Chapter 3: The treacherous that I can't bear to look at directly

With San Lang's narration, Zheng Laosan and his wife were first surprised that the little girl had learned Qimen Dunjia and the Five Elements Gossip. I was surprised that there was such a secret place in the mountains, and I sighed that my home was not far from the county seat. Hearing that his girlfriend pretended to be stupid and sold half a frame of green vegetables at a sky-high price, her face was red for a while, her face was blushing and she was ashamed, and her face was angry. When I heard the hardships when I came back, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Qian slapped Zheng Qingluan on the back, "Dead girl, who taught you this, ah?

Zheng Qingluan was unhappy, "How can I be cheated and deceived, if I say that I am here to sell vegetables, it doesn't cost hundreds of ten yuan, and the little guy at the door won't take care of you." Ask grandpa to tell grandma, they can set you up in the kitchen, and the mother-in-law is considered kind. The mother-in-law in the kitchen can give a pound of meat to the price of people's conscience, no matter how rare your thing is, it is still a green vegetable. I just took advantage of the situation and met the big butler directly. I want to sell vegetables directly, and people can say that they are pitying the weak and pity the poor, and on the days when the old lady is happy, he has accumulated virtue and done good, and you have to remember his love. When I talk about gifts, I have three points of love. It's all gone, and the rewards they give are more than selling them directly. Besides, in the eyes of others, it is not a green vegetable, it is the face of the main family, decent. For them, it doesn't make much difference between twenty taels and two hundred taels. Rare things are expensive, they spend twenty taels for the whole face, they think it's worth it, you love me. As he spoke, he laughed wickedly, "I have inquired before, the big housekeeper will go down to Jiangnan in a few days to take over the business in the south, and he will not come back for three or five years." That's why I saw him and got my mind on the spot. I really planned to say that it was a congratulatory gift, and those people paid attention to return gifts, and the lowest one was worth three or five taels of silver. ”

Seeing that everyone looked at her like a monster, she said embarrassedly: "If someone in "Huainanzi Military Training" makes the best use of his talents, then naturally it has the meaning of making the best use of things, and making the best use of things means to tap its maximum value? That's what the book says. "Make the best use of things" from Ma Feng's "Typical Cases": "This is to make the best use of people's talents and make the best use of things." "There is no such allusion in this day and age.

Zheng Laosan held back a purple face, and couldn't bear to say that his daughter was not, "It's not easy for you to read a book like this! He would never be able to read like this for ordinary people, right!" But he thought in his heart, no matter what, he wanted his son to go to a serious school, not to test his fame, but to learn what a gentleman is and what is upright.

"Whatever you say, just get the money back! He was willing to buy it. These are enough for four acres of middle fields. If we have to grow our own crops, plus the vegetable garden, we will definitely not go hungry. "Zheng Qingju thinks the simplest, as long as it doesn't break the law, or if the law is not discovered, it's not a big deal. Her moral bottom line, don't talk about it.

As soon as he finished saying this, Zheng Laosan was even worse, what kind of girl is this!" I went into the house and lay down. The back of the turn was a little gloomy.

"What's wrong with Dad?" Zheng Qingju turned his head and asked Gorou, his face full of confusion.

"I'm by your sisters. Gorou got up and walked out, "I'll go and return the noodle bag and bamboo basket and come back." ”

"What's wrong with me? I didn't say anything?" Zheng Qingju looked at San Lang, who drank the last sip of soup and wiped his mouth, "I didn't say anything." The little sister said that if you want to catch the chicken, you are closed. The little sister said that if you want to kill someone, you are the one who handed the knife. The little sister said that she wanted to set fire, and you were pouring oil and firewood. After saying that, he stood up and walked outside, "I'll go clean up the vegetable yard." ”

Zheng Qingluan watched it interestingly, and said cheaply, "This means that we have no moral bottom line." ”

"Sleep yours. Zheng Qingju rolled her eyes, her pretty melon seed face, and big apricot eyes already had the charm of a girl, she cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and muttered, morality can be worth a few bowls of rice, seeing Qian staring at her in annoyance, she quickly got up and took the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen. provoked Zheng Qingluan to roll on the kang and laugh. Seeing that Qian was looking for broom bumps everywhere, he hurriedly jumped off the kang, ran out with his shoes on, and shouted when he ran away, "I'll go see Xiaoba." ”

Broom pimple is a local phrase that means the handle of a broom. Rural women often use broom handles to teach children, and brooms are mostly made of sorghum stalks, which do not hurt much on the body, and they are not afraid of accidentally hurting the children. More often than not, you use a broom pimple to hit the edge of the kang and other objects, with the intention of scaring the child, indicating that your behavior makes me angry. The clever child hides when he sees his mother looking around for a broomstick, which is also a mother's indirect telling the child that your behavior is wrong, and giving the child enough time to run away, don't let it hit. It's an instinctive behavioral cue.

