The third aunt set up incense and candle offerings, led them to worship together, and then the gong was sounded.

In this era, there were no firecrackers, and if a store opened, find a gong and knock it to inform the neighbors.

Lu Ji's spicy hot pot was burned at the bottom, which was more effective than the gong, and the news of the opening drifted out with the spicy taste, and after a while, a neighbor led the child to eat breakfast.

There are so many hot staple foods in Lu Ji, why do you have to make it yourself!

Someone near home simply took a pot and a pot, went to Lu Ji to buy a pot, and brought it home to be hot.

Not to mention, the neighbors of Lu Kee's food shop are all lazy.

If you can open a shop on East Street or live in East Street, no one is short of that breakfast money, drink sweet porridge today, salty soup tomorrow, tofu brain the day after tomorrow, and soy milk the day after tomorrow...... There are also wontons, noodle soup, and so on for them to choose from.

A family with different tastes can also eat their own.

Looking at it today, you can still cook Lantern Festival early in the morning.

The sweet eyes suddenly lit up, and when he asked, sure enough, the Lantern Festival will be supplied every day in the future.

Gluttonous happy, Lantern Festival is only a few days a year, usually want to eat, it is too troublesome to make it at home, and it is too expensive to eat in a restaurant, which is cheap and close to the people like Lu Ji here!

The first day of business was not too busy, and everyone slowly transitioned to holiday syndrome, and it didn't take long for everyone to get familiar with it again.

Lu Xu arranged the store, and he didn't cook stir-fry today, but made two pots of marinade, so that Lu Wen could watch and sell lo noodles at noon.

He had to arrange for the vacancy left by Tan Shishi and them after they left.

Lu Xu slipped to the compound, and the two families who came down from the mountain were drying quilts in the yard, and they were very cramped when they saw him coming.

The two Qiu Hu explained to him before leaving, one is that the old people in the family are too old and afraid that they will not be able to withstand the bumps in the road, and the other is that the two children are also young, and the eldest daughter has just married into Guanyang County.

Lu Xu dragged a bench and sat down, chatting with them without a little arrogance.

After a while, those who went out and those who were at home, all the eight remaining families gathered.

Lu Xu saw that everyone was together, and he got to the point: "At present, one of the most lacking manpower is a mountain goods store, and the other is a grocery store, does anyone want to go to a mountain goods store and grocery store?" ”

Everyone looked at each other.

Except for the daughter who married into Guanyang County, she worked in the grocery store before she married into Guanyang County, and now she wants to continue to work, and the other seven families have just come down from the mountain and are not very familiar with Guanyang.

They have been down the mountain for half a month, and they can't say that they have a black eye on Guanyang, but they are still a little frightened when they want to do business.

Not to mention anything else, just because the accent is different from others, it is inexplicably a little resistant. I always feel that I will be rejected as soon as I speak, and I will be inferior.

Lu Xu thought about it, picked a few young ones to make up for the grocery store, and arranged the rest to the mountain goods store first.

Lu Xu said: "Everyone is familiar with the mountain goods, take your time first, and when you want to do something else after a long time, I will change it for you." ”

He saw that these people were nervous, thinking that Qiu Hu had been under the mountain for so long, they would rather plant millet and fruit trees on the mountain than go down the mountain, probably a little social fear, so he said easily: "Our shop has been in business for half a year, and the people who often come are basically regular customers, no need to go out to solicit business, and now is not the season to produce fruits. ”

Everyone nodded apprehensively.

The rest of the women, the elderly and children, Lu Xu also found something for them to do, "In addition to doing housework and watching the children, there is still room for help, if you are willing to do some handiwork at home, you can do it at the grocery store, who wants to learn embroidery can go to our village to learn embroidery with my mother, that is more profitable, if you still want to farm, I will borrow silver to buy a few acres for you, or you go back with me, help me plant first, my family is also next to the mountain, I plan to plant fruit trees on the side of the mountain to raise chickens, ducks and pigs." ”

The eyes of the people who had not reacted much lit up when they heard this.

"Planting fruit trees?"

Lu Xu was stunned, and laughed in his heart, look! He knew it! Lu Xu smiled and nodded: "Yes." ”

Someone immediately asked, "What kind of fruit to plant?" ”

It's embarrassing to change Lu Xu now, "I haven't planted it yet......"

"So, how big is the mountain, how much is planted?"

"Uh......" Lu Xu scratched his head, "It's quite big, as for how much to plant, I'll have to wait for me to go to the county office and ask how much I can buy." ”

The crowd was in a trance.

Mountain, still want to buy?

They don't have to buy it there.

It's terrible to go down the mountain, and it costs money to do everything......

Looking at Lu Xu, they were in awe, looking at others, at a young age, they had money to buy mountains.

Lu Xu saw that their faces were changing, coughed, and asked, "Is that someone who wants to go back with me to plant trees?" Want to raise your hand? ”

Brush it, and all eight adults raise their hands.

Even women and children raised their hands.

They want to plant trees.

They really don't fit in with the county.

It's too noisy, there are too many people, and there are people watching everything you do, and I'm uncomfortable!

And it costs money to do everything, how can they have so much money?

In the past half a month, they have also looked around, they don't need the county seat, they are really not looking for a livelihood here.

Lu Xu was shocked: "You all want to plant trees?" ”

They looked at each other, slowly lowered their hands, and wondered, is there too many people?

