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"You are calling me," there were fewer people outside the yard, and Lao Zhou soon found someone calling Mr. Zhou after them.

"Mr. Zhou, my name is Zhao. I'm here to discuss walnuts with you." Director Zhao quickly explained his purpose.

"Oh." Lao Zhou nodded in response, and then told him, "Hi, I'm Romon."

"Luo—you're not Mr. Zhou," Lao Zhao was confused. When he was in the yard just now, those people called him Lao Zhou.

"My name is Romon, but everyone calls me Lao Zhou." This nickname has been used for a long time, and Lao Zhou himself doesn't think there is anything wrong with it. After all, most people still do this with a friendly attitude. It's not malicious to call him.

"Oh...so that's how it is." Director Zhao replied half-understood.

"Hey." Lao Zhou grinned at him, and while smiling, he looked at the man in front of him calmly, from hairstyle to skin texture, from clothes to shoes, from demeanor to demeanor, no matter how he looked, he looked like a rich man. Man, it seems that the next walnut bracelet in their family can probably be sold for a good price.

"Ahem." Looking at the young man in front of him who was rubbing walnuts and looking at him with a smile, Director Zhao suddenly understood, it turned out to be such an old Zhou...

Old Zhou smiled and led Director Zhao to his small building, and made him a cup of hot tea. This tea was brought to him by Wang Dasheng a few days ago. These old boys are always shameless, but they are still here From time to time, I will bring some good things to him from time to time. This time, the tea leaves are pretty good. I heard they are quite expensive. Yesterday Romon used them to make milk tea, drinking them is indeed better than their own black tea leaves. better.

Just in time for them to go up the mountain to feed the monkeys, there were guests at home, so Luo Meng had no choice but to stay and entertain them, and Xiao Shulin and Houwazi drove Erlang to the mountain.

Liu Chunlan and Old Man Luo are not there either. The old couple seems to have finally decided to open up recently. They no longer rush to meet the ordering needs of netizens. They bake cookies in the morning every morning and wait until the afternoon to dry and pack them up. I sent it to Luo Xingyou and the others, and dropped by the village to chat with everyone. The life was much more comfortable than before. Sometimes if there was nothing to do, I didn’t come here to eat at night, so I stayed in the village. Together with Luo Hongfeng, their mother and son.

Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin also let nature take its course. Before Houwazi came to their house, the two old people were here all day long, which also helped them a lot.Everything on his side is good, but the hut is too deserted, especially Houwazi went to school again, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin are busy with their own things, the two old people are inevitably lonely in this house, and the village is much more lively up.

"Why did Director Zhao come here in person?" After seeing a business card handed over by Old Zhao, Luo Meng immediately knew who this person was, and Luo Meng could still tell the few movies he directed. As for the name, it’s just that I didn’t care too much about the director’s appearance. Even if I glanced at it on TV occasionally, I didn’t have a deep impression. After all, there are many people who look alike in the world, especially Director Zhao. This kind of ordinary-looking middle-aged man.

"My mother is going to celebrate her [-]th birthday soon. By chance, I found out that you seem to have good walnuts here, so I took the liberty to visit." Director Zhao recently directed a drama of the Republic of China, and this girl is too deep into the drama. As he talked, he unconsciously brought out the tone of the movie.

"Director Zhao's mother still plays with walnuts?" There are many prodigal men who spend a lot of money buying walnuts to play with walnuts, but women's talk is rarely heard.

"My father left early. When he left, he left behind a store, which was operating jade antiques. After that, my mother took over. Counting the time, she has been in this business for almost fifty years. , now it is more and more difficult to find something that will satisfy her old man." Director Zhao held the teacup and slowly explained the reasons why he came all the way here to buy walnuts this time.

"As far as Director Zhao's filial piety is concerned, I naturally have no reason to hide my secrets. Wait a minute, I just made a bracelet a few days ago, and I will show you it. Can you catch it? "Old Zhou also spoke to him politely, and went upstairs to get things.

