The coachman shook his head and lowered his voice: "There must be that, but that kind of diligent people will be regarded as different, isolated and discriminated against, either moved out of the village, or assimilated by them." ”

Ignorant and ignorant, Fang Tian somehow remembered these four words.

I couldn't help but sigh, thinking that if I was a little more diligent, if I was accidentally born in this village, and was wrapped in ignorant villagers like this, I am afraid that life would be better than death.

All the way, none of the three of them spoke, only the sound of the ox cart running over the mountain road, and the sound of the wind and the water.

"Turn the corner again, and you'll be there." The coachman said suddenly.

Fang Tian was looking forward to it, in fact, she could feel it, when Fang was still far away, she smelled a faint scent of orchids in the air, refreshing and calming people's souls, and those who couldn't help but be restless and depressed because of the rush were all burned in this pure heart orchid fragrance.

"It's finally here, and the ox cart that has been sitting for so long is more stable than the horse-drawn cart, but it's always uncomfortable."

As he spoke, the ox cart had slowly turned under the command of the coachman, and as the mountain wall gradually disappeared, a small village slowly appeared in his eyes.

It was an old village, located in the shade of the mountain, different from the village where Fang Tian lived, the buildings in that village were very dilapidated, and there were far more people standing and chatting and talking between the alleys of the village.

The crazy grass and trees wrapped around the village, the stream flowed slowly in front of the village, and Fang Tian had already smelled the fragrance of orchids before he could reach the place.

Ox carts drove across the trail and listened in front of the village.

Seeing that outsiders had come to the village, the people who stood and chatted in a daze gave them strange looks.

The coachman lowered his voice and said, "This village, because it is ostracized, has always welcomed only merchants who buy medicinal herbs, girl, you must be careful when talking to the people in the village. ”

It's not a poor mountain and a bad water, but also a bad people, Fang Tian secretly sighed in his heart.

After a while, an old man with a white beard hurriedly stepped forward, and seeing that he was not a familiar face, nor was he a merchant who purchased medicinal materials, the old man's face was a little cold: "I am the head of this village, and you can tell me anything about it." ”

Someone reported to Li Zheng, saying that when three fresh faces came outside, Li Zheng didn't want to go out to meet them. This small village has been ostracized by the world for many years, and the attitude towards guests has never been welcome.

In particular, guests who are not able to bring wealth are not welcomed, and only merchants who buy medicinal herbs are welcomed.

Li was smoking, the smoke in the pipe gradually drifted to the sky, his mind was also drifting, all he thought was to wonder why this year's medicinal herb merchant couldn't come to buy medicinal herbs at this time, and if he didn't come, it would be winter.

"Lizheng, those people from outside said that they made a special trip to the village for the orchid."

Before the words fell, the old man, who was still comfortably lying in the rocking chair, stood up with a bang, pulled his legs and ran towards the entrance of the village.

His pace was so fast that even the young man who reported the news could not catch up with him.

Fang Tian and the three of them stood next to the ox cart, it was obviously noon at this moment, and there was a layer of cold sweat on the surface. The villagers surrounded by the side were old and young, young and strong, and yellow and thin, and there were many differences in appearance and body shape, but their gaze on outsiders was different.

They were all vigilant and vigilant eyes, as if they were trespassers.

Fang Gang is a tall man of more than one meter and eighty, seeing this posture, the first thing he thought of was to pull his sister behind him, he was a man, and he always had to protect women.

Fang Gang lowered his voice and scolded secretly, saying that the whole village was crazy, fortunately, he was not at ease when Fang Tian went out, so he came out with him, otherwise his sister's delicate and gentle personality would be bullied.

Fang Tian nodded and said yes, she herself felt that these were Diao people, in the past, the books said that poor mountains and bad waters came out of Diao people, and sure enough, not all the books were right, good mountains and good waters, and they also came out of Diao people.

It's just a pity that the elegant peach blossoms, which have always been favored by literati and ink writers, can take root and sprout here.

The awkward silence lasted for a while, until the villagers surrounding the side suddenly moved out of the way, and someone whispered a few words, Li Zheng was coming, and it eased up a little.

As he spoke, an old man stepped forward, his clothes were untidy, his face was old, and when he squinted his eyes and looked at others, he gave people a chill.

"I'm the head of this village, and you can tell me anything."

When Li was looking at Fang Tian and a few people, Fang Tian was also looking at him, his bright eyes were on the cloudy eyes, and he didn't see the meaning of panic and fear, this kind of heart was quite novel, so Li Zheng looked at her twice.

Fang Gang noticed Li Zheng's eyes, protected his sister tightly behind him, and said in a rough voice: "We came from a neighboring town, and I heard that you specialize in growing orchids here, so let's take a look." ”

They don't dress like businessmen, they dress more like small farmers, but it's a good thing to have money to send to your door, and no matter how thin a fly's legs are, it's a piece of meat, isn't it? Li Zheng let the surrounding villagers disperse, wanting to invite Fang Tian back to his house first.

Seeing that the people in the village were so repulsive to foreign guests, where did Fang Tian dare to go, his mind was full of just looking at the flowers and grass, and then go home.

