Chapter 201: The Visitor
After the grain was delivered, several old men and Li Zheng found an afternoon and entered Zhangjiamen, one is to thank Pucao for providing tea and food when the villagers send food, and praise her as if the Bodhisattva of the West Heaven descended to earth. The second, of course, is to discuss the construction of a greenhouse.
There are more than 40 families in the village, and Li Zheng has inquired from house to house early, and the villagers have brothers and sons, fathers and sons, and the whole family has pooled money.
Pu Caoyuan didn't plan to do anything good in this matter, so he happily told Li Zheng and the others that they would step up the construction of adobe, and ask Fang Jie to take a few descendants from the village into the city tomorrow to buy green bricks and iron cylinders.
Li Zheng and the others naturally had nothing to do, Pu Cao thought about it and said again, "Uncle Li Zheng and the elders, our business of this kind of food is about to start, I have an ugly thing to say first." ”
Li Zheng and the others were counting on Pucao to take the whole village to make a fortune, and when they heard this, they hurriedly responded, "Pucao, if you have something to say, as long as it is good for the village, the uncle will keep no one to say a word." ”
Pu Cao smiled lightly, and added tea for everyone before he spoke, "In winter, once this vegetable is planted in our village, it will definitely cause a sensation in the entire Cuiluan City, and it will naturally not worry about sales when the time comes." However, it is also a problem when the market is good, after all, there are so many rich and powerful people in the city that everyone wants to taste something new. Once the scramble starts, it is extremely difficult for us small farmers and small households to be caught in the middle. ”
Li Zheng and a few old men nodded while listening, and they also felt that this was a truth, "Pu Cao's words are right, those officials and old men can't be offended." ”
Pu Cao smiled and continued, "Therefore, when the time comes, Li Zheng will tell the elders and fellow villagers that after the vegetables are cut, they will be handed over to Fang Gongzi, and he will come forward to sell them, which is very conducive to adjusting the price, and will not cause the price to rise and fall because everyone is grabbing business, so that outsiders will pick up the cheap." And the most important thing is that Fang Gongzi's aunt is the wife of Sun Fu Yin..."
Pu Cao's last sentence was only half spoken, but the eyes of Li Zheng and several clan elders became more and more round. Originally, everyone lived in the same village, and Fang Jie was kind and unassuming, and when he saw the villagers on weekdays, he laughed and greeted, and he was approachable like the neighbors. Everyone thinks he is a wealthy businessman with some skills, and no one has ever specifically inquired about his background, and naturally they don't know that he has such a noble status. In the future, with him escorting the whole village, wouldn't it be possible to walk sideways in Cuiluan City.
Thinking like this, Li Zheng and the clan elders were even more excited, and responded with trembling lips, "Pucao, don't worry, with Fang Gongzi Zhang Luo's matter, everyone can't be more relieved." We will tell everyone tonight that they should just grow vegetables well, and if anyone dares to raise a moth when selling vegetables, they will immediately drive their family out of the village. ”
"That's it, that's it."
Seeing that the goal was achieved, Pu Cao smiled and talked about the bright "money road" in winter, and only coaxed Li Zheng and a few clan elders to run to the villagers happily and said.
Pu Cao sent the guests back to the door and saw Fang Jie standing under the eaves with a smile, the folding fan swaying gently, the sideburns and broken hair fluttering, looking leisurely and comfortable. She then said angrily, "You've been here a long time ago, why don't you come forward to help me deal with it?" ”
Fang Jie took two steps forward and took her hand and stepped into the house, and said with a smile, "There is a good wife in the family, so I naturally want to steal half a day's leisure." ”
Pu Cao blushed, and was about to reach out to pinch his waist when he glared, Fang Jie laughed and dodged. When the two were laughing, they suddenly heard someone laughing loudly outside the hospital, "Okay, you are a fan of money, no wonder you don't go back to the capital for a long time, it turns out that you are trapped in the gentle countryside and refuse to move!" ”
Fang Jie and Pu Cao were startled, and quickly let go of their hands and turned their heads to look, it turned out that there was a young man standing at the gate of the courtyard at some point, wearing a royal blue brocade gown and a red gold inlaid crown, looking like the standard dress of a rich young master. It's a pity that the body wrapped in brocade clothes is too rich, with a bulging belly, round arms and thighs, plus round eyes and nose, no matter how you look at it, it is extraordinarily "gratifying".
Pu Cao couldn't help but smile and was about to ask, but Fang Jie, who didn't want to be beside her, had already strode out of the door, hugged the round boy and slapped it heavily, and shouted in surprise, "Zhao Fatty, why are you here?" Could it be that the beauties of the capital have been rejected by you, so you came to our remote place to find 'treasure'? ”
Zhao Fatzi's subordinates also unceremoniously slapped back a few times, and laughed, "Uncle Ben is not the person who likes the new and hates the old, but you, a wealth fan, have not gone to see your brother for many days, but it turns out that you have secretly built a gentle township." Honestly, when did you develop this taste for stealing 'red apricots'? ”
Fang Jie heard that his words were slightly frivolous, and hurriedly let go of his straight face and said, "Don't talk nonsense, this is the wife I want to marry in the future." ”
Zhao Fatzi was stunned for a moment, and then immediately bowed to the slowly walking Pucao, and said with a smile, "Oh, my brother has given a gift to his sister-in-law." Sister-in-law is not strange, my brother is a straightforward person. ”
Just a few jokes, if it were Pucao on weekdays, he wouldn't necessarily be accountant, not to mention that he saw Fang Jie so close to him just now, so he naturally guessed that the two of them were incomparable, and of course they wouldn't take it to heart.
