Seed dealers in ancient times

In March, it is upright and sunny.

The peach and plum flowers in Jincheng are in full bloom. When the spring breeze blows, the Qingwa Long Street is pink and white. The heavy winter jackets have faded away. The whole city is full of bright and bright light shirts and thin hairpin skirts. Shoes lightly, stepping all the way to the direction of the city.

Chu Xian pushed open the courtyard door, turned her head and glanced at the young girl walking by the alley together, her clear voice was like a silver bell, she didn't know if she was talking about someone's young master, or tomorrow's Spring Festival picking .

In March, there is a big festival in Jincheng called Caichun. In the best season in the world, young girls and boys will prepare flower baskets in advance and go out to pick flowers to weave wreaths, or smoke new clothes with spring flowers, and pick them the next day. Dressed up brightly during the Spring Festival, they walked the streets to play.

During the day, there will be ceremonies hosted by the big landlords in the city. At night, there will be a flower lantern show. Finding a good match for a lifetime in picking the Spring Festival, because of this, the people attach great importance to picking the Spring Festival.

This year's season is good, the people have something to look forward to, and the Spring Festival is also very grand. Many people go out of the city early to pick flowers. The hawkers who weave lanterns have already started to roam the streets today, and tomorrow will definitely be lively.

Chu Xian yearned for it, and he also wanted to go out of the city to pick flowers, but unfortunately his feet were not strong enough. Although he had improved a lot, he could walk around freely now, but his ankles still throbbed when he moved. Zheng Jiang refused to stop He is too tired.

He sighed leisurely, his whole body was lazy under the warm sunlight, he wondered whether to go to a restaurant or stay at home, Zheng Jiangting was never in a restaurant these days, and he didn't know what people were busy with. The place is so busy that there is no one there.

Going back to the house and wandering around, the bright red wedding dress hanging on the hanger is more than half finished. The clothes are almost ready, but they don't know when their wedding date is, Zuo Zuojin is not in the mood to make clothes, he changed into a dark color long gown, I might as well go to the restaurant to help.

The restaurant has added a new dish of potatoes. The business is only more prosperous than when it opened. The price of potatoes is not high and it can fill their stomachs. After the menu is on the menu, it is very popular among ordinary people, especially the coolies on the dock. Let them go at noon Food delivery has doubled compared to before.

Although the restaurant is busy, it also has a lot of staff. Since the cooks and buddies got started, the business has been handled with ease.

"Why did Mr. Chuxian come here? But come to count the bills?" This month, Zheng Jiang stopped giving Zhang Fu a penny in wages, and he was very happy. Seeing the proprietress came, he was full of enthusiasm: "Tomorrow is the Spring Festival. You're not ready to hit the streets."

Chu Xian said: "These two days are the busiest time, and the Spring Festival is picked every year, so why rush this year."

"Young people pray on this day to find a mate. Now Mr. Chu Xian has someone he wants, and he is already one step ahead. It would be a pity if we don't go to the streets together to enjoy the flowers."

These words really touched Chu Xian's heart, but seeing Zheng Jiang as busy as Lian Zhou, his mind was all on business, even though he hoped to celebrate the Spring Festival with him in his heart, it was just not right at this time Unreasonable trouble made him embarrassed.

He didn't answer Zhang Fu's words, and started the conversation: "Where did Brother Zheng go?"

Zhang Fu said: "Master Zheng went out early this morning and hasn't come back yet."

Chu Xian exhaled and walked around to the counter: "Go and do your work."

He also didn't expect to be able to go to the street with Zheng Jiangting to watch the lanterns. He couldn't see people's faces on this day, and it would be great if the two of them could stay together in a restaurant to greet guests tomorrow.

It's strange to say that the two of them were still together all the time when they didn't talk about it, but they rarely saw each other after they said that they were related. He bit his lower lip and frowned slightly: Men are really bad.

Zheng Jiangting was still busy at the moment, he made two catties of soy sauce from the seasoning shop, and went to the oil shop non-stop to get the vegetable oil ordered three days ago.

There are not many types of oil in this era, mainly lard. The common price of pig is relatively cheap among meat. If ordinary people want to buy some oil to cook at home, the first choice is lard. Best selling.

Most of the small oil shops only sold lard, or mixed with other animal oils, and nothing else. Zheng Jiangting also went to several shops in the city to ask for the vegetable oil he wanted. It was only five catties, so he ordered in advance to send some more.

The shopkeeper carried the oil tank to Zheng Jiangting, and carefully tied it with the hemp rope that covered the tank: "Rapeseed oil doesn't solidify like lard. It's a good thing, but you have to handle it carefully."

Zheng Jiang stopped to shake the thin-necked oil pot. He knew it was a good thing. It cost [-] Wen per catty, which was more expensive than rice. He asked for ten catties at a time. A penny is a catty, and few people buy vegetable oil on weekdays.

If it weren't for the fact that fried potato flowers can only use vegetable oil, he would not be willing to pay such a high price for rapeseed oil.

"Okay, sorry for the trouble. I have to come to your place to buy these after they are used up." He said hello in advance and will come back later.

After picking up the oil, he had to go to the blacksmith to get a custom-made potato cutting tool. He was carrying two big jars of oil and water. He was afraid that someone would bump into it and damage it. There are more people on the road than in the past, and most of them are still holding a basket, so it is easy to bump into people coming and going.

