Chapter Ninety-Six: Shopkeeper Du Visits
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Although they bought new manpower, they will not have work until February next year, and now they are only allocated to two villages, and a few houses will be built first, on the two villages on the edge of Song County, because one of them was bought with a house, so some people were arranged to live there, and two families of them were bought together, so they were sent there with eight singles, and the men were responsible for the fields, and the women were responsible for cooking.
The two families have a surname of Zhao, the male is called Zhao Da and his wife Wu, and they have a son Zhao Dahu who is 16 years old this year and a daughter Zhao Xiaocao who is 12 years old this year. The other family surnamed Gao, Gao Dazhuan and his wife Liu, have two sons, the eldest son is called Gao Erwa, the younger son is called Gao Sanwa, and there was a son before, but he died of illness, so the names of the two sons are still in the previous order. The remaining eight people, Lin Zhu, simply changed their names, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, faith, righteousness, and peace were their names, and their surnames followed Lin Zhu. There are five families that were bought by the whole family, and Lin Zhu let them keep their names, the reason is that since they have families, they still keep their ancestors' surnames. The five families are very grateful to Lin Zhu.
The Zhuangzi that Chang Shi bought, although it has not yet been built, Lin Zhu has already thought of a name called "Bamboo Garden". Zhuyuan also sent two families and five other people, a family surnamed He, He Dazhuang and his wife Tang, the eldest son He Daniu, the second son He Erniu, one twenty, one eighteen can also work. The other family is surnamed Song. Song Tie and his wife Luo have only two daughters. Song Chunhua's Song Xiatao, the two sisters are seventeen years old. A thirteen-year-old who helped Tang and Luo cook in the bamboo garden. The same people with families and rooms have not changed their names, and the other five people are Zhiyong, Chengqingjie, and they are still surnamed Lin.
Chang Shi bought all the strong laborers between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five, and although the price was more expensive, they were finally able to work immediately, but these people had not eaten enough for a long time, and some of them were yellow and thin.
Lin Zhu felt that how these people took care of the way they were working was definitely inefficient. So he instructed a few people in charge of cooking, sorghum rice, big bone stew, stew meat once in ten days and eat white rice once. Everyone has never enjoyed such a meal, even if it is sorghum rice mixed with some other grains, and it has never been like now, when the farm is slack, three meals a day, and they can eat enough at every meal. And I bought some insect repellent medicine from the pharmacy and boiled it, and let these people take a bath and then change into new clothes. Each person wears two single clothes, one thin and one thick, and two cotton clothes.
At first, Chang's mother didn't understand Lin Zhu's practices. She thinks that she should be gracious and powerful, if she blindly treats these subordinates too well, it will make them feel that the master is benevolent, but it will be a slave and a bully. "If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it. If they are not able to secure even the most basic livelihoods. How can you work for me sincerely," Lin Zhu took a sip of tea and continued, "Mother Chang, we grow some precious crops in our fields. As time goes by, if they have bad intentions. I won't even have time to cry when the time comes. "What they don't dare, it's all a death deed. Unless you don't want to die, you dare to do something against the Lord. "Mother Chang has never seen anything in the palace, and she has also killed a few minions who betrayed their masters.
"A few small favors can be exchanged for their loyalty, so why bother to make a big deal about it. Mother Chang, because God blessed me to have today's day, although I can't be ten thousand families, but it is always good to be able to make more good karma. Lin Zhu's words made Chang's mother wake up for a while, and she also woke up a little in her heart, hurting people is against heaven and earth after all, Buddhism has a cloud cause and effect cycle, and planting good causes will get good results. Good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil. Chang's mother was convinced.
Everyone who was well fed and clothed was very grateful to Lin Zhu, and they were very grateful to her, if it wasn't for Lin Zhu's stern refusal, they would all want to kowtow to Lin Zhu every day. Everyone said that God blessed them to meet Lin Zhu's benevolent master, and they lived such a good life. I can't wait to give Lin Zhu an immortal tablet, but Chang Shi came forward and said that Lin Zhu was still young and should not be like this, for fear of breaking the blessing, everyone would do it. However, when he saw Lin Zhu's face, he knelt down and kowtowed to her, and they said it a few times before they changed to bowing.
"Girl, you don't have to care so much, they have remembered your kindness to them, and respect you from the heart, so you will be like this, and you will get used to it after a long time." Chang's mother knew that she had changed from an orphan girl with a small field property to a rich woman with a family property of 10,000 taels of silver, and she was a little uncomfortable with these people groveling in front of her, so she constantly comforted her and let her gradually adapt to her new identity. And Chang's mother also found that Lin Zhu's approach really won the loyalty and sincerity of these people.
Lin Zhu lived in the house in the county seat for a few days, because there were many people in the family, Chang's mother didn't let her move around at will, and the rules that a boudoir woman should have were often taught to her. And because Lin Zhu has become rotten wood on top of the female red, Chang's mother had to urge her to write. Therefore, Lin Zhu has to play with Fu Douer every day and practice calligraphy, and he also has to listen to Chang Shi's reports on the situation and various matters of each Zhuangzi. Lin Zhu sounded a little big, but she didn't care about it, so she had to be by her mother's side every time to help her remember some important things.
