Seed dealers in ancient times

Spring started early this year, and the weather was warmer earlier than in previous years. Cai Lin waited in the village and waited for Zheng Jiang to stop. He couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so he drove the ox cart to the city again.

Zheng Jiangting also knew that the affairs in the field could not be delayed, so he handed over the restaurant to Zou Yun for the time being. These days, the mother and son are learning to teach and cook together. After cooking for many days, the taste of cooking is not much different from that of Zheng Jiangting.

He was able to take off his hand now, and it happened that Cai Lin came to the city, so he went to Yangmu Village with others immediately.

I haven't been to the village for a few days. The village is very lively after the beginning of spring. People shoveling and plowing the fields can be seen everywhere, women shouting from the air, and the new grass growing in the field is in a thriving state.

Zheng Jiang stopped smelling the earth and green grass in the air, and his mood was very open. He was busy in the city every day. Although he could feel that the weather was warmer, he couldn't see a large area of ​​green trees like in the village. The wild mountain chrysanthemums are blooming, and the spring has come quietly.

Brother Xian will definitely be happy to see him. The last time he came to Daxue, it was inconvenient to go around. Now that the weather is good, he can go for a walk. After a while, he will let Brother Xian come out when he finds a good cook.

"Dachai! Wait!"

The two people's ox cart went around the field, and a villager yelled from a distance. Cai Linle stopped the cattle, and Zheng Jiang stopped to look at the villagers trotting along the field.

"What's the matter, sir?"

The old man said: "Cow, can you borrow me to plow the land? I can mow grass for you for three days."

Da Chai was very straightforward: "Yes, when you want a cow, just come to the house and take it."

"well."

Da Chai casually exchanged pleasantries again: "Are you enough spring seeds this year?"

"Last year, the weather was bad and there was not enough food to eat. There were not many spring seeds left. I'm afraid I have to go to the landlord to borrow some spring seeds."

"Look at the weather this year. It will be a good harvest year. I will definitely be able to repay the borrowed seeds."

The old man smiled and said, "That's the reason."

"Master, you are busy, I will go back first."

The bullock cart continued to drive forward, and Zheng Jiang stopped wondering: "In the village, do you have to borrow seeds from the landlord?"

Cai Lin said: "Yes, the harvest was not good one year, and the villagers didn't have enough food to eat. Many of them had to eat the food reserved for seeds. In desperation, they had to borrow crop seeds from the landlords in the city and return them when the autumn harvest came. go back."

Zheng Jiangting was surprised: "Is there such a kind-hearted landlord?"

Cai Lin sneered: "Kindhearted? It's a good idea. If it is not forced, no villagers will want to borrow grain. The more they borrow, the more they pay back. Often, the landlord's grain and taxes are returned during the autumn harvest. In the second year, I had to go hungry again, so I had to borrow it again, just helping the landlord work year after year.”

He lowered his voice and said, "These landlords are the most unconscionable. Last year, a family in the next village had a bad harvest and didn't pay the food. The landlord called someone to come and almost beat the lame man's legs, so he just robbed the daughter of that family to pay off the debt .”

Zheng Jiang's eyes froze, it was indeed too difficult for the common people to live on a few acres of land all year round.

While talking about gossip, the two arrived at Cai Lin's house, Cai Lin tied the cow in the yard, Zheng Jiang stopped outside and took a look: "Your yard is pretty clean."

Cai Lin chuckled a few times: "Brother Lin helped me clean up."

The two of them didn't delay, and carried the hoe to the field. Affected by the heavy snow, many potato seedlings that had been green before were frozen to death, leaving only a few branches at the top. The leaves and the tomatoes on the side were not much better, some of them had been frozen to death, but most of them were still alive, but they didn't look very good.

Cai Lin said: "I told you before that I was afraid that the potatoes would freeze to death, but I dug one in the ground and it looked pretty good."

Zheng Jiang paused and dug up a potato seedling with his hoe, and there were six or seven potatoes growing under one seedling. The big ones were as big as a fist, and the small ones were quite small, with flat and round shapes. They are all fine-bred potatoes, the yellow-skinned ones are big, and there are local potatoes in his space, which don’t grow very big. They are red-skinned round potatoes, which are delicious when braised in brown sauce.

At that time, he chose a large and good seed considering the yield. Fortunately, these seeds were not in vain and grew well.

"Since the potatoes are ripe, they should be dug up and stored. They have been placed in the ground to occupy the land and affect the spring planting. Besides, they will go bad if left in the ground for a long time."

Cai Lin was very happy when he heard the words: "Yes, then dig him up. The two of us are afraid that it will take a long time to dig such a wide field, and you will have to go back to the city later. I will call Brother Lin to help us."

Zheng Jiangting raised his eyebrows. It doesn't matter whether he returns late or not. The important thing is that he wanted to call Brother Lin, but he didn't expose anyone: "Go as you want."

The three of them worked together for nearly a day, digging up all the potatoes in the field, Cai Lin's half of the field alone contained seven baskets of potatoes.

Cai Lin is inexperienced in digging potatoes, and he damaged a lot of potatoes in the middle of digging, which made him very distressed. Although Brother Lin has never dug, but the younger brother is very meticulous, and he insisted that none of them were damaged. He has been teaching Cai Lin halfway through. How to dig, Zheng Jiang stopped digging potatoes a few times and raised his head to see the two of them side by side, talking one after another, Lin Ge'er secretly wiped Cai Lin's sweat with his sleeve, he was really a little bit on the sidelines feel bad.

After work was over, maybe he already knew what was planted in the field. Brother Lin didn't ask much about the potatoes. If it's too late, mother should scold me again."

