In love with the richest man's wife
Chapter 30 How about a promise?
001.
Chatting with Dong Qingqing one sentence at a time, dispelling the depression in his heart for several days, Bai Kan's originally gloomy eyes became brighter.
Although Bai Kan didn't show his grandfather's death and the changes in the Bai family on his face, it didn't completely affect him.
It can even be said that the impact is much greater than he expected.
Thinking that there are only him and his father left in the Bai family, Bai Kan's breath is choked up in his chest, and he feels extremely uncomfortable.
At this moment, Mr. Qing, who had finished packing the dishes, returned to the hall.
"What lot was drawn?" Mr. Qing asked.
Bai Kan took a deep breath, dispelled the pain that was about to condense in his heart, and hurriedly handed over the sign in his hand.
Seeing this, Dong Qingqing on the side also handed over the lottery in her hand.
Mr. Qing nodded slightly, "What do you want?"
Bai Kan tilted his head slightly to look at Dong Qingqing beside him, and said, "I want to calculate the future fate of the Bai family."
Dong Qingqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Feelings."
Mr. Qing didn't ask much, took the lottery and went into the back room, and went inside to get the lottery.
After a while, he came out with two notes.
Seeing this, Bai Kan hurriedly gathered around to have a look.
Mr. Qing glanced at him, and first released the lottery for Bai Kan.
"The signature says that the Bai family's business will be prosperous. Although there will be some difficulties, these will not hinder the progress of the Bai family. Moreover, the Bai family has a desire for noble people. If they can take advantage of the trend, they will definitely go up."
Bai Kan grinned, although this sign is Dong Qingqing's, but if Dong's family meets a nobleman, doesn't that mean meeting Bai's family?
If the Dong family can prosper, as nobles of the Dong family, the Bai family will certainly not be far behind.
After Mr. Qing unwrapped the lottery in Bai Kan's hand, he took Dong Qingqing's and looked at it.
Although what Dong Qingqing held in his hand was the upper lottery, but what Mr. Qing explained was not all smooth sailing.
"Emotional matters have always had twists and turns, and your thoughts and calculations have twists and turns, but fortunately, the result is not bad." Mr. Qing paused, and then said, "There is a lot of fog, and there is a lack of honesty."
After speaking, Mr. Qing raised his head and glanced at Dong Qingqing.
Dong Qingqing paused imperceptibly, didn't say much, just said: "Thank you, Mr. Qing."
Bai Kan was happy at the moment, he looked at the note that Mr. Qing gave him, folded it up and was about to put it in his pocket, but Mr. Qing took the note back with sharp eyes and quick hands.
"Other Taoist temples always give thousands of tickets to the guests!" Bai Kan wanted that ticket.
"I'm too lazy to write anymore." Mr. Qing said frankly.
The tags in the Taoist temple were used up, so he had to copy them himself.
It's fine if others want it, but Bai Kan still has it.
After taking back Bai Kan's signature, Mr. Qing snatched the IOU from Dong Qingqing's hand next to him, and stuffed it back into its original place.
Seeing this, Dong Qingqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Bai Kan felt resentful in his heart, but he didn't dare to take anything against Mr. Qing, so he could only watch helplessly.
"Alright, it's getting late, let's go back quickly after collecting the things." Mr. Qing smiled.
"Then let's go first." Bai Kan glanced at the sky.
When we went down the mountain from here to our home, the sky was probably going to be dark.
Mr. Qing nodded.
"Sir, why don't you move to Bai's house?" Bai Kan didn't leave right away, while speaking, he glanced at the person sitting motionless in the room.
The man remained motionless in the previous posture, as if he had never blinked his eyes.
Mr. Qing has been living on the mountain to take care of the person in the house. Mr. Qing was able to leave with his grandfather before, but now that his grandfather is no longer there, only Mr. Qing is left on the mountain, which must be very inconvenient.
This matter was discussed between him and Bai Linyuan, and it was the two of them.
"No need." Mr. Qing refused.
Bai Kan opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but Mr. Qing said again: "This mountain is convenient, if there is anything, I'll let the carrier pigeon go over and let me know."
Mr. Qing has already said so, Bai Kan can't say anything more, besides, this matter can't be rushed.
"Then we'll go back first."
Mr. Qing nodded, and watched as Bai Kan and Dong Qingqing went out, mounted their horses and headed down the mountain.
It wasn't until the two of them walked away that he turned and returned to the hall.After silently looking at the person sitting motionless for a moment, he bent down and picked him up and carried him back to the room to put him down.
The Taoist temple where Mr. Qing is located is in the deep mountains. After leaving the road in front of the Taoist temple and looking back, the Taoist temple has been led into the jungle. Those who don’t know it will never think that there is another Taoist temple here.
Bai Kan rode forward slowly on his pony, accompanied by Dong Qingqing.
Dong Qingqing spoke only when he was halfway up the mountain, "Who is Mr. Qing?"
Although Dong Qingqing didn't have much contact with Mr. Qing, there was something weird about Mr. Qing, especially the person sitting in the hall.
With that pale face and motionless appearance, Dong Qingqing even felt that it was just a corpse for a moment.
"Mr. Qing used to be a wandering Taoist priest, and later he came to Baijia Town. In order to treat my illness, he placed an order here, and then became the temple master here."
Dong Qingqing glanced back, and the Taoist temple was completely invisible behind her.
Bai Kan saw Dong Qingqing's interest, he thought for a while and then said: "Mr. Qing has lived here for more than ten years, almost 20 years, and he will treat my moles every year to cure my illness."
Dong Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized that he frowned in disbelief, "Almost 20 years?"
Mr. Qing looks to be in his teens. If he has lived here for more than 20 years, doesn't it mean that he was at least 20 years ago more than [-] years ago? Does it mean that he is almost forty now?
A man who is almost 40 years old looks like a teenager, even if he has a childish face, this is not too shocking, Mr. Qing does not show that he is forty at all.
Dong Qingqing will be surprised, Bai Kan has already expected that anyone who sees this scene will be surprised.
The old workers of the Bai family who had witnessed the passing of nearly 20 years were even more shocked. Those people all regarded Mr. Qing as an extraordinary person and worshiped him as a god.
"According to my father, he was already like this when he came to Bai's house, and now nearly 20 years later, he still looks like this at all."
This cannot be said at first, it is something that should not be known by outsiders, but Bai Kan still told Dong Qingqing.
Dong Qingqing was astonished, with an unconcealable surprise on her face.
"The same goes for the person in the room. He was already like this when Mr. Qing came here. After more than 20 years, he still hasn't changed."
After finishing the sentence, Bai Kan thought for a while, and added another sentence, which made Dong Qingqing even more creepy.
"No, it can't be said that he has not changed. It should be said that he has become more popular than before. I remember when I was a child, he could only lie on the bed without eating, like a corpse, but now he can sit up .”
Dong Qingqing was silent, he didn't know how to express his surprise.
As a medicine merchant, he has traveled all over the years, and he has seen many strange things, but he has never heard of this kind of thing.
Bai Kan had a panoramic view of his expression, seeing Dong Qingqing's shock, he laughed.
He drove the pony closer to Dong Qingqing, then deliberately lowered his voice and said: "I was always afraid of that person when I was a child, probably because human beings have a natural sense of fear for the dead of the same kind, every time I see him, I cry .”
"Later, when I grew up, I was very curious. I sneaked into Mr. Qing's room to see it when he was no longer there. Guess what?"
Bai Kan was mysterious, Dong Qingqing frowned, he had never heard of ghosts, but he never believed them, after all, he had never met them.
"The man had no heartbeat and was not breathing."
After saying this, the Bai family swayed forward on the horse, and soon left Dong Qingqing behind.
