Happy Farmer's Life

Du Weiming wrote back to Jing Yuan, and felt as if he had returned to the time when he was in junior high school. At that time, he also made pen pals. We often wrote and exchanged letters without seeing each other. But with the development of society and the gradual popularization of the Internet, it feels like to believe in this thing. As well as being forgotten by the society, it is a new experience when I come back here. In fact, I feel more when I write the letter. I seem to be able to understand his hardships from Jing Yuan's few words, although he never talks about it.It’s just why Jing Yuan is always so interested in eating, clamoring that he must eat hot pot when he comes back, and the sausage he brought him last year was also delicious.

Because I want to send my baby to study in the town after the next year, Du Weiming has decided to open a shop in the town if conditions permit, but I still need to investigate the shop and what, and whether the town also needs to buy a house. In fact, Du Weiming What I want more is the form of the front shop and the backyard. It would be the best if there is such a thing.

Years ago, I asked the shopkeeper to help me find an available dentist in the town, help me find out if there is a suitable shop, and I need to hire or buy people at home. Otherwise, these people have to open a shop and farm. Certainly not.Du Weiming calculated that he earned about 40 yuan in total this year. Excluding various expenses at home, the main income was soap, body oil, and harvests from the field. Of course, this money is considered high in the village. Income, it’s just that the consumption level in the town is much higher than that in the village, just like the consumption in the city is higher than that in the countryside. After all, the vegetables in the village are all their own. Usually, they buy some meat at most, and they can also grab it from the mountains. There are some pheasants, hares and so on.So Du Weiming doesn't want to let go of the things in the village for the time being. This is a way out. If it really doesn't work in the town, he can go back to the village.

After the Lantern Festival, the villagers all started to prepare for the spring plowing. Du Weiming was going to get things done before the spring plowing started. The spring plowing would take at least one or two months, so he wouldn't be in the mood to do it then.Shopkeeper Fang introduced Lin Yajia to Du Weiming, who seemed to be an honest man. Du Weiming had been in contact with Shopkeeper Fang for so long, and he felt that he was relatively reliable. He had never skimped on selling soaps and body oils in cooperation.

Lin Yayu sat down with Du Weiming and the others in a tea shop.

"Master Li, how many shops are there? Where do you want to buy them? What kind of business will the shop be in in the future?"

"I want to do some food business. The shop doesn't need to be too big, but it's better to shop in the front and backyard, so that it can be easily looked after."

"The price of the front shop and the backyard is more expensive. There are three that meet your requirements. How about I show you?"

Du Weiming and the others followed Lin Yake to see three shops, and said they would go back and discuss it, and they would give him an answer within two days.

"There is one more thing that needs to be troubled. You can see if there is any suitable candidate. Our young master also wants to buy a few servants and girls. We must be honest and responsible." Zhou Wen said beside him.

"Okay, I'll show you the next time you come over."

After Du Weiming separated from Lin Yake, he took Zhou Wen and the others to look at the three shops again. They didn't enter the door, but stood watching from a distance. Everyone was a little confused, what is the young master doing.Du Weiming just looked at each shop for about two sticks of incense. Du Weiming didn't say much, and went back to the village to buy some things he needed at home.

After dinner, everyone had a small meeting around the table.

"Master, what do you think?"

"Zhou Wen, what do you think?'

"Master, I think all three shops are okay today. The first shop is on East Street, where things are more expensive than West Street, and the shop looks clean. It turns out that it is a restaurant. It is convenient for us to do business. The yard behind It’s a little smaller, but the price is really expensive. The second shop is a bit smaller, and it used to be a restaurant, but the yard behind it is quite big. I think the third shop is okay, with a big shop and a nice yard. It used to be grocery store."

Du Weiming nodded, "Lianda, what do you think?"

"The first shop is good, but the price is too expensive, and we originally planned to sell some small food businesses, it seems that it is not suitable there. The second and third are on West Street, and the people there are relatively Many, we should have more business in West Street.”

Du Weiming asked Wang Wu again, everyone's opinions were still more inclined to the second and third shops, but there was no decision on these two shops.Du Weiming just spent so long on the street just to see the flow of people in front of these two shops, and the situation next to the shops. After all, what the toothbrush said can only be used as a reference, and it's better to do a field trip by yourself.

"The second shop is a bit small but the yard is big enough. There are more people coming and going back and forth than the third shop. However, if you want to sell the next shop in the future, it may not be easy. The left and right sides are old shops that have been open for more than 20 years. The shop, the business is naturally good. The third shop has a good size and a good flow of people. The yard behind it is quite large, and the price is 15 yuan cheaper than the second shop."

"Then what does the young master mean, that he is going to buy the third one?"

"Well, although the third store was originally a grocery store, it shouldn't be a big problem to renovate it. The second store costs 60 pennies, and this one is 45 pennies. I heard from the toothbrush that it was because the original store mainly went to the son of Kyoto for the elderly. It will be sold. There should be no major problems in the future.”

