Jiang Yifeng thought he had heard wrong at first. It was not until he saw Wang Kun and Song Yuan coming to him, all dirty, that he realized that Su Dongchu had not lied to him. The two of them had really climbed out of a dog hole.
This is strange. Doesn’t it mean that in the eyes of scholars, climbing into a dog hole is extremely unseemly and even insulting?
Why do they...
Well……
Jiang Yifeng looked at the excited Wang Kun and Song Yuan and said that he was really confused, thinking that Wang Kun and Song Yuan were scholars.
In the eyes of these two people, this dog hole crawling is probably just like the students who climbed over the wall in the previous life. Instead of feeling embarrassed, they are quite proud.
You see, I can get through this dog hole with just one slide.
After Wang Kun and Song Yuan got on the carriage, they couldn't wait to ask: "Brother, are we going to the abandoned coal mine now?"
Jiang Yifeng shook his head, "Let's buy some food first, and then go to the abandoned coal mine."
Wang Kun asked curiously: "Brother, what are you buying food for?"
Jiang Yifeng smiled slightly and said, "You will know when the time comes."
"oh!"
Wang Kun did not continue to ask, but pointed at Song Yuan and said: "Brother, the fourth family sells grain. If you want as much grain as you want, you can just take it from their house."
As soon as he said this, Song Yuan panicked instantly, "No... no, if my father finds out, he will beat me to death."
Wang Kun was not happy when he heard this, "Fourth brother, you won't tell me that it will cost money for my eldest brother to go to your house to buy food!"
Song Yuan had a cowardly character. When Wang Kun said this, he was so ashamed that he lowered his head deeply, tears welling up in his eyes.
"okay!"
Su Dongchu stopped Wang Kun and said, "It's not like you don't know that Song Yuan's father is famous for being stingy. Last time, Song Yuan only lost a few coins and was scolded as a prodigal for half a month."
"snort!"
Wang Kun snorted coldly, but didn't say anything else.
When Jiang Yifeng heard this, he felt unbelievable. In his opinion, the Song family, as the largest grain merchant in Su City, was even worse than the Su family in terms of financial resources. How could he be scolded for losing a few copper coins? The son is a prodigal in half a month.
However, it is not difficult to tell from the conversation between Su Dongchu and the three that this incredible thing is most likely true.
no!
Such an old father must be taught a lesson.
Otherwise, Song Yuan would not be able to get money from his family, so how could he honor his eldest brother?
However, before that, he had to change Song Yuan's perception.
So, Jiang Yifeng asked: "Fourth brother, my eldest brother wants to ask you, if your father dies, to whom will the Song family's property be passed on?"
Song Yuan thought for a while and said in a voice as loud as a mosquito, "My father only has one son, so he should pass it on to me."
Jiang Yifeng slowly guided, "Yes, no matter who the Song family's property belongs to now, it will eventually belong to you. Since the Song family belongs to you, does the food of the Song family also belong to you?"
Song Yuan was thoughtful and raised his head slightly, "It seems to make sense."
Jiang Yifeng concluded: "Since the food of the Song family belongs to you, what's wrong with you giving it to eldest brother for free? Of course, eldest brother is not the kind of person who takes advantage, but the truth must be made clear. Elder brother cannot watch your father spending money on you. He wants money, eats your food, and calls you a prodigal."
Song Yuan's eyes lit up and he suddenly said, "Thank you, brother, for reminding me, otherwise I would have been kept in the dark. Now the more I think about it, the angrier I am. Why does my father eat my food, use my food, and call me a prodigal?"
"Don't be too angry!"
Jiang Yifeng patted Song Yuan on the shoulder and comforted him: "Although your father is ignorant, spends your money, eats your money, and scolds you, as a child, you must not be the same as him. This is the filial piety taught by your elder brother. "
Filial piety?
Su Dongchu and Wang Kun, who were listening on the sidelines, always felt that the filial piety taught by Jiang Yifeng was somewhat different from that in the book, but they were both poor students and had a headache from reading the book, and they were too lazy to find out what the difference was.
"Thank you for your teaching, brother, don't worry, I won't be as knowledgeable as my ignorant father." Song Yuan nodded vigorously, feeling much more confident.
In fact, a large part of the reason for Song Yuan's cowardly character was acquired.
After all, the other classmates around Song Yuan would give him dozens of taels of silver, but his stingy father would only give him a few dozen copper coins at most.
A few dozen copper coins are not a small amount for a child from an ordinary family. Unfortunately, Song Yuan's classmates are all rich second generation, so a few dozen copper coins are nothing.
Over time, Song Yuan developed a character of low self-esteem, cowardice, and lack of confidence.
But now, under Jiang Yifeng's teachings, he suddenly realized that he was the biggest in the Song family, and he instantly became confident.
"Brother, I have the final say on how much food you want, and I will give it to you directly." Song Yuan was like a nouveau riche, and he would send food to Jiang Yifeng at the first request.
"Well……"
Jiang Yifeng looked at Song Yuan, who was almost reborn, and was stunned, and said: "Eldest brother won't let you give it away, so I'll spend money to buy it. I heard that it rained heavily a few days ago, and three old rice granaries in the Song family were affected by dampness. I want to buy it. Grain from these three granaries.”
Song Yuan recalled for a moment and nodded, "That's true, but the three damp granaries are not big. They only have a total of 200,000 kilograms of old rice."
The so-called old rice refers to rice that has been stored for a long time. This kind of rice is generally unsold rice in the past few years, so the quantity is not as large as new rice, and the price is cheaper.
Although the taste of old rice is not bad, there is still a risk of spoilage, especially if it gets wet, so the price will only be cheaper.
"Three granaries only have 200,000 catties?" Jiang Yifeng was a little surprised. He felt that the amount was much less than he thought.
"The three granaries initially contained more than 200,000 jins, but these days, my father mixed it with new rice and sold a lot, so there are only 200,000 jins left."
"Mixed with new rice and sold!"
Jiang Yifeng was a little speechless, thinking that Father Song Yuan was really weird, "How much does a kilogram of these damp old rice cost?"
"New rice is eight copper coins per catty, and old rice is half the price of new rice. As for old rice that has been dampened, it is estimated that one or two copper coins can be purchased per catty. If the elder brother is willing to buy it, I will sell it to him for one copper coin per catty." "
"This is your first time doing business. The eldest brother can't let you lose money. Two copper coins per pound!" Jiang Yifeng paused and continued: "However, the eldest brother doesn't have that much cash, so he can only issue an IOU first. for you."
In fact, Jiang Yifeng's five hundred taels of silver was enough to buy the two hundred thousand kilograms of damp old rice.
However, the silver he has on him has other uses and cannot be used to buy food.
Moreover……
Why use silver when you can buy things with IOUs?
"It doesn't matter. It's whatever big brother says. It all depends on big brother." Song Yuan had never said such generous words before, with a confident smile on his face.
Then, a group of four people took a carriage to the Song family granary and saw the batch of damp grain.
Compared with new rice, the color of old rice is much duller, which makes people feel like it has been stored for a long time.
However, fortunately, the old rice has not turned yellow, that is, it has not become moldy, otherwise it would be impossible to eat it.
With Song Yuan, the young master of the Song family, the guy in charge of managing the granary was very nice. Not only did he agree to Jiang Yifeng using an IOU to buy 200,000 kilograms of damp old rice, he also hired an ox cart to help Jiang Yifeng transport it.
Jiang Yifeng was even allowed to borrow the Song family's granary to store grain that was temporarily inconvenient to transport.
Creak...
A carriage followed by three ox carts drove towards the abandoned coal mine.
