Chapter 4 Bootstrapping
The snow flew and fell in the small courtyard of Jia Ming's house, stacked into layers of snow white. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The trees in the courtyard are covered with snow, and there is no green to be seen.
But in the house connected to the kitchen, it was full of greenery, and there was no winter at all, like spring.
"Eyun, you're amazing. Guerjia Jiahuan looked at the green vegetables in the room and exclaimed.
Since he grew up, he has eaten Chinese cabbage and dried vegetables in winter, and this is the first time he can eat so many fresh vegetables in winter.
Thinking that if there were no vegetables to eat this winter, they would have to keep filial piety and not eat meat, and then think about the monotonous recipes in winter, Jia Heng was immediately extremely happy in his heart.
Immediately, he felt a little regretful, "If only we could do business, these vegetables will definitely get a lot of silver." ”
Although he is only eight years old, isn't there a saying that the children of the poor are in charge of the house early, after the death of his parents, Jiaheng will be able to afford the external communication of the family.
Although he is still young, and his family has nothing to do with foreign affairs, he has been in contact with it more or less, so he naturally knows the current situation of his family.
The family's income is only the Ding silver distributed in the white flag every month, and the expenditure, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, what kind of money is not needed, not to mention clothing.
Jia Ming looked at him like a little adult worried about his family, and while he was distressed, he was also proud of Jia Heng's sensibility.
However, in the end, he was still young and knew little, so he immediately guided: "Actually, our family's dishes can be taken out and sold, but we can't come forward." ”
Jia Heng thought thoughtfully, "Eyun, you mean to let the next person do the business." ”
Jia Ming nodded.
Jiaheng frowned: "It's a pity, there is no one in our family, this method doesn't work, or, Eyun, let's buy one back?" After speaking, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a good idea.
Jia Ming shook her head and refused, "No." ”
"Why?" Jia Heng was stunned, this was obviously a good idea.
Jia Ming didn't explain it directly, but asked little by little: "Are winter vegetables scarce?" She planned to use this incident to guide Jia Heng, let him see the pros and cons of this matter, and educate him from it.
"Less, it is said that scarce things are expensive, so I have to take this opportunity to sell some vegetables and earn money. He really didn't know what Eyun was worried about.
"That's true. Jia Ming nodded in agreement, and then in Jia Huan's questioning gaze of "Since this is the case, why can't it be sold", he calmly asked a sentence that was incompatible: "Dongzhu is rare and precious, right?"
Jia Heng nodded and affirmed: "Rare and precious." ”
Jia Ming continued to ask, "Then where are they?"
This question, asked Jia Heng frowned, where is it, he only knows that most of them will be paid tribute to the palace, and the rest, of course, is among the people.
But where did he know from the people, how could Eyun ask such an unanswered question? His brows furrowed even more.
Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Jia Ming didn't urge, and immediately gave an answer: "Most of them are in the palace, or they are in some big families outside the palace." ”
"No, right?" Jia Heng obviously disagreed with this answer, "Maybe some of them will fall into the hands of small families." ”
"Then do they dare to take it out?" Jia Ming immediately asked.
Jiaheng blurted out: "Obviously, it can't." These words were very categorical, but as soon as he said it, he immediately realized something, but he couldn't think of it at once, so he frowned and groaned.
Jia Ming let him think for himself, but he carried a basket of vegetables by himself, picking vegetables, and using his wood attribute ability to carefully feel the little by little of the picked vegetables, so that she could take relevant actions to take care of them according to her emotions, such as lack of water or nutrition.
Picking vegetables is a very simple job, Jia Ming picked a basket of vegetables after a while, but she did not stop, tomorrow is the Chinese New Year's Eve, today to pick more, so that it can be used for gifts.
Giving vegetables in winter is not a gift that cannot be handled, it is just suitable for families like their family who have no money and no power.
Just as I was thinking about whether to send a basket or send more, my younger brother Jiahuan's voice suddenly sounded in my ear, "Ah, I understand."
Jia Ming turned her head when she heard this, "Got it?"
Jiaheng couldn't see Eyun's teaching, "Eyun is thoughtful, I think less." ”
"Huh?" Jia Ming stopped picking vegetables in his hand, looked at him, and motioned for him to continue.
"The vegetables in our family this winter, just like that Dongzhu, are all precious, and if they are known by outsiders, they will definitely arouse the covetousness of outsiders. As far as our family's family background is concerned, there is no one behind it, and we can't resist it at all. ”
Jia Ming was very pleased, "It's good that you understand." After speaking, the movements of his hands sped up, and he picked up the vegetables again.
The corner of Jiaheng's eyes swept over the other basket of vegetables picked next to him, and frowned, "Eyun, you can't eat so much, you don't need to pick it." "The little boy is very heartbroken for this kind of waste that he can't finish picking and eating, and can't sell it.
"It's not for us to eat, it's a gift for your big brother's family. Jia Ming continued to pick the vegetables and said without raising her head.
"What?" Jia Heng exclaimed, "How can this be?"
Jia Ming raised her head and frowned, stopped picking vegetables, and said suspiciously: "You are, do you have an opinion?" Isn't it just to send two baskets of vegetables, although the winter vegetables are a little precious, but she clearly remembers that the relationship between the two families is very good, both of them are the friendship of Ama and their generation, and the marriage contract between her and E Shuo is also made by them, after Ama Eniang passed away, E Shuo often came over to help them.
Last time she was sick, if it weren't for E Shuo not being at home in the barracks, how could Jia Heng be in a hurry.
They are full of people, especially at the bottom of their kind, there are not so many Han rules at all, what men and women should avoid suspicion, and those who have a marriage contract should avoid meeting, that is the business of big families, and some big families still ignore it.
It's far away, in short, my brother has a good relationship with Eshuo, and he has a good relationship with Eshuo's younger brother Erlin, shouldn't he have an opinion?
"Eyun, what do you want?" Jia Heng was speechless, "Is your brother and I such a person?"
Jia Ming shook her head, "No, but why?"
Jia Heng said angrily: "Didn't you tell me that this dish can't be sold, and it can't be leaked out, otherwise it will be coveted?"
The implication is that if you give this dish as a gift, it will not leak out that you can grow vegetables in the winter.
Hearing this, Jia Ming suddenly realized, immediately shook her head, and explained: "This is different. ”
"Why is it different?" Jia Heng was not convinced.
"This dish, sold, others will think that we have a lot of them, that is, we can grow vegetables on a large scale in winter, even if we explain that we can't, they may not believe it, they may use all kinds of means to find it, but they can't find a way, maybe they think that we hide it, and it is very likely that we will take extraordinary measures to get the two of us to grow vegetables for them. ”
When Jia Heng heard this, his face was not good, but he also felt that it was reasonable, and he also frowned because he had just thought too shallowly. He just thought that he would be coveted, but he thought that the method of growing vegetables would be leaked, but he didn't think that there was such a possibility.