Chapter 70 Gambling
Shaanxi is not without famous tea, Du Baozhu came to Xin'an to be both famous and nameless, and the price of tea trees is cheap.
And the old man in front of him who has become the bark of a tree actually asks for 500 wen when he opens his mouth, and 1,000 trees is 500,000 yuan, and the private money that the delicate girl Du Baozhu has saved in the past ten years is only a little.
Of course, Cui's didn't agree, and his face turned a little colder: "My husband doesn't seem to be sincere in wanting to do business." ”
She is a noble girl, although she is an inconspicuous side branch, but the demeanor she should have is still not something that the people of Shengdou can learn. Just by drooping his eyelids, the condescending momentum made Old Man Yang's heart empty.
However, Old Man Yang quickly reacted: What is he afraid of this little girl? Now the most important thing is to keep them here, so that they can kill the 'sheep'.
Then he grinned and laughed, "Look at what you said, isn't it all about shouting and bargaining like this in business?" If you are not satisfied with the price, you may wish to say a number, and let's compare it. ”
The ice and snow on Cui's face decreased slightly, and the reserve price that the lady gave her was cut off a little: "One hundred and fifty Wen, it has to be rooted and soiled." ”
The corner of Old Man Yang's eyes twitched, this lady would be able to settle accounts, and the price offered was just right, and she only left him a dozen yuan to earn.
He just wanted to raise the price again, but someone behind him suddenly preemptively said: "I'll sell it at this price!" ”
Old man Yang looked back, and it was one of the strong men who had discussed the robbery before, this person was not tall, with a simple face, and he was a famous fool in the village, named Nianzi.
Old man Yang's face was dark, and he glanced hard at the mill with his eyes: "I'm talking to the guests about business, why are you coming out to make trouble?" Hurry back! ”
As if he couldn't read Old Man Yang's face, he smiled and said, "My family has pressed more than a thousand branches in the year, and I just caught up with something at home, so I didn't have time to plant." Since the lady wanted to buy it, I sold it. ”
At this time, unlike modern times, most of the tea trees are propagated by the old method of pressing strips. This method comes slowly, and it can't be sold at any price, if it is not set in advance, or the owner of the tea mountain wants to expand the garden himself, he will not be able to find a ready-made one.
Therefore, if Old Man Yang wants to sell tea trees, he has to dig up tea trees that produce his own tea, and one hundred and fifty yuan is not a big profit. But if the mill sells the tea seedlings that are separated by the strips, it will make money.
Old man Yang's face became darker and darker when he heard this, and he dealt with Cui's in a few words, and then pulled the person who went up the mountain aside: "Nianzi, what do you mean by this?" This family can't get out of our village at all, what are you selling her tea trees for? ”
"Hehe," the mill was not afraid at all, and still looked honest: "I just want to put my tea seedlings in the ground, and they still occupy space, so it is better to take them out and make more money." ”
His words seemed unintentional, but they were heard by those who had a heart. A lean man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he stared at Old Man Yang tightly: "Village Chief, the sale of this tea seedling is really done, whose money is it?" ”
This is the key question, although the money and wealth that have been robbed will be divided equally by everyone. But before this was robbed, should the money from the sale of tea trees be divided and how should it be divided?
Du Baozhu still lives in Old Man Yang's courtyard, and he doesn't dare to say that the money he earns will be divided equally, for fear that these people will force him to spit out the rent of the Du family's hospital. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "Naturally, whoever earns it counts!" ”
"Is that true?" And their eyes lit up.
Who doesn't know how to settle accounts, the money that was robbed after the robbery is divided by a village, how many can a family share? These 1,000 tea trees, even if they are sold for a penny, will cost a thousand dollars!
There are more shrewd ones, and they immediately thought: since this group of people can't get out of the village, won't they get tens of thousands of dollars for nothing if they pick up the tea trees that were sold when the time comes!
Looking at the eagerness of everyone, Old Man Yang's face turned black into the bottom of the pot. That's what he originally planned, and he wanted to eat the money quietly. Unexpectedly, before the price was negotiated, a mill suddenly appeared to ruin his good deeds.
Seeing everyone's eyes rolling at this moment, he had no choice but to remind him loudly: "Don't just think about making money, if the price of tea seedlings is set too low, it will easily arouse their suspicion!" ”
The expressions of the crowd were slightly restrained, but the price was set, and who would sell it became a problem.
Old man Yang cleared his throat and said righteously: "There is a drought this year, and everyone is having a hard time. In my opinion, it's better to set a price together and sell some of each. ”
This is a good idea, and soon the mill stood up and said: "Uncles, my father is still recuperating in bed, and it just so happens that my family has these tea seedlings." I'll offend my nephew once, sell 500 plants first! ”
"Fart! You eat half of it alone, what about the rest of us? Someone objected: "Don't pretend to be a filial son, our neighbors, who doesn't know that your father was paralyzed by you?" This money is really going to you, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to pass the night, so I have to give it to the gambling house! ”
It was another verbal battle, but in the end, it was Old Man Yang who made the decision, and it was divided according to the head of the men. There are a total of 105 men in the village who can work in the fields, and one man can sell ten tea seedlings.
