In the front yard, Zhao Fengnian called Zhang Dahe, who was busy counting cow beans, took out the oil paper bag in his arms, handed it to him, and said, "I heard that Zhang Dahu's father and son are outside the door, and after a while, when serving tea, mix this medicine powder in it for that Zhang Dahu to taste, last time I was seriously ill, he came to buy a shop, and he never entertained him well, so I can't slack off today." ”

Zhang Dahe was already shrewd, and he had been a steward in the workshop for so many days, so he naturally went to the next level of his mind, and he guessed that this medicinal powder must be croton or something, and the shopkeeper wanted to export evil anger for the past.

He smiled and hid the paper bag, and said, "Don't worry, the shopkeeper." ”

Zhao Fengnian nodded, and went back to the account room, and soon there was a shout at the door, someone led the Zhang family father and son into the courtyard, Zhang Dahe greeted him, and said with a smile, "Isn't this Master Zhang and the eldest young master, how can you have time to come to our workshop today?" ”

Zhang Dahu's small eyes were eager to go to the east wing to see what was going on, and when he heard Zhang Dahe speak, he turned his head, looked at his clothes contemptuously, and said with a smile, "It turned out to be Zhang Honest, I haven't seen you for a year, and I have been in charge." ”

Zhang Dahe was not angry, he was still so honest and smiled, "It's all thanks to Master Zhang, I don't know if Master Zhang came to the door today..."

Zhang Dahu waved his hand, a little impatient, and said, "Go and call your master's family to come out to see me, and I'll go to the workshop first." After he finished speaking, he raised his legs and was about to enter the workshop, which looked very righteous, as if this courtyard was his own, Zhang Dahe hurriedly stopped him, and his face also smiled, "Master Zhang, the workshop is heavy, and our shopkeeper orders that outsiders are not allowed to enter casually." You'd better wait a minute, I want someone to go and tell the shopkeeper. ”

Master Zhang didn't expect that in front of him, nodding his head and waist, a humble farmer like a beggar, when he was so tough, he was about to scold when he opened his mouth, but he was pulled aside by Zhang Dashao and persuaded, "Dad, we are here to sell paddy fields, so you don't have more branches." ”

Master Zhang thought about it, so he had to glare at Zhang Dahe fiercely and say no more.

Zhang Dahe secretly pressed the oiled paper bag in his cuff and said secretly, "I'll let you taste it in a while." He turned his head and called Yun Xiaojiu and said, "Go and report to the shopkeeper, just say that the master of the Zhang family brought Zhang Dashao to visit." ”

"Hey," Yun Xiaojiu responded, and ran into the account room with a smile, but he didn't come out for a long time.

Tofu cloth was hung everywhere in the yard, and the left wing room was constantly steaming out, and three or five people were in and out with their hands, or carrying watery wooden planks, or white and tender tofu, and they were busy.

The father and son of the Zhang family had to be careful to avoid the dirty water thrown out from time to time, and they had to pay attention not to scrape those tofu buns, and they only stood for a quarter of an hour, but they were irritable and impatient, urging Zhang Dahedao, "You go to report again, what are you doing with the shopkeeper, how can you be so snub to the guests?" ”

Zhang Dahe answered, turned his head and walked through the courtyard, entered the study, and quickly walked out with Yun Xiaojiu this time and said, "Our shopkeeper was copying the account book just now, and he didn't have time to entertain Master Zhang, now it's busy, Master Zhang, please." ”

The Zhang family's father and son's faces were a little better at this time, and they followed Yun Xiaojiu up the steps and entered the account room.

Zhang Dahe's eyes narrowed, and he immediately went to the big kitchen, called Yingzi to make two pots of tea, and when he brought it out, he avoided it in a no-man's corner, sprinkled the medicinal powder in one of the pots, and waited for the medicinal powder to melt, and then slowly entered the account room.

Zhao Fengnian was smiling and politely talking to the Zhang family's father and son, and when he saw him coming in, he said, "It's hot, Master Zhang should take a sip of tea first." ”

When Zhang Dahe heard this, he put a teapot in front of Zhang Dashaohao, and then personally took the one in his hand and poured a cup for Master Zhang.

