The sour cowpeas are so delicious, and they go well with the meal!

Eat it when you want. Zhao Lan immediately took action, the cowpeas in the yard had already come up, Zhao Lan picked the more tender cowpeas and picked a handful, she hadn't done it yet, so try it first. Well done, do more next time.

Zhao Lan washed the cowpeas, and then washed some garlic, it would be better if there were chili peppers, there would definitely be chili peppers in less than half a month, don't worry. Zhao Lan comforted herself. Zhao Lan dried the vegetables, poured some salt, grabbed them, and put them in the jar. Boil the water and let it cool, pour it into the jar, cover the cowpeas, press the cowpeas with a washed stone, do all this, and seal the mouth of the jar.

Zhao Ju got up early today, saw Zhao Lan pickled cowpeas, and asked curiously, "Sister, what are you doing?" Pickles? ”

Before Zhao Lan could answer, Zhao Ju said again: "Sister, pickles are not delicious at all, it is better to fry them!" ”

Zhao Shen's pickles are really not delicious, there is no other taste except salty, besides, there are no vegetables to eat in winter, so you can only take pickles, eat them every day, and no one likes to eat them.

"It's delicious, you can taste it then." Zhao Lan said while busy.

"I don't want to taste it." Zhao Ju ran away after saying it with a disgusted face.

"I'm afraid that you little gluttonous cat will rush to eat such a delicious thing." Zhao Lan muttered to herself.

After breakfast, Zhao Lan waited for her flowers, the jasmine from the cuttings lived more than half, Zhao Lan carefully moved six to the bamboo tube, the other flowers are growing very well, it is the foreign vermilion red that sprouted with seed water to sprout five trees, the seed planting is a long process, it takes about three years to flower, in these three years, I don't know how many these five can live. Therefore, Zhao Lan took special care of it.

The last handkerchief to be embroidered was finished in the evening.

When the veil was given to Zhao Shen, Zhao Shen looked at it again and again, the pattern was clear and elegant, and the color was warm and elegant. Zhao Shen was very satisfied, thinking that the shopkeeper of the embroidery shop must also be satisfied, and the price that Zhao Lan talked about seemed to have a little bottom. Tomorrow happens to be fine, the grass in the field is almost cleared, and there is no rush to work. Zhao Shen planned to go to the town tomorrow.

Zhao Lan also wanted to go, but Zhao Qiu had no one to take him. The eldest aunt and grandmother were angry, and Zhao Shen didn't let Zhao Lan send Zhao Qiu away, for fear that Zhao Qiu would be angry in the middle, and he was also afraid that sending them over would make them more stiff. Therefore, Zhao Lan had no choice but to take Zhao Qiu and Zhao Shen to the town alone.

In fact, Zhao Shen is a little timid alone, and he doesn't know what the shopkeeper will say. People are always in awe of the unknown.

The next day, early in the morning, Zhao Shen went to the town after breakfast, and when he arrived in the town, he went to meet the shopkeeper of the embroidery shop. During Zhao Shen's period, Ai Ai was very nervous and proposed that the price of the pattern should be increased to 500 wen a piece. The shopkeeper's shrewd eyes stared at Zhao Shen for a few seconds before he looked away, and Zhao Shen took a lot of effort to calm his mind before letting the shopkeeper see that he was weak. After a little consideration, the shopkeeper actually agreed to Zhao Shen's proposal, and settled a total of 1,700 Wen.

When he went out, Zhao Shen was carrying that small piece of silver horn in his arms, and he couldn't believe that this thing had happened.

In a daze, Zhao Shen came to Zhao Dazhuang's iron shop.

Zhao Daxiang, who was standing in the door with the items on the shelves, saw Zhao Shen walking over as if he was stiff. There seemed to be a spark in her eyes, but she didn't see her looking at herself.

"Baby, mother." Zhao Dazhuang shouted worriedly.

Zhao Shen didn't seem to hear it, and walked directly into the house past Zhao Dazhuang.

"Baby, mother."

Zhao Dazhuang followed, raised his voice and shouted again.

"Whoa!"

Zhao Shen agreed, but there was still no other reaction, until he walked to the table, he stopped, and sat on the stool. Zhao Shen picked up the bowl on the table and got a bowl of water, and drank it all. After drinking the water, Zhao Shen woke up and looked at Zhao Dazhuang who was following behind.

Zhao Shen said with a look of puzzlement and joy in his eyes, "Do you know? The three handkerchiefs embroidered by Lan'er were sold for 1,500 wen. ”

"How is that possible?" Zhao Dazhuang didn't believe it at all, and saw that Zhao Shen's expression became normal, so he began to fiddle with his things again, "Don't make a mistake, it's fifteen wen!" ”

Zhao Shen was coquettish: "You just made a mistake!" ”

As he spoke, he took out a small silver horn and seven hundred coins from his arms.

Zhao Shen held him up to him and said, "Look, don't you just give so much." ”

Zhao Dazhuang raised the corner of his eyes, glanced over, and immediately widened his eyes and asked, "These are these?" Embroidery shop shopkeeper give? ”

"I can't lie to you." Zhao Shen replied unhappily.

"The shopkeeper miscalculated."

"You're smart," Zhao Shen quipped, "I'm sure it's right, this is still the price I offered, but I didn't expect the shopkeeper to give it without saying a word." ”

"Really."

"Absolutely."

"What did you offer?"

