Farmer's Notes from Another World

Liu Zhuang learned embroidery from the Liu family, and it was the sixth time that he had pricked his fingers. He counted the remaining intact fingers and lamented in his heart, if his mother hadn't forced him to come, he would have died if he didn't come. If he cried and showed him, he would not be spared the crime. Unfortunately, Mammy didn't know that she was not a person who could embroider. When Liu Zhuang was planning to continue to fight with embroidery, Mammy Liu went.

After Liu Zhuang listened to his mother's words, he immediately put down the mandarin duck that had been embroidered for a long time and hadn't embroidered half of his body, and ran to his home at a speed of sprinting in seconds, looking forward to it as if he had met a savior.Grandma Liu looked funny and angry at her grandson. Who was he begging to teach him how to embroider? This little heartless person treats embroidery like a scourge. How can this make hunting difficult?Nanny Liu made up her mind to train Liu Zhuang to become a brother with excellent culinary skills, so as to prepare for her future wishful husband.

Liu Zhuang walked fast, and saw Fang Zhiyuan as soon as he entered the room, he said to Fang Zhiyuan, "Fang Zhiyuan, why are you here today?" Seeing Fang Zeng again, he shouted: "Uncle Fang!"

Fang Zhiyuan glanced at the handkerchief wrapped around Liu Zhuang's right hand, Liu Zhuang looked down, he was stupid now.He poked his hand himself, it was bandaged by brother Qiu, he looked at Fang Zhiyuan, he was embarrassed, he is a brother but he can't even do things like embroidery, thinking about it, he put his hand back Shrinking, he lowered his head in shame.

Fang Zhiyuan also noticed his abruptness, and said with a smile: "Liu Zhuang, didn't I tell you last time, do I want to ask you for help? Are you free during this time? If so, we would like to ask you You help us."

During this period of time, because Liu Zhuang didn't go up the mountain every day, he was caught by his mother and sent to Liu's family to learn embroidery. He was already tired and annoyed.As soon as Fang Zhiyuan said that he had something to look for him, he immediately regained his energy, thinking in his heart: Finally, he no longer has to deal with embroidery.

He quickly said to Fang Zhiyuan: "I have time, Fang Zhiyuan, what can you do for me?"

Fang Zhiyuan did not politely ask Liu Zhuang directly: "Liu Zhuang, have you ever seen a mushroom tree on the mountain? It's the kind that is short and fluffy, and it can grow like a mushroom with tender shoots."

Liu Zhuang thought for a while and said, "Yes, but I want to go to the deep mountains. Last time I chased a deer and saw it in a place deep in the mountains. There seems to be a large area. Why do you want this thing?"

Fang Zhiyuan had already made preparations, and showed Liu Zhuang some of the buds he picked in the morning, and said, "This is the bud, I hope you can pick it for me. Just pick it according to what I have in hand, and I and Uncle has discussed that we will give you ten big money for a catty you pick, and if we make money later, we will share the dividend with you. What do you think?"

At this time, Nanny Liu also came back from the outside. Hearing Fang Zhiyuan's words, she was shocked. She didn't expect that this catty of fresh sprouts could earn ten big bucks. Seeing that her grandson was about to decline, she quickly stopped him and said, "Then How embarrassing, how can this thing cost you so much money?"

Fang Zhiyuan said with a smile: "It should be, this tender bud takes a long time, and has to go to the deep mountains. If Liu Zhuang doesn't charge money, we won't be able to talk about it."

Liu Ama smiled more sincerely, and said: "Then you say that, we have the cheek to accept it. But, don't worry, my family Ah Zhuang is quick in doing things, and will definitely be able to do things properly for you."

When Liu Zhuang saw that his mother had appeared, he stopped talking.Fang Zhiyuan said: "We found Liu Zhuang because we knew he was capable, that is, Madam Liu, you know. People come and go in this village, I'm afraid others will spread gossip if they know about it."

Grandma Liu has lived for so long, so she naturally knows what Fang Zhiyuan means, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Fang family boy, Ah Zhuang is just a jerk, and his voice is the most muffled. Mammy is not a person who likes to visit, no It’s up to you to say what’s right and wrong.”

At this time, Fang Zeng made an agreement with Liu Ah-mo on the time to get the tender buds, and Liu Ah-mo left a meal, but Fang Zeng's uncle and nephew declined and left.

