Seeing that Du Fangling was still a little unhappy, Du Jinning analyzed these situations for her.

Du Fangling was suddenly startled, and hurriedly nodded: "Okay, let's stop selling dried tofu, just wholesale to Aunt Xie." ”

Du Jinning said again: "When we have money, we can also buy a little donkey to grind, so that we can make more dried tofu." Not only can it be wholesaled to Xie's, but it can also be sold to other places, such as restaurants. At that time, the teahouse we opened also sold this kind of snack, and the demand was quite large. ”

The idea of selling to a restaurant, after hearing Guan Jiaze say that the largest restaurant in the city, Zuixianlou, is the property of the Guan family, Du Jinning had this idea. It's just that at that time, she didn't know if this dried tofu was a rare thing, so she didn't speak rashly. Now that she knew that there was no such thing as dried tofu here, she naturally made up her mind.

"Really?" Listening to Du Jinning's description of the money scene, Du Fangling became excited again, forgot the fear in her heart just now, and said with a smile, "If that's the case, then don't we want to make a lot of money?" ”

The money earned from selling dried tofu in the past two days has already made her and Du Fanghui so excited that they can't keep their mouths together. Just now grinding the beans, the sisters couldn't help but take out the copper coins, count them over and over again, and after counting, the two smiled at each other, looking forward to a better future.

Now Du Jinning told her that she can still make a lot of money, her eyes are shining, and she is about to burst into stars.

"Isn't it? So, do it. Du Jinning cheered her up.

"I'm going to make dried tofu." Du Fangling ran out as quickly as if she had been beaten with chicken blood.

"Hey......" Du Jinning still had something to say, but before she could speak, there was no shadow of Du Fangling in the room, so she had to smile and shake her head.

After putting the things away, Du Jinning went out, went to the kitchen, and said to the two who were busy: "Third sister, fourth sister, I'll go to the back mountain." ”

"What are you going to do in the back mountains?" Du Fangling was busy with the things in hand, and asked without looking back, "You don't write a script?" ”

"Well, I have something I want to see." Du Jinning said a word and planned to go out.

"Brother Ning, be careful, don't go far, there are wild beasts on the mountain." Du Fanghui was not at ease, and chased her out and shouted at her back.

"Sister, don't worry, I won't go far, just take a look at the place where you cut the grass." Du Jinning said, smiling and waving his hand.

Although Du Jinning has never been up the mountain, the road from Zhuangzi to the mountain is near Du's house, and you can see it at a glance when you go out.

Du Jinning walked up the mountain road, only to see that both sides of the foothills were cleared by people in Zhuangzi. It was winter, and there were no crops in the field, only corn stalks left. A little further up, the reclaimed land is gone, replaced by weeds and trees. People who want to come to Zhuangzi are cutting wood here, and some of the lower trees have been cut down by half, and half of them are still growing.

"Ah, Young Master Du, what are you doing in the mountains?" A voice came from the path ahead, and then Dong Dacheng, who was carrying a load of firewood, walked over.

"Uncle Dong." Du Jinning arched his hand, "You went up the mountain to chop wood?" ”

"Yes." Dong Dacheng put the firewood aside, took a breath, wiped his sweat with the cloth towel hanging around his neck, and asked again, "What are you doing here?" Although there are no large beasts on this mountain, they are still very dangerous. Hurry back, there will be no adults with you in the future, but don't run to the mountains alone. ”

It's almost time to get here, Du Jinning didn't insist, and asked him, "How high is this mountain?" ”

"How tall?" Dong Dacheng thought for a while, "I can't say how tall it is, but if we stand in this place now, it is less than one-fifth of the top of the mountain." ”

Du Jinning nodded, grabbed a handful of soil under the tree next to him, and picked a leaf to wrap it. When he turned back, he saw that Dong Dacheng was gasping for breath, and said, "Let's go, go down the mountain." ”

Dong Dacheng was worried that Du Jinning would make a mistake and would not listen to persuasion, but he was extremely happy to hear this, and put the firewood on his shoulders again and said; "Let's go."

Walking down the mountain behind Dong Dacheng, Du Jinning asked, "This mountain, but from the academy?" ”

Dong Dacheng shook his head: "This mountain is just a barren mountain, and it can't grow anything, how can the academy buy it?" This mountain belongs to the Yamen, so we open up the wasteland at the foot of the mountain to plant corn, so no one cares, after all, our academy still has some face in the county. ”

Du Jinning bowed slightly, frowning slightly.

