Farmer one or two things

Song Tiancai pretended to be enlightened and said: "Then this man is really pitiful, and he can't even find his son. By the way, he has asked so many people, but has he ever gotten news about his son. Could it be that his son is not in his hometown, and he I can't find anyone. If this is the case, this old man who has nowhere to turn to will ask people whenever he sees them, and I can understand a thing or two."

Seeing Song Tiancai showing sympathy, the clerk said again: "Guest officer, don't sympathize with him. It would be unlucky for me to be his son. You don't know, he has been in Quanzhou for 20 years, and he has never sent a copper coin back. I heard that his son is only in his 20s this year, so he didn't care about how old he was. The life of an orphan and widow is so hard, he is a father who takes a little goblin to have fun outside, don't care Now that I am old and have no one to take care of me, I will go back to find my son to raise him. He is so beautiful. He just talks about it, but no one cares about him. Datong is only a month or two away from here. Forget it, he really has a heart, so why didn't he go back and have a look after so many years. It's just a self-deception, and from time to time he takes it out to scare his wife, so that her mother-in-law doesn't dare to take care of him."

This guy was also abandoned by his father since he was a child, and it was his mother who raised him and his elder brother. The most unsightly thing in his life is a man who raises a child like this and doesn't care about the life and death of his family.If you really have the slightest conscience, in the past 20 years, you have to go back and have a look.Even if people don't go back, they always have to bring some money back.

You know, the old Chen used to get quite a lot of money as a porter for a month, and it would be more than enough to send a little back to raise a son.But he was spending his days and drinking on his own. Now that he is getting old, he thinks of his son. It's really a good thing.Thinking of his bastard father harassing his elder brother from time to time, the guy hated this old Chen even more.

Song Tiancai said: "That's what happened, but if it's like this, when he can't do it anymore, he can't go back and trouble his son. However, if his son is gone or goes away, isn't this old Chen going to rush? Is it empty?"

The guy said disdainfully: "So, when this old Chen met someone, he asked if he was a fellow villager, and wanted to know about his son's recent situation from them. If his son is doing well in his hometown, he will naturally find it when he goes back. I got what I wanted. If his son is a bad guy, and he does a bad job, and if he gets hurt, he will naturally not go back. Old Chen looks honest, but he has a lot of things in his stomach, sir Don't be fooled by him. Look at him pitifully, but as the saying goes, a poor person must have something to hate, and it's all the sins he did when he was young."

This time, someone entered the inn again, and the man went to greet him.Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu finished their noodles and went upstairs.After closing the door, Song Tiancai said, "Hey, Brother Dashi really has no ties to parents. His mother turned a blind eye to him in a village and watched him starve and suffer coldly. Now I finally have a home of my own with Brother Xiaoman, but But there was a father who was thinking about him again. This is really going to make this person go back, after all, he is Brother Dashi's father, so it should not be taken lightly or seriously."

In fact, what the guy just said was more than half right, Chen Dashi's father eloped with a married man back then.He didn't dare to go back because he was afraid that the woman's in-law's family would arrest her to see an official, but if he knew that Chen Dashi's mother had remarried to this family, and that Chen Dashi was living a good life now, he would definitely return without hesitation. rural.

From Song Tiancai's point of view, this matter is easy to solve. Chen Dashi is adopted, and has nothing to do with this biological father.Naturally, it is not necessary to accommodate this father, but the blood relationship cannot be broken. For example, Chen Dashi and Lin Xiaoman should have a good reputation when they are together, so that the family can take care of the adopted children in the future .

Even if Chen Dashi could avoid his reputation, he would definitely not be able to take advantage of his own father.Although Lin Xiaoman is a little clever, he is not cruel enough. If Chen Dashi's father, who has been in the world for most of his life, really finds him back, whether the two can be together is another matter.

According to Song Tiancai, he would not intervene in other people's affairs.But Chen Dashi and Lin Xiaoman were both good to the Song family, and they still had business contacts. Song Tiancai was very envious of the friendship between Chen Dashi and Lin Xiaoman, and he didn't want the couple to suffer such trouble as Old Chen.

Zhao Yanxiu looked at Song Tiancai who had not made a sound since entering the room, brought a bowl of water and said, "Brother, the noodles were a bit salty just now, drink some water. I don't think you should worry about Dashi's father, since he is like this Temperament is easy to handle. If he knows that Brother Dashi not only adopts others, but also has all the fields and houses in his family, he will not be seen everywhere in the clan. Then he will say that Brother Dashi's temper is more irritable, more ruthless, and his family is poorer. Some. I think this old Chen will suffer even if he goes back, so he won’t ask for trouble.”

