Jingjia Ranch is the largest ranch in the area. Almost all the herdsmen in the surrounding area have certain business dealings with his family. Some buy lambs from Jingjia Ranch, and some sell lambs through Jingjia's connections. Anyway, let's go. The Jing family can talk to them as soon as they pass by.
When Jing Rong first arrived, she did not know that her younger brother had already taken over the Jing family. He and Roger arrived at night, found a place to stay that night, and thought about visiting the familiar herdsmen after dawn, but the next day they brought snacks and found a familiar uncle's house, the family He refused to sell his sheep.
As for why they didn't sell it, people also said that all the sheep in the family have been reserved, and if they were sold to him, they would not be able to give the reserved one.
This situation is understandable, so I didn't stay for too long. After chatting with the householder, I found the next one. How can I know that the next one is still in a similar situation. Although it didn't say that the sheep was booked, but also found a plausible reason not to sell him.
Jingrong felt a little strange at the time, because ten or eight can't be sold, but one or two can't be sold to him, which is a bit unreasonable.
Although he had been away from the Jing family for a period of time, these people could not even talk about this kind of favor, so he found a third family.
The third family, the family name is Guo, and the head of the household is Guo Changsheng, who is considered to be the same generation as Jing Rong. Back then, Jing Rong also helped this man. At first, he didn't find this house because he came back from a long trip.
Guo Changsheng's father had a problem with drinking too much, and he would beat Guo Changsheng when he drank too much. Guo Changsheng was sometimes beaten so he didn't dare to go home, so Jing Rong let him live in Jing's ranch and secretly delivered food to Guo Changsheng. Guo Changsheng was also a kind person, so he always remembered Jing Rong's kindness. He told Jingrong that it wasn't that the herdsmen didn't want to sell their sheep, it was that they didn't dare.
But it turned out that not long after Jing Rong left, the old man of the Jing family fell ill. As for the cause of the disease, outsiders can't tell, but the doctor who visited the doctor said that it was the pathogenic wind that entered the body.
That was last winter. It's been almost a year now, but it's not getting better. I've been lying on the kang. Jing Rong's stepmother and half-brother are taking care of most of the affairs of the Jing family ranch.
"I went out and asked about it today. Your younger brother Jinghua will know the day after you came back. He also asked the herders to tell the herdsmen that if anyone dares to sell the ewes to you, he will not accept them in the future. Sheep, don't sell their lambs." Guo Changsheng sighed, "Unfortunately I don't have many sheep in my hands now, otherwise I could sell you some." Because he was not used to Jinghua's manners, he did not deal with Jinghua. , I'm a little worried now. If he compromised, he would have to go to Jing Hua, but he really didn't look down on that person.
"It's just too deceiving. How can you be like this?" Roger felt that his temper was already good, but he couldn't help but get angry.
"I advise you to live in another place. If it really doesn't work, just stay at my house for a while. The owner of the inn you are staying at now knows Jing Hua and has a close relationship with Jing Hua. I'm thinking about the news of Jing Rong's return. That person told Jing Hua." Guo Changsheng lived by himself at home. His mother and father are still alive, but his mother usually works in another family and does not live at home. His father didn't want their mother anymore. He saw that Jing Rong and Luo Ji were both men, and it was okay to live together, so it was a sincere invitation.
"I can't live with you even if I change places. Otherwise, if Jinghua finds out, how can you buy sheep at Jing's house in the future?" Jing Rong felt that this trip was a bit reckless. situation again.
"Anyway, I don't plan to buy sheep at Jing's house anymore." Guo Changsheng said, "I went out to Qinbei County to watch sheep. The sheep there are of the same breed as ours. If you think about it, don't you think it's a long way to go? I came here to buy sheep, why can't I go to Qinbei to buy them? Anyway, I don't want to deal with that kid Jinghua. Besides, Qinbei's sheep are better raised than ours. Don't you know, Jingjia Ranch The sheep that had been raised were not fed seriously after Jinghua took over. Jinghua saved some forage and gave the sheep a good amount of water when they were about to go out."
"Can the sheep-harvesting merchants agree?" Jingjia Ranch has been in business for three generations, and no one has ever done this before! Jing Rong subconsciously frowned.
"There's nothing you can do if you don't agree. In this season, the Jing family still sells mutton."
"Forget it, it's none of my business anyway." Jing Rong said, "Brother Changsheng, you should be busy first. My friend and I will go and pack up first, and I will trouble you in the next two days."
"You really don't plan to go back and have a look?" Logi asked after leaving Guo's house.