In such a remote mountain and wild forest, such a topic is even more terrifying.
Over the years, the Bai family has been protecting Mr. Qing.
Although everyone in the Bai family knew that Mr. Qing didn't seem to grow old, and everyone in the Bai family town also knew that the Bai family hired a genius doctor, but few people knew what was really going on.
His grandfather and his father have already discussed it. In a few years, Mr. Qing will become Mr. Qing's 'son', and the Bai family will change their words to the outside world.
If you don't do anything and spread the word of "not getting old", I'm afraid the world will go crazy.
Dong Qingqing is in the medicine business, so she understands the mentality of those rich people who are afraid of death, and she can better imagine what those people look like when they go crazy.
Dong Qingqing drove forward and caught up with Bai Kan, "Why did you tell me this?"
Such a thing must be better if one less person knows about it, but Bai Kan told him.
"You will often communicate with the Bai family in the future. It will be a matter of time before you realize it. Instead of making yourself suspicious, it is better to tell you earlier." Bai Kan was frank, and at the end he did not forget to add, "This matter is a secret. Can't tell anyone."
And, I trust you.
Dong Qingqing nodded cautiously, without Bai Kan saying that he also knew to keep the secret.
Even if Mr. Qing's safety is disregarded, Mr. Qing is now the only one who can control Bai Kan's condition. If something happens to him, wouldn't it implicate Bai Kan to die together?
This is what he absolutely does not want to see.
He would never do anything that would hurt Bai Kan.
On the way afterwards, neither of them mentioned anything about the mountain. Although Dong Qingqing still had countless questions in her heart, she also knew that it was better not to know about some things.
When we returned to the town, it was already dark.
Dong Qingqing handed over the things hanging on her horse's back to the servants of the Bai family, and after saying goodbye to Bai Kan, she returned to the Dong family.
When they were approaching the street, Dong Qingqing turned her head and glanced at the gate of Bai's house. Seeing that Bai Kan was still arranging his grandfather's belongings there, Dong Qingqing let out a long sigh, feeling a little emotional.
Although Dong Qingqing has long understood that Bai Kan is not such a simple person on the surface, but seeing Bai Kan being forced to grow up and bear the burden, he still can't bear it.
If this is not the case in the Bai family, if there is still an older brother in the Bai family, then he will surely grow up with a pure heart and grow old carefree.
Thinking of the earth-shaking changes that have taken place in the Bai family during this period, Dong Qingqing rubbed the bridge of her nose.
There is not much he can do about the Bai family's affairs, no, not just not much, after thinking about it, all he can do is even accompany.
He couldn't do anything except stay by Bai Kan's side.
002.
After Bai Kan took back all his grandfather's belongings and dealt with them, he focused his attention on business again. The Bai family now has no time for him to be sad and exhausted.
Cooperating with the Dong family, there are still many things that need to be handled by the Bai family in the field. Bai Kan has entrusted these matters to his father Bai Linyuan, while he himself has calmed down and studied hard.
The Bai family has no way out, and changes must be made within three years.
Three years later, the Bai family must have a complete business chain, be able to grow medicinal materials and find people who can sell medicinal materials at any time, but it doesn't stop there, he must also figure out the market for medicinal materials.
If they don't know anything about the market, even a loss is enough to leave their Bai family with nothing.
After making up his mind, Bai Kan went to Dong's house early the next day.
During the period of the Bai family's funeral, the study did not stop, and the rest of the ten Bai family members had learned a lot.
Bai Kan fell behind for a long time, and when he came again, he couldn't keep up and couldn't understand.
In this regard, Bai Kan did not play the young master's temper and let everyone follow his progress, but took the materials and went to the side to study.
Learn what you can read by yourself, and ask Dong Qingqing when you don’t understand what you don’t understand.
In addition to catching up with other people, Bai Kan also arranged other learning content at night. He asked people to buy a lot of books on medicine, and he had to finish all of them by himself.
He is the young head of the Bai family. What he must know is not only how to grow herbs, but also a certain knowledge of medical skills.
Take Dong Qingqing as an example. Although Dong Qingqing is only a medicinal material merchant, he can prescribe a dozen or twenty prescriptions for common typhoid diseases at any time.
The efficacy of each medicine is aimed at the condition of the disease, and he knows more than those who claim to be doctors.Only in this way can he know more about the medicinal materials those doctors need and understand the market better.
This is not an easy task, even more difficult than learning to grow medicinal herbs.
After all, there are still traces to follow when planting medicinal materials. There are fixed ways of saying what medicinal materials should be planted, but the disease is different for everyone.
What kind of medicine should be used by who, and what kind of medicine should be used to what extent, are all different.
These contents are often extremely esoteric, which makes people headache.
In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed, and the originally quiet Dong family suddenly became lively. When the workers came and went, Bai Kan realized that the Dong family had already arranged for people to build a warehouse.
It has been less than half a year, almost four months since the cooperation between the two companies, and some of the first batch of medicinal materials that the Dong family planted in the ground are ready to be harvested.
Before the harvest, Dong Qingqing made preparations in advance.
The land used by the Dong family to build a warehouse belongs to the Bai family.
The place is quite wide on the side of Baijia Town near the fields, and it had been vacant before.
Different from other lands of the Bai family, that piece of land was bought by Bai Linyuan, and it really belongs to their Bai family.
Although his father, Bai Linyuan, was not good at doing business, he did do some things. He knew that the land of the Bai family might be taken back at any time, so he used the money of the Bai family to buy some other family businesses, and that vacant land was one of them.
This time I leased it to Dong Qingqing, on the one hand, because it can turn waste into treasure and use it to collect rent, and on the other hand, it is also considering that this place may be useful to the Bai family in a few years.
A few years later, if the Bai family can grow medicinal materials by themselves as Bai Kan planned, then they can also use the warehouse after tidying up the warehouse.
Bai Kan agreed with Bai Linyuan's decision.
The Dong family was very fast, and the roof trusses were built not long after the place was delineated.The construction of the warehouse is simple and there are not so many requirements, which is why Dong Qingqing did not rush to build it.
Bai Kan took advantage of his free time at noon and ran over to have a look. When he arrived, there were many people carrying things out of the carriage.
Those are some messy tools, including hoes, dustpans, and filter buckets. It seems that they are all used to process medicinal materials.
Turning around the crowd, Bai Kan ran to the side and looked around in front of the tools.
Some of the common tools were nothing new, but there were also some he hadn't seen before, such as one of the large guillotines.
The guillotine was huge, and looked heavy, Bai Kan tried to lift it, but he couldn't even lift it up.
"What are you doing?" Dong Qingqing's voice suddenly sounded from the side.
Bai Kan held the guillotine in his arms and looked back. Dong Qingqing was wearing simple clothes and holding a list in his hand. It seemed that he was checking whether all the things he wanted had been delivered.
"Put that thing down quickly." Seeing Bai Kan's appearance, Dong Qingqing twitched the corner of her mouth fiercely.
In his arms, Bai Kan held a guillotine that was taller than others. The guillotine was made of pure iron, at least a few hundred catties. It was usually used by workers, and it was tied up with ropes and pulled up by several people. hug and play...
"Oh, good." Bai Kan dragged the guillotine and walked to the next wall.
Among the crowd, Lu Qingye avoided the busy workers and came to Dong Qingqing's side.
Seeing Bai Kan and Dong Qingqing getting together again, he couldn't help but tease: "Are you planning to get married?"
It's not that he's always making jokes like this, but Bai Kan and Dong Qingqing are always getting together recently, and they always get married as a couple wherever they go.
"Of course!" Bai Kan smiled, "We join hands, and we will be invincible in the future, so I ask you if you are afraid."
