In the Wu Mansion, Mrs. Cai and Foreman Cai were discussing things in a whisper in the upside-down room, "What, there are no sweet potatoes?" Mrs. Cai couldn't help but exclaim.

Foreman Cai nodded helplessly, dejected, like a lost dog.

"How's that going to work? This sweet potato is what Miss wants, and I have to have it without you! Mrs. Cai said strongly.

"Old woman, it's not that I'm not dedicated, but I really don't." Foreman Cai frowned and explained.

Mrs. Cai raised her eyebrows, and was about to have a seizure, but Foreman Cai immediately coaxed and muttered in a low voice: "It's really not good, I'll get three hundred catties of sweet potatoes from the canteen, okay?" ”

"Three hundred pounds?" Mrs. Cai shouted, "What is enough for 300 catties to eat?" You must know that the young lady wants these sweet potatoes to give to her mother's family. Not to mention anything else, the princess will have to pay at least 100 catties. ”

Mrs. Cai has stayed in the Lin Mansion for many years and is familiar with these rules of high-ranking families. In addition to the masters eating the fresh things themselves, they will also take them out to give away, and even reward them. The huge Lin Mansion, where is there enough for two hundred catties of sweet potatoes?

"Well, tell that person that as long as there are sweet potatoes, no matter how high the price, we will accept them. Our Lin family is an imperial businessman, and the worst thing is silver. ”

Mrs. Cai thinks that there will be a brave man under the heavy reward, as long as she pays a high price, she is afraid that there will be no sweet potatoes?

"Okay, then I'll talk to Ning Dazhuang tomorrow and see if I can get sweet potatoes." Foreman Cai said as he prepared to sleep in his wide clothes.

"Ning Dazhuang?" Hearing this name, Cai Pozi's hand pulling the quilt suddenly paused, she felt that this name was so familiar. After thinking for a while, she asked tentatively, "Is it the father of the little girl who made yam and jujube paste cake last time?" ”

Foreman Cai lay down and said, "Yes, this Ning Dazhuang is also powerful, and he can find new things when he comes back." ”

The next day, when Ning Dazhuang was busy carrying sweet potatoes, Ning Xue'er quietly went to the town with Uncle Sun's ox cart, and she went to see Foreman Cai alone.

Foreman Cai was very polite, first asked Ning Xue'er to sit down, and then gave her a soaking in Biluochun. Ning Xue'er was thinking about raising the price with Foreman Cai, so she was absent-minded.

Foreman Cai found that the little girl had been absent-minded, so he thought that she was bringing bad news, so before she could speak, Foreman Cai opened her mouth first, "Miss Ning, I also know that this sweet potato is hard to find, but I really need it, you see if you can think of a way, as for the price, you can rest assured, I promise to make you satisfied." ”

Foreman Cai's bold appearance made Ning Xue'er more sure of her previous conjecture in her heart.

Therefore, she smiled and asked, "The foreman is generous, this Xue'er naturally knows, how much money is the foreman willing to buy sweet potatoes?" ”

"Fifty wen a pound!"

Ning Xue'er calculated in her heart that if she sold a thousand catties of sweet potatoes, then she would be able to get fifty taels of silver, and the silver for building a house at home would definitely be enough.

"Foreman Cai, don't worry, we will take care of this matter. I'll go back and help you find out. Ning Xue'er got up and was about to leave, but Foreman Cai politely sent Ning Xue'er to the door.

When Ning Xue'er returned to Caoqiao Village, Ning Dazhuang was already standing at the entrance of Caoqiao Village and waiting. He waited for Daddy Sun's ox cart to transport the sweet potatoes.

He was very surprised to see his daughter get off the ox cart, and just wanted to ask, but was pulled home by Ning Xue'er.

After entering the house, Ning Xue'er locked the door again and closed the window, and finally she whispered: "Dad, I went to the dock in the morning to find Foreman Cai, and he said that he was willing to pay a high price of fifty yuan a pound to buy our family's sweet potatoes!" ”

Listening to Ning Xue'er's words, Ning Dazhuang, who was drinking water, almost choked, what? Did he hear it wrong? Fifty wen a pound?

Ning Dazhuang was so excited that he couldn't even take care of it, he grabbed Ning Xue'er's little hand and asked again: "Xue'er, you just told me that our sweet potatoes can be sold for fifty wen a catty, right?" I heard you right. ”

Ning Xue'er nodded and said, "That's right." ”

In an instant, Ning Dazhuang only felt that he had been hit by a pie falling from the sky, fifty wen a catty, you must know that his family has 1,500 catties of sweet potatoes, if they are all sold, how much silver will it cost! Although Ning Dazhuang didn't have an exact value in his mind, he knew that it was definitely a lot of silver. With this money, perhaps his family's house can be built.

As soon as Ning Dazhuang thought of the house, he was immediately full of energy, he opened the door and ran out, he wanted to transport these sweet potatoes to the town right now, hand them over to Foreman Cai, and then take the large sum of silver and go home to build a house.

Ning Xue'er stood in the room, watching Ning Dazhuang carrying sweet potatoes in baskets, and knew that he was in a hurry.