When they left, Liu Zhuang asked a little unhappy: "Nurse, Fang Zhiyuan is good to us, they want me to help him for a few days, how can we accept his money, what do people think of us? "

Liu Amo was very calm, looked at Liu Zhuang and said: "This uncle and nephew of the Fang family wants these buds, and they charge such a high price. It seems that they are going to do big business. Listen to him, he is obviously I don’t want people to know. He came to you because he believed us, and because you dared to enter the mountain, if we help him for no reason. He might not dare to ask for it, after all, we are not so close. Ah Zhuang, Remember, if you really do it for nothing, then they are in debt. Our family is an orphan and a widower, and their family is just two men, so it’s not good to get too close. Besides, why don’t you take the money you should get?”

Nanny Liu is still shrewd, and he doesn't have much friendship with the Fang family, so when his grandson goes to help them with work, he has to ask for wages.Besides, such high wages are not always available.He knew that his grandson had a thin skin, so he could only think these words in his heart to comfort his grandson.He thought, if the buds were plucked, he could save a dowry for Liu Zhuang again.

Looking at the 13-year-old Liu Zhuang, Liu Ahmo felt a little anxious. Liu Zhuang was going to get married in a few years, although he had prepared a dowry.But if possible, he hoped to bring back a son-in-law. With him watching, the grandson-in-law would definitely not dare to bully Ah Zhuang.

Therefore, he didn't refuse when Fang's family came to ask the price.Sometimes face is important, but compared to relatives, it is not so important.

Since Liu Zhuang agreed to the Fang family's uncle and nephew to pick the young shoots, he went up the mountain with a basket on his back after eating the young chicken made by Ah Liu.When he found the mushroom tree, he began to pick the buds.After two hours of picking, it was already dark, and looking at the just-filled pannier, he was afraid that his mother would be worried, so he had no choice but to go back.

Sure enough, Amo Liu was waiting for him with the lights on, watched him come back, made him a bowl of chicken soup, and blamed him: "You are too careless about your work, it's getting dark today, you will be a big brother in the future You are not allowed to go outside. Do you know?" As he said that, his face still became angry.

Liu Zhuang knew that his nanny was worried about him, so he drank the soup obediently without saying a word.

Liu Ama tidied up the young shoots picked by Liu Zhuang, thinking about using a scale to weigh them.A full basket weighed five catties. Liu Ama was overjoyed that this was fifty big bucks, which was more than he earned as a cook.If he hadn't gone up the mountain to cause trouble for Liu Zhuang, Liu Ah would have thought that he would go up to pick the buds himself.

As for Fang Zhiyuan and He Fang, they fried tea leaves at home, and there happened to be flat baskets left over from making dried persimmons at home.In order to keep the tea fresh, Fang Zhiyuan, especially the top-grade tea, Fang Zeng would deliver it to Shopkeeper Chen every three days.

And Liu Zhuang's hands and feet are really fast, he can pick up ten catties in a day when he is good, this number is almost as high as Fang Fang Zeng and Fang Zhiyuan.Fang Zeng also said with emotion that Liu Zhuang is worthy of being a clever brother, and he is much better at handling things than the two careless men.

With the supply of young shoots from Liuzhuang, their top-quality tea can be roasted well.It's a pity that there are a lot of rainy days now, which delayed them some time, but just like that, Fang Zhiyuan and the others also made 210 catties of high-quality tea, 20 catties of medium-grade tea and 230 catties of low-grade tea, and shopkeeper Chen gave [-] taels of silver , together with the first [-] taels, they earned a total of [-] taels of silver for frying tea.

Fang Zeng felt like dreaming after getting these coins, he had never seen so much money in his life.Fang Zhiyuan was also happy. He originally thought that 200 taels of silver could not be made these days, but he did not expect that because of Liu Zhuang's joining, the high-quality tea increased by more than [-] catties. After this calculation, he and his uncle could earn so much money .

Thinking about it this way, Fang Zhiyuan felt that giving Liu Zhuang a couple of dollars was a bit of a disadvantage to him. After all, Liu Zhuang had been busy with them for more than ten days. Since his family earned money, he couldn't lose him.So, he said to Fang Zeng: "Uncle, look, we earned so much money this time because we had more than 100 catties of tender tea leaves from Liu Zhuang. I told him before that if we could If you earn money, you have to take him to share dividends. Besides, we will have to count on others to help us in the coming year, and there is nothing wrong with them."

Fang Zeng was not out of human nature, he went to get the buds every day, so he naturally knew that Liu Zhuang was an honest person, he put in a lot of effort for the buds, he never forgot the well digger, since he contributed, Naturally, it is to benefit others.

Fang Zeng took out five taels of silver and put it in Fang Zhiyuan's hand, and said with a smile: "Then, uncle will leave this matter to you. I will wait for you in Liujia Village to see our land and wait for you at the intersection. Give the money to Liu Zhuang yourself. Otherwise, if I come forward, they may not accept it. I know you are slippery, and there must be a way." Fang Zeng put everything in your hands, and I believe in you. Fang Zhiyuan looked like he was about to vomit blood.

