Li Jiapo.

The ancestral home of the Li family is now the Zhang family's other village.

On a cold day, Xiaobawang has no place to go today, so he stays in the Zhuangzi and roasts the fire in the winter. The wine was hot on the stove, a fat leg of lamb was roasting on the fire, and there were two small rings on the side to hammer his back and knock his legs, not to mention how comfortable this little day was.

Xiaobawang's surname is Zhang, his name is super, and he is also ranked third in the family.

The Zhang family and the Li family used to be well-known and big families in Lanxi Township, but the old Li family of Li Jiapo has always been kind and has an excellent reputation. As for the Zhang family, on the contrary, their family's reputation has always been not good.

Li Xiao's father used to be called Li Dashanren, and Li Xiao's grandfather was also called Li Dashanren, and even his great-grandfather was called like this. And Zhang Chaohun is known as Little Bawang, his father's name is Nan Batian, and his grandfather used to be called Blue Creek Wolf, in short, the family is vicious and ruthless from generation to generation.

The Li family repaired bridges and paved roads from generation to generation, and relieved the widows and orphans, while the Zhang family liked to lend usury, and the more disasters occurred, the more they had to take advantage of the fire to rob.

even secretly engaged in slave and maid trading, in short, there was no shortage of unconscionable things.

But in response to the old saying, kill people and set fire to gold belts, build bridges and pave roads, and there are no corpses.

The Li family has been kind for generations, but now even the ancestral house and ancestral land have been taken away by the unscrupulous Zhang family.

The Zhang family has always acted simply and rudely, but it has opened up black and white, and it is also rich in this Lanxi Township, just like the chic of the soil overlord.

"This ghost weather, it rains today, it snows tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is cloudy, so there will be no good days. I can't go out hunting and have fun, and it's so boring to stay in the house all day. Xiao Bawang held the wine glass in one hand and sighed with a slice of roasted tender lamb shank in the other.

I'm bored.

"San Lang, San Lang."

An attendant shouted from outside the hall.

When Zhang Chao, who was idle and bored, heard this, he said impatiently, "What kind of funeral, disturb the interest of the master to drink." ”

"Xiao Langjun, the slave goes out and asks." A maid flattered.

"Call someone in."

After a while, Yahuan went out and called the entourage who was calling.

"Zhang Fu, what's the matter?"

"San Lang, just now the little one came back from outside, and met a few people in the village, and when they saw that I was from this village, they said that there were good things to sell to Xiao Langjun, and asked me to bring you a message for them."

"Where's the vendor?"

That Zhang Fu said with a smile, "Xiao Langjun, an ordinary hawker, I naturally won't take care of him." But I think those people are not ordinary, especially their goods are even more unusual. ”

When the little overlord heard it, he came to his senses.

"What kind of uncommon law can there be, let's hear it."

"It's a cucumber."

"Cucumbers? What's so unusual about cucumbers? When Zhang Chao, the little bully who was still a little energetic, heard this, he immediately lost interest and sat back again.

"San Lang, this is not an ordinary cucumber. Now in this season, cucumbers are very rare, not pickled cucumbers and dried cucumbers, but fresh cucumbers. ”

"Oh, fresh cucumbers, I guess it's grown in a greenhouse, but it's not unusual, it's not that I haven't eaten it, the day before yesterday, I went to Chang'an to drink, and I ate it once at Zhao's house, the fresh and tender cucumbers on a cold day do taste a little interesting."

"San Lang, it's not ordinary, their cucumbers are tender and long, one is as long as my arm, slender and tender, enough to be up and down a catty, the long one is not yellow, but green and green, the man said that this is called jasper green. It is also said that it was personally cultivated by the Taoist immortal chief of a Taoist temple in Yangzhou, and this kind of jasper green has been cultivated since it was cultivated, and only the princes and nobles could eat it in the past. This time, those merchants also got a group of people who were ready to enter Chang'an City. ”

"Is there such a god?" Xiaobawang has usually eaten a lot of delicacies from the mountains and seas, even the green vegetables, fruits and vegetables grown in the greenhouse in winter.

However, scarcity is expensive, and the name of this jasper green is not small when he hears it, coupled with the praise of Zhang Fu, it makes him really interested.

"What about people, bring it in and let me take a look, I want to see what this rare thing from Yangzhou looks like."

Outside the hall.

Li Xiao and Guo Biao stood there, and everything in the courtyard of Lijiazhuang was so familiar to everyone.

This is Li Xiao's former home, but now it has become another village of the Zhang family.

"This mansion is really good, with white walls and green tiles, carved beams and paintings, Saburo's family used to be really good." Yang looked left and right with big eyes, and was full of praise for this house. Although it is said to be a century-old house, it can be well maintained.

After living for two lifetimes, Li Xiao is still so disgusted with a person for the first time, although he has not seen Zhang San yet, he is already extremely disgusted with this person.

"San Lang, are you really going to sell him the cucumber?"

"Sell, why don't you sell, not only do we have to sell, we have to sell at a high price. Originally, we took Lanxi to sell one for two yuan, but now I plan to sell one for ten yuan. ”

"Shiwen?" Guo Biao's eyes couldn't help but widen, ten Wen can buy one bucket of japonica rice, and four or five buckets of corn can be bought. Even if you buy meat, you can buy two catties.

Who is willing to buy a cucumber for ten cents?

"That's right, ten pennies."

