Two days later, Fang Yu and Chen Xiao rented a carriage and went to Nanzhong County. Leave Chunhong and Erlong to watch the store.

Looking at the carriage leaving, Chunhong said:

"The day after tomorrow is the market day, there are only two of us, what should we do then?"

"Didn't the owner say it, just find more people to help when the time comes." Erlong finished speaking and went back to work in the store.

Chunhong looked at the intersection in the distance, the carriage disappeared from view, and she was a little worried about Brother Fang's safety.

Wolf fighting is not a joke, it is dangerous. In order to make more money, Sister Chen actually asked Brother Fang to fight wolves. She really didn't understand what Sister Chen thought, how could she let her man go to death.

Maybe she didn't treat Brother Fang as her man at all, she just used him to make money. Just like the girls in Yihongyuan, they are passionate about everyone, but in fact they just want to get money from others. Otherwise, why did Sister Chen refuse to marry Brother Fang? After getting to know Nie Gongzi, I am still so familiar with him. I'm afraid she has a crush on the richer Nie Gongzi.

In the afternoon, Gao Xiang came.

That day at dinner in Yihongyuan, he listened to Xiaoshi talk about cooking chili peppers and knew that they were going to open a new restaurant.

This matter has nothing to do with Gao Xiang, because Ruyi Lou is not the same grade as the restaurant they want to open, just like Ruyi Lou has spicy chicken, and it does not conflict with the spicy chicken they have here.

What's more, Ruyi Building is mainly for Xiling cuisine, and they are opened for Xiling people. The series of chili dishes made by Chen Xiao is completely a new cuisine, and I can't tell where it is.

This time, Gao Xiang mainly wanted to come to Chen Xiao to talk about the chili peppers in Nangou Village.

He also wanted to buy some chili peppers, but the ten acres of chili peppers in Nangou Village were planted by Chen Xiaobao, and Zhang Ping would not sell them to Gao Xiang without her consent.

"I'm sorry, to the shopkeeper, our owner is out." Chunhong and Gao Xiang had dinner at the same table that day, and they could be regarded as acquaintances.

"When are they coming back?" Gao Xiang asked.

"I don't know, they went to Nanzhong County."

Nanzhong County is more than 100 kilometers away from An County, not to mention anything else, just the round trip will take several days.

"What are they going to do in Nanzhong County?" Gao Xiang was puzzled.

"Go fight the wolves."

Gao Xiangming is clear. He remembered that that day Min Hong encouraged Fang Yu to go to Nanzhong County to fight wolves, and at that time, Fang Yu still thought that a few hundred taels of silver was too little.

Min Hong has a lustful heart for Chen Xiao, which can be seen by this clear-eyed person. Min Hong is different from these pure businessmen, Min Hong himself does not have much silver, he is doing errands for the palace, Ding Taihao's profits, they have not shared, and they have to hand over every penny. Usually, Min Hong likes to associate with Li Mingyu, Gao Can and others, and he eats and drinks for nothing.

Of course, Li Mingyu, Gao Can and others didn't care. These big treasurers have money in their hands and have a lot of power to dominate.

Gao Xiang smiled and said, "I originally wanted to talk to Miss Chen about the purchase of chili peppers. ”

"Ask the shopkeeper for chili peppers?" Chunhong asked casually.

"Yes, I heard Zhang Shun say that the chili peppers in Nangou Village were planted by her, and I don't know if she can give me a part."

Chunhong's eyes rolled and asked, "How much do you want to collect from the shopkeeper?" ”

"It's up to her to share me." Gao Xiang knew that Chunhong was Chen Xiao's confidant, so he told her more.

Chunhong said: "Sister Chen's chili, I don't know if she will share it." However, our family also planted some and could sell them to the shopkeeper. ”

"Oh? Do you also grow chili peppers in your house? "Gao Xiang is unexpected.

"Yes."

"How much do you plant?"

"Probably...... Maybe a thousand pounds. ”

Chunhong's chili peppers are planted on the hillside, one in the east and one in the west, scattered, and it is difficult to calculate how many acres are planted.

