Chapter 166: Planting Peanuts

Ye Feng's suggestion made both Ye and Chen Jixing feel very strange, after all, to build another house in the courtyard, no matter what the material, is always strange. Not to mention that it will destroy the overall layout of the new house, even if I think about it, I don't think so.

For a moment, neither of them spoke.

Seeing that both of them were silent, Ye Feng thought that neither of them was willing. Since you don't want to, it doesn't matter, then find another place to build it, and it's a big deal to build a wall to fence it off.

Anyway, now he has land.

It's not that the two disagree, they're just thinking.

Half-loud, Chen Jixing and Ye both said, "I think it's good to build it in the yard, anyway, this house is translucent, and it's convenient to do anything." Especially in winter, a few children can also play in this sun room, which is warmer than outside. ”

"Then what should I do with the grain in the future," Ye Feng asked.

He didn't want Ye and Chen Jixing to regret it after the house was built. And he now thinks it's a little weird to build a house in the yard like this. It's better to build a house on a new piece of land, and it doesn't take much effort.

Hearing this, Ye said: "The backyard, it's so big enough to get sun." And now we can't grow much food, just enough to eat. ”

As for feeding chickens, pigs and ducks, it is enough to rely on rent.

Seeing that both of them felt good, Ye Feng stopped tempting and discussed the construction matter wholeheartedly. Ye Feng counted it when he unloaded the goods yesterday, and Yin Ping sent these glasses from the capital to be enough, and there was definitely more than one sun room.

In this way, the remaining materials can be preserved, and if there is damage to the sun room in the future, there are materials to repair it.

Besides, after the development of Chenjia Village, some of them will be useful.

As a result of the discussion, everyone agreed to go to Lu County, which is next door to Qingshan County, to invite a master named Lu Chengyi.

Listening to Chen Jixing, this Master Lu is amazing, not only in Qingshan County and Lu County, but also in other places, people ask him to help from time to time.

It is said that this Master Lu is also a descendant of Lu Ban and has many classic masterpieces.

Regardless of whether this statement is testable, Ye Feng feels that as long as the craftsmanship is good, after all, the sun room he built has quite high requirements, such as how to glue two pieces of glass, how to use only glass without other materials, etc., these are all things that ordinary craftsmen can't solve.

After discussing, Chen Jixing and Ye Feng drove to Lu County in Chen Qianshan's ox cart. This Lu County is close to Qingshan County, although it is said to cross the county, it is just a little more than going to the city to catch the market.

On the way, looking at the slow ox cart and the carriage galloping by, Ye Feng felt that Chen Jixing's family should also buy an ox cart or even a carriage, every time he went out, he asked Chen Qianshan to help, although it was a relative, but it was always inappropriate.

As the saying goes, brothers settle accounts, but Chen Jixing's family obviously did not do this. Because of the relationship between the Ye family and Ye Ermei, Chen Qianshan is always on call.

After crossing the boundary of Qingshan County and entering the boundary of Lu County, Ye Feng saw that both sides of the street were slowly lively, and when he arrived on the street, it was even more bustling. Ye Feng made a careful comparison in his heart, and felt that although this place was good, it was not as prosperous as Qingshan County.

When he arrived at a prosperous place, Chen Qianshan stopped the car and asked a passer-by for directions. When the man heard that several people were going to Master Lu's mansion, he pointed the way as if he was very familiar. It seems that the people here all know where they live.

After coming back, Chen Qianshan said: "Let's be lucky, we didn't go the wrong way, and after a while, we will be in front." ”

In this way, after driving for a while, he arrived at a residence with a rather special appearance, Chen Qianshan hurriedly stopped the car, he felt that according to the description, this should be Master Lu's home. I didn't know when I got out of the car and asked, but it wasn't.

I only heard the man say: "Master Lu's home, it's easy to find, you can go forward for a while." ”

It seems that this Master Lu's fame is really great, and any passer-by will know it. It's just that this ancient man is really troublesome, how long is it for a while?

