It took Xiao Ming and Xiao Han two days to finally set up the grape trellis. Xiao Han was the main labor force, and Xiao Ming was less helpful because there were often patients to see. Of course, there was also Xiao Yu, the little bun. , helping before and after running, but most of them were of no help, leaving the two of them dumbfounded.
Xiao Ming looked at the vegetables in the field and didn't know what to do. The vegetable field was not big, and under the influence of the water in the space, it kept growing upwards. The family couldn't finish all the food, so she gave a lot to a few acquaintances in the village. But the next day, a large area grew again, which made Xiao Han very worried. She wondered why it grew so fast.
Fortunately, Xiao Han didn't know much about farming, otherwise he would have been suspicious a long time ago.
It happened to be the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Early in the morning, Xiao Ming and the others had just finished cleaning up, and Uncle Lin drove over. It turned out that last night, Mrs. Kong found that there was no food at home, and it was only enough to prepare the old lady’s portion in the morning, so she specially ordered Lin Bo went on a trip and used his money to buy some vegetables and take them home.
In the past few days, everyone has become accustomed to eating Xiao Ming's food. Everyone has eaten it and no longer wants to buy food from outside.
Also accompanying the car were Kong Lin and his entourage. Kong Lin was serious about business and was very satisfied with Xiao Ming's food. He got up early today and took his entourage to actually negotiate the price with Xiao Ming to collect the food.
The group of people surprised Xiao Ming.
Kong Lin explained the purpose of his visit and found out that he was here to buy vegetables. Xiao Han was overjoyed because his family was almost in ruins.
"I didn't expect that such delicious vegetables were grown by you." Kong Lin looked at the young boy in front of him and was surprised that they were the ones who grew such good vegetables.
He knew that Xiao Ming was his brother-in-law's junior sister, and he looked at Xiao Ming with some special eyes.
"It's like this. I ate the vegetables, fruits and chrysanthemum tea you gave me at my brother-in-law's house. It tasted very good. I have several small restaurants in the capital and I want to buy them in large quantities. I wonder what Brother Xiao wants?" Kong Lin said seriously. When talking about business, there was no casual look at her brother-in-law's house.
"This..." Xiao Han was talking about business for the first time. He glanced at the sister next to him and said after receiving her encouraging look, "There are still some dishes at home, but not much fruit and chrysanthemum tea." Xiao Han said truthfully. He only knew that the fruit and chrysanthemum tea were bought by his sister.
"As much as you want, the price is easy to negotiate." Kong Lin was overjoyed, thought for a moment and said tentatively: "Vegetables are worth fifty cents per catty, fruits are worth one tael of silver per catty, and chrysanthemum tea is worth two taels of silver per bag." , but Kong also has a request, that is, it must only be sold to my family. From now on, it cannot be sold to restaurants in the town or restaurants in other places who come to buy food. How about that? "This price is almost three times the market price. Although it is a bit expensive, he is the only one who buys it out exclusively.
"Okay, but there aren't many fruits and chrysanthemum tea." Xiao Han agreed. Although he didn't know the price of vegetables, he knew that when Aunt Song went to sell vegetables in the past, a basket of vegetables only cost a few dozen cents.
Kong Lin was overjoyed and paid fifty taels of silver in advance as a deposit. He agreed to send a horse over in the afternoon to bring the goods. He would rush back to the capital with these vegetables.
A few people chatted for a while, and Xiao Han led Kong Lin to have a look at the vegetable field.
Kong Lin was surprised when he saw Maomao squatting at the door. It was actually a wolfdog. When his brother-in-law told him, he didn't believe it and thought about how wolfdogs could be raised in the countryside.
He is also a dog lover, especially when he sees Maomao's black hair without any impurities, he likes it very much. He could not find another such a good dog in the capital.
Seeing the dog's joy, he couldn't help but ask: "Brother Xiao, I don't know if this dog can be sold. How about I pay you five hundred taels of silver?"
