Xiao Er took Zhong Dashan to the door of the study, knocked on the door, and the loud voice of the shopkeeper Lu came from inside. "Early in the morning, what's the matter?"

"Shopkeeper, Brother Zhong is here." Xiao Er bowed and said with a smile.

"Zhong Xianggong is here? Quick, hurry up and ask him to come in. When Shopkeeper Lu heard that Zhong Dashan was coming, he ordered Xiao Er to clean up the table.

Recently, he is worried, the current guests are too difficult to serve, everything is exquisite, if he doesn't have the menu provided by Zhong Xianggong's daughter-in-law, otherwise how can there be a good life today, he used to envy others, and now he has become the object of envy of others, no, the shopkeeper Xiao of the capital has a good relationship with himself, and this letter makes him give an idea.

What does he have any ideas, he himself relies on the help of others, what can he do to help the shopkeeper Xiao, but he will be troubled.

"Shopkeeper Lu, excuse me." After Xiao Er opened the door of the study, he invited Zhong Dashan and a few people into the study, and he went to make tea for them.

"Don't bother, don't bother, you're just in time." Shopkeeper Lu invited them to take a seat. "Zhong Xianggong, you have to do me a favor, I'm sad to death."

"There's something that can stump you, can't." Zhong Dashan didn't believe what Shopkeeper Lu said, he just felt that what he said was just a pretext.

"That's not right, I'm not a man of God, I can do anything." Shopkeeper Lu blamed Zhong Dashan.

"Then tell me, what are you worried about?" Zhong Dashan looked at the shopkeeper Lu and said.

"I have a good relationship with the shopkeeper Xiao in the capital, recently there is a restaurant in the capital, the restaurant launched the taste of the dishes and the taste of the food taste, the business was robbed of more than half, the shopkeeper Xiao died of sorrow, at first I thought it was the kitchen out of the spies, after checking the people in the back kitchen and found that the people in the back kitchen had no contact with the other party, there is no spy to say, then it is even more worrying, it is impossible to watch the business plummet, a month, two months, but it is not a way to go on for a long time, this is not, he asked me to give him ideas, But what do I have in mind, the capital is half a month's journey from here, and the far water can't save the near fire, and I can't reach it. "If it is the next county, he can help, whether it is vegetables or fish provided by the Zhong family, it is the most popular with everyone, and it attracts people from the next county to come over to eat from time to time.

"Shopkeeper, you're embarrassed for me, I don't know how to cook, I can't help you with this. But I brought rice over today, so you can send some to the capital. "Their rice has been drunk with spiritual spring water, and ordinary rice can't be compared to it at all.

"Rice?" Shopkeeper Lu asked with a frown.

"Yes, you want to see the new rice that you just picked?" Zhong Dashan knew that most of his shopkeepers didn't believe it, so it was better to let him see it for himself, and his ears were false and his eyes were believing.

"Fresh rice? Where is the fresh rice at this time, Zhong Xianggong, are you okay? Shopkeeper Lu didn't believe Zhong Dashan's words at all, and even wondered if there was something wrong with his brain.

"Shopkeeper Lu, is it fresh, you will be self-defeating if you take a look at the answer. How would I joke about such a thing. Zhong Dashan glanced at Zhong Xia and Zhong Ning, and the two of them understood, and immediately moved the rice into the study and opened the opening, so that the shopkeeper Lu could feel good.

The mouth of the bag was opened, a fragrant smell filled the tip of the nose, and his face suddenly showed a look of surprise, his hand quickly reached into the bag and picked up some rice and put it in the palm of his hand, looked at it carefully, and picked up a grain of rice and put it in his mouth to taste, after tasting it, the shopkeeper Lu was shocked beyond words, it was really fresh rice, now is not the time to plant rice, where did he get fresh rice, "Zhong Xianggong, where did you get this rice?" "He just tasted it and felt a hint of sweetness, the rice was excellent, excellent.

