Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 187: Winning Hearts and Minds

Long Yue stepped forward, looked at the tiger skin, and said lightly, "This tiger skin is nice!"

"Hehe, thanks to the Young Master’s praise! Thanks to your blessings, I still have one more at home. If you don’t mind, I’ll send it to you later?"

The middle-aged chubby man grinned with an oily face, his sly and flattering smile was very annoying.

However, he was attentive to details while speaking, using the phrase "if you don’t mind" to give Long Yue face.

But, would Long Yue want his tiger skin?

It’s really ridiculous; if she wanted, even the stars in the sky, the Prime Minister and her grandfather would get them for her!

"What’s your monthly salary?"

Long Yue glanced at the tiger skin, flipped it over, and casually asked.

The chubby man instinctively replied, "Five hundred cents!"

"Five hundred cents a month? Do you have elders or children at home?"

"Yes, yes, I’ve got an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child at home, it’s very tough!"

The chubby man thought Long Yue would reward him with a raise, his face trembling with joy.

"Really? Elders and children at home?"

"Yes, yes!"

The man nodded like a pounding onion, only to be slapped in the face by Long Yue.

"Slap! Ridiculous, with elders and children at home, not enough grain to eat, where did the money come from to buy such expensive tiger skin? Just by your size, did you go up the mountain to hunt tigers?"

It’s laughable, her Prime Minister might have a chance, but him? Deceiving ghosts!

The chubby man was probably stunned by Long Yue’s slap, holding his face without responding for a while. When he came to his senses, Long Yue had already pulled out his tiger skin and threw it in his face!

"Sleeping on duty, neglecting your duties, oppressing the farmers, skimming off their wages, just on these two counts, I can send you to government to stand trial!"

"Thud! Oh, Mistress, spare me!"

The chubby man was so frightened he fell to the ground. He was just a small steward; how could he dare to offend General Cao’s granddaughter? Just based on their blood relations, even ten of him wouldn’t equate!

So he cried and begged, snot and tears flowing as he pleaded for mercy, just to hope she’d spare him this time.

"I truly have an old mother and young child at home, Young Master, please be lenient! I will remember your kindness for a lifetime..."

He knocked his head heavily on the ground, tears streaming down, appearing very sincere.

Long Yue looked at him coolly, human nature is selfish.

He only cared for his wife, children, and old mother; did he ever think about those farmers he oppressed and skimmed, they also have families to feed?

Looking like this now, it’s just a show for her to see, who knows what curses he might harbor against her in his mind?

"You may escape death, but cannot escape punishment! I may not send you to the government, but you must return the money and grain you’ve skimmed!"

"What?"

The chubby man looked up and was dumbfounded.

Return the skimmed money and grain? It’ll kill him!

"It’s not much, I’ve roughly calculated, just ten taels! This is still considering the days you’ve worked for the Cao Family! Whether to go to the government or to pay the ten taels of dirty money, that’s up to you!"

Long Yue flicked her sleeve and sat steadily on a chair beside him, looking at him coldly.

She had already calculated, judging by his outfit since she came in, ten taels was his maximum limit; less and she’d lose out, more and he wouldn’t be able to afford it, ten taels was just right.

The chubby man looked conflicted, glancing at Long Yue secretly, pondering whether to resist? But thinking of her being General Cao’s granddaughter... how bad could her skills be?

He didn’t want to die!

A small person’s thoughts are this simple, if there’s room for resistance he absolutely won’t back down, but if he can survive, he absolutely won’t act recklessly.

He resented in his heart but could only grittingly accept his fate: "Alright, I’ll... I’ll give it to you!"

He took a deep breath, painstakingly took out a purse from his bosom, hands shaking, poured out some silver, and counted, ten taels and a few hundred cents.

Not much, not little!

"Get out!"

Such a person, Long Yue certainly won’t leave in her fields, keeping him would be a rat turd, ruining a pot of porridge!

As for whether this chubby man would bear grudges against her? Does she need to care about such a small person’s thoughts? Ridiculous!

After taking the silver and driving away this unruly steward, Long Yue again looked at these farmers, finding their gazes full of gratitude, but a few showed looks of doubt.

Those few stared at the broken silver in her hand, probably wanting to know if this silver...

Just now Long Yue said, it’s dirty money?

The farmers are very simple and sincere, which is exactly what Long Yue liked.

She placed these broken silvers on a chair in front of her, saying, "Sirs, this is the surrendered dirty money, later we’ll distribute it evenly by head among you! Since it’s called dirty money, I won’t keep a cent of it, I’ll do as I say!"

As soon as she said this, Long Yue saw these farmers hesitate for a moment, then all kneeled before her.

"Madam... Madam, such kindness!"

"Madam, such great grace and virtue, we... we can only repay with our lives!"

"..."

The farmers are straightforward, without fancy words, but sincere gratitude from the heart.

Long Yue came this time originally to discuss with the farmers about switching to planting medicinal crops, which required some convincing, but seeing the current situation, it was no longer necessary.

It’s really like falling asleep and someone delivers you a pillow, the arrival of this Steward Pang was timely, not only establishing her authority but also winning hearts; things will proceed much smoother.

"Everyone, don’t be formal, the reason I came this time, besides checking the farm’s situation, there’s another matter regarding planting."

"Madam, we’ve prepared for spring planting, after this batch of soil turnover, we won’t delay sowing, Madam can rest assured!"

A sturdy farmer smiled at Long Yue, his skin was dark from years of wind and sun, but his teeth shone brightly when he laughed.

Long Yue shook her head, "This time we’re not planting rice, but something else. Follow me."

"Something else? Not rice, are we to plant melons and fruits?"

The farmers perplexedly followed Long Yue to the field edge, seeing a big cartload of sacks.

"Here are seeds of medicinal crops, from now on we won’t plant grains, just medicinal crops!"

"Madam, these medicinal crops... can’t be eaten?"

"Yeah, not planting grains, what will we eat?"

The farmers’ thoughts were very simple; they wanted to eat, so they naturally thought they needed to plant food, what is planting medicinal crops?

Long Yue said: "You may feel that planting medicinal crops isn’t as good as planting grains, right? But have you thought, people can starve to death from lack of food, but what happens if they fall ill?

Without grains, we can still fish, hunt in the mountains, pick fruits in the forest, we won’t starve! But if one falls ill and there’s no medicine, they’d just have to endure it, what would be the result?"

"Afraid they won’t survive..."

A farmer murmured.

Long Yue said, "True! They won’t survive! At that time, parents will lose their children, the elderly burying the young, wives losing husbands, left lonely in empty rooms, children losing elders with no one to care for them! Sirs, ask yourselves, do you want to see this scene? Do you?"

"No, we don’t!"

"Absolutely not!"

The farmers’ emotions were stirred, some shook their fists and shouted loudly.

Long Yue smiled, knowing this matter was settled!