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Chapter 749: Chapter 754: Rejected at the Door_1
Bai Yifan nodded, "Of course it’s not for you to use for free, I want thirty percent of the musk for the first ten years."
Musk deer produce the most musk between three and eight years old, which is their prime secretion period. If everything goes smoothly, he could definitely recoup the silver used to buy the mountain in ten years.
But in case of any accidents, he could share the risks with Qiao Duo’er.
Qiao Duo’er stretched lazily, "You guys discuss this, I haven’t seen Ling’er for quite a few days now."
If she stayed any longer, she was afraid Tan Zhenghong’s eyes would start twitching.
He had now grown into a massive jar of vinegar.
She had told him several times that Bai Yifan had no other intentions, yet he guarded against Bai Yifan as if he were guarding against a thief.
Isn’t that tiring?
In reality, she was just an ordinary peasant wife, how could she attract so much attention?
But in Tan Zhenghong’s heart, she was the best in the world.
Tan Zhenghong said with a bright smile, "Be careful on the road, I’ll come and take you home in a bit."
Bai Yifan gave Tan Zhenghong a look as if he were an idiot and even squeezed out three words, "Stingy Cat."
"Wait until you have a wife, and you’ll know it’s not okay to let someone else take a second glance at your wife," Tan Zhenghong said self-righteously.
Bai Yifan, imagining himself in that position, indeed found that to be true.
If Qiao Duo were his, he’d hate not to be able to hide her at home all the time, away from anyone’s prying eyes.
But that was all he could do: imagine.
Tan Zhenghong said with a dark face, "Your expression has already betrayed you, but I won’t give you any chance to take advantage of the situation, hurry up and talk business!"
Humph, his good temper today was entirely because business is business!
"To the back hall, Stingy Cat!" Bai Yifan taunted once more.
Tan Zhenghong felt a pang of sympathy for Bai Yifan. It was a good thing he had made his move first, otherwise, he would be the one sneering sourly at Bai Yifan now.
Indeed, heaven is fair to everyone.
Before long, Tan Zhenghong and Bai Yifan had signed the agreement.
The mountain covered three hundred acres, and the current price was sixty thousand taels of silver. Tan Zhenghong would pay ten thousand taels this year, and the rest would be paid over five years, with ten thousand each year and an additional five percent interest.
In this way, he also repaid Bai Yifan for the kindness of conceding the mountain to them.
Bai Yifan felt helpless, he just wanted to be a little nicer to Qiao Duo, but with Tan Zhenghong there, he couldn’t get a word in edgewise.
Alright, he admitted that Tan Zhenghong was the most suitable man for Duo’er, but he would never say it out loud.
Men, after all, who doesn’t want to save face?
Business done, Tan Zhenghong whistled a tune on his way to the government office to pick up his wife, but he was stopped by a burly old lady.
"My Madam and Miss Qiao have gone to the suburbs to relax, you wait outside," said the old lady with a stony face.
Tan Zhenghong blinked, so was he being rejected?
Could someone tell him why?
"Don’t feel wronged, if it weren’t for you, would we even need to be out here in the cold?"
Tan Zhenghong looked at the sun hanging in the sky; the spring sun felt warm on the skin, even with a little breeze, it was still warm.
How did that count as being in the cold?
Soon enough, he caught on. He took out a handful of copper coins from his purse.
He heard that to visit someone in the big jail, you had to give a hardship fee first, and this situation should be similar.
"My utmost respect to both of you for the hard work," he said.
The old lady snorted disdainfully, "Think you’re something special just because you have a bit of money? I’m not even interested!"
"Who do you think you’re looking down on? We’re not beggars!"
The other old lady also got riled up.