"Don't go back. Besides, no one will welcome you back. What do you do when you go back? It's better to think about what to do next." Jing Rong thought of her father's indifference when she left, so she didn't even think of going back. After he left, he didn't plan to look back. "Qinbei County is three days' journey away from here, and it would take more time to get back with the sheep. It would be even farther from our Huaping Village. But if you don't object, bro. , I want to go see it."
"Go to Qinbei?"
"Well. There are not only sheep there, but also cattle. There are many more herdsmen than here. The pastoral area is also very large." Jing Rong snorted coldly, "Don't you want me to raise sheep? I just want to raise them. Now, not only to raise sheep, but also to raise dairy cows! Sooner or later, I will be bigger than the Jingjia Ranch!"
"Okay. I'll accompany you." Luo Ji smiled and returned to the inn with Jing Rong to pack up.
After Jing Rong returned, he wrote a letter to Xi Yanqing, and then stayed at Guo Changsheng's house.
Guo Changsheng was alone on weekdays, obviously older than Jing Rong, but he hadn't mentioned his daughter-in-law yet. The key is that there are more men than women in this place, and little brothers are rare, so it is not easy to find a similar one. Guo Changsheng also asked Jingrong if he was married, and said with a smile that if there were many girls in Huaping Village, he would also consider going to Huaping Village.
Of course, Guo Changsheng was just a joke. But Jingrong thought of the issue of marriage, and her face turned red unnaturally.
Guo Changsheng's house had two rooms, and Jingrong and Luo Ji lived on the same kang at night.
When they were in the inn, Jing Rong and Logi slept in a bed, and they slept in one bed each. It was as if they couldn't let go after that night's drunken indulgence. Obviously his mood has changed, but he is still somewhat embarrassed in front of the other party.
Guo Changsheng's house didn't have too many quilts, so Jing Rong and Luo Ji shared a quilt and made the same quilt.
Jing Rong began to fall asleep again.
Roger couldn't sleep either. He hesitated for a moment, then reached out and held Jing Rong's hand.
Jing Rong didn't move, but his body became more and more hot.
Guo Changsheng was too serious, he burned two bundles of firewood, and the kang was already hot.
Jing Rong unconsciously tugged his shirt down.
In the dark, in fact, Luo Ji couldn't see Jing Rong's movements at all, but he could clearly feel Jing Rong's breath getting hotter and hotter...
"You mean, Jing Rong and the people he came with moved to Guo Changsheng's house?" In the brothel, Jing Hua, holding a girl in his left hand and a wine glass in his right, asked the young man who came to reply.
"Yes, sir, I saw it with my own eyes." The man said, "Are these two planning to contact other herdsmen?"
"It's useless to contact me. Didn't you tell the outside world as I ordered? No one is allowed to sell the ewes to Jingrong. Nobody sells them, right?"
"No, you've already said it, who would dare not give you face." The sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked man smiled flatteringly, "In my opinion, they will retreat after a few days."
"Yeah. You did a good job of this. After you go back, continue to stare at him. That's the same sentence, no one is allowed to sell Jingrong ewes." Jinghua snorted, "Isn't he Jingrong with backbone? I'd like to see how he grows the flock without the ewes."
"What you said is. Then if you have no other orders, the younger will continue to stare at first?"
"Go ahead. Hey, wait!" A strange smile flashed across Jing Hua's face. He hooked his hands to the guy, and after the guy got close, he whispered a few words to him before waving to let him leave.
The next day, Guo Changsheng's mother was dismissed by the employer, who said they couldn't afford someone like her. Originally, there were not many sheep in the Guo family. As a result, the family lost another income, which made Aunt Guo so anxious that there were several bubbles in her mouth during the day.
Jing Rong didn't think about Jing Hua at first, but after hearing about it, he knew it was because he lived in Guo's house.
Jing Hua has done enough.
If it weren't for the fact that Jinghua's man always followed a few guys when he went out, Luo Ji would have wanted to go up and beat this man. Not a thing and too not a thing.
Jing Rong is also angry. Especially when he thought that he had implicated the Guo family, he felt sorry for him. But this place is getting more and more estranged from him, and he can't speak.
Fortunately, within two days, Xi Yanqing received a reply.
The letter was brought by Xi Yanqing himself, a message. Xi Yanqing rode to chase the wind, Luo Yong rode another horse, and the two brothers came over in person.
"Brother Xi, Luo Yong, why are you here?" Jing Rong was surprised when Xi Yanqing and Luo Yong arrived. In the letter, he only mentioned that sheep could not be bought here, so he went to Qinbei to see it, and it was expected that it would take some time.
