Beloved Plantation King
Chapter 73
Hearing that there is a new variety of rice that tastes good, Li Zhi naturally wanted to try it, so he agreed.
I made an appointment with the two brothers, Boss Li, and they paid the deposit in advance and went back to the inn.
After the two left, Yin Peinan and the others hurriedly called Xiao Er to pack the goods together, the one who packed the bean curd sticks packed the bean curd sticks, and the one who picked up the salted duck eggs picked up the salted duck eggs.
They are very happy to be able to get out all the yuba and salted duck eggs in the warehouse at once.
Zheng Wenhao was packing the bags, Yin Peinan said to him: "Brother Wenhao, you pack the ones in the shop, brother An and I go back first, we still have some at home, we will notify the villagers after we go back, and let them hurry up Cleared, there should be two more cars."
"Okay, okay, you guys go back quickly." Zheng Wenhao waved for them to go back quickly when he heard about it.
Yin Peinan said to Shuizhu again: "Mei, you wait for Uncle, and come back with him when the time comes, you understand?"
Shuizhu nodded: "Okay."
Zheng Wenhao said flatly: "It's getting late, Shui Zhu and uncle should go back together. It's getting dark quickly, and it's not too late. It's not too late to go back."
Yin Peinan looked at the sky, it gets dark early in winter, and it is halfway through Shen Shi, and it is estimated that it will be dark in another hour, so he nodded and said: "Alright then, tomorrow we will transport all the bean curd sticks from home."
The three of them tidied up and left the store. After walking for a while, they happened to see Wen Yi who had just returned from buying cloth at the fork in the road.
They talked to Wen Yi, and Wen Yi was very happy when he learned that a big deal had been negotiated and the inventory was cleared, so they went back together.
It was getting dark when I got home, and Yin Peinan and the others couldn't care less about eating, so they went to each household to inform them to collect the remaining bean curd sticks quickly, and sell them first.
"Why are you in such a hurry? There may only be five or six catties at home, and it's not enough to earn one point for ten catties." An uncle asked.
Because of the points activity, the villagers generally save ten catties of bean curd sticks and then sell them, which is convenient for points, and it is also convenient for Zuo An and the others to record.Therefore, many people usually have a few catties of recently made bulk goods at home.
Yin Peinan explained: "We received a big client who wants a lot. We just sold everything we could before the Chinese New Year, so that the Chinese New Year will be better."
"Oh, that's it, then we'll take it after we finish eating."
"Okay, uncle, you eat, I will go to another house."
"go Go."
The family of the four people was notified that as soon as they returned home to grab a couple of meals, a villager came to the door with bean curd sticks in front of them.
"Brother An and I will go, Uncle, you can continue to eat, just come and help us later." Yin Peinan said and went to the front with Zuo An to buy bean curd sticks.
Weighing, bookkeeping, checkout, every transaction is clearly remembered.
After Wenyi Shuizhu and Zhao Xiu'e finished eating, they also came to help.Yin Peinan and Zuo An hurried to eat.
Hundreds of families in the village came over one after another. They waited and packed, and they were busy for more than an hour before they finished.
"How many?" Yin Peinan asked Zuo An after finishing packing.
Zuo An was calculating, and after a while, he said, "There are 523 catties."
The two looked at each other, a little happy, which was much more than expected.
Yin Peinan smiled and said, "Tomorrow we are going to borrow a scooter."
There are so many, several cars have to be loaded, and a round trip has to be made.
Zuo An also nodded: "It's okay, just make an extra trip."
The few people finally finished their work and went back to the backyard to enjoy the fire.
Brother Ning was shaking his head and reciting poems, when he saw them coming in, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Brother, are you done?"
Yin Peinan nodded: "Have you recited it?"
Brother Ning nodded, wow wow he finished reciting a four-character quatrain.
"That's right, it's all right." Yin Peinan praised him and said, "Shouldn't it be time for bed?"
The little ones are sleepy.
Ge'er Ning shook his head, jumped off the stool, took Brother's arm, and said, "Brother, come here."
He went to pull Zuo'an's arm again: "My brother-in-law is coming too. And uncles and sisters, you come too."
"What are you doing?" Shuizhu asked, she was about to fetch water for a bath.
Ning Ge'er: "Come here~ just take a moment."
Shui Zhu looked at Zuo Baoying curiously, and saw Zuo Baoying looking at her expectantly.
What are these two little devils doing at home?Shui Zhu was a little curious, so she followed along.
Not too far, just at the door of the guest room.
Ning Ge'er and Zuo Baoying each carried a big red lantern, excitedly led them to the other side of the backyard, and then stretched the lanterns to one place.
"Brother, look, sister Yingying and I did this." Brother Ning looked at them expectantly.
Several people saw that there were several snowmen of different sizes piled on the ground, with eyes made of charcoal, noses made of diced carrots, arms and mouths made of dry branches.
The two small snowmen in front are holding hands side by side, and there are five bigger snowmen behind them.Around each snowman's neck, a scarf was made from the rags that Zhao Xiu'e and the others used to make shoes and clothes...