Fortunately, after walking for a few minutes, I saw another house, revealing a simple and solemn atmosphere. A few people stopped the car and pulled passers-by to ask, and sure enough, it was Master Lu's house.

The little guy at the door was very polite, and he asked a few words very experienced, and heard Ye Feng say that he wanted to build a very peculiar sun room, and the materials were all glass, and he hurriedly entered the house to report after placing several people.

After a while, a middle-aged man about forty years old walked out with a calm bearing, which made Ye Feng and the others a little surprised. They originally thought that Master Lu should be an old man anyway, but he was so young.

But when you think about the average life expectancy of people in this time and space, forty years old is definitely not young.

"You're saying you want to build a house made entirely of glass?" Master Lu is a direct person, and he didn't greet each other at first, but went straight to the point.

Hearing this, Ye Feng said, "Yes, Master Lu, that's why I came to you for help." If you change to someone else, you must not dare to take this job. ”

Ye Feng was indeed telling the truth, he had tentatively asked the craftsman who was building a house for the Zhu family, and when everyone heard that the materials were all glazed, they directly shook their heads and said that they could not do anything.

It is estimated that half of it will not be built, and half of it will be scared.

"Is your glass enough? How big is a piece? ”

Sure enough, he is an expert, and he asks the key point as soon as he asks.

Ye Feng answered one by one.

Hearing Ye Feng say that his family's glaze was actually one meter square and enough, Master Lu thought about it and said, "I thought of a way, you wait for me here, I'll go back and get some tools, and we'll set off in a while." ”

This made Ye Feng very surprised, he also thought that he would have to wait at least for a while before Master Lu would be free, and he would be able to go back with them in a while. Aren't all masters very busy and have strange tempers?

Why doesn't this Master Lu have these problems at all.

Master Lu was in a luxury carriage, and in order to discuss related issues, he called Ye Feng over. Hearing Ye Feng's description of various modern buildings, Master Lu was fascinated by it, and while listening, he thought about the feasibility of the kind of architecture that Ye Feng said.

Ye Feng just said this to pass the time, and when he talked about architecture with an ancient architect, he really had more than enough heart and strength. But you can't be silent all the way.

He has always been a man who is afraid of being embarrassed by silence.

When he arrived at Chen Jixing's house, Master Lu first looked at the glass and praised a few words of "rare". I looked at the huge yard at home again, and measured the size again, so that I assured Ye Feng that there was no problem at all.

It's just that I asked, "Why not build it in the backyard?" ”

Hearing this, Ye Feng knew that whether it was perspective or feng shui, it was estimated that it was built in the backyard. Built in the front yard, it is indeed a bit abrupt.

After explaining the need to maximize the use of sunlight and other issues, Master Lu did not ask anything more. Anyway, his role is to build according to the requirements of the master's family. For the rest, he doesn't care.

In this way, Master Lu took a group of apprentices in the courtyard to start measuring and making some plans, but he did not destroy these bluestone slabs that had been laid. This made Ye Feng feel a little emotional, a master is a master, and on the basis of achieving his own architectural purpose, he can still do it without destroying the original design.

This in itself is not an easy task.

Ten days later, when the sunroom was built, the whole family looked incredible. What is a miracle, this house in front of you is.

If other people can solve technical problems, they may not be as good as Master Lu in terms of aesthetics alone. Although it was built in the courtyard, Master Lu made many details to make this sunroom not only less obtrusive, but also more practical.

In Ye Feng's opinion, this sun room is more like the wall of this room, but it is just a little bigger. In order to match the overall style, he even made slight changes to the corners of this courtyard for free.

In this way, it seems that this sunroom is not just built, but it is the same as this courtyard, whether it is designed together, or it is from the same person. How can people not be fascinated by such an effect.

Chen Jixing looked at it several times, and in his opinion, this was too amazing, he really didn't use any material except glass, and there was no glutinous rice-like adhesive. And he tried to push it, it was very strong, and it was not as fragile as he thought.

