A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 73 The old lady is just teasing you.

Li Xianda returned before they had even finished half of their dinner, accompanied by two other people.

When he entered, he was stunned to see that Master Li and Madam Su had already started eating with Zhou Hanzhang and Jiang Mingyun.

"Was I adopted?"

"I must have been found!"

"Why didn't you wait for me while you ate? I was so busy outside that I didn't even have time to drink a drop of water."

Seeing the sweat on Li Xianda's head, Zhou Hanzhang felt a little guilty and thought he should get up quickly so that he could sit down and rest.

Su pressed her down, saying, "Don't move, eat your food properly."

Zhou Hanzhang looked at Li Xianda and said, "Cousin, it's really not that I don't want to get up."

Li Xianda looked incredulous. "I really was adopted. Zhang Zhang'er is your real grandson."

Madam Su rolled her eyes at him. "You look exactly like your grandfather. No one would believe you were adopted. Besides, Zhang'er is a blood relative, much closer than you."

Li Xianda felt as if his own grandmother had stabbed him in the chest.

He exaggeratedly clutched his chest, "Grandma, I'm so heartbroken."

"Stop acting. If you keep acting, you'll have to go back to your mother's for dinner," Madam Su said irritably.

The servants smiled and said, "Young master, please sit down. The old lady was just teasing you. She had already prepared your meal separately and specifically told us to keep it warm for you."

Li Xianda already knew that his grandmother was joking with him; he was just teasing her.

“I knew it. My grandmother loves me. She wouldn’t refuse to give me a single bite of food just because my cousin came.”

He sat down with a grin.

While serving food to Zhou Hanzhang, Madam Su asked, "What have you found out?"

Li Xianda was starving. He swallowed his food hastily while raising his eyebrows at the two men he had brought back. "Hey, tell those two to say that I'm starving and need to eat a few bites first."

Seeing that he looked like a starving ghost, Madam Su couldn't bear to ask any more questions. She decided to wait until he finished eating before asking, since a little more time wouldn't make a difference.

When she was serving food to Zhou Hanzhang, she would occasionally put a couple of pieces of meat on his plate, which brought tears to his eyes.

"Grandmother really loves me."

Su Shi: ...

Suddenly I really wanted to take all the meat back from his bowl.

After everyone had finally finished eating, Madam Su asked again, "Tell me quickly, what did you find out?"

Li Xianda took the handkerchief handed to him by a servant, wiped his mouth, rinsed his mouth with tea, and then said, "My cousin was right. Jia Yi really did discover that his wife and children had come."

Jiang Mingyun was anxious at this moment and couldn't pretend to be well-behaved anymore. "How could he find out? I always pick people up at night."

Li Xianda took a sip of tea and said, "It was because you picked someone up at night that he found out."

Because he was determined to marry Sister Xinyi, he was being extra cautious during this time, with people watching over him not only during the day but also at night.

As soon as you took the man away, these two men secretly caught up with him and found Jia Yi before you could, telling him that his wife and children were already on their way to the capital.

But don't worry, he doesn't know that we already suspect him. He only suspects that his wife is colluding with outsiders, thinking that he and his son are enjoying themselves in the capital without them, and wants to secretly come to the capital to find him.

Fearing that his wife and children might cause trouble once they arrived in the capital, he brought up the matter of moving the marriage proposal forward to Aunt Jiang's door.

These two men, whom he had ordered to intercept his wife and children in the countryside, were brought here by me, but Jia Yi is unaware of it.”

Zhou Hanzhang looked at the two men, who smiled humbly at them.

"They followed you so easily?" Jiang Mingyun was truly incredulous.

Li Xianda took another sip of tea. "That's right. Everyone in the world is driven by profit. I believe very few people can resist your charm."

Jiang Mingyun: ...

Su Shi: ...

Su slapped him on the head, "Be serious for once!"

Li Xianda immediately became obedient after being slapped by Madam Su. He scratched his head and said, "What I mean is, I gave them enough money, and they came with me. On the way, they even sold Jia Yi to me from head to toe."

He peeked closer to Zhou Hanzhang and winked, "It didn't cost much, not even half a day's allowance for you."

Zhou Hanzhang blinked. "How much pocket money do I get in half a day?"

I gave each of them two strings of cash.

Zhou Hanzhang blinked again. How much is two strings of cash?

The CPU in her mind started calculating rapidly, oh, about ten thousand in modern terms.

There really aren't many.

This was definitely worth the money.

Zhou Hanzhang gave Li Xianda a thumbs up.

Su patted his head again, "Don't corrupt my Zhangzhang'er."

"Yes, yes, I understand."

"If Jia Yi hadn't received his wife and children, wouldn't he have come up with some other wicked schemes?" Zhou Hanzhang wondered.

"No problem, you can proceed as normal here. I've arranged for people to go to their village to organize activities, delivering rice, oil, and salt, provided they stay there for a full month as I instructed."

It seems he has no one else to rely on. These past two days, Sister Xinyi, under the pretext of protecting his reputation, has taken back many of the things she previously kept at his house. It's fortunate that Sister Xinyi initially thought not to give him money directly, fearing it would be a waste of his talents; now that she's taken the things back, they're even poorer than before.

Li Xianda laughed as he spoke, "Sister Xinyi is the same. She even took back the clothes she had given away, which scared them into thinking that something had happened to the Jiang family. They tried to find out but couldn't find anything. For the sake of a better life, why not bring forward the wedding date?"

Now he has no money, no possessions, and no power. Even a passing dog can bark at him. I figure he can only rely on the people in his village right now, so I'll keep them under control and prevent him from using them.”

"Will the people in their village be able to stay? Won't they suspect you have ulterior motives?"

"Don't worry about what I do. I told them I was going to pray for our ancestors. The Taoist master said that people in this area are the most blessed. He told them to stay in the village and pray for our ancestors for a month. As long as they don't leave the village, each household can receive enough food for five people every day. After a month, each person will also receive one string of cash."

"Where did you find this enlightened master?" Zhou Hanzhang still had questions.

Li Xianda looked at Zhou Hanzhang and said, "Where could your cousin find such a master? I paid someone to impersonate him. You know what, actors these days are really capable. That person looked even more like a master than Master Xuan."

Zhou Hanzhang was shocked; so this was the legendary power of money.

She never imagined it could be used like this.

My cousin was really helpful.

"I also found out a lot of gossip about their village. Would you like to hear it?"