So, she walked out and persuaded him: "Dad, don't worry, you rest first, let's go to town tomorrow." ”

Where is Ning Dazhuang willing to listen, he didn't raise his head, he worked hard, and what he was thinking about now was to hurry up and make this deal with Foreman Cai and get the silver.

"Dad, listen to me, we can't go today, if you are really idle, you might as well think about building a house." Ning Xue'er persuaded Ning Dazhuang again.

This time, Ning Dazhuang put down the work in his hand, he raised his head, and asked suspiciously: "Are you serious?" ”

Ning Xue'er nodded heavily and said, "Dad, when did I deceive you?" Besides, you have been working under Foreman Cai for all these years, and you still don't know what he is like? He's the kind of guy who goes back on his word! ”

Ning Dazhuang thought about it and decided to listen to Ning Xue'er. Although he is the head of the family, his daughter is indeed powerful, thoughtful, and thoughtful, and she may have a reason to propose to go again tomorrow.

So, Ning Dazhuang put down his work and went to someone to discuss the construction of a house.

Then, within two hours, the whole village knew that Ning Dazhuang's family was going to build a house.

The villagers sighed, Ning Dazhuang is really lucky, the last time it was Ning Xueer who made pastries and was appreciated by the county magistrate, this time he actually built a house with sweet potatoes grown on the wasteland, I have to say, the life of this family is really good.

While envious, there are also many people who have small calculations in their hearts, such as the village chief Huo Fugui. How poor the Ning family's third room is, others don't know, but he knows it clearly. However, Ning Dazhuang was able to sell sweet potatoes and scrape together enough money to build a house in just one month, and the profits were amazing. Besides, he still has hundreds of acres of wasteland in his hands, and if he doesn't use this unique condition, it is really intolerable.

Huo Fugui thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to go to Ning Dazhuang in person.

In the evening, the village is full of smoke, and every household is cooking on a fire, and Ning Dazhuang's family is no exception.

Knowing that the family was going to build a house, Liu was so happy that she decided to cook herself. She first asked Ning Xue'er to go to the butcher's house in the village to buy five catties of meat, and then took out all the eggs at home, she was going to make braised pork and egg custard today, and then went to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables and stir-fry, and this dinner was done.

Just when Zhang and Ning Xue'er were busy in the kitchen, Huo Fugui suddenly appeared in the courtyard of the Ning family, which surprised Ning Daniu and Ning Dazhuang, who were sitting in the courtyard chatting, and they hurriedly stood up and asked the village chief how he was.

Huo Fugui was not ambiguous, and after nodding with a smile, he explained his intention, "Da Zhuang, I heard that you are going to build a house, so I made a special trip to help you get the deed." ”

When Ning Dazhuang heard this, he was even more flattered, it is the practice of Caoqiao Village to report to the village chief when building a house, but almost all the villagers who build houses go to the village chief in person, which can make the village chief come to the door in person, which is really unprecedented.

Ning Dazhuang hurriedly welcomed the village chief into the house enthusiastically, and then ran to the kitchen to pour water, serve tea, and told Zhang by the way that he would cook more rice and food, and the village chief came.

The spacious hall was brightly lit, and the three brothers Ning Pozi and Ning Dachuan all accompanied the village chief Huo Fugui to talk.

Huo Fugui and Ning Pozi sat on the top, and the two of them were talking. "Sister-in-law, your Xue'er is amazing, not to mention being rewarded by the county magistrate last time, this time I saved enough money to build a house by selling sweet potatoes. It's amazing at such a young age! Saying that, Huo Fugui also gave a thumbs up, he admired Ning Xue'er from the bottom of his heart.

"That's not it, your Huo Fu is unlucky, he was determined to divorce our Xue'er, what's the matter, now I regret it." Ning Pozi said proudly, not saving face for the village chief at all.

"Ahem, cough, cough," Ning Dachuan immediately coughed twice, and then said in a round game: "This marriage event depends on fate, although Xue'er is good, but she has no fate with Huo Fu, although Huo Fu missed Xue'er, but there will be a good marriage in the future." ”

Huo Fugui felt better when he heard this. He smiled: "Yes, yes, each has its own fate, let it go with the junior." ”

"It's time to eat." After Zhang shouted, he took Ding and Ning Xueer to serve the food in turn. Braised pork, egg custard, stir-fried pork with cabbage, shallots mixed with tofu, although there are not many styles of dishes, they are better than the quantity. Pots of vegetables make everyone salivate.

After serving the food, the Zhang family took Ning Xue'er and them out, because on this occasion, women are not suitable for the table.

"Wait," Huo Fugui's words made the Zhang family stop, and the three women turned their heads to look at the village chief in unison.

Ning Xue'er's eyes were full of doubts, could there be something wrong?

"You've been busy for so long, so sit down and eat." Huo Fugui finally spit out such a sentence, but it made the Zhang family blush.

Zhang hurriedly shook his head and refused: "No, no, let's go to the kitchen to eat, you eat, you eat." ”

"yes, they just go to the kitchen and eat. Let's start moving our chopsticks. Mrs. Ning is very satisfied with Zhang's behavior, at least she still has the duty to be a daughter-in-law.

Huo Fugui was willing to give up, he personally got up and brought a stool, and urged the Zhang family to sit down. Seeing that Zhang really couldn't hide, he had to take the Ding family and them to sit down.