Everyone nodded, and the young master was considerate.

"And I asked, from the shop to the private school where the doll goes to school, it only takes a stick of incense to walk, and the distance is relatively short."

This time, the baby was also happy, and shouted that it would be that one, that one.Everyone said something else, and then went back to their rooms to sleep.

Two days later, Du Weiming took Zhou Wen and Wang Wu to the town, and Lian Da plowed the ground today to take care of the baby.He Linya said that he wanted to buy a third shop, but the price would be lower.After some final bargaining, the deal was settled at 43 pieces, and all the furniture in the backyard was kept, because the owner's grandson was about to be born, so he was anxious to go to Kyoto to see his grandson, so naturally he was more talkative.

Du Weiming used the bank notes left by Jing Yuan this time. Although he had enough money, he probably didn't have enough money to buy servants for decoration later on.

"Master Li, I also found a few of the servants and girls you asked me to find last time, can you take a look?" Lin Yaxuan found 7 people in total, Du Weiming discussed with Zhou Wen and Wang Wu, and kept 5 of them. people, and one of them can cook.The three servants and two maids spent a total of 12 pennies, and they signed a death contract. I heard from Lin Yajia that most of these were committed by family members or were poor, so I guarantee that there will be no problem.I went to the Yamen to go through the formalities, and sent another 300 Wen, and everything went smoothly.The original shop owner left for the capital the day after tomorrow, and stayed there for the next two days, and Du Weiming also agreed.After agreeing to get the keys the next morning, Du Weiming said goodbye and left.

Du Weiming looked at the clothes worn by the five people, shook his head, asked the girl if she could do embroidery, and asked Zhou Wen to pull some coarse cloth and cotton back to make clothes and quilts.These people were very nervous seeing Du Weiming, and Du Weiming couldn't say anything more, let's talk about it when we go back.It's just that if so many people are brought back, the village will probably have to gossip again.

It was a bit late when the bullock cart arrived home.I didn't meet many villagers today, so Du Weiming explained happily.Du Weiming asked Zhou Wen to take the kid who knows how to cook to cook, and also to see his cooking skills.I asked the two girls to measure the size to make clothes. In such a cold day, the cotton clothes they wore were all worn out. Some of them didn't have cotton trousers, but wore simple trousers, and their shoes had holes.The two girls thanked each other and went to work.

"Wang Wu, go and tidy up the storage room. How are these people going to sleep tonight?"

Du Weiming originally didn't want to buy so many people, but Zhou Wen kept persuading him, saying that he needed to open a shop and cultivate land, and it would be good to buy more people so that the young master would not be too tired.It's just that there will be 5 more people in the family in the future, and the house will not be enough to live in.There was half a room full of grain in the storage room, and half was moved to the main room, and some were moved to Du Weiming's room, which was originally the largest.Hao Hao’s house in the village was already big when it was built, but there is only one extra bed tonight.At that time, the family made two more beds, one was given to Lian Da, and only one was left.Let the two girls sleep in bed today, and the three boys can only go to Wang Wulian to squeeze them together.Men and women are different, they cannot be allowed to sleep in the same room.

Before dinner, Du Weiming called everyone together to understand the situation.

"From now on, your name will be Xichun, and your name will be Lianqiu." Du Weiming pointed to the two girls.

"Thank you, Young Master, for the name."

"You will be called Renping from now on, you will be called Ren'an, and you will be called Renkang." Du Weiming pointed to the three boys in turn.

"Thank you, Young Master, for the name."

Du Weiming himself is incompetent in choosing names, he only remembers that in the past, it seemed that the maids and servants on TV had similar names, so they picked them accordingly.

Xichun is thirteen this year, Lianqiu is fourteen, Renping and Ren'an are fourteen this year, and Renkang is thirteen.Introduced the situation at home to them and let them know a little bit.It is Renkang who can cook. It is said that he has learned from his uncle for a while, and the food on the table is not bad.There are two tables in the house, one in the kitchen and one in the main room. Du Weiming originally wanted everyone to eat together, but Zhou Wen secretly reminded him, and finally let the five people eat in the kitchen, and he ate in the main room as before.According to the rules, Zhou Wen and the others are actually not allowed to eat at the table, but how could Du Weiming let Zhou Wen, Wang Wu, and Lian Daye eat in the kitchen? He didn’t mention that they were also servants when he introduced them, because he already regarded them as his family in his heart. People look at it.The meals at the two tables are similar, hot and sour cabbage, stir-fried vegetables, braised radish, steamed bamboo shoots with bacon, tofu soup, and brown rice.It's just that Du Weiming and his team had an extra dish of chicken nuggets with potatoes on their table, and the baby ate white rice.What Du Weiming didn't know was that the five people next door ate while crying. They hadn't had a full meal for a long time, let alone meat.