Lu Qingye raised his eyebrows, and was speechless for a while, the Bai family and the Dong family teaming up is really scary, at least the Nanjiang Cheng family is definitely not an opponent.
After a few years, Nanjiang's life of getting married may be difficult.
Dong Qingqing couldn't help but smile wryly when she heard the words, Bai Kan likes women, that's why she can play such jokes with him as a man unscrupulously.
"How about it, do you think about it?" Bai Kan winked and elbowed Dong Qingqing's chest.
"what?"
"Marry me!" Bai Kan said.
Dong Qingqing paused, "Don't make trouble."
"Oh."
"Put down the knife." Dong Qingqing pointed to the guillotine in Bai Kan's arms, "Don't play with such dangerous things."
Bai Kan looked at the guillotine in his arms, picked up the guillotine, and pushed it into Lu Qingye's arms next to him, "Here you are."
"I—" Lu Qingye hurriedly caught it in a panic. The guillotine weighed several hundred catties, even if it was just to support it, it was so heavy that he was almost crushed.
"The class is about to start, go back and learn your stuff." Dong Qingqing pointed to Dong's house.
"Oh." Bai Kan was pitiful, heartbroken, like an abandoned puppy.
He walked in the direction of Dong's house, took two steps and looked back.
When Dong Qingqing saw it, she couldn't laugh or cry.
It wasn't until Bai Kan walked away that he let out a soft breath. Recently, he sighed a lot more than before.
Dong Qingqing looked down at her chest, where it was throbbing.
Even if he knew that Bai Kan didn't like men, and what he just said was just a joke, his heart would still beat wildly uncontrollably.
"Hey, why are you standing there? Why don't you help me?" Lu Qingye held the guillotine that was about to fall, his face darkened, "Is that guy a monster?"
Dong Qingqing glanced at him quietly, turned around and walked to the side, continuing to count the goods.
"Hey! Don't go, come back quickly, help..." Lu Qingye's face turned pale when he touched the dangling guillotine in his arms. If the knife fell down, he would be crushed.
Listening to the wailing from behind, Dong Qingqing finally felt a little better.
"Go and invite the head of the Bai family later, and tell him that I have something to discuss with him." Dong Qingqing ordered the next servant.
"Yes."
Amid Lu Qingye's high-pitched cries, Dong Qingqing leisurely returned to Dong's house with her hands behind her back.
In the evening, as soon as Bai Linyuan came back from outside, he went to Dong's house.
Dong Qingqing had already been waiting there, and when she saw him, she quickly invited him into the study.
"I invited you here this time to discuss with you about harvesting medicinal materials." Dong Qingqing cut to the chase.
Bai Linyuan nodded, Bai Kan had already revealed this to him long ago.
"I need a group of new hands, and the master will teach you how to do it. After the medicinal materials are harvested, the field needs to be turned over, and the master is already preparing for the next planting." Dong Qingqing said again.
"I will arrange."
"The wages of the new staff, according to the previous agreement..."
When Bai Linyuan came out of Dong's house, Bai Kan was waiting at the door.
Seeing Bai Kan, Bai Linyuan hurried forward, "Why don't you go back first? The weather has turned cold now, so don't stay outside for too long."
Bai Kan's health is not good, he can't stand the wind and cold, it's already deep winter, but Bai Kan can't help running around.
"It's okay, I brought the cloak out specially." Bai Kan tugged on the thick cloak on his body, he was wearing more than other people on the street.
The two walked towards Bai's house. On the way, Bai Linyuan told him what Dong Qingqing had told him.
"Daddy, you can take care of the wages. As for the new workers, let's explain the things we discussed before the year before. It's time to change the system." Bai Kan said.
"I think so too. Just before the Chinese New Year, we can finish this matter. From next year, we will follow a new method."
"Well, then I will trouble Dad, you should work harder."
The next day, news spread that the Bai family was going to accept a new batch of workers who specialized in harvesting herbs.
Not only did they accept people from Baijia Town, but also from other nearby places.
As soon as the news spread, the town became lively.
When the Bai family cooperated with the Dong family, the Bai family took in a group of workers. The wages were good, not worse than their own farming, and even more profitable than doing small labor in the town. ready to move.
Bai Linyuan presided over the registration of those people, and at the same time, he took this opportunity to say something.
The people that the Bai family wants to recruit are no longer small workers who do casual work for the Bai family and get paid monthly, but all become long-term workers who are calculated on an annual basis.
The same is true for those who have been working for the Bai family before. They can go to the Bai family to register, and those who are willing to work as long-term workers can change the contract of long-term workers.
The so-called long-term workers and short-term workers are naturally different.
The short-term labor remains the same as before, and the work is assigned uniformly and settled on a monthly basis.
Long-term workers are calculated on an annual basis, and their annual salary is more than that of short-term workers, and they have fixed rest periods. Of course, since they are doing long-term work for the Bai family, they must listen to the Bai family.
Regarding this change, not to mention the newly recruited workers, those who originally worked for the Bai family were not unhappy, and most of them immediately chose to be long-term workers.
After all, it wasn't the first day they met the Bai family. The Bai family was trustworthy, and they changed to long-term employment. The wages paid by the Bai family were really good.
To take a step back, being a long-term worker means that they will not be unemployed within a year, which is a good thing for them who aim to fill their stomachs.
A long-term fixed job, and a salary with some spare money, why not do it?No one would dislike it.
This matter went smoothly, but within half a month, there were nearly a thousand more long-term workers on the Bai family's side.
Seeing the piles of contracts, Bai Kan heaved a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face.
Although what those workers did was the same as before, it had a completely different meaning to the Bai family.
Although they were hired by the Bai family in the past and then worked for the Dong family, they still depended on the Dong family for food.
But it's different now. They all rely on the Bai family for food now, and who the Bai family cooperates with is no longer something they should consider.
While the Bai family was busy with this matter, Dong Qingqing was already busy harvesting medicinal materials.
The place where medicinal materials can be harvested is not far from Baijia Town, and many workers were called there, which was very lively.
When Bai Kan took a break at noon, he rode his pony over to watch the excitement, and also learned how to harvest by the way.
What you learn from language in books will never be as real and effective as what you have seen with your own hands.
When Bai Kan arrived at the place, it was the time when the workers were called to rest and prepare to eat. In order to facilitate work, the workers had their own big pots of rice.
When he got there, Bai Kan got off his horse.
He saw Dong Qingqing from a distance, and he was checking the medicinal materials with several master masters.
"This batch of medicine is really good, better than those produced in other medicine fields before." The faces of several master chefs were all smiles.
"The Bai family's land is really good, and it's much easier to manage. If it were to be replaced by other places, the people who water and fertilize all year round are too busy."
The production of medicinal materials is good, which is a good thing for them, because they also have their own commissions to get.
Dong Qingqing listened quietly, looking at the bundled herbs in front of him, he could see that he was in a good mood.
"Put it away like this?" Bai Kan walked over.
Dong Qingqing shook her head when she saw him, "It needs to be dried in the sun."
The herb harvested this time is a relatively common anti-cold medicine.
This kind of medicine grows fast, and the demand outside is also great, but the profit is not high, just like Chinese cabbage.
As a common ingredient, although it doesn't make a lot of money, it is not unprofitable because of the large quantity.
"I remember this kind of medicine, only the leaves can be used as medicine?" Bai Kan recalled what he had learned.
"Well, that's right." Dong Qingqing picked a still intact leaf from the herb and handed it to Bai Kan, "This kind of medicine is very cheap, but because it grows fast, almost every medicine field will plant it, especially It's the season."
Bai Kan took it over and smelled it, just like what he learned, it smelled a bit sweet.
