Seed dealers in ancient times

Chu Xian was already exhausted when she got home. The business of the restaurant is really good, but people are also really tired. Fortunately, they hired a waiter, and today they hired a cook, otherwise the soles of their feet would be busy. fire.

He hammered his sore shoulders, raised the stove and boiled some hot water, his throat was very dry. Although his throat has often been dry recently, it is gratifying that the cough is less than before, and his body seems to be better than before. He opened a restaurant It is really better for my son to eat more every day than before, and I am afraid that his body will also improve.

After the weather warmed up, the water was almost hot, and the kettle made a gurgling sound after a while. He took the cup and prepared to make another cup of honey to moisten his throat. He took out the cup and remembered that the honey was forgotten in the restaurant, and he will go back now. I'm afraid there is no one in the store anymore.

Thinking about being irritable, he could only pour a cup of hot water. He opened the window to let the wind blow in, and the water would cool down faster.When he walked to the window, a small white flower that bloomed with great difficulty in the potted plant a few days ago had died at some point. He let out a long breath, and his mood became more and more depressed.

It just so happened that at this moment, the courtyard door rang suddenly, he dragged his hesitant steps to the courtyard, and opened the courtyard door with a slam, the people standing outside were startled.

Chu Xian looked at the simple and big man in front of her, and said angrily, "What are you doing here so late?"

Zheng Jiangting's palms were sweaty when he saw people. He had never given anything to a little girl before, and of course he didn't have any now. He lacked experience. He looked around and saw that few people passed by in the candlelit alley, but he felt that everyone was staring at her. with him.

"Well, can I go in?"

Chu Xian raised her eyebrows: "Go in? Is it suitable for lonely men and widows at night."

Zheng Jiangting coughed dryly: "That's right, let's talk about it here."

Chu Xian pursed her lips. He was just speaking in anger. The two of them lived together under the eaves every day, and some people said that it was inappropriate. As for Zheng Jiangting's head made of stone, he still worried about what would happen to him if he plotted against him. Well, he sneered to himself, he was afraid he would not want him to plot against others.

"It's so cold outside, let's go in and talk."

Leaving aside the words, he was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he simply ignored him and went straight into the room by himself.

Zheng Jiang couldn't stop, so he had to follow into the door, and closed the courtyard door by the way.

Brother Xian is afraid of the cold, and the room is as warm as ever. He didn't go too far inside, stopped at the table in front of the bedroom, and piled up the three boxes of rouge he bought on the table: "Well, look, I like it." ... would you like it?"

Chu Xian frowned, and wanted to take a sip of hot water, but when she looked at the exquisite rouge box on the table, she couldn't drink any water.He took a box of rouge and opened it. When he was in Fuyue Zhai, he had to wear rouge and powder to make ends meet. He often visited Fushuanglou. If he read it correctly, this was the best rouge sold in Fushuanglou. A box costs four or five silver coins.

He fixed his eyes, looked up at Zheng Jiangting, no wonder people refused to come back with him strangely at night, because he felt that he was in the way of other people's affairs, the jealousy in his tone could not be concealed : "Brother Zheng, which girl or brother is he looking at? It's really well hidden. The rouge bought with a lot of money, people will definitely like it."

Zheng Jiangting was in a daze, he didn't feel that Brother Xian was speaking in a strange way today, he said anxiously: "I don't care what people like to do, I'm asking if you like it or not."

"Ask me why, not everyone likes the same thing." As she spoke, Chu Xian's eyes turned red, and she turned her back.

"I gave it to you!"

Zheng Jiangting's voice was a little high, why did Brother Xian become the same as himself, his heart was burning with rage, but he didn't know what to say.

Chu Xian was a little surprised when she heard the words: "Why... suddenly thought of giving me these things?"

It’s not surprising that Brother Xian will think about it, Zheng Jiangting always doesn’t play cards according to the routine, according to his way of thinking, isn’t it just buying something for his brother who unilaterally decided to see if he likes it, and then give it to someone else .