Five big, two small and seven chubby snowmen stood still smiling under the warm light of the red lanterns.
It is their family.
Zhao Xiu'e said from the side: "From morning to afternoon, my hands were red with cold, and I couldn't hear you. They used up all the snow here, and ran to the front yard to get snow. I must wait for you to come back and give it to you." look."
Several adults were a little touched when they saw it.
Brother Ning raised his head and asked, "Is it good-looking?"
"It looks good." Yin Peinan knelt down, pulled Ning Ge'er and Zuo Baoying into her arms one by one, rubbed their heads and said, "I'm sorry, brother, Yingying, we came back too late and in a hurry, Didn't notice them."
It was dark when they came back, and they entered the kitchen from the porch on the other side, and didn't notice the snowman on the other side at all.
The two little ones stayed up so late, probably waiting for them to finish their work and to show them.
"It's okay." Ning Ge'er raised his head and asked Zuo An and the others: "Is it really good-looking?"
Zuo An nodded, rubbed his head as well, and said, "It's pretty. Is it our family?" He knew that he had to ask, the childlike innocence of a child is very precious.
"Yeah," Ning Ge'er withdrew from his brother's arms, pointing to the snowmen and introducing them one by one: "This is me, this is sister Yingying, this one wearing a red scarf is sister Shuizhu, this is uncle, this is sister. Mother, brother-in-law and elder brother."
Shuizhu smiled and asked, "Why is there a straw hat on Uncle's head?"
That's right, among the seven people, there is a snowman with a straw hat on his head.The straw was badly tied, loose and a little crooked, but you could tell it was supposed to be a hat.
Brother Ning saw it, and went over to help the hat in embarrassment, and straightened it.
Then Zuo Baoying said: "Little Daddy suffers from headaches in winter, so he must wear a hat."
Wen Yi injured his body during childbirth before, and it was winter at that time, so he didn't take care of it well.Now in winter, if he is not paying attention to the wind, he will have a headache, so he must wear a hat to prevent the wind in winter.
Unexpectedly, Zuo Baoying remembered it at a young age.
Wen Yi's heart was burning, and his nose was inexplicably sour. He patted Zuo Baoying's head and said, "Yes, little daddy has a headache. Good boy, thank you."
It took the two little ghosts a long time to make the snowman, and the adults showed great respect and admired it for a long time.
Yin Peinan and Zuo An started to put new arms on the snowman, made of snow, and played with them for a while.
The two little ones were very happy.
It was too cold in the back, so they went back to the house, let the two young ones soak their feet in hot water, soaked in a thin sweat, washed up, and then fell asleep.
Early the next morning, they borrowed a board
four people dragged three carts of yuba to the city.
It was not very easy to walk when it snowed, and it took more time than usual.
Zheng Wenhao watched them bring three trucks and was surprised: "There are so many?"
Yin Peinan nodded: "There are still three cars, we have to go back."
Yuba is relatively light, but it takes up a lot of land. It weighs more than 500 kilograms and takes several carts.
Zheng Wenhao hurriedly said: "Wait, let the carriage go together. You and your brother-in-law don't go. Don't you have to cook when Boss Li and the others come later? I don't know how to cook."
That's right, I have to entertain Boss Li's two brothers at noon. If they go back again, there is a high probability that they won't be able to come back to entertain them for lunch.
Yin Peinan nodded: "Then let Xiaobao and Uncle Wang go."
"I'll go too, let sister Shuizhu help in the store." Zheng Wenhao took off his apron, went out to call Xiaobao and Uncle Wang, and dragged the cart back with Wen Yi and the others.
Yin Peinan and Zuo An hurriedly got ready, one went out to buy vegetables, and the other started to wash the vegetables they brought.
There is a kitchen in the backyard of the shop, and they usually cook here.
As soon as noon arrived, Boss Li and the two arrived, carrying some gifts.
When they came back, there were still many customers in the store, and the business was indeed as good as Zuo An said, and it was pretty good.
The two of them didn't seem to be guests, they directly helped Yin Peinan and the others with their work, chatting all over the world.
Li Zhi looked at the rice pot in front of the small stove. At this time, the rice in the pot was boiling, and rice soup was pouring out, and a strong rice fragrance wafted out.
"Boss Zuo, is this the rice you are talking about?" Li Zhi asked Zuo An.
"Yes, take a look." Zuo An nodded, and lifted the lid of the pot, the aroma of the rice became stronger.
Li Zhi looked at the tumbling rice grains, it is hard to tell when they are boiled now, but Li Zhi has seen a lot of rice and knows that it should be a kind of slightly elongated rice grains before cooking, which is consistent with the millet in the shop in front of them .
"It's very fragrant."
Zuo An: "It tastes more fragrant." Not only is it fragrant, but more importantly, the taste is different.
Li Zhi: "I'm looking forward to it."
Zheng Wenhao and the others also rushed back before lunch.
Boss Li and his two brothers were very happy to see that there were a lot more bean curd sticks.
Zuo An, however, was careful for them: "There are so many, and there are only two of you, how do you get them back?"