The walnuts must be sold for money, otherwise why keep them?Liu Chunlan and old man Luo didn't like to play with these things, but Boss Xiao was a little interested. Seeing that Luo Meng's bracelets were beautifully made, he also wanted to show off to his old brothers, but Xiao He was stopped by the woods three times and two times. My father knows best that the old thing can only keep hot for 3 minutes except for the right food. It is better to give him a bunch of walnuts. Give him a few small cocks for a boon.

Luo Meng took from upstairs the walnut bracelet that he and Houwazi had dished out earlier. It consisted of fourteen small walnuts and a jade-polished Buddha head. There were no engraved patterns on the Buddha head, but it was polished very smooth and round. , together with the fourteen small walnuts that Lao Zhou and Houwazi had coiled cleanly and transparently, and then stringed with tassels, it looked very simple and generous.

"What a walnut!" Director Zhao couldn't put it down when he saw this bunch of walnuts: "This Buddha head is also a good match, oh, what a walnut, isn't it from a walnut tree?"

"That's right, I found an autumn seed growing on the mountain behind our house last year, so I picked it up and coiled it to play with. There are still many at home. If Director Zhao is interested, I will give you a few pairs that have not been coiled." For the sake of my own mountain Lao Zhou decided to clean up the walnut tree as soon as possible, so as not to cause people to worry about it later.

"How dare you?" Director Zhao waved his hands again and again.

"Hey, what's the matter with embarrassment, it's not a good thing." Lao Zhou said, he took out a cloth bag from the side utility room, and dumped the Qiuzi inside to the ground.

These were all the ones that Liu Chunlan was reluctant to ask them to knock and eat before, and picked them out to make Zen mats, but later saw that Luo Meng and the others were so time-consuming and labor-intensive to plate walnuts, and the walnuts that had not been plated were not good-looking and worthless. This plan Miscarriage happened naturally.

Director Zhao said he was embarrassed, but his eyes were still attracted by the walnuts in that place. According to his previous speculation, the reason why Qiuzi was able to be panned so well may be that the physique of the walnut pan is different from Ordinary people, it may also be that this Qiuzi has a unique talent, and he is born with better aptitude than other walnuts.

But now look at the walnuts all over the floor... Director Zhao looked around, besides Qiuzi, Qiuzi was still the most common kind of Qiuzi. They all think they are thick-skinned, but there is such a beautiful walnut bracelet in front of them, which proves that they still have potential for development. Director Zhao does not dare to underestimate them.

Director Zhao spent a long time picking among these small walnuts, but in the end he only picked two pairs that were quite satisfactory. Ahem, the ones that were originally picked to make Zen cushions can only be of this level.

The next step is naturally to bargain. Don't look at Director Zhao talking like he is acting on TV. His bargaining skills are no worse than that of Lao Zhou. , He also helped his mother manage the business at present, so the Taoism is naturally profound.

"Old Zhao." After several rounds of sparring, Lao Zhou took a sip of warm tea and asked Director Zhao, "How do you think my Niuwangzhuang is doing?"

"Zhou, ahem, Mr. Luo is young and promising." Director Zhao has also seen the prosperity of the entire Niuwangzhuang along the way. Not only is the villa prosperous, but the impact on the surrounding areas is also unacceptable. Small look, the future of this young man is naturally bright.

"You can't say you are young." Lao Zhou smiled. He is in his 30s, and he is a joke when he is young: "But this business is still going well. If there is no accident, this mountain is enough. I will never worry about food and clothing for the rest of my life." What Lao Zhou said clearly meant that he was not short of money, and he didn't like it at all if the price was too low.

"That's right." Director Zhao took a sip of tea, nodded in agreement, and didn't say much.

"We don't rely on walnuts for dinner, it's just a hobby, but if the rewards are too little, I'm afraid it will be difficult to persist in this hobby." Seeing that the other party was calm, Lao Zhou simply said something more clearly.

"Then according to Mr. Luo's meaning?"

