Knowing that Mr. Zhu and Bai Jiaxuan had returned to their original places, Zhou Qiang and the others also left.

Zhu Bai's and Xiancao, sitting in the carriage of Lu Sancha.

Zhou Qiang sat in Lu Zilin's carriage.

Several people returned to their original places together.

The gift given to Mr. Zhu by the cart was confiscated by Zhu Bai.

Although Zhu Bai's family has little money, he has always lived a hard life. But I just don't want a gift from the Governor.

Lu Zilin was greedy and wanted those gifts, but no one gave them to him.

on a donkey cart.

"Xiaoqiang, let me ask you, last time at Widow Li's house, you won everything, are you making trouble?" Lu Zilin is still worried about losing money last time.

"Brother Zilin, what nonsense are you talking about?

When we were gambling, you were making trouble with Sang Laoba, thinking I didn't know?

I just saw through your troubles and won them all. ”

"Oh, that's it." Lu Zilin nodded, took a puff of his cigarette pouch, and pondered, "That's not right!"

Xiaoqiang, when we gambled for the first time, we didn't make trouble, why did you win? ”

"Then I don't know, anyway, the hands are all good cards, and it's hard to win." The first time I gambled with Lu Zilin, at the beginning, Lu Zilin didn't make trouble, Zhou Qiang didn't make trouble, and it was all luck to win.

Later, Lu Zilin made trouble, and Zhou Qiang also followed the troublemaker, but Zhou Qiang won.

Lu Zilin frowned, and took a few more puffs of cigarette pouches, "No, Xiaoqiang, we have to play again."

This time, we're not going to mess around and see if you can still win. ”

Lu Zilin was not convinced, and wanted to try again.

"Brother Zilin, what if you lose this time?

Another fight?

Last time, Sang Lao's eight front teeth fell out, and you don't want your front teeth anymore this time? Zhou Qiang smiled as he spoke, revealing his white teeth.

"What nonsense? Am I the kind of person who can't afford to lose? As long as you don't make trouble, if you lose, you lose, that's your luck. Lu Zilin was sharp and spoke happily.

"Brother Zilin, it's not that I underestimate you, can you still take out the ocean?" Zhou Qiang despised Lu Zilin for having no money.

"Who do you look down on? Look, what is this? "Lu Zilin still has several oceans on him.

"So many oceans? Where did it come from? ”

"You don't care about this, tomorrow night, you're still at Widow Li's house, and if you play again, I don't believe you can win all the time."

"Okay." Zhou Qiang agreed, feeling beautiful in his heart, thinking, "As soon as the family was emptied, someone rushed to send money." ”

Nothing happened all the way.

Zhou Qiang went home and fell asleep. They traveled overnight.

After dawn.

It didn't take long.

Village.

A group of people waited for Bai Jiaxuan and Mr. Zhu.

Without Zhou Qiang, Zhou Qiang was busy grinding tofu.

Not long after, Mr. Zhu and Bai Jiaxuan returned.

"Jiaxuan!" Xiancao couldn't help but run over. The heart she had been carrying was put down.

Xian Cao was followed by a person.

A crazy young man named Erdou.

Erdou quickly overtook the fairy grass and ran away happily.

It can be seen that the fool Erdou is very happy.

Bai Jiaxuan also ran towards the fairy grass.

The two couldn't help but hug each other.

"Jiaxuan hugging his daughter-in-law." Lu Zilin laughed at Bai Jiaxuan in the crowd.

Everyone was looking at Bai Jiaxuan and Xiancao, but Widow Li looked at Lu Zilin with a smile, and she didn't know what to think.

Zhu Baishi also stepped forward quickly, and when he passed by Bai Jiaxuan and Xiancao, he also reminded the two, "Light, light, still pregnant with a baby." ”

Zhu Bai didn't hug Mr. Zhu, just talked.

Bai Jiaxuan and Xiancao each took out a bag of dim sum, which they were reluctant to eat and left for each other.

In the distance, Erdou shouted happily.

