Chapter 1112 - 035 Changed color_3
Another village head snorted coldly, "Isn’t that the truth? The land in their He family village is so poor that it can only be used for growing grapes. They finally managed to sell them, but then that rich but foolish landowner decided not to plant anymore. Tsk tsk, just wait and see, even if you managed to deceive those young people into coming here, it would be pointless. I can tell, those young folks aren’t as easily fooled as that silly landowner. You might as well give up on that idea, they definitely won’t buy your land!"
He Guangming pursed his lips and ignored them, turning around to climb onto his own ox cart. Among the line of coaches belonging to the other village heads and the Lizheng, his ox cart stood out conspicuously.
Watching his unsociable demeanor, the village head who had just spoken smirked and said, "Put on airs, will you! Riding around in that broken-down ox cart every day, don’t think we don’t know, the silver for buying land must have all ended up in your own pocket! Hmph!"
"Enough, enough, stop talking," a more senior village head tugged at his sleeve, admonishing him, "Even if there’s no one else around, don’t talk nonsense. Everyone knows well enough how much of the silver from the land sale ends up in the hands of the common folk. It’s proper for Old He to keep a low profile; it’s certainly better than us being cursed at every day by the villagers!"
"Pfft, let them curse. What waves can they possibly stir up? The fact that they got any silver at all is unexpected fortune. If it weren’t for us selling the land, they wouldn’t have seen a single coin!"
"That’s right, that’s right, you’re absolutely correct. Come on, get on the coach, they’ve all gone far ahead." The senior village head pulled the younger village head who was still babbling onto the coach, and hurried after the Lizheng and the others.
Just as He Guangming had said, the land upstream indeed wasn’t as good as the land downstream. Although the soil quality was poor, Lin Yuan’s sharp eyes still noticed that quite a few grapes had been planted here. However, the grapes had clearly been neglected by the owner; the grape trellises were leaning this way and that, presenting an almost pitiable sight.
The coach of the Lizheng was much slower, and taking advantage of his absence, Xia Zheng pursed his lips and urged Lin Yuan, "This is the ’unexpected boon’ you were talking about just now? I don’t see anything special. They’re just grapes, aren’t they? Grapes can be grown anywhere, can’t they? It’s not necessary to insist on planting them here."