"Fortunately, with the help of Chang's mother and Chang Shi's uncle, otherwise I would definitely not be able to deal with these things alone." Lin Zhu said to Chang's mother with attachment.
"The girl is already very capable, and no young lady can support such a big family business at this age." Chang's mother patted Lin Zhu, who was lying on her lap and was coquettish. At this time, Fu Dou'er also crawled over and held its general tiger to play with Lin Zhu.
"Mother Chang, look at Fu Dou'er, he seems to like this general tiger the most." Lin Zhu prepared a lot of toys for Fu Dou'er, and he also liked wooden swords and wooden horses, but even when he played with these two, he still held his general tiger, "Fu Dou'er, how much do you like this, come, tell my sister." Lin Zhu teased him while trying to take the general tiger from Fu Dou'er's hand.
Fu Dou'er took one of the legs of the general tiger, handed it to Lin Zhu, and said inarticulately: "Fu (tiger), Fu." Lin Zhu just wanted to take it, but he retracted the tiger again, and he was still calling Fu, Fu. Lin Zhu, who understood what he meant, had no choice but to sit up, take out other cloth tigers, and play with him, the game of general tigers vs. group of tigers.
Just when Lin Zhu was embarrassed and defeated, Chang Shi's voice came from outside the door, "Girl, the shopkeeper Du of Muyue Commercial Bank is here to visit." "It's been almost a month since the Wang family's father and son came back and talked about Shopkeeper Du's coming, Lin Zhu thought he wouldn't come, but he didn't expect to find the door now, and he also knew her address in Song County." Uncle Chang Shi, please invite him to the front hall. ”
Chang's mother changed Lin Zhu's clothes for the visitor, and then came to the front hall. After the two sides saluted, Lin Zhu asked the shopkeeper Du to sit down. "Du Mou was entrusted by the big boss this time, and he came to thank Miss Xie Lin, and thanks to Miss Lin's prescription, our Muyue Commercial Bank has benefited a lot, thank you very much." Shopkeeper Du said while giving a salute to Lin Zhu, "Shopkeeper Du is too polite. Lin Zhu asked him to sit down again. Your firm has also shown enough sincerity, and the shopkeeper Du does not need to be so polite. Lin Zhu gave him a tacit look.
"Although Miss Lin is young, she has such a talent, I admire her very much." The shopkeeper Du smiled with a compliment, looking full of sincerity. "Thank you for the compliment, it may be that I saved countless people in my previous life, and God will give me such good luck in this life, so that I can grow such an excellent watermelon. Hopefully there will be such good luck next year. Lin Zhu glanced at the shopkeeper Du, although the shopkeeper Du had a kind face and kind eyes, but Lin Zhu was sure in his heart that his personality was definitely not like what he showed on his face, and it was better for him to be careful, it was not a good thing to be found out. Lin Zhu cheered up and dealt with him carefully.
"Miss Lin is too modest, Du has been traveling south and north for so many years, and it is the first time to do business with a little girl like you, I have to say that heroes are teenagers." Shopkeeper Du is worthy of being a long-established figure in the shopping mall, and the words of praise came out of his mouth endlessly, but people didn't feel exaggerated, and there was sincerity in his voice, which made Lin Zhu have to admire.
"Miss Lin, there is another matter for Du to come this time, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" The shopkeeper Du saw that he was almost polite, and turned to the main purpose of this visit. "Shopkeeper Du, please speak." Lin Zhu thought to himself that the old fox had finally entered the topic.
"Du heard that Miss Lin bought a lot of fields, I don't know if she is planting special watermelons, or has other plans?" Shopkeeper Du asked tentatively. "Other plans? I don't know what the shopkeeper refers to? "Lin Zhu is very stable.
"The last time Lu Dazhang went to Linjiazhuang, he saw the peppers and peanuts planted in Miss Lin's field, and got Miss Lin's recipe for dealing with these two things from Mr. Zhang, of course, because my master and Mr. Zhang have an old relationship, so I was fortunate to get some special white rice, these white rice are very important to my master, so Du wanted to come and ask Miss Lin, is there any such white rice, can you sell us some? If you can increase production next year, we will give you a satisfactory price. I don't know what to do, Shopkeeper Du always felt that he didn't need to play tricks in front of Lin Zhu, so he sincerely said his thoughts.
"This kind of white rice still has some preparations to sell, but I believe that with the ability of the Muyue Trading House, all kinds of white rice can be found, why are you so concerned about my white rice?" Since Shopkeeper Du didn't turn around and wipe his feet, Lin Zhu also told him frankly.
"Please Miss Lin sell this rice to our Muyue Trading Company," Shopkeeper Du said with a little excitement and eagerness when he heard that there was also this kind of rice, "The price will definitely satisfy you." ”
Lin Zhu didn't expect that Shopkeeper Du would have such a big reaction, and coughed lightly, "Anyone sells this white rice, but I sell it to the most knowledgeable Muyue Trading House, of course I am willing." It's just that why is Shopkeeper Du so excited? ”
"Hehe," Shopkeeper Lin also realized that he was a little out of shape, and laughed unnaturally twice, "There are some important reasons, but it involves the internal secrets of the firm, so it is inconvenient to tell Miss Lin, please forgive me, of course, this secret is very beneficial to the price of Miss Lin's field, so our firm also hopes to have a long-term business with the girl." (To be continued......)