When Song Tiancai heard it, he was enlightened.Yes, he can dispel the idea of ​​father Chen Dashi wanting to go back.As the saying goes, the highest state of a lie is seven points true and three points false.Chen Dashi had already been adopted, and the Chen family's property was also divided up. Chen Dashi's grandparents, uncles and aunts treated Chen Dashi's father very badly.Moreover, it can be said that Chen Dashi and Lin Xiaoman are poor when they get married, and he is also a hunter, so it is not normal for him to have a bad temper and mix with others.Of course, he can also say what Chen Dashi hates his father the most, and spread some lies about how Chen Dashi will take revenge when he finds his father.

These are basically consistent with Chen Dashi's situation. Even if this old Chen got some news about Chen Dashi before, he would not appear prominent and false when he said this.However, he had to think carefully, how could this old Chen overhear his words.Fortunately, he will stay in Quanzhou for a while, so he has time to arrange this matter.

With a decision in his heart, Song Tiancai discussed his ideas with Zhao Yanxiu after thinking about it.Zhao Yanxiu agreed with Song Tiancai's idea.He originally planned to use this trick to scare away his biological parents if his father's friend really found them, but he didn't expect to help Chen Dashi use this trick now.

Quanzhou city is very lively at night, Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu can see the bustling scene on the street with the windows open.However, neither of them was in the mood to go out for a stroll, and went to bed early to sleep.

The next morning, Song Tiancai woke up and found that Zhao Yanxiu had used his arm as a pillow again, and touched his numb arm.Song Tiancai felt that he must buy a small pillow next time, and put it next to Zhao Yanxiu.

As soon as Song Tiancai moved, Zhao Yanxiu woke up, and the two of them washed up and went out without asking for breakfast at the inn.To be honest, the things in the inn are really expensive. Since they went outside, they naturally went to have a cheap and affordable breakfast.

Because of the prosperous business here in Quanzhou, the guests come and go from all corners of the country, so there are more varieties of food.Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu were not in a hurry on the road, so they went to the snack shop recommended by the inn clerk, ate the powder and paste, and ordered some horseshoe cakes.

After breakfast, Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu went to the tooth shop. Their task today was to visit the fields, houses and shops.Of course, these things cannot be decided in a day or two, but you have to make an appointment and choose slowly to buy the right one.

The dental shop in Quanzhou is very grand. The person who received Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu was a man in his 30s, surnamed Guan, known as Guan Yaren.He holds government dental stickers and specializes in managing fields and house sales.Song Tiancai and the others had limited money, so they planned to buy fields and houses in Pingyao Town, which is the nearest town to Quanzhou.

Pingyaozhen is only more than an hour's journey back and forth from Quanzhou. If Song Tiancai wants to do business in Quanzhou, he will not delay at all.Moreover, the houses in Pingyao Town are nearly twice as cheap as here in Quanzhou.Although the field is much higher than that of Songjia Village, it is also much lower than that of Quanzhou.

An acre of good paddy field costs 15 taels of silver, an acre of dry land costs eight taels of silver, and a mu of dry land costs four taels of silver.Song Tiancai didn't have much silver in his hand, so he wasn't in a hurry to buy it. He planned to sell the prescription before buying it after going to the town to see it himself.Although Zhao Yanxiu is rich, he can follow Song Tiancai in everything and is not in a hurry.

The two asked about the house again. A three-entry courtyard cost 2000 taels in Quanzhou, but only 500 taels of silver in Pingyao Town.The shops in the town are also between 400 taels and 600 taels. Song Tiancai was a little moved, planning to sell well this time, so he bought two shops in the town.In the future, they can collect rent for the two elders of the Song family to do their homework.

The shop in Quanzhou also asked, 3000 taels to drive away, and the highest cost is 10,000+ taels of silver.Seeing Song Tiancai smacking his tongue, the prices are so high that even Zhao Yanxiu, a small rich man, can't afford to buy a shop or a house.If he, the second generation of peasants, has no prescription to sell, he may not even think about buying a shop in Quanzhou if he is ten or eight years old.

Song Tiancai, who was hit hard in Yahang, had no other thoughts except to strengthen his determination to make money.Fortunately, he still remembered the speed at which the inn made money, and recovered from the high prices.I went to Yaren, who was renting a house, and planned to live in a house with a yard on West Street for two months.

There are many single-door houses with small yards on West Street, but the prices are a bit high.Yaren showed Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu several places, and Song Tiancai took a fancy to a house in an alley near South Street.The main reason is that there are many rich people in South Street, and the security environment must be better than that in West Street.Song Tiancai has just arrived, and everything is about safety, supplemented by saving money.