If it were in modern times, Ye Feng would definitely put furniture such as sofas and coffee tables in it, and drink tea, read books and bask in the sun in his free time, which is not too beautiful. However, this sun room is to be used to raise flowers and vegetables, even if it is to put a stool in, it is not the protagonist.

However, when you are empty, you can try making furniture such as sofas. Anyway, no matter what stool you put on, it has to take up space.

Thinking about it, Ye Feng began to struggle again. He asked Yinping to help buy such a batch of high-quality glaze from the capital, but it was not for growing vegetables. Besides, there is no shortage of these silver in the house.

It seems that it would be nice to be able to arrange this house for both planting and leisure functions.

Seeing that the weather was getting hotter again, Chen Jixing reminded Ye Feng: "Is it possible to grow longevity fruits?" Last year, I thought it was a little late to plant, so I harvested it late. ”

Ye Feng's recent thoughts have all been on the sun room, although it has been repaired, he is still thinking about the layout.

Hearing what Chen Jixing said, Ye Feng said: "If it weren't for my brother-in-law's reminder, I would have forgotten about it." Well, now the weather is completely ready to plant. In this way, you can now go to the village chief to discuss, and say that you can grow longevity fruits, and ask him to find a few people to help plough the land that the village has set up before again. By the way, remember to water it with boiling water and sprinkle some fertilizer in advance. After a few days, when all the long-lived fruits have been peeled, we will start planting. ”

Ye Feng has been thinking about how to make a sofa these days, so he really didn't consider this kind of peanut. Now as soon as Chen Jixing said it, he immediately started to take action, and called Da Niu's mother, Zhao and Ye Ermei to help peel peanuts.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng left a dozen catties in advance, which was the seed of their family's acre of land.

"You say, will the villagers disagree?" Ye Feng asked thiefly. Where is he worried, in fact, he has already made up his mind.

When the big cow mother who was peeling peanuts heard this, she said directly: "What do you agree or disagree with?" To say that this immortal fruit originally belonged to your family. Now you are willing to take it out and plant it, and if you get the silver, it is still public, which is already the end of benevolence and righteousness. If anyone has an opinion, my aunt will be the first to help you. ”

Zhao also said: "If you want to talk about this longevity fruit, no one in the city knows it now, except for the expensive and scary, that is, there is nowhere to be found." You don't know, I heard our family Qianliang say that the immortal fruit of Liuyunxuan is about to be sold out. The fried longevity fruit, which was originally five taels of silver per plate, has now been fried to twenty taels and one plates. Rao is like this, and some people can't eat it. Qianliang said that some people heard that he was from Chenjia Village and had already begun to inquire about the longevity fruit. said that no matter how much we planted this year, we would buy it all for eleven taels of silver and a catty. ”

Ye and Second Sister Ye knew this, so they weren't surprised, but Da Niu's mother was a little surprised when she heard this, and took Zhao's hand and asked, "What you said is true?" Well, I was thinking about what to do if I couldn't sell it. It's good now, but before I even got off the ground, someone had already booked it. And it's sold so expensive! It's really blessed by our ancestors. ”

Zhao said: "What are you worried about, if you can't sell it, let's eat it ourselves." I've tasted it, and it's delicious. ”

Ye Feng only heard "eleven taels of silver a catty" and someone inquired about these two key information. If Boss Wang listens to it, he will probably be very depressed, because now someone has started to grab business. According to this situation, after this year's bumper harvest, the price of longevity fruit will only be higher than last year's.

As for someone asking, it's a big deal.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng said, "Auntie, you go home and ask Brother Qianliang if he knows who asked him about the immortal fruit." You know, you can't just say yes now. ”

Realizing the importance of the problem, Zhao hurriedly responded.