"This is my own planting, I just harvested a few days ago, don't I think about you, are you interested in buying some." Zhong Dashan sells his own rice in a timely manner, even if the shopkeeper Lu doesn't buy it, he doesn't worry about not being able to sell it, there are many rich people in the county, and every family can't have less rice, after tasting the sweetness, I'm afraid that the supply will exceed the demand.

"You planted your own? You kid fooled me, who doesn't know that autumn is the time to harvest rice. As soon as Shopkeeper Lu heard that Zhong Dashan had planted it himself, he looked at him with a look that you fooled me.

"Shopkeeper, everything is in front of you, why don't you believe it, they're all involved, don't believe me, always believe their words, they don't know you, there's no need to lie to you." Zhong Dashan wanted to roll his eyes at Shopkeeper Lu, why didn't he accept the facts in front of him.

"They came with you, naturally to help you talk, now is not the time to plant rice at all, how did you grow it." Don't lie to me, although I don't farm, I still know some common sense, and you can't fool me.

"This is what my daughter-in-law came up with, this is called early rice, not only my family planted it in the village, but also the village chief's family. At first, everyone was not optimistic, but now, you can go to the village and ask if they regret it very much. Zhong Dashan is too lazy to defend himself, if he doesn't believe it, then go and inquire, he can't let the whole village speak for him, he doesn't have the ability yet.

Shopkeeper Lu also began to tilt the scales at this time, who made Zhong Dashan not show a flustered look at all, he said very sure every time, and just now he verified with his own eyes that this rice is really good, "In this way, I will let the kitchen cook a pot of porridge with your rice, if it is good, give me five hundred catties." ”

"The quality of my rice is absolutely guaranteed, you just try. But I have to say it first, the price of my rice is not cheap. "He has already set the price, and he will sell it for 30 wen per catty, and he will never bargain.

"If your rice is good, the price is not unacceptable." When did the boy sell him something cheaper, but his things were indeed good, not comparable to others.

"Okay, you can just try." Zhong Dashan said indifferently.

After the porridge is cooked, Shopkeeper Lu will know why he is so old and not flustered at all.

"Okay, you guys wait a minute." The shopkeeper stood at the door and roared towards the yard, and after a while, Xiao Er appeared in the yard, and Xiao Er trotted to the shopkeeper's side.

"Shopkeeper, are you looking for me?"

"Send these rice to the kitchen and let Lao You cook a pot of porridge." Shopkeeper Lu took a cup from the study, directly put the rice in the cup and handed it to Xiao Er, asking him to take it to the kitchen to make a pot of porridge for Lao You.

"Yes." Although Xiao Er had doubts, he still completed the explanation of the shopkeeper in advance.

"Master You, Master You."

"Why did you kid come here?" Lao You was preparing food in the back kitchen, and when he heard Xiao Er's voice, he poked out half of his head and asked.

"The shopkeeper asked me to hand over the rice to you, so that you can quickly cook a pot of porridge." Xiao Er handed the cup in his hand to Master You.

"Cooking porridge? This rice, ah, it's so fragrant. Lao You is a good hand at cooking, very keen on the aroma, as soon as the cup was handed to him, he smelled a fragrance, when he saw the rice in the cup, Lao You looked incredulous, where did the fresh rice come from at this time, he died, "This rice, where did this rice come from, it turned out to be new rice, how is this possible?" ”

"I don't know, the shopkeeper gave it to me." After Xiao Er was blinded for a while, he explained honestly.

When Lao You heard that it was given by the shopkeeper, he immediately thought of someone, but he felt that it was unlikely, but he still asked: "Has anyone been here in the morning?" ”

"Yes, Brother Zhong brought someone here, and they also brought things over, but I didn't see what it was." Xiao Er immediately told Master You about Zhong Dashan coming over.

"That's it, that's it." As soon as he heard that Zhong Dashan was really coming, Lao You said affirmatively.