"Brother Xi knew that you were in trouble when you said in your letter that you couldn't buy sheep, so we went to Shifu and rushed over." Luo Yong looked like he would kill him if he dared to embarrass Laozi and his brother. "Jingrong, you said, is it the ghost of your half-brother?" Otherwise, why can't you buy sheep in this place? There are a lot of herdsmen here. Did everyone agree not to sell sheep? Jing Rong said at the time that it is not easy to make a trip, and even if it is more expensive, he will buy it here and go back.
"My father is ill, and now Jinghua is my half-brother. He is in charge. The herdsmen here dare not offend him, so naturally they don't dare to sell my sheep. Brother Changsheng asked me and my eldest brother to stay for two days. Hua didn't know what means to use to make Aunt Guo lose her job." After Jing Rong finished speaking, she introduced Guo Changsheng to Xi Yanqing and Luo Yong, "I'm just thinking about how to find another job for Aunt Guo."
"You kid, it's not your fault for saying this. It's all that Jinghua is not a thing." Aunt Guo was in a hurry to get angry, but she didn't complain about Jing Rong at all. She even made Jing Rong a scene. Rong's favorite hometown dish, "Let's not mention that nasty thing, Jing Rong, please try this goat milk cake. You two guys also try it, it tastes good." Aunt Guo told Luo Yong and Xi Yan Qing said.
"Thank you, Auntie." Luo Yong was rude and started eating.
Xi Yanqing paid attention to Aunt Guo and Guo Changsheng, and asked Jing Rong when they went out for a meal at night: "Jing Rong, how are Aunt Guo and Brother Changsheng like? Are they trustworthy?"
Jing Rong didn't understand why Xi Yanqing asked, but he still said, "Naturally, it is trustworthy. Brother Changsheng and I played together."
Xi Yanqing asked: "Then you say if you let them go to Huaping Village, will they be willing? Look, we are raising more and more poultry and livestock, but only you know more about sheep raising. You If we have to go out, we don't know what to do if the sheep are in any situation. In this case, why don't we find one or two people who know how to raise sheep to help?"
Jing Rong thought about it, but it was also true.
Seeing Jing Rong's silence, Xi Yanqing thought that it might be difficult to talk about it, so he said, "If it's impossible for these two to leave here, then I don't think I said anything. There is Brother Shi's shop here, so it's not difficult to help arrange a job. I just think that both of them have experience in raising sheep, so it would be nice if they could help out."
Jing Rong stopped: "Wait for me to go back and ask. I don't think it's impossible. Back then, Uncle Guo was drinking too much, and he beat his wife and children when he drank too much. If Aunt Guo hadn't been used to living here, she would have left long ago. Who To be able to like a place that always reminds me of my nightmares."
Otherwise, Aunt Guo would help her workers to find someone who could cover food and lodging, even if the money was less. She just doesn't like her current home.
Originally, Jing Rong was still thinking about how to find another job for Aunt Guo, but now that Xi Yanqing said this, he was no longer bothered. He went to Aunt Guo and Guo Changsheng and shared his thoughts.
Aunt Guo has never left her hometown in her life, so she didn't make up her mind immediately after hearing this. But she didn't refuse, she just said to think about it first.
Jing Rong still had to go to Qinbei, so he didn't stay in Guo's house any longer. But when he left, he also said that when he came back, whether he bought sheep or not, he would pass by here. If Aunt Guo and Guo Changsheng go to Huaping Village, then they will be together.
Xi Yanqing was also worried about Luo Fei and the little tiger at home, so he didn't go to Qinbei with Jingrong and Luo Ji. He just gave Jing Rong another thirty taels of silver to let Jing Rong buy more sheep. If you see a suitable cow, you can also buy two.
Jing Rong collected the money and went to Qinbei with Luo Ji.
Xi Yanqing and Luo Yong did not return to Huaping Village immediately. They went to the outside of Jing's ranch to take a look. Look at the growing environment of the flock, and also look at the area.
"Brother Xi, what are you doing with these?" Luo Yong felt that Huaping Village was much better than the Jing family's ranch. Although there are not as many sheep as others, the place is not as big as others.
"Know yourself and the enemy, and you will be safe in a hundred battles." Xi Yanqing looked at the sheep, "If I hadn't felt that these lambs were innocent, I would have made Jinghua not have a single sheep left overnight. It's a pity that this is too sinful, so I keep this little one for now. The bastard will be arrogant for a while. At the latest in three years, we will have to top the Jingjia Ranch. In the future, we will not have him."
"I'd rather beat that little bastard first!" Luo Yong said.
"I think so too." Xi Yanqing hooked his hands and muttered a few words to Luo Yong.