"There are many kinds of medicinal materials, some from poor families and some from rich families. This medicine is very popular among poor people." Dong Qingqing explained.
Bai Kan smiled wryly when he heard this.He doesn't like to use the poor and the rich to distinguish medicinal materials, but this is the case.
There are also very obvious differences between medicines and medicines. Some medicines have very good effects and quick results, while others have low efficacy and may even have certain toxicity.
Those rich and noble families will never fool themselves with cheap medicinal materials, after all, this is a matter of their own lives.
For the poor, there is no other choice at all, and it is considered good to even be able to buy medicines.
Dong Qingqing saw Bai Kan's emotion, and softly comforted him: "Don't think so much, it is impossible in this world that everything is fair and everything is perfect."
Bai Kan nodded, he naturally understood the truth.
003.
He shook his head, threw these out of his mind, and focused on the medicinal materials themselves.
Valuable medicines seem to be valuable, but they are troublesome to grow. Some particularly valuable medicines have to wait for many years to harvest, and the average profit may not be really great.
For example, Dong Qingqing also planted some ginseng on the mountain, but this kind of medicine takes many years to harvest, and if it is dug out early, it is not so valuable.
"Each herb has its own characteristics. Usually, the medicinal materials that are easy to grow have a low price, and the harder to grow, the more valuable."
"But it's not that the harder it is to grow, the better. The medicinal materials that are too difficult to grow will lose more. The Dong family hired a lot of experienced masters in order to increase the survival rate of some medicinal materials."
"An experienced master master who is really capable is hard to find in the industry. Because being able to invite such a master means that the survival rate of medicinal materials has been improved, and the benefits brought are also considerable."
Bai Kan listened quietly, each word of these things was filling his own knowledge for Bai Kan.
Hearing Dong Qingqing's words, Bai Kan laughed.
"Why?" Dong Qingqing felt strange.
"Being so kind to me, I'm really touched." Bai Kan looked straight at Dong Qingqing.
Dong Qingqing asked someone to teach him these things, and she often mentioned a few words, and took him around to see the planting and harvesting of those medicinal materials.
If Dong Qingqing was hiding these things and didn't want him to know, Bai Kan would have nothing to say, this is human nature, but Dong Qingqing didn't do this, and instead took the initiative to teach him.
Bai Kan is not unaware of the intentions here.
"Moved? Then how are you going to thank me?" Dong Qingqing followed Bai Kan's words.
"Can you take a swim in the lake?" Bai Kan rolled his eyes and said with a smile.
"Going to swim in the lake at this time?" Dong Qingqing disagreed. After the weather gradually cooled down, Dong Qingqing also put on a thick coat.
At this time, the temperature on the lake surface must be very low, which is not suitable for swimming in the lake, let alone Baikan.
"What's the matter?" Bai Kan turned his back, a little unhappy.
"Go again when the weather is hot."
Bai Kan turned his head and looked at Dong Qingqing with a smile, "You are not afraid because you almost died there, right?"
"How is it possible? That time was just—" Dong Qingqing stopped suddenly when he reached his mouth, and he changed his words: "I can't be afraid of going into the woods or going to the lake just because I was assassinated in the woods."
Bai Kan mistook the rescue of him in the water that day as saving his wife, and Dong Qingqing almost let it slip.
From Bai Kan's point of view, they were only in danger once in the woods.
"Really, I thought you were afraid to go to the lake?" Bai Kan muttered.
"It's hot, I'll go with you again."
"Speaking of which, I met the person I was looking for over there before." Thinking of this, Bai Kan looked sad.
Dong Qingqing was silent, he didn't know what to say at all.
"It's strange to say, why is she in that place?" Bai Kan tilted his head and thought about it, "It's understandable that she passed by there when we met for the first time, but why did she appear again at night after a few days?"
"...Maybe she lived nearby at the time." Dong Qingqing said.
"But everyone in the town and the Bai family have already asked and checked." Bai Kan was not reconciled.
Dong Qingqing pursed his lips slightly, his heartbeat stalled a bit, he didn't know why Bai Kan brought this up suddenly.
"Speaking of..." Bai Kan suddenly looked into Dong Qingqing's eyes.
His eyes were gloomy, as if looking into the depths of his soul through Dong Qingqing's eyes.
"What?" Dong Qingqing avoided Bai Kan's gaze and did not look directly at him.
"You told me before that your wife was poisoned that day, that's why she had an accident?" Bai Kan asked.
As early as when he mistakenly thought that the person he was looking for was Dong Qingqing's wife, Dong Qingqing once thanked him for saving his wife.
At that time, he didn't think much about it, but he was more sad than thinking about it.
Dong Qingqing's heart beat a beat slower, and then he said: "I was wrong about this matter, I lied to you."
"Tricked me?"
"At that time, I heard people in the town say that something happened to you, that you were found covered in water, so I guess you must have had an accident by the lake."
Bai Kan frowned, staring at Dong Qingqing closely.
"What?" Dong Qingqing was a little uncomfortable.
"Then how did you know she was poisoned?" Bai Kan couldn't remember telling anyone that 'Madam Dong' was poisoned.
After he woke up, he only told his father that he saved someone.
At that time, he just found out that the person he likes has married and became a man/wife. He was sad and lost all thoughts. How could he have the mood to talk about it carefully?
"Isn't that what you said?" Dong Qingqing asked back.
Bai Kan frowned, momentarily in a trance, did he really say that?
Bai Kan didn't know, he couldn't remember.
At that time, he was sad all day because of the shock, and he was sick at that time, and he was a little unconscious. Now let him think about it, he can't remember which ones are real and which ones are in a trance.
Unable to remember what happened back then, Bai Kan had no choice but to look at Dong Qingqing in front of him again.
Dong Qingqing looked serious and puzzled, it didn't look like she was lying.
"Many people knew about this at the time. If you don't believe it, you can ask other people." Dong Qingqing said.
Bai Kan is the young master of the Bai family. He suddenly disappeared and appeared at the gate of the town with water all over his body. Naturally, many people in the town were curious about what happened.
Dong Qingqing still remembers that at that time, almost everyone in the town was talking about Bai Kan.
Knowing that Bai Kan fell in love with his wife, many people in the town feel sorry for it. Bai Kan could have had a better one.
Bai Kan frowned a little deeper, his eyes drooped, as if he was thinking about what happened at that time.
But that was already a few months ago, and many other things happened in the meantime, Dong Qingqing didn't know how much Bai Kan still remembered.
"How did you think of what happened before?" Dong Qingqing asked tentatively and puzzled.
While speaking, he also showed a bit of uneasiness, as if he was afraid of being held accountable for what happened at that time.
After Bai Kan looked at it quietly for a while, he turned to smile and said, "Then forget about going to the lake."
Anyway, it's really not suitable for him to blow cold wind in this weather, and it will be troublesome if he is really sick.
Dong Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then how do you want me to thank you?" Bai Kan couldn't think of any other fun places in the town.
Their Baijia Town is not too big, except for a lake, only the short cliff a little distance from Baijia Town is worth seeing.
But he and Dong Qingqing almost died there, and Dong Qingqing would definitely not be in the mood to go sightseeing again.
"You have the final say." Dong Qingqing didn't have the heart to think about these things at the moment.
Bai Kan thought for a while, then suddenly remembered Lu Qingye's words before, he smiled maliciously: "Then how about I promise you with my body?"
Dong Qingqing choked, and then said: "You said it yourself."
He was fierce, as if he really wanted to take it seriously.
Bai Kan always joked with him like this, and every time it made his heart beat wildly.Bai Kan, the chief culprit, didn't know how to restrain himself at all, and instead went too far!
