cool summer [farming]

After seeing Ge Zhengxiu and the others who came back, Fu Juyan remembered that the guy named Zhang Ji didn't come today.

He asked Ge Zhengxiu, "Did I tell you yesterday that Zhang Ji would pick tea leaves with you?"

Ge Zhengxiu thought for a while, "No. Is it Zhang Ji in the temple house in the south of the village?"

Fu Juyan shook his head, "I don't know. He said his name is Zhang Ji. I think he is very clever and his hands are sharp. I still want to ask him to come with you."

Ge Zhengxiu said: "That's right. He is an orphan. His family name is Zhang. He is not from our half-mountain village. After his parents left, the villagers took pity on him and let him live in the temple guard house outside the village temple."

Ge Zhengxiu didn't have much contact with Zhang Ji, but he heard people say that this young man was quite smart, but his parents left early, which is a pity.Once Fu Juyan mentioned a few characteristics, he was sure of it.

Fu Juyan didn't expect that Zhang Ji's life experience would be even rougher. He remembered Zhang Ji's appearance yesterday. Although his clothes were worn out, they were very clean. After picking tea for a long time, his nails were also clean. Obviously, he washed them specially after picking them. However, it doesn't look like an orphan.

Fu Juyan became more interested in this man named Zhang Ji.

"Well, if he still comes, ask him to follow us to help in the future, he is a good crafter."

Ge Zhengxiu's eyes flickered, but he didn't say anything.

Fu Juyan took the tea leaves picked by several people, and weighed them, "Brother Ge Fei, Brother Shi, Brother Lixuan, the tea leaves are all gone today, if you can find tea trees, pick them, and I want them too. Wait until evening When the time comes, everyone will come again and go up the mountain with us to pick jasmine."

Everyone said hello.

At the beginning, I felt embarrassed to take money from my brothers, but I just watched the people in the village become more and more crazy, and the money they earned in half a day could catch up with the half-month wages they paid as part-time laborers in the county.Thinking of what Fu Juyan said, if they don't make money, outsiders will make it. The few people suddenly don't care about any embarrassment. Who can make trouble with money?

After waiting all morning, there were not many people who came to hand over the tea. Presumably, the Banshan Village was not easy to find. Everyone in the village had gone to other villages and would not be able to return for a while.

Fu Juyan and the others were not idle either, they went into the teahouse and continued to make tea embryos. When someone knocked on the door and called for someone, they would come out to collect the money for the tea. By the evening, the tea leaves they had collected could fill the whole teahouse.

Because other villages are not as convenient as our own, most of the people who came to hand over the tea came back at this time. When the few people who picked the tea were almost handed over, Fu Juyan and the others were ready to go to the mountain to pick jasmine.

Just when the husband and wife were about to go out to call Wang Dashi, another person appeared at the door as they stepped on the colorful clouds all the way. The two of them took a closer look, and it was Zhang Ji.

Zhang Ji was carrying a large cotton and linen mesh bag on his back, which looked a little heavy. His waist was bent, and the fine sweat on his forehead glistened under the light. He gasped and said, "Ge Brother, do you want more?"

Seeing that Ge Zhengxiu didn't respond, Fu Juyan hurriedly said, "Yes, just put it in the yard, and I'll give you a title to see how many there are."

Zhang Ji pursed his lips, smiled a little embarrassedly, and put the bag on the ground as he said.Probably seeing Fu Juyan staring at the bag, he quickly said: "This bag is very breathable, no better than tea in a bamboo basket. I've been looking at it, and the tea leaves are still fresh."

After speaking, he looked at Fu Juyan with some anxiety.

Fu Juyan flipped through the tea leaves inside, and seeing that the quality was really good, he smiled consolingly: "Your bag is very good, and it can hold a lot of things. It's much easier than carrying it in a basket. But you harvested a lot today. Quite rich, for a bag like this, you have to find several tea trees."

Only then did Zhang Ji look relieved. Hearing what Fu Juyan said later, he hesitated to speak, but finally said: "Well, the hilltops in the villages near me are familiar, and I knew some of them before."

Fu Juyan nodded understandingly. It seems that this one, like his family's Ge Zhengxiu, likes to run up the mountain when he is hungry.

Fu Juyan felt more love and sympathy for him, but he was not the kind of self-righteous person, and he would not feel that he had to do something to be worthy of his self-righteous sympathy.

He weighed the tea leaves in the bag little by little, and gave his highest price so far, eighty yuan per catty, for nothing, because Zhang Jicai's tea leaves were worth a lot.

He said to Zhang Ji, who obviously couldn't accept the money he handed over: "Take it, the tea you picked is really good. I thought you were a fast learner yesterday, and I want you to help us pick tea and tea." Some follow-up work will make more money this way, but according to your ability, I think that even if you don't join us, you can soon be equal to us or surpass us."

Zhang Ji didn't expect Fu Juyan to say such a thing, he looked at Fu Juyan, the people opposite him spoke in a flat and casual tone, and treated him no differently from others.

