We're Taking All These Stones

Since it's free, might as well eat it.

After Cui Wenyuan finished eating and drinking, the bowls and chopsticks on the table were gone again.

Then someone rushed into his yard and said, "Cui Wenyuan, did you steal the food from the kitchen?"

Cui Wenyuan waved his hand and said, "No, I..."

"Go in and search; it must be him."

Everyone rushed in.

I searched for ages, but found absolutely nothing.

Cui Wenyuan looked at them helplessly and said, "I really didn't eat."

Second Master Cui snorted coldly and said:

Who knows if you've eaten or not?

Don't even think about eating at the Cui Family's restaurant again. Aren't you supposed to be a big money-maker?

From now on, we'll live off your million taels!

Second Master Cui led his men to continue searching, but he wasn't really looking for vegetables.

They wanted to take this opportunity to search all of Cui Wenyuan's silver notes.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find anything.

Looking at the mess the whole room had been ransacked, Cui Wenyuan said helplessly:

"Second brother, I know you have a problem with me, but what are you searching for?"

Could it be silver notes? Those silver notes are all kept in money shops, you can't find them there, right?

Cui Wenyuan wasn't stupid; he had deposited all his silver notes into Treasure-Gathering Bank.

Treasure-Gathering Bank really offers a lot of interest; you can earn an extra 5,000 taels a month.

Now Cui Wenyuan doesn't need to do anything, and he receives money every month. He's living a very comfortable life.

Second Master Cui gritted his teeth and said, "Cui Wenyuan, you really know how to scheme, you're actually guarding against us."

Cui Wenyuan said calmly, "One should always be wary of others."

Second Master Cui was so angry that he turned around and left.

After finishing her dinner, Old Madam Cui grew increasingly angry and frustrated.

Originally, she intended to punish Cui Wenyuan, but little did she know that Cui Wenyuan would earn nearly a million taels of silver, so she won't go into that.

Most importantly, Old Master Cui now values Cui Wenyuan very much.

Old Madam Cui, "I'm furious! The son of a lowly servant girl dares to piss and defecate on my head! I can't swallow this!"

The old woman next to her offered a suggestion:

"Madam, please calm down. I really don't think this is a big deal."

As long as the third young master cannot have children, the family's wealth will not fall into other hands.

He can become the top scholar if he wants to, and he can become an official if he wants to; it's all up to him.

The old lady's eyes lit up and she said:

"That's a good idea indeed. Someone, bring me a packet of medicine to the kitchen."

Tell them to brew it for the third young master; this time, be discreet.

Someone took a packet of medicine and gave it to the kitchen staff.

The kitchen is making rock sugar bird's nest soup; every member of the household has to drink a cup every night.

Originally, Cui Wenyuan wasn't supposed to receive any of these, but now Cui Wenyuan doesn't even have food to eat, let alone these expensive tonics.

But the kitchen still cooked a pot of it for him today.

The tonics were delivered quickly.

Looking at the rock sugar bird's nest, Cui Wenyuan said, "My wife is so good to me, she even made rock sugar bird's nest for me to drink."

The old woman smiled and said:

"The old lady said that you are in poor health and have been busy with your studies lately, so you should drink more."

And I have to watch you drink it all; not a single drop can be left.

To be honest, Cui Wenyuan really didn't want to drink it.

But the old woman kept staring, so he had no choice but to drink it all in one gulp.

After he finished drinking, the nanny went back to report.

Then Zhou Wanwan came out from the inner room and said:

"Finished drinking? That Old Madam Cui is truly ruthless!"

After you drink this bowl of bird's nest, you probably won't be able to have children in the future!

Cui Wenyuan stared at Zhou Wanwan, dumbfounded, and said, "What? Master, what do you mean by that?"

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes and said, "I told you I put something in your bird's nest!"

Cui Wenyuan was shocked and asked, "What do we do now?"

"It's fine, we switched it a long time ago. Your medicine is fine, it's Eldest Master Cui's the problem."

It's a pity that Eldest Master Cui has no children now; he's likely to be childless and without descendants.