He didn't believe it like Shopkeeper Lu, after seeing the vegetables and fish of the Zhong family, it was not surprising to look at the rice, he felt that anything could happen to them.

"Master You, hurry up, the shopkeeper is still waiting." After Xiao Er finished speaking, he turned back.

After the water in the pot boiled, the rice was boiling in hot water, and after waiting for a cup of tea, a strong aromatic smell diffused in the kitchen.

The people working in the kitchen were attracted by this aroma, whether it was a dish or something else that Master You cooked, but the rice porridge had never been so fragrant, obviously full, but now I felt hungry, it was really tempting.

Master Liyou, who was tempted, was also counted as one, although he had a bottom in his heart, but he didn't expect it to be so fragrant, and he didn't know how they were grown.

Oops, I can't stand it, it's too seductive, and the gluttonous worms are all lured out, what should I do? I really want to eat it......

Some people really can't bear to pick up something in their hands and stuff it into their mouths to restrain themselves.

Half an hour later, a pot of white porridge was freshly baked, yes, it was white porridge, Master You didn't want to destroy its original taste, so he didn't make other porridge, white porridge can best reflect the quality of rice, because it didn't mix anything, it reflected all the truest side of itself, and spoke with facts.

"Master You, stay some, stay some......"

"Master You's mercy, let's taste it."

"Master You's good things should be shared together, don't be so deductible."

"Master You......"

When the white porridge was in the pot, Master You's ears were about to explode, and one by one they were chirping in his ears, and every time he took a spoonful, there would be a sound, and the most he said was to ask him not to take it all, and give them a taste of what such fragrant white rice porridge tasted like.

"What to keep, why don't you just have a pot of white rice porridge, see what you are all gluttonous about, and whether you can have a little interest." Master You was talking as he spoke, and he was disgusted that they hadn't seen the world.

"Master You, this has nothing to do with whether you are out of business or not, I don't believe you are not greedy." Not everyone who works in the kitchen is afraid of Lao You, and there are those who dare to talk back to him, which does not prickly appear immediately.

"What are you gluttony, go for a walk, and do all the work for me." Probably because he was poked in the heart, Lao You was a little annoyed and angry, and immediately drove away the people around him.

The people around saw that Lao You was angry, and they scattered one by one, returning to their own positions, what to do.

Seeing that they were all honest, Lao You looked at the little rice porridge left in the pot, generously stopped putting the spoon in, picked up the lid of the pot and covered it, and did not forget to tell him when he left: "No one is allowed to move, if I know, see how I clean you up." After speaking, he went to the study with a large pot full of porridge.

Lao You has not yet entered the study, the nose of the shopkeeper Lu is like a dog's nose, it is very effective, after smelling a fragrance, he jumped down from the chair, hurriedly ran to open the door, and when he saw Lao You, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Lao You, it is so fragrant." ”

"Shopkeeper, your nose is so good, you can smell it from so far away." Lao You said jokingly.

"Looking for a draw." Shopkeeper Lu heard the meaning of the words, and made a gesture to beat Master You.

"Shopkeeper, don't do it, if you spill this pot of porridge, it will be worth the loss." Lao You immediately took the white porridge as his life talisman and held the porridge high in front of the shopkeeper.

Shopkeeper Lu's raised hand stiffened in mid-air, and finally put it down in embarrassment, he was reluctant to take the fragrant porridge.

"When I saw the rice brought by Xiao Er, I guess it was brought by your kid, it's amazing." Being able to grow rice in such weather is not something that anyone dares, what he admires the most is that Zhong Xiaozi actually planted it, which is the first time in Da Chu.

"What's amazing, it's not like I'm hungry." There is little land and many people, except for the food handed over, there is not much left in the family, which family does not have the experience of being hungry, and if you want to fill your stomach, you can only find another way.

"Then you have to dare to think and dare to do, but not everyone has the courage." He can understand, after all, he also came over like this, when he was a child, he was really bitter, he had nothing to eat, and he had to gnaw on the bark, just to survive.

