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Ever since Houwazi sold that chess set last time, many people in the town have been spreading the word that Houwazi can make money, and the alarm bells in the hearts of their adults have been ringing. After making a chess set, Lao Zhou stopped playing chess pieces for him.

Without the help of Lao Zhou, the chess pieces that Houwazi made are not as beautiful as before. The color becomes darker as the game progresses. After playing for a while, it looks good, but compared with the last time, it is still far away. Without the translucence and gentleness that resemble jade but not jade, the grade will be lost immediately.

In the future, someone will say that Houwazi can make money by playing walnuts, and their adults will say: "It was all because of his father's help. This time, Luo Meng didn't help him with this chess set. Look at the chess pieces. It’s black and not lost, let alone tens of thousands, do you want to sell it to you for 1000 yuan?”

As soon as these words spread, everyone said that Lao Zhou's hands are really extraordinary, and his Niuwangzhuang is also different. This must be the Niuwang repaying his favor. Who didn't know that Erlang and his mother had already been pulled I went to the slaughterhouse, and this happened to Lao Zhou, who bought the mother and calf for more than 1 yuan. After a phone call from Peng Laojiu, his son brought the cow back from the slaughterhouse. .

People in the town often listened to Peng Laojiu bragging about these things.

Some time ago, Lao Zhou thought that he had borrowed a lot of his buffaloes, and he didn't have time to go out to visit often, so he had a talk with Peng Laojiu.This Peng Laojiu's family has been in the buffalo business for generations, and now his son can take care of himself, and the family can do well without him.

Lao Zhou discussed with Peng Laojiu and gave him 5000 yuan a month to be a buffalo breeding consultant in Niuwangzhuang. The work is not heavy, just go to the nearby ten miles and eight towns to check the breeding of those cattle farmers. By the way, monitor the milking standards of cows, and if any buffalo has any disease, it can be found in time.

Peng Laojiu thought it was a good job, more money, less work, closer to home, and respected by others, so he agreed.To be honest, it was not easy for their family. In the past two years, because Lao Zhou took care of his business, he made a little money, but for their big family, that little money was still not enough for them to live comfortably.

The next few grandchildren are growing up day by day, and they are going to go to high school and university. It is time to spend money. The younger son is not married yet. There is no decent house these days, who would want to marry your daughter to you.Peng Laojiu helped Lao Zhou, and he could earn 5000 yuan a month in the future. With this income, their family's financial situation will be much better in no time.

Peng Laojiu works six days a week, and must go home on Sundays. He usually lives in a courtyard house at other times, and sometimes goes back by car. Anyway, it only takes a few 10 minutes by car from his home to Buffalo Town. It is very convenient to come and go.

Ever since Peng Laojiu began to wander the streets and alleys of Buffalo Town, the story of Erlang saving his mother has become a household name. Although everyone knew about such a thing in the past, they didn't know it in detail. This time, Peng Laojiu But the person involved, can what he said be false?

For these things, Lao Zhou is naturally happy to see the results.Most of their local people believe in ghosts and gods, even those who don't believe in them, generally don't easily touch this kind of bad luck. With such a story of many believers full of mythology, his Niuwangzhuang is equivalent to an extra layer The protective cover, the benefits of this, needless to say.

Some time ago, someone asked monk Huizhen, is the story of the Niu Wang true?Monk Huizhen recited a Buddha's name and said: "The retribution of good and evil is like a shadow, and the cause and effect of the three generations will not be lost." So everyone felt that this was more true.

With the help of everyone in Buffalo Town, the Pagoda Temple has now been completed. The temple is small in scale, with a large hall in front and a small courtyard in the back.Because when monk Huizhen first arrived in Buffalo Town, several believers came with him. These believers helped him do a lot of publicity in the town. He is a truly eminent monk with self-cultivation. Now that the temple is built, the incense is naturally not bad.

Different from the many temples in Buffalo Town, in Baota Temple, people not only come to burn incense on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, but also many people come to the temple every afternoon to listen to monks preaching scriptures, and monks in Baota Temple often walk around the town , there are a few young monks who even go to the cultural square to practice martial arts after the morning classes. These monks wear monk robes and shave their heads. It seems that you are no different from the young people in the town. optimism.

Because everyone said that Monk Huizhen had a high morality, and if any old people in the town passed away, they would be willing to invite them to chant scriptures and cross over. This is the current main source of income for Baohua Temple.There is also a merit box in the temple, but you can give as much or as little as you want, and the monks will treat them equally.

Luo Meng and Xiao Shulin sent fruit trees to them once. For the various fruit trees in Niuwangzhuang, they sent them two of each kind that could be transplanted in this season, and those that are bearing fruit will wait until the spring of next year. Send them over.These few fruit trees were planted in the backyard by the monks, and they spared no effort in watering and fertilizing.

While the temple was being built, the road from Xiawazi Village to Baohua Temple was also widened. Although it was only a gravel road, four-wheeled cars could drive in anyway.

Later, monk Huizhen bought another batch of bluestone strips and piled them on the open space under Baohua Temple. Whenever he had free time, he would take his young apprentices to pave the road every day. If they are not busy, they do it by themselves. Sometimes a few pilgrims who have money and leisure will stop and roll up their sleeves and roll up their trousers to sweat with them. They have all been paved with bluestone strips.

These days, the reputation of Baohua Temple has become more and more widespread. Now there are several posts introducing this temple on the Tongcheng Forum. Some people from the city will first pack a bullock cart to Baohua when they come to Buffalo Town Going to the temple to burn incense, although compared with many famous temples and ancient temples, is still much deserted, but this is already a very good start.