Drinking tea at Yuan's house today, she came up with the idea of planting tea on the back mountain. However, she did not plant it herself, but asked Guan Lehe to tell Dong Dacheng to organize the villagers to plant it.

Although each student in the college receives 20 taels of silver every year, the college has to hire a gentleman and repair the house, and the annual expenses are not small. Once, when she was practicing calligraphy at Guan Lehe, she heard him talk to Yuan Xiuzhu and said that as the reputation of the academy became more and more famous, more and more students were accepted, and the income from the Zhuangzi could no longer cover the expenses of the academy, and it was necessary to raise some silver taels every year. At that time, Guan Lehe also sighed, saying that the rich households in the county were unwilling to raise donations, and relying on the supply of a few officials, no one could afford it for many years.

If tea trees can be planted on this mountain to make fried green tea, it may be able to solve Guan Lehe's problem.

Guan Lehe treated her like a loving father, thinking about her everywhere and protecting her, and she wanted to repay him in this way.

But this mountain is not from the academy, so it is very troublesome. I need to let them pay more money to buy mountain land, and this expense can also give Guan Lehe a headache for a while.

She asked, "Can the land at the foot of the mountain be cultivated as much as it can be cultivated?" The food you grow is not enough to eat, do you need to use bud grain to make up for it? ”

Dong Dacheng shook his head: "No." At first, everyone quietly ran to this mountain to open up the wasteland without saying hello, and the academy didn't care; Later, when there were many strong laborers in the family, a large area was opened; Those who are orphaned and widowed have to go further up the mountains to cultivate a small area, or even a suitable place to cultivate. In order to grab land, there have been many disputes in Zhuangzi. In the end, the academy stipulated that each family was only allowed to reclaim nine points of land, and no more were allowed to occupy it. In fact, there are nine points of bud grains planted, and there are enough. ”

"As for food, the college is charitable, and the rent paid is not high. As long as you are willing to put in the effort to take care of the fields, and there is no famine year, the grain harvested in the fields is enough to eat, after all, the size of the fields is based on the number of people in the family. The bud valley planted on the mountain is used by everyone to raise pigs, and people eat less. There is rice to eat, who eats this? ”

Du Jinning nodded.

If this is the case, the academy bought the barren mountains to grow tea, but it will have little impact on the livelihood of the Zhuangzi master.

At this time, they had already descended to the foot of the mountain, and Du Jinning was about to ask Dong Dacheng if he wanted to take a break, when he saw Du Fanghui running over panting. She was startled, and hurriedly greeted her and asked, "What's wrong?" What's going on at home? ”

"Yes...... It's a classmate of yours who came. Du Fanghui gasped and finally squeezed out a sentence.

"Classmates? Is it the one who came here yesterday? Du Jinning asked, "What's the point if you go slowly, let him wait a little longer?" Run like this. ”

Du Fanghui waved her hand: "It's not yesterday's one, it's a ......" She thought about it, and didn't know how to describe it.

Du Jinning didn't ask anymore, and said to Dong Dacheng: "Uncle Dong, then I'll go first." ”

"Go, go, go." Dong Dacheng said with a smile.

Du Jinning asked Du Fanghui to walk slowly, and when she walked home quickly, she saw a person in a blue robe standing at the door of her house, because he was looking into the distance with his back to her, and he couldn't see his face, Du Jinning couldn't identify who he was for a while; Behind him, there was also a person dressed as a small servant, who looked unfamiliar, and was not the one Du Jinning knew.

She walked up to her and said loudly: "Dare to ask Brother Tai, may I ask you ......?"

The man turned around and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few days, Senior Brother Du doesn't recognize me?" ”

Du Jinning was stunned for a moment, and shouted in surprise: "Brother Liang? ”

This person is Liang Xiankuan, who tried with her once in the academy.

Liang Xiankuan bowed his head lightly and said with a smile: "It's okay, you still recognize me." ”

"Brother Liang laughed, he turned his back to him just now, so naturally he didn't recognize it." Du Jinning pointed to the door of the house, "Brother Liang, please sit at home." ”

As she spoke, she felt a lot of emotion in her heart. also came to the door, Liang Xiankuan saw that there were only female dependents at home, so he only stood at the door and did not go in, very polite, and delicate; Xu Chengyuan is a little worse in this regard.