Chapter 80: Rich
After tasting the special watermelon and inspecting the melon field, Lu Mingtao became curious about the peanuts and peppers in the field next to him. "Master Zhang, there are quite a lot of things planted in your granddaughter's field." He also raised it in the courtyard of his house, just for the festive and beautiful red fruits in the autumn, if it really gets into the mouth, it will be poisoned, he can't figure out why he planted an acre of peppers here, in his opinion, it is better to plant some watermelons?
Maybe the little girl planted it for fun, Lu Mingtao didn't think much about it, looked at another peanut field he didn't know, and asked Steward Zhang, "What is planted in that field?" "I don't know what this little one is for, Miss Zhu only said that it was called a peanut." Although Steward Zhang also wondered what Lin Zhu's cultivation was for, but she didn't say it, he naturally didn't want to dig deeper, and of course he couldn't answer Lu Mingtao's question. Fortunately, he was just curious and didn't care about the answer to the question.
After seeing the melon field, Lu Mingtao also had a plan in his heart, and told Dr. Zhang that each watermelon was bought at the price of three taels of silver, not by catties. In the past, the most expensive watermelon was only one hundred wen a catty, and a watermelon was only about one or two silver, and he offered a sky-high price of three taels of silver at once, Doctor Zhang felt that Lin Zhu would definitely be satisfied, but since the matter was handled by him, he naturally had to fight for Lin Zhu more, "Lu Gongzi, the watermelon we ate yesterday weighed fifteen catties, and it was still a special watermelon." ”
Lu Mingtao instantly understood what Dr. Zhang meant, and for the sake of the special watermelon seeds, he raised the price to five taels a piece. Dr. Zhang is very satisfied with the price. "Hahaha, it's still Lu Gongzi's refreshment. I'll be looking for you for a drink when I go back to the capital. He gestured to two as he spoke. It means two acres of watermelon seeds.
Lu Mingtao was even more satisfied. Looking at the growth of the watermelon field of Lin Zhu, there are about 1,500 watermelons per acre. The boss will be happy with the result. After the two agreed, Lu Mingtao first gave a silver ticket of 1,000 taels, and the rest was delivered by the person who came to pull the watermelon every time.
After sending Lu Mingtao away, Dr. Zhang came to Lin Zhu's house and handed her the silver ticket, "Take it." That's a thousand taels. Lin Zhu looked at the silver ticket, her eyes widened in disbelief, she didn't expect that an acre of watermelon would be sold for so much money, she didn't dare to pick it up after looking at it for a while. How? I'm afraid that this money will bite my hand. Doctor Zhang smiled. This is a deposit, five taels of watermelons, do you calculate how many watermelons there are in this acre of land? ”
"Isn't that all the watermelon money? Aren't watermelons sold by the pound? Seeing Lin Zhu's mouth open in surprise, Steward Zhang also smiled kindly, "Miss Zhu, with our master coming forward, how can you talk about selling by catty?" Besides, your watermelon is so good, they all say that this is a special watermelon, of course, you have to sell it at a good price. Originally, it was three taels of silver and a watermelon, but for the sake of the lord's face, it was five taels a piece. ”
"Xie Lu Xie Gan, if it weren't for you, my watermelon would definitely not even sell five hundred taels of silver. This money is half of yours. Lin Zhu was so excited. One thousand taels of silver, and there will be several thousand taels in the future, she has never seen so much money from her previous life to now. All of a sudden, he became a rich man, and it was like a rain of silver in front of him. Silvery.
"Haha It's all yours. Put it away. Doctor Zhang was amused by her reaction, and he was very helpful when he heard her words, and when several grandchildren in the family were in front of him, they were also very filial, but they didn't give him so much money without blinking an eye like Lin Zhu. One watermelon a day is all it takes. ”
"How can one be enough, you have to have two watermelons a day." Lin Zhu blurted out without thinking. "You want your grandfather to be a watermelon." Doctor Zhang pretended to be angry and said. "And Uncle Butler and the others. Let them help with the food. Lin Zhu was immersed in the joy of a large sum of silver, and she didn't expect that she would give away ten taels of silver in one day, which was one hundred taels in ten days, and she didn't even dare to think about it before.
Not to mention Doctor Zhang and Steward Zhang, even Mother Chang was stunned by her generosity, ten taels a day is nothing in the eyes of those rich and noble, but in this poor and remote place, it is a large amount, and you have to eat three hundred taels a month, which is too much. The three of them looked at Lin Zhu, who had not yet recovered from the 1,000 taels of silver tickets, and said in their hearts, wake up, girl.
