Zhao Da thought so and did so.After following Ji Chunshan into the mountains and running back and forth, and remembered the way, he no longer walked with Ji Chunshan.

Ji Chunshan carries it twice a day, once every day after breakfast and lunch, while Zhao Da carries it four times a day.

As soon as it was dawn in the morning, he got up to collect it first, then went home and had breakfast, went into the mountain again, took the four baskets of fruit that Ji Chunshan had picked and packed back and forth, and sent them back and forth to Ji Chunshan's house, and then Then go home and have a long late lunch, and take another load after lunch, and it will be dark to call it a day.

In this way, combined with what Ji Chunshan harvested, thousands of catties of fruit can be harvested every day, piled up in the front yard of Ji's house like a hill.

Ji Chunshan and Zhao Da harvested persimmons quickly, and Zhao Er peeled persimmons even faster. With free time, he built a new one according to the rack Ji Chunshan had built before, and hung up the persimmons he had peeled to dry.

Seeing that both Zhao Da and Zhao Er were working so hard, Ji Chunshan felt that his twenty-cent salary was a bit low, so he discussed with Ye Qinglan whether to add more, but Ye Qinglan did not agree, and only said that if he thanked him with more money, he would be afraid. It would hurt the relationship, why not prepare a thick thank you gift after the matter is over, Ji Chunshan felt that what Ye Qinglan said made sense, so he decided.

During the period, there were a few days when Ji Chunshan would go to the market or go to the town to buy medicines. There were only Ye Qinglan and Ji Ningxu at home. Zhao Da and Zhao Er were outside men, so it was difficult for them to come to the house when the host was not at home. They didn't want to delay At that time, Wen suggested that she take Huzi and Yan'er to Ji's house to visit. With her and the children around, Zhao Da and Zhao Er would not enter the house, but at most go to the yard, so it would be no problem.

When Ji Chunshan saw that Wen Shi brought his two children to the house, he naturally welcomed them, and even brought out snacks and food to entertain them. He didn't know Zhao Da and Zhao Er's scruples, and only thought that Wen Shi came to visit the house in his spare time, so he even invited Wen Shi Come here often, there are also people who talk to Ye Qinglan.

When Wen came, Ye Qinglan was teaching Ji Ningxu and Wang Xiaoer to study, and she couldn't help being very envious when she saw it.

Her son, Huzi, is a few months older than Ji Ningxu. If his family was in a good situation, he would have been sent to the school in the town to study, but now, he can't even get Shu Xiu, who is paid two coins a month. out.

Seeing Ye Qinglan teaching Ji Ningxu and Wang Xiaoer how to read and write at home, she couldn't help feeling a little moved, but thinking that Ye Qinglan needed to rest after recovering from a serious illness, she couldn't work too hard, so she was embarrassed to ask Ye Qinglan to accept her own child .

But Ye Qinglan did not ignore the envy in Wen's eyes, not to mention the friendship between the two families, he said that Huzi and Yan'er were two very sensible children who were raised by him, and he was also very willing. taught.

Therefore, he offered to let Huzi and Yan'er come to Ji's house to study with Ji Ningxu and Wang Xiaoer.

Wen's was naturally overjoyed, but she was afraid that Ye Qinglan would be troubled too much, so she said that it would be enough for Huzi to come alone, and Yan'er was a girl, so she didn't need to learn too well, just let Huzi teach her how to read a few words later.

Ye Qinglan also persuaded her, saying that her daughter should read more books so that she can find her in-law's family in the future, and her in-law's family will look up to her. Secondly, if Yan'er is left alone at home, she will inevitably be lonely. The children are still young, so it's okay to study together. , When he grows up later, he can't teach even if he wants to.

Wen Shi didn't know these truths, but she didn't want to trouble Ye Qinglan too much. Since Ye Qinglan didn't mean to force her, she naturally hoped that her daughter could learn more.

It’s just that I feel a little sorry for letting Ye Qinglan help teach the two children for nothing, and I want to say that Ye Qinglan will not accept the money. In the end, Mr. and Mrs. Zhao and his younger brother Zhao Er discussed it and decided not to pay wages. They will work for the Ji family for ten days If you don't work, you should pay for the children's care.

