Chapter 30: Planning
Zhang's mother's eyes lit up, this thing is easy to do, and the boiling water will be cooked.
So, she drove the three children out of the kitchen, and Zhang Mi pulled Ning Xue'er to sit in the yard and watch the stars. The ancient environment was pleasant and there was no haze to plague it, so when you looked up, you could see countless dazzling stars twinkling on the black curtain.
It's been a long time since I've seen such a beautiful night, Ning Xue'er held the back of her head with both hands, leaned lazily on her back, and raised her eyes to look at the sky.
Zhang Honey chirped, "Sister Xue'er, look, that star has moved." ”
Ning Xue'er smiled and nodded, Zhang Mi became more and more excited, she pointed to a star and said, "That, that star is so bright!" ”
Zhang Yisheng sat not far away, looking at the people not far away by the moonlight, he only felt that people were more delicate than the moonlight.
"Alright, alright," Mother Zhang walked out with three sweet potatoes, and the fragrance suddenly dispersed. Ning Xue'er got up and touched the hot sweet potato with her hand, she was so hot that she covered her ears.
Zhang Yisheng smiled, just because Ning Xue'er's appearance was so cute, Zhang's mother also smiled: "Don't worry, you can talk for a while, and eat when it's cold." ”
Zhang Honey was very greedy, where could she wait, she shouted to eat, Ning Xueer had no choice, she had to dip her hands in the well water, and then quickly peeled the sweet potato, Zhang Honey picked up the sweet potato with chopsticks, and couldn't wait to take a bite, sweet and soft, and called it delicious.
Zhang Yisheng did the same, and also dipped his hands in well water, and quickly peeled a sweet potato for Ning Xue'er, Ning Xue'er was not polite, and ate it directly, well, delicious.
Seeing that Ning Xue'er was satisfied with eating, Zhang Yisheng's heart felt satisfied, and he also picked up a sweet potato, peeled it, and gnawed it.
After eating and drinking, Ning Xue'er saw that it was not early, so she said goodbye to Zhang's mother, Zhang's mother was not worried that Ning Xue'er was a girl walking at night, so she forced Zhang Yisheng and Zhang Honey to send her.
The three of them couldn't resist Zhang's mother, so they had to go out of the courtyard together.
Feeling the dark, crossing the country road, in a moment, Ning Xue'er arrived home, and after Zhang Yisheng saw her enter, he returned home with Zhang Honey.
On the way, Zhang Mitang and Zhang Yisheng walked side by side, and suddenly, Zhang Mitang whispered: "Big brother, Sister Xue'er can earn a lot of silver this time, do you think she will be?" ”
Zhang Mi said with a greedy look in her eyes.
"Honey!" Zhang Yisheng couldn't help but scolded in a low voice, "Xue'er treats our family well, and we should help her, as for the silver or something, if she gives it to us, if she doesn't give it to us, don't ask for it, so as not to hurt the feelings of the two families." ”
"Oh," Zhang Mi, who was reprimanded, was a little depressed, and she didn't speak all the way after that. When the two siblings got home, they washed up and went to bed.
The Ning family, the Zhang family has been sitting at the door waiting for Ning Xue'er. When Ning Xue'er stepped into the yard, her eyes lit up, she ran forward, took Ning Xue'er's hand, and asked for warmth, "Child, are you tired this day, do you want to eat?" Keep it in the pot for you! ”
Ning Xue'er shook her head and said, "Mother, you rest, I've eaten everything, I'll wash up and go to sleep." ”
As soon as he heard that he had already eaten, Zhang diligently ran to the kitchen to fetch water for Ning Xue'er, and helped get towels and underwear, and even Zhang personally helped adjust the water temperature and get everything right, and watched Ning Xue'er enter the room, and Zhang went back to the house to rest.
The next day, Ning Dazhuang did not go to the town, and he also followed Ning Xue'er to the ground. With one more workforce, the work can be done faster. Four people, two men and two women, Ning Dazhuang and Zhang Yisheng are responsible for digging sweet potatoes, and Ning Xueer and Zhang Mi are responsible for picking sweet potatoes and transporting sweet potatoes. The four of them divided their labor and worked together to dig all the sweet potatoes in one morning.
Ning Dazhuang looked at the cart full of sweet potatoes, stunned, he never expected that the wasteland could grow so much food, the key is that he didn't do it himself this year, the twenty acres of wasteland are not full, if they are all planted next year, and then take good care of it, then the yield will ...........
"Dad, Dad," Ning Xue'er stretched out her finger and shook it in front of Ning Dazhuang's eyes, "What do you want?" ”
Ning Dazhuang smirked, "No, I didn't think about anything, hurry, let's transport these back." ”
On the way home, some villagers saw it, and muttered vigorously, what did Ning Dazhuang pull here, he actually pulled a cart?
When she got home, Ning Xueer left the Zhang family brothers and sisters for lunch. Zhang's had already cooked the meal, but Ning Xue'er scrambled six more eggs, and she had the right to add vegetables.
At the dinner table, Ning Dazhuang's mouth was grinning behind his ears, could he be happy if he got so much food?
"Dad," Ning Xue'er put down the dishes and chopsticks and said in a consultative tone, "Why don't we go to town in the afternoon?" ”
Ning Dazhuang was a little fluttering, he only thought that Ning Xue'er wanted to buy something, but even if he wanted to buy something, he agreed, who made him happy today.
