The Only Favorite Ugly Husband

After Jiang Zhen came out of Zheng's house, he went to the pier again.

The goods on the two ships have almost been moved, but he has to collect some follow-up payments, and he has to deal with some follow-up matters.

After all this busy work, it was already dark, so Jiang Zhen was not in a hurry to go home, but slept on the boat all night, and he was not the only one who chose to do this. In fact, except for a few families, In the county town, most of the others stayed behind.

Everyone doesn't like to walk at night these days.

After going out for a walk and doing some business, Jiang Zhen was in a good mood, so he went to buy a few chickens, and set up a big iron pot on the bank to cook the chickens.

He actually wanted to buy pork more, but it was too late and there was no pork for sale at all.

The chicken is cut into small pieces and boiled in an iron pot. A large pot of soup is boiled out, and noodles are boiled in another pot. When the noodles are ready, put them in a bowl, pour two spoonfuls of chicken broth on top, and it will be hot. I ate the chicken noodle soup.

Jiang Zhen ate two bowls, put down his chopsticks, and found that the people in front of him had already chatted.

These people are all men, and they have no idea if they haven't gone out before, but this time they went out with Jiang Zhen, they yearned for the outside world, and even felt that they were different.

The people around them have basically never left Hecheng County, what about them?They have been to Fucheng!

These people chatted up, and all of them were beaming with joy. They were extremely happy, and they felt more of a sense of belonging to this team.

People these days are actually much easier to fool than those in modern times. Jiang Zhen felt that he should be able to make these people utterly devoted to him before leaving for the capital.

Hmm... this adjective is useless, it should be said loyal.

"In ten days, I will take you to the capital." Jiang Zhen said suddenly.

"The capital?" Wang Haisheng was stunned and almost jumped up.What did Jiang Zhen say?He wants to take them to the capital?

That's the capital... Can they go to the capital?

"Boss?" The others were also taken aback, suspecting that they had heard it wrong.

The capital city is where the emperor lives. I heard that the palace is still made of gold!How could they go to the capital? !

"It's the capital. Young Master Zheng asked me to send him to the capital. If you perform well, some of you will go. If you don't perform well, forget it." Jiang Zhen said.

"Boss, we must perform well!"

"I... Boss, I will listen to whatever you say!"

"Boss, I have always been obedient!"

……

Those people gathered around Jiang Zhen, all of them were overwhelmed with excitement, even Liu Heitou began to secretly look at Jiang Zhen—is it too late for him to be obedient now?

Liu Heitou used to be a bully in the village, so he thought he was already very powerful, but now... he suddenly realized that he was nothing before...

"Everyone be quiet, if you make any more noise, you won't have to go." Jiang Zhen smiled, and said a few more words: "Also, don't talk nonsense about this, or...be careful I will peel your Skin."

These people stopped talking immediately, but their eyes were extraordinarily bright under the reflection of the fire.

The next day, Jiang Zhen went to return the two boats first, and then walked to Hexi Village with Zhao Jinge, Wang Haisheng and others.

Jiang Zhen has already paid the wages that should be paid. Wang Haisheng and others are very happy to take the silver, but Jiang Zhen himself lost more than ten taels of silver. He didn't take it seriously, but Zhao Jinge was a little worried and distressed.

"Brother Jin, don't pay too much attention to it, it's just more than ten taels of silver." Jiang Zhen said.

Brother Zhao Jin opened his mouth and didn't speak. This is more than ten taels of silver!Their family's previous possessions were only a dozen taels or so.

"In business, there are always losses and gains. No one can guarantee that they will make money." Jiang Zhen said: "What's more, I will definitely make money next time."

Brother Zhao Jin was finally appeased: "Well, I believe you."

Jiang Zhen is so powerful, he will definitely make a lot of money in the future!

After Jiang Zhen said such a remark, Brother Zhao Jing was appeased, but when another person said such a remark, no one in his family believed it.