"I won't sell it, Maomao is my family." Xiao Yu objected hastily, hugging Maomao's head with a look of reluctance. He would take Maomao to the river to defecate every morning when he got up. Maomao loved to be clean, so every day He wanted to take a bath and never peed or pooped at home, so Xiao Ming asked Xiao Yu to take him out every day.
Maomao seemed to understand what Kong Lin meant. Her dark green eyes stared at Kong Lin like bells, and she let out a warning whine.
Seeing Maomao's appearance, Xiao Ming felt funny for a while, because Maomao only drank spring water containing space spirit, so he was more humane and could understand simple words.
Xiao Han smiled and said noncommittally: "Maomao has been raised in our home since she was a child. She is like our family. How could we be willing to sell it?"
Kong Lin looked at Maomao, who was glaring at him, but he was only two months old. He was as big as an adult wolfdog, and he was very humane. When he grew up, he would be an expert at looking after homes and nursing homes, and he could also show off in various ways.
It's a pity that Xiao Han didn't sell it, so he had to say it was a pity secretly. Seeing the warning in Maomao's eyes, he didn't dare to say anything about buying it again.
Kong Lin sat at Xiao's house for a while, then went to look at the vegetable field. He saw various varieties of green vegetables growing in the field, which were fresh and tender. He felt appetizing just by looking at them, and felt happy for a while. Can his business continue? Going up to the next level is all about these dishes.
After picking some for home use and bringing a few fruits and chrysanthemum tea with him, Kong Lin set off back to town with satisfaction.
The carriage all the way out of the village aroused the curiosity of everyone in the village. Yesterday there was a carriage and today there is another carriage looking for the Xiao family. This is something that has never been encountered in Liujia Village.
"It seems that the Xiao family is really prosperous." Li said with a sour tone and mixed feelings in her heart. If Xiao Ming is really prosperous, then her plan is really bad.
"Didn't you hear what Li Agui said yesterday? He said that Xiao Ming went to Guangji Hall in the town and went to see a doctor three days a month. "The Wang family and Yourong Yan seem to be talking about her family. He was like a child, not to mention how happy he was.
"Haha, I think a golden phoenix is about to fly out of the mountain nest." The third grandma looked at the carriage going away, secretly thinking that she would have to remind her daughter-in-law to have a good relationship with the Xiao family in the future.
She was not the only one who had this idea, but also the village chief's wife, who planned to go back so Wang could have more walks with Xiao Ming, and asked her old man to take more care of her.
Only Mrs. Li was angry and said to herself: "Huh, what's the good of being in public all day long?"
Xiao Ming and the other three got busy after lunch. They had to pick all the vegetables from the fields. The carriage would come in the afternoon. The two of them were busy for a while, and even Xiao Yu squatted on the ground to help sort out the vegetables. good.
The land is not big, but there are many dishes inside. As soon as the three of them finished cooking, the carriage arrived.
After sending the carriage away, the three of them went back to the house and sat down. Xiao Han wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling really tired.
But although he was tired, he was happy in his heart. The green vegetables and fruit chrysanthemum tea were sold for eighty-five taels. In the future, he would grow more vegetables to sell so that his sister would not have to work so hard.
Xiao Han took out the money and asked his sister to keep it as usual, and discussed it with Xiao Ming.
"Sister, let's plant vegetables in all the wasteland in front of the door." Xiao Han said proudly.
"That's good, but wasteland is ownerless. If we grow vegetables and sell them for money, I'm afraid someone in the village will object." Xiao Ming thought about it. The court has express regulations that you don't have to pay taxes for three years to reclaim wasteland, but the prerequisite is that If you buy the land first, you will be jailed if you cultivate it privately.
They had previously planted a piece of land to grow herbs. In the eyes of the world, herbs were just weeds. If they blatantly grew vegetables and sold them for money, the village chief would probably come to visit them in a few days.
