Xiao Qiao enters the farm gate

In the next few days, Lin was plowing the land, and besides delivering water and food, Qiao Mo would dig the vegetable garden at home.He was physically weak and dug slowly. It took him three full days, with a few blisters on his hands, and he finally cultivated a little more than three minutes of the vegetable field behind the house.

In consideration of building a new house after the wheat harvest, the vegetable field was specially separated from the house.

There are only two people in the family, and they can't finish eating the vegetables grown on three-thirds of the land.Qiao Mo sprinkled or planted the seeds given by Aunt Li, watered them, and covered them with a thin layer of straw to keep them warm, and uncovered them when the sun came out, so that they could germinate earlier.

After the five acres of land have been plowed, it's time to plant peanuts.

They want to plant peanuts on the sand, which is different from other families who only plant peanuts when they harvest wheat. They are spring peanuts, which should be earlier.The ground has been turned over and fertilized before, so it can be directly sown.There are a lot of peanuts in the six acres of land, and Qiao Mo has already made hard preparations.

Unexpectedly, Lin Zheng went out for a trip, but when he came back, he brought a strange farm tool.

"Ah Zheng, what is this?" Thinking that the sand had been overturned, Qiao Mo felt that this farming tool should have another name.

Sure enough, Lin Zheng said: "The columbine is used for sowing. We usually sow peanuts in the summer solstice. Our family planted them early, so we just borrowed the columbine from Li Amao's house."

"The planter."

Qiao Mo became interested, observed it carefully, and understood the principle of operation.Although it looks weird, it may sow three rows at a time. Turning the soil, sowing, and covering the soil can all be done automatically. It only needs one person to push it, which is really easy and labor-saving.

With the columbine, sowing is easy.

When they arrived at the field, they harnessed the horses to the front, Lin Zheng helped the cart to go, and Qiao Mo followed with half a bag of peanut seeds, and added peanut seeds when he saw that the cart was running out of seeds.The division of labor and cooperation saves time and effort, and the six acres of land were sown in one day.

The remaining two acres of land are planted with watermelons, so there is no need for columbine carts.

The watermelon seeds have been dried and soaked before, and a field was specially selected behind the house to accelerate the seedlings. The emergence rate is quite high, and two acres of land is definitely enough for planting.

Lin Zheng didn't know much about growing watermelons, and Qiao Mo also had a limited memory. Both of them crossed the river by feeling the stones. Although they stumbled, they finally finished planting.Just because I don’t know much about it, I planted it very carefully and applied a thick base fertilizer. I haven’t bought bean cakes yet, because I don’t need to use them until the vine extension period, so I’m not in a hurry now.

After working for two or three days, my back hurts, but I feel very fulfilled when I see the final result of my labor.

"Would you like to water it more?" Another point that Qiao Mo is satisfied with this sandy land is that it is easy to irrigate. When planting earlier, he took advantage of the opportunity to water the roots of the seedlings.

"No, it's going to rain in a day or two at the latest." That's why every family rushed to plow the land and sow seeds.

At this time, all the sowing work is done, just wait for the seeds to germinate, and then check whether the seedlings need to be thinned out.

Just after returning from the field that day, he saw a carriage parked in front of the house from a distance, and the villagers who had gone to the field gathered around to watch the excitement.

Qiao Mo and Lin Zheng looked at each other, wondering who it was that came to the door.

Before reaching the door, Li Xue, who had been looking around, saw them and shouted: "Brother Qiao, you have visitors."

"Who is it?" Qiao Mo asked casually.

Unexpectedly, Li Xue said, "He said he was your righteous brother."

Brother?Fang Jinnian!

When I entered the door, I saw that it was indeed him.

"Why are you here?" Qiao Mo was really surprised.

Fang Jinnian was wearing an autumn-colored brocade gown with exquisite embroidered text on the collar and collar, and he was gentle and handsome. When he stood there, even the simple farm house was a bit more attractive.It's strange that there are so many spectators, Fang Jinnian is really not an ordinary person at first sight.

"How can you tell people that he is my righteous brother?" Qiao Mo only took that incident as a stopgap measure, but he didn't expect him to use it as a cover again. He is not such a casual person.

"It's my blessing to have a foster brother like you." Fang Jinnian looked very happy, and after greeting Lin Zheng, he explained the whole story: "I should have come here earlier, but I just thought that you are at the busy time of farming. I wanted to take another look, so I was a little late. I bought the prescription from you a year ago, and it officially started shipping in the first month. I thought the business would be good, but I didn't expect it to be so prosperous."

"Oh? Then congratulations on making a lot of money." After all, it was Qiao Mo who sold the prescription, and he was happy to hear that he had made money.

"I also brought some for you this time. It will take two days to sell them in the county town. Before that, they were shipped in ten big cities including Pingcheng, Fengcheng, and Yangcheng. I see that the sales are really good. , This has increased the scale and production, and it will soon be spread to the county." Fang Jinnian pointed at the table and smiled: "The quantity brought for you is sufficient, so you don't have to bother to buy it."

Qiao Mo had seen him bring something earlier, but he didn't expect it to be five-spice powder.

The things were packed in a wooden box. When I opened it, I found three large bottles and twenty small bottles neatly packed inside.The bottles are clean small white porcelain, with blue and white patterns, and the three characters "five-spice powder" clearly in the center, and there is an oval circle at the bottom, which says "Jin Kee", which is presumably a trademark.

"The big bottle is one catty, and the small bottle is one tael."

After a little thought, Qiao Mo understood that no one would need so much seasoning, but these five-spice powders are packaged exquisitely and compactly, which is very suitable for giving away.

"Thank you, I'm interested." Qiao Mo thought, the other party is so busy, even if he is delivering something, he doesn't need to go there himself.

