Bidding farewell to Liu Zhengshou and his son, Xie Qingshan drove the mule cart to take Xie Xuan and Ping'an to the vegetable market.

"Grandpa, did you hear that? In Kyoto, leeks sell for thirty or forty wen a pound! Xie Xuan came to Xie Qingshan's side and asked happily, "How many catties can we cut from those two straw sheds?" ”

Xie Qingshan also closed his mouth happily: "That basket is also about thirty catties, and those two sheds are about one acre of land, I estimate that they can cut more than 100 baskets!" ”

"Don't count forty for a pound, just count it as thirty. Isn't more than a hundred baskets a hundred taels? "Calculated, a basket of 30 catties, an acre of land to harvest 100 catties, it is only 3,000 catties, and the yield per mu of later generations is about 5,000 catties of leeks. At this time, there is no modern technology such as compound fertilizer and plastic film, and it is not less to be able to collect 3,000 catties.

"It's miles, it's miles!" Xie Qingshan also smiled happily and narrowed his eyes, "This is the silver we earn by our own skills, digging Shouwu is a hammer deal, and it won't last long!" With this kind of cooking method, we can earn a hundred taels every winter in the future! ”

"My grandfather came, and you were willing to earn only one hundred taels?" Xie Xuan smiled and asked, "Let's go back and grow a few acres of vegetables, wouldn't we sell more?" ”

Xie Qingshan nodded again and again.

Even Ping'an, who was originally absent-minded, turned his head to look at her, full of surprise: "This winter, it's really ...... Can you really earn a hundred taels? ”

Xie Xuan nodded, and then said: "Vegetable farmers in Kyoto can only harvest one or two stubbles in one winter, and I can guarantee that our family can harvest three stubbles in one winter!" ”

Xie Qingshan was overjoyed, and the whip was not shaken, and he quickly turned his head and asked her, "Really?" You didn't lie to grandpa? ”

"I lied to my grandfather that he was a puppy!" Xie Xuan said with a smile, "However, the second stubble is not as much as the first stubble, and it can only reach half of the first stubble!" The third crop is even less, only half of the second crop......"

"Not a lot! Not a lot! The wild amaranth in the spring is a stubble, and the second stubble is not as long as the first stubble, not to mention this delicate vegetable! Xie Qingshan grinned, the light whip in his hand pulled out loud whip flowers into the air, and he couldn't stop muttering to himself, "The first harvest is one hundred taels for one hundred baskets, and the second one is half of the first one, plus fifty taels...... The third stubble is half again...... One hundred and seventy-five taels ......"

Xie Ping'an also calculated silently in his heart, and when he finished calculating, he was stupid with a smile on his face, and his mind didn't know where to go.

When I walked to the vegetable market, I saw that the roadside was only selling some cabbage radish, green onions, pumpkin, yams, ginger and garlic, and then dried vegetables, all of which are commonly eaten in winter.

Now is the season of cabbage harvest, people in the county who have no land to grow vegetables, all take advantage of this time to buy cabbage radish, a car to buy, go back to store in the cellar, can eat a winter.

Xie Qingshan asked about the price of cabbage and radish, cabbage is six cents, radish is three cents a catty, and pumpkin is five cents a catty, because pumpkin can be used as food and vegetables, so the price cannot be compared with cabbage and radish, in general, the price is similar to that of previous years.

After looking around, Xie Xuan frowned, and said to Xie Qingshan: "Grandpa, this vegetable market is full of ordinary people who come to buy some vegetables and vegetables, and the cost is only a few pennies, our vegetables are expensive, they are afraid that they can't afford it!" ”

Xie Qingshan also saw that the vegetable market was full of people from poor families, and it was okay for them to spend forty or fifty yuan to buy a pound of pork, but if they wanted to spend thirty or forty yuan to buy a pound of vegetables, and to live by themselves, I am afraid that they would not be cost-effective.

"What's going on?" Xie Qingshan's joy turned into nothing, and all the joy he had just now was gone.

"Ah, no matter how good our food is, no one buys it when it is expensive, and it is for nothing!" Xie Ping'an was also anxious.

Xie Xuan couldn't help but laugh: "Grandpa, what are you panicking about?" Think about it, why would Second Uncle Liu spend a tael of silver to buy our food? ”

Xie Qingshan said: "That's Dr. Liu who saw that our family sent a basket of vegetables, and he was considerate of us!" ”

Xie Xuan was speechless, and couldn't help but sigh at Xie Qingshan's simplicity and kindness.

"Then why can people in Kyoto spend 30 yuan to buy a pound of vegetables?" Xie Xuan inspired him again.