Zheng Qingluan ran to the courtyard and saw that San Lang was turning the ground, so Hachi picked up insects from the wet soil turned out and put them in a clay pot to feed the chickens.

"Hachi, it's weird cold. Go back to the house. "Zheng Qingluan's distressed well-behaved child.

"Second sister, I'm not cold. Hachi smiled, "That Luhua chicken hasn't laid eggs for three days." Xiao Hei and Xiao Hua also stopped laying eggs for several days. "This means that we should hurry up and find meat for the chickens so that they can lay eggs. Zheng Qingluan felt that he was not as good as a child, and he had to hurry up this day.

Seeing Zheng Qingju finish washing the dishes and chopsticks, he came out of the kitchen and hurriedly ran over, "Sister, pack up a few sacks, put them in the basket, and follow me later." Zheng Qingju didn't say a word, turned around and cleaned up.

"Big brother, you wait for the second brother to come back and go to Elm Ridge with him to find us. It's the little elm forest we passed by this morning, and my sister and I will go first. Push on the cart!" Zheng Qingluan admonished.

"Got it. Zheng Sanlang thought that the vegetable garden could be cleaned up by lighting a fire at night, and looking at the little sister's appearance, he probably thought of finding money.

Elm Ridge, as the name suggests, is 90% elm. On the sunny earthen cliff of Elm Ridge, there is a small elm sapling, the big one is the thickness of an adult's arm, and the small one is more like a thorn bush, only the thickness of a finger. More than one person is tall. The branch was full of elm money. Because of the geographical location of this piece, it is sheltered from the wind and the sun, and it sprouts early. And because it is close to the cemetery, few people come. From the memory of the original owner, I know that every year when I eat elm money, I complain that this piece of elm money is aging very fast, so I pay attention. It turns out that it is not that it grows fast, but that it sprouts early.

"Good guy!" Zheng Qingju is a shrewd person, how can he not know the value of these things. Immediately carry the basket and carry it. This thing can't be pressed or kneaded, otherwise it won't look good. When the two sisters filled a sack, about thirty or forty pounds, Saburo Goro led Hachi to come.

Saburo Goro didn't care about talking, and he collected it early and sold it early, otherwise it wouldn't be fresh. Xiaoba also wanted to pick it, Zheng Qingluan didn't let it, and it hurt to grind it on the branches, "You go and dig up those white artemisia, and you can exchange a lot of money." ”

It took an hour for the sun to set in the west. A few people are busy without speaking, and they are in a hurry. Seven sacks, there must be 300 pounds. Even Xiaoba dug up ten catties of white artemisia.

"Take the back road to town. Zheng Qingluan picked up Xiaoba and sat on the wheel, and said, "Hold steady." ”

San Lang pulled the car, Goro pushed it behind, Zheng Qingju carried a big back basket, a small back basket in the big back basket, and a basket in the small back basket, which was really not light. Zheng Qingluan kept carrying the white artemisia, thinking in his heart, and heard Zheng Qingju ask, "Where are you going to sell it?"

"Zhang Dahu's 'cyclamen'. Zheng Qingluan pouted.

"Why are you in a family pit!"

"You take care of yourself for a while, and don't say anything. ”

"Don't worry, I'll keep my head down for a while. "It's a fear of the expression on the face.

"Don't worry, second sister, I'm looking at the eldest sister. ”

A few people talked and laughed, and they didn't feel tired and went to the place. When he was about to arrive at the door, Zheng Qingluan thought for a while and said, "Sister, take off the handkerchief on your head and use it." "The veil is afraid of dirt staining the hair, and tying it on the head can also play a decorative role.

Zheng Qingluan covered the veil on the white artemisia, half-covering it.

"What the hell?" asked Zheng Qingju.

