During famine years, I had a divination slip in hand, and my whole family ate chicken, duck, fish, a

Li Chunyan's legs trembled so badly that she had to hold onto the door frame to keep from collapsing to the ground.

Putting aside the shop, Er Yatou is the backbone of the family!

Even if the shop is burned down, she will only feel heartbroken for a while, but if something happens to Er Yatou, it would be like tearing out the heart and soul of her whole family!

Li Chunyan grabbed her neighbor's sleeve, her voice trembling so much she could barely speak.

"Second Aunt, did you hear that clearly? Is it just a rumor...?"

Is Er Yatou alright?

Her second aunt patted her hand and said cautiously,

"Don't worry, don't worry, Er Ya is fine! My husband came back and said that he saw with his own eyes that the constables from the town government went there this morning!"

I heard it was Manager Zhou of Fu Shun Ji restaurant in the east that ordered someone to do it, carrying kerosene and sneaking off in the dark...

Luckily, your second daughter was on guard and subdued the thief on the spot!

"It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright..."

Li Chunyan clutched her pounding heart, her head buzzing, and couldn't help but burst into a tirade of curses.

"Which good-for-nothing bastard dares to burn down my shop!"

Ye Dali's face turned purple with nervousness. He poked her arm and whispered, "Keep your voice down, don't let Dad hear and get anxious..."

As they were talking, Ye Youliang came out of the house, his hand gripping the pipe bowl, the veins on the back of his hand bulging, and his face darkened as he spoke.

"Dali, quick! Go borrow a car from the village head and come with me to town!"

Ye Dali hurriedly agreed, "Okay, I'll go right now!"

If we don't go and see, the whole family will be restless.

Before they could even step out the door, their own carriage had already stopped in front of it.

Ye Qingqing got off the carriage and saw her father, elder brother and sister-in-law, and Cuicui looking like the sky had fallen. She immediately understood.

"Second Girl, you're back!"

Li Chunyan was the first to rush over, grabbing her hand and examining it closely. "You scared me to death! Let me see, are you hurt anywhere?"

Ye Youliang and Ye Dali also rushed over, looking at her with worried expressions.

Ye Qingqing dismounted, brushed the dust off her clothes, and remained calm.

"It's alright! Dad, eldest brother and sister-in-law, I was hiding in the backyard when the thieves set the fire, so even if it caught fire, it wouldn't hurt me."

Aunt Zhen brought the officials over, and they arrested the man immediately.

Ye Youliang's heart was pounding, but seeing that his daughter's clothes were neat and there wasn't a scratch on her face, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Come inside, come inside and let's talk..."

With the oil lamp lit in the room, Ye Qingqing casually recounted the whole story, picking out the parts she could talk about.

The tense atmosphere in the room eased somewhat.

"Second Girl, you didn't respond well!"

Ye Youliang tapped his tobacco pouch on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and said coldly,

"Arson is a crime, and he thinks he can get away with it so easily... He's asking for trouble!"

"Zhou Defa has run a shop in town for seven or eight years and has some connections. I'm afraid he won't let this go so easily, will he?"

Li Chunyan said anxiously, her heart pounding, "What if they use drugs on our family again in the future?"

Ye Qingqing smiled faintly, a hint of coldness flashing in her eyes.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, we're not pushovers! I know what I'm doing. I'll ask Aunt Zhen to help make some arrangements."

Li Chunyan nodded with lingering fear, her heart pounding with apprehension.

Luckily, Er Yatou got the news in time. If she and Dali had been in the shop last night, they probably would have been roasted pigs by now!

Ye Youliang pondered for a moment, then asked again,

"How are you and your Aunt Zhen planning to handle this?"

Ye Qingqing pursed her lips and said,

"Don't worry, Dad. Aunt Zhen said she's keeping an eye on Zhou Defa's movements for us."

"Brother, sister-in-law, let's just consider this matter over. Let's go about our business as usual. Tomorrow, you and I will go to town to look after the shop."

Li Chunyan nodded quickly.

"become!"

I'll go first thing tomorrow morning!

If I ever see that bastard who started the fire, I'll scratch him to death!

Li Chunyan was busy making dinner. She specially cut an extra piece of pork to stew, and also made two silver carp. She served large steamed buns and white rice to calm Er Yatou's nerves.

……

The next day, at the first crow of the rooster, Li Chunyan and Ye Dali hitched up their horse-drawn cart, loaded it with two full baskets of wild vegetables and a basket of silverfish, and headed to town.

Ye Qingqing opened her eyes, gently exhaled, and concentrated her mind to retrieve the divination slips.

"Clang..."

The shimmering divination sticks appeared before my eyes, and after a few shakes, golden characters appeared:

[Xiao Ji: There are 100 acres of poor land ten miles from Kaoshantun. Go there to buy it, and you can get fertile land.]

[Neutral/Auspicious: Within five days, a benefactor will assist you, and wealth will come from outside.]

[Middle Ominous Sign: The person you are meeting by matchmaking is extremely wealthy and of noble status, but is cold-hearted and unfaithful; this is definitely not a good match.]

Ye Qingqing's lips twitched...

A blind date?

Are you still drunk?

Who said I was going on a blind date!

Forget it, I can't explain it to you.

She was quite concerned about the fortune slip with the sign of a benefactor. But who exactly was this benefactor?

What opportunity could bring her unexpected wealth?

Ye Qingqing reached out and picked off the first and second fortune sticks, deciding to buy the land first.

After breakfast, she told her father,

"Dad, I asked Aunt Zhen to inquire about the news. She said that a family is selling land in a place called Shilipo, not far from our village.

I figured it wasn't far, so why don't we go take a look?

Ye Youliang didn't react for a moment, looking at her in confusion, "They're selling land, why are we going to look?"

"What are you looking at? Buying land!"

Ye Qingqing said, both amused and exasperated, "Aunt Zhen said that other family has hundreds of acres of land. Let's go take a look and if it's good, we'll buy it."

Ye Youliang, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, paused for a moment, "Buy land?"

He genuinely didn't react at first, and then he froze again after he did.

Hundreds of acres of farmland, how much money would that cost!

Going back three generations of his family, no one had ever farmed more than five mu of land.

Second Sister is quite something; she immediately asks for hundreds of acres!

If the Ye family owned hundreds of acres of land, their ancestral graves would be emitting auspicious smoke!

"Yes, buy land."

Ye Qingqing nodded and said, "Our family is not short of money now, and the shop also brings in a lot of income every month."

Let's use our spare money to buy land; that would be much more reassuring!

Ye Youliang raised his eyelids slightly. The logic was sound, but the idea of ​​hundreds of acres of land was beyond his imagination, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Didn't they say they were going to build houses in the spring?"

After hesitating for a long time, Ye Youliang asked cautiously,

"Second daughter, building a house is a top priority, it will cost at least a hundred taels of silver... Now we're going to buy land, so let's not be too tight on our finances, otherwise it will be hard to make up for it later."

Ye Qingqing chuckled, "Building a house doesn't cost much, Dad. Don't worry, I have plenty of money."

Ye Youliang puffed on his pipe, remained silent for a long while, and then spoke.

"Alright, then let's buy the land! Dad will go with you."

Will Ye Youliang become a landlord and a rich man one day?