Li Da said: "It's okay, we'll go by water. It's just that we need you to help us transport it to the riverside. We rented two boats to the big port in the county ahead, where there are merchant ships going directly north."
"Oh, so that's the case, it's okay." Zuo An felt relieved.
During lunch, they didn't drink because they had to order goods and settle accounts in the afternoon, and there were many things to do.
When the rice was served, Zuo An specially introduced it to Li Da and Li Zhi: "This rice is a new variety we planted this year, please try it."
Li Zhi has been running a rice shop for many years. He has seen and eaten rice from all over the country in Quan Dahui, so he has a steelyard in his heart.
However, the rice showed a strong aroma when it was cooked, and when it was served on the table, his eyes lit up even more.
The rice grains are slender and small, white and clean, a little bit curved, very bright, as if transparent, and also like a layer of oil?
It looks very soft.
He took a deep breath, um, it is indeed this year's new rice.
He took a sip of the warm water first, then picked up the chopsticks, took a mouthful of rice and put it in his mouth.
Tasting rice when there is no taste of other food in your mouth is the best way to taste the quality of rice.
With a light bite, he could already feel the difference.
Fragrant, smooth and soft.
It was softer than all the rice he had eaten, but it was not chewy and soft like too much water, but soft and chewy.
Also easy to swallow.
To be precise, he felt that the rice they cooked before was too hard and rough, and it was not as smooth as this rice when swallowed.
He silently took another big mouthful and put it in his mouth to chew slowly. The more he chewed the rice, the sweeter it became. He savored it carefully.
Zuo An watched him take one bite after another, he had already eaten five or six bites of rice, and he hadn't picked up any food yet, so he knew it clearly.
It was the same when Aniang and Daddy and the others ate the rice for the first time.
In fact, the current rice is far from enough compared to the various high-quality rice in their previous lives, but compared to the ancient rice that has not been optimized much, it is too much.
Especially in terms of taste, the rice cooked from the rice in this world is equivalent to the taste of brown rice, which is naturally incomparable with the optimized one.
Although he already knew it from Li Zhi's expression and movements, Zuo An still asked, "Boss Xiao Li, how are you doing?"
Li Zhi came back to his senses, shook his head and sighed, "I feel like I just ate real rice today."
Li Da also nodded, stretched out his thumb, and said, "It's delicious. This rice will definitely sell well. How do you sell it? How much stock do you have? We can also ship it back together."
Unexpectedly, Zuo An shook his head and said, "This is not for sale to you yet."
Li Zhi asked anxiously: "Why?"
Zuo An said: "This is a new variety, and it is a new high-yield variety. We want to sell grain seeds."
When Li Zhi heard this, he was silent for a while, trying to understand the reason.Such delicious rice must be vigorously promoted and multi-planted.
But Li Da asked: "Did you have this breed only this year?"
"Yes, we are promoting it to other species in the county, so there are not many stocks now, and they are all sold as seeds."
Li Zhi thought for a while, and asked, "How soon can we sell excess rice to us?"
Zuo An replied: "Next year's summer harvest, there can be a batch."
At that time, all the varieties improved for the first time in the county will be planted, and they can also promote the varieties improved for the second time to farmers.
"Okay, then we will come back next June." Li Zhi made up his mind that he must get the rice.
Yin Peinan suddenly asked: "Boss Xiao Li, if you ship it back, will you be selling rice or grain seeds?"
Li Zhi replied, "Of course it's rice."
Yin Peinan was silent.
Zheng Wenhao also knew that Yin Peinan and Zuo An wanted to spread this grain seed to the whole country, so that farmers all over the country could increase their production.
He said: "Can you transport the rice seeds back to sell? As far as I know, there are places in the north where rice is grown, and they only grow for one season."
Li Zhi frowned and said, "There are few rice growers in the north, and the yield is very low. It can only be grown for one season, and there is no such thing as wheat."
Zuo An knew something about the situation in the north. He said: "It is true that it is not so easy to grow rice because of the cold weather. Most farmers grow wheat, sorghum and corn."
"Yes," Li Zhi nodded, and said, "Rice is still relatively expensive, and few people are used to eating rice, but there are some. In recent years, more and more people in the capital have eaten rice. So it is not wrong to promote this kind of grain in the north." Yes, but few people know how to grow it.”
After thinking for a while, he added: "If you want me to sell grain seeds, I can sell them too, together with rice. But wouldn't it be more disadvantageous for you?"
If there is a plant in the north, he can buy it directly in the north, instead of traveling all the way here to get it.
Zuo An curled his lips into a smile, and said, "We breed new rice varieties every year. The taste of the rice will get better and better, and the yield will increase year by year. Because the promotion is not so fast, the second season's rice The seeds need to be sown before they are mature in the first season, so it takes a whole year for the grain seeds to be planted and promoted. But now we are promoting a large number of grain seeds that are two batches later.”
Zuo An paused, and he explained to Li Zhi more clearly.
"That is to say, next spring we will plant the third improved
People in our village bought my family's grain seeds, which were the second improved ones; other farmers in the county bought the first improved ones that were planted by our village people this autumn.In other counties, we have to wait for the spring of the next year to plant our first improved grain, and we have to wait for other farmers in the county to plant so many grain seeds to sell to farmers in other counties. "
Li Zhi understood it, and was shocked: "So that means, what you grow will always be the newest? And there are better tasting ones?"