"That's at the feet of the Son of Heaven, there are many rich people! We are from a small family, running around with two feet all day long, and we can't feed a mouthful, where can we compare with the people of Kyoto? Xie Qingshan said.

"Yes, only the rich buy this, let's just sell it to the rich, why waste time in this vegetable market?" Xie Xuan said.

Xie Qingshan frowned: "Where do we know rich people?" The rich one is the Fu family, and his yard occupies a whole mountain! ”

"This is full of Linzhang County, is it just the shed food that his family eats? Besides, our family has won a lot of favors from his family, and if we go to them again for no reason, isn't it in vain to annoy people! Xie Xuan said directly: "If you want to talk about a wide range of channels, you have to be Han Yayu, he is specialized in brokerage." Let's go and send him the rest of the basket of vegetables, and by the way, ask him if he has any way? ”

Xie Qingshan stroked his beard and nodded again and again.

Ping An hesitated a little and said, "Send it back?" We just gave out a tael of silver, and if he wants to say that it has become a business, don't we have to give him a beating? I don't know how many taps he wants......"

Xie Xuan's eyes turned around on his face, and he said with a smile: "Uncle, they are the brokers of the dry tooth and the tooth, and they helped us find a market, even if they don't want it, we have to take the initiative to give it!" ”

Xie Qingshan glared at him fiercely, and said to Xie Xuan: "Xuanxuan, don't pay attention to him, short-sighted, you can't make a big deal!" ”

Ping'an bowed his head and said no more.

The three of them went to the tooth store to look for Han Zhengye, and when they arrived at the tooth shop, they saw Han Zhengye taking two guys to inventory the goods at the front of the door, and there was a foreign merchant standing next to him.

Xie Qingshan stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother Han, are you busy?" ”

When Han Zhengye heard this, he hurriedly replied: "Ah, it turned out to be Brother Xie, why do you have time to come to me?" Come in and have a cup of tea! He turned his head and called out to his son Han Hongcai, "Hongcai, come out and welcome you Uncle Xie in!" ”

"You are busy first, I don't have anything to do, I can't delay your business!" Xie Qingshan hurriedly said.

"I have a merchant from Huai'an Mansion here, who has transported some dried seafood, and is looking for me to help him find a market, no, he is taking stock of the goods!" Han Zhengye said with a smile, "Brother Xie will go to the house to drink tea first, and when I get rid of this mess, I'll go and talk!" ”

After being polite, Han Hong invited Xie Qingshan into the dental store to sit down, served two bowls of tea to Xie Qingshan and peace, and served a bowl of sweet silk nuts to Xie Xuan, with a long-handled wooden spoon in the bowl, which was meticulous and considerate.

"Thank you, Brother Hongcai!" Xie Xuan raised her face and thanked her with a smile.

"Little guy, you have to call me uncle!" Han Hongcai had a group face, his eyes were squeezed with a smile, he was a very kind person, "My father is commensurate with your grandfather and brother, I am the same generation as your uncle, and you are a lifetime shorter than me!" ”

"Then thank you, Uncle Hongcai!" Xie Xuan was as good as a stream, and immediately changed her words.

Xie Qingshan made his intentions clear, and asked Ping'an to take down the basket of vegetables and vegetables on the mule cart and carry them into the house.

"It's not a rare thing, give your family a taste, and just gave Dr. Liu a basket of naona......" Xie Qingshan said.

"Uncle Xie, you're polite! Why is it not a rare thing, this shed vegetables have not been planted in our Linzhang County, I still went to Kyoto with my father two years ago to ship, only to know that I can still grow vegetables in winter! Han Hongcai said, "This dish is not cheap in Kyoto!" ”

While he was talking, Han Zhengye dismissed everything outside, and when he came in, he saw a basket of yellow and tender vegetables under the hall.

Han Hongcai said the situation, knowing Xie Qingshan's intention, Han Zhengye was pleasantly surprised: "Oh, I don't know if Brother Xie still has this skill?" Haven't heard of the county selling shed vegetables before? ”

Xie Qingshan couldn't help but tell the lie again with a thick face: "I didn't have money before, and it cost a lot to grow vegetables in this shed, and our family only earned a few dollars by selling Shouwu......"

Han Zhengye nodded yes, and had already guessed Xie Qingshan's intention in his heart.

"How many acres of vegetables are planted in Brother Xie's house? Is there a market? Han Zhengye asked.

"Brother Han, that's why I'm begging you." Xie Qingshan said: "My family planted an acre of shed vegetables, and now there are only two kinds, namely leeks and garlic. Calculate that the first crop can probably collect a hundred baskets, you have a wide range, see if you can find a market for our family? ”

"A hundred baskets? That's not a lot! ”