Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 167: Chapter 167 So Calm..._1

”Uncle Quan Gui, you’re a good person, but from now on we really should—”

An Jing sincerely hoped that An Quangui would keep his distance from them at this time. Involving him now would not be good. An Quangui was not that disgusting Aunt Liu Hua. If he really got dragged into their troubles, she would feel remorseful.

But before An Jing could finish her sentence, An Quangui cut her off, ”If worst comes to worst, I’ll just stop selling vegetables. After taking out the costs, I don’t make much profit in a month anyway. It’s alright, An Jing girl, don’t talk like that anymore. If I really act like I don’t know you, not only will my wife and son not let me off, my older and second brothers will definitely give me a hard time. Alright, I’m off to sell vegetables. I can’t leave my stall unattended for too long.”

Having said that, An Quangui turned and left.

Only when An Quangui had returned to his stall to sell vegetables did An Jing withdraw her gaze and look at Xiao Changyi with a smile. ”That uncle is really not bad, right?”

Xiao Changyi lightly responded, ”Hmm.”

After selling the remaining fermented tofu, An Jing and Xiao Changyi rode their family’s ox cart back home.

Then, An Jing and Xiao Changyi didn’t go out and instead weeded the garden in their yard.

But they had just started weeding when they heard the sound of a carriage. Soon, a familiar carriage came into view—the one belonging to Wang Youbao, which they had seen just a few days ago.

The carriage driver stopped the carriage at their doorstep, and soon Wang Youbao got down from the carriage. Upon seeing them in the yard, he hurriedly clasped his hands and said, ”Xiao Bio Gong, Mrs. An, I have urgent news to tell.”

Seeing the corpulent Wang Youbao being so anxious and yet minding such formalities at the doorstep, An Jing couldn’t help but find it amusing. Still, she responded, ”Then come in and talk.”

Wang Youbao then entered the yard.

The three of them went into the main house.

Before they could sit down, Wang Youbao said, ”I came to inform the two of you that the owner of the Jadeite Tavern, Sun Beiwei, had people notify my tavern. I’ve also inquired around, and Jixiang, Shuangxi, and Mingman have all been notified too. We are not allowed to buy your fermented tofu anymore, or else we would be opposing Official Zhao.”

”Official Zhao?” An Jing had no idea who that was.

”The official registrar of Hecheng County. Besides the County Magistrate, he is the most powerful. He is Sun Beiwei’s brother-in-law, surnamed Zhao, known as Official Zhao.”

”Oh.”

Wang Youbao was taken aback, feeling that An Jing’s reaction was a bit too calm. He turned his gaze towards Xiao Changyi, who was as expressionless as ever, as if Wang Youbao didn’t exist. Wang Youbao thought Xiao Changyi was even calmer than An Jing—after all, An Jing had at least responded to him.

”Aren’t you worried?” Wang Youbao eventually couldn’t help but ask.

”Worried about what?” An Jing asked.

”Sun Beiwei forbidding us from buying your family’s fermented tofu, presumably he won’t allow you to sell the tofu in town to anyone else.”

”Oh.”

Just as calm... Wang Youbao felt a sense of frustration, and finally raised his voice, ”This means that your family’s fermented tofu can’t be sold!”

Seeing that Wang Youbao was getting anxious again, An Jing then said, ”What’s the big deal? Originally, my husband and I were making and selling fermented tofu just to buy an ox. Now we’ve already bought one for our family, which you must have seen in the yard—a big water buffalo. As for whether we can sell the fermented tofu in the future, it doesn’t matter.”

She had initially thought that the fermented tofu business could be a long-term endeavor, but since it couldn’t be sustained in the long run, she wasn’t inclined to force it. She had already bought a big water buffalo for her husband.