Green Lotus Peasant Girl

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Chapter 4: Buying Land

Mrs. Zhang was plump. The person before her looked rich, so she blocked the door and did not let them go, “Who is this?” Her eyes fell on Zhou Chengkang and said with a teasing smile, “Is the good day coming soon?”

These days, men and women meet for travel. Although the rules are not as distinct for big families. Young men and women who get along are required to have the intent of marriage, and so outsiders will default them as being a couple. For example, Xu Changjie and Yang Lanrou, the Yang family did not agree to this marriage, but the two got so close. Maybe they were letting outsiders acquiesce first, and then the Yang family had to accept the idea.

Of course, some people can't negotiate with each other. As long as they don't meet in too remote places, like window shopping or strolling down the street together on market day, there will be many people around and outsiders who won't say anything.

Zhou Chengkang explained hurriedly, “No, Miss Li asked me to take her for a ride. Don't get us wrong, Mrs. Zhang!”

Li Qinghe had planned to acquiesce but fell silent after hearing this. She knew that he was doing it for her reputation by not letting Mrs. Zhang think too much. However, being so eager to dismiss it hurts a bit.

After coming out of the cloth shop, Li Qinghe looked at the sky. She pinched the silver in her pocket and asked, “Is there anything you want to buy? If not, I want to go to the restaurant.”

Mrs. Zhang had entered the door just now and scanned her from head to toe. At that moment, Li Qinghe understood what she wanted to do. She had wanted to see if Mrs. Xǔ had stuffed silver or something for Li Qinghe to bring back.

Mrs. Zhang was worried over nothing. Mrs. Xǔ rarely gave her money. Even in her previous life, Mrs. Xǔ merely gave a few bolts of cloth as her dowry when she got married. Those fabrics were cheap and riddled with flaws. They were enough for peasants but were worthless.

Zhou Chengkang shook his head, “I'll come with you.”

The restaurant Li Qinghe spoke of was where she had worked as a helper in the kitchen before she got injured. Due to her job, she would travel daily between the village and the town, and because of this, she was able to save Xu Changjie from being stabbed.

The only thing Mrs. Xǔ did right for her was probably getting her a job in this restaurant. Li Qinghe had been working there for two years and had seen a lot. Now her cooking skills were pretty good.

When she arrived at the restaurant, Li Qinghe went into the back kitchen and said a few words to the chef in charge. The shopkeeper came over and handed her a purse like in her previous life. “I heard that you are injured. It takes a while to recover. You don’t need to come over right away.”

Li Qinghe had a long dispute with him in the last life, but this time she accepted her purse calmly because she knew that it was useless to debate. Furthermore, the shopkeeper's niece had been eyeing her job for a long time.

Leaving the restaurant Li Qinghe sighed, “Is there anything else? I want to go back.”

Zhou Chengkang shook his head and walked back into the town with her. When they passed by the shop selling steamed buns, he bought some. Li Qinghe also bought several, planning to take it back to Li Fu and the others.

As it was still early when she returned to the village, Li Qinghe went to the village chief’s house. Her twelve taels of silver had not been spent. She didn’t want to save it all, so it was better to buy some land.

The village chief shook his head, “It's only August, and the crops in the fields have not been harvested. There is nobody to persuade to sell the land now. Even in October, there would be no suitable ones. From the beginning till now, I have never heard of any land in the village being sold.”