In the room, Sheng Jiaojiao counted the copper plates on the small table and smiled, and asked Qi Huan,

"When you go to Dongying these days, have you asked Brother Halberd, when will you go home?"

"I said I would be back tomorrow, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, you go read and practice calligraphy quickly, and after an hour go dig the pit in the yard and dig deeper."

Sheng Jiaojiao sent Qi Huan away, and when she saw that as soon as Qi Huan heard reading and writing, that little face turned into a bitter gourd face, Sheng Jiaojiao couldn't help but laugh:

"It is said that the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies and skins. Hurry up. ”

"I'd rather dig a pit first and then read and write."

Muttering, Qi Juan still drooped his shoulders, as if he was carrying a heavy burden on his shoulders, and took very heavy steps to read and write in his room.

God, why is there such a torturous torture as reading and writing in this world?

Sent Qi Hua away, Sheng Jiaojiao slightly pushed open some papier-mâché wooden windows and looked at the gaps.

Most of the people watching the excitement outside the courtyard of the Qi family have left, and a few ladies who do embroidery work with Mrs. Qi and Miss Qi on weekdays have already moved from the house to the yard to do embroidery work.

While doing embroidery, I ate apples.

The three uncles of the Qi family also came back, and they walked a few times around the few trees that were lying on the ground in the yard with their hands behind their backs, and they were still discussing how to make these trees die not so quickly.

They were all bought back at a great price, and it is a pity that they will not survive for half a year if they are planted.

Sheng Jiaojiao pinched herself in the house, got up and walked out of the house, and went to the backyard to toss the half acre of vegetable land planted in the yard.

Since Sheng Jiaojiao went to Dongying, no one in the family has taken care of this half-acre of small vegetable land.

Now that Sheng Jiaojiao has come back from Dongying, the vegetables in this half-acre vegetable field have grown well and become green.

Because Sheng Jiaojiao will fill the water tank with her own water every day for the family to eat and drink.

But every day, the Qi family will go to Shuibo one after another to carry a jar of water back.

Sometimes the Qi family came back with water and found that the water in the water tank was still full, so they put the full clay jar on the edge of the water tank and went to do their own thing.

Sheng Jiaojiao went to the backyard when she was empty, and poured all the water from their clay jars into the half-acre vegetable field.

When the Qi family came back to check their clay jar, they found that the jar was empty, but the water tank was still full, so they thought that someone had used the water in the water tank, and used the clay jar filled with water next to it to fill the water tank.

So no one has ever found out that the water they carry back from Shuibo every day has been stolen by Sheng Jiaojiao.

And the Qi family, who drink the "god" water every day, their bodies will be washed by the "god" water of Sheng Jiaojiao, the water ghost, every day.

They had to eat and drink Lazar every day, and every day the night pot was poured into the dung puddle to make manure.

The Qi family, on the other hand, uses fertilizer from the manure pit to water vegetable fields and medicine fields every day

Gradually, not only did the medicine field sprout, but even the half-acre vegetable field in the backyard grew strong.

Although the growth rate of these greens is no different from that of ordinary side vegetables, compared with the side vegetables in the col, the quality of the two is still similar.

In the past few days, when several ladies of the Qi family take turns to cook, they have been stir-frying the vegetables in the half-acre vegetable field in the backyard.

So at dinnertime, the family sat around the dining table in the stove house, and Sheng Jiaojiao said,

"I see that the half-acre vegetable land in our backyard grows so well, it is better to plant another half acre of land, and when the time comes, we can still use the small vegetables that we can't eat to exchange for some money."

Miss Qi hurriedly said,

"I think it's okay, the longer this dish grows, the better, I think our family is really going to make a fortune this time."

The old lady Qi, who was sitting next to Sheng Jiaojiao, had a loving face and put a piece of meat into Sheng Jiaojiao's bowl.

Qi Zhang sent home so much silver, now the Qi family can eat meat for a meal, but this meal of meat, there will always be a day when the mountain is empty, she also thinks that Sheng Jiaojiao's idea is good, that is, to open half an acre of vegetable land, if the vegetables in the field can really grow as well, the vegetables that can't be eaten can be sold.

"That's okay, I'll rest at home tomorrow, and I'll open the ground."

Uncle Qi took the initiative to ask for help, and he was full of enthusiasm.

