As we all know, donkeys are slower than horses.
It takes five days to drive a carriage from Anshui County to Xieyang County, and six days to drive a donkey cart.
What's more, it's a donkey cart loaded with goods.
When Zheng Ruqian returned to Xieyang County with Pang Pangshan and a cart full of bacon, Zhu Zhi was already in the dungeon.
I was so happy for my second brother that I even grinned from the corner of my mouth to the back of my ears.
But before he had time to celebrate with everyone, he started busy collecting and delivering food.
First up is the dried pickles.
Before Zheng Ruqian left, he had a premonition that he would not come back so soon this time, and he did not want to interrupt the harvesting of vegetables, so he simply left ten taels of silver for his brothers in Pang Pangshan to continue harvesting the pickled vegetables.
More than a month has passed, and the cave where the brothers live is almost flooded with snow vegetables.
Zheng Ruqian quickly loaded two donkey carts.
Before leaving, he asked repeatedly, "Brother, is Zhu Zhi really arrested? I'm not needed here anymore, am I going to collect the vegetables?"
Xu Mo took off his gray coat and wore a sky-blue robe, with the high-spirited attitude of a young scholar. "Don't worry, the county guard is here, but you, please be safe on the road."
"The culprit has been arrested, I have nothing to fear." Zheng Ruqian laughed twice and left with a cart full of pickled vegetables.
There are also five pounds of bacon given to Magistrate Pang.
Zheng Ruqian has no other ability than remembering gratitude.
Back then, the Xieyang County Magistrate and his wife were like a knife hanging over their brother and sister's heads. It was Pang County Magistrate who accepted Pang Pangshan, the fake nephew, and protected them with his actions. Zheng Ruqian wanted to repay his kindness.
He knew that Magistrate Pang was honest and did not accept property, so he used his nephew's name to send some meat, vegetables, rice, eggs, and some local specialties.
Magistrate Pang refused at first, but later saw Zheng Ruqian sincerely thanking him and slowly accepted it.
Correspondingly, he also gave Zheng Ruqian a lot of protection.
Now everyone in Yunshui County knows that Zheng Ruqian often goes in and out of the Yunshui County magistrate's mansion, and they don't dare to bully him because he is young when doing business.
For example, when I met Zheng Ruqian at a dried vegetable shop that sold pickled vegetables, although he complained that he didn't come to deliver the goods for so long, causing the store to be short of pickled vegetables for a long time, he didn't lose his temper and only told him, "If you didn't come here so much, Frequent, just load a few more cars, and one trip can last for two months.”
Zheng Ruqian agreed with a smile and presented two kilograms of cured pork.
The dry vegetable shop owner’s complaints immediately disappeared. He took it with a smile and said, “Thank you, Brother Zheng, for not forgetting to think about me when you are out there.”
Zheng Ruqian came out of the dry vegetable shop with a smile and turned back to the village.
The aunts and ladies who were familiar with him in the past complained even more. One by one, they grabbed his clothes and complained, "You harvested vegetables every day in winter. Finally, we harvested vegetables in spring, but you didn't come again. Why, you just like to eat them." Not fresh?"
Even Pang Pangshan was not spared, being surrounded by ladies saying, "If you don't come, my food will be ruined."
Early spring in May is the time when all kinds of vegetables are grown and harvested.
The ladies each held a handful, and within a short time the two cars were full.
But there are still dozens of aunties lined up behind.
Seeing that the donkey was about to be crushed, Zheng Ruqian quickly waved his hand to stop him, "Aunts and ladies, I really can't hold it anymore, I can't hold it anymore."
The ladies took back the dishes angrily and said loudly, "Xiao Zheng, please come with more people and pull more cars next time."
Zheng Ruqian fully agreed and then fled back to Xieyang County from Yunshui County.
On the road.
The two looked at each other speechlessly.
Pang Pangshan looked at Zheng Ruqian after considering it for a while before asking, "Would you like to take a few more people to Yunshui County? I think my brothers can harvest pickled vegetables on their own."
What he thought was that this way, more people in the family would be able to earn money, so that they could leave the damp and dark cave and rent a house in the county.
Zheng Ruqian was thinking that he could collect more food, but where should he send it?
Although shopkeeper Bai praised Haikou, Youranju is just a restaurant after all, and the amount that can be eaten is limited.
Unless it is Youranju in Anshui County.
Zheng Ruqian's brows furrowed. Jiang Sheng's injured hand flashed back repeatedly in his mind, making him feel a little tangled in his heart.
Rationally, he felt that there were great benefits to cooperating with Youranju, but emotionally he didn't like Youranju from Anshui County, and he was also a little worried that the shopkeeper from Anshui County was too flattering and might look down on a small vegetable vendor like him. .
"Let's give these dishes away first."
Zheng Ruqian returned to Xieyang County, first delivered the dishes to Youranju, and then gave the five kilograms of bacon that had been prepared to Shopkeeper Bai.
"Good boy, is this a specialty of Sichuan?" Shopkeeper Bai is indeed an old businessman. He recognized the source of the bacon at a glance, "Have you been to Sichuan for more than a month?"
Zheng Ruqian scratched his head shyly, "That's not true. This meat was made by an aunt I met by chance on the way..."
I obviously made it myself, but after circling it around the tip of my tongue, it became absorbed.
Pang Pangshan's eyes widened and he didn't understand why Brother Zheng was lying.
"It's good to be able to buy Sichuan specialties." Shopkeeper Bai nodded slowly and asked again, "What price did you pay for the bacon?"
These words were so straightforward that even Pang Pangshan understood it. Shopkeeper Bai must be interested in buying bacon, and he suddenly became excited.
Zheng Ruqian coughed twice and recalled seriously, "That's about... seventeen or eight cents a pound."
Although the meat is very cheap, and the sea salt used for curing is not expensive, it will shrink after curing. One pound of fresh meat will only produce six taels of dried meat. Add in the cost of smoking and drying, and it will cost seventeen or eighty percent. Wen belongs to earn less.
Besides, it takes several days to travel from Anshui County to Xieyang County.
Shopkeeper Bai pondered for a long time, "I have heard about bacon for a long time, but I have never seen it. How about this, I will sell these five kilograms in Youranju first. If the sales are good, I will give you twenty yuan per kilogram. what do you think?"
What can be done? Of course he nodded.
Seventeen or eight cents is already a profit, twenty cents is equivalent to making a little more, who wouldn't be happy.
Pang Pangshan was so happy that he could not wait to rush out and make smoked bacon every day until he died.
Zheng Ruqian was also excited, but he still looked like his elder brother who was calm and calm. He thought for a moment and then said, "Then let's settle it."
Shopkeeper Bai sent the two little guys out of Youranju with a smile.
When he was about to leave, Zheng Ruqian suddenly said sincerely, "Uncle Bai, in early spring, green vegetables are plentiful and juicy everywhere. I think the amount that can be eaten in Xieyang County is limited. I don't know if Youranju in Anshui County also needs vegetables. If so, If so, can I give you two cars?"
After struggling for a long time, he finally chose not to fight against money.
Only by making more money can I buy my sister embroidered shoes with Dongzhu.
That being the case, why should we care who we collaborate with?
Shopkeeper Bai was even more surprised.
The boy who was timid at first and didn't even dare to sell mushrooms to himself has grown up and become more ambitious. He actually wants to do business in Anshui County.