Bai Jiaxuan is back, and Erdou is very happy.

Erdou is a bit silly.

Whoever is nice to him, he laughs at whom.

Seeing Bai Jiaxuan come back, Erdou was the happiest. It shows that Bai Jiaxuan is usually good to Erdou.

Bai Jiaxuan's treatment of the weak reflects the side of benevolence and righteousness.

This is much stronger than Lu Zilin.

This is also why Bai Jiaxuan can be the patriarch, but Lu Zilin can't.

At night.

Widow Lee's house.

Lu Zilin and the others have already arrived.

Zhou Qiang was delayed.

"Zilin, is Zhou Qiang still coming?" Sang Lao's eight front teeth have not been repaired, and his speech is a little leaky.

"I said I was coming, but why didn't I come yet?" Lu Zilin and others were also a little anxious.

"Zilin, are we really not cheating this time?" Another asked.

"Don't play it, last time it was seen through by Zhou Qiang, we just lost, this time, it's all up to luck, see if we can win."

"And what if you still lose?" Sang Laoba asked.

"If you still lose, it means that Zhou Qiang is lucky, and he won't play with him in the future."

"Zilin, why don't we clean up Zhou Qiang this time?" Sang Laoba wants revenge. He was beaten up by Zhou Qiang last time.

"You still want to be beaten? How many more teeth do you want to lose? "Lu Zilin has no good words. He likes to use his brain, not his hands.

"Let's ambush a few people here, hold Zhou Qiang while it's dark, I don't believe he can still do it" Sang Lao Ba didn't finish his words.

"What else?" Zhou Qiang came in, "What's wrong?" Is the skin itchy again? Or are there too many teeth? ”

"Xiaoqiang, why are you here? Hurry up, come and sit. Lu Zilin diverted the topic.

"I grinded tofu just now, and I have to change tofu tomorrow."

"What kind of tofu to grind, come, wait for you for a while."

"You want to send me money again?" Zhou Qiang smiled and gambled with Lu Zilin and a few others.

The first.

Zhou Qiang won.

"Why did you win again?" Lu Zilin looked strange.

"I don't know, it's a good card to catch, and you can't win if you don't want to." Zhou Qiang smiled. He really didn't make trouble, it was all luck.

"Let's switch places." Lu Zilin said.

Zhou Qiang looked indifferent: "Okay." ”

Then, in the second hand, Zhou Qiang won again.

"No, Xiaoqiang, are you making trouble?" Lu Zilin looked skeptical.

"Brother Zilin, you can't talk nonsense. The place you choose, the cards are also yours, why am I making trouble? ”

Lu Zilin looked at Zhou Qiang suspiciously, and then gambled.

In the third, Lu Zilin still lost.

He stared at Zhou Qiang just now and looked carefully, but he didn't find any troublemakers for Zhou Qiang.

"Brother Zilin, there's no way, I'm lucky and I won again. Forget it today. ”

Lu Zilin frowned and was silent. He lost several oceans.

This money was brought with me for emergency use when I was preparing to hide from the army and disaster.

The others didn't speak.

They all stared at Zhou Qiang without blinking just now, and they didn't notice anything wrong.

Zhou Qiang can only win by luck.

Gambling with lucky people is not a pleasant thing, and you lose money.

"Forget it. If you gamble again, you will have to lose it all again, and you will have to be in a hurry! Zhou Qiang dropped a sentence casually, turned around and left.

"You" Sang Laoba wanted to stop Zhou Qiang, but was stopped by others.

They didn't want to bet with Zhou Qiang anymore. Because you only lose and don't win.

In the following days, it was dull again.

However, Zhou Qiang is busier.

He had to go to the provincial capital every few days to deliver wine and braised meat.

Zhou Qiang opened a wine shop in the provincial capital, which not only sells wine, but also braised pork.

Zhou Qiang raised a lot of pigs and chickens, which he made into braised meat and sent them to wine shops to sell.

Business was not good at first, but it wasn't bad.