He carefully guarded the oil tank, thinking that the bustle has already begun today, and the business will definitely be good tomorrow.

"Newly picked flowers, peonies, begonias, and magnolias!"

Zheng Jiang stopped listening to the yelling from the side of the road, and retreated after walking a few steps away. Today, many people went out of the city to pick flowers to prepare for tomorrow's festival. It was already very lively, but most of the people who went out to pick flowers were Some poor families go out of the city by themselves because they are reluctant to spend money to buy flowers from the gardener, while some children from rich families go out of the city just to watch the excitement, and those from wealthy families will probably buy the flowers grown by the gardener directly.

Today, the streets and alleys are full of flower sellers, some who set up stalls, and some who carry burdens and sell flowers along the street. In short, the spring scenery in the city is stronger than before.

He looked at the gardener's stall, and there were still a lot of flowers, big and delicate peonies, pure white magnolias, many flowers looked beautiful when they gathered together.

"See if there are any flowers you like, I'll get them for you right now."

Making money to buy a house belongs to making money to buy a house, but tomorrow is Valentine's Day in Jincheng. Although he doesn't know too much about romance, he also knows that gifts are required at this time. Flowers are essential things, so they must be bought. As a gift for the daughter-in-law, their little brother can't miss what other people have.

It's just that he looked left and right: "Are there no roses?"

The gardener was stunned for a moment, and the man who looked at the flowers was a man, and he didn't expect much to sell the flowers. After all, there were relatively few men who bought flowers, and most of them were young men and girls who bought them for decoration. I think the customers in front of me are very knowledgeable.

He said: "The roses are thorny and showy. Ordinary guests love noble and elegant bouquets, and few gardeners cultivate and plant them. However, spring picking is a festival of blooming flowers. Guests only want a beautiful word, and they don't care about it." Pay attention to what kind of flowers, we happen to have roses in our shop, but unfortunately there are too many flowers out today, so we took them and left them out, if the guests sincerely want them, we will let someone take them for you."

Zheng Jiangting nodded firmly: "Where is the flower shop, go here."

The gardener was very cheerful and happy to see the guests, he quickly greeted his companions, and graciously led Zheng Jiang to stop to look at the flowers.

It just so happened that the direction of the flower shop was on the same street as the master blacksmith, so I picked up the things by the way.

The flower shop is not far from Qingwu Lane, just two streets away, there is nothing to do on weekdays, Zheng Jiangting seldom comes here, I don't know there is a not-so-small flower shop here.

"It's just picked off, it hasn't fully bloomed yet, if you water it tonight, it will be very delicate and beautiful tomorrow."

The gardener came out with a bouquet of roses. The flowers were very bright, and the fragrance of the flowers could be smelled from a distance. Zheng Jiangting heard that the ancient roses were the authentic varieties. The custom is to buy for the person you like.

He bought more than [-] flowers in a row, and he was satisfied with the large bouquet of flowers, but he was worried that Brother Xian didn't like roses, thinking about the many other flowers in the shop, so he decided to order some, and it was the time of the festival. Buying flowers is really not cheap. You need to save some money so that you can marry your wife earlier, but you can’t be stingy with your wife during the festival.

The gardener smiled brightly: "Did I buy so many flowers to decorate the house or to make big lanterns? If you need someone to make lanterns, the people in our shop can do it skillfully."

Zheng Jiangting naturally knew that this was to earn some more wages, he waved his hand: "I don't decorate the house or make lanterns, it's just for giving away."

The busy little brothers and girls in the flower shop all showed envy in their eyes when they heard this, and they didn't know who had such luck to receive so many flowers.

The gardener in the shop saw that he bought a lot, so he provided a cart for free to deliver the flowers to the door. Zheng Jiangting simply put all the things he picked up today on the cart, and even took it back.

The cart swaggered across the street to Qingwu Lane. At first glance, I thought it was a florist who wanted to transport flowers to other streets and alleys for sale, but no one noticed. When the car entered the alley, the passers-by in Qingwu Lane Zheng Jiangting regretted rubbing the cart for nothing when they all stared at the float and talked about it.

Living at the entrance of the alley, Mrs. Wang Liu and her daughter went out of the city to pick flowers and came back. The two of them were holding half a basket of wild flowers and were complaining that too many people went out of the city to pick flowers this year, and they didn't pick many good ones. They were planning to go to the street. When I was going to buy some flowers from the florist, I watched a cart of flowers heading into the alley.

Wang Yingying's eyes were glued to the float: "That's too many flowers, and it blooms really well. I'm afraid I bought it from a gardener."

Wang Liushi stared sharply at the broad back on the cart: "Isn't that Zhengjiang Park?"

"Really? What did he buy so many flowers for?"

"Maybe it's for decorating restaurants. Who doesn't know the business of the Zheng family is the best among the restaurants on Wangmin Street." Wang Liu sighed: "It's good to have money."

After she finished speaking, she couldn't help complaining about her daughter: "I told you that Zheng Jiangting is capable, you damn girl would not listen. If you had formed a relationship earlier, you wouldn't be able to choose the flowers on the car."

Didn't Wang Yingying talk back to her mother about her talented cousin, she couldn't help but be jealous, he also opened a shop, why did the Zheng family's business start so fast, nine out of ten days they were full of food and drink, while her family His shop business is tepid and can't make a lot of money.

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