It was also when Ji Chunshan finished harvesting the persimmons and was about to pay his wages that he found out about Big Brother Zhao's plan, but now that he had finished all the work that should be done, he didn't accept any money, and Ji Chunshan had no choice.

Knowing that the Zhao family was like this because the child was studying at Ji's house, Ji Chunshan later bought a set of paper and pens for Huzi and Yaner for the two children, Huzi and Yan'er, with the wages that should have been paid to Brother Zhao, and Ye Qinglan personally cut them out with Ji Chunshan. The paper that came out copied all three children's enlightenment books at home, and finally made three new books, which were given to the two brothers and sisters, Huzi and Yan'er.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhao were unexpectedly happy and grateful.

Ji's small courtyard is at the foot of the back mountain. Although it is far away from the village, people from the village often go into the back mountain to cut firewood and gather grass. The large persimmon racks are neglected.

They were scruples about Ji Chunshan, so they would not come to provoke them, but Aunt Wu, who had a good relationship with Ji's family, and Master Zhao, who helped Ji's family pick and process persimmons, were different, and they were bothered a lot.

It's just that Aunt Wu and Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao seem to be easy-going and easy-going, but they are also very understanding and strict.

The villagers couldn't ask anything, and they could only sigh with jealousy. As for other thoughts, they didn't have any, but they didn't dare. After all, Ji Chunshan was famous and he was not a good person to get along with.

Before he knew it, Zhao Da had helped Ji Chunshan harvest nine days of persimmons, and now he has harvested seven or eight persimmons in the mountain, and the large open space behind and to the east of Ji's small courtyard has been filled with persimmon racks for drying persimmons Occupy, the scale is quite a lot, and the persimmon skins in the front yard have been piled up like a hill. The back of the persimmon skins are still useful, but they cannot be thrown away.

Another day later, it was the day when the Liji grocery store in the town made an appointment to deliver the vat, Ji Chunshan didn't go into the mountain, but waited at home.

Just after the hour of the hour, Ji Chunshan stood in the yard, and saw five donkey carts coming out of the bamboo forest path not far away.Each donkey cart is tied with two large upside-down tanks.

When he got closer, Ji Chunshan found that among the two people sitting in the first donkey cart, one of them was the shopkeeper Li from the Liji grocery store. coming?

Ji Chunshan rushed over to greet him, "Shopkeeper Li, welcome from a distance, welcome from a distance."

Shopkeeper Li got out of the car, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Where, I also made a sudden visit, Brother Ji, don't blame me for coming here uninvited."

In fact, it was a bit impolite for shopkeeper Li to come to the door without saying anything in advance, but Ji's family is just an ordinary farmer, and Ji Chunshan doesn't have that much trouble, so that's all.

"Shopkeeper Li, you're being polite, please come in quickly." As they spoke, the two of them arrived in front of Ji's small courtyard.

"Don't worry, Brother Ji, let's take a look at these big vats first to see if there is any problem." Shopkeeper Li said, and asked the drivers of the donkey carts behind him to get off and untie the ropes to unload the big vats.

Ji Chunshan then moved the ten large tanks to the backyard with several coachmen, and checked at the same time, there was no problem.

Shopkeeper Li followed to the backyard, and was startled when he saw a large area of ​​persimmons drying in the sun.

His grocery store also buys some persimmons for sale every year at the end of the year. Although he doesn't know the specific production process, he also knows that it takes a long time to dry.

Unexpectedly, Ji Chunshan still has the skill of making persimmon cakes, and thinking about the jars he saw in the front yard, shopkeeper Li felt that his trip today was really the right one.

After the ten large vats were properly placed, Ji Chunshan took out the eight coins prepared in advance and prepared to hand them over to shopkeeper Li.

Shopkeeper Li said, "Don't worry about this. Actually, I came to the door today because I have something to talk to Brother Ji about."

