begin repairing the house.

She was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night. She got up early, loaded the jelly that Manager Chen had ordered into the car, called Zhou Chenggong, and headed to Qianjia Village to pick up Old Man Qian.

All she could think about was her own big house. Now that she had money, she was going to build a brick house; she was tired of living in thatched huts.

With the blueprints in hand, we still need to buy bricks and tiles and hire workers. My older brothers know many people, so we can just let them go and hire them.

Upon seeing Zhou Chenggong, it suddenly dawned on me: he's the son of the county magistrate, he must be able to find a professional designer.

Although the old man from yesterday was very experienced, Xu Qing was still worried that his drawing wouldn't meet her requirements, as a house is a major life event.

If she had to find someone else later, it would take several more days, and she didn't want to wait a moment longer.

Why not ask Zhou Chenggong to help find another designer? Then we can use whichever of the two drawings is better.

Xu Qing kindly asked Zhou Chenggong to sit next to her, but Zhou Chenggong felt a chill run down his spine.

Why is Aunt Xu smiling so strangely?

"Auntie, just say what you want to say. You're scaring me."

Xu Qing touched her face. Was it really that scary?

She secretly applies skincare products every night. She's looked in the mirror, and while her face isn't exactly beautiful, it's not ugly either.

Xu Qing's smile faded, and she said dejectedly, "I just wanted to ask if you know anyone who can draw house plans. I want to buy one; my family is planning to renovate our house."

Zhou Chenggong nodded vigorously: "I know them. My dad knows several. When we get home, I'll ask him to introduce you to one."

Xu Qing was overjoyed; he truly lived up to his reputation as the county magistrate.

Upon arriving at Qianjia Village, they picked up Old Man Qian, and the three of them headed towards the town together.

Looking at the many large wooden barrels on the oxcart, Old Man Qian asked curiously, "Qing girl, what are you carrying? Is it medicine?"

Xu Qing: "Jelly, delivered to the restaurants in town. My family runs a small business in town, selling this kind of stuff."

Old Man Qian was pleased. The Xu family was poor, but they were good people and hardworking. Bai Zhi wouldn't suffer if she married into the family.

As for money, he has it anyway.

Upon arriving in town, Xu Qing first delivered the jelly, then headed straight for the government office.

Looking at his home, which he hadn't returned to in a long time, Zhou Chenggong's eyes welled up with tears.

He jumped off the oxcart and ran inside.

The guards at the gate stopped him: "What are you doing? Don't you know where this is? Get out of here."

Zhou Chenggong's eyes widened, and he roared angrily, "Did you scare your eyes?! You think I'm Zhou Chenggong and you don't recognize me? You damn well better get out of my way!"

The gatekeeper was reprimanded and was very displeased. He said coldly, "You're impersonating our young master, don't you even know how to wear decent clothes? Take a piss and look at yourself in the mirror before you come back."

Zhou Chenggong was so angry he jumped up and down. These scoundrels looked down on people.

It's no wonder the constables didn't recognize Zhou Chenggong; if he had looked in the mirror himself, he would probably have been shocked.

Xu Guo had a good diet, so he ate a lot every day. He also ran all over the mountains and fields with Xu Gong, which tanned him a lot, made him very muscular, and made him grow taller.

Now he's dark-skinned and muscular, dressed in coarse cloth, his hair haphazardly combed; he no longer resembles a wealthy young master.

The Xu family members were with him every day and didn't notice anything amiss, but when people who hadn't seen him for a long time saw him, he looked very different.

Xu Qing reminded him, "Don't you have a jade pendant?"

Zhou Chenggong slapped his forehead. Right, why should he argue with these two? He could just take the jade pendant directly.

He took out the jade pendant from his pocket and held it up to the yamen runner: "Have you seen it clearly? Quickly take us to see the magistrate."

Those two constables were used to being arrogant, and besides, the county magistrate was currently overwhelmed with the rice disease problem, so he had no time to deal with them.

The young master hasn't appeared for a long time either. Maybe this person stole the jade pendant, or made a fake one.

One of them snatched Zhou Chenggong's jade pendant and said in a cold voice:

“You dare to impersonate the young master and even forge his jade pendant. If you don’t get out of here, we’ll arrest you and lock you up in jail.”

Zhou Chenggong never expected that even after taking out the jade pendant, these two bastards would still be so arrogant.

How exactly does his father manage his subordinates? When he gets back, he's going to give these people a piece of his mind!

Xu Qing had a stall in town and had dealt with these yamen runners many times. He stepped forward and stuffed 20 copper coins into one of them.

They said politely, "We do have important business with the magistrate, and we would be grateful if you two gentlemen could inform him."

"If the magistrate is truly too busy with official duties, would it be alright if he took us to see the clerk?"

The two constables accepted the copper coins and raised their eyelids slightly: "You're sensible. This time, we two brothers are kind-hearted and won't hold it against you."

It won't be so easy with other people. Don't try to fake it again next time.

After saying this, the yamen runner went inside to report.