Zheng Qingluan winked and motioned for her to shut up. He strode towards the store. At this time, it was not dinner time, there was no one in the store, and Zheng Qingluan shouted directly when he entered the door: "Hurry up, the goods are unloaded, the birthday gift for the old lady can be regarded as catching up, people, hurry up! ”

A few little ones heard that it was used for the birthday banquet of the old lady of the owner. Hurriedly carried the sack into the store. I heard Zheng Qingluan's loud voice shouting: "Oh, you have to slow down, this thing can't be rubbed." "That voice can be heard half the street.

The shopkeeper hurried downstairs, "Are you—?" she asked, looking at the little girl in front of her, pointing to the sacks piled up on the ground.

Zheng Qingluan's face did not change, and asked frankly: "The things have been found, you have to talk." Five taels of silver and a copper plate cannot be missing. I've heard that your housekeeper bought a basket of vegetables from Fucheng for a hundred and ten taels of silver. Exclusively for the banquet of the official master. I'm also fresh food, and it's not a problem to supply a hundred tables. This is to save the face of your house. ”

The shopkeeper's face was silent, but he said in his heart: "This is a gift from the shopkeeper of which branch." It's a good idea, it doesn't cost much, and it's rare to have this idea. Even if you put your net worth on the gold and jade you bought, you can't get into the eyes of the master. "I feel more and more that the birthday gift I prepared is not in harmony. "The little girl is tired too. Upstairs please, have a cup of tea. ”

Zheng Qingluan was relieved, and pretended to hesitate: "It's okay to drink tea, but the price can't be less." ”

The shopkeeper laughed: "It's good to say! It's easy to say!" and beckoned the four of San Lang: "Come and rest and drink tea." Pillars, two plates of snacks to come. He explained to Zheng Qingluan and the others, "Don't worry, you can't lose things in the store." ”

The tea is jasmine tea, and the dim sum is rice cakes, and the white rice cakes are decorated with raisins and wolfberries, which will arouse the appetite.

Zheng Qingluan saw that Xiao Er, who had just served a snack, whispered to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and she smiled secretly in her heart, and she didn't know who had entered whom.

"Little girl, I won't hide it from you. We've already given our gifts, and we're looking at them for a less-"

"Really!" Zheng Qingluan said in surprise: "Big brother, you heard it." It was they who broke the promise, not that we broke the promise, we blamed the father, and we didn't say anything about the promise. I said stupidly, how can there be ten taels that are not sold and sold at the door and sold for five taels. ”

Zheng Sanlang already had a tacit understanding with Zheng Qingluan, and immediately said: "It's also our luck!"

Zheng Qingluan happily picked up the rice cake and handed it to Xiao Ba: "Eat quickly, I'll be in a hurry." Big brother and second brother, big sister, eat quickly. He also took a piece of it, and said while eating: "Shopkeeper, we will pay the price for the snacks." As he spoke, he secretly looked at the white artemisia in the basket, snickering all over his face, very proud. It's hard for people not to pay attention to her gesture.

The shopkeeper's intestines are all repentant this time. It turns out that the family already has a next home. Besides, the children are simple-minded, and their emotions are all on their faces, so this thing will definitely not be fake. When I saw the little girl holding the basket and not letting go, I thought to myself, this is probably a better thing. I heard the little girl rushing to the door: "Little Er, prepare five more plates of dim sum and any dim sum, you have to carry the hunger." Two roast chickens, ten white flour steamed buns, wrapped, to be taken away. Hearing the shopkeeper's answer, he explained to the shopkeeper: "My two elder brothers are half-grown young men, and my mother always says that half-grown children eat Lao Tzu to death." Don't look at a lot of things, you have to carry it all night, it's not enough. ”

"That's, that's!" The shopkeeper didn't care what she ordered now, just looked at the basket in Zheng Qingluan's arms, and saw that the little girl tightened the basket again, so she said, "What kind of treasure is in your arms, so tight." ”

Zheng Qingluan smiled proudly: "It's a gift from the county lord to the county magistrate." He quietly lowered his voice and said, "I heard that the county master is the son of the Hou Ye." ”

The shopkeeper was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Today's food money is mine, you buy me a favor, tell me what it is." ”

"I ordered something old, and it wasn't appropriate. Zheng Qingluan shook his head hurriedly,

"What's this bit of food, add twenty more buns. ”

"I want big meat!" Zheng Qingju hurriedly answered.