Zhao Shen said embarrassedly: "It's not me, each embroidered handkerchief of the shopkeeper last time gave a hundred wen." When I came back, Lan'er said that it was too little, and asked me to collect 500 wen for each embroidered handkerchief. I thought that the shopkeeper was going to say that I was crazy, and when the time came, I would lower the price a little, but I didn't expect the shopkeeper to agree. ”

Zhao Dazhuang finally faced it squarely, but said in disbelief: "So, Lan'er's embroidered handkerchief really sold for so much money." ”

The spark in Zhao Shen's pupils finally burned completely, and he couldn't suppress his smile and couldn't close his mouth: "Yes!" Along the way, you know? I thought I was dreaming! I pinched myself hard to realize that I wasn't in a dream. You say, if there are so many times at a time, then once a month, you must have 18 taels of silver a year, which is really a lot! ”

Zhao Dazhuang stammered and repeated: "It's a lot." ”

Zhao Shen took the silver back and said, "This money has to be saved for Lan'er, and the money we earn is enough for Chun'er." ”

"Whoa! Listen to you. ”

When he got home the next night, Zhao Shen excitedly told Zhao Lan what had happened.

"It's really all said by you, as soon as I entered the door, the shopkeeper greeted me, I had the courage to negotiate the price with him, I thought the shopkeeper was going to say something to reduce the price or something, but I didn't expect the shopkeeper to think about it for a while, and agreed to the price I said."

Zhao Shen looked at Zhao Lan with a look of satisfaction in his eyes and said, "Lan'er! I discussed it with your father, and this money is a lot in a year, so I will save it for you, and when you get married or something, I will bring it over. ”

"Ahh Zhao Lan didn't know what to say at all, I seem to be only ten years old, so I talked about getting married. Zhao Lan smiled awkwardly and said, "It's better to keep it at home!" ”

"The family's money is enough, and your father's shop has also had an old owner in the past two years. The money is also stable, enough for the family. ”

Zhao Lan thought of the small hill behind the house and proposed: "That mother, I want to buy the small hill behind, how much will it cost?" ”

"Why do you buy it, you can't plant anything, you can only plant trees, it's useless to plant this tree, the mountains behind are full of trees, and it depends on the sky to plant something else." There's no way to solve this watering. And it costs a lot of money! Even if it is calculated according to the wasteland, this mound should have more than ten or twenty acres, a lot of money! ”

Zhao Lan sighed: "Oh! You still have to make money! ”

"Why buy that, you do embroidery work for three or four years, and when you are thirteen or fourteen years old, the dowry is also a lot, and when the time comes, find a good mother-in-law, buy a few acres of good land, and your mother-in-law will also take a look at it. The small mound is useless and cannot be taken away. ”

Wasn't this ancient marriage arranged? Why did Zhao Shen tell Zhao Lan this.

Zhao Lan looked at Zhao Shen curiously.

Zhao Shen turned his head slightly embarrassed and said, "I shouldn't have told you this, but I see that you came in like an adult, and you have a lot of ideas." Last time, Huzi's kid was open-mouthed, and we didn't want to kiss him, I don't know where he heard the nonsense in front of you, but this matter is over, you can rest assured that your mother will find you a good family. ”

"Mother, I'll marry a few years later."

Zhao Shen thought for a while and said, "It's okay to be a few years late, and no one will remember this matter in a few years." ”

"Mother, how much did you say it would cost to buy that little mound?" Zhao Lan didn't want to give up.

"It's hard to say, I really haven't heard of anyone buying this, even if it is sold according to wasteland, it is estimated that the silver taels required are a lot, mainly because the area is large, I am afraid that there must be twenty or thirty acres, so the money is indispensable. Besides, if you really buy it, it will be a lot of money to pay taxes on so much land. There is nothing to come out of the mountains. ”

"Then we'll have to wait until we have the money."

I can't buy it, so I can only say it slowly, you can plant a small amount of uncommon herbs first, and take care of it a little, and no one will come to this small mound.

Besides, it is necessary to plan in the early stage, which can not only enjoy the scenery but also harvest fruits and herbs to make money, which is suitable for both. Otherwise, as Zhao Shen said, he can't make money, and he still sticks money into it every year.

Thinking of it immediately, in the afternoon, Zhao Lan took out a pen and paper to draw a rough mountain shape. Thinking about what should be planted on the mountain.

I saw a lot of gardens. But Zhao Lan's family is not a rich landlord, second, it is not an official, and third, it is not a relative of the emperor. You can't just build a garden for fun. The main thing is to make money and ensure the quality of life.

Wait until you have the money to buy it, and then develop it as a whole.

Zhao Lan took the brush and drew a mountain shape, there are peach trees at home in several parts to plant peach trees, first transplant the wild peach trees on the mountain, wild peach is not eaten, and then graft the peach tree after the mountain buys it, so that it can receive fruit in two years. Herbs also depend on which ones are suitable for planting.

Grass flowers can be planted at any time, after all, you can see flowers in the current year or the next year.

There are no woody plants yet, except for begonias that have just been cutting.

Fruit trees include peach, pomegranate, loquat, persimmon, and cherry. I don't know what other trees are on the mountain, so I'll go around when I have time.

Zhao Lan thought while painting. Zhao Shen on the side took out the paper from Zhao Lan and drew on it, and he kept wanting to speak. When he saw that Zhao Lan was almost covered with small black dots on the paper, he couldn't help but say: "Lan'er, this paper is very expensive, and this ink is worth a lot of money!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Lan stopped and looked at Zhao Shen in confusion.

"You don't want to waste it, you see you don't write, you scribble on it. A piece of paper was wasted, and ink. ”

"Oh!"

Expensive?

It's not gold, isn't the ancient paper very expensive, Luoyang paper is expensive.

This paper?