Zuo An nodded: "Yes. What we cultivate is the latest. We must ensure that farmers in our county will always plant new grains earlier than those in other counties."
After all, they also promised the county magistrate that he would have political achievements.
Li Zhi pointed to the rice in the bowl: "How many times is this?"
Zuo An replied: "This is the grain seeds that are sold outside, this is the first time."
Li Zhi was silent, but his heart was excited.
The first improved one already had this kind of taste, and the second and third time it was planted...
Moreover, they have always the latest varieties, no wonder they are not afraid of me selling grain seeds.
After thinking for a while, Li Zhi made a decision.
He said: "Boss Zuo, Boss Yin, and Boss Zheng, I hope to cooperate with you. I can sell grain seeds and promote this variety of rice, but I hope that I can also sell this rice at the same time. Don't worry, I will try my best to promote it." This variety, after all, is indeed a good thing. But we also need to let everyone know that this kind of rice is really delicious, and let the farmers see that this kind of rice has a future, so farmers will plant it, right?"
This is true.
Zuo An glanced at Yin Peinan and asked how he was doing.
Yin Peinan nodded. He also wanted to try his best to promote high-yielding rice so that everyone could have enough to eat, and there would no longer be so many people who died of starvation.
Zuo An then said to Li Zhi: "Yes. Next June, you can come to buy grain seeds. At that time, you can buy the first ones, or some of the second ones. But we won't lower the price of grain seeds. No matter how much you buy, the price will not be reduced."
Li Zhi nodded and replied: "I see, I will come again when the time comes. How many grain seeds do you have left now? I want them all."
Zuo An raised his eyebrows: "There are only two of you, too many to transport, right?"
"It's okay. We are familiar with that fleet of merchant ships. We can ask some porters to help us get on the merchant ship."
Zuo An then asked Yin Peinan: "How many grains are there?"
Yin Peinan thought for a while: "There are about a thousand catties left."
I bought everything that should be bought in the county, and now there are fewer people who buy it. Most of them are from other counties. There are relatives here who heard about it and came to buy it.
Li Zhi was very straightforward: "Then I want it all."
Zuo An looked at Zheng Wenhao again, saw him nodding, and said to Li Zhi, "OK."
As a result, the remaining grain seeds were also sold out.
After talking about the business, everyone continued to eat.
Zuo An began to joke: "Boss Xiao Li, although our rice is delicious, these dishes are also very good, you can still try them."
"Hahaha, then I'll try Boss Yin's craft."
……
After lunch, order weighing and settlement in the afternoon.
Xiaobao and the others went back to transport the salted duck eggs, dragging out all the salted duck eggs that Yin Peinan's family had already salted.
Because Boss Li and the others don't have any other places to store the goods, after the settlement, the goods are still placed in the shop, and they will be transported to the riverside tomorrow morning, and they will leave tomorrow.
The next day, everyone was busy for half the morning and sent the two brothers, Boss Li, away.
After returning, the shop was completely empty. There were no bean curd sticks, no salted duck eggs, and no grain seeds.
A customer happened to come to buy bean curd sticks. Seeing the emptiness of the shop, he asked in a daze, "Shopkeeper, are you still doing this? Why are there nothing left?"
There's nothing in the store,
Only Xiao Er was sweeping some grains that had been spilled on the floor with a broom.
The shopkeeper replied: "Guest officer, our goods were sold out yesterday afternoon, and the bean curd sticks will take two days to arrive, and the salted duck eggs will have to wait three days."
"When I passed by yesterday, I saw that there were still a lot of them. Why are they gone?"
The shopkeeper said happily: "Yesterday afternoon, we negotiated a big deal, and all of them were sold out."
"Is that so? Even the rice is sold out?"
"Yes, they are all sold out."
"Oh." The customer was still confused, business is so good?He asked: "Is there the day after tomorrow? Then I will come back the day after tomorrow."
"Hey, sir, please go."
When Yin Peinan and the others heard this, they all smiled heartily.
Anyway, it was out of stock, so Yin Peinan said to the shopkeeper and the waiter: "Uncle Zhou, clean up the shop and put up a sign, you can go back and rest for two days. Everyone is exhausted these two days, take a good rest, We will reopen the day after tomorrow.”
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Okay, boss, leave this place to us, you go back and rest first."
Zheng Wenhao patted Yin Peinan on the shoulder and said, "Go, go to my house."
Yin Peinan: "What are you doing?"
Zheng Wenhao scratched his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm going to bring a matchmaker to talk about marriage the day after tomorrow. By the way, I want to make a kiss before the end of the year. Will you give me my staff?"
Yin Peinan was surprised: "Go the day after tomorrow? Brother Bai agrees?"
Zheng Wenhao nodded and said happily, "He agreed to the letter I received this morning!"
"Congratulations!" Yin Peinan clapped vigorously, feeling really happy for him.
Zuo An also smiled and said, "Congratulations."