"I didn't think about anything, it's best to succeed, and it's not a pity to fail, at most I'm looking for other ways." When Zhong Dashan said this, he was weak in his heart, he listened to his daughter-in-law when he planted early rice, and he did what his daughter-in-law said, and it seemed that they didn't really care about success or failure.

"You two don't talk about it, I'm sour." Shopkeeper Lu had already taken the bowl and chopsticks, and drank the white porridge with a snort.

It's delicious, it's so delicious, I feel like there's sugar in it, there's a sweet taste, and the porridge is snow-white, just looking at the mood can turn cloudy and sunny.

"Why don't you say a word and drink yourself." Lao You protested dissatisfiedly.

I walked over, filled myself with a bowl, and drank it in a big gulp. "It's delicious, it's delicious, boy Zhong, your rice is so delicious." Even the polished rice on the market is not comparable, if this rice is launched, it is absolutely popular, rice can not only be used to make porridge, dry rice, but also a lot of snacks.

Zhong Dashan listened to the words of the two of them, looked at the shopkeeper with a smile and said, "Shopkeeper, how is it?" Is the quality of this rice satisfactory? ”

"Satisfied, satisfied, very satisfied." Can you not be satisfied, five hundred catties is less, and I will have to ask him to buy more later, he is worried that it will not be enough at all. "Zhong Xianggong, how much rice like this do you have in your hand?"

"20,000 catties, your 500 catties will definitely satisfy you."

"Twenty thousand catties, so much? How many acres of land have you planted? "Shopkeeper Lu was shocked by his number, he thought that it would be two or three acres of land at most, this~~ This is really not worried about not being able to survive at all, courage is commendable, courage is commendable!

"Thirty acres." Zhong Dashan said lightly.

"Thirty acres." Shopkeeper Lu and Lao You said in unison.

They've seen all the winds and waves, or are they still shocked, isn't he worried about not succeeding at all? Then the rice in these 30 fields will not be wasted, and there will be some return on planting other crops.

"Yes, I'm sorry for you." Shopkeeper Lu didn't know what to say anymore, he was really too rushed.

"Has the shopkeeper thought it through?"

"Zhong Xianggong, how much do you plan to sell this catty?" He is a businessman, and the first one must be to lower the price, but Zhong Xianggong said just now that the price is not negotiable, but he still has to know it before he can decide how much rice he wants, such a good rice, if he misses it, it will be his loss.

Zhong Dashan can come to him first, and there is a certain amount of cooperation and friendship in it, otherwise he won't be able to sell it at all.

"Thirty wen a catty, no two prices." Zhong Dashan stretched out three fingers and shook them.

Thirty Wen, okay, okay, it's not very expensive, a pound of polished rice in the market can also be sold for thirty Wen, his price should be opened according to the price of polished rice, no wonder he said no two prices, such rice will be lowered again, he will definitely not accept it.

"Okay, let's get a thousand catties first. The money is still calculated together with the vegetables or separately. "The two are cooperating, but the money also needs to be asked.

"Count it separately." Since vegetables and fish are in supply for a long time, they are settled every month for convenience, and the rice business is only like this several times a year, so there is no need to mix them together.

"Okay, 1,000 catties and 30 taels, pay you fifteen taels first, and then pay the rest when you put it in, what do you think?" Shopkeeper Lu said as he prepared to get the money.

"Yes, I'll have someone send it to you." Zhong Dashan said with a smile, finally negotiated.

"Okay, I'll let Xiao Er go with me, and I'll use the carriage from the restaurant." After speaking, Shopkeeper Lu went and called someone in.

"Little shrimp, you follow this brother to Zhongjia Village to pull a thousand catties of rice back." Shopkeeper Lu pointed at Zhong Ning and said.