"Don't bother preparing tea, we are specialized in the orchid business, just look at the flowers and plants."

Li Zheng glanced at Fang Tian a few more times, thinking that the tall and strong man who was in charge of the three people, but he didn't expect that it was actually the petite and weak woman, listening to her voice and face as usual, it didn't seem like she was lying, Li Zheng thought about it in his heart, turned around and left.

"I'll take you to the place where the flowers are planted."

Fang Gang was a little worried, he didn't want to follow, Fang Tian smiled, patted his hand, and saw that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice and said, "In broad daylight, is it possible that you can still kill people and sell goods?" ”

What a tall man is afraid of, but she, a petite and weak girl, is not afraid, Fang Gang felt embarrassed, so he nodded: "If something happens, you can hide behind my back." ”

The brother and sister said hello to the coachman and walked in the direction of Lizheng.

Li Zheng was waiting in front of him, and when he saw that they had finished talking and followed, he took a step.

I followed Li Zheng left and right and walked a long way, only to the edge of a field, in fact, this place is not a field, but at the beginning of the hoe to dig up the gravel, and then let it grow, overgrown with weeds and no one to take care of it, orchids and weeds grow together, the growth is not good.

If those who love orchids know that the people of this small village are so harsh, I am afraid that they will faint on the spot.

Fang Tian ignored the overgrown grass and half-squatted down to look at the orchids in it.

Vaguely able to smell the fragrance of orchids, Fang Tian approached the orchid plant to take a closer look, one arrow has many flowers, and it is this time of year when the flowers are blooming, so he is sure that this is Jianlan.

It is really touching that a small village blessed with such a good climate to grow orchids, but because of its ignorant and inferior roots, it is so poor.

Fang Tian's hand caressed Jianlan's light-colored flowers, and he was a little admired that it could still bloom in such a desperate situation.

"Your village is in a good place."

When Li Zheng heard this, he was very proud: "The place chosen by the ancestors is good, our children and grandchildren are shaded by it, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, even if they are poor, they have not complained about the ancestors, and the goddesses in the village say that orchids can bloom without a breeze, all relying on the blessing of the ancestors!" ”

"By the way, when the young students in the village came to me just now, they said that you came here to buy orchids? I don't know what kind of orchid business you are doing here, how many orchids do you want? ”

Rizheng asked as he counted how many orchids he had planted in his field.

"I just want to do this business, but I haven't had time to start doing it yet, and orchids will be the raw materials."

Li Zheng was stunned, a little angry, he felt that he had been deceived, this orchid business had not started yet, how could he be embarrassed to say it, this little girl's family looked quite stable, and she didn't make a draft when she bragged.

Irritably, he took two puffs of cigarettes, and his face was a little dark: "Your business hasn't started yet?" ”

Before Fang Tian could speak, Fang Gang couldn't get angry: "What kind of eyes are you, who has not yet started a business yet!" ”

This is indeed the case, but after all, they have to rely on their own orchids to eat, is it possible to give flowers, and then give money when their business is done well? That will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey, and it is estimated that the whole family will have starved to death by then.

Fang Tian could understand his concerns, after all, not everyone dared to do this kind of thing by investing.

"If we buy your flowers, we will never owe your family money, we have to be honest in business, we won't mess around, you can rest assured."

The girl didn't seem to be very old, but her words were steady, and Li Zheng's heart was half stable, and she tentatively asked two sentences about buying orchids, and got Fang Tian's affirmative answer, so she talked to her about the price of orchids.

"Our family of five, all rely on the orchids in this field to live, in previous years they were sold to the medicinal herb merchants who came to buy, now girl, you want to buy orchids, you have to have a higher price than the merchant."

Li Zheng said, quoting a price.

The price happened to be within Fang Tian's current affordable range, so he gladly agreed.

Fang Tian estimated that the equipment that could refine flavors and fragrances at home was almost ready, and the orchid was already ready to buy, so after negotiating the price, he talked to Li Zheng about the transportation of orchids.

Although the village is poor, a few ox carts can still be found, Fang Tian said that after the orchid, she gave the freight and the money to buy flowers.

Li Zheng listened, frowning, a little embarrassed. For him, the money from selling orchids is a lot of money after all, and the transaction is still outside the village, what if the goods arrive, this little girl doesn't give the money to pay the bill, what if the official doesn't care?

What the people outside think of the people in their village, others don't know very well, but they understand it very well in their hearts.

Fang Tian didn't know what Li Zheng was thinking, in case she knew, she would have to say that he was paranoid. She took out some silver taels from her sleeve as a deposit and handed it over: "There are rules for doing business, although I don't know much about it, but I still understand the matter of giving a deposit." This silver is my deposit for buying orchids, and the rest of the money will be settled for you when the goods are delivered, what do you think? ”

How can it be? Of course it's good.

The cloudy eyes saw the silver of the white flowers in the little hand of the white and tender girl, and they suddenly shiled, and the originally gloomy face began to fade because of the silver.

"This is a good rule, girl, don't worry, since I have accepted your money, I will never repay it. I'll hire a few ox carts tomorrow and deliver them to you personally, don't worry! ”