Great Imperial Merchant

After settling on a tea garden, Cheng Weizhe and Yang Zhongyuan went to several more, but they all returned without success.

In a flash, it came to July [-]th, which was the Ghost Festival and Yang Zhongyuan's birthday.

Today Yang Zhongyuan still went to bed late, and when he woke up, Cheng Weizhe had disappeared.

Yang Zhongyuan was a little strange. During this time in Qumu County, no matter how late he woke up in the morning, Cheng Weizhe would definitely be by his side, but he didn't know where he went today.

"Gululu", the sound of his stomach reminded him that he was so hungry that he was so hungry that he had to eat a full meal before talking.

Yang Zhongyuan lifted the bed curtain, turned his head and saw a brand new blue brocade gown on the couch beside the bed.

He picked it up and shook it off to look, and found that he had never seen this dress before, probably Cheng Weizhe bought it for him.

"It's not the New Year's Eve, why buy new clothes?" Yang Zhongyuan muttered, but the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't be concealed.

After he got dressed, he went to the bronze mirror to take a picture for the first time. It has to be said that Cheng Weizhe has a good eye, especially when he puts his mind on him, it is natural to do whatever he wants.

The sleeves and hem of this gown are made of Huai'an's most famous Anxiu embroidery, and the blue sea seems to be rolling with layers of waves, which makes people feel cool in summer.

Because it was specially prepared for him by Cheng Weizhe, Yang Zhongyuan liked this dress even more. He took a sneak peek at the quiet door, and walked around in front of the mirror lightly and slowly.

Well, that's right, the front and rear look good, and it's worthy of Azhe who chose him.

After looking at the clothes, Yang Zhongyuan opened the door, intending to ask Xiao Er to bring hot water for washing.

Outside the door, Cen Zhiqing greeted him with a silly smile, "Good morning Zhengjun."

Yang Zhongyuan was taken aback by him, reached out and patted the back of his head lightly, and said, "Bring me some water, by the way, where is Ah Zhe?"

Cen Zhiqing didn't answer his question, but only said: "Are you hungry, Zhengjun? It's noon now, do you want to set up a meal?"

Yang Zhongyuan was a little confused, so he didn't bother to talk to him, just went back to the room and waited to wash his face.

Cen Zhiqing was a bit silly, but he still worked very quickly. After a while, he brought in warm water and green salt, waited for him to wash up, and then backed out winkingly: "Zhengjun, we will have lunch later. Eat more."

Even if he didn't say anything, Yang Zhongyuan would never treat himself and his family badly when it comes to eating, so he would eat whatever was good and how wonderful it was.

He sat in the room bored for a while, and was just about to go out and ask where Cheng Weizhe was, when there was a knock on the door.

Yang Zhongyuan opened the door, and saw two waiters standing at the door carrying a square table: "Boss Yang, Boss Cheng told us to put lunch in the room later, and we brought you the table."

Which one is this?Although Yang Zhongyuan didn't know what Cheng Weizhe wanted to do, he let them in, set up a square table and spread the tablecloth.

Since there was really nothing to do, Yang Zhongyuan had no choice but to lean against the window and read a book. Before turning a page, he saw the two waiters come up again and began to arrange chairs and tableware.After everything was set up, the two people saluted Yang Zhongyuan and asked, "Is it ready for dinner?"

Yang Zhongyuan was taken aback. Cheng Weizhe hadn't come back yet, and it wasn't good for him to eat alone, so he thought about it and said, "Let's eat together when my partner comes back."

Xiao Er smiled at him and backed out.

Yang Zhongyuan looked at the neatly placed tableware on the square table, and suddenly felt even hungrier. He silently said a word to Cheng Weizhe in his heart, but unexpectedly he opened the door and entered the next moment.

Like him, Cheng Weizhe also changed into a new suit today, except that the color of the outer robe was slightly darker than the one on his body, and the color of the sleeves and hem were also different, everything else looked exactly the same.

