Chapter 24: The Way to Wealth (Part II)
"Haven't you been in touch for a long time, why did you suddenly come to our house again? Why is she here? ”
How sad it was to be bullied and treated coldly in the past, Zhao Wenxuan still remembers it, and now when he saw his relatives suddenly appear at his house, he frowned and felt that things were not simple.
Zhao Huang poured hot tea and served it to him: "It was said that he had not been in contact for a long time, and he was a little worried about our family, so he brought gifts to see if we were doing well. ”
Zhao Huang said disappreciably, but Zhao Wenxuan was a little worried, frowning and thinking back to the smile of his distant relatives when he went out, he was very puzzled: "Looking at the way she smiled, it should be more than just because of something close to her, right?" ”
"Yes, do you remember her stupid son, who specially bought gifts and sent them to the door, just for her son's affairs. She wanted our family to help her, say a few good words to Wang Yuanwai, and find a job for her stupid son in the cloth village! Hmph, she can even open this mouth, I still remember how she used to be to our family! ”
When distant relatives walked out of the door, they smiled happily, just like a chrysanthemum with wrinkled faces, Zhao Wenxuan was a little worried: "Mother, you won't agree to her, right?" ”
The smile on Zhao Huang's face suddenly froze, and he snorted: "She, she knelt down and begged me, and I agreed." But Wu'er, you don't have to worry about this matter, even if you agree, what if you don't have a handprint, you don't have to fulfill it, the gifts she brought when she came are all owed to us, and you can accept it with peace of mind. ”
Zhao Huang's wishful thinking played loudly, but Zhao Wenxuan was a little uneasy, after all, he was a scholar, and the book said that a gentleman would be difficult to chase after him, and it would be embarrassing to let him go and not fulfill his promise.
Zhao Wenxuan planned to help the distant relative say a few good words in front of Wang Yuanwai.
Just say two good words, then the king is willing to help, willing to arrange an errand, that is the other king's own business, he is only responsible for saying good things, as long as he can hand over the errand.
Zhao Wenxuan thought to himself, washed up and fell asleep early, had no dreams that night, and got up early the next day and wanted to go to Zhang Yuanwai's house in the town.
There is a long road from the town in the village, and it usually takes half an hour to walk that road, but what kind of person is Zhao Wenxuan, a weak and delicate scholar, let him hurry with his feet, so he naturally refused, so he thought about rubbing someone's ox cart to go to the town.
Unfortunately, I asked several families, but no one was there, and the only one left had been hired by the Fang family, saying that they were going to a neighboring town and gave a lot of money.
Zhao Wenxuan was depressed, and he was furious in the opera, and kicked the stone on the side, never thinking that the stone hit the wall and rebounded back, hitting his calf, it hurt Zhao Wenxuan screamed and sat on the ground.
As he was rubbing the wound, he heard a voice behind him.
"What are you doing in the neighboring town?"
It was Fang Gang's voice, Zhao Wenxuan was scared by Fang Gang last time, for fear that he would rush up and beat people again, so he lowered his head.
"I want to go to the neighboring town to see the village that specializes in orchids, and I heard that there are so many orchids there that they are unsalable, so I want to buy some back and use them for business in the future."
It was Fang Tian's voice, and he also said that he was doing the orchid business.
Zhao Wenxuan knew that Fang Tian had sold an orchid for two hundred taels of silver some time ago, and he thought of the big thing of getting rich, he felt that Fang Tian was smart, the orchid business she wanted to do must be a matter of buying flowers and selling flowers, maybe the orchid was bought by her there, so he couldn't help but think about it, regardless of the injury on his foot, he limped and walked to his house.
Halfway through and feel bad, do business needs capital, their own family is so poor that they need help from others to live, where does the capital come from to do business? But Zhao Wenxuan didn't want Fang Tian, the Fang family was better off than his own, and after thinking about it, he thought of the Wang family.
It just so happened that at this time, there was an ox cart that was going to rush to the town, and Zhao Wenxuan asked the old man who was buying vegetables to carry him.
"What kind of business do you want to do here?" Fang Gang asked with a frown.
Since her little sister was rescued from suicide, her whole person has changed, and in the past, she was sick and full of thoughts about marrying Zhao Wenxuan, and then she just wanted to play with the flowers and plants she planted in the flower garden, how could she be assertive now.
"What I want to do is an orchid business," Fang Tian rubbed his face, not knowing how to explain his thoughts to the ancients, "Anyway, it is a voice that will definitely make money, a business that will not lose money, brother, you believe me, I won't mess around." ”
Fang Gang's peasant man, he used his hands and feet much more than his brain, he didn't know what kind of business Fang Tian was talking about, what he saw was Fang Tian's embarrassment.
"If you don't say it, don't say it, I believe you."
What Fang Tian has been doing these days, where is the reason why Fang Gang doesn't believe her, his little sister is smart, and his brother has seen it with his own eyes.
"Thank you, brother, I will definitely live up to your trust." Fang Tian couldn't help but squint her eyes and laughed, she was wearing a goose-yellow dress today, standing in the tuyere, the skirt swayed lightly in the wind, which made several young men passing by stunned, and there was even one who was so addicted that he almost tripped over the stone under his feet.