She smiled back and replied, "Brother Zhao doesn't have to be polite, I haven't married into the Fang family yet, my brother just calls me Zhang Dongjia." ”
"Okay, okay, listen to my sister-in-law." Zhao Fatzi agreed happily, but he still called his sister-in-law. He turned around and pulled a bulging cloth bag from the side of the saddle, held it in front of Pucao with both hands and said with a smile, "Little brother @ saw my sister-in-law's face for the first time, and I didn't prepare any good gifts. It happened that I met a few 'friends' on the way here, and they were very enthusiastic and bold to send their savings for many years to the younger brother to entangle. The younger brother borrowed flowers to offer Buddha here and gave them to his sister-in-law, and hoped that his sister-in-law would not dislike it. ”
Pu Cao glanced at the obviously heavy package, and then turned his head to look at Fang Jie. Fang Jie knew Zhao Fatzi's methods, and guessed that he must have encountered some gangsters on the road, but he was robbed by pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. As the so-called ill-gotten gains, everyone sees and divides them, and he doesn't care much about it, so he smiled and took it and handed it to Pucao, "What your brother gave me, you can keep it." If you like it, pick it out, and I'll help you exchange it for money if you don't like it. ”
Pu Cao nodded and took it, opened the bag casually and took a look, only to see that there were a lot of jewelry and silver bills in it, and even a few small denomination silver tickets, which were worth a thousand eight hundred taels when roughly calculated. It's an amazing gift.
She looked up at Zhao Fatzi again, although he had a smile on his face, there was always a hint of judgment in the depths of his eyes.
Pu Cao smiled secretly in her heart, and said lightly, "Brother Zhao's meeting gift is too heavy, I have the heart to accept it, but I am afraid that Brother Zhao will have a bad heart." It's better to be like this, your brother Fang and I are discussing to open a fishing villa these days, Brother Zhao's silver money should be regarded as shares, and if Brother Zhao goes to Decuiluan City in the future, he will also have a place to settle down and play. ”
Fang Jie hurriedly smiled, "Okay, you just look at the disposal." It's already past noon, I'll take Brother Zhao to my yard first, if you're not tired, help make some food and bring it over." ”
Pucao nodded in response, turned around and went back to the courtyard.
Zhao Fatzi blinked his small eyes, and said with a smile, "Wealth fan, I was strange before, but now I know why you take a fancy to this woman." You're already a very smart person, but I didn't expect to find this woman as shrewd as one in a million. ”
Fang Jie raised his eyebrows, smashed his fist on his shoulder, and scolded him in a low voice, "She is a hard-tempered person, and ordinary men are not as good as her." In the future, don't take out such a tentative trick and be embarrassed. ”
"Okay, okay, it's my brother's mistake, can my brother pour wine for his sister-in-law to admit his mistake in a while?"
"That's not necessary, she's not narrow-minded."
"Fang Caimi, you really fell into it this time, and every word is inseparable from Mrs. Sister-in-law. It is said that heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass, and I don't think my sister-in-law is a beauty. ”
"What do you know, when you meet the person in your life in the future, you will understand."
The two went back to the small courtyard of the Fang family while talking, Aunt Jiang placed tea and snacks under the shade of the tree in the corner of the courtyard, and the two whispered about the capital while blowing the cool breeze at the beginning of autumn.
Fang Jie first inquired about Prince Kang's body, and finally said casually, "What is the situation in the DPRK and China, have the prime minister and others embarrassed the prince?" ”
Zhao Fatzi swallowed a piece of snacks and poured a cup of tea, and then replied with a dark face, "When did that villain stop?" Uncle Jiu's hair turned white again.
A month ago, the prime minister and the prince went up to the emperor to open mines and sell iron, and the ninth uncle naturally wanted to stop them, so they sent people to spread rumors in the capital that the ninth uncle had different intentions, under the banner of leaving a foundation for future generations, but in fact, it may be for whom to leave a foundation. In these words, it is said that Uncle Nine is going to rebel, and Uncle Nine is so angry that he dropped his favorite set of blue and white teacups.
Fortunately, although the emperor's ears are softer, he still understands the loyalty of Uncle Jiu and refutes those folds. But there are one and two things, and those greedy people who have been blinded by money may come back again.
It's a pity that I'm good at eating, drinking and having fun on weekdays, and I can't help Uncle Nine when I encounter this. You've got a clever head, and you've hid so far. ”
Zhao Zhi was even more angry as he spoke, grabbed a piece of osmanthus cake hatefully, bit it in two as a villain, and chewed it to pieces.
Fang Jie's brows furrowed, his subordinates turned the teacups, and asked again after a while, "What excuse did those people find to open a mine this time?" ”
"What other excuse? Grain! Several countries in the south raised the price of rice again, and took the opportunity to blackmail the emperor to sell iron ore for rice and grain, otherwise they would restrict the trade of rice and grain. The villain asked the emperor to agree to mine under the banner of asking for the people's life, but in fact, where can the common people afford rice and grain, it is not that they are planning to make a profit from it. ”
(After taking a nap at noon, pass one first, and the remaining two have not been changed, and I will pass it again tomorrow.) It's very dark outside, and they all say that there is still heavy rain, and if it can't be passed on tomorrow, a few more chapters will be passed together the day after tomorrow. I've just straightened out the plot, and I'm going to speed up the codeword. )