Zheng Jiang stopped thinking that someone came to help for most of the day, and it would be unreasonable not to send some potatoes to others, but Brother Lin didn't want it: "Dachai told me that this is a precious food brought back from other places. If I If you bring it back to your parents, you should ask all kinds of questions, and it will be troublesome then."

It is true that potatoes have not yet come out. Zheng Jiang felt that Brother Lin was indeed a governor, so he didn't force it: "Then it will be the same if you take it later."

After Lin Geer left, Zheng Jiang stopped to transport some of the potatoes to the city first, and then came to transport the rest when he was free.

Cai Lin drove him back to the city in an ox cart, and there were six boxes of potatoes on the cart. Zheng Jiangting explained to Cai Lin some ways to store potatoes, and then asked, "Have you thought about what to do with yours?" Batch of potatoes?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, and I don't know how to sell it. Give me some advice."

"Is the family in a hurry to spend money now? If not, take it easy. I'll sell it first, and if you have a market, can you sell it?"

Cai Lin's money was indeed a little tight. He didn't spend much money by himself, and the old men had long been used to it. At that time, Zheng Jiangting introduced him to Fuyuezhai's errand. The village can be considered well-off, but since he knew that Lin Geer was also interested in him, in order to please his mother-in-law, he had to buy some meat and cloth to send over every now and then, and the cost was too high.

Lin Geer also persuaded him to save money and not send things there, but now he can't spend so much money to repair the house, and his mother-in-law will definitely not marry him.

Brother Lin's eldest brother, Zhou Zheng, is also known as the most capable and sensible brother in the village. Not to mention the village, there are people in the neighboring villages who are thinking about it. To please the Lin family, what should I do if I turn around and marry Lin Geer to someone else, he can only make money while pleasing the Lin family, let everyone know that Lin Geer is going to marry him, and guard against other people with other ideas people.

He didn't keep Zheng Jiangding in the dark, and explained his situation clearly, and said: "Now it's time to plant seeds again. I didn't leave any seeds last year. Not only me, but many villagers in the village probably didn't have spring. If you have money, you can buy seeds, and if you don’t have money, you can only borrow from the landlord. I don’t want to borrow from the landlord, so I can only buy it with money.”

"But you're right. We don't sell potatoes in Jincheng yet. I'm stupid and I don't know how to talk about business. Potatoes will definitely not sell for a good price. By then, good things will be wasted. I can wait as long as possible."

Zheng Jiangting nodded. Cai Lin has worked with him for so long, but he really didn't get any benefits. He must open up the potato market as soon as he goes back: "You don't have to worry about spring planting. I have seeds there, which can give You, what do you want to plant?"

Cai Lin was quite surprised: "You didn't plant the land, where did you get the seeds?"

After I finished speaking, I felt that it made sense. After all, potatoes and tomato seeds can be obtained, and it is not uncommon for other seeds to be obtained.

"I don't have any plans. Anyway, we all grow corn and rice in this area, and I will grow these too. In addition, if it is potatoes and tomatoes, I also plan to grow them."

"That's not easy, I'll send it to you when the time comes."

Cai Lin was very happy. In this season, spring seeds are much more expensive than food. Zheng Jiang stopped to give him seeds, which would save him running around and spending a lot of money: "That's great."

Zheng Jiangding sent all the potatoes back to Qingwu Lane and settled them down. It was already dinner time. He didn't delay at home and rushed to the restaurant again. He didn't want to wait any longer. He planned to serve new dishes to the restaurant in two days. , to open up the market for potatoes, but there is one more important thing right now, he needs to hire a cook.

When he arrived at the restaurant, he asked Brother Xian to write a job posting and put it in the chores section.

Chu Xian said: "Why do you suddenly want to hire a cook?"

"I have other things to do. There is no cook in the restaurant and I can't leave. I hired a cook to teach me earlier, and then I can do other things with my hands."

Chu Xian is in charge of the accounts every day, and he has a good idea of ​​the income and expenditure of the restaurant. This month's business is really good, and he has made a lot of money after deducting the cost, but it costs a lot to recruit a cook. Some loss.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on. Sooner or later, a cook will be recruited. I want to serve new dishes, and I have to develop another business."

Chu Xianmei opened her eyes slightly: "Are there new dishes?"

Zheng Jiangting went to the village today, and he has a new direction in his heart, and there is a way to show his ambitions faintly. He can't tell everything before the matter is settled, but he can also reveal a thing or two to Chu Xian, but he didn't wait for him. When he opened his mouth, a polite voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Brother Zheng."

Brother Xian raised his head, with a smile on his face, loaded a small plate of dried fruit from under the counter, and said to Zheng Jiang in a low voice: "There are more and more guests, let's talk about your new dishes in the evening, I will go to greet you first." Guests."

Zheng Jiang stopped to look back at the Tsing Yi scholar with a slight smile on his face. Today, there are more than one person, and there are three companions. He frowned. Did this Li Kesheng grow up in their restaurant? all come.

He pressed Brother Xian's clothes and glanced at the plate: "You gave it to Li Xiucai?"

"Naturally, didn't you say that returning customers should give some dried fruits appropriately? And the scholars quite like it."

Zheng Jiangting felt a little uncomfortable, and kept silent.

Chu Xian said: "What's wrong, what I did wrong?"

"I didn't mean it that way."

"Then what do you mean?"

Zheng Jiangting couldn't bear Chu Xian's scrutinizing eyes the most. He felt very guilty for no reason, and he didn't know what he was talking about with his mouth open: "I mean, you don't give much, and people come every day."

Chu Xian rolled her eyes, filled another plate full, ignored Zheng Jiangting and walked out.

Zheng Jiang stopped to look at Brother Xian's back and had a heart attack. He slammed the counter, he didn't mean to say this!

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