On the official road to the countryside to the south of Song County, a green curtain carriage walked slowly. A coarse blue-clad coachman sat at the front of the carriage, driving his horse with a whip.

"Stop." An old voice came from inside the carriage.

"Yes, sir." The driver stopped the car as ordered. "Sir, what do you command?"

"I remember that this land belongs to the Zhang family, hasn't their family moved away? So who is the owner now? "Out of the carriage came an old man in a navy brocade robe, who looked to be in his sixties.

"Master, the Zhang family sold very quickly at that time, so the news did not spread, and the people around this new owner have never seen it, and I heard that they have never been here." The coachman replied with a bow.

"And what is planted in this field? In the past, the rice planted by the Zhang family did not seem to have a very good harvest. The old man in brocade got out of the carriage with the help of the coachman. When I went to the field and looked at it, I didn't see any rice stubble.

"When the villain passed by here before, it seemed that he had planted something he had never seen before, but there was one thing that was very familiar, as if it was," the coachman shook his head and thought for a moment, "Oh, by the way, it is the pepper that Miss Sun planted in the garden, and the fruit is red and beautiful." There's a lot of it here. If there are others, it's too inside, and I can't see it clearly. ”

"Can you eat this stuff with chili peppers?" The old man in brocade asked disapprerovingly, and the coachman scratched his head, "This villain doesn't know what to do, and the villain can't pick the chili peppers from Miss Sun." ”

"Hehe, that girl just likes to make weird things." The brocade-clothed old man shook his head and smiled. "I remember that the Zhang family's land is only fifty or sixty acres, and they are all planted with this thing?"

"It's not. It's just that some villains don't know each other. The coachman followed the old man in brocade and walked around the field.

The place where the two of them were located was the Zhuangzi that Lin Zhu had bought and renamed Fuyuan. And the current head of the village is Zhao Da, and the deputy head is a tall bolt.

Today, Zhao Da happened to take his son Zhao Dahu to inspect the surroundings, and saw the old man in brocade clothes in his own field, so he stepped forward and asked, "This old gentleman is polite, I don't know if you two have something to do with Fuzhuang?" ”

Hearing Zhao Da's voice, the old man in brocade turned to look at him, "This Zhuangzi is called Fuzhuang?" He looked at the clothes of Zhao Da and his son again, and his brows wrinkled unconsciously. Although the clothes of Zhao Da and his son were not patched. The washing is also clean, but it is all coarse cloth, not like the owner of a Zhuangzi. "Are you the new owners of this land?"

"We're just here to take care of it. Fuzhuang is the name given by the owner of my family. Is there something the old gentleman is here? Zhao Da and his son were not angry because of his unceremonious question, after all, no matter where they were, they respected Luo Yi first and then others. Besides, the two of them were originally the descendants of the girl's family. It's also normal for someone to question their identity.

"I see. The old man's Zhuangzi is next to this Fuzhuang, and he passed by here today, and he was curious for a while. Let's take a look. What a bother. "The old man in brocade did not behave domineeringly.

"It turned out to be Master Niu," Zhao Da gave him a salute, "The villain is Zhao Da, the head of this Zhuangzi, and this is my son Huzi." I don't know if Master Niu is coming, and he is far away. ”

"Hehe, Zhao Zhuangtou is really polite." Master Niu waved his hand and said with a smile, "I heard that you have planted some peppers here, right?" "The two Zhuangzi live next to each other, and it is normal to know some things.

"Yes. The owner said that this land was not suitable for growing rice, and it was better to plant some chili peppers. Zhao replied cautiously. He's been here for almost a year, and he's heard of Master Niu's name.

The old man in brocade clothes, Mr. Niu, is called a big cow by the people around him, but in fact, this is also his real name. Niu Dahu's family was poor when he was young, and when the county was conscripted, he also signed up for his family, stayed on the battlefield for ten years, and later saved the then governor, who gave him a favor in order to repay him, rewarded him with a hundred taels of silver, and at the same time let him retire from the army and return to his hometown.

And with this hundred taels of silver, and the blood left by the battlefield, he established a huge family business in Song County. Not only does it have a large village of fifty or sixty hectares, but it also runs a commercial house and has been doing business between states and counties. Niu Dahu has the perseverance of being a soldier, and he is still in good spirits at the age of sixty, and he looks like a dragon and a tiger every day.

"Is this chili pepper also edible? I don't know if I can sue one or two? Master Niu's question was a bit direct, but Zhao Da didn't hide it, after all, the people in Zhuangzi love to eat dishes made with chili peppers, and the owner didn't say that they wanted to keep it secret, so he mentioned some dishes that could be made with chili peppers.

"I always thought I could only put this thing on display." Master Niu smiled. "If you tell me this, aren't you afraid that your master will be angry with you?"

