To Rule in a Turbulent World

Qiao Jue said solemnly: "People miss tea for a season, and tea misses people for a year. It can't be delayed any longer. I have seen the soil in the north last time. It is indeed a good land. Now I am waiting to loosen the soil and prepare to plant it. "

You Miao said: "I'll go with you and go to Guozhuang to recruit some part-time workers. I just greeted their village chief last time."

Qiao Jue nodded, You Miao let Cheng Guangwu take care of the house, and Qiao Jue and himself took two young men to Guozhuang. This time, Li Zhifeng was not carrying his back across the river, so the four of them went down the riverside path and took a ferry to Jiangbei , Then hire a car at the market to enter Guozhuang.

With Qiao Jue around, things immediately became much easier. Qiao Jue chatted with the old village head Guo, and they agreed in a short while to let the laborers go to loosen the soil and apply water today. You Miao happened to meet Li Zhifeng in Guozhuang. Mu Yan, look at the blueprint from the side.

Money can turn ghosts around. As soon as Jiangbo Villa used money, even Guozhuang was busy immediately, busier than the New Year. The blacksmiths each received money to forge iron according to the blueprint drawn by Mr. Huang. Watching from the sidelines, Li Zhifeng asked, "What do you want for dinner?"

"Sister-in-law Qian said to cook for us." You Miao said, "You can go back later."

"Hmm." Li Zhifeng said: "When I came here just now, I saw that there were inch-long small fishes in the market that were not bad. I bought some and fried them for you."

Qiao Jue finished recruiting and negotiated the salary. You Miao wanted to pay him, but Qiao Jue said, "I have this little money, but I can't eat and drink for nothing when I come here. I use both your land and your money." , what does it look like?"

"Hey, which one of us is with whom?" You Miao said with a smile.

Qiao Jue said seriously, "I have something to discuss with you, Miaozi."

Qiao Jue walked towards the river with You Miao. You Miao knew that he was finally going to talk about money. In fact, even if Qiao Jue didn't give him any money, You Miao didn't care. After all, Qiao Jue helped manage the villa, so many people invited him You Miao said: "It will take two or three years to grow a tea, brother-in-law, we have been close since we were young, so there is no need to say anything. When you see how much you plant, you will share it with me." Just try something new, I didn't plan to plant tea trees when I came to this villa..."

"No, no!" Qiao Jue immediately became angry, and said, "You are my nephew, how can I do this? To tell you the truth, my uncle knows what you want, so I won't talk about renting your land. Tea, every year we two halves..."

"No, no, no, no, no." You Miao immediately shook her hands, as if bitten by a snake, Qiao Jue said, "Then how much do you say? It's based on your father's commission?"

You Miao didn't dare now, his father took seven points, he was like a blood-sucking leech, when he was about to say something, Qiao Jue said with a smile: "I made a package of planting tea, picking tea and frying tea, you give me How about taking over the business routes in the capital? In this way, half of one person has the right to be a partner, and if you use your land, it will be counted as a brother-in-law to take advantage of you. You must have a lot of friends in the capital, and you will come and go in the coming year. It always costs money. Either my uncle grows tea, you spend some money to buy it, and then sell it?"

You Miao thought it was right when she thought about it, so she nodded and said, "Uncle, to tell you the truth, I don't really have much money, and the repair of this water tanker has almost been hollowed out. After a few days If you want to trust me in this year, just do it like this."

"Of course I know." Qiao Jue said with a smile, "How much money do you have? If you don't have any money, you can ask my uncle to get it."

You Miao was finally relieved, and Qiao Jue said again: "After your water truck is repaired, I have to connect a moso bamboo pipe and bring some water from the south of the Yangtze River to irrigate. You know that planting trees can only be done when there is rain, and it doesn't take much water. , won't divide you too much."

You Miao hurriedly agreed, and Qiao Jue said, "I'm going to Liuzhou to buy moso bamboo, you go back first."

Qiao Jue hired a car to go to Jiangcheng Mansion. The northwest of Liuzhou is rich in moso bamboo, and the land bordering Jingzhou is a large moso bamboo forest, but it will take at least two or three days to go back and forth like this. You Miao said: "I'll go and see tomorrow. Day laborers, let them work."

When Qiao Jue parted, she said, "It's not busy, Jin Bao'er also understands a little bit, with him watching over you, you don't have to go to the mountainside yourself."

After Qiao Jue finished speaking, she got into the car and left. Everything was arranged in an orderly manner. After the negotiation was settled, someone was left to take care of her. It was as if one person was acting as an envoy for three people. Everything was officially in motion, and You Miao couldn't help but tsk tsk. Praise, it's different for a skilled hand who is used to housework.

"Learn more." You Miao teased Li Zhifeng.

"Yeah." Li Zhifeng nodded and asked, "Go shopping, let's go."

Li Zhifeng looked like a wild crane, and every time You Miao was overwhelmed by a lot of things, he always said a few simple words, "Yes", "Got it", "Okay, let's go" , "Let's go", no matter what You Miao said, Li Zhifeng would jump out these words to answer, and You Miao immediately felt that all the messy trivial matters were solved by a pair of big scissors.

Just when he was laughing, You Miao turned to Mu Yan again, and the two brothers Mu Feng said: "You should also learn to talk less and do more."

"Yeah." Mu Feng said.

Mu Yan said, "Understood, young master."

This answer seemed to be carved out of the same mold as Li Zhifeng. You Miao couldn't help laughing. The two took the twin brothers to the riverside market. Li Zhifeng told them, "I come here every day to buy meat and fish. The young master likes it." For fish and eggs, it’s best to buy them on the same day.”

Mu Feng and Mu Yan listened aside, You Miao took Li Zhifeng, just watched with a smile, watching him teach the boy to buy vegetables, Li Zhifeng said: "The pattern should be changed from time to time, and the taste should be changed more often."

Mu Yan listened and nodded, You Miao hung on Li Zhifeng's shoulder, and said, "You can buy something occasionally, this guy likes to eat meat." He poked Li Zhifeng's head and said, "Every day he has to eat at least A catty of meat is good."

Mu Yan: "Yes, young master."

"The few of you left to eat and drink." Li Zhifeng said: "You two brothers, Cheng Guangwu, are paid five Wen per person per day for food. It will be paid from my account."

"What about the other four?" You Miao asked.

Li Zhifeng said, "Uncle is responsible for that."

You Miao knew that it was Qiao Jue who knew he had no money and was helping him share the burden, so she nodded, and Li Zhifeng spent [-] Wen to buy a fish, a catty of pork belly, and a fat duck to go back.

Mrs. Qian was already busy in the kitchen that night, Li Zhifeng looked outside for a while, and ordered Mu Yan to clean up the study, and asked Mu Feng to kill ducks in the yard. The smoke rose, and the smell of food filled the yard, and crystal clear rice was served on the table, with four dishes One soup, oily braised pork, selected from the best pork belly, fat and lean, is pleasant, simmered with aged fermented glutinous rice, and packed in a thick earthen pot.

A pot of fish head tofu clear soup, sprinkled with some sesame oil, has a strong aroma.

A large bowl of fried duck with ginger, with the duck head and duck neck removed, cut into cubes where there is a lot of meat, and stir-fried with peanuts.

A plate of white and tender steamed fish, the fish bones are removed, and the heat is just right.

A bowl of steamed egg custard made by Li Zhifeng.