Gao Xiang thought for a while and asked, "Then how much money do you plan to sell for a catty?" ”

Chunhong said: "The price...... Like Sister Chen, three dollars a catty, the price of land. Picking labor costs are not included. ”

The so-called "land price" means that things are in the ground, and you pick them yourself. If someone else harvests well, you have to add the labor cost of harvesting. People can't work for nothing in a day's work.

Gao Xiang asked, "Where is your home?" Is it far from the county seat? ”

"In the backing mountain village, it is more than 30 miles away from the county seat."

Gao Xiang thought for a while and said, "That's it! I'll give you five cents a pound. Your family harvested, loaded and shipped to Ruyi Building, and I harvested all the peppers. ”

Chunhong secretly calculated, felt that the price was okay, and nodded: "Okay." However, now the peppers are not fully ripe, and only a part can be picked. ”

Gao Xiang just wanted dried peppers. When he knew that Chen Xiao bought three yuan a pound of fresh peppers from Nangou Village, he suddenly felt that the dried peppers that Chen Xiao sold him before were one hundred yuan a pound, which was simply a sky-high price. Of course, at present, he doesn't know that a few catties of fresh peppers can be dried into a pound of dried chili peppers, but no matter how you calculate it, a hundred pounds of dried chili peppers is definitely expensive.

At that time, he thought that Chen Xiao was a "real person". Now that he thinks about it, he feels like he's suffered a dark loss.

Of course, it was just a matter of a few taels of silver, and he didn't care. It's just that this incident made him change his opinion of Chen Xiao. Originally, I thought that she was a person who couldn't do business, but in fact, she was very shrewd.

Gao Xiang wanted to know that a few catties of fresh peppers could be dried into a pound of dried chili peppers, and if Chunhong was dried into dried chili peppers for him, he would not be able to give a reasonable price.

He said, "Okay." How many catties of chili peppers can you pick out now? ”

Chunhong thought for a while and said, "Seventy or eighty pounds, there should be one." ”

Her family's chili peppers were planted together with Nangou Village. Xiaoshi went to Nangou Village to pick peppers, saying that only four or five of them could be picked on a pepper tree, and the other peppers were still small and needed to be raised for a while.

The pepper flowering and fruiting period is nearly a month, and within a month, the pepper trees continue to bloom and bear fruit, causing the peppers to ripen one after another.

Gao Xiang said: "Then pick the mature ones and send them first." He wanted to see that a few catties of fresh peppers could dry a pound of dried chili peppers.

"Oh, that's right." Gao Xiang said again: "What is the taste of the green pepper fish and green pepper chicken that Xiao Shi said that day?" Can you make it for me to taste? ”

Chunhong was alert for a moment and hesitated: "This ...... Our shop only sells rice noodles."

Gao Xiang smiled: "We can also be regarded as friends. If Xiao Shi and Miss Chen were here, I said that I wanted to eat here, and I wanted to eat green pepper fish and green pepper chicken, I think they would make it for me! ”

Gao Xiang's face was handsome, warm as jade, and he smiled with a warmth in his eyes.

Chunhong was suddenly dazzled by his handsomeness.

He said we were friends! Chunhong had some joy in her heart.

She had been in the county for a few months, and most of the people she had met were Xiao Shi's friends, that is, the young guys. Because they are all men, everyone is of similar age and identity, Chunhong is always afraid that others will beat her idea, so she keeps her distance from them.

Although the shopkeeper Xiang is also close to her age, he is a young shopkeeper and his status is much higher than her. How could people take a fancy to her and beat her up.

So when he says friends, maybe he's really just friends.

Chunhong thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll do it for you." But green pepper fish and green pepper chicken, can you finish the two dishes? ”

Gao Xiang smiled: "Then I'll call a few more people over." ”

As he spoke, he took out ten taels of silver and gave it to Chunhong, saying, "This is the silver for buying vegetables." You can't break the bank. ”

"It doesn't take so much." Chunhong refused.

"Take it! Thank you for your hard work. Gao Xiang smiled.

Chunhong saw that he was so generous, and thought that he didn't care about this bit of silver, so he accepted it.