"In business, there are always losses and gains, and I haven't lost money yet! Why are you in a hurry? I will definitely make money!" Jiang Chengcai said to his family.

"What do you rely on to make money? Just rely on that room full of seafood? If you have the ability, sell them quickly!" Jiang Chengxiang looked at his brother ironically.

When Jiang Chengcai first brought in a ship of sea goods, he was very proud. He looked down on Jiang Chengxiang everywhere, and he often ran on Jiang Chengxiang at home. However, he was only proud for ten days.

In the first few days, under Mrs. Jiang's propaganda, people from Hexi Village and some people from nearby villages all came to Jiang's house to buy seafood. Jiang's seafood sold very well, and it didn't take long. Out of more than three taels of silver.

And then...no one came to buy it anymore.

Kelp and salted fish can be stored for a long time, and people don’t eat them often. People who know the Jiang family saw the Jiang family doing this business. After buying some, they don’t need to buy it again for a few months and will never buy it again. Buy, Jiang Chengcai's goods will naturally not be sold.

But it's not a problem to keep those things like this. They can't be kept and not sold, can they?

The Jiang family saw that they could not sell a single kelp for several days, so they became anxious. After much deliberation, they followed the practice of those merchants in the county town, soaked the kelp and sold it for a penny.

However, after they did it, not many were sold... How many people are there in total in their village?Not to mention that many of them already bought dried kelp.

Jiang Chengcai had no choice but to take it to the county town to sell, but it was very hard going back and forth, and not many sold...

Is there someone else in the county who is selling it!

Jiang Chengcai was very lazy. At the beginning he could work hard for a few days just to make money, but after a few days he was not happy anymore.

The goods are kept at home anyway, and they won't go bad for a while, and if they can't be sold, they won't be sold, at worst, they can be sold slowly... Thinking about it this way, Jiang Chengcai didn't bother to go to the county to sell it.

But he thinks it's okay to keep the things, but the rest of the Jiang family know it can't be like this - no matter how long the salted fish and kelp can be kept, they can't be piled up for sale all the time!

Today, Jiang Chengxiang who came home couldn't bear the smell of fish in the house, so he told Jiang Chengcai, and the two of them quarreled.

"Okay, stop arguing!" Jiang Butcher shouted.

"Father, are you planning to pamper the second brother like this? Are you afraid that he will squander all the family's money?" Jiang Chengxiang said.

"Where did I squander money? I took out 20 taels of silver, at least the goods are here? What about you? You took out your 20 taels of silver, and you really didn't see a single one." Jiang Chengcai sneered.

Jiang Chengxiang couldn't help but look at his parents: "Father and mother, don't worry, when I pay my salary, I will definitely take half of it for the family."

"You hand it in first!" Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang confronted each other again.

"Okay!" Jiang Tuhu said: "Stop arguing, Chengcai, tomorrow we will pick up the burden and go to sell in other villages together."

"Walking?" Jiang Chengcai frowned.

"How else do you want to go?" Butcher Jiang wanted to beat his second son up.

Before they took it for granted that Jiang Ping knew Jiang Zhen was the one who bought their land, but they didn’t tell them that they borrowed a boat from Jiang Ping and let Jiang Chengcai bring back a bunch of seafood, but they couldn’t borrow Jiang Ping every day. boat?

Jiang Chengcai was not happy at the thought of having to take the burden and go so far, but Jiang Butcher was very angry... He did not dare to disobey.

Butcher Jiang was also worried. How would he do the work in the field when he went out to sell goods?We also need to raise silkworms at home...

Originally, although the two daughters-in-law were women, they were able to work, and the work of picking mulberry and silkworms was all done by women. As a result... Zhu Shufen only picked a few mulberry leaves, and said that she was killed by insects Huang Min couldn't do it after biting his whole body, and Huang Min refused to do it. What's more, the two of them were pregnant.

It was originally a good thing for the family to have a baby, but now that the two of them are pregnant together, it has become troublesome.