"Thank you, thank you. Are you going to advise me?"
"Let's go."
I made an appointment with the two brothers, Boss Li, and they paid the deposit in advance and went back to the inn.
After the two left, Yin Peinan and the others hurriedly called Xiao Er to pack the goods together, the one who packed the bean curd sticks packed the bean curd sticks, and the one who picked up the salted duck eggs picked up the salted duck eggs.
They are very happy to be able to get out all the yuba and salted duck eggs in the warehouse at once.
Zheng Wenhao was packing the bags, Yin Peinan said to him: "Brother Wenhao, you pack the ones in the shop, brother An and I go back first, we still have some at home, we will notify the villagers after we go back, and let them hurry up Cleared, there should be two more cars."
"Okay, okay, you guys go back quickly." Zheng Wenhao waved for them to go back quickly when he heard about it.
Yin Peinan said to Shuizhu again: "Mei, you wait for Uncle, and come back with him when the time comes, you understand?"
Shuizhu nodded: "Okay."
Zheng Wenhao said flatly: "It's getting late, Shui Zhu and uncle should go back together. It's getting dark quickly, and it's not too late. It's not too late to go back."
Yin Peinan looked at the sky, it gets dark early in winter, and it is halfway through Shen Shi, and it is estimated that it will be dark in another hour, so he nodded and said: "Alright then, tomorrow we will transport all the bean curd sticks from home."
The three of them tidied up and left the store. After walking for a while, they happened to see Wen Yi who had just returned from buying cloth at the fork in the road.
They talked to Wen Yi, and Wen Yi was very happy when he learned that a big deal had been negotiated and the inventory was cleared, so they went back together.
It was getting dark when I got home, and Yin Peinan and the others couldn't care less about eating, so they went to each household to inform them to collect the remaining bean curd sticks quickly, and sell them first.
"Why are you in such a hurry? There may only be five or six catties at home, and it's not enough to earn one point for ten catties." An uncle asked.
Because of the points activity, the villagers generally save ten catties of bean curd sticks and then sell them, which is convenient for points, and it is also convenient for Zuo An and the others to record.Therefore, many people usually have a few catties of recently made bulk goods at home.
Yin Peinan explained: "We received a big client who wants a lot. We just sold everything we could before the Chinese New Year, so that the Chinese New Year will be better."
"Oh, that's it, then we'll take it after we finish eating."
"Okay, uncle, you eat, I will go to another house."
"go Go."
The family of the four people was notified that as soon as they returned home to grab a couple of meals, a villager came to the door with bean curd sticks in front of them.
"Brother An and I will go, Uncle, you can continue to eat, just come and help us later." Yin Peinan said and went to the front with Zuo An to buy bean curd sticks.
Weighing, bookkeeping, checkout, every transaction is clearly remembered.
After Wenyi Shuizhu and Zhao Xiu'e finished eating, they also came to help.Yin Peinan and Zuo An hurried to eat.
Hundreds of families in the village came over one after another. They waited and packed, and they were busy for more than an hour before they finished.
"How many?" Yin Peinan asked Zuo An after finishing packing.
Zuo An was calculating, and after a while, he said, "There are 523 catties."
The two looked at each other, a little happy, which was much more than expected.
Yin Peinan smiled and said, "Tomorrow we are going to borrow a scooter."
There are so many, several cars have to be loaded, and a round trip has to be made.
Zuo An also nodded: "It's okay, just make an extra trip."
The few people finally finished their work and went back to the backyard to enjoy the fire.
Brother Ning was shaking his head and reciting poems, when he saw them coming in, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Brother, are you done?"
Yin Peinan nodded: "Have you recited it?"
Brother Ning nodded, wow wow he finished reciting a four-character quatrain.
"That's right, it's all right." Yin Peinan praised him and said, "Shouldn't it be time for bed?"
The little ones are sleepy.
Ge'er Ning shook his head, jumped off the stool, took Brother's arm, and said, "Brother, come here."
He went to pull Zuo'an's arm again: "My brother-in-law is coming too. And uncles and sisters, you come too."
"What are you doing?" Shuizhu asked, she was about to fetch water for a bath.
Ning Ge'er: "Come here~ just take a moment."
Shui Zhu looked at Zuo Baoying curiously, and saw Zuo Baoying looking at her expectantly.
What are these two little devils doing at home?Shui Zhu was a little curious, so she followed along.
Not too far, just at the door of the guest room.
Ning Ge'er and Zuo Baoying each carried a big red lantern, excitedly led them to the other side of the backyard, and then stretched the lanterns to one place.
"Brother, look, sister Yingying and I did this." Brother Ning looked at them expectantly.
Several people saw that there were several snowmen of different sizes piled on the ground, with eyes made of charcoal, noses made of diced carrots, arms and mouths made of dry branches.
The two small snowmen in front are holding hands side by side, and there are five bigger snowmen behind them.Around each snowman's neck, a scarf was made from the rags that Zhao Xiu'e and the others used to make shoes and clothes...
Five big, two small and seven chubby snowmen stood still smiling under the warm light of the red lanterns.
It is their family.