When Chen Jixing walked to the village chief's house, the village chief was walking around in front of the house, looking very troubled. Seeing Chen Jixing coming, the village chief said, "Brother, is there something wrong?" ”

Chen Jixing said: "No, seeing that the weather is getting hotter day by day, it is time to plant longevity fruits, no, come to the village chief to discuss." ”

As soon as he heard that Chen Jixing was here to grow longevity fruits, the village chief's brows stretched a little. In fact, he is also worried about this matter.

Ye's mother's family has been obsessed with the taste since they tasted a plate of fried peanuts and boiled peanuts in Liuyunxuan in the city. However, Liuyunxuan is now hard to find, not only do you need to book a place in advance, but even if you book a place, you may not be able to eat fried peanuts and boiled peanuts.

Especially since a few days ago, Liuyunxuan announced that because there are not many peanuts left, and there is less than a month's worth left, the sales of fried peanuts and boiled peanuts have been stopped, and some pastries stained with peanuts are only taken out.

Ye's father rushed over to line up for the first time to buy a few pieces, and after eating it, he couldn't quench his thirst, and he dreamed of tasting the fried peanuts again.

However, if Liu Yunxuan is not sold, he has no choice. I don't know, I don't know how I heard that this peanut came from Chenjia Village, and it was also said that there are still some seeds in Chenjia Village, which will be planted in a large area this year.

As soon as she thought of this, Ye's mother said: "Okay now, isn't our son-in-law the village chief of that Chenjia Village, if there are really seeds, it must be possible to get a little." ”

Ye's father said: "Yes, yes, that's it." When the harvest is over this fall, I'm going to buy some first. ”

Needless to say, the latter thing is also known, the two found Ye and explained their intentions, Ye couldn't shirk it, she hadn't seen her father be so greedy for so many years, and she also wanted to show off, so she agreed to get a little to take back to her parents' house.

When Chen Jixing knew about this, he almost had a big quarrel with the Ye family.

This longevity fruit is now owned by Chen Jixing's family, and it is all seeds, and it is waiting to be planted now. This is something that the whole village knows. In order to satisfy his father-in-law's temporary appetite, it costs a lot of seeds, which is really not cost-effective.

The key is how he speaks.

After thinking about it, the village chief said, "This is a good thing, and I have been thinking about it all the time." You say, what needs me to do, and we immediately start preparing. ”

Chen Jixing said: "Now the big cow mother is helping to peel the long fruit at my house, so we have to take advantage of this time to find a few people to turn over the field, and then sprinkle some fertilizer to prepare." By the way, boil some boiling water and pour it into the ground. If there is less land, I can do it myself, but this year there is more land, and I am really too busy to be alone. ”

The village chief said: "This is everyone's business, you take everyone to get rich, everyone should naturally contribute." It's easy to do, I'll take care of it. It's just that...... I have a problem, and I still need your help, brother. ”

As soon as Chen Jixing heard it, he knew that it was not a good thing. In fact, since the village chief called him his brother just now, he felt that something was wrong. And Ye Feng had already told him, and now many people are working on the idea of seeds.

Forget it, let's listen to what the village chief says before making a decision, Chen Jixing thought in his heart. Thinking of this, Chen Jixing said: "Village chief, you are polite, tell me what you have to say, and see if you can help." ”

He didn't dare to say anything, if he really wanted seeds, it would be really troublesome.

Who knows, he really guessed correctly, only to hear the village chief say: "It's embarrassing to say." My father-in-law has been sick recently and has been in poor health and has a poor appetite. I didn't know that I went to Liuyunxuan by chance and ate fried longevity fruit once, and I never forgot it after that. However, you also know that Liu Yunxuan is no longer for sale, because they don't have much left, just to make some pastries and sell them. The two old men begged my mother-in-law yesterday, and she answered without consulting me. So ......"

Hearing this, Chen Jixing was actually a little unhappy in his heart, to say that there are really many people who want to eat longevity fruit now, but if everyone is like this, then they don't need to plant it this year. It seems that it is very wise for Ye Feng to leave an acre of seeds for his own personal use.