Butcher Jiang suddenly felt that it might be true what the villagers said that Jiang Zhen was born with blessings. If Jiang Zhen hadn't left, how could life at home be like this?

In fact, the life of the Jiang family is better than that of most people in the village, but it is difficult to change from extravagance to frugality. After living comfortably for a long time, they can no longer stand hard work.

The Jiang family is gloomy, but the Zhao family is beaming.

After Jiang Zhen and others went out, Zhao Fugui, his wife, Sun Xiaoshan and his two children, the five of them began to concentrate on taking care of their own land, raising chickens and ducks.

Jiang Zhen asked He Chunsheng and He Xiasheng to plant those acres of paddy fields back then. Zhao Fugui only had to go and look at them every day and pull out the weeds.

The chickens are raised in the woods, and they can find food by themselves. Just feed them some chaff every night. As for the ducks...

The Zhao family raises many more ducks than chickens. These ducks are fed to fish and snails.

There is a saying here, called winter mussels and summer snails, winter is a good time to eat river mussels, and summer snails are the most plump.

It's already summer now.

There is no meat in the snail, so if you want to cook it deliciously, you have to add oil. In fact, ordinary people don’t eat it very much. Occasionally, children are greedy, and they will steam a bowl with a few drops of oil.

For these reasons, snails are easy to catch. There are often a lot of snails adsorbed on the stones on the river bank. Even if the boat stays in the river for a long time, the bottom of the boat can be completely covered by snails.

Sun Xiaoshan has been with Wang Haisheng for so many years. He may not have the energy to row a long distance, but he is good at catching fish and snails. Zhao Fugui also searched for food when he was young, so it is no problem to do these things.

They went to touch the snails every day to catch small fish. At first, Zhao Liu had to chop up the small fish and smash the snails before feeding them to the ducks. Later, the ducks could swallow the whole snails.

I don't know if it's because they gave enough food, but the ducks grew up very fast, and they grew up in a short time. Now, some ducks have started to lay eggs, and they lay quite a lot.

Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liushi were reluctant to eat duck eggs, so they called out to the village and asked those in the village who wanted duck eggs to buy them... As a result, they sold well.

And that's not surprising.

Kelp and salted fish are a change of taste for many people. In contrast, they prefer eggs and duck eggs, and...

These days, when a woman is pregnant with a child, she needs to eat eggs and duck eggs for supplements, after giving birth, she needs to eat eggs and duck eggs for supplements, when she is full moon, she needs to share red eggs, and when it’s her birthday, she also needs to eat an egg. , that is the most enthusiastic performance.

If you don't eat kelp, you won't eat it. This egg and duck egg are a must!

When Jiang Zhen and Brother Zhao Jing came back, someone came to Zhao's house and bought a basket of duck eggs, intending to buy them back and make salted duck eggs—salted duck eggs are a good gift for visiting relatives or something.

"The ducks at home started laying eggs?" Zhao Jinge was a little surprised.

"Yes!" Mrs. Zhao Liu said with a happy smile, "It's really good to raise ducks, and you can exchange money so quickly! Even if the ducks can't be sold, the capital can be earned back slowly by just selling eggs." They raised The duck actually spent a lot of effort, but both Zhao Liushi and Zhao Fugui felt that it was nothing to spend a little effort on.

"The ducks will definitely be sold." Jiang Zhen said: "Tomorrow we will go to the county, sell all the cocks and ducks, and buy some chickens and ducks back."

"You don't need to buy chickens and ducklings anymore, we can hatch them ourselves." Zhao Liu said quickly, although they didn't understand this before, they just need to learn.

"That's too troublesome, it's better to buy it directly." Jiang Zhen vetoed Zhao Liushi's proposal. It takes several days to hatch a brood of chicks, and it's too much trouble, so it's better to buy it directly.

In fact, chickens and ducks are quite cheap.