This flattered him on the contrary. He didn't care about other people's indifference and contempt, and he also avoided other people's pity. Before he decided to fight for this short-term job, he had already decided that no matter how others looked at him, he would turn a blind eye Well, everyone is earning money by picking tea, so he should feel at ease to deliver the tea and get the money.

However, the owner of this family did not dictate to others, which was completely different from what he imagined.

Zhang Ji took over the strings of copper coins in a daze, and Zhang Ji couldn't believe that he had earned so much money so easily.

Before that, he was prepared to be turned away.

Xu Shi saw Zhang Ji's confusion, and Fu Juyan smiled, "Your method is fine, I think this tea is probably picked from an ancient tea tree that is not young, it's not easy, ancient tea trees are selected from thousands of miles, The tea produced from this kind of tea is definitely top grade, so I feel more and more that I have been dipped in it."

Zhang Ji touched his nose shyly, and finally he was able to speak more relaxedly, "My boss is joking, I don't understand these things, I just think that the taller and thicker the tea tree, the more tea leaves."

"Haha, that's right, there are indeed more tea leaves than new tea trees! But don't call me my boss, it sounds awkward, just call me by name."

After a pause, Fu Juyan still said: "Well, Zhang Ji, my family needs a lot of tea, and there may be a demand for tea all the time. It's good if you can always find tea trees, but if you are still willing to come to my place to help , I promise to give you a price of [-] Wen per day. Although it is much less than your tea picking, it is much more stable than making money today and tomorrow. If you are interested, just consider it .”

When Fu Juyan was speaking, Zhang Ji kept his head down. When Fu Juyan finished speaking, he suddenly raised his head, "I am willing!"

There is nothing that can move his heart more than having a stable job. He has enjoyed sweets and hardships, and suffered great changes in his life. Many people have helped him and warmed him, but it was only temporary, giving him stability. At the same time, it will also give him even greater loss.

Now someone is finally willing to give him a pair of fishing nets instead of a full-fledged fish. Looking at the two people in front of him, Zhang Ji feels that his life has finally welcomed a nobleman.

"Brother Fu, Brother Ge, I am willing to work with you."

"Huh? You call me that, you know I'm older than you? I think we're pretty much the same."

Zhang Ji continued to be embarrassed, "I look old, I am fifteen. Everyone in the village knows Brother Fu and Brother Ge." So it is not surprising that he knows Fu Juyan's age.

It's not that Zhang Ji is flattering, since they knew that they were doing business with Juefang and Biboxuan in the county, the name of the couple has spread to ten miles and eight villages.

Nowadays, everyone knows the story of Ge Zhengxiu and Fu Juyan. From being forced to separate from the family and penniless, to relying on the outstanding pastry craftsmanship to start their business. His head resounded all over the north and south, and now he has built a spacious compound with the money he earned, devoting himself to the development of new tea.The whole family, together with Mrs. Yang Qiaorong and Wang Aunt, were all amazed by the villagers. In the eyes of the villagers, their rise was like the protagonist in the story book, the tiger fell into Pingyang and finally reached the pinnacle of life, with a legendary color .

When the couple heard this from Zhang Ji, they couldn't laugh or cry, but it was inevitable to spread the truth, and they couldn't tell others to shut up. Since it didn't affect them much, let these people talk about it. item.

Fu Juyan got a good start, and thought about handing over the purchases and other matters to Zhang Ji. When the jasmine flowers came, he and Ge Zhengxiu could make tea with peace of mind.

Ge Zhengxiu heard him explain the intention of recruiting Zhang Ji, and the somewhat defensive eyes that had been looking at this good-looking Zhang Ji disappeared, and his attitude was not as indifferent as before.

Speaking of appearance, the scars on Ge Zhengxiu's face gradually became lighter, and he couldn't even see them unless he looked carefully, which was even more surprising.

But Fu Juyan's legend is not bad. Although the direction is a bit wrong, but thinking about Fu Juyan's current financial resources, the voice of doubt will gradually disappear. Maybe they bought some panacea to take care of them. ?People are not as short of money as they are.

Now that he has recruited someone and knows about Zhang Ji's situation, Fu Juyan can't let him go back to the shabby temple house.

It is said that the temple guard house built to protect the gods and Bodhisattvas in the temple is actually a dark and small hut. It is a temporary place for people to shelter from wind and rain when the weather is bad on weekdays. To weaken the dishonesty and disrespect to the Bodhisattva, the temple guard house is also built in a crude ascetic style.

Not avoiding the sun in summer and not keeping out the cold in winter is really tasteless.

There are many houses in their family, so naturally Zhang Ji's house will not be missing.

The inverted room in front was originally prepared for guests or servants to be recruited when necessary in the future.Zhang Ji should live in it.

But Zhang Ji obviously didn't think so, thinking that Fu Juyan and the others had said this deliberately in order to give him a place to settle down, he felt a little uncomfortable immediately.

Fu Juyan didn't say anything to him anymore, this kid has become awkward because he has closed himself for a long time, let's wait until he gets over his energy and talk again, he won't be able to listen to what he says now.

Pointing to the empty room in the inverted room, he told him to choose one at random and move his things here. Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them went out.

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