The sun is setting, and the twilight is four.

Gao Yunniang stood on a high slope at the entrance of the village and kept looking, but she still couldn't see her son's return, and she couldn't help but be a little worried.

She snooze for a while in the morning, and who knew that when she woke up, her son was gone. She searched the whole house, and didn't even see the shadow of her son, just when he was anxious, the sixth sister-in-law next door came, and only from the mouth of the sixth sister-in-law did she know that her son and Jia Liu went to the county seat together, and her heart fell into place.

An hour ago, Gao Yunniang came to this high slope, standing here, she could clearly see the road into the village, as the so-called standing high, see far.

Because this village is located in the surrounding hills, there is only one way to enter and exit the village, as long as there are people on the road, Gao Yunniang standing on the high slope can see it at a glance.

However, until this time, Gao Yunniang still did not see Jia Liu and her son returning, and she couldn't help but be a little worried in her heart, for fear that something would happen.

At this moment, Gao Fei and Jia Liu were walking three miles away from the road into the village, and the two of them came back from the county seat, and they didn't say anything along the way, everything was very calm.

But for Jia Liu, his heart has never been calm, and there is one thing he has always been worried about, that is, where did this little wild seed get so much money to buy this bag of japonica rice?

In the past, japonica rice, which was only sold for five or six big yuan a catty, is now sold for fifteen or six big yuan a catty, which is several times greater. This bag of japonica rice is seven or eight catties at least, and if calculated at the grain price in Wujiang County, this bag of japonica rice can only be bought for one hundred and twenty dollars.

In addition, Goofy also used a small amount of money as a temptation to force the children in the city to steal salt from their homes in exchange for money, an idea that no matter how you look at it, it is not like a five-year-old child can come up with it.

Jia Liu thought of the forest and forest in the past few days, and suddenly felt that this little wild seed sitting on the donkey cart behind him seemed to be a different person.

"That...... Yu'er ...... I have something to ask you, can you answer me honestly? Jia Liu finally couldn't hold back his smile and asked.

"Uncle Liu, if you have anything to say, just ask."

"Yu'er, where did you get so much money to buy this bag of japonica rice?" Jia Liu asked.

Without waiting for Gao Fei to speak, Jia Liu hurriedly added: "Don't say it's your uncle's money, if your uncle really gives you money, you won't come to my house in the middle of the night to exchange salt with me." ”

Gao Fei smiled and said, "Didn't I just say it in the county, I met a nobleman, and this japonica rice was bought with the money he gave." ”

Jia Liu sneered: "Noble? What kind of nobleman? Why haven't I encountered it? Tell me honestly, where did you get the money to buy japonica rice? ”

"If I tell you, will you keep this secret for me?" Goofy asked.

Jia Liu patted his chest and said loudly: "Don't worry, I will definitely keep this secret for you!" ”

Gao Fei hesitated slightly, but after thinking about it, he was just a child, if he sold illicit salt alone, it would be a little unrealistic, and he had already been targeted by the people of Li's salt shop, as long as he appeared, he would be recognized, if there was a helper, and sell the refined salt he re-refined to Zhao's salt shop and Guo's salt shop respectively, then the three salt shops would raise the price of each other, competing for refined salt, and then his refined salt would be sold at a good price.

For Gao Fei, buying brine salts at a low price and refining these salts into refined salt by himself is a profitable business, and he naturally wants to do it well. Judging from the situation of the three private salt shops in the salt market that openly called the salt shops of official salt, the imperial court's control over salt in this era should not be very strict, so that he had a way to get rich.

Therefore, at this time, Gao Fei really needs a competent helper. And at the moment, I am afraid that only Jia Liu is the most suitable.

"Okay, I'll tell you this secret, but you can't tell anyone, including your family, only you know, I know, God knows."

Jia Liu nodded heavily, looking at a serious Gao Fei, his ears pricked up, and he listened carefully.

Gao Fei said slowly: "It's not a secret, I didn't come to the county today to get medicine for my mother, my mother is not sick, I came to the county seat to sell salt." ”

"Selling salt? Didn't you say you didn't have any salt there, and you got salt from there? With salt, why don't you sell it to me! Jia Liu suddenly became excited, thinking that he had grown so big, and he was actually deceived by a five-year-old child.

Gao Fei hurriedly explained: "Uncle Liu, when I sold the salt to you before, it was indeed gone, but then Uncle Liubo didn't bring me back three catties of brine salt, I went to the county seat today to sell it, and it was the three catties of brine salt you gave me that night." ”

"You treat me as a three-year-old child, how much are those three catties of brine worth, and you can't get a catty of japonica rice if you sell them." Jia Liu shouted.

