Immortal Martial Arts Son-in-Law: Having Too Many Wives Isn't My Fault

"Good lad, you're in great shape. You should give birth to a few more chubby babies for the Su family in the future."

The rain intensified again.

Uncle Wang and the others hurriedly took their leave upon seeing this and headed towards their own homes.

Chen Hao stood on the edge of the field, watching their figures disappear into the rain, his brows furrowing slightly.

He stood in the rain for a while, then turned and walked back into the yard.

Su Wanqing was sitting in the main room mending clothes when she saw Chen Hao come in and looked up.

"How's it going in the fields?"

"It's alright, the drainage ditch has been drained, there's no standing water."

"That's good."

Su Wanqing lowered her head and continued mending. After sewing a few stitches, she raised her head again.

"You don't look well. What's wrong?"

Chen Hao sat down on the threshold, took off his raincoat and hung it by the door. He hesitated for a moment, then spoke.

"I just ran into Uncle Wang and the others."

"Uncle Wang?"

Su Wanqing paused her needlework for a moment.

"His fields were flooded too?"

"Most of it is flooded. This whole area behind the mountain, except for our house, is almost completely flooded."

Su Wanqing put down her needlework and frowned.

"What about the price of spiritual food this year...?"

"With the continuous autumn rains this year, prices are likely to rise significantly."

Su Wanqing remained silent for a while, then walked to the door and looked towards the barn in the backyard.

Three thousand catties of spirit rice filled two granaries to the brim.

This is the largest income for the whole family this year.

"We will not sell our sacred rice for now."

She turned around and looked at Chen Hao.

"What do you say, my husband?"

Chen Hao glanced at her; this woman was thinking the same thing as him.

"Not for sale."

He stood up and walked to her side.

"Not only will we not sell, we'll also buy as many as possible."

"receive?"

Su Wanqing was taken aback for a moment, then understood what he meant.

"You mean...?"

"Buy as much grain as you can now before prices rise. Wait until winter and early next year, when prices will double, before you sell."

Su Wanqing's eyes lit up for a moment, then dimmed again.

"But...where would we get spirit stones?"

This is indeed a significant problem.

The three thousand catties of spirit rice are physical objects, not spirit stones.

If you want to buy someone else's spirit rice, you have to use spirit stones to buy it.

Chen Hao had never been valued by the Su family over the years, and with four wives, he had practically no savings.

Su Wanqing was still young, and aside from what she used for cultivation, she didn't have more than a hundred spirit stones in her possession over the years.

Chen Hao thought for a moment.

"Uncle Wang harvested eight mu of his rice, yielding a little over two thousand jin. He has a large family and high expenses, so he can't keep this batch of rice; he'll definitely have to sell some to make ends meet. If he's willing, we can offer him some on credit."

"buy on credit?"

"Let's draw up a contract, calculate the rice price based on the current market price, pay half upfront, and settle the rest after winter. The interest will be calculated according to the rules of the Su Family Money Shop."

Su Wanqing looked at him, a strange light flashing in her eyes.

This man not only knows how to harvest rice, but he also knows how to do business?

Are you sure Uncle Wang will give us credit?

"He will."

Chen Hao spoke with certainty.

"Uncle Wang's family is large, and his elderly father is bedridden. Neither he nor his wife has any cultivation level. If they don't sell some spirit rice to exchange for spirit stones, they won't survive this winter."

"Besides, if he doesn't extend credit to us, we'll have to sell the rice to the grain merchants in town. He knows better than we do how ruthless the grain merchants are at driving down prices."

Su Wanqing remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Let's do it that way."

She turned and went back into the house, took out a writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone from the cabinet, and spread them on the table.

"Go talk to Uncle Wang. I'll write the written agreement."

Chen Hao nodded: "If we're going to do it, let's do it big. Apart from their own use, Uncle Wang's family can only provide a thousand catties of spirit rice at most. We might as well visit a few more families."

"You mean?"

