Paradise

Because Lin Bao had to practice boxing every day, he developed a good habit of getting up early. He got up at dawn. He went out and ran around the village for a few times, and then played two sets of boxing in the yard. After exercising, the chills in the body were driven away, and the whole person was warm, his face was flushed, and his head was covered with sweat.

Lin Bao glanced at his brother's room, feeling a little puzzled. Normally, his brother should have woken up at this time, but there was no movement now. He took a look at the room through the window and saw that Lin Yu was still Asleep, thinking that his elder brother might be tired and wanted to sleep more, he stopped thinking about it and went to the stove to cook and prepare breakfast.

Breakfast was also simple. Lin Bao boiled a pot of thick sweet potato and stick noodle porridge. This porridge is best eaten when it is cold. The sweet corn porridge will warm you in your stomach.

The sweet potato porridge was ready. Seeing that Lin Yu hadn't gotten up yet, Lin Bao planned to wake him up and have breakfast together. He walked into the house. Lin Yu came out of the house with a blushing face and her clothes rolled up. The two were walking Face to face, almost bumped into each other.

Lin Yu was startled, took a step back, and hid the dirty clothes in his hand behind his back, his face was reddish and hot, his eyes dodged, like a child who had done something bad was caught on the spot.

Lin Bao also took a step back, "Brother, you woke up, I was going to wake you up for dinner."

While talking, Lin Bao looked at Lin Yu, and found that his brother's face was red, and he couldn't help feeling a little worried, "Brother, why is your face so red, did you catch a cold and have a fever?"

Lin Yu took a deep breath and calmed down. He had calmed down at this moment, shook his head, and hurriedly said, "I'm fine. I don't have a fever. I probably slept for a long time."

"Brother, you must tell me if you are not feeling well. I saw you blushing yesterday, and you said you were fine at that time. Your face is still so red today. If you are not feeling well, let's go to the doctor's place to grab a few." Take some medicine." Lin Bao cared.

Lin Yu felt embarrassed, "I'm really fine, I'm in good health and I'm not sick."

"It's good that you're not sick. Brother, what are you holding in your hand? Why are you hiding it behind your back so I can't see it?" Lin Bao asked curiously. He only paid attention to his brother's face just now, but now he paid attention to Lin Yu's hand. take something.

"Ah, it's my dirty clothes. I'm going to wash them." Lin Yu took out the clothes in his hand from behind, and realized that he had reacted a little too loudly just now.

"Do you want to wash now? It will be cold in the morning, and the water will be cold, which will freeze you. After eating, I will boil a pot of hot water. You can wash with warm water." Lin Bao said.

"Okay then, I'll put the clothes back first." Lin Yu turned around and took the dirty clothes back, and stuffed them in a corner.

For breakfast, Lin Yu and his brother drank two bowls of hot sweet potato porridge, and they were warm. Before Lin Yu could do anything, Lin Bao quickly cleaned up the dishes, cleaned the pot, and heated a pot of hot Water, Lin Yu tried to help several times, but failed.

"Brother, just sit and wait, I can do this little work." Lin Bao waved his hand and refused Lin Yu's help.

Today's Lin Bao is no longer the scrawny boy he was a few months ago. Since Zhou Ze came to his house, the living conditions of the Lin family have improved a lot. From being unable to eat enough grains at the beginning, to being able to eat white flour now Steamed buns can still be eaten every few days.

The stomach can be filled, the nutrition has kept up, and Lin Bao is exercising with boxing with Zhou Ze every day. In a few months, Lin Bao's body has undergone great changes that can be seen with the naked eye. The most obvious thing is that he jumped He has grown taller. It used to be that his height only reached Lin Yu's shoulders, but now it has grown to Lin Yu's chin. Lin Bao has not only grown taller, but also become very strong. Young boy.

In addition, the young man who used to have a gloomy face and didn't talk much became fond of laughing and talking, raised his lowered head, and was full of vigor that a young man should have. It is the place that makes Lin Yu feel the most gratified.

Lin Yu was sitting at the table, dragging his chin, looking at the busy young man, feeling the change in the young man in his heart, perhaps aware of Lin Yu's gaze, Lin Bao looked back at his brother, "Brother, why are you so angry?" Look at me, are my clothes dirty? Or are my clothes reversed?"

Lin Yu smiled, "No, your clothes are in good condition. They are neither dirty nor worn backwards. I was just thinking that my little treasure has grown up and can be called a daughter-in-law."

Lin Bao paused his burning hands, and raised his head to meet his brother's smiling eyes. He also smiled, without blushing, and said directly, "I've already thought about it. When you and Brother Zhou become relatives, brother." , I will ask Brother Zhou to entrust someone to propose marriage to Brother Dong's family."

