Chapter 228 - Chapter 228: Chapter 224: Thunderstorm_1 (1/2)

Chapter 228: Chapter 224: Thunderstorm_1

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“Didn’t grow well? What about the ones you used to plant?” Lin Lu managed to ask despite his mounting frustration.

Jiang Dala replied, “The ones before? They’ve long since been sold.”

“Sold already? Do you know the rules? You casually sold off something that the Wen Family ordered.” Lin Lu could not help reprimanding.

Jiang Lao stared at him, thinking there was no need to be polite to him anymore. “Sir, firstly, we didn’t take any advance from the Wen Family, and secondly, we are not tenants of the Wen’s. We can decide who to sell our stuff to, it’s none of your business!”

Hearing this, he called his eldest son and went home without paying further attention to the group.

Aqiu and another attendant exchanged looks of bewilderment.

Lin Lu was infuriated, but he had no way to deal with these stubborn villagers.

“Let’s go! Back to town!” Angrily, he climbed into the carriage and yelled at the coachman to leave.

Aqiu had no choice but to follow on his own horse.

Returning the same route down the South Slope, they passed by the old residence of the Clan Leader and happened to run into his second daughter-in-law, Han Miaoniang.

Han Miaoniang recognized Aqiu, giving him a slight nod, and mistook the person in the carriage for Lady Wen, “Oh, Lady Wen is back again?”

Aqiu greeted her with a salute, “Madam Han, our lady isn’t here. The person in the carriage is her brother, our family’s eldest son.”

Since Lady Wen had stayed in the Clan Leader’s house for quite some time and had good relations with his daughters-in-law, Aqiu naturally treated them very politely.

Han looked at the carriage and asked with a smile, “I saw you heading to the South Slope earlier, why did you rush away so soon?”

Aqiu turned his head and looked at the carriage. He could see his master was deep in thought.

However, he was making no move to hurry and didn’t ask him to send Han Miaoniang away, apparently he was distracted by his unsuccessful endeavor.

Aqiu turned back to Han and said, “Well, I might as well tell you, our young master came to the Jiang’s to gather mushrooms, but unexpectedly, the Jiang family sold the mushrooms to someone else, causing us to make a fruitless trip for thousands of miles.”

Upon hearing that they came for mushroom collection, Han Miaoniang’s eyes sparkled, and she hurriedly said, “Little brother Aqiu, actually, our house still has quite a few golden ears. Would you like to have a look?”

“Really?” Aqiu was delighted when he heard this, “does your family truly have golden ears?”

Having stayed in Dongchen Village for more than half a year, he naturally knew that everyone in the village was growing mushrooms. However, he didn’t understand why the Wen’s asked them to collect mushrooms specifically from the Jiang family.

Han Miaoniang replied, “Of course it’s true. Would you like to wait here while I go home and bring some for you to see?”

Before Aqiu responded, Lin Lu lifted the carriage curtain, peeked out, and said: “Go fetch them.”

“Right away!” Han Miaoniang happily ran back home and brought back the golden ears that hadn’t been sold before.

These moldy golden ears had been re-cleaned and dried by her, and all mold spots had been removed, which was undetectable to anyone not familiar with the product.

Originally, she intended to take them to the county, but it didn’t work out.

Soon, Han Miaoniang came back with a large basket full of golden ears, and her sister-in-law Chen Dashao was also following behind.

“Little brother Aqiu, you see, our golden ears are always the brightest. If it weren’t for the fact that we are holding them for domestic use, they would have been sold long ago.”

As Han Miaoniang was explaining, she was also assessing Aqiu and the person in the carriage.

Lin Lu leaned out, picked up a mushroom and looked at it, then sniffed it and asked, “How much are you selling these for?”

To be honest, Lin Lu had only seen golden ears once at his sister’s house, hence he had a general idea of what golden ears looked like, but knew nothing about their quality.

However, as long as he could take the goods back, it would mean his mission was complete.

Han could tell immediately that this person didn’t know the products well, so she grinned happily and said, “Last time, Lady Wen purchased them for ten taels of silver per catty.”

Lin Lu didn’t haggle over the price. He nodded to Aqiu, “Go and weigh them.”

Before leaving, Lady Wen had handed him a balance. She asked him to weigh the mushrooms to avoid being deceived by the villagers.

Aqiu agreed and took out the balance from a box on the carriage to weigh the golden ears.