Dong Qingqing reached out and hooked Bai Kan's chin
Chatting with Dong Qingqing one sentence at a time, dispelling the depression in his heart for several days, Bai Kan's originally gloomy eyes became brighter.
Although Bai Kan didn't show his grandfather's death and the changes in the Bai family on his face, it didn't completely affect him.
It can even be said that the impact is much greater than he expected.
Thinking that there are only him and his father left in the Bai family, Bai Kan's breath is choked up in his chest, and he feels extremely uncomfortable.
At this moment, Mr. Qing, who had finished packing the dishes, returned to the hall.
"What lot was drawn?" Mr. Qing asked.
Bai Kan took a deep breath, dispelled the pain that was about to condense in his heart, and hurriedly handed over the sign in his hand.
Seeing this, Dong Qingqing on the side also handed over the lottery in her hand.
Mr. Qing nodded slightly, "What do you want?"
Bai Kan tilted his head slightly to look at Dong Qingqing beside him, and said, "I want to calculate the future fate of the Bai family."
Dong Qingqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Feelings."
Mr. Qing didn't ask much, took the lottery and went into the back room, and went inside to get the lottery.
After a while, he came out with two notes.
Seeing this, Bai Kan hurriedly gathered around to have a look.
Mr. Qing glanced at him, and first released the lottery for Bai Kan.
"The signature says that the Bai family's business will be prosperous. Although there will be some difficulties, these will not hinder the progress of the Bai family. Moreover, the Bai family has a desire for noble people. If they can take advantage of the trend, they will definitely go up."
Bai Kan grinned, although this sign is Dong Qingqing's, but if Dong's family meets a nobleman, doesn't that mean meeting Bai's family?
If the Dong family can prosper, as nobles of the Dong family, the Bai family will certainly not be far behind.
After Mr. Qing unwrapped the lottery in Bai Kan's hand, he took Dong Qingqing's and looked at it.
Although what Dong Qingqing held in his hand was the upper lottery, but what Mr. Qing explained was not all smooth sailing.
"Emotional matters have always had twists and turns, and your thoughts and calculations have twists and turns, but fortunately, the result is not bad." Mr. Qing paused, and then said, "There is a lot of fog, and there is a lack of honesty."
After speaking, Mr. Qing raised his head and glanced at Dong Qingqing.
Dong Qingqing paused imperceptibly, didn't say much, just said: "Thank you, Mr. Qing."
Bai Kan was happy at the moment, he looked at the note that Mr. Qing gave him, folded it up and was about to put it in his pocket, but Mr. Qing took the note back with sharp eyes and quick hands.
"Other Taoist temples always give thousands of tickets to the guests!" Bai Kan wanted that ticket.
"I'm too lazy to write anymore." Mr. Qing said frankly.
The tags in the Taoist temple were used up, so he had to copy them himself.
It's fine if others want it, but Bai Kan still has it.
After taking back Bai Kan's signature, Mr. Qing snatched the IOU from Dong Qingqing's hand next to him, and stuffed it back into its original place.
Seeing this, Dong Qingqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Bai Kan felt resentful in his heart, but he didn't dare to take anything against Mr. Qing, so he could only watch helplessly.
"Alright, it's getting late, let's go back quickly after collecting the things." Mr. Qing smiled.
"Then let's go first." Bai Kan glanced at the sky.
When we went down the mountain from here to our home, the sky was probably going to be dark.
Mr. Qing nodded.
"Sir, why don't you move to Bai's house?" Bai Kan didn't leave right away, while speaking, he glanced at the person sitting motionless in the room.
The man remained motionless in the previous posture, as if he had never blinked his eyes.
Mr. Qing has been living on the mountain to take care of the person in the house. Mr. Qing was able to leave with his grandfather before, but now that his grandfather is no longer there, only Mr. Qing is left on the mountain, which must be very inconvenient.
This matter was discussed between him and Bai Linyuan, and it was the two of them.
"No need." Mr. Qing refused.
Bai Kan opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but Mr. Qing said again: "This mountain is convenient, if there is anything, I'll let the carrier pigeon go over and let me know."
Mr. Qing has already said so, Bai Kan can't say anything more, besides, this matter can't be rushed.
"Then we'll go back first."
Mr. Qing nodded, and watched as Bai Kan and Dong Qingqing went out, mounted their horses and headed down the mountain.
It wasn't until the two of them walked away that he turned and returned to the hall.After silently looking at the person sitting motionless for a moment, he bent down and picked him up and carried him back to the room to put him down.
The Taoist temple where Mr. Qing is located is in the deep mountains. After leaving the road in front of the Taoist temple and looking back, the Taoist temple has been led into the jungle. Those who don’t know it will never think that there is another Taoist temple here.
Bai Kan rode forward slowly on his pony, accompanied by Dong Qingqing.
Dong Qingqing spoke only when he was halfway up the mountain, "Who is Mr. Qing?"
Although Dong Qingqing didn't have much contact with Mr. Qing, there was something weird about Mr. Qing, especially the person sitting in the hall.
With that pale face and motionless appearance, Dong Qingqing even felt that it was just a corpse for a moment.
"Mr. Qing used to be a wandering Taoist priest, and later he came to Baijia Town. In order to treat my illness, he placed an order here, and then became the temple master here."
Dong Qingqing glanced back, and the Taoist temple was completely invisible behind her.
Bai Kan saw Dong Qingqing's interest, he thought for a while and then said: "Mr. Qing has lived here for more than ten years, almost 20 years, and he will treat my moles every year to cure my illness."
Dong Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized that he frowned in disbelief, "Almost 20 years?"
Mr. Qing looks to be in his teens. If he has lived here for more than 20 years, doesn't it mean that he was at least 20 years ago more than [-] years ago? Does it mean that he is almost forty now?
A man who is almost 40 years old looks like a teenager, even if he has a childish face, this is not too shocking, Mr. Qing does not show that he is forty at all.
Dong Qingqing will be surprised, Bai Kan has already expected that anyone who sees this scene will be surprised.
The old workers of the Bai family who had witnessed the passing of nearly 20 years were even more shocked. Those people all regarded Mr. Qing as an extraordinary person and worshiped him as a god.
"According to my father, he was already like this when he came to Bai's house, and now nearly 20 years later, he still looks like this at all."
This cannot be said at first, it is something that should not be known by outsiders, but Bai Kan still told Dong Qingqing.
Dong Qingqing was astonished, with an unconcealable surprise on her face.
"The same goes for the person in the room. He was already like this when Mr. Qing came here. After more than 20 years, he still hasn't changed."
After finishing the sentence, Bai Kan thought for a while, and added another sentence, which made Dong Qingqing even more creepy.
"No, it can't be said that he has not changed. It should be said that he has become more popular than before. I remember when I was a child, he could only lie on the bed without eating, like a corpse, but now he can sit up .”
Dong Qingqing was silent, he didn't know how to express his surprise.
As a medicine merchant, he has traveled all over the years, and he has seen many strange things, but he has never heard of this kind of thing.
Bai Kan had a panoramic view of his expression, seeing Dong Qingqing's shock, he laughed.
He drove the pony closer to Dong Qingqing, then deliberately lowered his voice and said: "I was always afraid of that person when I was a child, probably because human beings have a natural sense of fear for the dead of the same kind, every time I see him, I cry .”
"Later, when I grew up, I was very curious. I sneaked into Mr. Qing's room to see it when he was no longer there. Guess what?"
Bai Kan was mysterious, Dong Qingqing frowned, he had never heard of ghosts, but he never believed them, after all, he had never met them.
"The man had no heartbeat and was not breathing."
After saying this, the Bai family swayed forward on the horse, and soon left Dong Qingqing behind.