Su Wanqing glanced at him, then nodded.

"good!"

She then began the process of laying out paper and grinding ink.

Her full breasts rose and fell slightly, and her pair of snow-white thighs were faintly visible. Looking at Su Wanqing's appearance, Chen Hao suddenly felt that this woman was more capable than he had imagined.

"it is good."

He put on a raincoat, pushed open the door, and stepped into the rain.

That evening, Chen Hao returned with Uncle Wang and several other written agreements.

These families all have financial burdens and have no choice but to sell their Ling rice.

Chen Hao negotiated a total of over 8,000 jin of spirit rice.

Based on market prices, the total is one hundred spirit stones.

He paid fifty dollars upfront, and the rest was agreed upon in writing.

Settle the debt before the 20th of the twelfth lunar month. Interest will be charged according to the rules of the money shop, with a 5% cut at 11%.

Su Wanqing took the document, read it carefully, and then put it into the locked wooden box at the very back of the cabinet.

"Didn't these people try to bargain?"

"no."

Chen Hao sat down in the chair and accepted the hot tea that Su Wanqing handed him.

"These families are even more eager to sell than we are. They have children crying for food, or sick people lying in bed, but the grain merchants in town have driven down the price."

Su Wanqing sat down opposite him, holding the teacup in both hands, her fingertips gently stroking the rim of the bowl.

"Do you think the Su family might run into trouble this year, given their current situation?"

Chen Hao took a sip of tea but didn't reply.

He knew what Su Wanqing was worried about.

The Su family patriarch was seriously injured and went into seclusion, and the male members of the family were dwindling, leaving the family already in a precarious state.

Now, with another poor harvest, the livelihoods of the collateral descendants have become a problem.

If someone with ulterior motives stirs things up, it's hard to guarantee that trouble won't arise.

Whether things are chaotic or not is not something we can control.

Chen Hao put down his teacup.

"Making our own lives good is more important than anything else."

Su Wanqing glanced at him, nodded, and said nothing more.

Chen Hao was not idle either.

In the following days.

During the day, he practiced Iron Rhinoceros Kung Fu in the courtyard, and at night he studied the Qingnang Medical Classic.

The pale blue sheen on the skin's surface became more pronounced, and when tapped with a finger, it felt exceptionally rough, truly resembling rhinoceros hide.

This day.

After several days of torrential rain, the sky finally cleared up.

Chen Hao stood in the yard, looking at the puddles, and took a deep breath.

But at this moment, he wasn't thinking about the crops in the field; he was thinking about something else entirely.

The Medical Classic of the Green Bag.

He studied the book nightly and found that most of the prescriptions recorded in it were not complicated.

The real difficulty lies in understanding the properties of the medicine.

"The Herbal Growth Elixir is made from the essence of all herbs and plants, whose properties are contained within their sap. When exposed to fire, these properties are easily dispersed; when soaked in water, their properties are preserved."

Chen Hao pondered these words, then went into the backyard and found a half-worn pottery jar in the corner.

After washing it clean, I found a few clean pieces of charcoal in the woodshed.

Then, he rummaged through the house and found a small cloth bag.

Tongxincao, Dilingye, and Huiyuanhua.

These are the most common medicinal herbs, which don't fetch much price and sometimes even grow in fields and roadsides. However, they all have one thing in common: they are incredibly resilient.

This herbal growth pill can increase essence and gather vitality. Although it is not a high-grade pill, it is very effective whether applied externally or internally because of its abundant vitality.

In the pharmacy, one bottle costs two spirit stones.

He placed the earthenware jar on the stone platform in the corner of the courtyard, then added a ladle of spiritual water from the spiritual well. After the medicinal properties were extracted, he discarded the herbs and kept only the medicinal liquid.

at this time.

Su Wanqing had just come out of the main room, carrying a wooden basin for washing clothes, and was about to walk towards the well when she spotted Chen Hao squatting in the corner of the courtyard.

She was stunned for a moment.