The East Palace is even more desolate than their West Palace. The number of servants in the palace has been reduced again and again. It is said that all the food and clothing in the palace are paid for by the farm.

Based on the above reasons, they concluded that Dongfu could not have so much money to buy half of the house.

Thinking of this, several younger masters in the West Mansion couldn't help but feel a little weird.

"Madam, even if I give you 15,000, can you afford that much money?"

"We don't want to embarrass you. This is 15,000 taels of silver, not 1,500. Your East Mansion is even more dilapidated than our West Mansion. If you have that much spare money, you might as well repair the East Mansion. How can a good mansion be left in such a state of disrepair?"

"Madam, there are only a few people in your house. What do you want such a big house for? It is already deserted after you buy it. I heard that my eldest nephew and his wife used to farm in the village. Do you want to buy it and grow vegetables and crops in your house to make a living?"

Listening to the ridicule from several people, Shen Rong's face turned red with anger.

Changsheng clenched his fists and was about to pounce on these people and beat them up.

The old lady remained calm.

She has been through even more nasty things from these people, so these are really nothing.

Shen Rong held Changsheng and stepped forward, "I don't need you to worry about what I'll do with it. I'm just asking you whether you want to sell it or not!"

Several grown men were stumped by Shen Rong's words.

Seeing the tall Changsheng staring at them fiercely, he felt a little guilty for a moment.

Didn't they say that the idiot was in a coma and hadn't woken up for a long time? How come he got better as soon as they arrived?

And he doesn't look like a fool!

If that's the case, it will be difficult to deal with.

Originally they said this price because they thought the other party couldn't afford it, but now that Shen Rong asked this, they felt a little uncertain again.

The room fell silent for a moment.

The old lady couldn't help feeling anxious when she saw this.

They in the East Palace really couldn't come up with 20,000 taels of silver.

The second master thought about it and was still very sure that they could not come up with so much money, so he said: "If the old lady can come up with the money, we will sell the house to you, but if the old lady can't come up with it, you can't stop us from selling the house."

Seeing this, others echoed the sentiment.

"My second brother is right. If the old lady can come up with the money, we brothers will decide to sell the house to you. But if she can't, you can't blame us for selling the house to someone else. This is the bottom line. I believe our ancestors can't blame us, their descendants."

In a blink of an eye, several people ignored Shen Rong's words and only spoke to the old lady.

Although the old lady had no money, she did not show any fear. "I just said, if you are willing to sell it for 15,000 taels of silver, I will consider it carefully. Don't rush to refuse. No matter who offers this price, you will not lose out. If you still respect your ancestors..."

"Wait a minute." Mr. Gong interrupted the old lady hastily. "Let's discuss it."

If the old lady continues to talk, they will become descendants who do not respect their ancestors.

There were eight of them, and more than a dozen brothers. The selling price was not something they could decide just by talking.

"Alright! It's getting late, go back and think about it carefully!"

The second master looked at the old lady steadily, "Do you really mean what the old lady said just now?"

The old lady nodded, "Of course it's true. If it weren't for our ancestors' foundation, we only have these few masters in our house, and they really wouldn't be useful."

The second master nodded. "In that case, Madam, please allow us brothers to go back and discuss it."

"it is good."

Shen Rong and Changsheng followed the old lady without saying a word. After they left, Shen Rong and looked at each other.

"Madam, do we really want to buy half of the house?" Shen Rong asked curiously.

The house in the East Palace is already big enough, and there are still many places that are abandoned. Shen Rong dared not imagine what the house would look like if it were twice as big.

Moreover, most of the house has been abandoned all year round. It is obvious that the family is not well off.

If you have money, who doesn’t like to live in a beautiful place?

As expected, the old lady sighed, "That half of the house cannot fall into the hands of others. Once it falls into the hands of others, even if we have a title, we will be no different from those commoners without a title. Those noble families will not pay attention to people like us. It will be difficult for the children to make a name for themselves in the future. However, given the situation in our house... I don't know if we can buy it..."

Changsheng stepped forward and said, "Madam, let's buy the house."

Shen Rong thought for a moment and said, "Madam, I still have some money..."

Shen Rong didn't have much silver in her hand, only about four thousand, but it was better than having nothing.

The old lady took Shen Rong's hand and stroked it gently, "Good child, I appreciate your kindness. You shouldn't worry about these things. It's getting late. You should take the child back home!"

She didn't take Shen Rong's words about there being some silver to heart.

She learned from the housekeeper that Shen Rong and Shen's grandfather opened a clinic in the county town, where they usually treated patients and earned at most dozens of taels of silver a month. Therefore, the old lady thought that the silver Shen Rong was talking about was at most one or two hundred taels.

One or two hundred silver coins would not really make a difference, so the old lady did not care about the silver coins that Shen Rong mentioned.

When Shen Rong saw the look on the old lady's face, she knew that the old lady did not take her words seriously. She secretly decided to go back and count the silver and send it to the old lady tomorrow. If there was still a shortfall, she would think of a solution then.

Shen Rong knew very well that the Pingyang Marquis Mansion would be inherited by her and her husband in the future, and would also belong to her son in the future. Now it was a good opportunity to spend money to buy back the other half.

After all, houses in the west of the city are extremely expensive. If that half of the house was not half of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, she would have no place to buy such a big house even if she had the money.

The family of four returned to Guiyuan.

The maid Juxiang has prepared hot water.

By the time the family finished washing up, it was really late.

After Juxiang finished cleaning up and returned to the house, Shen Rong locked the door and the family entered the space again.

As soon as Shen Rong entered the space, she took out the money she had saved over the past few years.

After counting carefully, she found that there was more than she estimated, a full five thousand taels of silver.

Sixth Grandma used the money she earned from running the clinic in the past two years as the head of the household, but Sixth Grandpa let her keep the money she earned from selling ginseng for herself.

Yunmeng County was a small place, and Shen Rong knew that ginseng that was too big could not be sold at a good price, so she only sold ginseng that was less than 200 years old. The money she earned from selling ginseng, plus the money she had earned before, amounted to more than 5,000 taels.

After counting the silver, Shen Rong did not rest. She took out the seed given to her by Master Taixu and looked at it carefully.

There are not many seeds, just enough to fill up your palm.

These seeds have different colors, green, red, and brown, and are of various shapes, round, pointed, and flat. Each one is about the size of a sesame seed, and looks no different from ordinary seeds.

"Changsheng, stop picking fruits there. Come and clear some land so we can plant these herbs!"

The leaves grown from the seeds given by Taoist Taixu saved Changsheng, so Shen Rong felt that it would be more appropriate to call them herbs.

Hearing the sound, Changsheng put down An An, who was riding on his shoulders to pick peaches, took a hoe, and walked a few steps towards Shen Rong.

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