In such a remote mountain and wild forest, such a topic is even more terrifying.
Over the years, the Bai family has been protecting Mr. Qing.
Although everyone in the Bai family knew that Mr. Qing didn't seem to grow old, and everyone in the Bai family town also knew that the Bai family hired a genius doctor, but few people knew what was really going on.
His grandfather and his father have already discussed it. In a few years, Mr. Qing will become Mr. Qing's 'son', and the Bai family will change their words to the outside world.
If you don't do anything and spread the word of "not getting old", I'm afraid the world will go crazy.
Dong Qingqing is in the medicine business, so she understands the mentality of those rich people who are afraid of death, and she can better imagine what those people look like when they go crazy.
Dong Qingqing drove forward and caught up with Bai Kan, "Why did you tell me this?"
Such a thing must be better if one less person knows about it, but Bai Kan told him.
"You will often communicate with the Bai family in the future. It will be a matter of time before you realize it. Instead of making yourself suspicious, it is better to tell you earlier." Bai Kan was frank, and at the end he did not forget to add, "This matter is a secret. Can't tell anyone."
And, I trust you.
Dong Qingqing nodded cautiously, without Bai Kan saying that he also knew to keep the secret.
Even if Mr. Qing's safety is disregarded, Mr. Qing is now the only one who can control Bai Kan's condition. If something happens to him, wouldn't it implicate Bai Kan to die together?
This is what he absolutely does not want to see.
He would never do anything that would hurt Bai Kan.
On the way afterwards, neither of them mentioned anything about the mountain. Although Dong Qingqing still had countless questions in her heart, she also knew that it was better not to know about some things.
When we returned to the town, it was already dark.
Dong Qingqing handed over the things hanging on her horse's back to the servants of the Bai family, and after saying goodbye to Bai Kan, she returned to the Dong family.
When they were approaching the street, Dong Qingqing turned her head and glanced at the gate of Bai's house. Seeing that Bai Kan was still arranging his grandfather's belongings there, Dong Qingqing let out a long sigh, feeling a little emotional.
Although Dong Qingqing has long understood that Bai Kan is not such a simple person on the surface, but seeing Bai Kan being forced to grow up and bear the burden, he still can't bear it.
If this is not the case in the Bai family, if there is still an older brother in the Bai family, then he will surely grow up with a pure heart and grow old carefree.
Thinking of the earth-shaking changes that have taken place in the Bai family during this period, Dong Qingqing rubbed the bridge of her nose.
There is not much he can do about the Bai family's affairs, no, not just not much, after thinking about it, all he can do is even accompany.
He couldn't do anything except stay by Bai Kan's side.
002.
After Bai Kan took back all his grandfather's belongings and dealt with them, he focused his attention on business again. The Bai family now has no time for him to be sad and exhausted.
Cooperating with the Dong family, there are still many things that need to be handled by the Bai family in the field. Bai Kan has entrusted these matters to his father Bai Linyuan, while he himself has calmed down and studied hard.
The Bai family has no way out, and changes must be made within three years.
Three years later, the Bai family must have a complete business chain, be able to grow medicinal materials and find people who can sell medicinal materials at any time, but it doesn't stop there, he must also figure out the market for medicinal materials.
If they don't know anything about the market, even a loss is enough to leave their Bai family with nothing.
After making up his mind, Bai Kan went to Dong's house early the next day.
During the period of the Bai family's funeral, the study did not stop, and the rest of the ten Bai family members had learned a lot.
Bai Kan fell behind for a long time, and when he came again, he couldn't keep up and couldn't understand.
In this regard, Bai Kan did not play the young master's temper and let everyone follow his progress, but took the materials and went to the side to study.
Learn what you can read by yourself, and ask Dong Qingqing when you don’t understand what you don’t understand.
In addition to catching up with other people, Bai Kan also arranged other learning content at night. He asked people to buy a lot of books on medicine, and he had to finish all of them by himself.
He is the young head of the Bai family. What he must know is not only how to grow herbs, but also a certain knowledge of medical skills.
Take Dong Qingqing as an example. Although Dong Qingqing is only a medicinal material merchant, he can prescribe a dozen or twenty prescriptions for common typhoid diseases at any time.
The efficacy of each medicine is aimed at the condition of the disease, and he knows more than those who claim to be doctors.Only in this way can he know more about the medicinal materials those doctors need and understand the market better.
This is not an easy task, even more difficult than learning to grow medicinal herbs.
After all, there are still traces to follow when planting medicinal materials. There are fixed ways of saying what medicinal materials should be planted, but the disease is different for everyone.
What kind of medicine should be used by who, and what kind of medicine should be used to what extent, are all different.
These contents are often extremely esoteric, which makes people headache.
In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed, and the originally quiet Dong family suddenly became lively. When the workers came and went, Bai Kan realized that the Dong family had already arranged for people to build a warehouse.
It has been less than half a year, almost four months since the cooperation between the two companies, and some of the first batch of medicinal materials that the Dong family planted in the ground are ready to be harvested.
Before the harvest, Dong Qingqing made preparations in advance.
The land used by the Dong family to build a warehouse belongs to the Bai family.
The place is quite wide on the side of Baijia Town near the fields, and it had been vacant before.
Different from other lands of the Bai family, that piece of land was bought by Bai Linyuan, and it really belongs to their Bai family.
Although his father, Bai Linyuan, was not good at doing business, he did do some things. He knew that the land of the Bai family might be taken back at any time, so he used the money of the Bai family to buy some other family businesses, and that vacant land was one of them.
This time I leased it to Dong Qingqing, on the one hand, because it can turn waste into treasure and use it to collect rent, and on the other hand, it is also considering that this place may be useful to the Bai family in a few years.
A few years later, if the Bai family can grow medicinal materials by themselves as Bai Kan planned, then they can also use the warehouse after tidying up the warehouse.
Bai Kan agreed with Bai Linyuan's decision.
The Dong family was very fast, and the roof trusses were built not long after the place was delineated.The construction of the warehouse is simple and there are not so many requirements, which is why Dong Qingqing did not rush to build it.
Bai Kan took advantage of his free time at noon and ran over to have a look. When he arrived, there were many people carrying things out of the carriage.
Those are some messy tools, including hoes, dustpans, and filter buckets. It seems that they are all used to process medicinal materials.
Turning around the crowd, Bai Kan ran to the side and looked around in front of the tools.
Some of the common tools were nothing new, but there were also some he hadn't seen before, such as one of the large guillotines.
The guillotine was huge, and looked heavy, Bai Kan tried to lift it, but he couldn't even lift it up.
"What are you doing?" Dong Qingqing's voice suddenly sounded from the side.
Bai Kan held the guillotine in his arms and looked back. Dong Qingqing was wearing simple clothes and holding a list in his hand. It seemed that he was checking whether all the things he wanted had been delivered.
"Put that thing down quickly." Seeing Bai Kan's appearance, Dong Qingqing twitched the corner of her mouth fiercely.
In his arms, Bai Kan held a guillotine that was taller than others. The guillotine was made of pure iron, at least a few hundred catties. It was usually used by workers, and it was tied up with ropes and pulled up by several people. hug and play...
"Oh, good." Bai Kan dragged the guillotine and walked to the next wall.
Among the crowd, Lu Qingye avoided the busy workers and came to Dong Qingqing's side.
Seeing Bai Kan and Dong Qingqing getting together again, he couldn't help but tease: "Are you planning to get married?"
It's not that he's always making jokes like this, but Bai Kan and Dong Qingqing are always getting together recently, and they always get married as a couple wherever they go.
"Of course!" Bai Kan smiled, "We join hands, and we will be invincible in the future, so I ask you if you are afraid."