At night, Jinghua was still in the brothel and did not go back. Relying on their agility, Xi Yanqing and Luo Yong sneaked in, intending to take a chance to beat Jing Hua, but when they hid in the dark, they saw someone.
"Big brother? Why are you here?" Xi Yanqing was startled.
"Shh!" Rogibi made a silent gesture.
Someone came over from a distance, but who was Jing Hua who was not going to the toilet? The three brothers were waiting for this opportunity. Xi Yanqing covered Jing Hua's mouth in an instant, Luo Yong and Luo Ji slapped the person, and finally knocked the person unconscious and marinated them in the pit for a while before taking them out. quick!
Jing Rong didn't know about this at all, and slept quite peacefully. When he woke up, Roger was still there. He didn't even see anything wrong.
The two went to Qinbei, and Jing Hua, who almost choked to death by the feces, lay on the kang for a whole month and a half, and he was so suspicious that he did not dare to go to the toilet alone at night.
Jing Hua determined that Jing Rong and Luo Ji beat him up, but everyone in the inn could prove that Jing Rong did not go out and could not commit the crime. In the end, Jinghua could only suffer from this dumb loss and also began to suspect other people who he had offended.
Xi Yanqing and Luo Yong took advantage of the fact that they came out and visited the former general before returning to Huaping Village.
Luo Fei was about to collapse at this time. He got up early in the morning, fed the chickens, ducks and geese, cleaned up the manure, and washed his clothes. And Luo Ru made a meal for two people, then took the sheep out and released them, and swept the courtyards of the three families.
When Xi Yanqing left, he told Luo Fei that he could just leave the work he could do at home, and he could do it when he came back, such as cleaning up manure, sweeping the yard, etc., and he was not in a hurry for one or two days.
Luo Fei agreed well, but he was used to seeing the house clean every day, and he couldn't stand it for a day when it was messy, so he thought about doing it himself. Who would have thought that it would be impossible to stop doing this, so tired that the back hurts at night.
"You just want to see me distressed, right?" Xi Yanqing coaxed the little tiger to sleep, and rubbed Luo Fei's waist, "Don't do anything tomorrow, take a good rest."
"Hey, I'm not thinking that you are tired when you go out, so you can rest when you come back, I didn't expect it to be so pitiful." Luo Fei hummed, "Brother Qing, I have another idea to make money, but it's not suitable for us here. Use. Go back to Big Brother Shi and tell them."
"What idea?"
"Do you remember those apples we ate during the Chinese New Year with characters on them, like what blessings, joys, and good luck, we can also write characters on the apples, it's sure to sell well. But ours here The temperature can't grow apples, so I thought, you can ask Brother Shi if there are any fruit farmers you know in the south, you can try it. Just stick the words on the fruit, the part with the words will not get sunlight for a long time, and the color will be natural It's shallow."
"Yeah, the fruit with the words will definitely sell well." Who doesn't want auspiciousness, "I'll talk to Brother Shi when I look back."
"Yeah." Luo Fei responded, "By the way, have you sold less ice cream recently?"
"It's less. It's cold, so it's definitely not as good as in summer." Xi Yanqing said, "But mutton and haggis are selling more, especially haggis."
"When will Jing Rong come back?"
"It is estimated that it will take at least ten days and eight days." It will take a while to go to Qinbei, and it will take time to watch sheep and cattle. It's even harder to come back. So maybe ten days and eight days will be less. "Speaking of this time, I went out and met two people, a mother and son. They also have experience in raising sheep. I also told Jingrong that if I could ask these two people to come and help. pretty good."
"Well, there are more and more living creatures at home, and there is indeed a shortage of manpower." Luo Fei's voice was getting smaller and smaller, and he was about to fall asleep.
Seeing this, Xi Yanqing was not willing to chat with Luo Fei anymore, and hugged Luo Fei and quickly fell asleep.
The next day is still busy. He feeds chickens, ducks and geese every day, cleans up manure, cooks, washes and cleans the yard. The dry vegetables in winter are dried, and Luo Fei has to pickle some pickles. Every day, I get up in the morning and I have to be busy until late, and I am very full. Fortunately, this busyness paid off.
Wan Dayun agreed to rent Xi Yanqing and Luo Fei's shop, and Xi Yanqing also negotiated with him that in the future, the shop could not only sell meat and haggis, but also ice cream and fruit dumplings. Wan Dayun keeps the money he makes from selling meat and haggis, and half of the money from selling other things.
Xi Yanqing and Luo Fei are not too stingy, they are still very generous to their friends. They're going to do this before they don't have enough sheep. When there are more sheep and the chickens will grow up, they will build their own hot pot restaurant.