Married a scholar

▍The one who secretly digs potatoes.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, the insects are singing and the frogs are calling, and the night wind is refreshing.

Borrowing the moonlight, Meng Yining and Xia Wenze came out from the back door, listening to the melody of nature that only belonged to the summer night village. "Let's start from the village entrance first?" Meng Yining asked Xia Wenze beside him while fiddling with the water source detector in his hand.

Xia Wenze nodded when he heard the words, "From the entrance of the village around the river to the end of the village, and then around back, we will explore the inside of the village tomorrow night, and then go to Daqingshan and Xiaoqingshan."

Meng Yining hummed, and the two came out from behind the house, "Start from here." This is the side of their house, and they walked around to the entrance of the village from here.

"Yes." Xia Wenze walked beside him, looking at him from time to time, worried that he would be too focused on the water source detector in his hand and not look at the road and fall.

Meng Yining, the water source detector, had already read the manual, and immediately turned on the switch. A faint circle of light centered on the two of them, with a radius of 1.5m, began to detect.

Meng Yining looked at the color blocks displayed on the water source detector, "No, let's go further." There are four color blocks in the water source detector.

White means that there is no water, light blue means that there is water, but the water source is not abundant, sky blue means that the water source is still abundant, and dark blue means that the water source is abundant.

The two of them started from the back of their house with the water source detector, passed the village entrance, the river bank, and then to the end of the village, detoured around the sun dam, and returned to the bamboo forest behind their old house from the mountain road behind.

When they got home, the two took a shower first, then lay on the bed and talked about the detection results tonight. Xia Wenze hugged him, "Except for the river bank, there are only four places with abundant water sources. The entrance of the village is close to the wasteland, and the end of the village Damofang, the fork in the road leading to Daqingshan from the Shabashan Road, and the bamboo forest behind our house."

There is only one place with a slightly abundant water source, which is the back of the Meng family ancestral hall.

"Let's write it down first." Meng Yining leaned against Xia Wenze's arms, drowsy.

The next day, Xia Wenze took money to Guanshi He and asked him to buy those fields and the wasteland beside the official road.

Meng Yining said: "Guan He will go to the county to buy some people by the way." Meng Yining calculated in his heart, "Let's buy ten more people, and find another accountant by the way."

When the wasteland is bought back, preparations for the construction of a gourmet city and department store supermarkets will start, as well as the food after the autumn harvest, etc., all of which need help from people to make overall calculations.

Manager He must be too busy. On September [-]th, Xia Wenze will go to the county to take the autumn exam, and he must accompany him. There must be a special person in charge of accounting for the money.

"Alright, Young Master Ning." Manager He wrote down the matter, and seeing that there was no more order, he resigned and left.

"Before we go to the border, the food court and the department store have to be built first." Meng Yining poked a pear into his mouth, "When we return from the border at the beginning of the year, the food court and the department store can be opened. In winter, Manager He and the others are just free to search for the goods resources of department stores and supermarkets."

Xia Wenze said: "Manpower must be trained first." He still heard the word training from Meng Yining. "For the manpower needed by the gourmet city and department stores, when we go to the county to buy them, it is best to have a dead contract. In addition, we need some guards on both sides."

Meng Yining nodded, "We'll discuss it after the second brother gets some snack recipes, as well as Meng Chongjue and Zhan Youxi. Then we'll see how many people are needed. As for the guards." Meng Yining Yining poked a pear and put it in his mouth, "I plan to choose from the wounded soldiers at the border, firstly, it will give my brother a chance to win the hearts of the people, and secondly, it will also make my brother a good seller in front of his boss. , and the other thing is that these wounded soldiers are showing their skills there, and they also have a certain degree of loyalty and discipline." It is better than hiring people casually outside.

Besides, it can be regarded as his selfishness. There are quite a few brothers and sisters in the army in his family. In the last days, he often acts with them.So he has a crush on them.

"Yeah. That's fine." Although Xia Wenze is not good at business management, he has read a lot of books on this topic in his spare time, and discussed with Meng Yining the management direction of food courts and department stores. Afterwards, he also added some of his own ideas.

Although Meng Yining has the memory of the original owner, his understanding of this world is definitely not as deep as Xia Wenze's.

Some of his business directions are not suitable for this world. At this time, Xia Wenze needs to perfect and supplement him.

Of course, the two will also call He Guanshi and He Fangliang over to inquire about business matters.

After a period of discussion, the Food City and the department store also roughly have a business outline.

But the official start will have to wait until they return from the border.

After all, if the gourmet city and the department store are really opened, some things inside will be very coveted.At this time, some deterrence is needed.

As for the manpower, after getting the recipes for various snacks from his brother, Meng Chongjue and Zhan Youxi, he will go to buy people and come back, and let Guanshi He and the others train them well in winter.

The two were here to discuss the food city, but He Fangyi walked in with an ugly expression, "Master, Master Ning, our potatoes have been dug up."