He was embarrassed to say this just now, but now that he has no worries, he said directly: "So that's the case, it's really a problem." Otherwise, I'll go back and talk to Ye Feng's kid, how about I give you a pound, what do you think? ”

When the village chief heard this, he was simply overjoyed, and he wanted to say that this immortal fruit could not be bought with silver now. It is rare for Chen Jixing to know current affairs like this, but before he said thank you, Chen Jixing continued: "That kid also left a few catties, saying that he wanted to plant an acre by himself." ”

Hearing this, the village chief really didn't know what to say, but fortunately, his problem was solved, and just like Da Niu's mother said, this peanut was originally Ye Feng's ancestral heirloom, although he was unwilling, he had no way to manage it.

The two discussed again, and selected a few men in the village who were famous for tending to the crops, and were responsible for spreading fertilizer on the farmland. The women were responsible for boiling the water and pouring it. After the discussion, the village chief and Chen Jixing left separately.

When he got home, Chen Jixing told Ye Feng what he had just done, and Ye Feng smiled and said, "You did this well, if you want to say that he has to deal with it like this." It's just that his father-in-law is really delicious, and he even eats seeds. I think Qianyan is more sensible than him, no matter how much she wants to eat in her heart, but when she helped peel the shell today, she didn't eat a single one. ”

However, since Chen Jixing agreed, Ye Feng had no choice, so he gave him a pound of shelled peanuts.

On the second day, after the vigorous publicity of the village chief, the whole Chenjia Village knew that peanuts were about to be planted, and everyone was very excited. Especially Fan and Aunt Cha, the two people who really took the lead in getting the benefits and tasted the sweetness, are even more positive.

When they heard that the woman needed to boil water, they took a large pot of their own pig food and walked to the public field of the village, and without the help of a man, they took a hoe and dug a pit according to the size of the pot, and then found some firewood nearby and began to boil the pot.

The Fan family has always been a virtuous image, and everyone is just curious about the changes in the fifth aunt. In the past, when there was something in the village that required each family to send labor, her family was notoriously lazy, either lying down sick and unable to get up, or leaving relatives.

Now it's good, not only did I take the initiative to come, but even the pot was burned.

When the men had turned over the ground, they took the ladles and began to pour boiling water one by one. Seeing that Aunt Cha had taken action, the other women were not far behind, and they took action one after another, carrying water and collecting firewood, in short, they looked like they were in full swing.

Seeing this, the village chief not only sighed: "This method is really good. "Anyway, since he became the head of this village, he has never seen the villagers so united. It would be nice if it was like this in the future.

But Ye said: "It's not for the sake of getting some silver during the autumn harvest." "If it weren't profitable, these people wouldn't be so motivated.

Hearing this, the village chief was a little unhappy, he felt that the Ye family always blocked her. People are good for money, but it's better than someone who steals seeds when they're old.

But after thinking about it, the village chief didn't dare to say that.

Seeing that everyone's interest was high, the village chief stepped forward and said loudly: "It's been hard work for the past few days. However, the hard work was worth it. I got the news that now this longevity fruit has been sold for ten taels of silver a catty, not five taels and one catty as I said before. Let's work hard, wait a few more months, and when this longevity fruit is harvested, we will divide the silver. When the time comes, those who want to build a house will build a house, and those who want to marry a daughter-in-law will marry a daughter-in-law. ”

Except for a few people who knew that the longevity fruit had been sold at this price, most of the villagers thought it was five taels of silver a catty, and at this time, after listening to the words of the village chief, they all boiled, and Aunt Cha Wu patted her chest and said that she would do whatever the village chief asked her to do.

Obediently, ten taels of silver a catty, this one they planted is not a crop, it is simply gold.

Even Chen Jitang, who took the time to help, felt that this day was full of hope, and at the end of the year, as soon as those pigs were slaughtered, he would have an income of twenty taels. Coupled with the income from selling the longevity fruit, wouldn't he be able to complete the two things of building a house and marrying a daughter-in-law at the same time.

When I think of this, I feel that I am full of energy.