Lu Qingye raised his eyebrows, and was speechless for a while, the Bai family and the Dong family teaming up is really scary, at least the Nanjiang Cheng family is definitely not an opponent.
After a few years, Nanjiang's life of getting married may be difficult.
Dong Qingqing couldn't help but smile wryly when she heard the words, Bai Kan likes women, that's why she can play such jokes with him as a man unscrupulously.
"How about it, do you think about it?" Bai Kan winked and elbowed Dong Qingqing's chest.
"what?"
"Marry me!" Bai Kan said.
Dong Qingqing paused, "Don't make trouble."
"Oh."
"Put down the knife." Dong Qingqing pointed to the guillotine in Bai Kan's arms, "Don't play with such dangerous things."
Bai Kan looked at the guillotine in his arms, picked up the guillotine, and pushed it into Lu Qingye's arms next to him, "Here you are."
"I—" Lu Qingye hurriedly caught it in a panic. The guillotine weighed several hundred catties, even if it was just to support it, it was so heavy that he was almost crushed.
"The class is about to start, go back and learn your stuff." Dong Qingqing pointed to Dong's house.
"Oh." Bai Kan was pitiful, heartbroken, like an abandoned puppy.
He walked in the direction of Dong's house, took two steps and looked back.
When Dong Qingqing saw it, she couldn't laugh or cry.
It wasn't until Bai Kan walked away that he let out a soft breath. Recently, he sighed a lot more than before.
Dong Qingqing looked down at her chest, where it was throbbing.
Even if he knew that Bai Kan didn't like men, and what he just said was just a joke, his heart would still beat wildly uncontrollably.
"Hey, why are you standing there? Why don't you help me?" Lu Qingye held the guillotine that was about to fall, his face darkened, "Is that guy a monster?"
Dong Qingqing glanced at him quietly, turned around and walked to the side, continuing to count the goods.
"Hey! Don't go, come back quickly, help..." Lu Qingye's face turned pale when he touched the dangling guillotine in his arms. If the knife fell down, he would be crushed.
Listening to the wailing from behind, Dong Qingqing finally felt a little better.
"Go and invite the head of the Bai family later, and tell him that I have something to discuss with him." Dong Qingqing ordered the next servant.
"Yes."
Amid Lu Qingye's high-pitched cries, Dong Qingqing leisurely returned to Dong's house with her hands behind her back.
In the evening, as soon as Bai Linyuan came back from outside, he went to Dong's house.
Dong Qingqing had already been waiting there, and when she saw him, she quickly invited him into the study.
"I invited you here this time to discuss with you about harvesting medicinal materials." Dong Qingqing cut to the chase.
Bai Linyuan nodded, Bai Kan had already revealed this to him long ago.
"I need a group of new hands, and the master will teach you how to do it. After the medicinal materials are harvested, the field needs to be turned over, and the master is already preparing for the next planting." Dong Qingqing said again.
"I will arrange."
"The wages of the new staff, according to the previous agreement..."
When Bai Linyuan came out of Dong's house, Bai Kan was waiting at the door.
Seeing Bai Kan, Bai Linyuan hurried forward, "Why don't you go back first? The weather has turned cold now, so don't stay outside for too long."
Bai Kan's health is not good, he can't stand the wind and cold, it's already deep winter, but Bai Kan can't help running around.
"It's okay, I brought the cloak out specially." Bai Kan tugged on the thick cloak on his body, he was wearing more than other people on the street.
The two walked towards Bai's house. On the way, Bai Linyuan told him what Dong Qingqing had told him.
"Daddy, you can take care of the wages. As for the new workers, let's explain the things we discussed before the year before. It's time to change the system." Bai Kan said.
"I think so too. Just before the Chinese New Year, we can finish this matter. From next year, we will follow a new method."
"Well, then I will trouble Dad, you should work harder."
The next day, news spread that the Bai family was going to accept a new batch of workers who specialized in harvesting herbs.
Not only did they accept people from Baijia Town, but also from other nearby places.
As soon as the news spread, the town became lively.
When the Bai family cooperated with the Dong family, the Bai family took in a group of workers. The wages were good, not worse than their own farming, and even more profitable than doing small labor in the town. ready to move.
Bai Linyuan presided over the registration of those people, and at the same time, he took this opportunity to say something.
The people that the Bai family wants to recruit are no longer small workers who do casual work for the Bai family and get paid monthly, but all become long-term workers who are calculated on an annual basis.
The same is true for those who have been working for the Bai family before. They can go to the Bai family to register, and those who are willing to work as long-term workers can change the contract of long-term workers.
The so-called long-term workers and short-term workers are naturally different.
The short-term labor remains the same as before, and the work is assigned uniformly and settled on a monthly basis.
Long-term workers are calculated on an annual basis, and their annual salary is more than that of short-term workers, and they have fixed rest periods. Of course, since they are doing long-term work for the Bai family, they must listen to the Bai family.
Regarding this change, not to mention the newly recruited workers, those who originally worked for the Bai family were not unhappy, and most of them immediately chose to be long-term workers.
After all, it wasn't the first day they met the Bai family. The Bai family was trustworthy, and they changed to long-term employment. The wages paid by the Bai family were really good.
To take a step back, being a long-term worker means that they will not be unemployed within a year, which is a good thing for them who aim to fill their stomachs.
A long-term fixed job, and a salary with some spare money, why not do it?No one would dislike it.
This matter went smoothly, but within half a month, there were nearly a thousand more long-term workers on the Bai family's side.
Seeing the piles of contracts, Bai Kan heaved a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face.
Although what those workers did was the same as before, it had a completely different meaning to the Bai family.
Although they were hired by the Bai family in the past and then worked for the Dong family, they still depended on the Dong family for food.
But it's different now. They all rely on the Bai family for food now, and who the Bai family cooperates with is no longer something they should consider.
While the Bai family was busy with this matter, Dong Qingqing was already busy harvesting medicinal materials.
The place where medicinal materials can be harvested is not far from Baijia Town, and many workers were called there, which was very lively.
When Bai Kan took a break at noon, he rode his pony over to watch the excitement, and also learned how to harvest by the way.
What you learn from language in books will never be as real and effective as what you have seen with your own hands.
When Bai Kan arrived at the place, it was the time when the workers were called to rest and prepare to eat. In order to facilitate work, the workers had their own big pots of rice.
When he got there, Bai Kan got off his horse.
He saw Dong Qingqing from a distance, and he was checking the medicinal materials with several master masters.
"This batch of medicine is really good, better than those produced in other medicine fields before." The faces of several master chefs were all smiles.
"The Bai family's land is really good, and it's much easier to manage. If it were to be replaced by other places, the people who water and fertilize all year round are too busy."
The production of medicinal materials is good, which is a good thing for them, because they also have their own commissions to get.
Dong Qingqing listened quietly, looking at the bundled herbs in front of him, he could see that he was in a good mood.
"Put it away like this?" Bai Kan walked over.
Dong Qingqing shook her head when she saw him, "It needs to be dried in the sun."
The herb harvested this time is a relatively common anti-cold medicine.
This kind of medicine grows fast, and the demand outside is also great, but the profit is not high, just like Chinese cabbage.
As a common ingredient, although it doesn't make a lot of money, it is not unprofitable because of the large quantity.
"I remember this kind of medicine, only the leaves can be used as medicine?" Bai Kan recalled what he had learned.
"Well, that's right." Dong Qingqing picked a still intact leaf from the herb and handed it to Bai Kan, "This kind of medicine is very cheap, but because it grows fast, almost every medicine field will plant it, especially It's the season."
Bai Kan took it over and smelled it, just like what he learned, it smelled a bit sweet.