Hearing Lin Bao's words, Lin Yu sat up straight, retracted the hand that was dragging his chin, a little surprised at his brother's decisiveness, "Xiaobao, you are only thirteen after the new year, is it too early to get married so early? "

Lin Bao shook his head, "It's getting late, brother Dong is good-looking and has good hands. There are many boys in the village who are planning on him. I like him, and he likes me too. I need to hurry up and make this marriage a deal." Come down, don’t let others take the lead.”

"You are not shy, you dare to say anything, but don't talk nonsense outside, just keep it in your heart if you like it." Lin Yu said.

Lin Bao scratched the back of his head and smiled, "I'm just talking to you, brother, I won't talk to outsiders. Anyway, I'm sure of Brother Dong, and I don't like others."

"Well, since you like it, brother will help you pay attention, and help you settle the marriage as soon as possible." Lin Yu said.

If it was before, he would not have the confidence to say that. A few months ago, the two of them were lonely and dependent on each other, and they couldn't even fill their stomachs. Even if they knew that their younger brother liked Brother Yuan Dong, they would not have dared to think about it The Yuan family would not be willing to marry their younger brother to a poor family like his family, but now his family's life has undergone earth-shaking changes because of Zhou Ze's arrival, how many people in the village look at his family with envious eyes .

Lin Yu thought of some young brothers and girls in the village who were tempted, ran over to get close to Brother Zhou by shopping, and spread gossip about him in the village, trying to ruin his reputation. Fortunately, Brother Zhou proposed Get married early, otherwise he doesn't know how to deal with it. People's words are terrible, otherwise people in the village can drown people by spitting. Thinking of Zhou Ze's many things, Lin Yu is grateful, and he likes it even more. His, he wants to marry him and spend his life with him.

Zhou Zeming had just left for a day, Lin Yu had already started to miss him, and Lin Yu was stunned thinking about Zhou Ze.

"Brother! Brother!" Seeing that there was no response to Lin Yu's conversation, Lin Bao couldn't help calling him twice.

"Ah? Ah! Xiaobao, what did you ask me to do?" Lin Yu recovered.

"I told you just now that the water is ready and you can wash your clothes, but you ignored me, so I called you twice, brother, what were you thinking just now, and you were so engrossed in thinking." Lin Bao said.

Lin Yu blushed slightly, and said perfunctorily, "I didn't think about anything."

"I know what you're thinking. I'm thinking about Big Brother Zhou, right?" Lin Bao said with a look that I could see through your expression, "Brother Zhou will be back tomorrow, and you will see him soon."

Lin Yu glanced at her younger brother, "I know." But I still really want to.

***

Zhou Ze, who was missed by others, was taking Liu Qiang to have breakfast at a food stand on the streets of Fucheng. One of them ordered a bowl of chaos, and they ate together with the sesame seed cakes they bought.

It was the first time for Liu Qiang to enter Fucheng, and he saw everything was new, his eyes were wide open, looking at the bustling Fucheng as if he couldn't get enough of it, even when he was eating.

Zhou Ze shook his head helplessly, picked up his chopsticks and tapped on his bowl, "Don't look, eat quickly, be careful not to eat the wonton in your nose."

Liu Qiang also felt that his performance was too much. He smiled embarrassedly, looked away, and lowered his head to eat the wonton. The wonton is not big, the skin is thin and the meat is tender, and the soup is very delicious. He thinks it is better than the one in the county. Too much.

Liu Qiang stuffed two wontons into his mouth, and took a sip of the soup. It felt so delicious. He whispered to Zhou Ze, "Brother Ze, I found that the food in this city is delicious. This wonton looks similar to the ones in our county. But it tastes good."

Zhou Ze took a sip of wonton soup, "Well, it tastes good, but the price is also expensive."

"That's true." Liu Qiang said, stopped talking, and quickly ate the pancakes and chaos.

After the two had dinner, Zhou Ze took Liu Qiang to the Baocao Tang he went to last time, because he had been here before, and this time the Limonium was also sold very smoothly. He paid the money and delivered the goods without too much delay. time.

After leaving Baocaotang and walking a long distance, Liu Qiang with a shocked face pulled Zhou Ze's sleeve, "Brother Ze, I don't even know how much this Limonium can be sold for such a high price in Fucheng, no wonder Brother Ze you If you have to travel so far to sell Limonium, you are still smart, Brother Ze. No one in the village thought of it, but now they know it is useless. Few people in the village have dug Limonium. Limonium is about to go into that mountain, no one dares to go, and neither do I."

Liu Qiang's mood is ups and downs now. On the one hand, he knows that Limonium can be sold at a high price in Fucheng, and he wants to dig up Limonium to sell here in the future, but he also thinks that he has no ability to dig Limonium, which is a good way to make money. The opportunity passed by me, it was like being splashed with cold water by a pocket, and my mood suddenly changed, I was too discouraged.