Yang Zhongyuan threw the book aside, walked over and pulled him to look at him for a while, then stared at him and asked: "Tell me, what a good day it is today. It's scary to see your battle."

Cheng Weizhe was amused by his words, pulled him to sit upright at both ends of the square table, turned his head and shouted outside: "Serve."

Immediately, the mistresses carried the food boxes, entered the door and began to arrange meals.

Because he was hungry, Yang Zhongyuan's attention was all on the dishes at the moment, but he found that they were the simplest home-cooked dishes.Vinegar cabbage, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, ground delicacies, dry-stir-fried beans, plus a piece of braised chicken, and a bowl of steamed eggs with a lot of minced meat, the table is full, it looks colorful, and they are all Yang Zhongyuan's love food.

Except that the scrambled eggs with tomatoes are well fried, the vinegared cabbage is slightly darker in color, the ground three fresh potatoes are cut too big, and the stir-fried beans have almost no chili, which seems to be too light in color, and the braised chicken nuggets seem a little mushy, but It still smells good.

Yang Zhongyuan raised his head, sniffed and looked at Cheng Weizhe.

Cheng Weizhe looked at him with a smile, his face was full of tenderness, and said to him in a gentle voice: "Xiao Yuan, happy birthday."

If Yang Zhongyuan didn't quite understand it just now, now he understands it completely. Today is his birthday, and Cheng Weizhe prepared a table of dishes for him. Although it is simple, it is full of heart.

Yang Zhongyuan's eyes were a little red: "I forgot about it myself."

Cheng Weizhe reached out and touched his cheek, and his tone was even more gentle: "It's okay, I will always remember it in my heart, from now on, I will come to celebrate your birthday for you."

Yang Zhongyuan couldn't help sniffing again, he picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of chicken and put it in Cheng Weizhe's bowl: "You don't know how to cook, how long will it take you to learn this?"

Cheng Weizhe really didn't have any talent at all, he could do it all because of rote memorization and constant trying for a month.

Yang Zhongyuan has been lethargic recently, and he also got up late in the morning. When he was at home, he asked Changqing to be his teacher. When he arrived in Qumu County, he occupied the inn kitchen and asked the chef of the inn to teach him.Although he doesn't have any talent in cooking, but he has a strong heart, and it is quite difficult for him to cook a large table of dishes.

This was difficult, he didn't want to tell Yang Zhongyuan, so he clipped a wing tip for him, and said with a smile: "I'm such a smart person, I can learn it in no time."

Yang Zhongyuan didn't know him yet. He was in a hurry when he first started helping him in Danluo. It took him a while to learn how to wash and arrange the dishes. It must have taken a lot of thought to be able to make this table dish.

He took a bite of the tip of the wing, and his mouth was filled with a strong aroma. This one was well cooked: "Azhe, thank you, I love you."

Cheng Weizhe served him a bowl of winter melon pork ribs soup, and pushed it to his hand: "Why are we being polite between us? I love you the most too."

After speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled, and had a very pleasant meal.

Because they ate a lot at noon, it was rare for the two of them to go for a walk after dinner.The inn business in Qumu County is good, especially before the Qingming Festival, tea merchants from afar will crowd the inn here, and there is no place to live at that time.

But it's okay for now, the spring picking has passed, and the summer picking hasn't started yet.

The two talked and laughed all the way, walked around the largest market in Qumu County, bought some gifts for the old and the young, and then went back home.

As soon as they reached the entrance of the inn, they saw a light gray figure getting into the carriage. The man was not tall, but he had a scholarly face, and he looked like a gentleman.Even though Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe had not been in Quzhou for a long time, they had recognized all the business owners here, and there was really no such person in their memory.

Maybe it was a tea merchant from another place, the two of them didn't care too much, and continued to walk into the inn.

Unexpectedly, a mistress ran down from upstairs, panicked, and shouted as soon as he reached the first floor: "Boss Cai, Boss Cai, you didn't wear your round hat."