"Bamboo girl," Dr. Zhang knocked her on the head and woke her up, "Don't be too unproductive, do you know that two watermelons a day are ten taels of silver, which is not a small amount." ”
Lin Zhu, who was knocked to his senses, heard what Doctor Zhang said, and retorted, "Grandpa, you can't say that, because of your relationship, it is sold so expensive, if there is no person you found, maybe a watermelon can't even be sold for a tael of silver, don't you eat it?" ”
"Old man, this is a piece of the girl's heart, it is filial piety, you just accept it, compared to what you do, these are nothing." Chang's mother understood what Lin Zhu meant, and she also persuaded her.
"Okay, I'll accept it, how can I not accept my granddaughter's filial piety?" Doctor Zhang said happily and loudly, "Housekeeper, remember two watermelons a day, if the most reluctant bamboo girl is reluctant to give it, you tell me, I will come to teach her." Everyone laughed.
"That's right," Lin Zhu remembered something and saluted Steward Zhang, "Uncle Xie Butler." If it weren't for you yesterday, things wouldn't have been resolved so easily. "Yesterday, after Steward Zhang and village chief Lin Changqing took the villagers away, they went to the ancestral hall, although there was the interference of the clan elder Lin Feng, but they still let Lin Zi'an pay for the watermelon money, which was only one or two silver according to last year's price, and asked him to clean up the wasteland outside the courtyard of Lin Zhu's house, which was regarded as a punishment. In order not to make it difficult for Lin Zhu in the village in the future, Steward Zhang showed mercy. If he is allowed to come according to his temperament, he will definitely break one of his legs, but since the black bean has already bitten it, he doesn't care. If Zhilu Dao could sell each of these watermelons for five taels today, he would definitely not let him go easily.
The old man Lin Feng also wanted Lin Zhu to pay for Lin Zi's leg injury, but he was frightened by Steward Zhang's one-handed smashing of the table, and he didn't dare to squeak anymore. Lin Zian also obediently did what he said.
Everyone was frightened by his hand. Later, as long as they are in the day. The people of Linjia Village did not dare to bully Lin Zhu at will. This is also one of the reasons why Lin Zhu is sincerely grateful to Steward Zhang.
"Miss Bamboo, it's really a bad villain. That's what I'm supposed to do. "I didn't expect Lin Zhu to salute him, Steward Zhang hurriedly avoided it, but he was still a step too late. looked at Dr. Zhang with some uneasiness.
"It's okay, the bamboo girl should thank you. She did the right thing. You don't have to care. Doctor Zhang never told Lin Zhu about his identity, and Lin Zhu didn't ask, but the two seemed to have a tacit understanding and acted according to their own habits, so Lin Zhu fell into the eyes of Doctor Zhang, and Doctor Zhang was also respected by Lin Zhu.
Sit for a while. Doctor Zhang said goodbye and left, and before leaving, he said that Lin Zhu's watermelon chicken was good, and because there were guests yesterday, he was not happy with the food, so let Lin Zhu make it for him again in a few days. Lin Zhu also agreed with a smile, with money, he could go to the county seat to buy some dry goods and come back, so that the watermelon chicken would be more authentic.
"Mother Chang, you take the money." Lin Zhu handed her a silver ticket worth one hundred taels. "Girl. How can I take your money? Put it away. Chang's mother was taken aback by her behavior and immediately pushed the silver ticket back. Mother Chang, listen to me," Lin Zhu stuffed the silver ticket back into her hand, "Didn't you say that you would redeem your son in the future?" How can you redeem yourself if you don't have money? The money I give you every month is certainly not enough. Besides, aren't you still looking for an uncle? Only when you have money in your hand can you do things conveniently. Don't shirk it, take it. ”
"Girl, what do you want me to say?" Chang's mother was moved and wanted to cry. Although they didn't get along for a long time, Lin Zhu trusted her so much. If it weren't for the fact that the matter of finding the general's grandson was very important, she really wanted to spit on Lin Zhu. I'm safe here now. Through the secret letter, she also knew that she was about to find Chang Tianlei, and at that time, she might have to stay here in Lin Zhu, so now she can only continue to hide her identity.
"Needless to say, Mother Chang doesn't dislike the little money I give, she has been staying here to help me, I am already grateful, these things outside my body are nothing." After speaking, Lin Zhu entered the house and played with Fu Dou'er, who had just woken up. Leave Chang's mother there to calm her emotions.