"Hehe, Master Niu, if you eat well, maybe you will have to buy some from our Zhuangzi." Zhao Da smiled indifferently, and was very grateful to Miss Lin Zhu, the owner, and all the people in this Zhuangzi. also knows that as long as she and others are safe and diligent, she will not dispose of anyone at will.

"It seems that the owner of this Fuzhuang is generous. Hehe, then we can't go home empty-handed, Zhao Zhuangtou, do you still have this chili pepper here, the old man just bought it back and tried it. So Master Niu instructed the coachman to buy some chili peppers from Zhao Da.

"Master Niu is too polite, the villain can call the shots and give you some, and the money will be free." Zhao Da felt that it was a very good thing to befriend Master Niu.

"Hehe, I can't make it difficult for you to do it in your host's house, how much do you sell this chili pepper? The old man will give you all the money, and you will weigh ten catties first. "Master Niu thinks that this thing should not be too expensive, and ten catties is not too much for him.

"It's not good." Zhao Da was a little embarrassed, this chili pepper was sold for five taels of silver a catty, he gave it to Boss Niu, it didn't matter, he couldn't be the master of the amount of ten catties, but if he said five taels and one catty, would this boss Niu think that he was a lion and opened his mouth.

"What's wrong, your pepper is more than a pound?" Master Niu waved his hand casually.

"Five taels and one pound." Zhao Da was still embarrassed, whether to say it or not, his son Zhao Dahu spoke one step ahead of him.

"What? Where are you blind? "Master Niu's coachman almost jumped up when he heard this price, does his own master look like a wronged man?

"Huzi." Zhao Da shouted at him, his son is good, but he has a straight temper and will not turn. When it comes to this price, people will definitely not be able to accept it.

"Zhao Zhuangtou, is this a bit too much?" Master Niu's face was also a little bad.

"I'm really sorry, the child is a little straightforward." Zhao Dalian apologized to him. At this time, Mr. Niu's face improved a little, but he was shocked by his next sentence, "Mr. Niu, let's not hide it, the chili peppers in our Zhuangzi are not sold out, and they have all been taken away, but the master has kept some for himself to eat, so the villain can be the master to give some to Mr. Niu, but if you want to buy it, the price of five taels of silver per pound cannot be lower." ”

"Hehe," Master Niu was also amused by the words of their father and son, "Is there three words written on the old man's head?" The first sentence was still smiling, and the latter sentence immediately changed tone.

"Master Niu is angry, all the chili peppers of our Zhuangzi have been sold to the capital, and all of them have contracts, and we can't sell the rest privately." Zhao Da explained.

"Then you can't talk all over the place," said the coachman, beside him. "That's why my dad said he was going to send it." Zhao Dahu muttered on the side. "Huzi." Zhao Da immediately stopped him.

"Hehe, this is interesting, you can't sell it, but you can give it away." Master Niu is getting more and more curious. "This chili pepper is not a rare thing, isn't it a thing?"

"Master Niu, please forgive me for not saying more. In this way, the villain asked Huzi to get you some, how about you taste it first? Zhao Da adhered to the rules that Lin Zhu had set for them.

"Okay, the old man wants to taste it, what is so good about these five taels of silver and a pound of chili peppers." Listening to Master Niu's words, Zhao Da smiled helplessly, and said in his heart, if you go out to buy it, it won't be five taels of silver a catty.

Zhao Dahu quickly took out a bag from Zhuangzi, about a catty. Ten catties, fifty taels of silver, they can't be the masters. Although the meals they eat are all produced in the Zhuangzi and do not cost money, if these are exchanged for money, then these people in the Zhuangzi will eat more than fifty taels every day.

The chili peppers that Zhao Dahu brought were all dried chili peppers that had been sun-dried, they were very red and bright, Mr. Niu picked one up and looked at it, and put it in front of his nose and smelled it, the taste of chili peppers was a little choking.

Master Niu sat in the car with the bag of chili peppers, but his mind was on Zhao Da's words, what price will five taels of silver and a pound of chili peppers sell for in the capital? And all of them were sold. Who is so generous or big-headed to buy these chili peppers?

"Master, they really took us as the wrongdoer. Hum! The coachman was still a little angry.

"Not necessarily." Master Niu picked up a chili pepper in his hand and looked at it carefully, "You have to try it before you know it." You have memorized the dishes that Zhao Zhuangtou said just now. “

"Yes, the villain remembers it." The coachman nodded. "When I went back, I brought the little lady's pot of chili peppers and asked the cook to make a comparison.

"Yes, master, when I go back, I'll talk to Lao Yu in the kitchen." Master Niu is not used to following too many people around him, so only the coachman runs around with Master Niu, and he also knows his master's temperament, since he said so, there must be his deep intention, as long as he obeys orders.

"Dad, why did you give it to that old man?" Zhao Dahu asked puzzled after Master Niu and them left. "What old man?" Zhao Da glared at him. "He is the owner of the Zhuangzi next door, known as Niu Dahu." (To be continued......)