In the past, people also gave some things, but the rouge and gouache were really not like what Zheng Jiangting would send out. He couldn't help thinking, maybe Zheng Jiangting wanted to dress up better to greet Li Kesheng, So soon his dream of matching was fulfilled?

Zheng Jiang stopped scratching his ears and scratching his cheeks: "Mother said you are busy and working hard every day, let me take good care of you, she said you would like these, so I went to buy some, you see if you like it, if you don't like it, I will buy it later Anything else."

Chu Xian looked embarrassed when he saw people, but he probably wasn't what he thought, and he was in a slightly better mood. It was indeed embarrassing for a gentleman like Zheng Jiangting to buy rouge.

He softened his tone: "Don't buy these in the future. If you don't have a lot of things, the price will be high. It's a waste of money. Besides, I'm naturally beautiful, do I still need to use these?"

Zheng Jiangting lowered his eyes and glanced at Brother Xian secretly. His bright eyes and white teeth made him blush the first time he saw it: "That's right, then I won't buy it in the future."

Thinking about it, something seemed wrong, so he quickly said, "If you like anything, tell me, and I'll buy it for you."

Chu Xian raised her eyebrows: "Did the aunt really ask you to buy it for me?"

Zheng Jiangting nodded: "Of course. Madam loves you so much."

Chu Xian was disappointed, but she didn't say anything.

After a few days, Zheng Jiang stopped teaching Zhou Haixin. After familiarizing himself with the dishes in the restaurant, he went to the village by himself. He had promised Cai Lin to send him seeds. Spring plowing could not be delayed. He found Cai Lin from the space. The corn and rice seeds he wanted, and a large part of peppers, he planned to grow some peppers on a large scale, restaurants really lack such seasonings, followed by some vegetable seeds, such as lettuce, peas, cucumbers, etc. Category.

There is a big basket of scattered things, mainly corn and rice seeds occupying the land.

When he arrived at the village with his basket, it was just under the warm sun, and most of the fields in the village had been plowed out, but few villagers were seen farming.

"It's because I don't want us to live. If I borrow one liter of food, I have to pay back two liters. How can I afford it?"

"Even if the weather is good this year, there won't be such oppression."

The ox cart that Zheng Jiang stopped in only took people to the entrance of the village. He could only walk to Cai Lin’s house on foot. On the way, he saw some peasants with bitter faces, cursing all the way. Borrowing food did not go well.

He heard Cai Lin mention it before, but he didn't pay much attention to it. I don't know if the landlord has raised the requirements for borrowing grain again this year. He thought about it, and asked about it again when he went to Cai Lin's house. Mouth.

"Yes, I mentioned it again. In the past few years, I borrowed one liter of grain and waited for a good harvest to pay back one and a half liters. This year, before the folks went to the city, the landlords came to say hello first, saying that this year they would borrow one liter and pay back two liters." , Borrow from fifty liters, get one catty of crop seeds if you borrow fifty liters, and two catties of crop seeds for one hundred liters."

Zheng Jiangting was surprised when he heard the words: "Why is it rising so fast?"

Cai Lin sighed: "Bad, the season was bad last year, and the landlords didn't stock up much food, and seeing that the season is good this year, naturally they want to ruthlessly slaughter the common people."

Zheng Jiangding was a little unclear: "Even if you want to plant land, a catty of crop seeds can plant a wide field, and you can buy more than a dozen catties of seeds at most, and you can buy them in shops in the city. The price of grain is high, only thirty or forty cents a liter, so you can afford it by gnashing your teeth or borrowing some money, so why do you have to borrow the crop seeds from the landlord’s house and confess yourself in the end?”

Cai Lin said helplessly: "You haven't plowed the land for a long time and don't know the sufferings of the farmers. Who would save themselves for the next spring's seeds and eat them up? Naturally, they are poor people in the family. I don’t have the money to buy the seeds of the crops, but after buying the seeds, I still have to cultivate, and there is still a long time to wait until the autumn harvest. What should I eat during these days? If I don’t borrow grain from the landlord’s family, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get the autumn harvest. "

Zheng Jiangting suddenly realized, and asked again: "The landlord wants to return so much food, so what if it really doesn't pay?"

