Hearing Song Xiren say this, although Lu Changgen was still apprehensive in his heart, he had already made up his mind more than before. He picked up the wine jar and poured himself a glass of wine, raised his hands in front of him, raised them to Song Xiren, and said, "Since the eldest brother said so, then I will try it boldly!" ”

Seeing this, Song Xiren also picked up the wine glass, touched it with Lu Changgen, and drank the wine in the wine glass.

On this night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it can be said that the guests and hosts are happy. By the time the end of the show was over, it was already the end of the day.

Lu Zheng'an, Lu Changgen and his wife were sent to the bottom of the mountain, and when they returned home, Song Huaishu was already asleep with his daughter in his arms.

Gently taking off his clothes and lying beside the father and daughter, Lu Zhengan also fell asleep after a while. By the time she woke up, Song Lan had already gotten up and was almost ready for breakfast.

Lu Zhengan rubbed his eyes, said hello to Song Lan's at the door, and was about to wash up when Song Xiren walked in from outside with a smile behind his back.

"Awake?"

Hearing Song Xiren's words, Lu Zhengan lifted the wooden basin in his hand and nodded. "Why didn't my father sleep a little longer after drinking so much last night?"

Song Xiren looked up at the sky, stretched out his hand and pulled a leaf from Yueji, and replied, "I didn't drink much last night, but your Uncle Changgen had something on his mind and drank a few more glasses." ”

After that, Song Xiren raised his feet and walked a few steps in front of Lu Zhengan, and continued to ask: "Earlier, you said that you wanted to sell all these dried peaches at home, when do you plan to go out?" In a month or two, it will snow, and the girl at home is still young, and when the snow falls, you won't be able to go outside. ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan responded. "Well, I don't plan to go out when the snow falls, so I plan to go out after the Mid-Autumn Festival. When the time comes, Huaishu and Xingyi may have to be taken care of by your second elder for a while. ”

Song Lanshi was a little dissatisfied with Lu Zhengan's politeness, put down the spoon in his hand, and said strangely: "I have told you eight hundred times, there is no need for the family to be so polite." It's just to take care of the children for a few days, and we can't ask for it. If you say that again in the future, we will be really angry and not help. ”

In the face of Song Lan's 'reprimand', Lu Zhengan honestly apologized, and when he heard that Lu Xingyi seemed to be awake in the inner room, Lu Zhengan hurriedly said to the two elders of the Song family and turned around and entered the house.

Hearing Lu Zheng'an's footsteps, Song Huaishu bent down and stuffed Lu Xingyi's little feet into his trousers, and then asked Lu Zhengan without looking back: "It seems that you apologized to your mother, what happened?" ”

Lu Zhengan walked to the side of the bed and sat down beside Lu Xingyi, stretched out his hand to shake her little feet, and said with a smile: "I didn't say anything." In a few days, I don't plan to go out to sell peaches, but I want the two elders to take care of your father and daughter. As soon as he wanted to say kind words, his mother was displeased. ”

Seeing this, Song Huaishu glanced at Lu Zhengan sideways, and couldn't help laughing: "Then your mother deserves to scold you." Alright, take your daughter out, and I'll fold the quilt. ”

As soon as Song Huaishu's words fell, he saw Lu Xingyi's ass as the center, and immediately immersed in a circle. Song Huaishu looked at the girl who was still kicking her hands and feet and was stunned for a moment, and scolded with a smile: "You bad girl, just took you, you don't pee." That's when I put your clothes on, and you're peeing. Let yourself stand in the yard and bask in the sun today, and see if you dare in the future! ”

Lu Zhengan was also amused by his daughter, reached out to pick her up from the wet mattress, held her buttocks and said to Song Huaishu: "Let's change her clothes first, otherwise my legs will be white." ”

Song Huaishu turned around and found a new piece of clothing for Lu Xingyi from the cabinet, and reached out and pinched her little nose.