"I'm here today to discuss business with you." Fang Jinnian didn't beat around the bush, he put a stack of banknotes on the table and said, "I want to buy another seasoning recipe in your hand, this is 1000 yuan. Two, if you think it’s not enough, you can talk about it again.”

Qiao Mo raised his eyebrows slightly, and smiled: "Enough."

The thing was not developed by myself in the first place, so it can be regarded as a white wolf with empty gloves, not to mention that the other party is so straightforward, the money is indeed not small, and the asking price is too high, which is not good for anyone.Counting the 1000 taels and the previous 700 taels, there would be nearly two thousand silver, which was enough for him to do any business by himself.

Seeing that he hadn't bargained at all, Fang Jinnian became more and more happy. He immediately asked for a prescription and left without leaving anything.

It seems that Fang Jinnian works very hard in business.

As soon as the carriage left, the villagers dispersed after a few more discussions.

Li Xue didn't leave, she stood in the yard and didn't dare to come in. Seeing the guests had left, she came in curiously.

"Brother Qiao, is that man really your foster brother? What does he do?"

"As a businessman, I didn't do him a small favor, so he remembered it in his heart." Qiao Mo thought that he would have a lot of contacts with Fang Jinnian in the future, so he couldn't keep prevaricating, which would make people even more guessing and worried, so he said : "He is the young owner of Wanbao Silver House in the county town. As for the brother-in-law and so on, he is just saying it politely. How can we take it seriously?"

"Wanbao Yinlou?" Li Xue was taken aback, curious and envious of the legendary place of wealth and honor.

Without waiting for him to ask any more questions, Qiao Mo took out two small bottles of five-spice powder from the box and gave him to him: "This is five-spice powder, which can be used in stir-fry and stew, and it is also the business of Boss Fang. It was sold in big cities before. We’ll have it here in two days, take these two bottles back.”

"How can this be done? I can't take it." Five-spice powder is a name I've never heard of, and it's packed in a beautiful small bottle.

"It's not worth anything, your family has helped us so much, what is this?" Qiao Mo talked about it, and finally got Li Xue to accept it.

After Li Xue left, she took a small bottle and put it in the kitchen, and put away the rest.

The field is temporarily busy, and it is rare to have a few days of leisure.

Lin Zheng also counted the family's money, such a huge sum of money always felt unreal.Lin Zheng could see that Qiao Mo had plans, so he asked him while he was free these two days.

Qiao Mo was about to say something, but when he asked, he didn't hide it: "I see that the business in the teahouse is good, and dipping in sugar is very popular. I want to go around the county after the wheat is harvested, buy a shop and sell it myself. I plan to recruit A few people, after all, the two of us can't do much, and we have to take care of the work in the field."

Although Lin Zheng didn't know much about business, every time he went to deliver goods, the shopkeeper of the restaurant would say that dipped sugar was selling well, and he had just increased the amount last time, which cost three hundred catties a month.

Qiao Mo said again: "I want to go into the mountains."

"Into the mountains? What are you doing in the mountains?" Lin Zheng was puzzled, after all, he had never been curious about the mountains before, and it didn't seem like he was going to play.

"Looking for the bamboo forest." Qiao Mo pursed his lips and said, "I once read a book about bamboo weaving. Because I have a good memory, I still remember it. Our family will build a new house after the wheat harvest, and the current furniture is old and damaged. I want to make a new batch of furniture out of bamboo."

Lin Zheng felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he didn't pursue it.For Qiao Mo, he has long been used to the other's extraordinary qualities, and from time to time he would cover up one or two of them.

Lin Zheng was familiar with the nearby mountains. When he was a child, he used to collect firewood and pick fruits in the mountains. When he came back last year, he often hunted wild animals in the mountains.I have walked through the mountains near the village several times, so I know where there are bamboo forests.

"There is a place close by, but there is a clump of bamboo, but I don't know if it is enough. If you go deeper, there will be more. It is a bamboo forest, but it is not easy to transport it outside."

"Let's go and have a look at the nearby ones first." Although Qiao Mo had books on bamboo weaving, he didn't have the skills to practice, so he used some bamboo to experiment and teach Lin Zheng by the way.I always feel that Lin Zheng is very good at his hands, maybe he also has a talent for bamboo weaving.

The two agreed to go to the mountains after eating that day.

In addition to bringing water and dry food, Lin Zheng harnessed the horse to the cart and brought a hatchet.I went to chop bamboo, but people couldn't carry it, so I had to use a cart to pull it back.Fortunately, the mountains next to the village have been felled, and the trees are not so dense, and it is barely possible to walk by car.

Everything grows in spring, the trees in the mountains are covered with green shade, and the ground is full of mountain flowers and weeds.

Lin Zheng walked skillfully through the mountains. Because he was driving a car, he inevitably took a detour. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, a clump of jasper-like bamboo appeared in front of him.Qiao Mo took a general look, at least dozens of poles, lush and lush.

Lin Zheng stopped the car, let go of the horse and let it graze on its own, but he was not in a hurry to cut bamboo, instead he took a few lassoes that he had prepared earlier and walked to the other side.

"I'm going to get some traps, you just wait here for me."

"Okay." Qiao Mo knew that he was going to set a trap, and he might be able to trap a rabbit or something.

Seeing that Lin Zheng was going far away, and guessing that he would not be able to return for a while, Qiao Mo took out the bamboo book from the space, and turned to the page that was treated with bamboo.There are some troubles about keeping green and coloring, so just skip it, but you can carry out simple anti-corrosion treatment on bamboo.

Because I practiced first, I was going to make a simple and practical object. When I turned to a certain page, my eyes lit up.

Bamboo tote bag!