Two days later, the shopkeeper Du of Muyue Commercial Bank came to collect ripe watermelons, and Lin Zhu asked Lin Changqing to help find some people from the village who had believed in the watermelons to pick them. Everyone who was invited over was grateful to Lin Zhu, and had the opportunity to see the watermelons growing up close, but they didn't give money, and the people in the village were willing, not to mention that Lin Zhu gave fifty yuan per person, which was much more than doing odd jobs in the town. Watching the people from the trading house load the watermelons into the car and take them away, the people in the village have a more real understanding of the fact that they can make money by growing watermelons. There was more gratitude in his eyes when he looked at Lin Zhu.
Lin Zhu asked Wang Mu of the Wang Shudun family to write down the methods and precautions for watermelon planting in the booklet, and her family's watermelon field has always been managed by them, so compared to Lin Changqing, their experience is more intuitive. So many people in the village also inquired about them, and the Wang family, an outsider, also lived more easily in the village.
After the watermelon harvest came to an end, Lin Zhu pondered the production of wolfberry wine, since he decided to use the soaking method, of course there must be wine. For the sake of Dr. Zhang's health, when they came over this time, Steward Zhang deliberately didn't bring wine, so Lin Zhu wanted better wine, so he could only go to the county town to buy it. It happened that another batch of wolfberries was ready, and they were going to be sent to Fushengtang, and there was also a watermelon to the shopkeeper of Fushengtang, so Lin Zhu decided to go to the county seat, and took Chang's mother and Fudouer over together. Ruyu heard that she was going to play in the county seat, and shouted that she wanted to go together.
After Lin Zhu asked Aunt Li, he asked her for her consent and took Ruyu and Youqing together.
The main purpose of coming here is consumption, so Lin Zhu waved his hand and said to Ruyu Youqing, Chang's mother and Fu Dou'er, I will pay for everything you want to buy. Zhilu said that she made money, so several people were not polite, from the street to the end of the street. From the shop to the vendor, the group has changed. Lin Zhu went to the place where the woman who bought the cloth tiger last time, and later took the tiger head hat and tiger head shoes, and saw that she was still selling cloth tigers there, so he took Fu Dou'er over to take a look, and now Fu Dou'er is getting smarter and smarter, and saw that the cloth tiger on the ground is more beautiful than his own, so he grabbed the tiger and did not let go, so Lin Zhu bought all the cloth tigers of the woman back, and left in the woman's continuous thanks.
Ruyu likes to visit the rouge shop, and Youqing likes the embroidery village, they also went shopping and bought a lot of things, Lin Zhu asked Ruyu to choose more rouge, buy it back and give it to Xiaowan, she will definitely be very happy. In Buzhuang, everyone chose their favorite clothes and materials, including Aunt Li and Aunt Guo. After the most lu, he had a big meal in the most famous restaurant in the county, Zuixianju, and Lin Zhu's life as a local tyrant was over.
Of course, she didn't forget to buy wine, she didn't know whether the wine was good or not, so she had already asked Steward Zhang to buy it, as well as dry goods such as dried scallops and sea cucumbers, Lin Zhu felt that Steward Zhang was more knowledgeable than her, so she also handed it over to him to buy.
Lin Zhu and his party came out of the drunken fairy building, Lin Zhu had to taste the drunken fairy wine in the drunken fairy building because of his excitement, but one cup went down, there were more, and when he came out, he still came out with her in his arms, and the little eyes were confused, and Chang's mother looked a little angry when she looked at her, but no matter how angry she was, she had to help her back.
"Do you know what flower is the most beautiful? Do you know what kind of flowers are women's favorites? "Lin Zhu is drunk, and he talks a lot." I don't know what do you say? Ruyu was very funny when she saw her like this, so she followed her words. I'll tell you," Lin Zhu raised his hand and pointed at Ruyu and said, "It's money to spend and to spend casually." I liked it the most. Uh" said and burped.
"Yo, look at your mouth full of alcohol, if you want to drink again next time, I will punish you for copying the female ring a hundred times." Chang's mother was ruthless, and Ruyu and Youqing were frightened. However, he was still amused by Lin Zhu's "rich and casual spending". "Sister, I like these two kinds of flowers too." Ruyu was still coaxing on the side.
"Okay, if you go home and tell your mother so, see how your mother cleans you up." After all, Youqing is much older than the two of them, that is, sensible and measured, after getting in the car, she has been helping Chang's mother to hold Fu Dou'er, and Chang's mother is taking care of the drunk Lin Zhu.
"Mother Chang, don't worry. It'll be fine in a while. Xiaozhu, she is so happy that she will be like this. Youqing persuaded Chang's mother on the side, "It's the first time I've seen her so happy." Xiaozhu used to laugh too, but he wasn't so happy today. ”
Thanks to the book friend Ziyan. Zhao Yilin's PK ticket (to be continued......)