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

Sure enough, it was that guy, standing outside the door with an angry look on his face, followed by a plump woman dressed in flamboyant clothes, probably his wife.

"Manager Chen?"

Ye Qingqing frowned. "Why are you coming to my house so early in the morning? What brings you here?"

Chen Fulai glared, pulled out the documents and land deeds from his pocket, and waved them in front of Ye Qingqing.

"Ye family girl, I'm not selling that land! Give me back the money and the land deed!"

Ye Qingqing chuckled softly.

"Did I hear that right? The contract is already signed, and the village headman witnessed both parties signing it. Now you're telling me you're not selling?"

late!

Chen Fulai's face tightened, and he shouted arrogantly,

"Anyway, I'll return the money to you, but you have to give me back the land."

Ye Youliang was so angry that his beard trembled.

"Hey, how can you go back on your word? It's written in black and white, how can you back out?"

Ye Qingqing waved her hand to signal her father not to rush, and looked at Chen Fulai.

"Manager Chen, the land deed is in my hands. If you want to take it back, you'll have to follow the rules."

Either you go to the county government and report me, or you pay me another hundred taels, and I'll refund you the original price.

"One hundred taels?" Chen Fulai exclaimed, his eyes wide.

"I sold it to you for only one hundred taels, and you want me to return it for one hundred taels? You...you're extorting me!"

Ye Qingqing couldn't help but sneer.

"The land is mine now, and I can set the price as I say! To tell you the truth, I wouldn't sell it even for an extra hundred taels!"

Chen Fulai was speechless, stammering, "You, you..."

His wife suddenly nudged him from behind.

"What do you mean, 'what are you talking about'? Say something! What did we discuss at home? Why are you all silent here?!"

Ye Qingqing was too lazy to argue with them and said coldly,

"If there's nothing else, please leave. Goodbye."

"You brat, you're clearly lying to my man and stealing my land!"

His wife suddenly jumped up, pointed at Ye Qingqing's nose, and started cursing.

"Did you already know that there was an underground spring on my land? The water could flow around most of the field, making irrigation effortless!"

With water, that land can be cultivated with just stones, it can become fertile farmland! You, you're clearly... you're clearly ripping people off!"

Ye Qingqing glanced at her and said sarcastically,

"Really? They dug up an underground spring there? How come I didn't know there was such a good thing!"

Hahaha... If that's the case, then even if you add another hundred taels, I still can't sell it!

"Add at least another five hundred taels!"

"Exactly! They lack the foresight to do anything, yet they're trying to blame our family?"

Zhao Laosan scoffed from the side, "Master, they're just trying to come back and take advantage! Don't pay them any attention!"

As he spoke, he picked up an iron shovel and rudely swept it at the two men.

"Get out! We don't welcome you in our home!"

With a fierce expression, Zhao Laosan and his elder brother swung the iron shovel with great skill, making it whistle and whistle!

Chen Fulai and his wife had never seen anything like this before. They cursed under their breath, but quickly retreated and disappeared in a flash.

Ye Qingqing curled her lips into a cold smile, turned around and walked into the house, "Eldest brother, third brother, close the door."

Ye Youliang was still so angry that his beard was trembling, and he couldn't help but spit out a spray of liquid towards the door.

"What kind of nonsense is this! They signed a contract in black and white and are now trying to back out? Do they think we're stupid deer?!"

He was angry, but he was secretly overjoyed!

Second Sister's luck is truly unbelievable. She casually bought a piece of barren land and unexpectedly dug up an underground spring!

Everyone knows that farming depends on the weather. The drought these past few days is precisely because there's no water to irrigate the fields, leading to a poor harvest!

With a continuous flow of spring water, even in the worst drought, their land will not suffer from drought!

"He'd have to have the ability to back out."

Ye Qingqing walked to the charcoal stove to warm her hands, and said with a half-smile, "He must be regretting it to the core right now, but too late."

Ye Youliang sat down with a limp and couldn't help but ask further.

"Second Girl, how do you know there's a spring underground? Can what that fat woman is saying be true?"

Dazhuang just said there might be water underground, and she actually believed him!

What if we don't have it? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?

Ye Qingqing blinked and said casually,

"I believe what Brother Dazhuang said! We have to give it a try, Dad!"

Ye Dazhuang glanced at her silently, a faint smile playing on his lips.

The girl already knew what was going on, but she was just using him as a cover.

"Third brother, come here for a second."

Zhao Laosan quickly scurried into the house. "What does the master want from me?"

"Get on the carriage and go to Shili Slope to see how Liu Ersao and the others are doing with their work. Also, take a look at what the underground spring looks like when they dig it out. Come back and tell me."

Ye Qingqing gave the instructions.

"Okay! I'll go right away!"

Zhao Laosan leaned the iron shovel against the corner of the wall and ran off to pull the carriage.

Ye Youliang watched Zhao Laosan's retreating figure, secretly pleased with himself.

"That kid, he was just asking for some information, and he ran faster than a rabbit!"

Ye Qingqing smiled and bent down to fiddle with the charcoal fire.

The rest of the family gathered around.

Aunt Shuanzi, holding little Huanhuan, came closer and asked curiously,

"Second Girl, can you really dig up a spring there? If so, we'll be rich!"

Old Ye puffed on his pipe, his eyes filled with undisguised envy.

"Second Girl, you've taken a really risky step! But if it works out, that land will be a treasure trove."

Ye Qingqing smiled,

"Thank you for your kind words."

After having breakfast, Ye Qingqing prepared to go to the hot spring cave with Ye Dazhuang. Before she even left the house, she heard a series of hurried footsteps outside the courtyard gate.

Before the three elders, Zhao and his companions, even entered the courtyard, their loud voices boomed, "Master! Great news! Incredibly joyous news!"

He was sweating profusely, his face flushed, and he entered the door panting heavily as he shouted...

"We dug it up! We really dug it up!"

Ye Qingqing clicked her tongue in thought. "Don't rush, have a sip of water and tell me slowly."

Zhao Laosan, sweating profusely and panting heavily, said...

"Guess what, Master? This morning, Sister-in-law Liu and the others went to dig that stream channel. Halfway through, their shovels suddenly collapsed, and then we heard a 'glug glug' sound... Good heavens, a stream of water just gushed out!"

The water flow was so strong that it filled half the ditch in no time! I went to check on the drum; the water was so clear you could see your reflection, and a sip was so cold it stung my teeth, and it even had a hint of sweetness!

"Really?"

Ye Youliang jumped up, his eyes wide with surprise.

"More real than real gold!"

Zhao Laosan patted his chest excitedly and said,

"I saw it with my own eyes, sir! The water was flowing down the slope along the dug ditch. Sister Liu said that if we dug a little deeper and channeled it into the fields, half of the slope could be irrigated!"

The people of Shili Slope were quite puzzled; even in the dead of winter, the spring hadn't frozen over, and it kept bubbling and gurgling out... Isn't that amazing?