Of course, housing prices in areas close to the rich are expensive, and the two-month rent for this small yard is 40 taels, which is almost as much as they pay for staying in a hotel.However, considering that he was going to buy the raw materials for making vinegar, and considering the high liquidity and high risk of the inn, Song Tiancai still rented the yard.

Of course, even if the yard is rented, it is not possible to live in it immediately.After making an agreement with the owner, they moved in two days later before Song Tiancai and Zhao Yanxiu returned to the inn.When they returned to the guest room, it was already dark, and the two of them who had been running for a day were sound asleep, unable to wake up from the noise.

When they woke up, the two of them were going to Luo Changye's shop to discuss business.

Luo Changye and Boss Luo talked about several workshops in two days, and Song Tiancai poured half a jar of soy sauce for Boss Luo to make samples.There are two small workshops interested, one surnamed Huang and the other surnamed Wan.Boss Huang didn't give as much money as Boss Wan, but he had known the two brothers of the Luo family for many years, and he had a distant relative who was a petty official in the Quanzhou yamen.

Therefore, today the Luo family brothers first arranged for Boss Huang to meet Song Tiancai.

Boss Huang looked at his [-]-year-old appearance, he was tall and had a standard Chinese character face, but he looked a bit sinister.Song Tiancai said that it would be a waste of him not to be an official with such an upright face.However, after the two sat down and chatted for a while, Song Tiancai understood that the boss Huang in front of him was definitely an old fox, and he was good at business.

The price Boss Huang gave was not too high, 7000 taels of silver.In the territory of Quanzhou, a catty of soy sauce costs twenty or thirty yuan. The price he gave can only be said to be quite satisfactory, not very attractive.Naturally, Song Tiancai wanted to maximize the benefits in his heart, and he talked about the preciousness of his prescription without any trace, and raised the price.

The two of you came and went, but Boss Huang was only willing to add another 500 taels of silver, but he refused to add any more.Song Tiancai didn't agree after thinking about it, and told Boss Huang to give him the answer in three days.Seeing Song Tiancai's reserved attitude, Boss Huang felt a little annoyed, but he left without saying anything.

Boss Luo and Luo Changye avoided it. Seeing that Boss Huang's expression was not very good, they knew in their hearts that the conversation might not be very good.Entering the room and seeing Song Tiancai discussing lunch and visiting Quanzhou with Zhao Yanxiu, the two brothers felt that Song Tiancai would be a capable person in the future just because of his calmness.

When Song Tiancai saw the two of them, he got up and said, "Thank you two big brothers Luo for helping me. However, Boss Huang is a nice person, but he refuses to pay more for this price. In business, this is the only prescription I have. , and expect to rely on it to save some money and go back to support the family. The price is not satisfactory, and it will never work."

Boss Luo was familiar with Song Tiancai, and said with a smile: "Song Xiucai's words are reasonable. Boss Huang has a distant relative in Quanzhou who worked as a small official in the yamen. He has a lot of people, but it's a pity that he has been guarding a small workshop. He will not die of hunger." Can’t make it. No, last year a family named Wan moved in from other places. He was a rich man from the countryside. He bought two shops and opened a workshop on West Street. Once there are more workshops, Boss Huang’s business will suffer. It’s easy to do, so I want to change the recipe and go back to make it. In my opinion, if Boss Huang really wants this recipe, he might ask me to add some money.”

Song Tiancai nodded, instead of talking about Boss Huang, he asked Boss Wan of the next small workshop.This time it was Luo Changye who answered: "Boss Wan is the country rich man my elder brother mentioned earlier, and now his son is in charge of his shop and workshop. His son's name is Wan Qianfeng, regardless of his age is older than Song Xiucai." I'm not a few years old, but I'm ruthless. I want to squeeze out this small seasoning workshop, and I'm the only one. The price I gave this time is also high, 9000 taels of silver. If I raise the price again, it will be 1 taels It's not impossible."

The Luo family brothers actually don't want to do business with this surnamed Wan. They have been friends with Boss Huang for more than ten years, know the basics, and do a lot of things, but this surnamed Wan doesn't have a very good reputation outside.Boss Luo didn't put him among the candidates at all this time. It's a pity that someone let it slip and let the forwards know that he has a new recipe for soy sauce and found it himself.The price given was high, and the Luo family brothers couldn't get along with anyone, and they couldn't get along with money.

However, due to the old friendship with Boss Huang, Boss Huang was arranged for the day before, hoping that he could persuade Song Tiancai to buy the house.Otherwise, it will have to be the one with the highest price.