How could she not realize that this plump and white figure might be Old Lady Hua?
Yang Chuxia was excited, but in the next moment, she felt it was a pity that nobody was around to see. Retrieving someone would take too much time, but it didn’t matter; she would catch the two of them next time.
Moreover, she could let Old Lady Hua’s sister-in-law learn that her niece was stealing her man. Would Old Lady Hua’s sister-in-law let her off the hook?
Thinking about this, Yang Chuxia almost burst into laughter.
She walked out of the bushes quietly and back onto the bridge. Suddenly, she shouted loudly, "The river flows east, the stars align in the North Star, we all have a part when we’re on the move, stand up and shout for justice...!" The sudden howling startled the people on the boat under the bridge, and then Yang Chuxia heard two splashing sounds as they fell into the water.
Afterward, Yang Chuxia couldn’t help but break into laughter as she walked away. As for Old Lady Hua, who fell into the water, she was so frightened by Yang Chuxia’s voice that she shivered. Although the river water wasn’t very deep, she was so scared that it took her a long time to climb ashore.
However, she did return to the village rather quickly. Just a quarter of an hour after Yang Chuxia returned to Yangshu Village, Old Lady Hua came back, drenched. The next day, the village was gossiping that Old Lady Hua was sick again.
Upon hearing this, Yang Chuxia sneered in her heart. This old promiscuous woman couldn’t stay put and behaved like she was desperate for men. Right after losing one man, she immediately hooked up with another. With a lustful appearance, could she be really sick? It was perfect, though; she initially missed the chance to catch Burly Lu and expose Old Lady Hua’s affair, but now there was an opportunity.
However, at that moment, she had no time to deal with these issues as she needed to go to Land Officer Yang’s residence.
During the past few days, she had brought back many shrimps and crabs from town. Yang Chuxia, Ms.Wang, and Yang Dachuan had been busy making drunken crabs. Ye Zi’an also came to help if he wasn’t at the tavern.
But she needed to find more of one ingredient: broad bean sauce. It was challenging to buy the edamame used for making the sauce. So she thought she might as well grow it herself.
Last time, she asked people in the grain shops who said that the beans could be sown around autumn and winter and harvested the next year.
However, the yield of beans wasn’t high. She wasn’t sure about the modern production rates, but she knew the yield was generally lower in ancient times. She would need many beans the following year, and the small plot of land her family owned wasn’t enough.
So, she could only go to Land Officer Yang to buy some land.
When she arrived at Land Officer Yang’s home and explained her intentions, he was astonished. However, considering what Dayong had told him and learning about her business with the tavern in town, he figured she had made a fair amount of silver. With that in mind, he wasn’t worried she couldn’t afford the land.
"Girl, the village is busy with the autumn harvest these days, so there might not be much land for sale. Why don’t you wait until after the harvest, and I’ll let you know when there’s good land available," Land Officer Yang said.
Yang Chuxia thought about it and then said, "Grandfather, I want to buy land to grow beans. If I wait until after the harvest, I might not be able to buy any, and it’ll delay the planting. That’s why I want to buy some wasteland first to cultivate and plant. I’m just not sure if it’s feasible to grow beans on wasteland."
She had never farmed before, and even though she knew a little about it, she still had a limited understanding. So she decided to inquire about it with Land Officer Yang, who was experienced in agriculture.