He didn't expect his uncle to learn badly, so how could he think of him like that?he slippery?Obviously, there is no more honest and trustworthy, hard-working top ten young people than him, okay?However, after listening to his uncle's words, Fang Zhiyuan thought about it, so he put away the five taels of silver.

Sitting on the mule cart to Liujia Village, Fang Zhiyuan thought of the 200 taels of silver he earned this time, and his idea of ​​buying a shop, and asked tentatively: "Uncle, what are you going to do with the money we earned this time? Is it just to leave it like this, not to mention whether it is safe or not, and the money will not produce money, it is a waste of money."

Fang Zeng looked at Fang Zhiyuan, patted his head, and scolded with a smile: "Huzi, you bastard, and now you are playing around with your uncle. If you have something to say, hurry up and dawdle, be careful when your uncle beats you up." You have a meal."

Fang Zhiyuan twitched his lips, he didn't care about his uncle's face as an elder, it's really hard to be a good person, and his uncle didn't understand his painstaking efforts.However, he also cut to the chase and said, "Uncle, have you thought about buying a shop in the town?"

"Buy a shop?" Fang Zeng said to himself in doubt.

"Is it okay to buy a shop in the town? We are not from the town. Why buy a shop? We are not suitable for business. Besides, this town is full of well-connected people. If we do it Buying and selling, this may not necessarily make money." Fang Zeng expressed his worries after thinking about it.

Fang Zhiyuan looked at his uncle a little moved, but he couldn't make up his mind, and said with a smile: "Uncle, we can stop doing business and just rent a shop. I asked the waiter in Shopkeeper Chen's shop in the town, and he told me Me, a better shop in the town is about 200 taels. If you rent a shop and collect rent, it will be 24 taels of silver per month, and [-] taels of silver in a year. In this way, it only takes ten years. There will be. In the future, it will be a net profit. Shopkeeper Chen has several shops, all of which are rented out for rent. Once the monthly payment is made, there is no fear of defaulting on the debt."

Fang Zeng also felt that it made sense, although the shop was much more expensive than the field, but if 200 taels bought [-] acres of land, he and his nephew would definitely not be able to grow it all by themselves.At that time, the tenant will be rented out, and the [-]-[-] share will be divided. In addition to natural disasters and man-made disasters, it may be difficult to pay back the capital within ten years.Besides, if he bought so much land, he might not be able to keep it.

Buying a shop only has the shop deed and land deed in hand, and no one knows it. It is not eye-catching, and it can make money. It is a good deal.So, Fang Zeng said: "Then I'll ask at the dental shop in the town. If it works, we can save money for two years. At that time, each of us can buy a shop, and we will be residents of the town from now on."

Fang Zhiyuan looked at Fang Zeng's thoughts, so he stopped talking.

The two arrived at Liu's Village, Fang Zhiyuan got out of the car by himself, took some pastries and a roast goose and went to Liu's house.Fang Zeng just took a look at his own field, and now he has started harvesting the food crops in the field. Fang Zeng watched that he would be able to plow the field in a few days.

Fang Zhiyuan arrived at Liu Zhuang's house, Liu Zhuang was packing up the farm tools, he was going to plant rice seedlings soon, he was going to prepare baskets and so on, and Liu Ama was drying the sauce in the house.Seeing Fang Zhiyuan coming, Liu Ama said with a smile: "Boy of the Fang family, come and play with Ah Zhuang, you are eating at my house today, and the mother made dumplings, you have to try it out."

Liu Zhuang earned a tael of silver in more than ten days, and Liu Amo was very happy. Today, he specially bought pork dumplings to supplement Liu Zhuang.Of course, he also liked looking at Fang Zhiyuan, after all, Fang's family remembered his grandson for this good job.

Fang Zhiyuan greeted him with a smile, and said, "Mommy, I won't eat anymore, my uncle is still waiting for me. I'm here to talk to Liu Zhuang about something, and I'm leaving soon."

When Liu Ama heard Fang Zhiyuan talk about looking for his grandson, the smile on his face deepened, and suddenly he thought of what the Liu family said a few days ago that Fang Zhiyuan was about the same age as his family's A Zhuang, and he didn't have a father, and his uncle was also kind He saw that his uncle and nephew made a lot of money, and that Fang Zhiyuan was good to Ah Zhuang, so he was not a ready-made candidate for grandson-in-law.

Thinking about it this way, looking at Fang Zhiyuan was different again, he went out with the sauce by himself, leaving room for the two of them to talk to.