North and South groceries

While many farmers on Hedong Road are busy harvesting wheat, in some places in the south, the corn seeds sown in the spring of this year have already produced chubby corn cobs.

Different from Luo Yong's extensive planting here, other people who get corn seeds basically choose the most fertile land, sow the corn seeds one by one into the soil very carefully, and then take care of them day by day , watching them sprout and grow bit by bit, growing to the height of a calf, growing to the height of half a person, growing to the height of a person...

Many people find it unbelievable, because there has never been any kind of grain plant that can grow as tall as a person, and the branches grow so strong, and the leaves are wide and green. At first glance, it looks like the grain they have grown in the past very different.

Sure enough, the sixth valley bestowed by God is extraordinary.

When these corn cobs grew up one by one, those people became even more excited. Such a big ear, how much grain would it have to produce.

There are also officials in the prefectural and county governments who are responsible for teaching them how to plant the sixth valley. Some are local agricultural officials, and some are directly dispatched from Chang'an City, just to promote the smooth cultivation of the sixth valley. Especially during the period of corn pollination, those of them were running around the fields almost every day.

The corns that grew up under the careful care of everyone did not disappoint them in the end. The big and plump corn cobs and the brightly colored corn kernels make people happy when they look at them. But it's all food!

After the first batch of corn was harvested, the shocking force was like a thunderclap on the ground. In this era when the yield per mu was generally only one or two dans, and rarely three dans, as long as the land was passable, the corn crop would at least be able to survive. Three loads are the base, four or five loads can only be considered normal, six or seven loads is not uncommon, and some are well taken care of, and more than ten loads is not uncommon.

Such an astonishing yield is really shocking to people of this era, but they don't know that this is just an old corn variety that Luo Yong recovered from the mountainous area. Relatively few, if replaced by some high-yield varieties of later generations, the yield per mu will only be higher.

In later generations, it is only common for a mu to produce a thousand catties, and many crops can achieve this output, but at this moment, a mu yield of a thousand catties is something that only appears in myths and legends. There have been records in this regard, but with the passage of time, it has long been impossible to prove its authenticity.

But this corn is something that is really placed in front of everyone. It was something that only appeared in myths and legends or books. At this time, it really happened in everyone's life. Feel like falling into a dream.

Nowadays, it is heard that in many places in the south, the people have also begun to worship the god of toilets. The rumor that the sixth valley first appeared in a public toilet in Chang'an City somehow spread out. Maybe it was those officials who worshiped Maybe the toilet god worshiped too diligently.

Luo Yong didn't know whether he should accept the title of toilet god, if he accepted, then he could be said to be at the peak of his popularity now.

Luo Dashen, who is very popular, has been as busy as a spinning top recently. Since Erniang and Peng Er left, their family has been crazy busy.

There are still two little dolls at home, Goro still has to go to school, Luo Yong and Siniang are too busy at all, and they don’t cook any meals. It’s been a few days for them All the meals were ordered from Xu's guest house.

After being busy like this for a while, Luo Yong also began to reflect on himself. It's not that if he doesn't do these few businesses, someone in the family will starve to death, so why should he make himself so exhausted.

Recently, the business of the cement workshop is not very good, and his disciples are also a little idle. After thinking about it, Luo Yong decided to pass on all the crafts of bean paste, soy sauce, fermented bean curd and soap, and leave the work to them. do it.

It just so happens that these apprentices of Luo Yong are now living here in Xipo Village. If they develop well, they may even create an industrial park in the future.

Luo Yong talked to his disciples and asked them if they wanted to learn these crafts. If they wanted to learn, they would do the same as Heng Yu and the others. Once the master is done, it will be good.

Regarding Luo Yong's proposal, the apprentices naturally had no opinion, and even felt that Luo Yong's [-]% price was too little.

You must know that if they learn Luo Yong's skills to do business here, not only will they directly take over the old customers he managed in the past, but Luo Yong will also provide them with shelter. The business is booming and earning a lot of money, and no one dares to make trouble easily.Moreover, Luo Yong is very popular and loved in this area. Doing business with him will bring more benefits than just the [-]% of the income.

After discussing the matter, Luo Yong took off the tattered piece of paper outside his yard that said groceries from the north and the south.

