Young rich peasants

Zaozi practiced embroidery diligently, and it was not easy for Lei Shounuo to climb mountains and wade all the way.

He is still good. Some people from the same village are on a boat for the first time. They get seasick, vomit, and shake for half a month. When they got off the boat, they couldn't stand still.Lei Shounuo didn't say much, and divided half of the dried longan carried by this fellow into his own basket.

After getting off the ground, there were still more than 100 miles away from Shangting County. There were many vendors selling groceries. Lei Shounuo went to a well-known and cheap stall to buy the dry food everyone needed, and then continued on his way without stopping.

Although the fellow villagers have soft feet, they are finally used to walking in the deep mountains. After the weight of dry goods was shared, they also gritted their teeth and insisted on keeping up with the team.Even if the boy from Lei's family was willing to stay for a day, he would not. The inn near the pier is very expensive, and he can't afford it, so he should hurry up. Uncle Liang said that it would be much cheaper to stay in that familiar restaurant.

The harder you work, the more you can see your goal clearly, and the more you want to finish this journey quickly.Several people hurried and hurried, and finally arrived at Shangting County on the morning of the third day.

The eyes of the few people in Mazi Village who have never traveled far are wide-eyed. As expected, it is a place near the capital. It is also called a county, and it is much more prosperous than Gaoliang County.The streets are paved with blue bricks, and they are extremely clean and tidy.The stalls and hawker shops are packed to the brim, and there are people everywhere you look.

The clothes worn by men and boys are not comparable to those of people in Gaoliang County. They walk very carefully, for fear that they will lose money if they catch someone else.

Lei Shounuo seemed much calmer. Regardless of how many times he has been here, he is a very steady person. When encountering big things, he can calm down first, and then think about how to deal with it.Although Uncle Liang walks a lot, he can't do it when he meets some prestigious people. Lu Qi is the one who is supporting the overall situation.

He walked along with a few people, and stopped in front of a restaurant with carved beams and painted buildings.

It is really magnificent, and even the wooden post where the horse is tied is painted with exquisite patterns.Not to mention the interior decoration, the beams are several times thicker than those in ordinary people's houses, and they are painted with red lacquer and carved.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, secretly asking Uncle Liang why he came here.Uncle Liang didn't know either, but the restaurant he took Boy Lei to was not this one.He pulled the man aside and asked, "Boy Lei, what are you doing here?"

Lei Shounuo put down the basket and said, "Of course I'm looking for the seller. He asked me to bring the goods and come here to look for him."

Uncle Liang looked up at the plaque with a golden thread on it. On it was written the four big characters of "Zhujia Restaurant", and asked worriedly: "Is this really here? Can we go in if we dress like this?"

Lei Shounuo patted the dust off his body, "Why not? Everyone is a guest at the beginning. Besides, I have my own business to do when I go in, so I don't need to pay attention to other people's opinions."

Uncle Liang admired Lei Shounuo secretly in his heart, there were really few people in the village who could have such a magnanimity.He said: "Go in, I will wait outside with your older brothers." The accent of the northerners is also quite different from that of the southerners. Uncle Liang can barely understand and talk. If you want to deal with that kind of big sellers, He can't handle it.

Lei Shounuo could see that everyone was nervous, so he didn't force it. Uncle Liang took them to a small restaurant he knew for a short rest, while he walked across the threshold with his back straight as usual, and walked steadily.

The shopkeeper of this restaurant is a fine person, and he has read countless people, and he can tell who is what at a glance.Seeing a boy in rough clothes enter the door, he looked at him calmly, and immediately concluded that this person is not an ordinary person.

He went up to greet him, and asked politely, "Young master, how many people are there?"

Lei Shounuo took out a wooden sign from his arms, the shopkeeper looked serious, and said: "It turns out that he is a distinguished guest of Master Zhu, please come here, I will send someone to inform the young master." The young master of the Zhu family mentioned it earlier I made friends with an interesting kid and gave him a wooden sign as a token. If this kid enters the restaurant with the token, he must be treated well and he must be informed immediately.

Lei Shounuo made a bow, "Thank you, shopkeeper." Then he followed Xiao Er into the wing room.