Lu Xingyi vacated the 'warehouse', felt Song Huaishu's hand tap her nose, and as if she was feeding her, she opened her little mouth and stretched out her little tongue to chase and bite. With that greedy look, Lu Zhengan, who saw it, couldn't help laughing.

"Looking at our daughter's appearance, I guess she will be a greedy person in the future."

However, just as Lu Zhengan's words fell, Lu Xingyi on the bed seemed to understand, and screamed, and then kicked Lu Zhengan's leg with his foot to protest.

Seeing this, Song Huaishu laughed, and before he could speak, he was pouted aside by Lu Zhengan, who was about to change his daughter's clothes.

Chapter Ninety-Four

August 24, suitable for travel, hanging plaques, groundbreaking, and bedding

Before it was dark, Lu Zhengan had already arrived at the foot of Hualong Mountain with a cart full of dried peaches. When he heard the footsteps, Lu Zhengan immediately got up from the cart he was leaning on and looked in the direction of the comer.

"Why did you come down so early? I also said I'd go to the mountains to meet you. Lu Changgen came to Lu Zheng'an from the darkness with his baggage, and looked at Lu Zheng'an wearing a thin jacket and stretched out his hand to pinch it.

"Isn't it too thin? It's getting cold in the morning and evening, so you can either go back and get some more clothes. ”

Lu Zhengan stretched out his hand and rubbed his somewhat cold face, and replied with a smile: "It's okay, it will be warm when the sun comes out." While it's still early, let's walk a little earlier, and we can get to Linzhou a little earlier. ”

As he spoke, Lu Zhengan beckoned Lu Changgen to get into the cart, waved the whip in his hand, and drove the two mules pulling the cart in front of him to move.

Since Lu Changgen and Song Xiren talked about it on the day of the Autumn Festival on August 15, with Song Xiren's encouragement, and he also wanted to break out, Lu Changgen and Lu Yang discussed it for a while, and then agreed to Lu Zhengan's request.

Lu Zheng'an never liked to procrastinate in his work, and after Lu Changgen spat out, he spent sixteen taels of silver to buy two fat and strong mules at the cattle store.

Because Lu Xingyi was still young and the snow was about to fall a month or two later, Lu Zhengan was worried that when the time came, Song Huaishu would work too hard with the children, so he simply left early. Although there are two elders of the Song family in the family to help them, the two of them are too old after all, and Song Huaishu is not good for the two of them to do some things.

Moreover, Lu Zhengan knew his temperament, so he wanted to take advantage of the good weather now to take advantage of the dried peaches in his hand to go out.

With the experience of the last time, Lu Zheng'an has a rough idea in his heart. Just to prevent any accidents, Lu Zheng'an only brought 500 catties of dried peaches with him to Linzhou this time. By the time the sky was bright, the two had already walked to Jiang'an Town.

After having breakfast on the street, Lu Zhengan asked his boss to weigh two catties of fried dough sticks, six steamed buns, and one pound of oil cakes, and the two of them continued to drive on the road.

When the two of them set off, it was just midnight, and it was inevitable that they would doze off a little after sitting on the wheels for a long time. Just to catch the car, Lu Zhengan asked Lu Changgen to lean on the sack and fall asleep, and it was not until Shen Shi in the afternoon that Lu Zhengan woke Lu Changgen up, and the two had a makeshift meal in the cart. Then Lu Changgen took over Lu Zhengan's work to catch the car, and the two continued on the road.

However, on the second day after Lu Zheng'an left home, Mama Zhang took a carriage to the door of the Lu family's small courtyard.

Knocking on the door of the Lu family and seeing that it was the Empress Dowager of the Song family who opened the door, Mama Zhang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly smiled: "It's a coincidence today, the wife of the in-laws is also here." ”

Song Lanshi didn't expect that the person who came would be Mama Zhang, and after greeting and letting people into the courtyard, she hurriedly called out Song Huaishu in the house.

