When he drove the ox cart home, Lao Wang asked his own questions.

"Mr. Lu, you have painted a small egg, and it is actually worth a basket of eggs, what are you doing?"

Lu Ning smiled and replied.

"Don't look at just painting on eggs, in fact, this is also an art, art is priceless, this can only be understood after reading a book."

Uncle Wang thought for a while and asked.

"Every time we go into and out of the city, we have to pay taxes, can we collect eggs in the countryside and sell them at the big market?"

Lu Ning shook his head and replied.

"Not all people like to look at paintings, people in the city are either reading, or doing business, as long as you paint well, money is nothing to them, but the countrymen are mainly pragmatic, and they can't get used to this kind of bells and whistles, I'm afraid they can't sell it."

Lao Wang nodded and said.

"It's true, if my old Wang has this hundred yuan, wouldn't it be delicious to buy a few pieces of pork? Painting can't be eaten, spending money to buy excitement, this is what only fools do, only people in the city will do it. ”

Xiao Rong was not happy to listen and said.

"Daddy, are you smashing your own job like this? If everyone else knows that this is a fool, who will come to buy our easter eggs, A-Niang knows, and it is time for you to kneel on the oil lamp. ”

Lao Wang smiled and said.

"No, your mother can't do it, I think my old king was also a pretty guy in ten miles and eight villages, the big girl and the little daughter-in-law were all smiling when they saw me, and they all wanted to give me a monkey."

Xiao Rong smiled and said, "I'll tell A-Niang this." ”

Hearing this, Lao Wang trembled and almost didn't fall off the ox cart.

"I said, why does your little padded jacket leak? Is there such a cheat? I'm just talking about it, of course I can't count it. ”

Xiao Rong's eyes showed a playful smile.

"Who told you to be sorry for A-Niang?"

Cold sweat broke out on Lao Wang's head.

"I just said that they wanted to, and I didn't say that I did that, I am loyal to your mother, and it is not illegal to brag a few words."

Xiao Rong giggled non-stop, in fact, Lu Ning had already seen that this old Wang was not a flowery person at all.

Of course, a little proud, casually blowing a few words about cattle is also a common problem of men, and it is nothing.

The three of them talked and walked, and after a while they arrived at the entrance of the village.

At this time, the farmers also began to return from the fields, and some children were playing on the side of the road.

Suddenly, I saw that Xiao Rong's family not only had fruit and food in the car, but also made a young and handsome offspring, so they all ran to tell each other.

"Wang Gui's family has made a fortune, not only bought a lot of wine and meat, but also brought back a big descendant, haha, Xiao Rong recruited a little son-in-law, really handsome!"

Hearing this, Xiao Rong's face flushed with shame.

Lao Wang explained to the villagers one by one.

"This is a distant cousin of mine. People are scholars, and they have already married a family, so don't scream. ”

Lu Ning smiled, naturally he didn't explain anything, but enjoyed this simple environment very much.

After a while, when I arrived at an old locust tree in the city, I suddenly found a middle-aged woman leading a half-grown teenager looking into the distance.

When he saw the wine and meat in Lao Wang's car and his later life, he smiled, and asked Lu Ning's parents in his hometown, and who they were.

Lu Ning also bluntly told him that he already had a family, and he didn't pass the exam when he went to Xiu, and he wanted to teach in Dawangzhuang.

I also called him Aunt Wang very politely.

When this lady Wang heard that she was a scholar, she was also very happy, so she called her son Genwazi to her.

"Mr. Lu doesn't dislike it, he lives here, I have three children at home, the eldest daughter is out of the cabinet, there are only two little girls and Genwazi left in the family, they all want to study, so they trouble Mr. Lu."

I heard that Mr. Lu turned stones into gold and helped the family sell those mediocre eggs for twenty times the price.

Aunt Wang was even happier and said in admiration.

"It's still scholarly and knowledgeable, we countrymen can't think of it even if we want to break our heads, Lao Wang, you have to be honest, you give him the money that Mr. Wang deserves."

Lao Wang is also quite particular, the two baskets of eggs, about more than 150 yuan, sold for fifteen yuan, about fifteen taels of silver, which is equivalent to the income of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty for more than three years.

He suggested that the whole money ticket be exchanged, and everyone split it in half.

Lu Ning hurriedly refused and said.

"Uncle Wang, let's talk about it. All you have to do is give me 1,500 dollars. ”

Aunt Wang is also a kind person, so she said immediately.

"Mr. Lu, I won't lie to you, these two baskets of eggs are about one hundred and thirty catties, if they are sold like this, they will be sold for six hundred and fifty yuan at most, all of which are sold for nearly twenty times the value through your skillful hands.

The two sides excused themselves and resigned, Lu Ning thought for a long time and said.

"Uncle Wang, Aunt Wang, why don't we do business together, you see who has eggs, let's collect some, and then make a hole under the egg, put out the egg white and yolk inside, and sell the steamed chicken cake, I use the eggshell to draw Easter eggs, and the profits we get are not in the same branch?"

Lao Wang readily agreed and said.

"With these fifteen taels of silver, you can go to the city to rent a yard and specialize in this business."

Xiao Rong also said next to her: "Yes, Brother Lu, you also said that you want to teach me to make cakes, I listened to what you said about the cake, and I was a little greedy." ”

Genwazi was a little disappointed: "I want to be literate and don't want to do business." ”

Lu Ning thought about it and said.

"Either let's buy a courtyard in the village, have a place to make cakes, a place to paint Easter eggs, and then find a free place to open a private school to teach, okay?"

When he came out this time, his original plan was to visit the people to visit the people's suffering, and the other was to start a business again and show his ability.

If you move into the city rashly, it is not good to contact the characters of Shangguan too early.

Therefore, he decided to live in the village to see what other hidden dangers the Ming Dynasty had, which was also his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty.