Seed dealers in ancient times

Not long after the mother and son left, Wang Xing came back.

As soon as he entered the room, Wang Liushi couldn't wait to go forward and tell about Zou Yun's coming, for fear that it would be too late for others to say it.

Wang Xing was really surprised when he heard the news. A few months ago, he wanted to have a loan with him because he couldn't pay for the rice and grain. How long has passed, and he actually planned to rent a small shop to do business.

Surprised to be surprised, he sneered again when he came back to his senses, and said to Wang Liu: "If this business is so easy to do, you can open a restaurant after working as a cook in a big restaurant for a few days, and you don't even need to calculate the cost of opening a shop carefully." How much does it cost. Let me tell you first, if the Zheng family comes to borrow money at that time, don't rush to borrow the money."

"I still have to tell you, I can't count the money. But you really don't want to help. See if there is any shopkeeper who wants to rent out the shop to introduce him. When the rent is less, we will sell it too. The Zheng family is a favor, if the Zheng family's small restaurant is opened, we can get some credit, right?"

Wang Xing snorted coldly, but didn't give Wang Liu a good look: "A woman's opinion, we sold favors, didn't we exchange them for other favors? Just wait and see, the Zheng family's business can't get up, our ancestors It's business. It's been a few generations, and I have a decent shop in my hands. I don't need to spend money to rent the shop. There was someone in the Zheng family who was in business before, just Zheng Jiang If the dull man can do it, I have been doing business for nothing all these years."

Wang Liu was stunned by the words: "If you say it this way, then the Zheng family is doing business at a loss."

"If you want to open a shop, you naturally don't think about losing money first. You just want to make money. It's good to want to make money, but it's not that easy."

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Although Zheng Jiangting didn't know how Wang Xing viewed him running a restaurant behind his back, some of the problems he mentioned were indeed facing him right now.

After returning home, he talked with Zou Yun about the rent of the shop. Although it only cost six renminbi a month, it was already a considerable expense for the Zheng family. When the family was good years ago, they both had errands. The monthly income is only one tael and one silver, but this kind of life has not lasted long, so the money saved is not much.

At the end of the new year, Zheng Jiangting only saved three liang of silver, Zou Yun spent one or two liang of silver, and the rent on the other side of the shop was paid three times, and then it was paid once a month. You have to spend two or four taels of silver to go out, and you only have a tael or six taels of money on hand.

The money has to be reorganized the shop, bought tables and chairs, pots and pans, food and spices, and this amount of money is definitely not enough for expenses.

Zheng Jiangting was also worried. He considered whether to sell the grain in the space to make some money, or go to the bank to borrow money. Selling the grain in the space is easy to cause suspicion, and borrowing money from the bank has to pay back the interest. If you can't pay back the money on time , It's amazing to come to the door to chase accounts.

The mother and son finished the lunch while talking about trivial things, Zou Yun pulled out from his troubles: "Why didn't you look at Brother Xian today."

Zheng Jiangting threw a handful of firewood into the stove. Normally, people would come over to help with the cooking, but today it was already meal time and he still didn't come. Seeing Zou Yun busy cooking the food, he stood up and said, "I'm going out Call him out."

Just now when he got to the door, he heard a few coughs and saw Brother Xian just coming over. He was about to ask where he was, when he turned his head and saw that his cheeks were a little red, and he coughed much more frequently than usual.

"What's wrong?"

Chu Xian shook her head lightly. She insisted on going to the village yesterday because she wanted to play, but when she went back at night, something was wrong with her body, and she felt feverish when she got up today.

He was also embarrassed to stop talking to Zheng Jiang, and only said: "It's okay, the weather is cold, and it's a bit uncomfortable."

Zheng Jiang stopped listening to the weak voice, and saw the little brother's mind at a glance: "Did you have a fever?"

Seeing that the person didn't answer, he got angry, didn't he blame him at this time, and asked patiently: "Did you go to the doctor?"

Chu Xian nodded. He was very tired when he got up today. He originally wanted to go to the shop with Zheng Jiangting, but he might be delayed by his own condition. Then I went to the medical hall: "I just came back from the medicine hall, and I have already taken the medicine."

"It's good to see the doctor. Go into the house quickly. It's colder than usual when the snow melts." Zheng Jiangting led the people into the house and poured a cup of boiling hot water for Chu Xian. drink.

After the three of them had lunch, Zheng Jiangting originally wanted to go out directly, but during the meal, Brother Xian said that the latch at home was broken, and asked him if he could help fix it, so he had to go to Brother Xian's house first.

The bad thing is the door latch of the bedroom. The house has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is a wooden building, so it will inevitably be damaged after a long time.

