It snowed heavily overnight, and when I woke up the next morning, it was a sunny day, but it still couldn't dispel the outrageous cold.

Su Baiyi didn't get up early or late, and when he got up, Yu Mutong had already prepared a meal, waiting for Su Baiyi to wash up and eat.

This point is especially satisfying to Su Baiyi.

As a young lady from a large family, after coming to the Su family, she was basically blank for housework, but Yu Mutong did not leave all the housework to her subordinates, but actively participated in it.

In the past three months, not only can I cope with general housework, but also the laundry and cooking are basically cleared.

If it weren't for the fact that the two maids were afraid that Su Baiyi would not be happy and didn't dare to let her work too hard, it was estimated that the housework at home would be taken care of by her.

After eating, the pale sun had already risen, Su Baiyi looked at the sky and said, "It's too cold, I'll take you out to work, so it will be warm." ”

Yu Mutong readily agreed.

The two rode the same horse, and came to Wu Degui's house leisurely.

Mrs. Wu Degui guarded the door, and in the past few days when the cucumbers were about to go on the market, she didn't dare to let the children of the family go out. When she saw Su Baiyi and his wife coming, she was very happy.

"Mr. Sue!"

"Wu Degui!" Su Baiyi got off the horse with Yu Mutong in her arms and asked the mother-in-law.

"Picking cucumbers in the shed!"

The mother-in-law looked very good, wearing a shabby gray-black cotton jacket, and holding a child who would not walk in her arms.

"He's the only one to pick it up?"

"That's not it, his cucumbers are golden, the children don't let them into the shed, I don't let me touch them, saying that I have a heavy yin qi and will spoil the cucumbers!"

Su Baiyi is nothing to be cautious about Wu Degui, but he can't be drunk if he is so nervous and cautious!

"Okay, you can watch at the door, let's go to the shed and help pick cucumbers!"

Su Baiyi pulled Yu Mutong and entered through the small opening on the west side.

A wave of humid and warm air rushed in.

Yu Mutong exclaimed: "It's so warm inside!" ”

"yes, otherwise how can a cucumber grow big!" Su Baiyi said.

"It's just a little stuffy!"

"Just get used to it, come with me!" Su Baiyi took her hand and found Wu Degui, who was busy, and the three of them started to get busy together.

Actually, it's not tiring!

The yield of cucumbers per acre is about more than 10,000 catties, which can be picked in almost two months, and once in four or five days, it is eight or nine hundred catties at a time.

By mid-morning, the cucumbers were finished.

Su Baiyi picked a few tender ones to take away by himself, and after helping Wu Degui load the rest on the flatbed, he took Yu Mutong home.

"Is it delicious?" Su Baiyi personally cooked a plate of cucumbers, looked at Yu Mutong's appearance of eating with relish, and asked with a smile.

"It's delicious, it's exactly the same as in the summer!"

"Huh!" Su Baiyi picked up a whole one and put it on the table viciously, and said, "Actually, cucumbers, in addition to being edible, are also very useful." ”

Yu Mutong didn't understand, and looked at Su Baiyi with wide eyes, "How to use it?" ”

"That's it!" Su Baiyi made a few indecent actions, and found that his wife was ignorant and ignorant, only to know that this was the Ming Dynasty, not the Celestial Dynasty of later generations, even if the women here are married, their education in that area is very limited.

Suddenly felt very bored, lazily went to the chair, and said, "Cut the cucumber into thin slices and put it on your face, you can beautify your face!" ”

"Really?"

At this time, Yu Mutong became interested.

"Of course it's true!"

……

Just after lunch at noon, Wu Degui pulled a big cart alone and went to Xiaoqi Street in Guide Mansion with his son.

Xiaoqi Street is very clean, although the snow has been idle for two consecutive nights, but the snow has been cleaned up by others this morning, and the pedestrians on the street are bustling, not less than usual.

The small restaurants and small shops on the street are very lively.

Brother Xun saw Wu Degui coming, ran out of his restaurant with a smile, bowed when he saw Wu Degui, and shouted very politely: "Second uncle!" ”

Since the recipe of Sun Kee Restaurant was made public, many restaurants were selling the same dish at the beginning, but then the resource of chili pepper was gradually cut off, and although others knew the recipe, they still couldn't make it.

The business of Sun Kee Restaurant is better, there are no secrets in Sun San's canteen, and he can rest assured that he can boldly invite two guys from outside, so that his family does not have to be busy all day.

"You kid!" Wu Degui said: "I call your aunt, why do you still call me second uncle?" I'm not the second in the ranking? ”

Brother Xun said: "You and my father are both disciples of the ancestor and grandfather, so that's why I call you second uncle." ”

Wu Degui looked like he understood instantly, and nodded fiercely: "It makes sense." ”

As he spoke, he found an open space in front of Sun Kee's restaurant and stopped the car, and then pulled the cotton cloth covering the car abruptly, and the carload of green cucumbers was exposed to the pale sunlight.

"It's ......"

After seeing this thing, Brother Xun'er's eyes straightened!

In addition to nibbling on radishes in winter, where have you eaten vegetables, and the second uncle actually has cucumbers here.

Brother Xun pondered: Do you want to ask the second uncle for a few catties to take home.

He was young, and when he saw something, he thought about eating, but he didn't think about where the cucumbers came from in this winter?

"Cucumber, cucumber, sell cucumber!"

Wu Degui stood at the front of the flatbed truck and shouted loudly at the bustling crowd on the street.