"Big sister. Zheng Qingluan glared at Zheng Qingju, "No wonder my mother won't let you go out, look at your stupidity." If you can't speak, don't speak, follow the eldest brother and second brother to learn. I don't know how to calculate, what to stare at, I'm not convinced, you have to be enough for thirty big meat buns to have a meal for a family. Loser!" Zheng Qingju almost couldn't hold back his laughter. I saw Zheng Qingluan explain with an embarrassed face: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, when you don't pick up, it's not easy for everyone." She had a immature face, but she said the words of an adult: "I don't hide it from you, uncle, this is Artemisia." Usually there are mountains and fields, but at this time, it takes so little to turn over the horns. I heard that the county order adults often drink water soaked in white artemisia, which is used to cure diseases. You said that you send fresh food at this time and make it into a dish to serve, is it more sincere than giving a thousand gold? After speaking, he took a sip of tea, and saw that Xiaoba was clever and only ate in small bites, and made a good excuse for her to stay, so he smiled approvingly: "Don't urge to eat, eat slowly!"

The shopkeeper was in ecstasy at this time, and this news was simply too important. He immediately stood up, "Little girl, I left your goods, ten taels of silver, a lot." I'll pay another two taels for this white artemisia, do you think it's okay?"

Zheng Qingluan shook her head, and was just about to excuse herself, when she saw Xiao Ba pull her sleeve, "Second sister, I'm sleepy." ”

Zheng Qingluan secretly nodded a thumbs up, rather helpless, "Okay then." Let's hurry up and look for it, and we can always touch three or five pounds again. The baskets and sacks were sent to the shopkeeper, and these things were very squeamish and poured back and forth and were not fresh. Let us also give us the affection of your gift. The shopkeeper's heart said, this kid is really sensible, and it is rare to be so considerate. I have a little favor for the cliché, so that this child will remember it. Busy and angry thanks.

This time, he gave six silver ingots of two taels, and Zheng Qingluan carefully put them into his arms.

Coming out of the store, several people breathed a sigh of relief. Zheng Qingluan sat on the cart with Xiaoba in his arms, and Xiaoba was holding a big back basket in his arms, and a food box was just put in the big back basket. The small basket Goro carried it, San Lang pulled the cart, and Zheng Qingju picked up the firewood on the side of the road, in order to cover up the food box. walked out of the distance, and saw that there was no one behind him, so they all smiled.

"It's not easy to earn this money, and I'm tired. Zheng Qingju sighed.

"Of course she is tired, bluffing, taking advantage of the fire to rob, striking the east and west, making something out of nothing, taking the sheep by the hand, the whole series of schemes, thirty-six schemes have been used, who is tired if she is not tired?" Gorou never squeaked, just watched calmly from the side, remembered, and learned.

"I have a heart. Zheng Qingju praised in a good mood. If that's a boast. "What do you count, I feel like the two of them are quietly digging a pit for each other, and then luring each other into your pit, and finally the shopkeeper thinks that he has pitted us, and we also feel that the shopkeeper has pitted whom, who has cheated whom, who has won?"

Zheng Qingluan looked at Zheng Qingju in surprise, the person who can ask such a question is definitely a smart person, "This is called a win-win situation, everyone takes what they need." If there is no temptation that you come and go, which is what you call digging a pit, you don't know what the other party wants and where the other party's bottom line is. Take this transaction as an example, the shopkeeper actually bought the news from me, not some kind of white artemisia. People want white artemisia, pay a hundred big money have to be people scrambling to find it, can't find ten catties, can't find a catty and a half catty to make up a dish, people are also through a dish, to the county master to pass a kind of I support you, support you, want to make your message well, this is a bridge between the two sides. ”

"That is, we calculate according to the price of the dish, and we feel that we have taken advantage. The shopkeeper is calculated according to the importance of the news, and he also feels that he has taken advantage. Hachi added.

Remember, in any transaction, you have to be able to achieve your expected benefits, and at the same time the other party feels that you have taken advantage of you, you can really win. Hachi nodded solemnly.

"Oh, I'm so tired today, I'm going to sleep in the next day, don't bother me. Zheng Qingluan really felt physically tired and mentally tired. Besides, now that the family has stock and savings, it doesn't matter if they relax for two days.

Talking and laughing at the gate, I saw dozens of people gathered at the door, and some people were hurrying over. There is no need to ask, only the wife and concubine of Zheng Dajin, the eldest house of the Zheng family, are fighting for the wind, Zheng Qingluan has gone from being dumbfounded at the beginning to being accustomed to it, and now they don't make trouble every two days, she feels that there is something missing in life.

Inertia really can't be considered a good thing!" Zheng Qingluan thought