"Mama Zhang? How did you get here? ”

Mama Zhang glanced at the child in Song Huaishu's arms who was holding her fist and gnawing fragrantly, and smiled and saluted the two. After taking a closer look at Lu Xingyi, he couldn't help but sigh: "When the old slave left with the old lady, the little lady was only a little older. It's been a long time, and now it's a different place. ”

As she spoke, Mama Zhang stepped forward and took Lu Xingyi into her arms, looking at the pink-carved child in her arms, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it. hugged her in her arms a few times, teased Lu Xingyi, and saw that she was not timid at all, and grinned at her, so happy that Mama Zhang didn't want to let go.

After Mama Zhang hugged Lu Xingyi and played for a while, she remembered that she hadn't seen Lu Zhengan for so long, so she hurriedly asked, "Young Master Song, why don't you see Young Master Cousin?" But something to go out of? ”

Hearing this, Song Huaishu said with a smile: "I went to Linzhou yesterday, and I just had to talk to my grandmother, but I forgot about it as soon as I turned my head." ”

When she heard that Lu Zhengan had gone to Linzhou, Mama Zhang couldn't help but feel a little strange. "It's just the end of the festival, what is the young master going to Linzhou for? But what's going on at home? ”

Seeing Mama Zhang's brows frowning slightly, her eyes full of worry, Song Huaishu immediately shook her hand. "There's nothing to do at home, I just want to sell the dried peaches at home, so I went to Linzhou with Uncle Changgen to try my luck. I guess I won't be there for long, and I should be back in a few days. ”

"Young Master Cousin is really, just say this kind of trivial matter, the little lady is still so young, why do you still run out by herself."

Knowing what Mama Zhang meant, Song Huaishu just smiled slightly. "Mama Lao Zhang is bothered, my mother is at home to help take care of her, and it doesn't matter if Zheng'an goes out for a run." After that, Song Huaishu seemed to think of something, and continued: "Is there something wrong with Mama coming today? ”

"It's okay, it's just that the old lady is worried about the little lady, so let the old slave come over and take a look. In addition, in a few days, the young master will leave for Beijing, and he specially asked the old slave to come over and buy some dried peaches from you and the young master, just waiting for the New Year's gift. ”

Hearing Mama Zhang's words, Song Huaishu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. You must know that the dried peaches they sold to the Ji family last year were relatively cheap, and this year, Lu Zheng'an has sold them for 95 wen in bulk. There is a difference of more than 30 texts, and it is not easy for Song Huaishu to set the price directly for a while.

After thinking for a moment, Song Huaishu had no choice but to say: "This Zheng'an is not at home, and I don't know the price of dried peaches. Otherwise, how about you pull the things away first, and then negotiate the price later? ”

Mama Zhang knew that Song Huaishu rarely cared about business matters, so she responded when she heard him say so. "Why shouldn't this be, but I have to bother Young Master Song to find a few people to come over and help weigh it."

As the two were talking, they saw Lu Yang leading Lu Yingchun over with half a basket of eggs. Seeing the carriage at the door, he knew that it was someone from the Ji family who had come, and Lu Yang originally wanted Lu Yingchun to send the eggs in. But after thinking about it, it was not polite to say hello at the door, so I also entered the courtyard head-on.

After greeting Mama Zhang, Lu Yang wanted to lead Lu Yingchun home, but when Song Huaishu saw this, he hurriedly asked, "Can you recognize your aunt?" ”

Hearing Song Huaishu's words, Lu Yang was stunned for a moment, and he didn't quite understand what Song Huaishu meant for a while. "Acquaintance, what's wrong?"

Hearing this, Song Huaishu breathed a sigh of relief. "It just so happened that Mama Zhang said that she would buy some dried peaches and go back. My aunt knows and says, let's weigh it directly, and then go to the bottom of the mountain to find someone. ”

Although Song Huaishu is not as good as ordinary men, he also has the strength to do it in the end. And Lu Yang's is also used to doing farm work, plus the handlebar type of the car, the three of them moved and lifted together, and after a while, they weighed 500 catties and loaded it into the car.

