Chapter 40: Memories of the Past
"Lao Yan, you are really an old fox, even the little girl of the family calculates!" Uncle Niu quipped with a smile on his face.
"I'm not calculating, I'm telling her to guard against arrogance and rashness!" Lao Yan smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Oh, it's a pity that I only signed this deal with them, and that little girl is still a little shrewd and doesn't sign more with me!" ”
"The young master has a good eye for people, the people he promoted, have you ever seen mediocre people? The little girls have taken the initiative to give up their profits, you, you! Uncle Niu shook his head with a smile.
"That's right, Young Master Feng himself is extraordinary, and the person who can get into his eyes naturally has a few brushes! I didn't expect that I was all white, and this is the first time I have signed a sales contract with a few people who are enough to be my grandchildren, and it is definitely not a thing in the pool! That girl, hahaha......" said the shopkeeper Yan.
"Then let's do it well, don't be special, don't maliciously suppress, young master, look at it! If you do a good job, the young master will not fail to appreciate you, if there is any mistake in what you do, the young master will not tolerate sand in his eyes! Uncle Niu reminded with a smile.
"Eh, eh, that's that, I know it!" Shopkeeper Yan said in a loud voice, mentioning Young Master Feng, no matter how shrewd he was, he could hardly hide his deference and fear.
After drinking tea here, Uncle Niu took Bai Jiaojiao and the three of them happily left from Cha Xiang Xuan and headed towards the west of the town.
"Miss, where are we going to have lunch later?" Walking behind him, the maid with rouge gouache in both hands asked flatteringly.
"Dead Xiaocui, I just came out and was thinking about eating, are you a pig?"
"But miss, we've both been shopping for the day, and it's time to go back."
"Let's go shopping again, I'm about to get moldy after a few days of closure. It's hard to go out today, so I won't go back! ”
"Miss, I want to eat steamed buns!"
"Dead girl, you have a heart, right?" Hu Qingqing pinched Xiaocui's cheeks with both hands and squeezed hard: "Last time, my cousin sued my father and let me gnaw the buns alive for several days, Miss Ben wants to vomit when she hears the buns now, are you still here?"
"Miss, I was wrong." Xiao Cui said goodbye.
"I'll see what you eat later, as long as Miss Ben doesn't let her eat buns, you can eat anything!" Hu Qingqing let go of his hand and said angrily.
"Hey, miss, look, isn't that person on the other side Uncle Niu, the young master's housekeeper?" Xiao Cui suddenly pointed across the street and exclaimed.
Hu Qingqing also immediately looked over there, and at a glance, he saw Uncle Niu and the three of them talking around.
"Hmph, that's the old thing!" Hu Qingqing stared at the four people who were gradually moving away on the opposite side, and his eyes seemed to be about to wring out fire.
"Miss, look, the little girl who followed the cow steward is really good." Xiaocui said.
"What's that, a countryman." Hu Qingqing said. But she still inadvertently drifted to Bai Jiaojiao with her eyes, obviously wearing linen clothes, which was still very eye-catching from a distance.
"Miss, Butler Niu doesn't go out easily, basically he will come out only if the young master has an explanation." Xiao Cui lowered her voice and said.
"What do you mean? How could a cousin know such a lowly person. Hu Qingqing said in an unkind tone.
"Miss, do you want to intercept them?" Xiaocui asked in a low voice.
"How?" Hu Qingqing rolled his eyes and Xiaocui: "Just our master and servant to intercept the four of them?" ”
"Miss stares at them, the slave and maid go back to move the rescuers, it's still like last time, let's intercept them in the alley this time, and teach them a good lesson!" Xiao Cui offered advice.
"Teach you a pig's head, you also came up with that bad idea last time, see what happened later? Besides, my cousin definitely doesn't look down on such a lowly person, she doesn't pose a threat to me, the last time I taught the county Cheng family, Zhang Tingting stole chickens and rice, and I was punished by my father! Are you stupid this time? The more Hu Qingqing spoke, the more angry he became.