"Of course, the landlord will not force you to death. After all, when a person dies, he is completely at a loss. If the grain that should be paid in the autumn harvest has not been repaid, he will either take money or pay off the debt with valuables at home if there is no money. No matter what, things, if these are not worth it, then you can only sell yourself to the landlord’s family, and become a slave from freedom to work for the landlord’s family until you die of illness.” Cai Lin’s tone was full of sarcasm: “This is all It's a common thing, our village has gone to five families one after another in the past few years."

Zheng Jiang stopped to sigh, he paused for a long time, and tentatively asked Cai Lin: "You said that if I also borrow food, will the villagers come to borrow it?"

"Why do you borrow, this basket is not enough for us to plant?" Cai Lin fiddled with the seeds in the basket, thinking of sending more to Brother Lin's family. Their family does not need to borrow grain from the landlord this year, but You have to buy some spring seeds yourself.

Zheng Jiang stopped patiently: "I mean, my local landlord lends it to the folks."

"You want to borrow?" Cai Lin smirked: "Do you have so much food? Just look at this 100-jin potato landlord?"

After laughing, Cai Lin murmured again: "Potatoes are indeed a very good crop. They are delicious and filling, and they are not delicate. If the villagers grow them, I am afraid life will not be so bitter."

Zheng Jiang stopped and said, "I can get food and seeds, not just potatoes."

Cai Lin was dubious: "If you can really borrow it, how much kickback do you plan to collect from the villagers?"

"On the basis of borrowing the original amount and repaying the original amount, I will take one-tenth of the villagers' entire autumn harvest." Zheng Jiangting was afraid that people would not understand, and explained: "It's like a villager borrowing 25 catties of grain from me. During the autumn harvest, he harvested a total of [-] catties of grain, so he had to return me [-] catties of grain as a basis, and give me [-] catties of grain as a kickback."

Cai Lin moved his fingers and calculated: "If you borrow 75 catties of grain from the landlords in the city, according to their standards, the villagers have to pay back [-] catties of grain, and yours is only [-] catties, which is really affordable. Less!"

Zheng Jiang paused and shook his head: "It's not only affordable, but also more humane."

"Humanization? What do you mean?"

"Think about it, the landlords in the city are stuck with the conditions. Regardless of natural disasters, man-made disasters, good or bad seasons, whether your autumn harvest is large or small, you have to pay back so much grain. When the harvest is good, it will be natural If you can repay it, everyone will be happy. If you are unlucky and encounter a year with a small harvest, you can only sell the iron or even sell yourself as a slave. But my loan is different. When the harvest is good, I will pay more. When the harvest is not good It is relatively less when it is returned, so it can give everyone a sigh of relief."

When Cai Lin heard this, he slapped him: "That's great!"

When he was happy, he said again: "The method is good, but what about the food? It's not just a fantasy."

"I said I can get the food, so I can get it. In this way, you can find time to plant the seeds I will give you. If you are free, tell the villagers what I said today to the villagers who want to borrow food. If you have an idea, it is up to you." Sign up here, and when you are free, go to the city and let me know, and I will send the food again, what do you think?"

Cai Lin's mouth slowly opened, the cracks became bigger and bigger, and he smirked twice, it would be great to be able to fight the landlord, but he was still uneasy in his heart: "Are you serious?"

Zheng Jiang stopped solemnly: "Why tell you so much if you don't take it seriously? You still can't believe me? I only gave you a lot of crop seeds. When the time comes, you can send some to Brother Lin's family first, and start from their house. Open your mouth, the villagers spread the word the fastest."

"Well, since you have said so, I will do as you said! When the time comes, some villagers will come to borrow food. Don't tell me that you are playing tricks on me. Then I have to confess all my honesty and reputation."

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