The nearest few people in the house were immediately attracted over, and when they heard him shouting from afar, they thought that Wu Degui had something wrong with his brain!

"Master, there seems to be someone selling cucumbers over there!"

Second Uncle Zhong pointed to the stall with a circle of people in front of him, and said to Zhou Shipu.

"Cucumbers? Hey......" He shook his head, "Do you think it's possible?" ”

But the next moment, his smile was on his face, because someone had already come out of the roadside stall with a cucumber.

It is indeed a cucumber, such as a fake cucumber!

"This ......" Zhou Shipu patted his head: "How did I forget, this Su family kid seems to have an apprentice who farms, but he made it up." Let's go, let's take a look! ”

Zhou Shipu usually dresses extremely plainly, and from a distance he looks no different from ordinary people, and he took Second Uncle Zhong to gather in front of Wu Degui's stall, and he didn't squeeze in when he lost his hair in a hurry, and he could only hear the sound of bargaining inside from a distance through several layers of human walls.

"Hey......" Zhou Shipu already has a score in his heart, it seems that the eight achievements of this thing were made up by Su Baiyi's kid.

However, this kid is really black enough, just a cucumber, he dares to buy ten pennies a catty.

More expensive than pork!

Soon, the people in front of the cucumber stall dispersed.

There are many people who look strange, but there are few people who actually buy it.

After all, this thing is too expensive, ten cents a pound of cucumbers, there are really not many people who can afford to eat this kind of vegetable in the Guide Mansion.

Wu Degui actually wanted to sell it at a low price, but Su Baiyi said that it was only ten cents, and no one was missing!

He has to listen to the master, so he can only honestly sell it for ten cents a catty.

Zhou Shipu finally walked to the stall as he wished, reached out and touched the cold cucumber, which looked no different from those in summer.

"You are Su Baiyi's apprentice?"

Zhou Shipu asked slowly.

"Yes, Mr. Su is my master!" As soon as he mentioned this, Wu Degui immediately radiated, and his swarthy face felt bright.

Guide Mansion is so big, there are countless children of rich families, how many may become Mr. Su's disciples?

And don't forget, he's still a second disciple!

"No wonder, even cucumbers can be made." Zhou Shipu patted the car: "I want all of these, ten cents a pound, but you have to answer me a question!" ”

"Good!" Wu Degui is excited!

It was all sold so quickly, and this car was seven or eight hundred catties, which added up to seven or eight taels of silver.

"Did you grow this thing in the fire chamber where the fire burns?"

It is not uncommon to cultivate summer vegetables in winter, and Zhou Shipu has not only heard of it, but also seen it.

When I was in Beijing, there were people who burned the fire to keep the temperature high, so that they could grow summer vegetables in the greenhouse, such as small green cabbage, green onion seedlings and other vegetables.

The vegetables that can be grown in the fire room are not the same as those that actually grow in the summer, yellow and lifeless. Those garlic, leeks, garlic, and bean sprouts!

Eating too much always makes people feel a little sick!

Zhou Shipu believes that this is the result of violating the time of day.

But Su Baiyi is not simple, he can actually cultivate cucumbers?

This cucumber looks like it's no different from the summer one.

He picked one up casually, clicked and broke it, put it in his mouth and took a bite, nodding his head incessantly.

The taste is the same.

"Not in the fire room!" Wu Degui replied in the affirmative.

"Where is that?" Zhou Shipu asked curiously.

Now Wu Degui quit, and he didn't want to reveal this secret that had a great impact on his wealth.

Zhou Shipu laughed and said, "Forget it, the old man is just curious, I won't ask, you will send this cart of cucumbers to my house, this is silver!" ”

directly threw a silver ingot of ten taels, and said before leaving: "Don't look for it." ”

Wu Degui put away the silver with a thousand thanks, and sent the cucumber to the Zhou Mansion, all the way filled with sudden happiness, and he didn't know how he went home.

But this happiness has only just begun!

In the afternoon, many housekeepers and stewards of wealthy families in Defu came to the door to buy cucumbers!

Are cucumbers expensive?

That's for civilians.

For those who are really rich, is ten pennies a pound expensive?

One tael of silver can buy a hundred and ten catties, is it expensive?

Certainly not expensive!

"It's gone, it's really gone!"

Wu Degui and his mother-in-law blocked the door of their house, saying that they would not let those people go to the yard to see the greenhouse: "You are just one or two pounds of silver, and I am gone." Wait, wait until five days later, when a new round of cucumbers comes down, it will still be ten pennies a pound. I'll push the cart to Xiaoqi Street to sell it. ”

"Don't!" A chubby housekeeper directly threw ten taels of silver to Wu Degui: "This is my deposit, when the next time the cucumber comes down, you will send me a thousand catties and send it to the Song family." ”

"That's not going to work!" Another housekeeper didn't agree: "This cucumber has been bought by your Song family, what should we do?" I also gave a deposit of ten taels of silver, and the cucumbers were given to the Chen family in the future. ”

"I also give money, I give twenty taels!"

Wu Degui was not dazzled by the silver, but was extremely distressed.

His mother-in-law was also a little worried: "They won't fight, right?" ”

"Let's go find Mr. Come over, I just made a lot of money buying melons in a few days, let's invite Mr. to come to the house for a drink!" Every time Wu Degui can't solve a problem, he will think of Su Baiyi for the first time: "Sanniu, you go to find Mr. Xia!" ”