If it is only taken literally, ten cents a cucumber is indeed outrageously expensive, but as long as the packaging and marketing are good, then ten cents is not an uncommon thing.

Just as the Dutch in the Age of Discovery could fry tulips to sky-high prices, the Chinese at the beginning of the opening could fry orchids more expensive than houses.

Of course, a simple cucumber is not worth dozens of catties of corn, but the finely packaged cucumber is different.

While speaking, Zhang Fu swaggered out.

"Hey, a few cucumber sellers over there, my son-in-law is willing to see you, come in."

Li Xiao arched his hand at him and led someone to go in, but Zhang Fu stopped in front and didn't get out of the way, "When my Zhangjia hall is a vegetable market, everyone will break in." You can take two people in with the cucumbers and wait outside. ”

Looking at him like that, people who don't know still think that he is a servant of the prime minister's family, how can they know that he is just a servant of an old rich man in the countryside.

Li Xiao didn't care, and dealing with this kind of person was just lowering his identity.

Let Zhang Cong, Liu Garlic, Tiezhu, Ergou and the four of them stay, and he went in with Guo Biao and Yang Dayan.

Entering the hall, Zhang Chao was still drinking and eating leg of mutton, and when people came, he didn't lift his buttocks.

"What kind of cucumber seller are you from Yangzhou?"

Li Xiao smiled slightly, "This son, we are not selling cucumbers. ”

"And what are you doing?"

"To be precise, we were entrusted by Zhang Xianren of Yangzhou Qiyunguan to transport this batch of important items to Beijing for Qiyunguan. However, as soon as I arrived here, I got an unexpected news that the person who was going to receive the goods had some accident and could no longer receive this batch of goods. ”

"It's so mysterious, isn't it just some cucumbers grown in greenhouses, and I really haven't seen the world before?"

Li Xiao was still smiling.

"This boy, this is not a cucumber, although it looks a little similar to a cucumber, but it is definitely not a cucumber. This thing is called Jasper Green, Zhang Xianchang spent 18 years to cultivate, the most peculiar thing of this thing is not planted in the greenhouse, but planted in autumn, harvested in winter. ”

While speaking, Li Xiao asked Guo Biao to lift the cloth covered by the willow basket and take out a cucumber from it.

When Zhang Chao saw the cucumber, he was also a little surprised.

In winter, there are fruits and vegetables that should be produced in summer, which is indeed not rare, and many large families in Chang'an have their own greenhouses, although the cost is higher and the planting is more troublesome, but they can still be eaten.

But although he also said that he was well-informed, he had never seen such a green cucumber, generally the cucumbers were long yellow, and relatively short and thick, but the cucumber was very long and slender, especially this green like jade, said that it was called jasper green and really like.

The cucumber still has some water droplets on it, and you can already smell a fragrance from afar.

Zhang Chao came over a few steps, snatched the cucumber from Guo Biao's hand, brushed off the thorns on it with his palm, stuffed it into his mouth and bit it hard.

Stuck a bang.

Crisp!

Sweet!

Refreshing!

"It's delicious, I've never eaten such a delicious cucumber!"

"Childe, the name of this thing is Jasper Green, but it is not a cucumber, this is a fairy thing, which can be grown by ordinary farmers."

"Yes, Jasper Green, this Jasper Green is really delicious. Didn't you just say that the person who received the goods had an accident and couldn't receive the goods, so let's do you a favor, you sell this jasper green to this son, and this son wants it, so you can go home and rush home early for the New Year. ”

The little overlord Zhang Chao didn't recognize it at all, but the blue-clothed young man in front of him was Li Xiao, who broke one of his legs back then.

"Childe, jasper green is extraordinary, and it is fate that ordinary people can see, let alone pay for it. If Childe likes it, it doesn't hurt to sell you one, but if you say you buy them all, I'm afraid Childe won't be able to afford it. To tell the truth, it is precisely because of the preciousness of this jasper green, so after the receiver had an accident, we planned to find local big families along the road to sell, each family plans to sell one or two, and ordinary people can buy one or two. ”

Zhang Chao frowned.

"Don't blow it so mysteriously, although this cucumber is delicious, and it grows a little bigger, it is also a cucumber. Ordinary cucumbers can buy a few catties for a penny, and you can buy a few catties for a penny in this season. Can't this son even take out a hundred and eight dollars? ”

"No, no, no." Li Xiao shook his head.

"This is not a cucumber, this is jasper green, and this is an extraordinary fruit cultivated by Zhang Xianren in Yangzhou, which took eighteen years of energy. This jasper green is not only crisp and sweet to eat, but also can clear heat and detoxify, remove heat and diuresis, expel phlegm and relieve spasmodic, and even treat polydipsia, sore throat, fire eyes, fire burns, etc. After speaking, he added another sentence to Zhang Chao, who was fat, "You can still lose weight!" ”

"This is a blind elixir, how can it be compared with one or two pennies?"

"My grass, is it really so mysterious?"

"Of course, Yangzhou Qiyun Guan Zhang Daxian's name, haven't you heard of it?"

"I've heard of it, of course I've heard of it."

"Does that son still suspect Zhang Daxian's Jasper Qing?"

"No doubt."

"That boy thinks that this jasper green is worth?"

"If it's really as mysterious as you say, even if it sells for hundreds of dollars, it's worth it."

Li Xiao smiled, this little overlord seems to be very good.