The Evil Mother-in-law: Torment Children, Work Hard, Be Rich!-Chapter 302: The Colt

"Mr. Lu has a really hard heart, willing to let his grandson go to sea just to dispel a rumor."

Tong Huaqiong couldn’t help but sigh.

"You’ve got it wrong. Mr. Lu treats his grandson like a treasure. He came to me wanting to select two girls from Tianxiang Building to send to the Lu Family, and then Mr. Lu would present them to the Magistrate Yao as concubines."

Tong Huaqiong: "..."

Mr. Lu is really cunning!

How could she forget that Mr. Lu is not someone to be underestimated? How could he pit his own grandson?

What Mo Mama didn’t say was that Mr. Lu promised if the girls from Tianxiang Building could win over Magistrate Yao, he would open doors for Mo Mama, allowing her to engage in the silk and tea business, letting her leave the entertainment scene and become a real businesswoman.

However, Mo Mama had not agreed yet.

Mr. Lu is plotting against someone else; Mo Mama wouldn’t mind giving a hand, but the victim is Magistrate Yao.

Tong Huaqiong couldn’t help but ask Mo Mama, "Mo Mama, have you agreed?"

Mr. Lu must have offered Mo Mama many benefits.

Otherwise, who would dare to pit a court official like that?

Mo Mama shook her head and said, "I love money, but I cherish my life more. Who is Magistrate Yao? If he were a corrupt official or a mere village chief, I might as well do it. Moreover, someone as smart as Magistrate Yao wouldn’t easily fall for traps."

She must be crazy to dare to pit Magistrate Yao.

If she really agreed, the people would probably be discovered by Magistrate Yao before they were even sent.

"So I rejected Mr. Lu’s request," said Mo Mama.

Upon hearing Mr. Lu’s proposal, she quickly left the Lu Mansion, not daring to stay another minute.

Tong Huaqiong said, "Mo Mama, you did the right thing by refusing."

Just from a standpoint, Mo Mama wouldn’t agree.

One is an official, the other a merchant; naturally, Mo Mama wouldn’t dare help Mr. Lu scheme against Magistrate Yao.

If things were exposed, Mr. Lu, as Magistrate Yao’s elder relative, wouldn’t face much trouble due to Lu Zhaoyang.

But Mo Mama might not be so lucky.

If Magistrate Yao decided to vent his anger on Mo Mama, the entire Tianxiang Building could be implicated, and whether she could remain in Ning City would be a problem.

"In the future, better not randomly build connections; they are all old foxes," Mo Mama sighed, then said goodbye to Tong Huaqiong and left for Tianxiang Building.

Tong Huaqiong went back to Taohua Dessert.

Just as she sat down, Lu Zhaoyang sent someone to tell Tong Huaqiong that one of Magistrate Yao’s subordinates knew about horses, and he planned to go with them to help Tong Huaqiong buy a horse, asking if Tong Huaqiong wanted to go along or send someone.

Tong Huaqiong’s first thought was, if Mr. Lu knew that Lu Zhaoyang was even linking buying a horse for her with Magistrate Yao, he’d probably pass out from anger.

Tong Huaqiong didn’t understand horses.

She trusted Lu Zhaoyang’s character and had no plans to select herself, believing that professional matters should be handled by professionals.

Tong Huaqiong called Gu Dashu, asking him to bring Silver to pay.

Surely they wouldn’t even let the Lu family pay for the horse, right?

Man Er and Yaozu wanted to follow along, so Gu Dashu took the two children along.

Tong Huaqiong suddenly felt a quiet around her.

In the evening, Gu Dashu returned with Man Er and Yaozu.

"Where is the horse?" Tong Huaqiong came downstairs, only seeing Gu Dashu and Man Er and Yaozu but no horse.

It seemed quite mysterious, and Tong Huaqiong thought Gu Dashu might be giving her a surprise.

With Lu Zhaoyang and Magistrate Yao involved, they surely could buy a good horse.

No one in Ning City would dare to trick the Lu family and the Magistrate, right?

The thought of soon owning a horse made Tong Huaqiong excited.

"Where’s the horse? Why not lead it into the courtyard?" Tong Huaqiong asked Gu Dashu.

Everyone at Taohua Dessert knew the owner bought a horse; it wasn’t the busiest time, so several clerks ran to the back courtyard to see.

It was like in modern times when someone in the village bought a Ferrari; the neighbors had to come and watch.

Gu Dashu had an awkward smile.

He didn’t know how to tell Tong Huaqiong.

"What? Didn’t buy the horse?" Tong Huaqiong asked.

Gu Dashu said, "It’s not that we didn’t buy it, just the horse we bought is a bit..."

Tong Huaqiong interrupted him, "Did you get scammed?"

At this moment, Yaozu jumped up and said, "Grandma, the horse is here. It’s a sick little foal."

Only then did Tong Huaqiong notice a flat cart behind Gu Dashu, with a small white foal lying on it.

The little foal lay on the cart, its tail gently swishing, with a pair of moist big eyes that looked very weak.

What Tong Huaqiong expected was a Ferrari, but Gu Dashu brought back a Wuling van.

The gap was too big.

Tong Huaqiong was so angry she wanted to hit someone.

Was this the horse that Lu Zhaoyang’s ’expert’ picked out for her?

Why buy such a small horse, and a sick one at that, Gu Dashu?

Qin Qingyou, who came to watch the fun, couldn’t help but say, "Gu Dashu got scammed, right? This little foal is so thin it can’t stand; why buy it?"

Tong Huaqiong’s face darkened, "I asked you to buy a horse, and you bought such a sick little foal? Didn’t Mr. Lu bring someone knowledgeable to help you pick one? This is what they picked?"

Gu Dashu rubbed his hands, saying, "It’s not Mr. Lu’s fault; I saw that this horse was fated with our family, so I bought it."

Tong Huaqiong said, "Are you stupid? I bought a horse to put it to work immediately. You buy a sick horse that needs a vet, needs to be cared for like an ancestor, and who knows if it can recover. How long will I have to wait until it can pull a cart? Go return it!"

Yaozu said, "Grandma, this horse wasn’t the one Dad wanted to buy."

Tong Huaqiong raised her eyebrows and asked, "Who decided to buy it? Do you think money grows on trees? Regardless of whose idea it was, return it."

Man Er, who had been standing behind Gu Dashu, peeked out and timidly said, "Grandma, I wanted to buy this little foal."

After speaking, she ran to the little foal and hugged its neck.

The little foal stuck out its tongue and licked Man Er’s hand; its big eyes still looked wet.

Tong Huaqiong’s anger disappeared instantly.

Yaozu said, "Dad initially wanted to buy a big horse; he was about to pay when Sister Man Er found this little foal in the stable and took pity on it, so we had to buy it. Dad wanted to buy both a big horse and a little foal, but this foal was more expensive than a big horse, so Dad could only bring this foal back."

Gu Dashu chuckled, "Mom, don’t underestimate this little sick foal. The seller said that this horse’s mother was a war horse for a general from Xiliang. Recently, the warhorse got hit by an arrow and ran off, and a horse dealer found it on the road and delivered this foal. Its mom was so mighty, maybe this foal will grow up to be an excellent horse as well. We didn’t waste 150 taels of silver."

Tong Huaqiong thought the horse dealer was better than her at marketing.

A war horse. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

War horses belong to the court; how could they fall into civilian hands?

Especially a general’s war horse, which has dedicated caretakers; how could it escape after being hit by an arrow?

The story was full of holes, and only Gu Dashu believed it.