"Huh?" Meng Yining asked, "What's going on, let's talk about it first."

He Fangyi looked very angry, "As usual this morning, I took Brother Xing to the field to check. The water in the field is normal, and the fish in the pond have not died of suffocation due to the weather. After that, we will go to the mountain to see The land on the side of the village is alright, but when we walked to a piece of land on the side of the big slope on the mountain, we found traces of potatoes being dug up in a corner on the side of the slope.”

He Fangyi said: "I didn't notice it at first, because there was nothing wrong with the root seedlings on it. It was Brother Xing who noticed that the soil was not right, so we found branches and scraped the soil to see that there were no potatoes under the root seedlings of seventeen. .As for whether there are any other places that we have not found, because we have not dug all the roots and seedlings, we have no way of knowing."

Meng Yining narrowed his eyes slightly, while Xia Wenze next to him said, "Don't say anything about this, these few nights, you ask Da Mu and Da Sen to go guard in the mountains and see if they can catch anyone."

"Understood, young master." He Fangyi got the order and hurried to the old house.

Meng Yining put the last piece of pear into his mouth, "Do you think it was done by the villagers or the villagers on the other side of the mountain?" He didn't expect that someone would steal his potatoes. "They don't know that thing, do they know how to eat it?" I don't know if it will be peeled.

Xia Wenze said: "People in the village are more likely." Because only the people in the village know that there is food under the thing.

"I also think it's more likely to be from the village." Meng Yining put down the bamboo stick, "I don't know which one it is."

"Wait a few days and see."

In the evening, the afterglow of the setting sun spread over the corners of the village, and the scorching high temperature finally dropped a little.

Meng Yining sat in the lobby of the front yard eating the peanuts cooked by Aunt He, and asked Brother Xing, "Where did these peanuts come from?" He remembered that the peanuts in their family were planted late, and it would take a while to ripen.

Brother Xing said shyly, "Master Ning, it was Chun'er who went to the village to buy it."

Meng Yining asked him, "Is your aunt's health better?" Brother Xing, Chun'er, his mother, and brothers Damu, Dasen, and Dalin were all later buyers.Brother Xing is only 17 years old this year, and Chun'er is his twin sister. His father passed away, and as a result, his third mother was driven out by his uncle and grandma. According to Guan Shi, if it wasn't for Brother Xing and Chun'er Can read and write, he probably won't even buy them.The main reason is that their mother was very sick at the time, and the person who bought it may not be cured.But the two brothers and sisters are so good looking, and someone nearby is already thinking about them, so he bought them back in a moment of soft-heartedness.

Da Mu, Da Sen and Da Lin were the sons of a certain merchant family. The son was killed, and the son inherited the family. The three brothers Da Mu who followed the son were naturally sold.

The three brothers are big-bodied and have a little kung fu, and they are also considered loyal. They were bought back by Manager He and temporarily took turns taking care of the chicken farm.

"Go back to Master Ning, Auntie is recovering." Brother Xing expressed gratitude, although it was Manager He who bought them back, but it was Master Ning and Young Master who paid for the doctor to treat Auntie.Of course, he is also very grateful to Guanshi He. If Guanshi He hadn't softened his heart and bought them back for a while, he still doesn't know what situation he and his sister would end up in at this moment.

He Fangyi walked in and said to Meng Yining: "Master Ning, I told Damu and Dasen to let them guard the field near the mountain in the next few nights."

"Yeah." Meng Yining said, "If you ask your mother to make chicken noodle soup at night, it's not that complicated."

"Okay." He Fangyi nodded, turned around and went to find his mother.

Four or five days passed in the blink of an eye. Meng Yining first picked the grapes in the yard to make wine.After that, he began to improve the architectural drawings and business plans of the food city and department stores.

In the evening, Xia Wenze will also explore water sources around the foot of Daqing Mountain and Xiaoqing Mountain.

That night, it was still early and the two of them were not sleepy, so Meng Yining and Xia Wenze were enjoying the shade under the vines in the courtyard.

"Master, Master Ning, the potato digger has been caught." He Fangliang's voice came from outside the courtyard.

Meng Yining quickly pulled Xia Wenze to open the door of their courtyard, "Who is it?"

He Fangliang said, "It's Zhao Tao and Meng Feng."

"The two of them?" Meng Yining and Xia Wenze followed He Fangliang to the front yard.

"That's right. Damu and Damori caught them at the corner of the Daliupo field. They were planning to dig potatoes with a hoe at that time."

The three of Meng Yining came to the front hall, Zhao Tao and Meng Feng were both tied up, and beside them were a basket and two hoes.

The author says:

Ah, the tooth started to hurt again, and I was speechless.Don't wait for me to pull it out ORZ~

晚安~么啾~感谢在2022-03-0317:00:13~2022-03-0420:47:48期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 5 bottles of Li Yun Yun;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!