"Ah?"

After finishing his rock sugar bird's nest soup, Eldest Master Cui said, "I feel like today's rock sugar bird's nest soup tastes strange; it's not the same as usual."

Eldest Madam Cui smiled and said, "I think it tastes great! No different from usual."

"Maybe it's because there's been so much going on at home lately, I'm a bit tired!"

Ever since Cui Wenyuan left the side courtyard, I've felt that many things have changed.

Eldest Madam Cui nodded and said, "I feel the same way, but now that the Cui Family is in our hands, there's nothing to worry about."

Eldest Master Cui sneered:

"Just because he's a son of a concubine, he thinks he can climb over us?"

Didn't Mother say that we don't need to be polite to him anymore? Let him manage his own expenses in the yard.

As for the people around him, they are all from our Cui Family. When he takes the imperial examination, we will definitely make things difficult for him.

We absolutely cannot let him pass the imperial examination.

As long as Cui Wenyuan passes the imperial examination, the Cui Family will never have a good life.

Eldest Madam Cui nodded understandingly.

Zhou Wanwan taught Cui Wenyuan until late at night. Looking at Cui Wenyuan, she said, "Actually, your biggest drawback right now is that your foundation is unstable, and your learning is too general."

Cui Wenyuan said, "Back then, I only studied sporadically, so I didn't master many things."

"It's alright if your foundation isn't solid. Just memorize all the materials I've given you, and you'll have no problem passing the preliminary examination."

Thank you, Master.

Zhou Wanwan waved her hand and said, "I'm going back to rest."

She wasn't really resting at all.

We went directly to the mine with Old Scholar Tree and the others; the mine was huge.

Moreover, it's about a two-hour journey from here, which is about four hours.

Fortunately, the Old Scholar Tree and the Old Ancestor were the fastest runners, and they arrived in just half an hour.

Sure enough, we saw a valley with many people going in and out.

"Hurry up, hurry up! This batch of jade is of good quality. Everyone, keep up the good work. The higher-ups said there will be a generous reward for completing the task."

The Sun Family's jade mine is indeed huge; there are several thousand people mining there alone.

The Old Scholar Tree picked up a stone and said, "Wanwan, why don't you try this stone and see how it is?"

Zhou Wanwan channeled energy into the stone, and she said with slight surprise, "This stone is of very high quality; it can be infused with a great deal of energy."

The more energy injected, the better the quality of the stone.

This quality is very rare.

Such jade can last longer.

The estates under Zhou Wanwan's name are mostly made of this type of jade.

These jade stones were infused with energy and then placed in each village.

In this way, the spiritual energy in each village will be abundant, while other people's crops will only be harvested twice a year.

This is already considered a lot, but Zhou Wanwan's farm can harvest grain four times a year, and the yield is very high.

That's the difference; it applies to one village, and it applies to countless villages.

That is an abundance of grain. Although Zhou Wanwan has many people to support, she never lacks food.

Zhou Wanwan said, "We'll take all these stones."

The trees moved incredibly fast; no sooner had Zhou Wanwan finished speaking than everyone in the mine collapsed.

Thousands of trees rushed into the mine, first carrying all the stones back, and then began mining.

These trees are also very fast at mining, especially those such as saxaul, rock-piercing stone, oil pine, clamwood, sand willow, and red willow.

These trees are the main force; they mine very quickly.

Before Zhou Wanwan could react, the ore was pushed up.

After a busy night, we finally emptied the mine.

Zhou Wanwan said, "There are so many stones! There's simply not enough time to inject energy."

Zhou Wanwan injected energy in batches; in just one night, she injected hundreds of stones.

Zhou Wanwan stretched and said, "I'm exhausted, let's go back and rest! Tomorrow is the gold mine."

The Old Scholar Tree nodded and said, "I wonder how the Sun Family will feel tomorrow when they find out the mine has been emptied out."

The Old Ancestor beside him said calmly, "It's not just that the jade mine was emptied out; the Sun Family was also emptied out. Who told them to offend Wanwan!"