In fact, the second uncle of Qi and the third uncle of Qi also thought of the matter of opening up the land, recently there are people everywhere in the village who say that their Qi family is going to make a fortune, Dalang is blessed, Erlang Sanlang is not bad, and Jiao Niang is rich and rich five cars, and the family must be better than ever.

They themselves have this feeling, they didn't look at the original green and yellow half an acre of vegetable land, but now a piece of green and prosperous vegetables, this is a good sign.

It's just that Uncle Qi will rest tomorrow and don't have to go to the militia, Qi Aer and Qi A3 will still go to the militia team tomorrow to be on duty.

I heard Sheng Jiaojiao ask again:

"Now that the subject country has been beaten by Tan Ji and my eldest brother, do you still want to go to the militia?"

"It's that you don't have to register before and out, but the Tan family said to your eldest brother that you have to be tight on the outside and loose on the inside, so the intensity of the patrol is twice as strong as before."

Third Uncle Qi said, looked at Old Lady Qi again, and hesitated:

"A-Niang, the second dog in our team said, our apples, can you sell a few of his family, yesterday his wife ate an apple at our house, and I still want to eat it today."

Qi Sanniang next to her "snorted" in her mouth and said:

"The second dog lady wants to eat, so I'll give her a few, there are more in the basket in our backyard."

Sheng Jiaojiao, who was sitting next to Mrs. Qi, raised her eyes slightly and glanced at Qi Sanniang, her lips moved, and she didn't speak.

In fact, most of Qi Huan's temperament follows his father and aunt, enthusiastic and straightforward, thinking about anything, he can only think of the present, and he can't think of the next few steps.

At the dinner table, the second lady, who never spoke, opened her mouth when she heard Qi Sanniang say this, and said:

"The third brother and sister can't say that, apples are delicious, and they are a rare thing, the people in the village want to eat them twice, today we will send a few, tomorrow we will send a few, no matter how many apples there are in the basket, they can't stand being sent like this."

This Qi Erniang is shrewd and doesn't like to talk much, but what she says is often to the point.

"Oh, second sister-in-law, second dog said to buy it, let's really sell it? These are all from the villagers, and they are from the militia, and I don't know how to sell them or how to collect money for a few apples. ”

The third lady is anxious, neither her man nor she is the kind of person who can play with her heart, they can't handle this matter well, and they don't know how to deal with it.

Everyone is from the same village, relatives are connected to relatives, and the ancestors are several generations old, maybe they are all a family.

There has never been any business with the people in the village.

In the end, it's all barter, but it's a blood loss.

Originally, Qi Adada carried a basket of vegetables out, and only replaced two wooden hairpins for Sheng Jiaojiao and came back, just a few apples, so it was better to give them out as a favor.

Sheng Jiaojiao slowly stretched out her chopsticks, took a small dish, and put it into the old lady Qi's bowl, which looked even more delicate than serving the queen mother.

She said:

"The village is all related to the family, in the past, who had something, were bartered, or given as a favor, this is actually quite no rules, our own hard-earned money to buy apples, is delicious, everyone wants to eat, but even if you send one, you can't send it to everyone, then sell it first, set up the rules, no matter whether Uncle Ergou is comfortable or not, let's collect the money first, and then send a few to him, he will feel comfortable."

The second lady looked at Sheng Jiaojiao, nodded secretly, and lowered her head to eat without speaking.

In this family, she is not an eye-catching existence, if it weren't for the initiative to help the children in the private school make straw paper last time, the Qi family would have forgotten that there is such a person as her.

And Qi Erniang can't say anything, as soon as she speaks, the words she says can also make people feel very uncomfortable.

So she habitually doesn't say anything.

Sheng Jiaojiao turned her head and said to the second lady:

"The second uncle has to do the rules, the third uncle and the third uncle are not good people,"

Qi Erniang took the chopsticks with her hand, and there was a hint of unconfident forced smile on her face, and she refused:

"I, I offend people as soon as I open my mouth, how can I do this? Who doesn't know, I don't have much contact with the ladies in the village. ”

This is the truth, Qi Erniang is dull, shrewd, loves to play small calculations, and has few words, she doesn't take advantage of others, but others don't want to take advantage of her.

She is the most unpleasant lady in the loess village.

Old Lady Qi glanced at Second Uncle Qi, and then looked at Second Lady Qi,

"If Jiaojiao'er says you can do it, you will do it, and if you can't do it, you will say that you can't do it, because the words are not good, and you have offended people, have you done less over the years? I think you're the best fit for the whole family. ”

Since it is to open a business, there is no reason to give it away in vain, there was no rule to ask the people in the village for money before, and it is precisely because there is no that one person needs to set up this rule.