"Last time...... Isn't that stopped, otherwise they will be miserable! Cui defended the unexpected she had planned.
Hu Qingqing ignored Xiaocui's muttering, glanced at the place where the four Niu Butlers had just come out, and his eyes flashed: "Cha Xiangxuan? What do they do at Cha Xiang Xuan? ”
Xiaocui is illiterate, but Cha Xiangxuan knows it, the most time-honored tea shop in town.
"Hmph, the country buns also learn to go to that kind of elegant place? It's like a dog sitting on a chair and pretending to be a human! Miss, is what the slave said right? ”
Hu Qingqing ignored the maid's flattery, staring at Cha Xiangxuan, his eyes full of speculation and calculation.
"Miss, the second son of my cousin's family, is doing chores in Chaxiangxuan, the slave and maid go back to inquire with him, what is the butler Niu taking those people to do in the tea shop, let's think about it in the long run, do you think this will be successful?"
Hu Qingqing retracted his gaze, painted with Kodan's bright nails and pinched Xiaocui's cheeks: "This time it's a bit brainy!" ”
"Isn't that all the credit of the young lady? It's all taught by Miss! ”
Hu Qingqing snorted: "Then you can inquire now, I'll go back and pick up a few boxes of rouge, waiting for you!" ”
"Yes, yes, the slave will go now!" Xiao Cui finished speaking. The soles of his feet were oiled and went to the tea fragrance on the opposite side.
Here, Hu Qingqing stood on the edge of the crowded street, raising her chin and staring at Bai Jiaojiao's departing back with a sly smile, the sun shone on Fang Lingzhi's obviously retouched bright face, but it couldn't shine into the coldness and jealousy in her eyes.
"No matter who it is, you can't snatch your cousin!" She snorted hatred through her nose.
"Uncle Niu, thank you for your help this time, when you return to the village, I will entertain you." Uncle Lizheng said.
"It's nothing, don't take it personally." This is really nothing, just according to the young master's explanation.
However, this little girl,,, Uncle Niu looked at Bai Jiaojiao again, and the young master obviously treated her specially.
"No, no, this is a great favor." Uncle Li Zheng thought that he must have a good stutter, the boss just now was obviously very respectful to Uncle Niu, if it wasn't for Uncle Niu, it would be the same thing to talk about it or not.
"Then let's talk about it later, it's not too early, I'm going back." Uncle Niu didn't want to say anything about it, so he took his leave.
"Uncle Niu walks slowly." Bai Jiaojiao said goodbye politely.
"Ah sneeze ......" Bai Jiaojiao sneezed coldly twice, and tears came out.
Qingfeng was talking happily and was taken aback.
"What's wrong with Yiyi? Could it be that I haven't rested well in the past few days and caught a cold? He asked worriedly.
"Put this on first!" The breeze handed him his clothes.
Bai Jiaojiao glanced at it, and what Qingfeng handed over was the short jacket he wore outside.
"Brother Qingfeng, don't need it, I'm not cold!" Bai Jiaojiao said, she is really not cold.
"Why sneeze if it's not cold? You're still putting on me. What's so polite with me? "Qingfeng Road.
"I didn't talk to you politely, I really don't need it, my nose is still sweating, don't believe you!" Bai Jiaojiao said.
Qingfeng glanced at it, and if it was so, he no longer insisted.
"It must be my mother and father who are talking about you at home. Just sneezed! Then Qingfeng quipped.
Bai Jiaojiao blushed and hated him: "If you talk about it, you should be talking about it too!" ”
"Hey, hey. That's just as well! He said, "I've heard people say that sneezing is also learned." ”
"What knowledge?" Bai Jiaojiao walked aside, turned her head and asked curiously.
"One hit, it's someone behind the back, two hits. That's a criticism behind someone......"
Criticism? A bright light flashed in Bai Jiaojiao's mind, and then she turned her head to look behind her.