There are also people who are dissatisfied and want to include their newborn son. was glared at fiercely by Old Man Yang: "What's not to be satisfied with this division?" If you make trouble again, smash the pot, none of us will want to fall into the good! ”
After stabilizing everyone, Old Man Yang turned around and negotiated with Cui's family: "The price of one hundred and fifty wen is too low, and the tea produced by one of our tea trees in a year is more than sold at this price." ”
Cui Shi just smiled: "This year is a dry year, and I am afraid that the tea in your village will not be sold at such a high price." What's more, picking tea leaves also requires manpower, so if you sell this tea tree to me, won't you have more hands to cultivate more tea seedlings? When the rain is abundant next year and new tea trees have grown, you won't have to delay selling your tea. ”
No matter how crooked Old Man Yang was, Cui Shi insisted on this price and refused to let go, so he said that he would go elsewhere to take a look.
How dare Old Man Yang really let her go, and finally shook his head and sighed and agreed: "One hundred and fifty is one hundred and fifty!" You pay the deposit first, and when the sun goes down, I'll call someone to dig it! ”
Only then did Cui take out the sales contract prepared in advance, pay the deposit with one hand, and let Old Man Yang sign the pledge with the other.
Old man Yang didn't get much benefit from this transaction, and his face was a little less enthusiastic, and he took the deposit and said that he wanted to go down the mountain.
Du Baozhu was still thinking about the pair of young brothers that Lu Ming said, so he used the excuse that the scenery was good and wanted to go shopping again, so Old Man Yang pointed to two honest and tight-mouthed men to accompany him.
As soon as Old Man Yang left, those men were in a hurry to divide the money, and they also walked away, leaving only two honest men who were unlucky to look at Du Baozhu and Cui's in a daze.
Du Baozhu smiled and walked away from Cui's family, and then turned his head to look at the two of them: "Two big brothers, the weather is so hot, you have worked hard to accompany you." There are some jade floating beams brought by the capital, you can drink some cool and cool. ”
As he spoke, he asked him to take out the wine from the basket and bring it to the two honest heads.
These two people were originally left behind because of their low status and easy bullying, and they were not convinced, and they could not bear it when they saw the good wine from the capital. After glancing at each other, they took the small jar and grunted.
Taking this opportunity, Du Baozhu walked alone towards the shade of the mountain. The two honest men wanted to keep up, but they were pulled by Lu Ming with a smile: "My little lady just likes to look at the scenery alone, let's just guard here, why bother basking in the sun?" ”
The summer sun is poisonous, and it has sunk half to the west, and it still hurts hot when it shines on people. The two honest men touched the small wine jar in their hands and sat back tacitly.
Seeing this, Lu Ming also took out a jar of wine and drank it slowly with them, chatting from time to time.
This tea mountain has long been developed and perfected by the villagers, and the whole mountain is full of regular tea trees, only the pergola on the side of the road or erected with a little shade.
Du Baozhu bent down into a nearby shed, and was about to sit down, when he saw a thin figure coming in through the wide gap behind the shed.
I was so happy to see that I screamed in fright, but Du Baozhu raised his hand and blocked it back: "Little lady, I don't know what to call it?" ”
The figure was stunned for a moment, and then looked up at Du Baozhu: "You ......"
"I don't know you." Du Baozhu smiled and said, "However, I guessed that you would come to me." ”
The black shadow hesitated for a moment before stepping out of the shadows, revealing a small face with sunken cheeks: "How did you guess?" ”
was stunned by the taste of covering his mouth: Isn't this person the little lady I only met at noon? How did she come here? How did her little lady know she was coming here?
Yule felt that he was about to be dizzy, so he had to look at Du Baozhu with wide eyes, hoping to get an answer.
Du Baozhu saw that he had forgotten about screaming, so he slowly let go of his hand and explained: "Listening to Lu Ming, the little lady is elegant and abides by etiquette, as if she has read a sage book. Since you have received my eggplant cake, you will definitely come to me to thank you, so I guess you will come. ”
"Humph!" The girl let out a soft snort from the end of her nose, and seemed to be very resentful: "You look like you have read a book, how can you still do the evil thing of 'buying and selling'?" ”
"You are short of food, I happen to have a surplus, I can help a handful, how can it be called 'strong buying and selling'?"
"That's a good point! If you help me, don't you want to know the situation in the village from my mouth? Don't pretend to be a good person! ”
"First, I never said I was a good person." Du Baozhu looked at the indignant little girl, stretched out her white and clean fingers, and counted: "Second, I don't need you to tell me, I can guess what the people in your village have in mind." ”
The little girl who was full of resentment didn't expect Du Baozhu to confess like this, and the words that she had been holding back her stomach suddenly deflated: "What did you guess?" ”
Du Baozhu smiled and said: "Just now, my mother deliberately pushed the price of tea seedlings very low, and the village chief even agreed to keep us." I don't care about the little money in front of me, I think there is a bigger plan. And what can be plotted against me is the little possessions outside my body. ”
The little girl saw that Du Baozhu had guessed most of the facts, and the defensive meaning in her eyes dissipated a lot, and she glanced at Du Baozhu carefully before asking, "Since you already know what they are doing, why don't you run away quickly?" ”
"I can't escape." Du Baozhu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that as soon as we leave, they will stop us." When the time comes, I will completely tear my face, and I won't have much chance of winning against the real Kikura. ”
The little girl's eyes showed reproach, and she seemed to hate iron and steel: "If you don't run away, do you plan to wait for death like this?" ”