As for the raised roosters and ducks, he can take them and sell them to the Zheng family... Zheng Yi is going to the capital, so he definitely doesn't mind buying some chickens and ducks, or marinating them or putting them on the boat for the crew to eat. .

He took two boats around Hecheng County before, and this is a water town, so he can stop at the shore to buy food from time to time, but if he goes north, he often cannot reach the shore for several days.

Early the next morning, Jiang Zhen and Zhao Fugui tied up the chickens and ducks to be sold, and then carried them to the boat with a load.

The chickens and ducks they want to sell are actually not many, only twenty or thirty, but because they are live animals, they are particularly noisy, as if they filled the cabin of the ship.

"Jiang Zhen, can this really be sold at once?" Zhao Fugui asked.

"Yes, I have connections." Jiang Zhen said with a smile. In fact, for such a little thing, he would lose all points for his subordinates... It's just that this is his job for Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liushi, and he can't take them The chickens and ducks raised are given away to others.

Jiang Butcher and Jiang Chengcai picked salted fish and kelp and were walking along the river when they saw Jiang Zhen and Zhao Fugui and heard their conversation.

Butcher Jiang just felt uncomfortable. It was his son, but he was called so affectionate by other people's father!

Butcher Jiang stopped and looked at Jiang Zhen, but Jiang Zhen ignored him and rowed to the county seat.

Selling chickens and ducks was just a trivial matter. Jiang Zhen didn't go to find Young Master Zheng at all. Instead, he found the housekeeper of Zheng's mansion and asked him if he wanted chickens and ducks.

Of course, the Zheng family has a Zhuangzi in the country, and they will raise some chickens and ducks specially, but for such a big family, there are not too many chickens and ducks.

Of course, in the current society, there are not many chickens and ducks.

Those chickens and ducks were sold out immediately, and because the chickens and ducks were very fat, Steward Zheng was very satisfied, and told Zhao Fugui directly that next time he had chickens and ducks, he could send them directly to him.

In addition, they also want duck eggs from the Zheng family.Zheng Mansion has a dedicated fleet, and salted duck eggs have always been one of the favorite foods of the crew.

It was the first time for Zhao Fugui to deal with a decent person like Steward Zheng. He was so excited that he stumbled when he spoke. Later, he found that Steward Zheng was easy to get along with, so he calmed down.

Steward Zheng was indeed very approachable. He talked to Zhao Fugui with a smile, politely sent Jiang Zhen and Zhao Fugui away, and when he turned around, he told Zheng Yi about it.

"Then Jiang Zhen should have no shortage of money, and there are a lot of people. I didn't expect him to be willing to help sell chickens and ducks, making himself covered in duck feathers and chicken dung." Zhao Fugui said.

"Yeah...he is grateful." Zheng Yi smiled, more satisfied with Jiang Zhen.

For those who know how to repay their kindness, he can use it with confidence.

As for Jiang Zhen being unfilial to his parents... After all, the Jiang family did too much.

After Jiang Zhen and Zhao Fugui sold the chickens and ducks, they went to the wharf to buy some chickens and ducks. They also discussed with the person who sold the chickens and ducks to let them hatch more and come to buy them in a few days.

Jiang Zhen thought that it should be no problem for Zhao Fugui, Zhao Liushi, and Sun Xiaoshan to raise a hundred chickens and ducks.

"Father, don't do everything yourself when raising chickens and ducks in the future. You can exchange eggs and duck eggs with the villagers for snails and small fish." Jiang Zhen told Zhao Fugui about the business.

Zhao Fugui nodded again and again, Jiang Zhen's brain is really easy to use!

Think about it carefully, the bran can also be replaced with eggs...

"Also, don't be reluctant to eat and drink, everyone needs two eggs a day." Jiang Zhen said again.

"Two eggs a day? How can you eat like this?" Zhao Fugui frowned immediately, but he was very happy in his heart. He planned to go back and start talking to Zhao Liushi.

He doesn't talk to the villagers, he just talks to Zhao Liushi.