After becoming rich overnight, I handed over the system.

Chapter 57 Let's go buy a house!

The family discussed it happily and came out in high spirits.

Xingniang in the courtyard wore a smile on her face, but in reality, she was filled with resentment.

Why shouldn't she be allowed to listen? The Liu family actually received so many rewards. She greedily thought how wonderful it would be if all of them were hers!

"Cousin, what are you talking about regarding the house?" Xingniang asked, reluctantly leaning closer. She hadn't heard anything clearly when she pressed her ear against the door earlier.

“Oh, my mother-in-law said she’ll buy houses for each of our families in the county.” Zhao was so happy that she blurted it out.

"Go buy a house in the county!" Xingniang was so jealous she was going crazy. Why should these peasants get to do it?

Just then, Old Lady Liu came out and saw Xingniang's jealous face. "What are you looking at? You're not my daughter. Do you expect me to buy you a house?"

She ignored Xingniang and said, "I forgot to mention earlier that our house also needs to be expanded. When you go to see the clan chief later, you can also ask him to allocate some land for the house."

Old Lady Liu's words reignited Xingniang's anger, and she decided to expand the village's houses!

"By the way, third brother, find out exactly where that hundred acres of fertile land is. Our whole family should go and take a look at it sometime!"

Old Mrs. Liu's words were so provocative that Xingniang could barely stand.

They also have hundreds of acres of fertile land. What gives them the right to do that? What exactly gives them the right to do that?

"We've achieved a yield of 1,000 catties per mu for sweet potatoes, a first in the Great Ning Dynasty! This could feed so many people!"

It turned out that Xingniang couldn't help but ask the question, but Old Lady Liu didn't tolerate her and retorted directly.

During this time, Old Lady Liu also realized that this Xingniang was definitely not her second son's wife's cousin, but rather seemed to be a maid from some family.

She couldn't do any farm work at all, always pretending to be a pampered child, and she was always finding fault. None of this escaped the old lady's sharp eyes, so we had to find a way to get rid of her.

"Yes, yes, Auntie, your family has truly done a great service!" Xingniang said, suppressing her jealousy.

"What are you saying? It's all thanks to His Majesty!" Old Lady Liu glanced at her and ignored her, while the others went about their own business.

Grandma Liu asked the women in the group how to get rid of her.

“I think you don’t need to rush, Auntie. The time should be coming soon,” Liu Mingyue comforted her.

"How so?" everyone asked curiously.

"Judging from what the old lady said, she's greedy, so it's impossible for her not to be tempted by all that money in the old lady's house. Besides, the old lady also said that no one in the family likes to talk to her, and with the old lady's actions today, she probably won't last much longer," Liu Mingyue analyzed.

"Does Princess Liu mean she'll steal my family's money?"

"More or less, but we don't know when we'll make our move. Maybe you can pick a date for her."

"Pick a date?" Old Mrs. Liu understood.

The next day, at a clan meeting, it was announced that Old Lady Liu and her family had donated 500 taels of silver to repair the ancestral hall and buy sacrificial land, which sparked a heated discussion.

Some people think that Grandma Liu's family is really good; they haven't forgotten their clan even after becoming rich.

Some people felt that since they had received ten thousand taels of silver, donating five hundred taels was too little.

That's what Madam Qian was thinking. Since she couldn't get into the ancestral hall, she could only shout from outside.

"Their family received ten thousand taels of silver! Ten thousand taels! And they only donated five hundred taels, how stingy!"

"That's right, that's right!" someone whispered in agreement.

The clan chief and other elders were both amused and exasperated; these villagers were truly short-sighted.

"Liu Qianshi, how much do you think her family should donate to the clan?" the clan chief asked with a forced smile.

“I think we should donate five thousand taels, no, eight thousand taels!” Madam Qian exclaimed, her eyes darting around.

"Eight thousand taels? You really dare to say that! Let me ask you, how much money has your family donated to the clan?"

“Our family has no money, why should we donate money to the clan!” Qian retorted stubbornly.

"So, according to you, whoever gets rich has to donate 80% to the clan? What, is this how our clan exploits its members? Who taught you to say that! Old Liu, you tell me, is this how you taught your wife?" the clan chief shouted sternly.

"Clan chief, it wasn't me, I didn't, he's just talking nonsense!" Old Liu Shi hurriedly apologized to the clan chief. Although he also felt that Old Lady Liu's family had donated too little, most of the money was going to the clan, so he couldn't let it fall on his head, otherwise he would be hated by the villagers.

"You woman, go back home! You have no right to speak here!"

Qian wanted to retort, but was glared at by her husband and a group of clansmen, and reluctantly went home.

"Clan leader, she's talking nonsense, that's not what she meant!" Old Liu said ingratiatingly.

The clan chief snorted, "Donations to the clan are entirely up to everyone's wishes. We are all from the same branch of the clan, and if you are doing well, so am I. It is a good thing that those who are doing well still think of everyone else. You insist on forcing people to do this, how can you do such a thing? My Liu clan would never do such a thing. Here I reiterate, no matter how much money is donated, it is all a token of the clan's goodwill."

Now, others who had thoughts in their hearts dared not mention them anymore, but most villagers still remembered the kindness of Grandma Liu and her family.

"Also, you should remember that our village is exempt from taxes for three years, which is thanks to the Liu family."

Only after the clan chief said that did everyone realize what was going on.

They might not benefit from the sacrificial fields, but the tax exemption is a real advantage.

Suddenly, everyone's praise for the Liu family became even more genuine, and the Liu family also quickly became modest.

"Mom, look at that Aunt Qian, how could she be like that? We're neighbors!" Liu Erhe complained.

"Alright, you all know what kind of person she is. She's been at odds with our family for so long. But your Aunt Hua still praised our family, didn't she?" Old Mrs. Liu comforted him.

Indeed, most of the aunties in the village are reasonable, and they praised their family quite a bit today. Thinking of this, Liu Lao Er felt very pleased.

"Alright, get some rest. Tomorrow, our family will go to the county to look at houses!" As soon as Grandma Liu said this, everyone's hearts began to stir.

"Mother, so fast?"

"Anyway, money won't produce offspring if it's kept at home. It's better to spend it so that no one will have a problem with it!" Old Mrs. Liu said meaningfully.

Everyone was so happy that they couldn't hear anything off-topic; they were all excited.

Grandma Liu sent everyone back to their rooms, and she soon went to rest as well.

Back in the house, Liu Laoda was still unable to calm down.

"Honey, let's pick out a bigger one tomorrow. Mom will still be living with us from now on!"

"Of course, we still have three boys, so we need to be prepared for that too."

The second wife was also thinking that it would be even better if there was a well in the house, as Zhao Shi was the most impatient to fetch water.

The third wife wanted to plant more flowers and plants in the yard and also build a study for her husband.

The family went to sleep with hopeful expectations.