He Zhiran thought for a moment and said: "Even if I am willing to help Nan Rui's mother and concubine get rid of the poison, I can't show my true face."
Mo Jiuye agreed: "That's true."
It's easy for He Zhiran not to show her true face. She just needs to buy some props and put on makeup, and no one will be able to recognize her.
"How about I pretend to be an old man and try not to speak?"
Mo Jiuye nodded: "Well, it's settled. Three days later, I'll notify Nan Rui and tell him that the master who knows how to remove the poison has been found."
After the matter was finalized, the couple fell asleep after a long love affair.
At midnight on the next day, several official servants came to the house.
Because smallpox broke out in Yuncheng the day before, the original plan to invite officials to measure the wasteland and mountains could not be realized.
Today, Meng Huaining was more concerned about this matter and sent someone over early.
Mo Jiuye took the officials to measure it, and found that the amount of wasteland was almost the same as they estimated, totaling fifty-one acres.
There was a lot of moisture at the top of the mountain, so the official just measured around the foot of the mountain, and finally decided to sell this piece of mountain land to the higher ground to the Mohists. The area was also extremely perfunctory, and he only mentioned a figure of one hundred acres.
Such a large area of mountain ranges from one hundred acres to one hundred acres. Mo Jiuye estimated that it would be more than three hundred acres at least. It can be seen that Meng Huaining had given these instructions before these official missions came out.
Anyway, the relationship between the Mo family and Meng Huaining cannot be cut off like this. There will be many opportunities to return this favor in the future.
Mo Jiuye was busy taking measurements with officials, and He Zhiran was not idle either.
Patriarch Zhou specially sent someone to tell her that the Cui family could no longer stand it. Not only did they want to sell their fertile land, but even the house they lived in was planned to be sold.
After He Zhiran thanked the Zhou family members for reporting the news, he planned to go to the Cui family to check it out.
Mrs. Mo was worried that the Cui family would hate them, and it was not safe for He Zhiran, a weak woman with no power to tie a chicken, to go alone, so she asked Liang Hao to accompany her.
When He Zhiran and Liang Hao arrived at the boundary of the Cui family, the place was already surrounded by people.
Perhaps they had spread the word about the Cui family's sale of farmland and houses in advance, and there were many unfamiliar faces among the onlookers here.
It is estimated that people from other villages who plan to buy houses and land here come to check it out.
The Xie family and Fang family also came, and when they saw He Zhiran, they all came over.
After He Zhiran greeted them, he remained on the sidelines.
She wanted to see if the Cui family could pull off any tricks at this time.
At this time, an older man from the Cui family said loudly: "God is unfair and does not allow my Cui family to survive. We have no choice but to sell the house and land in our hands."
With that said, the old man of the Cui family called a young man and asked him to lead people from other villages to see the cultivated land that the Cui family wanted to sell.
The descendants of the Cui family invited outsiders to see the cultivated land, and the He Zhiran, Xie, and Fang families also followed.
He Zhiran did not plan to buy the cultivated land of the Cui family. After all, the wasteland she bought was enough. The only thing she was worried about was the Cui family's abandoned fields and abandoned houses at the foot of the mountain.
She followed along to check it out, just to join in the fun.
As expected by He Zhiran, the Cui family was anxious to raise money to pay the fine, and they even wanted the lion to open their mouths.
The descendant of the Cui family pointed to the cultivated land of the clan and said: "Did you see it? This is right here. These are the fertile fields of my Cui family. These fields are carefully tended by us. The yield is much higher than that of ordinary fields."
After hearing his words, He Zhiran almost laughed.
I really don’t know what this person thinks. Most of the people who come to see the cultivated land are farmers. People can tell the quality of the cultivated land without telling them at a glance.
The output is also much higher, which is really shameless...
Someone was already impatient after hearing his exaggeration, and urged: "It's useless to talk so much, just say how much money is per acre!"
The younger generation of the Cui family said this because they were taught by their clan members, so they naturally knew how to set a price.
"I'm afraid we can't find such good farmland in the entire Yuncheng. Our Cui family is in a hurry to use money, so we sold it at a low price of twelve taels of silver."
As soon as the young man finished speaking, there was a burst of sighs from the scene.
"I think your Cui family is not in a hurry to use the money, but you want to take the opportunity to make a fortune."
"That's right, do you think all of us are fools? I'll give you twelve taels of silver per acre."
"Forget it, forget it, I can't afford such expensive farmland, I'm going back..."
The people who came to see the farmland left one after another amid waves of complaints. Except for He Zhiran, the only ones who were still standing here were the Fang family and the Xie family.
However, they didn't say anything. They just wanted to see how the Cui family's farmland was priced so high, and they didn't encounter a big mistake in buying it. They didn't have money to pay the fine.
When the younger members of the Cui family saw that all those people were gone, they immediately became uneasy.
In fact, he knew in his heart that the land was only worth eighty-two acres, but it had to be sold at a high price. It was a wonder that those people didn't run away.
But so many people in the clan think that their farmland is good, so they sell it out of necessity and want to sell it at a high price.
Now, everyone who bought the land has run away. Tomorrow is the deadline for fines. How can the Cui family come up with so much money?
The descendants of the Cui family looked at He Zhiran and others, and then returned to their clan members dejectedly.
The Cui family members also saw that those who bought the land were running away, and they were all anxious.
Especially the old man from the Cui family, when he saw the young men he had sent out come back, he quickly asked: "What's going on? Why did those people run away?"
The Cui family member said with a grimace: "As soon as I mentioned the price, they turned around and left."
The old man of the Cui family hit the young man on the head hard: "Are you an idiot? I've already told you that twelve taels is just an asking price and can be negotiated. Why didn't you tell those people?"
Other members of the Cui family also came forward dissatisfied and said: "Yes, isn't the twelve taels asking price? You didn't tell them?"
The young man looked confused: "I was so nervous that I forgot about it..."
The Cui family wanted to beat up this brainless guy, but collecting money was the most important thing right now, and they didn't have that much experience to do it.
The young and old of the Cui family gathered together to discuss, and finally targeted He Zhiran and others.
Although they haven't gone out much recently, they also heard that the Mo family bought all the abandoned farmland at the foot of the mountain owned by the Zhao family and the Zhou family.
The reason why the Mo family bought such farmland was not because they could not buy suitable fertile land in the village.
Therefore, they can only place their last hope on the Mo family at this moment.
That young man is unreliable in his work, and the Cui family will not dare to let him come forward again.
This time it was the old man from the Cui family who took the initiative.
In order to successfully sell his family's farmland, the old man of the Cui family tried to lower his profile as much as possible.