Chapter 20: Flowers Bloom
At the beginning of spring, when it was warm and cold, some young ladies and wives in Nanyang County who loved beauty took off their heavy jackets and put on light and beautiful skirts.
There are good flower farmers, and the jasmine in the shed is full of bones. At this time, the jasmine was in demand, and a small branch with a half-bloomed flower and two flower bones in the flower shop required twelve copper plates.
Zhuang Tao, who went to the flower shop to inquire about the market, came back and told everyone, and Aunt Zhuang smacked her tongue and shouted that a copper plate can buy a big steamed bun, and these three small jasmine flowers can sell twelve big steamed buns!
In the past few days, Gui Chengzhi and Zhuang Daqiang and Zhuang Tao have almost lived on the mountain, staring at the jasmine plants in the flower field, after a winter, there are frozen plants in each field. Now is the critical moment, and it is even more important to take care of it.
Zhuang Lei is Aunt Zhuang's eldest son, and he is not as active and noisy as his younger brother Zhuang Tao on weekdays, but he is never as wooden as his father.
Now that Zhuang Tao and the others are taking care of the flower field, he got Gui Mingyue's instructions, took up the merchant shelf, and sold jewelry at the door of those big families and near the women's school. His wages are returned to Mingyue and he also sells more and gets more, and sometimes when he gets more, he can earn more than two taels of silver a day, which makes him more and more energetic, and every day is often the day when the light will be lit up and he carries the shelves early.
Besides, Gui Mingyue, now she seems to be the little master of the family, Yu Shi saw that she had a big idea, a lively mind, and could often arrange things in an orderly manner, so she gave her the size of the head jewelry with peace of mind, and she and the two apprentices were only responsible for the production, which saved her heart.
"It's open, it's open, how many are open, have you seen it, young master?" In the past few days, the cat has been in the mountains, and he finally saw a few flowers in his eyes, and Zhuang Tao shouted happily.
Zhuang Daqiang hurriedly covered his mouth, for fear of being heard by someone with a heart.
Gui Chengzhi pressed the excitement, took out a basket from the makeshift grass shed, covered with soft cotton cloth, calmly took out the scissors, and gently cut off the few jasmine plants that had opened.
"Uncle Zhuang, Brother Tao, you go to look elsewhere, cut off the flowering branches, only cut the small branches, don't cut the big branches." Gui Chengzhi advised.
The three of them moved quickly, and in less than half an hour, they cut three baskets, and Gui Chengzhi asked Zhuang Daqiang and his son to continue watching here, while he hurriedly carried the basket home.
Gui Mingyue, who was sleepy-eyed and thirsty, got up to find water to drink, and saw the eldest brother carrying jasmine, so he asked him how he planned to sell it.
"I originally wanted to go to the market to sell it, but every episode in our county today, I can only go to Linxian County, which is twenty miles away......" Gui Chengzhi said and took a few cold steamed buns and was about to hit the road.
"Wait, brother, twenty miles away, you should wilt when you go here, people want watery flowers, not dried flowers." Gui Mingyue said speechlessly.
"That's right, if you sell it door-to-door, I'm not very familiar with the people here, so I only cared about reading before."
"You're not familiar with it, but you're familiar with it." Gui Mingyue hurriedly called Zhuang Lei, who was about to set off with the cargo rack at the door.
Alas! Not really!
"How can you let the eldest young master sell words, I'll take it upon you to sell it too." Zhuang Lei saw that Gui Chengzhi was going to sell flowers together, and hurriedly said.
"There is no other young master here, let's go!" Gui Chengzhi steadily took the burden of jasmine and walked in front.