Chapter 288: Nearly Ten Thousand Kilograms of Wheat are Gone
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Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiaomai blinked, the resentment in her eyes fading.
It was indeed true, she had a good impression of Emperor Yongan.
For a feudal emperor to do this much, it was rather touching.
Seeing her regain her composure, Yang Ye immediately abandoned his embarrassed demeanor. He fanned himself with the unfolded fan, leisurely glanced at her, in a conspicuously in-your-face-rich-guy style said, “Don’t worry about what happened earlier. No matter how much wheat was burned, I will make up for it.”
“No compensation is needed, it wasn’t much.” Qiao Xiaomai shook her head.
The wheat harvest was essentially over by now, and everyone was planting crops like Xiaomi, sweet potatoes, soybeans, and so on. Her land was vast. The yield was slower, but there wasn’t much left at present, just over twenty acres. All this wheat was piled up in the threshing area, and there was no time to thresh it.
“How much is it?” Yang Ye asked.
“If not counting the straw, it is a few thousand kilograms.”
“Yo! Miss Qiao, your bottom line is strong, considering a few thousand kilograms of wheat isn’t much?” Yang Ye raised his eyebrows.
Qiao Xiaomai remained emotionless.
This land was top-notch. Qiao Changshun said the yield could reach over four hundred kilograms per acre, meaning over ten thousand kilograms combined for more than twenty acres.
Over ten thousand kilograms of wheat!
A kilogram for three coins, thirty thousand coins, thirty taels of silver!
Thirty taels may not seem much, but when converted to wheat, ten thousand kilograms, it is like a mountain!
The reason she said so was just to reject Yang Ye’s compensation, but he was insistent on pointing it out. Her hurt soul was bleeding internally, okay!
“Finding the one who burned the wheat is the most important.” She said.
Yang Ye snapped his fingers, “Eight or nine out of ten, it’s the Sun Family. They couldn’t get by themselves, so they couldn’t stand seeing you do well.”
Upon hearing this, Qiao Xiaomai frowned, “Then they should have burned the civilian homes, not the wheat fields.” This update is available on n0velfire.net
“Maybe she didn’t want to go down with you, but she couldn’t swallow her pride, so she just burned your wheat.” Yang Ye was now sure of his hypothesis. He continued, “In my opinion, we should send someone to search her shanty now; you may find a lot of wheat.”
“She’s so poor she can’t even eat, she couldn’t have burned all that wheat, could she?”
His analysis made sense, Qiao Xiaomai nodded, “Let’s check it out later; let’s go to the wheat fields first.”
When they arrived at the wheat fields, they could see a vast area of scorched land from afar. The wheat from over twenty acres had turned into ashes.
There were many people standing at the edge of the threshing ground. The wrinkles on Qiao Changshun’s face seemed to have deepened even further, making him appear several years older. Qiao Dami sat on the bullock cart in silence.
Tong Tiehu and Tong Sanlang were also present, both of them looked serious.
Tong Sanlang was the first one to spot the carriage. He watched it approach from afar, and as it neared the edge of the threshing ground, he walked towards it.
By this time, everyone else was also looking over.
Qiao Xiaomai and Yang Ye jumped down from the carriage. Just as Tong Sanlang and the others were about to salute, Yang Ye raised his hand and asked, “What’s the current situation?”
“Your Highness, the wheat from the twenty-three acres has all burned to ashes.” Tong Sanlang replied. He casually glanced at Qiao Xiaomai and found she was also staring intently at him. His heart suddenly warmed.
He added, “This place is close to Dazhou Village. My grandfather had some villagers inquire, but they found no useful information.”
If it were during the bustling wheat harvest season, many people would guard the wheat fields at night to prevent theft.
But the wheat harvest was basically over, and this place was not close to Dazhou Village. In the dead of the night, a large fire blazed for a long time, yet the people in Dazhou Village were completely oblivious.
“Isn’t Miss Qiao’s main enemy the Sun Family? Go find her, it’s very likely she’s the one behind it.”
Yang Ye shared his suspicion.
“Your Highness is absolutely right.” Tong Sanlang looked towards Tong Tiehu.
Tong Tiehu nodded, “Changshun and a few of us will go find the Sun Family, and everyone else can disperse.”
So, the others went back to the village, while Qiao Changshun, Qiao Dami, Tong Sanlang, Tong Tiehu, Qiao Xiaomai, and Yang Ye headed towards the Sun Family’s shack..