Zhao Xiu'e said from the side: "From morning to afternoon, my hands were red with cold, and I couldn't hear you. They used up all the snow here, and ran to the front yard to get snow. I must wait for you to come back and give it to you." look."
Several adults were a little touched when they saw it.
Brother Ning raised his head and asked, "Is it good-looking?"
"It looks good." Yin Peinan knelt down, pulled Ning Ge'er and Zuo Baoying into her arms one by one, rubbed their heads and said, "I'm sorry, brother, Yingying, we came back too late and in a hurry, Didn't notice them."
It was dark when they came back, and they entered the kitchen from the porch on the other side, and didn't notice the snowman on the other side at all.
The two little ones stayed up so late, probably waiting for them to finish their work and to show them.
"It's okay." Ning Ge'er raised his head and asked Zuo An and the others: "Is it really good-looking?"
Zuo An nodded, rubbed his head as well, and said, "It's pretty. Is it our family?" He knew that he had to ask, the childlike innocence of a child is very precious.
"Yeah," Ning Ge'er withdrew from his brother's arms, pointing to the snowmen and introducing them one by one: "This is me, this is sister Yingying, this one wearing a red scarf is sister Shuizhu, this is uncle, this is sister. Mother, brother-in-law and elder brother."
Shuizhu smiled and asked, "Why is there a straw hat on Uncle's head?"
That's right, among the seven people, there is a snowman with a straw hat on his head.The straw was badly tied, loose and a little crooked, but you could tell it was supposed to be a hat.
Brother Ning saw it, and went over to help the hat in embarrassment, and straightened it.
Then Zuo Baoying said: "Little Daddy suffers from headaches in winter, so he must wear a hat."
Wen Yi injured his body during childbirth before, and it was winter at that time, so he didn't take care of it well.Now in winter, if he is not paying attention to the wind, he will have a headache, so he must wear a hat to prevent the wind in winter.
Unexpectedly, Zuo Baoying remembered it at a young age.
Wen Yi's heart was burning, and his nose was inexplicably sour. He patted Zuo Baoying's head and said, "Yes, little daddy has a headache. Good boy, thank you."
It took the two little ghosts a long time to make the snowman, and the adults showed great respect and admired it for a long time.
Yin Peinan and Zuo An started to put new arms on the snowman, made of snow, and played with them for a while.
The two little ones were very happy.
It was too cold in the back, so they went back to the house, let the two young ones soak their feet in hot water, soaked in a thin sweat, washed up, and then fell asleep.
Early the next morning, they borrowed a board
four people dragged three carts of yuba to the city.
It was not very easy to walk when it snowed, and it took more time than usual.
Zheng Wenhao watched them bring three trucks and was surprised: "There are so many?"
Yin Peinan nodded: "There are still three cars, we have to go back."
Yuba is relatively light, but it takes up a lot of land. It weighs more than 500 kilograms and takes several carts.
Zheng Wenhao hurriedly said: "Wait, let the carriage go together. You and your brother-in-law don't go. Don't you have to cook when Boss Li and the others come later? I don't know how to cook."
That's right, I have to entertain Boss Li's two brothers at noon. If they go back again, there is a high probability that they won't be able to come back to entertain them for lunch.
Yin Peinan nodded: "Then let Xiaobao and Uncle Wang go."
"I'll go too, let sister Shuizhu help in the store." Zheng Wenhao took off his apron, went out to call Xiaobao and Uncle Wang, and dragged the cart back with Wen Yi and the others.
Yin Peinan and Zuo An hurriedly got ready, one went out to buy vegetables, and the other started to wash the vegetables they brought.
There is a kitchen in the backyard of the shop, and they usually cook here.
As soon as noon arrived, Boss Li and the two arrived, carrying some gifts.
When they came back, there were still many customers in the store, and the business was indeed as good as Zuo An said, and it was pretty good.
The two of them didn't seem to be guests, they directly helped Yin Peinan and the others with their work, chatting all over the world.
Li Zhi looked at the rice pot in front of the small stove. At this time, the rice in the pot was boiling, and rice soup was pouring out, and a strong rice fragrance wafted out.
"Boss Zuo, is this the rice you are talking about?" Li Zhi asked Zuo An.
"Yes, take a look." Zuo An nodded, and lifted the lid of the pot, the aroma of the rice became stronger.
Li Zhi looked at the tumbling rice grains, it is hard to tell when they are boiled now, but Li Zhi has seen a lot of rice and knows that it should be a kind of slightly elongated rice grains before cooking, which is consistent with the millet in the shop in front of them .
"It's very fragrant."
Zuo An: "It tastes more fragrant." Not only is it fragrant, but more importantly, the taste is different.
Li Zhi: "I'm looking forward to it."
Zheng Wenhao and the others also rushed back before lunch.
Boss Li and his two brothers were very happy to see that there were a lot more bean curd sticks.
Zuo An, however, was careful for them: "There are so many, and there are only two of you, how do you get them back?"
Li Da said: "It's okay, we'll go by water. It's just that we need you to help us transport it to the riverside. We rented two boats to the big port in the county ahead, where there are merchant ships going directly north."