I believe that it will get better and better in the future, because Zhou Qiang's wine is not bad, and the braised pork is very fragrant.

Zhou Qiang also has a shop.

This shop used to sell some mountain goods.

Now, Zhou Qiang plans to sell some foreign goods.

Although a few people were hired for these things, Zhou Qiang still had a lot of things to do.

Provincial capital.

A house that is not big or small.

Similar to a courtyard house.

But it's just a courtyard house with one in and one out.

Zhou Qiang lives in the North Wing.

Every time he came to the provincial capital, he would stay here for a night or two.

Eating braised pork, drinking wine, and listening to the work reports of his subordinates.

"Owner, when will the foreign goods store open?" Lao Zhang asked. He was a disaster victim hired by Zhou Qiang. There is an old one on the top, and a small one on the bottom.

Lao Zhang is very grateful to Zhou Qiang.

Zhou Qiang can be regarded as giving Lao Zhang a way to live.

"How's the foreign goods ready?" Zhou Qiang ate chicken wings and asked casually.

"It's almost done."

"Let's open today." Zhou Qiang forgot to spit out the bones, chewed them, and swallowed them.

"Okay!"

In the sound of crackling firecrackers, Zhou Qiang's foreign goods shop opened.

There are many onlookers, but few people are buying.

However, Zhou Qiang believes that business will improve.

After all, it's a foreign product, everyone is rare, and when you save enough money, you will buy it sooner or later.

In later generations, aren't many people still going abroad to buy foreign goods?

Foreign goods have always been very popular.

It's a good business, a good business that can be done for hundreds of years.

It didn't take long.

this day.

Someone from Bailu Academy is here.

It was people from the Northwest who came.

There is a message.

Fang Sheng is gone.

When Mr. Zhu heard this, he was silent for a long time.

also sang the poem, "Weicheng is light and dusty towards the rain"

At the beginning, he was in the Qing army camp.

Mr. Zhu agreed to go to Fang Sheng's poor hometown to teach.

Originally, Mr. Zhu was not in a hurry to go.

But now, Mr. Zhu had to go right away.

Village.

Zhu Baishi, Bai Jiaxuan, Xiancao, Lu San, send Mr. Zhu.

Zhou Qiang didn't come.

He has nothing to do with Mr. Zhu, so it's not appropriate to come.

And Zhou Qiang is not in the village, he is in the provincial capital, busy with business.

"Send you a thousand miles, you must say goodbye in the end, go back." Mr. Zhu set off, the luggage was very simple, just a small burden.

"Don't forget to write back to report your safety." Zhu Baishi looked reluctant. It's just that she can't go along. It seems that in this era, I don't take my daughter-in-law with me when I go out to teach.

"Remember." Mr. Zhu smiled and nodded, although he was reluctant, his expression was controlled.

"Brother-in-law, are you really going to go for five years?" Bai Jiaxuan asked.

"Promise Fang Sheng."

"Then this Fang Sheng is dead." Bai Jiaxuan was also reluctant to let Mr. Zhu leave.

"When a person dies, it is all the more important to go. You're right, brother? ”

Bai Jiaxuan nodded, his braids had been cut, and they were cut by Mr. Zhu.

Many of the people in the village had their hair cut in braids.

Times are different, urging everyone to change.

However, the first person in Bailu Village to cut braids was Zhou Qiang.

Lu Zilin's braids haven't been cut yet.

Most of the people in the village who don't have braids are of the older generation.

"Brother-in-law, there is still this piece of Jingxin tea left at home, there is more meat and less vegetables in the northwest, let's boil and drink it." Bai Jiaxuan handed Mr. Zhu a tea brick.

Mr. Zhu nodded and took it, and looked at a few people with some reluctance, "Let's go, you can go back." ”

Mr. Zhu strode away.

The days passed.

Zhou Qiang's business is getting better and better.

The two shops in the provincial capital can earn dozens of oceans every month.

In fact, you can make more, but Zhou Qiang's wine and braised pork are limited, and they are sold out before noon every day.