Then the master and apprentice together set up a three-foot-square wooden signboard on the side of the road a little in front of the sheepfold, with the four characters "North and South Grocery" engraved on it. Some not-so-delicate patterns were engraved, but it looks like that.

For these apprentices who were about to start learning his skills, Luo Yong directly moved the stock in his yard to them.

The houses of these apprentices were originally on both sides of the cement road not far from the sheep pen. At this time, it was just right for each household to open a shop in the house along the road. Those who sold sauce sold sauce, and those who sold fermented bean curd sold fermented bean curd. .

Every kind of business does not necessarily have to open only one store. According to Luo Yong's meaning, among his disciples, anyone who wants to learn can learn. In the end, who can really make a good appearance depends on the individual's ability. .

Just like when they first learned how to make wool felt mats, some people have not learned it until now, and some people's craftsmanship is now much better than Luo Yong.

At the beginning of this period, Luo Yong was still relatively busy. After his apprentices slowly got used to it, he began to be idle.

They would send the money to Luo Yong every day for the inventory that Luo Yong directly moved to them before, and they would send money to Luo Yong every day.

After these tasks were distributed, not only Luo Yong, but Si Niang Wu Lang and the others were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

On this day, after dinner, the brothers and sisters made a more detailed division of the few remaining jobs at home.

"Si Niang is in charge of cooking and washing dishes, Wu Lang is in charge of cleaning the yard and feeding the animals, Liu Lang and Qin Niang are in charge of chicken food, and I am in charge of all external affairs." Luo Yong said.

"What is foreign affairs?" Qiniang asked innocently and cutely.

"It means that he only cares about outside affairs, and he doesn't care about domestic affairs." Si Niang explained to her.

"!" Qiniang's eyes widened, how could this be possible, didn't they agree to do housework together?

"Brother, the clothes haven't been washed yet." Goro reminded.

Luo Yong touched his nose, indeed, Erniang and Peng Er have left for a short time, and their dirty clothes are piled up. Of course, this is also a sign of affluent life. If it was in the past, there would not be so many clothes at all. Can be stacked.

But for the laundry, Si Niang is already busy with three meals a day for the big family, so it's not appropriate to wash the clothes for her.Wulang had to go to school again, so it was enough to assign him a job of cleaning the yard and feeding the livestock, and Liulang Qiniang was too young, so after much deliberation, he could only wash the clothes himself.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Luo Yong took a large basket of dirty clothes to the ditch at the entrance of the village to wash clothes.

At first, he thought that he had come early enough that no one in the village would come out until he had finished washing his clothes. As a result, he had just squatted down for a while, and an early-rising villager came out of the village pushing a cart.

"Yo, Sanlang, do you want to do laundry?" the villager asked with a smile.

"Oh." Luo Yong responded and asked them, "Are you going to the city so early?"

"No, this year's wheat is also harvested. I'm not too busy these days. I plan to go to the city to sell tofu for a few days. The weather is hot, and tender tofu will be easy to sell." Now there is cement from their village to Lishi County. It's not too hard to push the cart all the way. This cart can hold a lot of tender tofu. If they are sold out, they can make a lot of money.

"Why don't you put on a donkey to pull the cart?" Most households in their village now have livestock, but relatively few have farming oxen. Almost every household has a donkey.

"Hey, I have to stay at home and grind." This tofu didn't just fall from the sky. If you don't make it today, what will you sell tomorrow?

After saying a few words, those villagers quickly left. Luo Yong quickened his hand movements, intending to wash these clothes quickly and go home early, but he squatted there and washed only two clothes. Then, another woman from the village came here with a vegetable basket to wash vegetables.

"Sanlang, do you want to wash your clothes?" When the woman spoke, there was a smile on the corners of her eyes and brows.

"En." Luo Yong responded, and this time he didn't say anything more.

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About ten minutes later, many women came out of the village one after another. These women were talking and laughing, and Luo Yong was sandwiched between them, silently scrubbing their big basket of dirty clothes...

This is not over yet. When these women return to their homes after washing their clothes and dishes, they will inevitably say a few words to their family: "Hey, I just saw Luo Sanlang when I was washing vegetables at the entrance of the village. Where are the clothes?"

Soon, everyone in the village knew that Luo Yong washed a basket of clothes by the ditch at the entrance of the village this morning. The women in the village felt that they could squat by the ditch with Luo Sanlang and wash clothes once. I'm quite honored, as for Luo Yong...