Zhu's family is a well-known family in Shunhai Prefecture, even if they go to the capital, there is still a bit of fluff to talk to.The head of the family in this generation is old enough to have two children in three years.The eldest son is the boy, who will be eighteen this year, and the younger son is a younger brother, so half of the responsibility for the family falls to the eldest son.This eldest son, surnamed Zhu Mingmiao, was clever and witty, and well-read. However, he was not interested in seeking an official position, but was very interested in business.Zhu's family is naturally opposed, but this young master Zhu has a good character, a sensible nature, and a wide network of contacts. He plays Tai Chi well and blocks all kinds of criticisms from the elders.So no one can stand him.

Zhu Miao soon arrived at the restaurant, took a volume of books and walked into the wing room, "Brother Lei, you've come."

Lei Shounuo smiled and said, "Brother Zhu, I'm afraid that you will forget my little brother."

Zhu Miao laughed loudly, "Why did you say that, I'm looking forward to your longan longing for my brother! Sit down quickly, Xiao Er will serve the food and wine."

Lei Shounuo was not polite to this person, and of course he had to be cautious with petty people, but it would be unpopular to be trembling with such bold people.

When the food came, he was not in a hurry to talk about the business. He should eat vegetables, drink wine, and talk about the rice in the south and the frost in the north. It was almost warm, and the two of them took out the papers tacitly to talk about what the longan did—— In the north it is called dried longan, and Zhu Miao also reminded Lei Shounuo several times to change the name, so as not to make a mistake.

Before Lei Shounuo came in, he took out a bag of dried longan from the bamboo basket, and now he spread it out on the table for Zhu Miao to inspect.

Zhu Miao picked up a piece of dried meat and took a photo under the light, "This is quite novel, all I saw was shell and core, but here you have only meat."

Lei Shounuo took a sip of his wine and said, "Brother Zhu, I don't know. Gaoliang County is the place where longan is the most abundant, but not every family is willing to make this longan meat. If it weighs more than two catties, you can sell it for more money. .”

Zhu Miao asked with a smile: "Then why is Brother Lei willing to make this longan meat?"

Lei Shounuo said: "To tell you the truth, I originally wanted to bring longan meat for this trip, but there are too many goods and few, we just started this business and hired someone to help, so I decided to make longan meat and bring it. This longan meat is more convenient than dried longan, and it is good to eat as a snack."

Zhu Miao bit a piece of longan meat into his mouth, chewed it a few times, nodded and said, "It's really convenient, and the taste is very delicious. If you have a pot of good tea in your spare time, it's quite a treat to have a few pieces of longan meat. OK."

"Exactly." Lei Shounuo thought about it, and said, "It's decent to entertain guests during the Chinese New Year."

"It's just what I want!" Zhu Miao said with a smile, "It's difficult to distinguish between dried longan. Those with shells will be called dried longan, and those with pure meat will be called longan meat. I will sell them according to the distinction. But Brother Lei, You will lose money if you sell it like this." He laughed like a businessman.

Naturally, Lei Shounuo was not afraid of him, and calmly said: "It takes a lot of work to make this longan meat, and naturally the price will be higher. Brother Zhu, do you think so?"

Zhu Miao shook his head with a smile, "Sure enough, I can't get cheap from my brother. Well, I'm also going to do long-term business, and it's not bad for such a petty profit."

The two agreed with each other, and found a new pen and ink to set up a written document, with black letters on white paper and red fingerprints, and calculated how much income the longan made, and how much the longan meat was.

After talking like this, we went for most of the day.Zhu Miao wanted to stay with Lei Shounuo to stay at his house for a while, but Lei Shounuo still remembered that Uncle Liang was waiting for his news, so he declined.Zhu Miao didn't force him to stay, and asked his subordinates to send Lei Shounuo to that restaurant and pay for the group's accommodation for these days, which was considered a kindness of the landlord.

Back at the restaurant, Lei Shounuo went to explain the situation to Uncle Liang and five people from the same village: the longan meat is fine, and it will be sent to Zhu's shop tomorrow, and the money will be paid immediately.

Someone asked if it was possible to do business with this Young Master Zhu in the future in terms of dried longan and longan meat.Lei Shounuo said, of course it is possible, and the written documents are ready.