The door of the bedroom is broken. It can't be closed tightly at night. It leaks air. It's very cold in the room, but Brother Xian's room is quite warm. There is a fire in the stove, and medicine is simmering on it. The warmth is filled with a thick herbal medicine The smell is much stronger than the first time he stepped into Brother Xian's house.

He saw that the door latch was only loose, and it could be solved by tacking two nails. It is a simple matter for a big man, but it is a bit difficult for a sick little brother to do it. Tools, a few hammers get things done.

Brother Xian shook the latch with his hands, and the latch, which was originally loose, was firmly attached to the door frame, and it was already very tight: "Thank you, Brother Zheng."

"You're welcome."

Taking advantage of Zheng Jiang's time to pack his tools, Chu Xian poured him a cup of hot tea, and next to the hot tea was a bowl of hot soup and medicine. One of them held the teacup and the other held the medicine bowl, and they took two sips together.

Zheng Jiang stopped holding the teacup and took a peek at the little brother who was drinking the medicine, his long eyebrows twitched into a ball, his lips were pressed tightly before he swallowed the medicine, it made him feel distressed.

Drinking this decoction once in a while makes people feel sick when they think about it. If you can't do without three meals a day, what a taste it would be.

Zheng Jiangting secretly thought about finding the best doctor for Brother Xian when the restaurant got up to business. If he could take good care of his body, he would not have to suffer from taking medicine, and his body would not be so easily infected with cold.

When Brother Xian put down the bowl, the medicine had already bottomed out. Zheng Jiangting hurriedly looked away, thinking that he was in the boudoir of the younger brother, so he honestly didn't look around, but the flowerpot in front of the bed It still caught his attention.

The strawberries given to Brother Xian years ago have already grown leaves. Three or four leaves are stretched on the soil. The old leaves are already dark green, obviously it has been grown for a while.

"It's so cold, I thought it wouldn't grow out, but I didn't expect you to raise it so well."

Brother Xian looked at the flower pot in front of the bed, and smiled very gently: "The charcoal is burning inside the house every day, so it's warmer than outside, so it didn't freeze to death."

Although the words are simple, in fact, he treasures this strawberry. He loosens the soil and waters it every now and then. .

As he said that, Chu Xian didn't forget the business. He knew that Zheng Jiangting still had things to do, so he didn't dare to delay any longer. Taking advantage of people looking at the strawberries, he lifted the curtain in front of the bed and put the money bag that he had prepared early in the morning Take it out.

"Brother Zheng, this is for you."

Zheng Jiang stopped his eyes and was puzzled. He looked at the bulging plum blossom pouch. Zou Yun also had one of this little thing. He knew what it was for, but he didn't understand why Brother Xian wanted to give him money. Of course he won't pick it up casually.

"It will definitely cost a lot of money to open the shop. This is my heart. Although it is not much, it can also solve some urgent problems." Brother Xian guessed that Zheng Jiangting would not pick up, so he took the initiative to take the The money bag was stuffed into his arms: "It's only five taels of silver, don't think it's too little."

In recent years, he has earned much more money than ordinary people by relying on his own advantages. However, he is not in good health and spends a lot on seeing a doctor. Besides, he is always extravagant in spending money. Not much money, since he didn't go to Fuyue Zhai again, he has tried his best to reduce his expenses, but the income is still less than the income, these are the maximum amount he can turn around.

How could Zheng Jiangting dare to dislike the little, and he was almost flattered. The sum of money in his family is not so much, but Brother Xian suddenly took out such a large sum of money, which was beyond his surprise, but no matter how much money With little money, he knew very well that Brother Xian was not easy, how could the elders accept his money.

"I don't mean to be too little, but I really can't ask for your money. You have a hard time, and you need money to be with you."

Zheng Jiang stopped speaking righteously, Chu Xian expected it, and he pretended to be sad: "I still think I have been together for so long, Brother Zheng already treats me as a family, and in the end he still treats me as an outsider."

This sour and aggrieved tone really softened Zheng Jiangting's attitude a lot. He knew that Brother Xian had good intentions, but taking other people's money was really unacceptable, but he didn't know that he had never borrowed money from a friend. , suddenly faced with such a matter of sending care, he felt warm for a while, but couldn't help feeling his own desperation.

After several times of consideration, he sighed and compromised: "I'll take the money first, and I'll return the money to you when the restaurant's business picks up."

He originally wanted to say that he could write a document to prove it, but he thought it would hurt his brother's heart if he said it. Since he said it, he would keep the money and pay it back, so there is no need to engage in such nonsense.

Chu Xian didn't care what he said, or what he was thinking about, anyway, it's right to accept the money now. He helped the Zheng family open the shop, so he can be more at ease in the restaurant as a plan in the future disk.

Anyway, he and the Zheng family couldn't figure out who was taking care of whom, and they were so involved that they couldn't be separated. Thinking about it this way, he felt a little joyful in his heart.