Heavenly Blessed Baby: Fleeing Famine, Busy to Prosper!-Chapter 181: Buy It! We Must Buy It!

The three elderly men looked at each other, and finally, Mr. Zhou laughed and said, "Alright! Let’s go with Brother Qi’s suggestion!"

"Yes, let’s do it this way for now, and we’ll talk about other matters once things settle down!"

Mr. Wang echoed in agreement.

Mr. Sun naturally had no objections.

The three elders instructed their sons to put the money away, and then they gathered to discuss the idea of making more wooden boxes to grow vegetables before leaving the second courtyard.

The other three families didn’t expect that in less than a month, they would earn over an ounce of silver. Each family was overjoyed and felt a sense of hope for the days ahead.

Time swiftly turned to the first of the last month.

In just one more month, it would be the New Year, and by this time, these four families had saved quite a bit from selling vegetables.

Especially the Qi Family.

Because they had a large space, coupled with Yi Meng’s special ability to utilize space, they earned even more silver.

So, on this day, when the men of the family went out to chop wood, Yi Meng went to the room of the two elders.

Qi Zheng had just filled his tobacco pouch and was about to go outside to chat with his old friends. Seeing his fourth daughter-in-law come in, he said, "Here to see Manbao? That child went with Shilang and the others to listen to the teacher’s lecture." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Father, no, I’m here to discuss something with you and Mother."

Yi Meng said as she placed the tray she was holding onto the kang table.

The tray contained a pot of red date ginger tea and a plate of peanuts.

Qi Zheng was puzzled, "What’s the matter?"

Life at home had been particularly peaceful lately. Everyone had something to do, even the youngest in the family, Qi Shilang and Qi Manman, went with the other children to the doctors every morning to learn to read and write.

Whether they understood or not was uncertain, but they certainly learned quite a few characters.

So Qi Zheng really couldn’t imagine what business his fourth daughter-in-law would have with the two elders at this time.

Mrs. Qi was sitting on the kang, sunning the quilts.

The sunlight shone through the window paper onto the kang, so she laid the children’s quilts there to sun them.

Even though the kang was warm, the quilts wouldn’t be damp, but as her fourth daughter-in-law mentioned, sunning them was beneficial, so whenever the weather was nice, she would bring the quilts out to sun them.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Qi paused her actions and looked towards Yi Meng.

Yi Meng smiled and said, "It’s a good thing."

Seeing both elders seated beside the kang table, Yi Meng then sat down and continued, "It’s just one month until the New Year, and our frozen fish should be sold to make more money, and then, should we consider buying this courtyard?"

"Are you really considering buying it?"

Mrs. Qi immediately said when she heard that, "Didn’t our family buy land? When the house is built, who would live in the city?"

The idea of buying this courtyard had come up before, but it was put on hold since spending such a large amount could easily attract attention.

Now that it was mentioned again, Mrs. Qi felt it was a waste of money.

However, Qi Zheng didn’t immediately oppose. Instead, after pondering seriously, he said, "This courtyard will likely cost quite a bit of silver. If someone asks about it, what should we say?"

"We say nothing!"

Yi Meng had thought about this issue too, "Buying a house is our personal business. Second Brother and Brother Jin have already had dealings with the government several times, and this time we don’t even need to alert intermediaries, just spend a bit more to grease the paperwork with the government."

"Besides, once the courtyard is bought, we don’t talk about it—no one will know in the short term. As for when people do find out, by then, our family’s situation may have improved even more, and they won’t be able to say anything."

This explanation prompted Qi Zheng to nod in agreement.

Indeed, with so many capable family members, it made no sense for their days to get worse.

Yet Mrs. Qi frowned in disagreement, "Buying such a big courtyard, what would we do with it left empty? Would we move back and forth to live?"

"Mother, we’ve discussed this before. Think about it, if chaos breaks out outside and our village hasn’t developed, what will we do? Could we escape with the whole family as we did before?"

"But then, look at the walls of Concord City and the soldiers. If something does happen, we hide in the city, and could we not worry about having nowhere to live?"

Yi Meng had no choice but to reiterate this argument.

Admittedly, this reason effectively silenced Mrs. Qi.

Qi Zheng filled the pipe with tobacco, lit it with a fire starter, took a couple of puffs, and then said, "Alright, then let Second and Fourth Brothers find out how much this house costs. As long as it’s not too expensive, we’ll buy it."

"Old man, you..." How could you agree so quickly!

Mrs. Qi wanted to question him, but when she saw her husband shaking his head at her, she stifled her words.

Yi Meng, having received the answer she wanted, didn’t stay long and, after advising Mrs. Qi to drink more red date ginger tea, left.

Once only the two elders were left in the room, Mrs. Qi lowered her voice and angrily complained, "That giant courtyard rents for five taels of silver a month, and buying it would cost who knows how much silver—how could you agree just like that?"

Qi Zheng chuckled and said, "Old lady, even if we don’t agree, would the house not be bought?"

Seeing her confusion, Qi Zheng explained more directly, "You’ve probably forgotten whose hands our family’s silver is in right now?"

Mrs. Qi’s eyes widened suddenly, and she slapped her thigh, exclaiming, "I knew it! If I don’t manage this house, something will surely go wrong!"

With that, she started shuffling to the edge of the kang, muttering under her breath, "No way! I still need to manage this house!"

"Enough, you shouldn’t interfere."

Qi Zheng tugged at his wife’s arm, "Since we’ve entrusted the silver to the fourth daughter-in-law to manage, let her handle it. If you step in now, not only might the fourth daughter-in-law feel upset, but what if the other daughters-in-law find out, and it causes friction among them?"

"But buying such a big courtyard, there’s no benefit!"

Mrs. Qi retorted, yet her actions halted.

Sigh, it’s all the old man’s fault, entrusting so much silver arbitrarily to a daughter-in-law!

"Whether it’s useful or not, we’ll see once we buy it."

Qi Zheng took a couple more puffs from the pipe, "Besides, you know where our silver came from. If the previous owner returns, reclaims the property, and finds the hidden items gone, what if they trouble us then?"

Hearing this, Mrs. Qi’s face turned pale, and she resolutely declared, "Buy! We must buy! If chaos erupts outside one day, we’ll at least have a hiding place!"

She would absolutely not admit she was afraid the former owner would take the house back and cause trouble for the Qi Family!