"There are many kinds of medicinal materials, some from poor families and some from rich families. This medicine is very popular among poor people." Dong Qingqing explained.
Bai Kan smiled wryly when he heard this.He doesn't like to use the poor and the rich to distinguish medicinal materials, but this is the case.
There are also very obvious differences between medicines and medicines. Some medicines have very good effects and quick results, while others have low efficacy and may even have certain toxicity.
Those rich and noble families will never fool themselves with cheap medicinal materials, after all, this is a matter of their own lives.
For the poor, there is no other choice at all, and it is considered good to even be able to buy medicines.
Dong Qingqing saw Bai Kan's emotion, and softly comforted him: "Don't think so much, it is impossible in this world that everything is fair and everything is perfect."
Bai Kan nodded, he naturally understood the truth.
003.
He shook his head, threw these out of his mind, and focused on the medicinal materials themselves.
Valuable medicines seem to be valuable, but they are troublesome to grow. Some particularly valuable medicines have to wait for many years to harvest, and the average profit may not be really great.
For example, Dong Qingqing also planted some ginseng on the mountain, but this kind of medicine takes many years to harvest, and if it is dug out early, it is not so valuable.
"Each herb has its own characteristics. Usually, the medicinal materials that are easy to grow have a low price, and the harder to grow, the more valuable."
"But it's not that the harder it is to grow, the better. The medicinal materials that are too difficult to grow will lose more. The Dong family hired a lot of experienced masters in order to increase the survival rate of some medicinal materials."
"An experienced master master who is really capable is hard to find in the industry. Because being able to invite such a master means that the survival rate of medicinal materials has been improved, and the benefits brought are also considerable."
Bai Kan listened quietly, each word of these things was filling his own knowledge for Bai Kan.
Hearing Dong Qingqing's words, Bai Kan laughed.
"Why?" Dong Qingqing felt strange.
"Being so kind to me, I'm really touched." Bai Kan looked straight at Dong Qingqing.
Dong Qingqing asked someone to teach him these things, and she often mentioned a few words, and took him around to see the planting and harvesting of those medicinal materials.
If Dong Qingqing was hiding these things and didn't want him to know, Bai Kan would have nothing to say, this is human nature, but Dong Qingqing didn't do this, and instead took the initiative to teach him.
Bai Kan is not unaware of the intentions here.
"Moved? Then how are you going to thank me?" Dong Qingqing followed Bai Kan's words.
"Can you take a swim in the lake?" Bai Kan rolled his eyes and said with a smile.
"Going to swim in the lake at this time?" Dong Qingqing disagreed. After the weather gradually cooled down, Dong Qingqing also put on a thick coat.
At this time, the temperature on the lake surface must be very low, which is not suitable for swimming in the lake, let alone Baikan.
"What's the matter?" Bai Kan turned his back, a little unhappy.
"Go again when the weather is hot."
Bai Kan turned his head and looked at Dong Qingqing with a smile, "You are not afraid because you almost died there, right?"
"How is it possible? That time was just—" Dong Qingqing stopped suddenly when he reached his mouth, and he changed his words: "I can't be afraid of going into the woods or going to the lake just because I was assassinated in the woods."
Bai Kan mistook the rescue of him in the water that day as saving his wife, and Dong Qingqing almost let it slip.
From Bai Kan's point of view, they were only in danger once in the woods.
"Really, I thought you were afraid to go to the lake?" Bai Kan muttered.
"It's hot, I'll go with you again."
"Speaking of which, I met the person I was looking for over there before." Thinking of this, Bai Kan looked sad.
Dong Qingqing was silent, he didn't know what to say at all.
"It's strange to say, why is she in that place?" Bai Kan tilted his head and thought about it, "It's understandable that she passed by there when we met for the first time, but why did she appear again at night after a few days?"
"...Maybe she lived nearby at the time." Dong Qingqing said.
"But everyone in the town and the Bai family have already asked and checked." Bai Kan was not reconciled.
Dong Qingqing pursed his lips slightly, his heartbeat stalled a bit, he didn't know why Bai Kan brought this up suddenly.
"Speaking of..." Bai Kan suddenly looked into Dong Qingqing's eyes.
His eyes were gloomy, as if looking into the depths of his soul through Dong Qingqing's eyes.
"What?" Dong Qingqing avoided Bai Kan's gaze and did not look directly at him.
"You told me before that your wife was poisoned that day, that's why she had an accident?" Bai Kan asked.
As early as when he mistakenly thought that the person he was looking for was Dong Qingqing's wife, Dong Qingqing once thanked him for saving his wife.
At that time, he didn't think much about it, but he was more sad than thinking about it.
Dong Qingqing's heart beat a beat slower, and then he said: "I was wrong about this matter, I lied to you."
"Tricked me?"
"At that time, I heard people in the town say that something happened to you, that you were found covered in water, so I guess you must have had an accident by the lake."
Bai Kan frowned, staring at Dong Qingqing closely.
"What?" Dong Qingqing was a little uncomfortable.
"Then how did you know she was poisoned?" Bai Kan couldn't remember telling anyone that 'Madam Dong' was poisoned.
After he woke up, he only told his father that he saved someone.
At that time, he just found out that the person he likes has married and became a man/wife. He was sad and lost all thoughts. How could he have the mood to talk about it carefully?
"Isn't that what you said?" Dong Qingqing asked back.
Bai Kan frowned, momentarily in a trance, did he really say that?
Bai Kan didn't know, he couldn't remember.
At that time, he was sad all day because of the shock, and he was sick at that time, and he was a little unconscious. Now let him think about it, he can't remember which ones are real and which ones are in a trance.
Unable to remember what happened back then, Bai Kan had no choice but to look at Dong Qingqing in front of him again.
Dong Qingqing looked serious and puzzled, it didn't look like she was lying.
"Many people knew about this at the time. If you don't believe it, you can ask other people." Dong Qingqing said.
Bai Kan is the young master of the Bai family. He suddenly disappeared and appeared at the gate of the town with water all over his body. Naturally, many people in the town were curious about what happened.
Dong Qingqing still remembers that at that time, almost everyone in the town was talking about Bai Kan.
Knowing that Bai Kan fell in love with his wife, many people in the town feel sorry for it. Bai Kan could have had a better one.
Bai Kan frowned a little deeper, his eyes drooped, as if he was thinking about what happened at that time.
But that was already a few months ago, and many other things happened in the meantime, Dong Qingqing didn't know how much Bai Kan still remembered.
"How did you think of what happened before?" Dong Qingqing asked tentatively and puzzled.
While speaking, he also showed a bit of uneasiness, as if he was afraid of being held accountable for what happened at that time.
After Bai Kan looked at it quietly for a while, he turned to smile and said, "Then forget about going to the lake."
Anyway, it's really not suitable for him to blow cold wind in this weather, and it will be troublesome if he is really sick.
Dong Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then how do you want me to thank you?" Bai Kan couldn't think of any other fun places in the town.
Their Baijia Town is not too big, except for a lake, only the short cliff a little distance from Baijia Town is worth seeing.
But he and Dong Qingqing almost died there, and Dong Qingqing would definitely not be in the mood to go sightseeing again.
"You have the final say." Dong Qingqing didn't have the heart to think about these things at the moment.
Bai Kan thought for a while, then suddenly remembered Lu Qingye's words before, he smiled maliciously: "Then how about I promise you with my body?"
Dong Qingqing choked, and then said: "You said it yourself."
He was fierce, as if he really wanted to take it seriously.
Bai Kan always joked with him like this, and every time it made his heart beat wildly.Bai Kan, the chief culprit, didn't know how to restrain himself at all, and instead went too far!
Dong Qingqing reached out and hooked Bai Kan's chin
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