Fang Gang followed his gaze, his eyes were fierce and vicious, and the gaze of the door god attached to the door was almost the same, and he stared at the few young men who peeked so much that his heartbeat was less, and he pulled out his legs and ran towards the village.
Fang Tian felt funny, and his white and tender little hand pulled his brother's sleeve: "Okay, everyone is gone, so you don't have to look at it." ”
"Sister, brother, you will definitely not lose money in business, my sister is very smart, she will definitely not make a mistake in this kind of thing, I, what I don't worry about is that you go to the neighboring town to see the flowers by yourself."
Fang Gang looked at his petite and lovely girl, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that she was a delicate flower, and she was the kind of delicate flower that was about to fall when the wind blew.
"I'll go with you!" As soon as Fang Gang said, he pulled his legs and ran in the direction of his house, "You wait for me for a while, I'll go get something." ”
When he came back, he was holding a small bag in his hand, and when he saw Fang Tian, he stuffed it into her hand: "I don't know how much capital you have enough money to do business, according to your temper, you will definitely not ask your father and mother to take the money, so I will take out the money I saved and give it to you, not much, I hope it can come in handy." ”
Fang Tian held the small bag containing money, his heart warmed slightly, and he said sincerely: "Thank you, brother." ”
The neighboring town was about an hour away from Fang Tian's small village, and Fang Tian was sitting on a steady ox cart, a little drowsy.
Suddenly, the wheel of the car rolled over the stones and jolted, and Fang Tian suddenly woke up from his sleep.
Fang Gang sat opposite her, and he saw his sister's reaction: "After this forest, it will take more than half an hour to get to the place, if you feel sleepy, just sleep for a while." ”
The ox cart can only sit, and holding the same position for too long can make people's bones sore.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the wilderness, Fang Tian stretched his waist: "Brother, have you heard about the matter of Lan Village in the neighboring town, I asked my mother yesterday, and my mother didn't say it clearly enough, and I was a little unstable in my heart." ”
Yesterday, when he heard a distant relative of Zhao Wenxuan's family mention a village specializing in growing orchids, Fang Tian moved his mind, and when Zhao Xiuqin returned home, he asked her about the so-called orchid village.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiuqin, who has always said that she is well-informed, is stuck in this place, and she knows very little about the orchid village in the next town, only that it is a village that specializes in planting orchids, and anything else, I don't know much when I ask again.
Zhao Xiuqin originally wanted to inquire with other aunts and aunts, but Fang Tian stopped her, saying that it was better to see than to hear, and it was clear to ask others if they didn't go to see it in person.
No, she hurried out the door the next day, just to see what that Lan Village looked like.
Fang Gang was stunned, shook his head and said: "I only know how to work on weekdays, where do I know what is in Lancun Flower Village, you ask me where the fish and shrimp are easy to catch, where hunting can be harvested, maybe I can still answer." ”
Fang Tian was a little regretful, and sighed softly, it was really not that she was in a hurry, and she had to go to take a look before she even found out about the matter, but it was too boring in ancient times.
I heard that when other people's girls are bored at home, they are either embroidered and written, or they are reading and writing, Fang Tian is not interested in these, and it is impossible to take care of the flowers in the flower garden all day long, after all, the flower garden is so big, and there are not many flowers planted, so it doesn't take so much time, rather than being bored at home, it is better to go out and walk around.
The coachman in front of him heard the content of their conversation, and asked loudly: "I know that Lancun is a very poor place, I have a relative's mother-in-law who married from there, and it is a good hand to plant flowers and raise flowers, that is, people, especially lazy, I taught her for a long time before I got rid of the bad problem of laziness, and during that time my relatives cried when they met people, saying that they did not marry a daughter-in-law, but married a pig and an ancestor, but they really laughed to death." ”
Fang Tian was interested, and asked again: "What else do you know about Lan Village?" ”
The coachman glanced at her, and felt that she should be a nimble mind, and maybe she would really be able to make a fortune from that orchid business in the future, so he thought about taking advantage of her before she was still poor.
"This orchid village, the place is good, there is no one to take care of it in the valley, there are a lot of orchids, there used to be a merchant passing by to collect medicinal herbs, and found that there are many orchids everywhere. But the villagers don't understand the preciousness, they just treat them as wild grasses and wild flowers, trample on them at will, let the cattle and sheep eat them, and buy them at a high price. When the people in the village found that wild grasses and wild flowers could be sold for money, and the money from selling them was higher than that of crops, they rushed to dig up and sell them, and they didn't care about the crops in the fields. The orchids did not grow as fast as they did, and it didn't take long for all the orchids in the village to be dug up. ”
"There are no orchids to sell, and the crops don't want to be planted anymore because of laziness, so they change the fields where the crops were originally planted to plant orchids. Then they passed it down from generation to generation, and gradually, the children and grandchildren became lazier and lazier, and the orchids grew and fewer. Gradually, the news spread outside, and their reputation deteriorated, and no one wanted to associate with them anymore. ”
Listening to this story, Fang Tian felt like he had listened to a fairy tale, which meant that people's laziness overcame their yearning for a better life, so they fell into the swamp of poverty.
"Can't everyone be so lazy, right, there are always one or two diligent ones who live a good life?" Fang Gang had never heard of such a thing before, and asked with a frown.