Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 84 Kneeling Down to Beg for the First Slot (12)

"Okay, I will find an accountant to come back as soon as possible. I indeed neglected this matter." Feng Xuxu looked at the butler with an apologetic gaze.

"Butler, how many house servants do we have at home?"

"Forty, minus the four who know some fighting skills at the main gate and an uncle who can grow medicinal herbs, that leaves thirty-five." The butler looked at the young lady, puzzled.

"In a moment, pick a dozen or so people to go to the distillery and have them work there. Then, go and order a batch of alcohol vats. I am going to brew alcohol these next few days."

"Yes, Miss," the butler replied with a fist salute.

"Well then, you go ahead and be busy." She stood up and headed towards the Lotus Garden. As she walked, she looked at the villa, fragrant throughout the garden, and when she reached the flower garden in the front court, she admired the full bloom of spring, the vibrant flowers adding much color to the yard.

"Little sister, why are you sitting on the rain flower stone? It’s cold, hurry and get up." The elder brother, seeing his preoccupied little sister from afar, came over anxiously to check on her.

"Big brother, you’re back!" Seeing that it was her elder brother, Feng Xuxu stood up and smiled lightly.

"If I didn’t come back, you might have caught a cold by now." He led his sister to sit down on a wooden bench in the gazebo. "Where are your maids? Why aren’t they following you?" He frowned and looked around, seeing no one else.

"I sent them back." Blinking her large eyes, she stuck out her tongue at her brother.

The elder brother smiled helplessly: "You..." He paused, then joyfully said, "Guess how much silver I got from visiting Master Xu this time?"

Feng Xuxu rolled her eyes and stretched out a finger: "One thousand taels?"

Hahaha: "I knew you wouldn’t guess it, twenty thousand taels." Feng Xi’s mouth stretched to the back of his ears with joy.

"Really? That much!" Feng Xuxu asked, pretending to be very surprised.

"Of course, I just handed the silver note to the butler." A face full of pride.

"Sister, I didn’t expect it, growing watermelons is actually more valuable than farming." He remarked with a sigh, realizing that a few months of rice harvest wasn’t worth as much as three months of growing watermelons.

"Big brother, it’s just a matter of demand. Because we are the only ones who have them now, they are expensive. If others start to grow them later, then watermelons will not be worth as much silver," she explained.

Upon hearing this, Feng Xi became anxious: "Then what do we do?"

Feng Xuxu laughed, "Don’t worry. If they grow them in the summer, we’ll grow them in the winter. The prices will be even higher than now!"

Feng Xi blinked his large eyes in disbelief: "Winter, w-winter, growing in winter? Won’t it freeze to death!" Finally, he found his tongue and stuttered through the sentence.

Hahaha, Feng Xuxu hadn’t thought her big brother could be so cute: "Big brother, I just realized you really, really, really are adorable."

Feng Xi also laughed, touching his head and grinning foolishly: "I just realized that too."

"Don’t change the subject. Hurry up and tell me, I’m dying of curiosity." Feng Xi, seeing his sister still laughing at his expense, put on a stern face and imperiously waited for his little sister.

She rubbed her face, which had stiffened from laughter, and put on a serious expression: "What’s the rush? You’ll find out soon enough! Heaven’s secrets must not be revealed." With that, she jumped up, made a face, and ran off.

Feng Xi shook his head, smiling helplessly, then stood up and went back to his own courtyard.

At the Luo family village clan hall.

The hall, inside and out, was crowded with people waiting for the village head and several elders to make a decision.

Luo Jiabao exchanged glances with the Clan Leader and the other elders, and seeing them all nodding, he sighed, "Have you all thought it through? If you betray the estate or sell out the estate, then you must compensate with one hundred thousand taels of silver. Are you sure about this?" Luo Jiabao asked uncertainly.