After Mama Zhang had lunch at Lu's house, it wasn't until she saw Lu Xingyi fall asleep that she reluctantly left the Lu family's courtyard in the car.

After Song Lan's family and Song Huaishu sent people to the mountain road, Song Lan's family couldn't help but be a little worried when they thought of the five hundred catties of dried peaches that Mama Zhang had taken away.

"You don't know the price, so don't sell it at a loss."

Hearing Song Lan's words, Song Huaishu couldn't help but laugh. "Mother rest assured, even if she follows last year's price, she won't lose money."

With Song Huaishu's words, Song Lan's heart was relieved. Thinking of Lu Xingyi, who was sleeping at home, he hurriedly walked to the yard.

……

After Lu Zhengan and Lu Changgen paid the entrance tax, Lu Zhengan took Lu Changgen to the big car shop where he stayed last time and stayed.

Because of the extra mules and a big cart this time, Lu Zhengan had to pay an extra 10 yuan a day for the storage fee when he stayed in the hotel.

When Lu Changgen heard that he would ask for more than ten yuan a day, he suddenly felt a little distressed. But I also know that when I go out, I can't spend this money without spending it. Later, after hearing that Lu Zhengan had booked a room, Lu Changgen wanted to persuade him to save some money to live in the Chase Shop.

However, Lu Zhengan refused with a smile. "Uncle Changgen, Datongpu is mixed, and what we do is still eating and selling, if we meet that 'person with a heart', we won't be able to tell if we have a mouth."

When Lu Changgen heard that this was indeed the case, he did not insist on it any longer. As Lu Zhengan came to the top of Xiao Er's opening, and moved the hundreds of catties of dried peaches in the car into the house, the two of them were completely relieved.

From Hualong Town to Linzhou, Lu Zhengan and Lu Changgen walked day and night until they arrived, and now they finally arrived at the place where they stayed, and the two of them completely couldn't hold back and fell asleep on the bed. It wasn't until the end of the second day that he woke up from hunger.

After the two washed and ate and drank enough, Lu Zhengan came to the street with two bags of dried peaches. Seeing that there was still a vacant lot next to a stall selling masks, Lu Zhengan thanked the boss and said that there was no one. Then he opened the bag and began to shout as he had done the last time.

Although Lu Changgen came down from the battlefield, it was the first time that a big girl got on a sedan chair to do business. Seeing Lu Zheng'an standing in front of him shouting loudly, Lu Changgen squatted silently behind the flat pole, but he couldn't open his mouth.

I don't know if it's because it was sold once last time, and everyone has some impression of Lu Zhengan. Less than a quarter of an hour after Lu Zhengan and Lu Changgen's stalls were set up, customers began to come over to ask for prices.

Since the last ninety-five articles have been sold, Lu Zhengan will naturally not raise it again. After the other party heard that it was only 95 wen per catty, he immediately asked Lu Changgen to weigh 2 catties. After hearing the price, the other people who gathered here weighed a lot of pounds and half a catty.

Lu Zhengan and Lu Changgen are not too much to be had, and they will weigh them as long as they want. After most of the day had passed, 120 pounds of dried peaches had been sold.

After Lu Changgen, who was in charge of weighing, returned to the cart shop with Lu Zhengan, he only felt that his whole body was covered after looking at the copper plate and silver horn that Lu Zhengan had fallen on the bed.

He really didn't expect that dried peaches, which he thought were worthless, would be so sought-after here, and that they would be sold for more than 11 taels of silver in one day.

"I thought you could make money, so you just made a few hard-earned money. I didn't expect this thing to sell so quickly. Thinking that they had brought a total of 500 catties of dried peaches this time, Lu Changgen sat on a stool and counted the accounts.