Zhang sat opposite Ning Xue'er, and she whispered, "Xue'er, do you want to sell the red lotus at home?" ”
Ning Xue'er nodded, but Ning Dazhuang was unhappy, "Go and go, what do you women know?" Just this kind of thing, who eats it in the city, in my opinion, let's keep it for the winter, as long as we don't starve to death. ”
Before this started, Ning Dazhuang retreated, and Ning Xue'er was a little depressed.
Zhang Yisheng looked at it and hurriedly persuaded: "Uncle Ning, why don't you try it, we all ate it yesterday, and this sweet potato is delicious to eat." ”
"Yes, yes, the children like to eat, let's try it, and besides, doesn't my mother's house still have a shop? With two uncles to help out, this can be done. Zhang said happily.
"Hmph," at the mention of Ning Xue'er's two uncles, Ning Dazhuang's face became even more stinky, and he said angrily: "What are you doing to mention them in a good manner?" We are us, they are them, do we have to ask for someone to do business? ”
Ning Dazhuang suddenly got angry, which made Zhang Yisheng and Zhang Mi very embarrassed, and even Zhang's face was not good, if there were no outsiders, it was estimated that he would have cried on the spot.
Ning Xue'er also knew that his father had never been willing to see his two uncles, after all, since the day he said he was married, his mother's family looked down on his father. Freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and this grievance can't be solved for a while.
So, Ning Xue'er rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Dad is right, let's sell it ourselves, don't ask for help." ”
"What to sell!" Ning Dazhuang was so angry that he slapped the table, stood up and said angrily: "Let's be honest farmers, don't fix those moths, I'm in charge of this matter, keep all the sweet potatoes for eating, and don't sell any of them!" ”
Ning Xue'er had no choice but to hold her forehead, she knew that her father's bullish temper had come up again.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the brothers and sisters of the Zhang family put down their chopsticks and quickly slipped away for a reason. Ning Xue'er got up and went to send it off, but as soon as she came back, Ning Dazhuang quarreled with Zhang.
"It's not your sweet potato, who are you doing?"
"Yohe, just because I'm the head of the family, I can't be the master of this little thing?"
"Ning Dazhuang, you" Zhang's tears were in his eyes, and he almost fell.
Ning Xue'er hurriedly went up to persuade her, "Dad, mother, there is something to discuss, let's talk about it as a family!" ”
"Humph!" Ning Da was so angry that he brushed his sleeves away.
Ning Xue'er hurriedly sat down beside Zhang's and persuaded her: "Mother, dad has such a bullish temper, you don't know it yet!" ”
As soon as Ning Xue'er said that, Zhang's tears couldn't be stopped. has lived with Ning Dazhuang for more than ten years, how could she not know his temper, but this damn bull temper is what she hates.
Ning Xue'er coaxed the Zhang family with kind words, and ran to coax Ning Dazhuang again.
Ning Dazhuang looked stubborn, "No, we won't do this business!" ”
Ning Xue'er expressed helplessness about Ning Dazhuang's brainlessness, and she begged bitterly: "Dad, let's try it." The family needs silver right now, look at it, it's almost winter, we still have a few silver in our hands, don't you still want to build a house as soon as possible? ”
As soon as he mentioned the matter of building a house, Ning Dazhuang's heart was panicked, in the past month, he and Zhang's worked tirelessly every day, except for the money for family meals, it was only one or two silver. If you save money at this rate, you will be able to build a house in the Year of the Monkey.
Ning Dazhuang's heart was a little shaken, and Ning Xue'er continued: "Dad, our sweet potato is home-grown, and we don't have any capital, we can make money by buying more and buying less, try it." ”
Ning Dazhuang's fingers tapped on the table, and he said in a deep voice: "You can try it, but you can't beg your uncle and them!" ”
"I know, I know," Ning Xue'er saw that Ning Dazhuang agreed, and ran away with joy. She had to discuss with Zhang Yisheng about doing business.
Ning Xue'er and Zhang Yisheng summed it up, and the two decided to go to the town first.
After hitchhiking on the ox cart, they arrived in the town in half an hour, and the two of them went straight to South Street.
South Street is the most prosperous street in Tong'an Town, with shops on both sides of the street, restaurants, medical halls, teahouses, cloth shops, jewelry shops, dim sum shops, iron shops, and everything you need. In front of the shops, there are also small traders and vendors setting up stalls, some selling sugar gourds, some selling firewood, some selling fruits, some selling knick-knacks, in short, this street meets the needs of everyone.
Ning Xue'er and Zhang Yisheng wandered around the street for a long time and didn't buy anything. Ning Xue'er found that these small vendors seemed to have a fixed place, which means that the stalls were limited, and it would take a lot of effort to free up another stall.
However, South Street is very popular, and it is not surprising that a shop is hard to find.
After shopping on South Street, Ning Xue'er went to the dock again, there were not many merchants at the dock, only a row of small vendors, nothing more than selling baked cakes and buns. However, there are a lot of people working on the wharf, as well as merchants and tourists coming and going, so it can be considered here.
Ning Xue'er bought a steamed bun, and while gnawing on it, she was close to Aunt Baozi, and after a while, she figured out that everything here was under the control of Foreman Cai, including the stall of the merchant.
And Foreman Cai is the boss of Ning Dazhuang before, with this relationship, it is not difficult to get a stall.