Gao Fei said: "Uncle Liu, what you gave me is indeed brine salt, but after I process it, I can turn the brine salt into refined salt, I will directly take it to the salt market and sell it, and a pound of salt will be sold for fifty dollars......"

Jia Liu's face was surprised, and the light in his eyes was also incredible, and he asked, "What did you say just now, you can turn brine salt into refined salt?" ”

Goofy nodded.

Jia Liu asked again: "You take the salt to the salt market and sell it, and you can sell it for fifty yuan a catty?" ”

"Absolutely."

Jia Liu suddenly grabbed the reins and parked the donkey cart on the side of the road, he looked back at the pile of brine salt piled up on the cart, not to mention more than twenty catties, if according to Gao Fei's selling price, then if these salts really became refined salt, wouldn't they be able to make more than a thousand dollars at once?

More than a thousand big money, Jia Liu has never seen so much money in his life, and all that comes to his mind is the appearance of more than 1,000 big money piled up, and he makes a few laughs from time to time.

Gao Fei saw Jia Liu's smile and thoughtfulness, so he hurriedly asked, "Uncle Liu, what do you want?" ”

Jia Liu came to his senses, approached Gao Fei, looked around, and said to Gao Fei: "Yu'er, let me ask you again, do you really have a way to turn brine salt into refined salt?" ”

Gao Fei nodded, "It's as easy as a snap." ”

Jia Liu said with a smile: "Yu'er, what do you say this is done, you just go and turn the brine salt into refined salt, and I will help you take the refined salt to the salt shop in the county and sell it, and the money from the sale, we will divide the account in three or seven, you seven and I three, how about it?" ”

"Not good! I think that if you have money, you should make it together, I am still young, and many things really need you adults to do, and besides, our behavior is equivalent to selling illicit salt, and after being caught by the government, we will lose our heads. "Goofy.

After Jia Liu heard this, he smiled happily, he didn't expect Gao Fei to give him half of the opportunity to make money. Although it is said that selling illicit salt is a capital crime, people do not kill for themselves, and there are not a few people who openly sell illicit salt in the county, but the government has never arrested them, which shows that the government does not care much about this matter. People die for money, birds die for food, this is the same path through the ages, even if the risk is higher, in order to make money, Jia Liu is also out of the way.

"Okay, then we'll make a decision, you are responsible for making salt, and I am responsible for going to the city to sell salt, and the proceeds from selling salt will be divided into two, how about it?" Jia Liudao.

Gao Fei said: "Good is good. However, this matter can only be known to the two of us, even if it is the family of the sixth uncle, don't mention it, so as not to spread the rumors. If it does, we're dead. ”

Jia Liu nodded heavily and said, "I can swear to God." ”

As soon as the words fell, Jia Liu knelt on the ground, raised his finger to the sky and swore an oath.

After Jia Liu's oath was completed, Gao Fei said: "Uncle Liu, there is one more thing, I also hope you can keep it secret for me, this matter must not be known to my mother, otherwise, our dream of making a fortune will be shattered." I'll go to you every night and give you the salt, and you can give me half of the money you paid for the sale of salt." ”

Jia Liudao: "You can rest assured." ”

The two discussed everything, and then they got back on the road, still Jia Liu drove the donkey cart, and Gao Fei sat quietly behind. Along the way, Jia Liu was in a good mood, thinking that he was going to get rich, not to mention how happy he was psychologically, shouting and singing along the way, so unhappy.

Not long after, the two of them drove into the road into the village, Gao Yunniang stood on the high slope and looked, Jia Liu and Gao Fei saw it as soon as they appeared, and the moment they saw the two people, Gao Yunniang's heart finally fell back to its original place.

Gao Yunniang hurriedly walked down the high slope and stood on the side of the road, waiting for her son to return.

Jia Liu drove the donkey cart, his mouth couldn't close his smile, he sang all the way, and his mood was extremely good. Suddenly, he noticed a figure in front of him, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be Gao Yunniang, so he stopped singing and said to Gao Fei: "Yu'er, look, your mother is here to pick you up!" ”

Gao Fei stood up from the donkey cart, looked forward, and sure enough, he saw Gao Yunniang standing on the side of the road looking forward to it, so he raised his arm, waved vigorously at Gao Yunniang, and shouted, "I'm back!" ”

Gao Yunniang saw Gao Fei waving her hand, and also heard Gao Fei's shouting clearly, she took three steps and made two steps to greet her, and after a while, she walked to Gao Fei's side, hugged Gao Fei from the donkey cart, hugged him tightly in her arms, and sobbed: "Stinky boy, where did you run, who made you run, do you know how worried your mother is about you?" ”