Chapter 80 Kneeling Down to Beg for the First Slot (8)

Feng Xuxu chuckled upon hearing this, "I've thought about that before, and it won't work. First, their roots are here. Second, even if they sell us the land and houses, have you ever considered that if we buy so much land and there's no one to farm it, what then?"

Yingsu nodded in admiration after listening. The young lady was more thoughtful than herself, no wonder the master had assigned herself and Baihe to protect her.

By late noon, the eldest brother finally returned with the ox cart team. The joyous news was that the watermelons they had taken to the town sold unexpectedly well. They cut open a watermelon to let people taste for free—a sweet bite of watermelon was perfect for quenching one's thirst and beating the heat in the scorching sun. After the merchants and the house servants of the wealthy families in town got wind of it, they all came out to buy, and not a single one of the three thousand pounds of watermelon remained unsold.