"Oh, so that's the case, it's okay." Zuo An felt relieved.
During lunch, they didn't drink because they had to order goods and settle accounts in the afternoon, and there were many things to do.
When the rice was served, Zuo An specially introduced it to Li Da and Li Zhi: "This rice is a new variety we planted this year, please try it."
Li Zhi has been running a rice shop for many years. He has seen and eaten rice from all over the country in Quan Dahui, so he has a steelyard in his heart.
However, the rice showed a strong aroma when it was cooked, and when it was served on the table, his eyes lit up even more.
The rice grains are slender and small, white and clean, a little bit curved, very bright, as if transparent, and also like a layer of oil?
It looks very soft.
He took a deep breath, um, it is indeed this year's new rice.
He took a sip of the warm water first, then picked up the chopsticks, took a mouthful of rice and put it in his mouth.
Tasting rice when there is no taste of other food in your mouth is the best way to taste the quality of rice.
With a light bite, he could already feel the difference.
Fragrant, smooth and soft.
It was softer than all the rice he had eaten, but it was not chewy and soft like too much water, but soft and chewy.
Also easy to swallow.
To be precise, he felt that the rice they cooked before was too hard and rough, and it was not as smooth as this rice when swallowed.
He silently took another big mouthful and put it in his mouth to chew slowly. The more he chewed the rice, the sweeter it became. He savored it carefully.
Zuo An watched him take one bite after another, he had already eaten five or six bites of rice, and he hadn't picked up any food yet, so he knew it clearly.
It was the same when Aniang and Daddy and the others ate the rice for the first time.
In fact, the current rice is far from enough compared to the various high-quality rice in their previous lives, but compared to the ancient rice that has not been optimized much, it is too much.
Especially in terms of taste, the rice cooked from the rice in this world is equivalent to the taste of brown rice, which is naturally incomparable with the optimized one.
Although he already knew it from Li Zhi's expression and movements, Zuo An still asked, "Boss Xiao Li, how are you doing?"
Li Zhi came back to his senses, shook his head and sighed, "I feel like I just ate real rice today."
Li Da also nodded, stretched out his thumb, and said, "It's delicious. This rice will definitely sell well. How do you sell it? How much stock do you have? We can also ship it back together."
Unexpectedly, Zuo An shook his head and said, "This is not for sale to you yet."
Li Zhi asked anxiously: "Why?"
Zuo An said: "This is a new variety, and it is a new high-yield variety. We want to sell grain seeds."
When Li Zhi heard this, he was silent for a while, trying to understand the reason.Such delicious rice must be vigorously promoted and multi-planted.
But Li Da asked: "Did you have this breed only this year?"
"Yes, we are promoting it to other species in the county, so there are not many stocks now, and they are all sold as seeds."
Li Zhi thought for a while, and asked, "How soon can we sell excess rice to us?"
Zuo An replied: "Next year's summer harvest, there can be a batch."
At that time, all the varieties improved for the first time in the county will be planted, and they can also promote the varieties improved for the second time to farmers.
"Okay, then we will come back next June." Li Zhi made up his mind that he must get the rice.
Yin Peinan suddenly asked: "Boss Xiao Li, if you ship it back, will you be selling rice or grain seeds?"
Li Zhi replied, "Of course it's rice."
Yin Peinan was silent.
Zheng Wenhao also knew that Yin Peinan and Zuo An wanted to spread this grain seed to the whole country, so that farmers all over the country could increase their production.
He said: "Can you transport the rice seeds back to sell? As far as I know, there are places in the north where rice is grown, and they only grow for one season."
Li Zhi frowned and said, "There are few rice growers in the north, and the yield is very low. It can only be grown for one season, and there is no such thing as wheat."
Zuo An knew something about the situation in the north. He said: "It is true that it is not so easy to grow rice because of the cold weather. Most farmers grow wheat, sorghum and corn."
"Yes," Li Zhi nodded, and said, "Rice is still relatively expensive, and few people are used to eating rice, but there are some. In recent years, more and more people in the capital have eaten rice. So it is not wrong to promote this kind of grain in the north." Yes, but few people know how to grow it.”
After thinking for a while, he added: "If you want me to sell grain seeds, I can sell them too, together with rice. But wouldn't it be more disadvantageous for you?"
If there is a plant in the north, he can buy it directly in the north, instead of traveling all the way here to get it.
Zuo An curled his lips into a smile, and said, "We breed new rice varieties every year. The taste of the rice will get better and better, and the yield will increase year by year. Because the promotion is not so fast, the second season's rice The seeds need to be sown before they are mature in the first season, so it takes a whole year for the grain seeds to be planted and promoted. But now we are promoting a large number of grain seeds that are two batches later.”
Zuo An paused, and he explained to Li Zhi more clearly.
"That is to say, next spring we will plant the third improved
People in our village bought my family's grain seeds, which were the second improved ones; other farmers in the county bought the first improved ones that were planted by our village people this autumn.In other counties, we have to wait for the spring of the next year to plant our first improved grain, and we have to wait for other farmers in the county to plant so many grain seeds to sell to farmers in other counties. "
Li Zhi understood it, and was shocked: "So that means, what you grow will always be the newest? And there are better tasting ones?"