"Okay, shopkeeper." Xiao Shrimp nodded and looked at Zhong Ning, "This big brother, are you going to leave now?" ”

"Zhong Ning, you take the shrimp to pull the rice, and you can bring the rest of the balance back to me when the time comes." Zhong Dashan commanded Zhong Ning.

"Okay, host."

Xiao Shrimp took Zhong Ning to the stable in the backyard to lead the carriage and set off to Zhongjia Village.

Zhong Dashan also bid farewell to Shopkeeper Lu.

After making this deal, he thought of one thing, there is a lack of an account room at home, and all the previous accounts are managed by the daughter-in-law, and soon after, the daughter-in-law will be born, and there will definitely be no way to manage it, so he simply finds an account room to go back.

With the account room, in the future, the accounts in and out of the family will be handed over to him to calculate, and the daughter-in-law will be much easier.

"Boss, where are we going?" Zhong Xia followed Zhong Dashan, and the more he walked, the more he felt that the route felt wrong, a little off, how should he go to the rich area.

"Let's go buy someone first."

"Buying people? What kind of people to buy? Zhong Xia was a little dumbfounded, they didn't come to sell rice, how did they develop to buy people, put the cart before the horse.

"In the account room, my daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and someone has to take care of the accounts in and out." Zhong Dashan said simply.

"Yes, yes, sister-in-law has been here for eight months, and she is not far from birth, you are right to do this." Zhong Xia then remembered the number of months Jin Mo was actually pregnant, she really didn't have the energy to take care of the family's accounts anymore, the child was born, and she had to put all her heart and soul into the child, and the newborn child could make a fuss, and she couldn't leave anyone at all.

"Guest officer, buy people, buy land or buy a house?" The guy from the tooth shop greeted him warmly and asked.

"Buyer, is there an account room?" Zhong Dashan directly named what kind of person he wanted to buy.

"The account room, yes, yes, but that person has high requirements, I don't know if you can afford it." Looking at the man's dress, his family background should be good, but thinking of that person, the guy didn't dare to guarantee anything.

"It's okay, let's watch it first." I didn't see anyone, everything was empty, and everything was waiting to be talked about when we met.

"That's what the guest officer said, then let's go and meet him." The guy led Zhong Dashan and Zhong Xia into the backyard together, there were many people standing in different categories, Zhong Dashan had seen it many times, there was no expression, Zhong Xia was the first time he saw it, and he was very uncomfortable, it turned out that this was the tooth shop, the people here were like pork in a pork shop, they could choose at will, and they could take it away if they fancied the starting price.

Although he felt uncomfortable, Zhong Xia continued to follow Zhong Dashan forward, and did not stop until he came to a room.

"Mr. Fang, there is a guest who wants to see you." The guy's attitude towards this Mr. Fang is a bit low, giving people the illusion that he is different from others.

"Did you tell them what I wanted?" A hoarse voice came from inside the room, and it was obvious that the man's throat was wounded.

"I just said that your requirements are a bit high, and the guest said that he wanted to meet first and then talk." The guy knew Mr. Fang's temper, so he quietly moved a few steps away from the gate.

"I didn't say what you brought people here for, come back when you make it clear." Mr. Fang yelled at the guy at the door.

"Mr. Fang, don't be angry, I'll tell them. Don't be angry. "The guy is a little lucky, fortunately he didn't smash things out this time, it is estimated that there is nothing to be smashed, Rao is like this, he easily does not dare to anger him, the person who angered him last time was beaten by him and now he has not been able to get up from the bed, he doesn't want to end up like that person.

"Guest, you see, Mr. Fang's temper~~" Speaking of temper, the man paused for a moment, and then continued: "He asked to buy his master's house and give him a separate room, and if his freedom cannot be restricted, he will also have a salary of five hundred taels a year." The guy said while observing Zhong Dashan's appearance, many people could still accept the first request before, after all, it was an account room, and the request for a single room was not excessive, but freedom and five hundred taels of wages, many people shook their heads after hearing it, and finally gave up directly, I don't know how this son will behave.