Du Mei is very difficult, if she changes places, she can't do this kind of thing to let others get into danger and be comfortable for herself. But Song Jiu maintained a family of honor and disgrace, and if he had an accident, the Song family in Huizhou would decline.

"Song Jiu, I have a house in Qinghe County, and I don't know what to do for a while, can you help me plan?" Du Mei thought for a moment and said.

"When I come back, I'll go with you to see the house." Song Jiu is not stupid, he is not fooled.

"You will be the head of the Song family in the future, how can you bow to everything? Isn't there a saying that in the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away?

Besides, this matter has been arranged, you just need to ask the shopkeeper He to bring a few more capable people, if you really go, the future master, the grain shop in the south, not only will not look down on you, but think that you are in a hurry to dump, but I am afraid that you will step on the low price. Du Mei turned a few corners in his heart, and persuaded him to retreat.

"Yes, yes, what Miss Du said is true, I heard that the merchants in the south are the most treacherous, and they are all so high and low!" Shopkeeper He echoed again and again, and secretly gave Du Mei a thumbs up.

"Really?" Song Jiu was a little moved.

"Of course, don't you still believe the shopkeeper, he has walked more bridges than we have walked." Du Mei saw that he was loose, so he said in a hurry.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I will definitely implement the next reliable grain store no matter what, and I will wait for the peace in the future, and there will be many days to go." Shopkeeper He wasted no time in making a statement, and he only needed to make a military order.

"Since you have said so, so be it. Be careful on the way, pick a few young and nimble people on the boat to follow, and if you encounter difficulties, you can give up all your money and possessions, and just get out of the way. Song Jiu sighed inaudibly and nodded in response.

Shopkeeper He is a loyal servant sent by the old lady to Song Jiu, and the two have been together for a long time, and their relationship has long surpassed that of the master and servant. Song Jiu relied on Shopkeeper He very much, but he didn't want to see him make any mistakes.

"Well, I'm not old, and I'm very sorry for my life." Shopkeeper He sniffed and pretended to be relaxed.

"Shopkeeper He, you just have to rest assured to get busy, the grain ship has Brother Niu and Brother Hei to help you watch, Song Jiu, I will take care of it." Du Mei spoke out and helped him solve his worries.

"Miss Du, thank you so much." He shopkeeper clasped his fists and saluted.

"It's all my own family, so why be polite." Du Mei hurriedly returned the salute.

"I've set off tomorrow with Wang Darthead, and I have to go back and prepare." Shopkeeper He said goodbye to everyone.

Song Jiu and Du Mei took the carriage back to Dujiagou, Song Jiu pursed his lips all the way without saying a word, Du Mei knew that he couldn't rest assured, but he couldn't persuade him, just sat with him.

They came back late, and Xu had already prepared dinner, a bowl of fried hairy fish, and a plate of steamed bream. Song Jiu's face finally softened when he was eating dinner. No matter how anxious he is, he can't bring his kind aunt and three little worries.

Seeing this, Du Mei couldn't say anything, and when Xu Shi had questions in the evening, she helped cover up the past.

On the second day, Du Mei took Song Jiu to the town to find a cottonseed ginner's workshop, and only by keeping him busy could he stop his cranky thoughts.

After searching for a long time, Du Meifang found a workshop in a low house in an alley, a mom-and-pop shop, two in their early forties, they both gin cotton seeds and cotton, the house was full of cotton wool with white flowers, and even the spider webs in the corners of the walls were adsorbed with cotton silk. When they heard that Du Mei was going to roll more than 20 asbestos, they were shocked, knowing that they couldn't do so much in one season.

"Your alley is too narrow, my carriage can't get in, and I can't carry the sacks in and out." Du Mei looked at the alley and frowned.

"Which village are you from?" The man was strong, and he asked.

"Dujiagou's." Dumay replied.

"It's not that far, we can come to the door and do the work, as long as there is a place for us to leave something." The woman said with a smile.

"Of course it would be better if I could come to the door." Du Mei looked around the room, the cable machine for ginning cotton seeds was hand-cranked wood, not large, except that the trampoline was very wide, larger than the bed of ordinary people.

"This one is put together, and it can be taken apart for transportation." The man seemed to see Du Mei's concern and explained.

"How do you get paid?" Du Mei then asked.

"If you don't want cottonseeds, you don't need money for cotton ginning, if you want cottonseeds, the wages are one penny and one catty, and if you play the quilt again, it will be counted as two pennies and one catty." The man quoted the price neatly.

"The price of your ginned cotton is too high, isn't this forcing people not to want cottonseeds!" Song Jiu immediately heard that he was tired.

"No, no, ordinary people ask for a little bit of cottonseed is not enough to extract oil, so everyone is used to not wanting it." The woman was very eager to make this deal, and hurriedly explained.

"What I want for cottonseeds, can your salary be halved?" Du Mei made a direct counteroffer.

"This ...... All right. The woman looked at the man and agreed with a sad face.

"Now that it's done, Ming'er, can you go?" Dume asked.

"Okay, okay." The woman replied in a stack.

"You know how to go, Ming'er, I'll wait for you at the entrance of the village." Du Mei turned to leave.

"Du Jiagou, there is a Du Ruren, the flowing water seat is on the swing for three days, and the troupe performs for three nights in a row, who doesn't know now!" The woman said with a look of admiration.