Zhou Ze watched Liu Qiang's expression change from high fighting spirit at the beginning to downcast for a moment, and felt that this kid's expression was really rich.

Zhou Ze stretched out his hand and patted Liu Qiang on the shoulder, "You boy, even if you can't dig out the blood limonium, there are other things, haven't you forgotten what we brought, now let's find a place to get it sell."

Liu Qiang was reminded by Zhou Ze, and raised his lowered head again. How could he have forgotten that load of mountain goods? He and Zhou Ze bought this mountain goods from people in the village, and the price they gave was lower than the price in the county. If it is worth a penny, the people in the village are very smart, and they don't have to go to the county to sell it, and they can get an extra penny. Such a good deal, naturally rush to sell it to them.

This time they came here with a cart full of mountain products, mainly hickory nuts, mountain chestnuts, sun-dried mountain mushrooms, dried dates, frozen persimmons, and persimmons.

"Brother Ze, do you think our mountain products can be sold? Can people in Fucheng take a fancy to this?" Liu Qiang still doesn't believe that their mountain products can be sold. After all, these things are not valuable in their village. Give it as a snack for the children, and if you take it to the market in the county town, you can’t sell it for a few copper coins even if you sit there for a long time. of.

"Of course it can be sold, let's go, I will take you to find a shop." Zhou Ze said, he is confident about this, he knows the truth that rare things are more expensive, and mountain goods may not be good in the village backing the mountain It is rare, and it is also rare in places far away from the mountains. These mountain products are also good things for these places.

Zhou Ze took Liu Qiang to some snack and pastry shops, and when he saw a shop selling this kind of mountain product, he came to sell them. At first, he entered a few shops and it was not smooth. They had a fixed source of goods and did not buy their products. They came to a Chen Kee Dim Sum shop. The shopkeeper there hadn't delivered the goods to them for several days, and the stock of dried fruits in their house was dwindling. He was thinking of finding new sources of goods, so Zhou Ze brought Liu Qiang to them. In the store, it can be said that when you are sleepy, someone brings you a pillow, which is just right.

"Where are the mountain goods you brought, show me." Shopkeeper Chen said.

"It's all here. I'll show it to you." Liu Qiang was carrying a basket with a small basket of samples of each mountain product in it, which they had prepared in advance. He first took out a small basket of walnuts and placed them On the counter, then a small basket of persimmons...

One after another, exquisite small baskets were placed on the counter, and there were six small baskets in total.

Shopkeeper Chen's eyes lit up when he saw the small basket, and he reached out to take a small basket and looked through it in his hand.

"These small baskets are made of straw. It's more decent to put things in them and give them as gifts." Zhou Ze said.

"Well, yes, this idea is really good." Shopkeeper Chen is indeed in business, and Zhou Ze didn't need to tell him, he also understood the way inside.

After looking at the basket enough, shopkeeper Chen looked through the contents of the basket. He found that the wild goods in the basket were better than expected, at least visually, they were good, good in appearance and clean, and the walnuts were not like The goods he had received before were so dirty, the walnuts looked clean and had obviously been washed well.

Shopkeeper Chen looked through all of them before he asked, "Are all the goods you brought like this?"

Zhou Ze nodded, "Yes, the quality of the goods we bring is the same."

Zhou Ze has the confidence to say such a thing, they have sorted out all the mountain goods they received before.

Shopkeeper Chen twirled his beard, "If it's all like this, I can take some. How many goods have you brought, and how many baskets like this are there?"

"We brought a cart full of mountain goods, and there were a hundred baskets," Zhou Ze said.

"Well, where do you live, I'll take someone to look at the goods with you." Shopkeeper Chen said.

Zhou Ze reported the name of the inn, and the shopkeeper Chen asked his wife to look after the inn. He took a boy with him and followed Zhou Ze and the others to the inn.

After seeing the goods, shopkeeper Chen was very satisfied with the goods brought by Zhou Ze and the others, and immediately agreed to buy their mountain goods. The two sides negotiated the price. With the clearing of the two, including the basket, Zhou Ze and the others got a total of 72 taels of silver, excluding the cost of 30 taels, a net profit of 42 taels.

Counting with his fingers for a long time, when he finally knew that he could get dozens of taels of silver, Liu Qiang's mouth was crooked. He never dreamed that he could earn so much money. Thinking of the hard work of collecting and sorting out the mountain goods for more than a month before. , it's really worth it.

Liu Qiang smiled silly, and said to Zhou Ze, "Brother Ze, I'm not dreaming, did we really sell so much money?"