Calculated that only this trip could have more than 40 taels of income, and the whole person was suddenly a little dumbfounded. "Oh my God, wouldn't it be going to be distributed if all the dried peaches in the house were sold out?"

Lu Zheng'an, who was loading copper plates into the cloth bag, couldn't help but laugh when he heard Lu Changgen's words. "I can make some money, but it's still too early to make a fortune." After speaking, Lu Zhengan saw that the copper plates were all in it, and after tying the money bag, he walked to the table in the room and sat down.

"Uncle Changgen, although we have made a lot of money this time, you have to be tighter at home."

When Lu Changgen heard Lu Zhengan's words, he immediately nodded. "Don't worry, I understand what you're talking about. After all, wealth is very moving, and the villagers in our village have been poor for several lifetimes, so it is hard to guarantee that no one will stumble you behind your back. ”

Seeing that Lu Changgen understood everything, Lu Zhengan smiled at him. "It's just one thing, our grandfather and son have been busy all day today, wait a minute, I'll ask Xiao Er to bring two dishes, let's have a drink."

Hearing this, Lu Changgen immediately waved his hand and refused. "But don't go, it's better to drink less when you're out and about. Moreover, food in Linzhou is too expensive, and with this money, you can eat whatever you want to eat when you go home. ”

Hearing Lu Changgen say this, Lu Zhengan didn't say anything more, but when it was time to eat, he still bought Lu Changgen two catties of pig's head meat and pig's trotters for him to eat. Although he provoked a few reprimands, Lu Changgen looked at Lu Zhengan with a smile in his eyes.

……

In the next two days, Lu Zhengan successfully sold out the remaining nearly 400 catties of dried peaches. It was just that when Lu Zhengan and Lu Changgen were packing up their things and preparing to return to Hualong Town, a middle-aged man wearing a long shirt and a dignified body came in front of the flat shoulder.

The other party waved the folding fan in his hand, looked at Lu Zhengan and Lu Changgen, and asked with a smile: "I heard that your dried peaches taste very good, I came to buy some and try them, I wonder if the little brother still has them in his hand?" ”

Lu Zhengan faintly felt a little familiar when the other party came over, but for a moment he couldn't remember who the other party was.

Hearing that the other party said that he wanted to buy his own dried peaches, Lu Zhengan smiled apologetically and replied, "I'm sorry, the dried peaches I brought this time have been sold out." If you want to buy it, you'll have to wait until next time. ”

As soon as he heard Lu Zhengan say that the dried peaches were sold out, the steward couldn't help but pause with the hand shaking the folding fan. Then, he continued to ask, "Do you still have it in your hand?" ”

Lu Changgen heard that the other party's voice was different, so he hurriedly stopped the movements in his hand, looked up at the man and said with a smile: "There are not many left, they are all kept for their own food." ”

Seeing Lu Changgen speak, the steward has not yet Lu Changgen and Lu Zhengan are father and son. Seeing that the two of them were dressed ordinarily, with rough faces and hands, they guessed that the two were from the countryside. In his heart, he felt that the countryman was ignorant, and he should not dare to lie to him, and he couldn't help but let go of his heart.

"That's really not a coincidence, they all said that your dried peaches are delicious, and I came here to buy some and go back and try them. Since there is no more, then forget it. ”

As he spoke, the other party tapped his palm with a folding fan with a regretful expression, turned around and left along the crowd.

And Lu Zhengan looked at the back of the other party leaving, and also remembered who the other party was. His heart sank suddenly, and he hurriedly helped Lu Changgen pack up the cloth bag, and the two hurried to the big car shop.

Lu Changgen saw that Lu Zheng'an's face suddenly sank, and he also knew that the person Fang Cai didn't seem to be an ordinary person, and he didn't dare to ask a word on the road, until the two returned to the big car shop, Lu Changgen closed the door and asked: "Zheng'an, Fang Cai's ...... person."