"Poof" Song Jiu couldn't help but be happy: "Do you want to see the main master?" ”

Du Mei was afraid that he would mess around, so he pulled down his sleeve. Song Jiu finally didn't say anything else.

"I think so, I heard that she is still a female doctor, and she came to the free clinic yesterday, which is really amazing!" The woman didn't know whether she was genuinely praising or deliberately flattering, so she said in a rambling voice.

"Let's go, there's something else to do." Seeing that Song Jiu was still about to speak, Du Mei hurriedly stopped him.

Song Jiu's mouth opened, swallowed the words back, and the two turned around and walked out of the alley.

"Let's go and see Du Ruren's house." Song Jiu covered his mouth and smiled.

"You......" Du Mei smiled and shook his head, seeing that he was in a better mood, he didn't bother with him.

On that day, Shen Zhanghuamao rashly gave the deed and key, and Du Mei later quietly returned to him a lot of the sixty taels of silver he had advanced before leaving.

At this time, the South Street house standing in front of Du Mei and Song Jiu was really and completely Du Mei's.

Only look outside, this is an old house, the lock looks old, the surface has been touched for a long time, very smooth, the key is inserted ~ in, gently turned, clicked and opened.

The stone tied the carriage to the big locust tree in front of the door, and the three of them pushed the door in.

The house was probably unoccupied for a long time, and a stuffy and humid smell came to the face. This is a three-entry house, the three of them turned from the front hall to the back house, and found that the house was obviously repaired, and the smell of lime water could be smelled on the wall, and the tables, chairs, benches, cabinets, cages, and even carved beds were all available in the house, and the dining room between the stoves and the dining room were also divided.

There was a small patio between the vestibule and the nave, and the blue and white vat in the patio was full of rainwater, and a cluster of water lilies with four or five thick leaves grew freely, and a thin layer of moss emerged from the cracks in the bluestone slabs on the ground.

"This house is really good, Shen County Order really has no fake public and private interests?" Song Jiu walked around the room, unable to find the slightest flaw, and couldn't help but joke.

"Don't talk nonsense! is not afraid of staining the name of the county master. Du Mei said with a tiger face.

"Then all I can say is that he ...... Good intentions! Song Jiu was not stunned at all, but smiled slyly.

"You kid, you're a big ghost!" Du Mei looked at him helplessly.

"Is he right for you...... Well? Song Jiu winked at Du Mei.

"Look at what you're talking nonsense, I'll show you the usefulness of the house, and you're here to talk nonsense!" Du Meiqu's finger flicked a chestnut on his forehead.

"The location of this house is so good, it is most suitable for the front store and the back house, a patio is naturally separated by two places, and the noise in front cannot be transmitted inside, and there are two corridors in this house, and the relatives and men go to one side and do not interfere with each other." Song Jiu stroked his forehead and spoke, not forgetting to pretend to grin in pain.

"Han Zhutou also said that this is the front store and the back house, it seems that the original house was opened like this, but what can I sell?" Du Mei looked at the exquisite carvings on the porch.

"Forget about the grain shop, I see that there are two rice and noodle shops on this street. What else do you have in your house? That's right, duck eggs! But just selling duck eggs is not enough for the façade guys. Song Jiu shook his head and asked himself.

"So what do you say?" Du Mei leaned against the pillars and waited for the following.

"According to me, you don't have any ready-made livelihood now, so it's better to rent it out, and it will be more or less profitable, and it will save you waste." Song Jiu stared at the moss on the ground.

"This ...... Let me think again. Du Mei looked around the room, somewhat reluctant.

"Well, I'll think about it for you." Song Jiu put his hands behind his back and looked at the corners of the corner like an old gentleman.

Unable to think of a better use for a while, the three of them stayed for a while, locked the door again, and got into the carriage.

"I've arrived here today, so let's just go all the way to see Zhuangzi." Du Mei said to Song Jiu.

"Of course it's good." Song Jiu was happy, and even a little impatient.

Du Mei bought some meat and vegetables at the market, and Zhuangzi was not self-sufficient for a while.

When they arrived at Zhuangzi, the children of the Lin family were cooking, and when they saw them coming, they took the food and were happily busy adding vegetables and rice. The stone unloaded the carriage and went to take care of the horse and the peach horse, and Du Mei led Song Jiu to wander around the village.

All the weeds in the field have been cut, and the men are ramming the ridges shirtless, which is a heavy physical work, and they are tired and sweaty.

Miao was midvading radish seedlings in a vegetable field reclaimed by the water, and when he saw Du Mei bringing someone here, he got up and talked to her.

"I haven't been here for a few days, and the vegetables in the field are growing well." Du Mei said as he looked at the neat ridges.

The field was divided into ridges, and the turnips and greens on the slabs had grown to a height of a bunch, and the spinach and coriander had sprouted, and the green was green, and the garlic had just sprouted out of the earth, revealing the green and white spikes, and they were as neat as a procession of soldiers.

"At this time, the weather is good, the ground is fertile, and the vegetable seedlings can be eaten in seven or eight days." Miao pointed to the side and said.

"It looks so fresh." Song Jiu grabbed the radish seedlings that had just been pulled out and said with some excitement.

Although he has thousands of acres of fertile land at home, every time he goes, he is surrounded by people in front of him, and the steward of the grange only tells him the cold numbers, but he has never really felt the joy of the field.

"This is also edible, do you want to try it?" Miao saw that he was a rich and noble boy, so he asked with a smile.