Zhou Qiang didn't bother to do too much.

In the blink of an eye, it was time to harvest the wheat.

Zhou Qiang couldn't be busy, so he asked the people in the village to help collect it.

The food tube is full, and there is wine, meat, and tofu, and the salary is also paid.

People in the village praised Zhou Qiang for his ability.

Zhou Qiang is a half-sized child, and he can live like this, which is already very powerful.

After harvesting the wheat, it didn't take long for everyone who had rich grain at home to buy it for money.

this day.

Lu San came over and exchanged last year's Chen beans for tofu.

"Xiaoqiang, our young owner asked me to ask you, do you want to sell grain?" When selling grain in the village, they generally put it together, pull several large carts, and transport it to the county seat to sell.

"Selling grain?" Zhou Qiang was stunned for a moment and smiled, "Third brother, my family brews wine, and if I don't sell grain, I still have to buy it." ”

"What? Do you want to buy food? That. So how much do you want to buy? ”

"It's the same as the price in the county.

Let's go, third brother, I'll go and discuss it with Brother Jiaxuan.

The grain in our village doesn't need to be transported to the county seat to be sold, I bought it. Zhou Qiang took Lu San to Bai Jiaxuan's house.

At this time, it was the meal, and Zhou Qiang wanted to splash the noodles made of fairy grass.

It's just that the fairy grass has a big belly, can it still be done?

Will the fairy grass mother-in-law Bai Zhao help?

"Buy them all? If you want three cartloads of grain, how can you buy them all? ”

"Just three cars? Not enough, third brother, I have to trouble you to go to the nearby village and ask, I plan to buy more food. ”

"What? Three cars are not enough? Lu San returned to the Bai family with a surprised face.

"Xiaoqiang? Why are you here? Want to sell grain? Bai Jiaxuan asked.

"Xiaoqiang is here?" Fairy grass is cooking.

Zhou Qiang nodded with Bai Jiaxuan and looked at Xiancao: "Sister-in-law, what are you cooking?" ”

"Oily noodles, will you eat them too?"

"Okay, sister-in-law, you cut this meat into the bar." Zhou Qiang didn't come empty-handed, he took a piece of pork and pig ears or something, and a small jar of wine.

The meat is cooked food, braised meat made by Zhou Qiang.

"Xiaoqiang, your marinated meat is delicious." Xiancao was not polite.

"Xiaoqiang, do you want to buy food?" Bai Jiaxuan asked. When Zhou Qiang was talking to Xiancao, Lu San had already told Bai Jiaxuan that Zhou Qiang wanted to buy grain.

"Yes, Brother Jiaxuan, how many truckloads of grain are we going to sell in our village?"

"About three cars, you can buy them all?"

"Yes, three carts are not enough, I have a lot of grain for brewing there, so I have to buy more cheap now."

"How much can you buy?"

"At least ten cars." Zhou Qiang said a number very plainly.

"Ten cars?" Bai Jiaxuan and Lu San were stunned.

They couldn't imagine that Zhou Qiang would buy so much grain, how much would it cost?!

"Yes, my family is going to dig a cellar for grain.

Brother Jiaxuan, in our village, who is good at digging cellars? ”

"Dig the cellar? The one at the east end of the village will dig well, and there will be." Bai Jiaxuan said a few people.

"Okay, I'll dig them up when I get back."

"Xiaoqiang, if you really want to buy so much grain, I will ask the third brother to go to other villages to ask, and it will save them from transporting the grain to the county seat."

"Okay, I just want the third brother to ask."

"Then it's decided."

"It's settled."

"Eat noodles!" The fairy grass is ready to splash the noodles with oil.

Wine, meat, noodles, and a few people ate oily noodles.

It didn't take long.

Zhou Qiang's cellar was dug up.

Grain was also bought.

Zhou Qiang continued to be busy making wine, making tofu and braised pork.

this day.

A message came back from the county seat.

Many villages that went into the city to sell grain were seized by soldiers.

The calm White Deer Plains made waves again.

(End of chapter)