Zuo An nodded: "Yes. What we cultivate is the latest. We must ensure that farmers in our county will always plant new grains earlier than those in other counties."
After all, they also promised the county magistrate that he would have political achievements.
Li Zhi pointed to the rice in the bowl: "How many times is this?"
Zuo An replied: "This is the grain seeds that are sold outside, this is the first time."
Li Zhi was silent, but his heart was excited.
The first improved one already had this kind of taste, and the second and third time it was planted...
Moreover, they have always the latest varieties, no wonder they are not afraid of me selling grain seeds.
After thinking for a while, Li Zhi made a decision.
He said: "Boss Zuo, Boss Yin, and Boss Zheng, I hope to cooperate with you. I can sell grain seeds and promote this variety of rice, but I hope that I can also sell this rice at the same time. Don't worry, I will try my best to promote it." This variety, after all, is indeed a good thing. But we also need to let everyone know that this kind of rice is really delicious, and let the farmers see that this kind of rice has a future, so farmers will plant it, right?"
This is true.
Zuo An glanced at Yin Peinan and asked how he was doing.
Yin Peinan nodded. He also wanted to try his best to promote high-yielding rice so that everyone could have enough to eat, and there would no longer be so many people who died of starvation.
Zuo An then said to Li Zhi: "Yes. Next June, you can come to buy grain seeds. At that time, you can buy the first ones, or some of the second ones. But we won't lower the price of grain seeds. No matter how much you buy, the price will not be reduced."
Li Zhi nodded and replied: "I see, I will come again when the time comes. How many grain seeds do you have left now? I want them all."
Zuo An raised his eyebrows: "There are only two of you, too many to transport, right?"
"It's okay. We are familiar with that fleet of merchant ships. We can ask some porters to help us get on the merchant ship."
Zuo An then asked Yin Peinan: "How many grains are there?"
Yin Peinan thought for a while: "There are about a thousand catties left."
I bought everything that should be bought in the county, and now there are fewer people who buy it. Most of them are from other counties. There are relatives here who heard about it and came to buy it.
Li Zhi was very straightforward: "Then I want it all."
Zuo An looked at Zheng Wenhao again, saw him nodding, and said to Li Zhi, "OK."
As a result, the remaining grain seeds were also sold out.
After talking about the business, everyone continued to eat.
Zuo An began to joke: "Boss Xiao Li, although our rice is delicious, these dishes are also very good, you can still try them."
"Hahaha, then I'll try Boss Yin's craft."
……
After lunch, order weighing and settlement in the afternoon.
Xiaobao and the others went back to transport the salted duck eggs, dragging out all the salted duck eggs that Yin Peinan's family had already salted.
Because Boss Li and the others don't have any other places to store the goods, after the settlement, the goods are still placed in the shop, and they will be transported to the riverside tomorrow morning, and they will leave tomorrow.
The next day, everyone was busy for half the morning and sent the two brothers, Boss Li, away.
After returning, the shop was completely empty. There were no bean curd sticks, no salted duck eggs, and no grain seeds.
A customer happened to come to buy bean curd sticks. Seeing the emptiness of the shop, he asked in a daze, "Shopkeeper, are you still doing this? Why are there nothing left?"
There's nothing in the store,
Only Xiao Er was sweeping some grains that had been spilled on the floor with a broom.
The shopkeeper replied: "Guest officer, our goods were sold out yesterday afternoon, and the bean curd sticks will take two days to arrive, and the salted duck eggs will have to wait three days."
"When I passed by yesterday, I saw that there were still a lot of them. Why are they gone?"
The shopkeeper said happily: "Yesterday afternoon, we negotiated a big deal, and all of them were sold out."
"Is that so? Even the rice is sold out?"
"Yes, they are all sold out."
"Oh." The customer was still confused, business is so good?He asked: "Is there the day after tomorrow? Then I will come back the day after tomorrow."
"Hey, sir, please go."
When Yin Peinan and the others heard this, they all smiled heartily.
Anyway, it was out of stock, so Yin Peinan said to the shopkeeper and the waiter: "Uncle Zhou, clean up the shop and put up a sign, you can go back and rest for two days. Everyone is exhausted these two days, take a good rest, We will reopen the day after tomorrow.”
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Okay, boss, leave this place to us, you go back and rest first."
Zheng Wenhao patted Yin Peinan on the shoulder and said, "Go, go to my house."
Yin Peinan: "What are you doing?"
Zheng Wenhao scratched his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm going to bring a matchmaker to talk about marriage the day after tomorrow. By the way, I want to make a kiss before the end of the year. Will you give me my staff?"
Yin Peinan was surprised: "Go the day after tomorrow? Brother Bai agrees?"
Zheng Wenhao nodded and said happily, "He agreed to the letter I received this morning!"
"Congratulations!" Yin Peinan clapped vigorously, feeling really happy for him.
Zuo An also smiled and said, "Congratulations."
"Thank you, thank you. Are you going to advise me?"
"Let's go."
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