Zhang Dahu waited in the courtyard for a long time, his throat was already thirsty, he picked it up and blew it, and drank it, Zhang Dahe smiled secretly in his heart, raised his head and glanced at his shopkeeper, bowed down and retreated to the door.

Since Zhang Dashao saw Zhao Fengnian's appearance, he felt that this person should not be stupid, and it must be difficult to deceive, so he thought of a half-truth and half-truth in his heart, and took advantage of his father's tea, so he said, "Shopkeeper Zhao has heard about it in the past few days, I am afraid that the 100 acres of paddy fields outside the village in our house are not well managed, and the drought is severe, and I am afraid that the yield will be reduced in autumn." I discussed with my father that this property was too far away from home, and it would be very troublesome to grow and harvest, so it was better to sell it. As the saying goes, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and good things naturally depend on neighbors, so we came to visit to see if Shopkeeper Zhao was interested in buying these paddy fields. ”

Zhao Fengnian raised his eyebrows, as if he was a little surprised, and asked, "If the rice seedlings are dry, just irrigate more, and the yield will not be reduced too much in the autumn, why should Zhang Dashao be in a hurry to sell, you must know that buying land is the most taboo to bring green seedlings, and the price is not easy to discuss." ”

Of course, Zhang Dashao knew this rule, but he couldn't say the real reason, so he said, "What the shopkeeper said is, but this time, because of the rice seedlings, our father and son ran a few times, and felt that this place was too far away from the city, so he thought about selling the field and changing it to a nearby one." ”

Zhao Fengnian smiled noncommittally, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, before he said, "Zhang Dashao, let's just say it, everyone in the village is taking pity on those rice seedlings these days, and I have also heard some rumors, I am afraid that it is not caused by drought, but by a disaster." ”

Zhang Dashao was exposed, his heart was tight, and he smiled reluctantly, "The leaves are a little yellow, it's not drought, can it be waterlogged?" Zhao shopkeeper is afraid that it is a misunderstanding, this field is near the river, irrigation is convenient, and the land is sufficient, if Zhao shopkeeper buys it back, it will definitely not be a loss. ”

"What Da Shao said is reasonable, whether it is drought or disease, even if the grains are not harvested this year, they will be planted next year." Zhao Fengnian seemed to be a little moved, and it was rare to echo it.

Zhang Da rarely saw the prospect of selling, and persisted to persuade, "This fast field is far away from the city, but it is very close to Zhao's shopkeeper, and it is the most convenient to take care of." ”

"The rice seedlings in the field are really dry, isn't there some serious illness, and it won't affect next year's planting?"

"Absolutely no delay," Zhang Dashao shook his head as if he was about to break his neck, "This paddy field is a bumper harvest every year." ”

"Okay then, let's make a price." Zhao Fengnian finally made up his mind and asked about the price.

When it came to money, Zhang Dahu stopped his son, went into battle in person, raised his chin, stroked his beard and said, "This field, I spent a lot of money to buy it back, and I want to sell it today, I am really a little reluctant, but for the sake of the neighbors, I will charge 1,500 taels less." ”

Zhang Dahe at the door heard this, and couldn't wait to pick up the teapot directly and pour all the tea into his stomach, this black-hearted old thief, the best paddy field around Lingfeng City is thirteen taels of silver per mu, if you buy more, it will be cheaper.

He used to tenant the paddy fields outside the village, and he knew the situation of that field best, although it was close to the river and easy to irrigate, but the soil fertility was average, because the Zhang family was too stingy and refused to apply more fertilizer, so they tenanted the field, and in order to have more food leftover, they took their own manure to go to it. Today, he actually opened his mouth, and one mu cost fifteen taels, which is really poor and crazy.