"One pair of walnuts is 40 yuan, here are seven pairs, plus the Buddha head, I want [-] yuan, isn't it too much?" Generally speaking, Lao Zhou is still reasonable, even if the price is higher, he will pay more. It is always expensive and well-founded, and it is rare for a lion to open his mouth.

"Walnuts aside, this Buddha head alone is not worth [-] yuan." Compared with walnuts, jade's market is relatively stable, but whether it is walnuts or jade, Director Zhao has much more experience than Lao Zhou. At this moment, he certainly knew that the price that Lao Zhou offered was not unkind.

"Oh, is that right? I also exchanged a pair of walnuts for this Buddha's head." It's just that I asked for a little extra head. Their Xiao Shulin often went to the blacksmith's shop to find An Lijun. Teach him to carve.

The two of you came and I talked for a while, and in the end they both said that it was to make friends, and each of them took a step back, and the deal was 38 yuan.

"The payment method?" Old Zhou asked.

"Oh, don't worry about this, I brought them all." Director Zhao casually pulled his small box, and when he opened it, apart from a few sets of clothes, scripts and other miscellaneous things inside, there were piles of red notes.

When Director Zhao inquired about the address, he found out that it was in both a town and a village. He was worried that it would be inconvenient to withdraw money here. So much money, what should I do if I ask people to watch it? Don't they all say that troublesome people come from poor mountains and rivers?

But when he actually arrived in Buffalo Town, he discovered that this place is a bit out of the way, neither poor nor evil, and the pressure of life of the local people does not seem to be very high, and everyone lives quite leisurely.

In this way, Director Zhao left a bunch of red notes, took his beloved walnut bracelets, and two pairs of unrecorded Qiuzi as a free gift from Lao Zhou, took his suitcase, and took Master Liu's taxi , I left Niuwangzhuang that night.

That night, in Luo Meng's hut, after eating and taking a bath, Lao Zhou moved out the stacks of red notes in front of Xiao Shulin and Hou Wazi.

"Huh!" Seeing these banknotes, Houwazi couldn't help but let out an exclamation. Although he is now the young owner of Niuwangzhuang, the general payment for goods is also through bank accounts. There are so many hundred-yuan bills. It was the first time he saw them together.

"Son, we've made money." Lao Zhou shook a pile of banknotes in a very wealthy manner.

"How much?" Xiao Shulin asked with a smile.

"38, how about it? Is it okay?" Old Zhou Zhou looked like he was waiting for praise, and he almost wagged his tail.

"Very good." Xiao Shulin smiled narrowing his eyes.

"I made a lot of money this time. When Houwazi is on vacation next week, our family will go to Tongcheng to spend a little extra time, buy a few more clothes, pants and shoes, and then get on the horse and join them for a good meal." Although Niu Wang Zhuang's income is good, but the life of Lao Zhou's family is not extravagant. The three men in the family, big and small, are not very keen on consumption. Even the few sets of clothes that Houwazi changed and washed now were bought by Luo Hongfeng. Woolen cloth.

"Take Meihui and Meiling with you," Xiao Shulin said.

"Okay, why don't you just bring the big ya, ya, ya, and ya, and you'll have a lot of fun then."

"Ask Kan Qiyun again if he can go."

"Hey, got it."

"Son, this time our family earns so much money, you have contributed a lot, so you must have a share of the money." After discussing the money loss plan for the next weekend, the next step is to divide the spoils.

"..." Houwazi didn't speak, just squatted there with a silly grin.

"There is also Comrade Xiao Shulin, as the pillar of our family who works hard and silently supports our family, you must have a share of the money, son, do you agree?"

"Yeah." Houwazi nodded seriously, with a happy face.

"Okay, let's start dividing the money next." The three fathers and sons sat on the carpet, you piled up with me, and it was a joy to share it.

In the end, because of the order of distribution, Xiao Shulin and Hou Wazi each received 13 yuan, while Lao Zhou only received 12 yuan.Lao Zhou and Xiao Shulin's 25 yuan were locked together in the cabinet of their own room. One day, when the two of them needed the money, they would take it. Both of them lived their lives seriously and could trust each other. On the question of money, there has never been any grievances.