The streets are bustling with traffic and pedestrians and vendors. Bai Jiaojiao retracted her gaze, and the excitement of the previous business negotiation made her ignore the short-lived, stared at feeling after going out. In retrospect, that feeling became clearer and clearer, but even if they were watched, it didn't seem to last long, until they turned the corner of Chaxiangxuan's street, and the feeling of being stared disappeared.
Is it Li Jingcheng? Or Feng Rui? Who else could it be?
"Sneeze three times, then you can only say, you are infected with the cold, go home and boil some old ginger water to drink!" The breeze around him was still dancing with his eyebrows, telling jokes and making fun.
"Brother, can we wait to get home soon?" Bai Jiaojiao suddenly called out to the two of them.
"What's going on?" Qingfeng asked, on the way here, they planned to go to the basket shop, buy a few better baskets, and wait to pick tea leaves when they came back.
"Yiyi's face is not very good, I'm afraid it's really cold, let's go back first!" Uncle Lizheng said.
Bai Jiaojiao didn't explain much, she was just a simple sixth sense, and saying it would cause them to panic. It would have been nice to go back earlier.
Qingfeng looked at Bai Jiaojiao worriedly, nodded, and the three of them walked quickly towards the livestock shop in the west of the town, in front of the pork stall on the side of the road, Bai Jiaojiao stopped, took sixty yuan, and cut a pound and a half of pork belly and brought it.
Along the way, Uncle Lizheng and Qingfeng couldn't help it, and continued to talk about peddling tea, and their eyes were shining.
"Yiyi, what do you want to be so engrossed? Tell me about it! Qingfeng swept his eyes to the side, sat on his knees, made a contemplative Bai Jiaojiao, and said with a smile.
Bai Jiaojiao raised her eyes, rubbed her knees that were a little sour, and said, "I'm pondering, the contract we signed with Cha Xiangxuan, if we want to make more silver, we naturally want to fry more tea leaves and send them to the shopkeeper Yan." Do you want to continue making tea, but not many people grow tea. ”
"Don't underestimate those tea trees, you can pick them six times a year! It can be picked twice a season, and this time it is about to enter winter, and soon after winter, winter tea will be picked. Uncle Lizheng said.
Although the tea trees were cut down by them to sell firewood in the past, he who was fortunate enough to stay has also seen the leaves all year round.
"Let's just say this time, there are still many people in our village who don't care about picking, we can also buy those people's tea materials when we go back, and first make a batch of tea and send it to Chaxiangxuan to sell!" Uncle Li Zheng said again.
The first thing she had to do after returning to the mountain was to mobilize the people in the village to go up the mountain to pick tea, and Bai Jiaojiao would buy the tea materials they picked from the villagers at a reasonable price. Make the first batch of tea and send it to Chaxiangxuan for sale.
Bai Jiaojiao nodded, agreeing with Uncle Lizheng's words, and said, "Although I don't want to make a living from this for the time being, I don't want to make a living for a long time." But if it is left to you to do it, it is okay, but it is not just the current catechin, but still to increase the planting area. ”
Qingfeng and Uncle Lizheng glanced at each other, their eyes lit up, and Uncle Lizheng said: "This is a good idea, expand your own tea garden and make the business bigger!" Just listening to this idea, I felt that I was about to become a small landlord! Hahaha......"
"Yiyi thinks too far, but it's not so easy to expand the tea plantation!" Qingfeng groaned and said.
"Well, that is." Bai Jiaojiao said: "Not to mention that we have to spend a sum of money to buy those tea seedlings, the tea seedlings are planted, and the tea picking in the back must be carefully served for at least four or five years, and in these four or five years, they are all added to the white!" Whether it is manpower or material resources, it is very laborious! ”
Thinking of this, Uncle Lizheng's excitement was a little discounted. It's really unrealistic now, and I'm afraid my son is...
Duobai Jiaojiao has to make some achievements, but in the context of such a big era, she is a ten-year-old country girl, and she can only start from the small things around her, small business, and become bigger and farther.