Indeed, no one is more suitable than Qi Erniang, who is shrewd and calculating, and offends people as soon as she opens her mouth.

Second Uncle Qi almost lowered his head to the rice bowl, and he didn't dare to speak for his wife.

In the second room of the Qi family, the second uncle of Qi can be regarded as the most undecided person, either listening to his aunt or listening to his mother.

Even Qi Erlang went to be an apprentice to the merchant, but he listened to his mother's words and let him go out for several years.

Now that the old lady has spoken, Qi Erniang doesn't want to come out anymore, so she has to take over this errand.

So after dinner, Qi Erniang entered Sheng Jiaojiao's house, caught Qi Huan, who was learning to write account books in Sheng Jiaojiao's house, and asked:

"Four, how much did you buy the apples you bought from the merchant?"

Qi Huan raised his head violently and looked at Sheng Jiaojiao who was sitting opposite him, his apples were all picked from the tree, and he didn't spend any money at all

But Sister didn't let him say this.

Sheng Jiaojiao, who was originally translating books and teaching Qi Huan to keep accounts, took out a piece of paper from under the book and handed it to Qi Erniang.

The paper recorded the purchase price of apples, the working hours of Qi Hua, the wages, the cost of forage for raising mules, etc., etc., which were divided into categories and quite detailed.

The people of Zhishou County can rarely understand the account book, the reason is because the people of Zhishou County value literature and light on martial arts, let alone understand the account book, even if they can recognize a few words, I am afraid it is difficult.

But Qi Erniang understood.

She didn't know many words, just a few words commonly used in the account book, so she quoted Sheng Jiaojiao a price and asked:

"How about I sell it at this price and give a few more apples to the second dog lady?"

The price that the second lady said, not only did not lose money, but also earned three or four times the cost price.

The so-called cost price includes the purchase price of apples, the working hours of Qi Hua, wages, the cost of forage for mules, and so on.

Apple's purchase price is zero! This part of the money can be all into Sheng Jiaojiao's private account.

Sheng Jiaojiao smiled and nodded, she said that in the whole family, in fact, the second aunt is the most talented in doing business, from the beginning, Qi Erniang said to Sheng Jiaojiao, how much ink, paper, inkstone does the enlightenment school need to consume to start, Sheng Jiaojiao can see it.

It's just that in the martial Zhishou County, everyone takes simplicity and honesty as a good character, and a person with such a temperament as the second uncle is very unpleasant.

Sheng Jiaojiao ruled the six palaces in her last life, and she deeply realized a truth, there are no completely useless people in this world, and many people who seem to be out of place just because they are not in a specific position to give full play to their talents.

Since the second uncle is good at calculation, Sheng Jiaojiao let her go to this position

chatted with the second lady for a while, and someone outside called Sheng Jiaojiao.

When she heard it, it seemed to be Niu Ju's voice.

So Sheng Jiaojiao walked out of her house and walked into the yard to take a look, and sure enough, under the moonlight, there was a ruddy cow chrysanthemum standing all over her face.

"Niu Ju? You're only coming back at this time? ”

Sheng Jiaojiao walked out of the yard and stood at the entrance of the yard looking at Niu Ju.

With a happy face, she picked out a rope from her sleeve, pulled out a large handful of copper coins, handed them to Sheng Jiaojiao's hand, and said:

"Apples are selling very quickly, so I went to the market and went around, until now I came back, this is the money from selling apples, Jiaojiao, do you still have apples there?" I want to sell it tomorrow. ”

She is honest, how much apple money she sold today, there is not a single copper plate left, all of them are pulled out and given to Sheng Jiaojiao, Sheng Jiaojiao can only hold it with both hands.

Before she could answer Niu Ju's words, she heard Niu Ju say:

"I went to see the price of sheep sold at the market today, and it was only a few hundred dollars a sheep."

Sheng Jiaojiao heard this and asked:

"Why is the price of sheep so cheap?"

"I heard that they are all sheep from the north of the county, and I chatted with several sheep sellers for a long time at the market, saying that the people in the north of the county are moving to the south of the county, so they are all selling sheep."

Niu Ju said that she is very ambitious, she is now bent on buying sheep, buying a lot of sheep.

(End of chapter)