Chapter 16 Waiting for the results
"Brother Hua is so handsome!" The green-clothed woman saw Hua Xiaomei coming in and said with shining eyes, "It would be great if I could make Brother Hua's head into a human skin lantern and hang it by the bed every day to look at it!"
Hua Xiaomei's mouth twitched, and she was too lazy to respond.
The woman in front of him was Jiang Ning from the Jiang family of Hua Huangxiong Jiang.
She is not very pretty, but she is very attractive. The more you look at her, the more beautiful she becomes. When she smiles, she has a very gentle and delicate feeling. There is also a black mole under the corner of her left eye, which looks quite abrupt and destroys her overall gentle face, but also makes her look very neat.
Unlike the idiot whose mind was full of dual cultivation, Hua Xiaomei knew that Jiang Ning in front of her was quite scheming.
Sancai Manor, originally named Sancai Manor, was the Hua family's other courtyard where they cultivated medicinal herbs. Although Zhan Yunfan was the owner of the manor, he was only a servant and steward of the Hua family.
He originally just planned to pass by Sancai Manor, check this year's accounts, and see if Taoist Sun of Huangtiandao had put pressure on Sancai Manor after moving into Yiyang City.
There is no such thing as a paradise or a no-man's land in the Jianghu. Every faction is in a state of entanglement! Every piece of land and every acre of fertile farmland was conquered by people!
The land of Sancai Village is close to the lake, has convenient transportation, and has fertile farmland. It can serve as the foundation of a school or sect.
It was the ancestors of the Hua family who snatched it from others!
Taoist Sun had been dormant in the martial arts world for many years, initially enjoying only minor fame. His sudden and forceful entry into Yiyang City took them by surprise. Since Taoist Sun had forcibly entered Yiyang City and unleashed a bloodbath within, gaining control of the city, he was likely to exert pressure on the surrounding forces to bring Sancai Manor under Yiyang City's control.
After all, Sancai Manor hadn't yet publicly disclosed its relationship with the Demon Sect, so it wasn't convenient for the Demon Sect to intervene directly. Hua Xiaomei decided to first inspect the situation and then discuss with her father how to handle the matter.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Ning got the news and forcibly intervened in the affairs of Sancai Manor.
She nominally claimed that the four Demonic Sects were as close as family and that mutual assistance was the norm. In reality, she wanted Sancai Manor to place an additional copy of the Great Medicine Technique in the Forest of Steles, and that one-third of Sancai Manor's annual revenue would go to the Jiang family.
Hua Xiaomei has been perfunctorily treating her these days, but she didn't expect that she would actually pull Huang Wufeng over to muddy the waters.
Alas! The Demon Sect is filled with such despicable people, how can they achieve anything great?
The position of "King Qi" has been vacant for hundreds of years. I wonder when he will be able to become the "King Qi" and unify the Demon Sect!
"Brother Hua, there are dozens of martial arts techniques in your vegetable garden. What does it matter if you put one more or one less?" Jiang Ning in green clothes still tilted his head, staring at Hua Xiaomei's face, wondering where to start cutting.
"You've never grown vegetables before, so you don't understand the techniques involved." Hua Xiaomei shook her head and said, "Of those dozens of exercises, only three are truly medicinal. The others are half-true, half-false. This is how they, after repeated failures, will occasionally choose a medicinal method and practice it willingly!"
"Then I'm willing to create a dozen more sets of skills!" Jiang Ning said immediately.
"Brother Hua, I'm willing too!" Huang Wufeng came to Hua Xiaomei in a gust of fragrant wind and said. She stretched out her hand and wanted to touch Hua Xiaomei's face, but Hua Xiaomei knocked her away with a fan.
"I told you a few days ago that the influence range of Sancai Manor can only release three major medicine techniques!" Hua Xiaomei blew the fan with her mouth with great disgust, which was the place where Huang Wufeng's hand was hit.
"The world is so big, why don't you go somewhere else and start a vegetable garden?" he said again.
"Lack of experience and poor harvest!" Jiang Ning said with a smile.
The Hua family’s vegetable garden had a good harvest, which naturally attracted the other three families to follow suit.
These things, though seemingly simple, are actually complex. How to select a garden, develop techniques, build momentum and expand influence, creating a virtuous cycle of talent, fame, and a high-quality medicinal harvest is a unique experience honed by the Hua family over hundreds of years of experimentation.
The Jiang family used to run a vegetable garden in Liangzhou in the southwest, but they were too eager to harvest and were condemned by everyone.
"You also know that it is so difficult to grow a vegetable garden. How can we quench thirst with poison and catch fish in a dry pond? We must not agree to this!" Hua Xiaomei said very firmly.
Not every nursery of the Hua family can grow successfully. It takes them many years to run a good nursery like Sancaizhuang.
Although it's a lot to pay, it also pays off. Otherwise, why would he need to come and check the accounts in person?
In Hua Hao Hall, Zhan Yunfan could only stand in the corner. On the surface, he was the owner of Sancai Manor, a righteous man known throughout Yizhou, but in reality, he was just a servant of the Hua family.
The three people here had no room for him to interrupt. All he could do was wait for them to come up with a conclusion, then inform him and let him do it.
He waited for the results.
"Then the Huang family and I will join forces with you to fight against Taoist Sun of Huang Tiandao. How about you give us a certain percentage of the profits from this manor as a reward for our hard work?" Seeing that Hua Xiaomei was not willing to give in, Jiang Ning turned to talk about the money.
The entire Sancai Town, including the small lake, is privately owned by Sancai Manor. The annual rental income from Sancai Town alone is a huge profit, not to mention the other benefits.
It really made her jealous.
With this money, she can do what she wants and no longer be restricted by the Jiang family.
"Yes! Yes! As long as Brother Hua is willing to pay, I am willing to go through fire and water for him, even if it means practicing dual cultivation!" Huang Wufeng on the side also said in a delicate voice.
In the martial arts world, money is no less important than martial arts!
While the three of them were discussing this, Uncle Cat was lazily basking in the sun at the West Stele Forest in Sancai Village. Suddenly, a strong wind blew from the north, and soon the sky was covered with leaden clouds, making it look like it was going to rain.
The cat looked up at the sky in displeasure and placed a sign that read "Big cats can be petted, five taels each time" in the feeding bowl. He then swallowed the silver in the other bowl in one gulp, and finally stacked the two bowls together, then disappeared after two or three jumps with the bowl in his mouth.
Only a few people were left at the scene, looking at the figure of the cat with a sense of pity. The cat had been appearing for the past few days, and they would come to watch it for half a day every day.
Uncle Cat walked silently and skillfully to an elegant courtyard in Sancai Manor. The courtyard was of very high standards and even had a small river diverted from the lake outside the manor, running through it.
Inside the main hall of the courtyard, there was a huge circular mat made of wool. Mr. Cat lay on it, ready to continue his sound sleep.
"Mei Ren from the Demon Sect's Beihai, greetings to Lord Cat!" A figure seemed to have been waiting in the house for a long time. He saw Lord Cat lying on the nest, half-kneeling and saluting.
Uncle Cat already knew that there was someone in the house, so he was not surprised, but he ignored the person.
"The Demonic North Sea, please go to the North Sea, Cat Lord!" the half-kneeling figure said again.
Wait! The fun begins!