Houwazi's share of the money was put into the wooden cabinet next to his "bird's nest" by his two friends. There was also a lock on the outside of the cabinet and a key for Houwazi to hold by himself. Several spare keys are in the hands of Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin.

Their family business is not small. If there is no accident, the entire Niuwangzhuang will be owned by monkeys in the future, so Lao Zhou also hopes to cultivate his correct attitude towards money earlier. If he can learn a little about managing money, then It's even better.

After the money was put into the cabinet, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin began to pay attention to the asset movements of their monkey boy.

After Houwazi went to school the next day, the two of them entered his room, took out the key and opened the cabinet where the money was kept. Both of them were sharp-eyed, and they could see their son's cabinet with just a glance. The 13 cents in the money is quite a lot. In addition, on top of this money, there are several bills stacked neatly, there are one bills and fifty cents, and the largest denomination is two five bills.

"He still has money?" Old Zhou rubbed his chin. Why didn't he know when this kid saved money?

"I don't know either." Xiao Shulin smiled, and roughly counted those one and fifty cents with his fingers: "It's more than 30."

"How many days have you been to kindergarten?" Before going to kindergarten, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin never gave Houwazi pocket money. At that time, Houwazi followed the adults all day, bought everything he wanted, and gave him money It didn't work either.

"The speed of saving money is quite fast." Xiao Shulin was quite proud of their monkey boy.

Another day later, after Houwazi went to school, the two went to his room again, opened the cabinet and saw that there were still a lot of red notes, but there were more change notes.

"How much money did you give him yesterday?" Lao Zhou counted the money and found that the amount was wrong.

"I'll just give two yuan." The children's family gave extra pocket money, and in the end, [-]% of them bought junk food. Xiao Shulin would give him two yuan every day when he sent him to kindergarten. The other kids have pocket money and he doesn't seem cringe-worthy.

"I didn't give it either. Even if my parents did, they wouldn't give so much. Look, it's more than 50. Where did it come from?" Lao Zhou thought that this pile of red bills was put in their son's locker After that, I will soon teach him a lesson on how to spend money in meaningful and valuable places. Unexpectedly, there are not only many money in the cabinet of their precious son, but also more money.

"Let's see it another day?" Xiao Shulin touched the board on the top of his head, still confused.

Another day later, the money in Houwazi's cabinet was nearly 20 yuan more. This time, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin couldn't sit still anymore. They made up their minds and sneaked to the vicinity of the kindergarten.

The Buffalo Town Central Kindergarten opened not far from the creek. In order not to let the monkeys find out, Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin went to the town alone to buy a new set of clothes, put on sunglasses and straw hats, and adjusted two fishing rods , sitting on the bluestone railing by the creek, while pretending to be fishing, while secretly observing the movement in the kindergarten.

"Come out." Romon whispered to Xiao Shulin.

Xiao Shulin looked back, it was probably time for recess, and the children in the house were all going to the big yard outside. There were slides, seesaws, etc. in the yard, and many children jumped up and down having fun, but the monkey boy Squatting on a plastic stool next to the colorful iron railings of the kindergarten, yawning and coiling walnuts.

"Why don't you play with other children?" Romon couldn't help frowning when he saw this scene.

"Don't worry." Xiao Shulin said.Usually Houwazi didn't get out of school with Luo Meiling, he usually picked him up and dropped him off. In his opinion, this kid got along well with the children and even said goodbye to people after school.

"Xiao Luoping, why don't you come to play?" Sure enough, soon some children invited him.

"Not playing." Houwazi shook his head, and continued squatting on the stool to rub walnuts.

"Xiao Luoping, do you have any more biscuits?" At this time, a little boy walked up to him and asked in a low voice. If it weren't for the sharp ears of Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin, I really couldn't hear what they were talking about. The teacher here probably didn't hear it.

"Fifty cents." As soon as Houwazi opened his mouth, Romon almost lost his seat and ran into the creek.