On Old Zhou's side, when the [-]th Golden Week was coming to an end, Niuwangzhuang welcomed two more guests, Director Zhao and his mother.These two people also brought a pair of lion heads that were newly purchased this year. The pair of lion heads are very big, heavy in the hands, with deep texture, bold and rough, with a sense of domineering. It is rare that the two A piece of walnut is also very good, and it is not cheap at a glance.

Director Zhao and his mother wanted Lao Zhou to help them plate this pair of walnuts. They had already talked about this on the phone before coming here, and Lao Zhou agreed without much haggling.He asked these two people to come here this time mainly for the sale of their walnuts. If they sell walnuts by themselves, selling a pair here and a pair here, their reputation will spread far and wide before earning much money. , This is not what Lao Zhou wants to see, making a fortune silently is his goal.

Lao Zhou proposed that in the future, the walnuts from his own plate would be sold in their shop. No matter how much they sold, he would get [-]% and Director Zhao and the others would get [-]%.Director Zhao's mother is getting old now, and she seldom manages the store's business anymore. She occasionally sells it herself, and she only likes to do some worry-free business that can make a profit without losing money, so the two hit it off.

Soon after, in the capital, a certain Wen played a walnut shop.

"Boss, you don't even have good walnuts here." A customer walked around the store and shook his head.

"What are you looking for?" the boss asked him.

"It has to be a little bit transparent and moist, I think your walnuts are like wood."

"Guest, you really know how to joke, aren't walnuts just wood?"

"Is there nothing better?"

"Just tell me what you want, even if it's not in the store, maybe I can find it for you."

"It's like this. I went to a friend's house as a guest two days ago. I saw a bracelet in their house. It was very good. The color and texture were better than ordinary jade. After seeing it, I wanted to buy one for our old lady. It’s almost the same, I’ve been looking for it for a long time today, but I didn’t find any good ones.”

"Is your friend surnamed Wang?" the boss asked tentatively.

"Yes, how do you know?" The guest was surprised.

"Is the bracelet at his house still engraved with Amitabha Buddha, is it a string of eighteen sons?"

"You know that bunch of walnuts?"

"It's not just me. You can go in and ask any store on this street, and you'll know." The boss shook his head and thought, it seems that this business can't be done today.

"That bracelet is so famous?"

"Hey, it's not that the bracelet is famous." Anyway, he was idle at the moment, and the boss said to the guest: "It's just about a year ago, someone posted on a forum we often go A photo of a pair of walnuts, that is a pair of autumn seeds, the shape and texture are the same, it is the texture, like jade but not jade, that is called beauty! How many people who love walnuts have lost their souls."

"At that time, we were all guessing whether his walnut was born special, or was it processed by some special method, or was there someone with a special physique, and this walnut was plated out. Until not long ago, the old Zhao's wife in Qibaozhai took He took out the bracelet and showed it to us, and said that he had already discussed with someone that from now on, all their walnuts would be sold in Qibaozhai, and no one else could intervene, so he had already given up his mind."

"You don't know the old daughter-in-law of Qibaozhai, do you? We all know her in the industry. I have known her for decades, and I know she can't set off smoke bombs. Since she said so, it's a certainty. So if you want to buy that kind of walnut, you have to go to Qibaozhai. I also heard that the bracelet was bought by a customer surnamed Wang at a high price before, so I just said that."

"Qibaozhai, I know. I thought the walnuts were good before, and I asked where I bought them from. But my friend told me not to go there. I haven't gone there since I went. I don't know when the order will go. I said Boss, do you know how they get such walnuts?" The customer also listened with great interest to what the shop owner said just now.

"Old Zhao's daughter-in-law said that someone made it, so it was made."

"There are people like that?"

"Hey, there are so many wonders in the world."

When the golden rice covered the sun-drying field, the old Zhou’s milk powder factory finally produced the first batch of infant milk powder.

Because the production of milk powder is limited, before selling it, Lao Zhou asked someone to make a purchase intention statistics, and found that the output of their milk powder factory was far from enough.The supply is in short supply, and we can’t post it on the Internet for everyone to grab casually like the previous agricultural products, because changing the brand of milk powder frequently is not good for children.

After much deliberation, Lao Zhou finally decided to draw lots. Once the quota is determined, the supply will be kept until the child turns two years old, or the other parent decides to give up the purchase in advance, or there is a phenomenon of reselling. Once found, stop immediately supply.

At the request of netizens, the process of drawing lots should be made public, and the video can be played directly on the computer. The location of the video is in the office upstairs in Niuwangzhuang Courtyard. In order to show the authenticity of the video, Lao Zhou even asked someone to put A TV is in the background, and the news program of the day is shown on the TV.

"Old Zhou, don't be nervous." That night, many long-term and short-term workers in the courtyard crowded at the door of the office to watch the excitement, and even many people from the village came.

"Why are you so nervous?" Lao Zhou smiled and asked people to get everything ready.

"Remember to make it clear that this is not a lottery, and don't let people think that our milk powder is free." Old man Luo also came with a pipe in his mouth.

"I know." Lao Zhou nodded cautiously, well, this must be remembered.

"Don't forget the words." Xiao Shulin also smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, it's only a few words, I won't forget it."

"Okay, Zhou, the video is on."

"Cough cough." Old Zhou sat in front of the computer generously. He cleared his throat, straightened the suit he hadn't worn for a long time, and said to the camera, "Hi everyone, I'm Old Zhou..."