Ji Chunshan also felt that shopkeeper Li would go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, so he said, "Then shopkeeper Li, please come in, let's talk in the room." He entered the room and poured two cups of tea.

Shopkeeper Li followed Ji Chunshan into the house, and beside him was a sturdy young man in his twenties, over six feet tall, who was also riding in a donkey cart with Shopkeeper Li.

Before Ji Chunshan could ask, Shopkeeper Li patted the young man on the shoulder and said with a smile, "This is Baogener, the kid, he's 22 this year."

Seeing the three-point similarity between the young man and Shopkeeper Li, Ji Chunshan was not surprised to hear what Shopkeeper Li said, so he smiled and said, "I'm twenty-four this year, and I'm two years older. gone."

"Ji, Ji, Ji, Ji...Brother!" The young man named Bao Gen'er opened his mouth but stuttered a little, and he didn't know whether it was congenital or acquired.

Although Ji Chunshan's expression and words didn't show it, shopkeeper Li still sighed, and said: "Baogen'er was not like this when he was a child. He had a fever when he was three years old. He was discovered late and had a severe fever. Later, he became ill. Okay, but I stuttered."

What made shopkeeper Li even more depressed and oppressed, but he couldn't explain clearly was that at that time, his son Bao Gen'er was with his grandmother, but his mother devoted herself to her younger son. His son fainted from burning, so he called the doctor. I also blamed my son for not telling me, but my son was only three years old at that time, so what did he know.

"Shopkeeper Li wants to open more. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. I see Brother Baogen'er is a good man, and he will not live in a bad way in the future." Ji Chunshan also knows that the comfort of outsiders is not very useful, especially after the past. After a long time, I said a few nice words, which I always like to hear.

Shopkeeper Li smiled as expected, and said, "Then brother Cheng Ji has a good word."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Ji Chunshan saw that it was getting late, so he asked directly, "I don't know why Shopkeeper Li is here today..."

"Then I'll just say it straight. I wonder if little brother Ji would like to cooperate with my Liji Grocery Store?" Shopkeeper Li said bluntly.

Today, since he took the initiative to come to the door today, he has already passed the initiative to the other party. Shopkeeper Li, who has been in business for many years, doesn't understand, especially after he has inquired about Ji Chunshan's past reputation, but now his grocery store is already making ends meet. If you don't want to think about it, you will have to close the door in less than a month.

Ji Chunshan's heart moved, but he didn't show it on his face. He just smiled and said, "Cooperation? Shopkeeper Li, please tell me clearly."

Seeing that Ji Chunshan seemed to be out of interest, but he didn't directly refuse, shopkeeper Li couldn't tell what it was like for a while.Considering that Liji grocery store has been open for decades, it is quite famous in Yanghe Town and the nearby ten miles and eight villages.If an ordinary farmer sees that he has come to ask for cooperation, not to mention ecstatic, and he can't be unmoved like Ji Chunshan, which makes him feel even more uncertain.

Thinking of what he saw at Ji's house today, Shopkeeper Li calmed down and said, "I won't hide it from Brother Ji. If you want to come, Brother Ji should also know that a new north-south warehouse has opened in the town recently. Its location is The location, the size of the shop and the quantity and variety of goods are not comparable to my small shop."

"Although my Liji grocery store has been open in the town for decades and has some regular customers, but now it's... oh. I heard from Gener's mother that Brother Ji has made chestnut cakes and There are two kinds of snacks, hawthorn cake, so I thought, Brother Ji, why don’t you sell your snacks and those fragrant dried vegetarian chickens in my small shop, so that it will be convenient for others to buy, and secondly, it will also avoid Brother Ji will go to the market to set up a stall every day when it gets colder."

"Although my son doesn't speak very smoothly, it's not a problem to drive a car to deliver a product, so there's no need to bother Brother Ji. As for the commission, it's easy to discuss."

After shopkeeper Li finished speaking, Ji Chunshan understood what he meant.Li Ji's grocery store was overwhelmed by the richer North and South Warehouses, so the shopkeeper Li had to find another way, and Ji Chunshan was this way.

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