Hearing this call, several people in the lobby stopped in their tracks. Cheng Weizhe and Yang Zhongyuan couldn't help but glanced back, seeing that it was indeed the short middle-aged man who stopped, took the hat that Xiaoer handed over, and shook his head. Don't go back to the carriage.Cheng Weizhe patted Yang Zhongyuan's waist, leaned into his ear and asked, "Did I hear you right?"

Yang Zhongyuan shook his head, looked back at him, and mouthed: "Ask Ermao to inquire at night."

Cheng Weizhe nodded, the expression on his face was slightly more serious than before. Seeing that Yang Zhongyuan was looking at him with a worried face, he couldn't help but smile again: "It's okay, it belongs to Master. I'll win it back for him sooner or later."

In the evening, Ermao came back after inquiring, and it turned out that the man was the head of the Cai family in Beicha.

Yang Zhongyuan felt that Cheng Weizhe didn't sleep well all night, so he decisively dragged him to find Lao Sun to sign the contract early the next morning.

The tea garden here in Quzhou is very simple to buy and sell. The land is bought separately, and the tea merchant will count it as his own when he buys it.But after buying the land, tea farmers have to be given a way to survive. Generally speaking, they will be paid according to their harvest in the previous year, so that they can continue to take care of the tea gardens.

Cheng Weizhe had negotiated the land price of the tea garden a long time ago, so there is nothing to say about this.The good land here in Quzhou is 80 taels per mu. Of course, even the tea trees are counted. The next best is 75 taels, and the worst is more than [-] taels, which is almost the same price.

Because it is only mid-July now, this year, I only need to pay Lao Sun less than half a year's wages. However, Cheng Weizhe and Yang Zhongyuan are happy people, so they directly gave Lao Sun a silver note of one hundred taels, and after signing the deed, they will pay for it. Then he went to the household registration office to change the title deed.

When everything was settled, it was already the beginning of the sun, and after buying the tea garden, Cheng Weizhe's mood improved, and he said that he would invite Lao Sun's family to dinner.

Lao Sun has only one son, who is only 15 years old now and has just tied his hair.He was worried that no one would take care of the tea garden, and he wanted to ask his son to go over to watch it, but Cheng Weizhe stopped him, saying that it was not too late, and asked his son to come eat with him.

After a meal, the host and guest will naturally enjoy themselves.

During the dinner, Lao Sun didn't say how the Zhang family's tea garden was decided, and Cheng Weizhe and Yang Zhongyuan didn't ask, but the two of them went out to the private room together during the meal, and stood outside the door and said a few words.

Yang Zhongyuan asked Cheng Weizhe: "Should we still talk about that? After all, the Cai family... what if the Zhang family is tricked in the future?"

Cheng Weizhe sighed: "I want to say it, but we are all tea merchants, so it's not easy to talk about it. Forget it, tell Brother Sun to go to Zhang's house to say a few words, and be careful in the future. After all, the Cai family has passed away..."

The two spoke vaguely, obviously not wanting outsiders to know, but the three in the private room could hear quite clearly.Sun's family and Zhang's family's tea gardens are both next to each other, so they are naturally very good. Hearing what they said suddenly, and remembering the surprised expressions on the faces of the two young bosses when he mentioned Cai's family last time, he couldn't help but make up his mind.

On the second day, Yang Zhongyuan and Cheng Weizhe originally wanted to go back to Quzhou after visiting the last family, but unexpectedly there was an unexpected visitor.

Lao Sun stood alone at the door of their guest room, and said in a low voice, "Bosses, do you want to buy another tea garden?"

Cheng Weizhe and Yang Zhongyuan looked at each other and couldn't help smiling.

Cheng Weizhe nodded, went over to close the door, invited Old Sun to sit on a chair, and said, "Of course, the tea garden that Big Brother Sun is looking at is definitely not too far behind."