Chapter 22: Zhao Yuan's Appetite
After autumn, the rain in Shu was obviously much less, and the road was not slippery, Zhao Luo pointed the way to Wan Yunjun and his party, and soon came to the place where the paddy fields by the river were located.
"Uncle, aunt, there is a second uncle in the town looking for you." Far away, Zhao Luo shouted loudly.
Zhao Yuan was bending over with Meng Ying to clean up the aquatic plants in the rice field, and when he heard the little girl's shout, he stood up and found that it was actually Wan Yunjun who came.
"Why is the second brother here?" When Wan Yunjun and the others approached, Zhao Yuan also walked from the rice field to the ridge.
"I'm not busy with the work, I want to come to your house to have a look, I can't imagine that you will work in the field yourself!"
"What's so unthinkable about this, am I not just a farmer?"
"I have never seen such a capable farmer as you in this world, and you are now considered to be a small wealth, don't you want to do something else and still farm in this small village?"
"I thought about it, but I still like to stay in the countryside, have a few acres of land to plant, experience the joy of labor and the joy of harvest, so it's good."
Zhao Yuan was a city baby in his later life, he never had this kind of day of farming and growing vegetables, the only land he planted was that XX farm, he stayed in the city for a long time, and naturally wanted to have such a small piece of land, which he could cultivate and harvest by himself, and now it has been realized in ancient times of more than 1,000 years.
"How happy is it to have fun in this kind of place?" Wan Yunjun obviously couldn't understand Zhao Yuan's thoughts.
"It's interesting to try it out." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"Forget it, I definitely won't be able to do it." Wan Yunjun looked at Zhao Yuan's already wet trouser legs, which were stained with muddy water, and there were a lot of them on his face and clothes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
"That's a pity, haha, second brother, shopkeeper Wan, wait for us a little, I'll go to the river to clean it and go back." Zhao Yuanhe helped Meng Ying and walked barefoot along Tiankan towards the river.
Only when you go down to the paddy field, you know how difficult it is to farm, in early autumn, the rice has grown to the length of the waist pole, walking in the rice field, not only there are many insects flying in the ears, but also the rice leaves are drawn on the body, the feet are stepped on the paddy field, the muddy water passes between the feet, the dead leaves in the rice field and the roots of the aquatic plants are wrapped around the feet, not to mention the leeches and leeches that may be in the water.
Zhao Yuan actually joked with Wan Yunjun, since he has been doing farm work for more than two months, he has deeply experienced the hardships of farm work, not only to put in a lot of effort, but also to rely on God to appreciate his face, there is no drought or flood.
"I'm still trying to be a small landlord!" Zhao Yuan muttered while cleaning the muddy water on his body.
"Brother Yuan, what are you talking about?" Meng Ying asked.
"It's nothing, Xiaoying, washed up? Let's go. Zhao Yuan shook his head, put on his shoes and helped Meng Ying onto the embankment.
On the embankment, Zhao Luo was talking to Wan Yunjun about something, the little girl was proud, if Zhao Yuan walked in, he would hear that the little girl was despising Wan Yunjun and didn't even know about thorn bubbles, bracken nettle roots, tea slices, etc.
Seeing that Zhao Yuan had washed up, Wan Yunjun wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead and asked, "Atom, what is that thorn bubble, as well as bracken nettle root and tea leaves?" ”
"Hehe, Luoluo told you, these are all things we have on the hillside here, if you could have seen them two months earlier, but now these things are out of season!" Zhao Yuan understood what was going on as soon as he heard it.
"You guys have a lot of good stuff here!" Wan Yunjun said with a smile, "Luoluo, Second Uncle also knows a lot of things that you don't have here, such as fish bigger than people, and tigers......
"Tiger, I know, Uncle told me about tigers!" Luoluo said proudly.
"Have you ever seen a real tiger?"
"I haven't seen that before!"
"That's it, the second uncle has seen it, and I still have a tiger skin at home!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
Zhao Yuan listened to the chat between the two, and couldn't help shaking his head, he couldn't imagine that Wan Yunjun still had such a childlike side.
