Chapter 506: Anything You're Missing, Just Ask Me

"From now on, I can eat vegetables and sweet potatoes every meal. I'll save the dry rations for the people working.""Anyway, the work in the fields isn't strenuous. I can eat a little less, and saving...Hu Ai-lan was overjoyed and quickly scooped up the ledger, even walking to the side to take a look, as if afraid someone would snatch it back.

Mu hurried to speak, "Don't!"

"Jinxiu, you really showed her that" she whispered urgently in Fang Jinxiu's ear.

Fang Jinxiu privately shook her mother-in-law's hand and gave her a reassuring look.

Hu Ailan couldn't wait to open her ledger and start flipping through it. As she flipped, her expression suddenly changed, and her smile gradually disappeared.

By the time she finished reviewing all the ledgers, her face had turned ashen.

His chest heaved up and down, his eyes fixed on Fang Jinshi as he flung the ledger to the ground.

"Fang Jinshi! What do you mean by showing me a fake ledger"

"Our family is so humble, we wouldn't need to create fake ledgers," Fang Jinshu laughed.

"This is the real ledger."

Hu Ai-lan couldn't believe it, she exclaimed excitedly.

"How could the ledger possibly have no savings With such a large operation, there are still plenty of vegetable gardens in the backyard."

"Vegetables are so expensive these days, do you think I'd believe your story about having no money!"

Fang Jinshu coldly snorted and stood up, instantly exuding an aura of pressure.

Hu Ai-lan instinctively flinched backward, but then she thought about how she was about to replace Fang Jinxiu and become the head of the second branch of the family.

To be afraid of her, wouldn't that make me look small

She forced herself to calm down and met Fang Jinshu's gaze.

"Hu Ai-Lan, I thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you to be so bad at math."

"Do you know how large the mountain is Buying this wasteland and taking care of so many people to cultivate it is a huge expense in itself."

"Even if selling vegetables could make some money, do you think just these vegetables could earn that much"

“Now vegetables are precious, but they're not easy to preserve either. Heitu Town is already abandoned, and these vegetables alone cost a fortune just to transport and sell.”

"You tell me how this will earn enough money to buy a mountaintop."

Fang Jinshi is a graduate of a prestigious medical school, no one at Nomura, even all of them combined, can calculate as well as she can.

Hu Ailan was rendered speechless by her three or four sentences.

She can't even read, and even if she were a little clever, it wouldn't compare to Fang Jinshu's cultural background.

To con someone as simple as a country bumpkin wouldn't be difficult.

"If the clan's accounts have always been empty, then how did you buy this mountaintop"

"Couldn't the government be footing your bill, could it"

Fang Jinshi closed her eyes and spoke nonsense.

"You guessed right, it's the government that owes me money."

Of course, the government's accounts aren't that easily settled. The head of the clan and the magistrate signed an agreement, waiting until the wasteland is cleared and planted before settling the accounts.

"Every year's harvest shall be divided, with half going to the government, for a period of fifty years."

Hu Ai-lan's eyes widened in astonishment as she exclaimed, "Five, five decades!"

"You're crazy!"

"You, you how can you sign such a contract, what's the difference between this and working for the government your whole life"

"This mountain is so big, if we planted it all with crops and fruit trees, how much money would we make"

"And you must still give half of your harvest to the government every year."

Hu Ailan thought of this, her heart ached with pain, as if the loss had been her own property.

Fang Jinshu picked her eyebrows, "If I don't sign the contract, what does the government have to give me such a big mountain on credit"

Even if they lost half of their harvest every year, the remaining half would be enough for the Zong family to get by.

As long as you work hard and diligently, after fifty years you'll have paid off the government's debt. Then this mountaintop will completely belong to the family.

Hu Ai-lan clenched her fists tightly. This time, she wouldn't naively accept the family business as she once promised.

Fang Jinxiu pretended not to see her hesitation, directly picked up the ledger on the ground, patted the dust off it, and stuffed it back into Hu Ailan's arms.

"Come on, do your best."

"Once you learn to manage the accounts, I can finally be free."

After all, it's not pleasant to be chased for debts by the village head, villagers, and officials every day.

Hu Ailan almost threw the ledger in her hand away.

Fang Jinshi didn't give her this chance, and immediately said, "By the way, from today onwards, you will be in charge of accounting here. All expenses for the Zong family will depend on you."

After she finished speaking, she took Mu Shi's hand, looking as if she had been freed from a burden and was lighthearted. As she led Mu Shi out, she chatted casually.

"Mother, in the future if you need anything, just ask Hu Ai-lan. Don't worry, she cares deeply for both you and A Yu. She has been thinking of you for so many years, she will definitely treat you better than I can."

"If anything is missing, feel free to ask her for it."

Behind them, Hu Ailan's face turned pale. She clutched her ledger tightly, as if it were a hot potato she couldn't get rid of, looking extremely distressed. it to Zong Hu.Zong Yu saw the luggage sinking, and walked over to catch it."What is this"Fang Jinshu smiled, "These are all for my sister-in-law and little Tiger.""The weather is getting colder and c...