However, Lei Shounuo did not forget to make it clear that this note was written in his name.A fellow from the same village didn’t understand, and was scolded by Uncle Liang, “Boy Lei found out this business by himself. You all rely on him to sell these longan. What else do you want? Don’t think you’ve made money. With just a few dollars, you can not tell right from wrong!"

Lei Shounuo hurriedly said good things to appease Uncle Liang, but he didn't have any opinion on what Uncle Liang said. He knew in his heart that even though he was from the same village and shared weal and woe, there was always a difference between you and me, and some things had to be clearly distinguished, brothers It's hard to say that he's a junior, but it's actually a mistake for Uncle Liang to come forward.Of course he wouldn't be so stupid that he didn't recognize Uncle Liang's painstaking efforts.

After being scolded like this, these people actually figured it out, and stopped thinking about it.

Because someone paid for the living, they had a good meal, and the man who had vomited on the boat earlier finally regained his energy.

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The next day, they went to the store with bamboo baskets on their backs. The warehouse was so big that they could hear their voices twice, just like shouting in the valley.

Seven people sold hundreds of catties of longan meat at a pretty good price, ten cents a tael, and received a total of 56 taels of money, which is equivalent to 56 taels of silver.Those fellow villagers came from poor backgrounds, and their parents did not make a lot of money. It was the first time they saw such a heavy bag of money, and their hands trembled.Uncle Liang did not forget to tell them that these were to be taken back and divided.

Even if you want to divide it, the weight in your hand is still real.Several people still smiled at the money bag.Uncle Liang was not as angry as they were.

After selling the things they brought, they worked in the county town for more than ten days to earn some copper coins to buy things for the family.After all, it was the first time to travel far away, so it was not good to go back empty-handed.

Lei Shounuo remembered that Daddy loved embroidery, and Zaozi was also learning, so he bought a set of more delicate needles and bamboo stretchers, and also bought some beautiful silk threads.

The day before he left, Zhu Miao invited Lei Shounuo to drink tea at his home, and asked, "Brother Lei, I thought you would sell some northern goods back home, and it was not a waste of time to go there. Why did you just buy some things for me?" ?”

Lei Shounuo said with a smile: "My brother really wants to, but the money belongs to everyone in the village. They have nothing to do if they don't want me. My family's wealth is not enough to make such a big business."

Zhu Miao seemed to think highly of him, and wanted to help him, but he declined.There was one reason he couldn't say it out loud, and that was that no one wanted the things brought back by the people of Mazi Village.

Zhu Miao saw that Lei Shounuo had made up his mind, so he stopped talking, and instead joked: "Brother Lei buys these things for you, don't tell me you have a virtuous house in your family?" They will be called virtuous houses.

When Lei Shounuo thought of Zaozi, his heart was as sweet as drinking sweet syrup, and he said, "I wish you all the best, my younger brother has indeed welcomed a new baby, and I also want him to be the first wife. This needlework is It’s for him, and it’s also for my little brother’s little father.”

Zhu Miao said with emotion, "That's great. Come here. I don't have much to congratulate you. I'll find someone to bring you two bolts of good satin. I'll go back and make some new clothes for my brother and Lingtang."

Lei Shounuo declined. As the leader, he actually took an extra share of hard-earned money in private, which is not bad.Zhu Miao is a real wealthy family, and it is not a disadvantage to use a few pieces of cloth to open up relationships, but Lei Shounuo understands the truth that no merit is rewarded, and it is enough to get accommodation and hospitality for this journey.Receiving gifts again...it's not the time yet.

Zhu Miao just gave up, but he said: "My good brother, can I ask Lingtang to help you embroider a handkerchief for me when you go back?"

Lei Shounuo was surprised, "Can you tell me one or two reasons?"

Zhu Miao showed a rare look of embarrassment, and said: "It's just a joke, as my brother is [-] years old, it's time to get married, but I met so many brothers, and none of them got what they wanted. It's really helpless. I heard that Letting the elders of newly married virtuous families in the south embroider a handkerchief can help the marriage, so..."

Lei Shounuo was happy to do this kind of favor, so he immediately agreed, "It's okay, when I get home, I'll let my daddy and Ada embroider."

"That would be very grateful."

"It's a trivial matter, no need to say thank you."

It took a long time to change the glasses before Lei Shounuo left Zhu's house on the grounds that he had to go on the road the next day.