When they got home, a few people sat down in Zhao Yuan's house, and Meng Ying went to the kitchen to start preparing lunch, fortunately, there were a lot of dishes at home recently, otherwise I didn't know how to entertain Wan Yunjun and his party.
After a few people sat down, Wan Yunjun said, "Atom, you didn't want to come over and help me?" ”
"Second brother, I still like to stay in the countryside, there are not so many things." Zhao Yuan shook his head.
"I really don't understand what you think, but everyone has their own ambitions, and I'm not reluctant, by the way, how about the new pancreas I said last time, has it been made?"
"I thought you didn't ask, I just made it in the morning."
"Really, how does it work, does it work well with pancreas?"
"Very good, how about we go and see?"
"Look at it!"
Zhao Yuan took a few people to the back of the house, and in the morning Zhao Yuan made soap in the old kitchen at the back of the house, which was convenient for confidentiality.
"This is the new pancreas?" Walking to the place where Zhao Yuan made soap, Wan Yunjun pointed to a neat array of soap blocks and asked.
"Yes, it's the new pancreas, but I call it soap."
"It's completely different from what I thought, each piece is the same size, and it's so big."
The ancient pancreas is also called bath beans, and the things that want to be called beans are not too big, and the pancreas of each pig is so big, and the volume is limited after degreasing and drying, and it cannot be compared with soap at all.
"You can also make other shapes according to the mold, and you can also print marks on them!" Zhao Yuan took a piece of soap and handed it to Wan Yunjun.
"What does it smell like?" Wan Yunjun took the soap and sniffed it in front of his nose, and said with a slight frown.
"What, this smell is unacceptable?" Zhao Yuan wondered.
"That's not it, it's just that I haven't smelled it before, but it's acceptable!"
"Scared me, I thought I couldn't accept the smell of soap!" Zhao Yuan smiled and continued, "But this taste can't be changed, as long as the corresponding spices are added, it will become soap, and the selling price can be doubled!" ”
"Huh?" Wan Yunjun, who has always been very calm, moved, he still underestimated the profits here, maybe it was that all the families couldn't eat all the shares.
Wan Yunjun glanced at Wan San and the two entourage, Wan San and the two walked out very interestingly, and then stared five meters outside, understanding that Wan Yunjun wanted to say something to Zhao Yuan that could not be passed on.
"Atom, what do you think, we provide materials from Wanjia, you build a workshop to produce, and then work together to sell them?" Wan Yunjun said as if he didn't care.
"Second brother, don't test me, my appetite is not so big, and if I eat too much, I will die." Zhao Yuan shook his head and said.
"How?"
"I know how big the profit is here, if I didn't know what your second brother is, I wouldn't dare to take out this soap."
"You just believe me?"
"I asked myself that I was quite accurate in seeing people, second brother, your Wanjia has always been known for its reputation, and I don't think you will pit a small farmer like me." Zhao Yuan said with a smile, in fact, even if Wanjia doesn't talk about credibility, it's a big deal to give soap to their family, and then move to other places, with the knowledge that is more than 1,000 years ahead in his mind, he can mix well wherever he goes, but if there is such a good thing, there will be nothing to do in Wanjia.
"Okay, atom, no kidding, the benefits of this soap are too big, so big that even if we have thousands of families, we can't eat it, so at least fifty percent of the shares will be given away, and I can guarantee to leave you one percent of the shares!" Wan Yunjun said solemnly.
"Second brother, it's too much, give me half of the work, I will hand over all the recipes and processes for making soap to you, you find a trustworthy person to produce, in the future, except for this half of the dry stock, I have nothing to do with this soap!"
"Atom, I found that I still underestimated you, okay, it's settled, but the formula and process, I'll give you a thousand copper coins at one time, don't refuse, I know how much you have lost here, this money is nothing compared to the profits generated in the future!" Wan Yunjun saw that Zhao Yuan was about to refuse, so he grabbed the words and said.
"That's okay, thank you, second brother, it just so happens that I have a plan now that I need some money." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.
"What is the plan, how about letting the second brother also participate in the shares."
"Second brother won't be interested, I'm going to buy the dam downstream of the river below us and build a farm there."
"You're thinking about farming?" Wan Yunjun was a little dumbfounded.
"Second brother, don't laugh at me, that's all I can do." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.