They were thinking that Lu Xu was not very old, and they heard that Shi said that his family was also an ordinary farmer, and Lu Xu's family had only started to make a fortune when he was doing business, so it was a little embarrassing to hire so many of them?

They were thinking about how to speak, when they saw Lu Xu's eyes shining and asked them, "Has anyone ever planted fruit trees?" ”

The crowd looked at each other again.

Who planted it?

They've planted it in every family!

Someone said: "My family grows persimmons, chestnuts, and hawthorns. ”

The next person said: "My family grows apples and dates. ”

Later, some people hurriedly said what their family had planted.

The more Lu Xu listened, the brighter his eyes became.

He inquired that orchards were also a luxury industry, and he had heard that there were special orchards except in the capital, various state capitals, and the suburbs of developed counties and counties in the south, but there were no other places.

Although these mountain people plant fruit trees at random near the yard, they are not serious orchard fruit farmers, but they have at least planted them!

Moreover, they have also improved themselves, Lu Xu has eaten their improved apples and pears, which are much more delicious than the wild ones.

Lu Xu immediately found a wooden stick to draw a map of the distribution of fruit trees for them in the open field, and immediately someone pointed out to him what fruits should be planted in what location.

Lu Xu was pleasantly surprised, and so were they.

They thought that when they got down the mountain, they would have to smear their eyes and save from scratch, but looking at the schematic diagram drawn by Lu Xu, he wanted to plant a lot of trees, not only fruit trees, but also other trees!

Isn't that an instant hit?!

Lu Xu threw the wooden stick and immediately incorporated all the people, he told the second uncle in detail about this plan, what was the reaction of the second uncle? Looking at his drawings with a face full of resistance, look at people! Eyes full of light!

Sure enough, everything should be handed over to someone who is good at it.

Lu Xu was a little panicked by the second uncle before, but now he immediately regained his confidence again.

Now they don't even need to take care of the mountain shops, isn't there a shortage of people, he recruits!

Guanyang County will plant fruit trees, and there are few people who are willing to run all over the mountain, thinking of him as a partner in the Guanyang Alliance!

Before the mountain was in the shadow, Lu Xu began to draw a big cake for them, "I'll buy the mountain, let's plant the tree together, I will pay you for the first three years, and when the fruit starts to be harvested, let's divide it!" ”

They are more realistic than Lu Xu: "The tree is not easy to plant, and when the snow melts on the mountain, we will go back to planing the tree!" ”

After Qiu Hu began to sell fruits in Guanyang, their hometown also had seedlings to expand the scale, and at this time, those small saplings also began to take shape, and they were moved down to plant.

Lu Xu solved the two major matters in his heart at once, asked them to wait for two more days to clean up, and ran to the county government in a hurry.

The atmosphere of Guanyang is good, and except for a few festivals that need to be attended after the New Year, the county government has nothing to do. The county magistrate was looking for the old farmers in the following towns to consult the weather and land conditions at the beginning of spring this year, so as to prepare for spring ploughing, and saw that the scribe came to him as if he had seen a ghost.

The county commander asked heqi: "What's wrong?" ”

Scribe: "My lord, Lu Xu wants to see you, let me ask for instructions." ”

The county order was funny: "Lu Xu? He doesn't cook well, what's the matter with me? Do you want to give you a coupon or do you want me to try something new? ”

Scribe: "He said he wanted to buy a mountain, and asked if he could buy that wild mountain in Lujia Village." ”

County order: "......?" ”

Chapter 109: Night Talk

The county magistrate asked Lu Xu to wait aside, and only called him in after he was done with business.

He had contact with Lu Xu a few times, and he had a very good impression of this young man who was afraid of him when he first met, and who became more and more familiar with him later.

It's probably because I'm getting older and my patience has grown, and it's hard not to like this kind of energetic, lively, tossed-around, and bottom-line young man.

Lu Xu came in and saw that the county magistrate was drinking tea alone. He didn't sit in the main seat, he sat on a chair on the side at will, and he didn't put on an official stand, as if ordinary elders were waiting for juniors to come and talk.

Lu Xu relaxed instantly, smiled and saluted to greet the New Year.

The county magistrate asked him to sit aside, "Coming back?" How is the Chinese New Year at home? ”

Lu Xu: "It's all good! My second uncle has also returned from the battlefield! ”

Lu Xu really pulled up the homely routine, crackled and said, asking the county commander what customs and food he ate for the New Year, which is different from Guanyang.

Chatting and chatting, Lu Xu talked about how many people had returned from the village and how many people planned to open up the wasteland, and he took the opportunity to mention the idea that he also planned to open up more wasteland and more trees this year.

The county magistrate couldn't help nodding his head while listening to the thriving New Year in Lujia Village, which was like this in Lujia Village, and probably the same was true for the villages under Guanyang's rule.

Hearing Lu Xu mention planting trees again, he asked, "Do you want to buy mountains to plant trees?" ”

"That's right!" Lu Xu crackled again and told him about his ten-year tree plan.

The more the county magistrate listened, the more surprised he became, he thought at first that Lu Xu was just a whim, and wanted to learn to build a pavilion on the mountain, but he didn't want to have such a specific and detailed plan.

Lu Xu said what kind of trees are planted here, what kind of fruits are the first to say, and he also shows that he has found a good fruit farmer to help him plant trees, and in another three years, Guanyang will be able to eat the fruits of Lujia Village.

He said it so smoothly and confidently that he didn't even hear the county order, and half of his content was learned and sold, and half of the content was temporarily changed on the way here.