Zhao Fengnian took a sip of tea and smiled faintly, "Master Zhang is really joking, the paddy field outside the village, wasn't it exchanged for brown rice in your mansion when it was flooded that year, where is there a lot of money to buy it, no matter whether the old people or children in the village, no one doesn't know, Master Zhang said this, but it didn't take long to deceive me to settle down?" Besides, the high-grade good field is only twelve or three taels, and Master Zhang can hook fifteen taels of silver. If that's the case, Master Zhang should keep his own seeds. As he spoke, the teacup slammed on the table, "Send off!" ”

Zhang Dashao heard that his father would ask for 1,500 taels, and he knew that something bad was going to happen, sure enough, Zhao Fengnian was annoyed, and seeing that the only buyer was going to be yellow, Zhang Dashao was really anxious, glared at his father fiercely, and said with a smile while arching his hand, "Don't worry about Zhao's shopkeeper, my father has been stuffy in the house since the year because he is not feeling well, and he is not clear about the price of this paddy field, let's discuss it again." ”

Zhao Fengnian's face was much better, "The rice seedlings in the field have withered, I have to pull them out when I buy them, plant beans and vegetables, and there will be a harvest of up to two percent this year, which is equivalent to being idle until the spring of next year. ”

Zhang Dashao nodded hurriedly, "This is nature, this is nature." Shopkeeper Zhao might as well take a vacation, let's discuss. ”

Zhao Fengnian groaned slightly, and said very simply, "Three hundred taels!" ”

These words were like a signal, controlling Zhang Dahu to jump up instantly, and scolded angrily, "Three hundred taels? You're going to rob it! That's a hundred acres of paddy field, and you can beat tens of thousands of catties of rice in autumn, but you only give 300 taels, are you crazy? ”

Zhao Fengnian refilled a cup of tea for himself, only looked at Zhang Dashao's black face, and said with a smile, "Zhang Dashao also thinks that the price is low?" ”

Zhang Dashao barely pulled out a smile, "It's really low, a hundred acres of paddy fields, according to ten taels, it is also a thousand taels, and the shopkeeper is only three hundred, some too much..."

"Then Zhang Dashao should go to find other buyers, I can only offer this price, if those buyers are worried, there is anything wrong with this paddy field outside our village, Zhang Dashao will help tell me, our Yunjia Village is a hard-working person, and we will definitely not secretly do anything."

Zhang Dashao gasped, although these words sounded righteous words, but how could he feel like a threat in his heart. However, after thinking about it, he smiled bitterly, where are there other buyers, this shopkeeper Zhao, although he gives it low, but there is still a price code, and other companies don't match it at all.

Zhang Dahu was still hating and hating on the side, Zhang Dashao became more and more upset when he heard it, and he simply took a sidepath, "Shopkeeper Zhao is also a businessman, and there is a counteroffer when there is a price for trading, three hundred taels is too low, it is better to add some more, six hundred taels!" As long as 600 taels, we will collect the money and hand over the title deed, if it is less, our house can be thrown away without planting, and we can't sell it so cheaply. ”

When Zhang Dahu heard that his son was such a loser, he asked for nine hundred taels less than him, and slapped him on the head with hatred, "You are a loser, you only ask for six hundred taels..."

Zhang Dashao couldn't find a buyer in the past few days, and he was on fire in his heart, and he was beaten so hard by his father who couldn't see the situation, he couldn't bear it, so he shouted angrily, "Don't sell, you wait to smash your hands." ”

Zhang Dahu was stunned, and suddenly put down his raised arms, completely deflated.

Zhao Fengnian didn't like the quarrel between their father and son, and six hundred taels was the bottom line that their husband and wife had discussed, so he pretended to be worried for a while, and reluctantly nodded and agreed.

Very block, Zhang Dahe personally went to the backyard to hold a small wooden box out, the two sides counted carefully, exactly six hundred taels, Zhang Dahu took the silver coin again, and shone it on the sun, and determined that the color was good, so he took out the title deed and handed it to Zhao Fengnian very painfully.

Zhao Fengnian carefully checked the seal of the government on it, and made sure that there was nothing wrong, so he sent the frustrated Zhang family father and son out.