Bai Erlang and Da Tou sat on the stool and ate the small fish with relish, and Da Tou asked him, "Is it delicious?"
Bai Erlang nodded, "Last year's ones are even more delicious."
"It was made by the cook of the young master's house. Of course it is delicious after being fried with a lot of oil."
Bai Erlang immediately said: "My family also has oil."
Then look at the big head.
He can't make up his mind about the fish at home, and he can't touch the fishing net.
So he rolled his eyes and said: "I asked my fourth uncle to catch fish, you take it home and fry it, and you get half of our points."
Datou knows how expensive oil is, but Xiaoyuzai doesn't spend money, it only spends effort.
But Bai Erlang doesn't think so, he thinks oil is available at home, and it doesn't cost money, but Xiao Yuzi is very rare.
So the two looked at each other and made a deal.
Man Bao struggled to open the envelope, Bai Shanbao probably was afraid that Bai Erlang would peek at it, so he sealed the envelope tightly.
Open the envelope, inside is a thick stack of letter paper.
Of course, Bai Shanbao didn't write so many letter papers overnight, but accumulated them, and he laid them out for her in order.
This is not so much a letter to Man Bao as a diary.
It's just that the beginning is full of treasures.
The first page at the beginning was written by Bai Shanbao on the day he left. They had just left Luojiang County and found a shady place on the road to stop for an afternoon break.
At that time, the sorrow of separation dissipated a lot, and it was the time when he was full of interest in the journey, so the mountains, water, trees, and even the insects that could be heard everywhere in the woods he wrote were much more lively.
Man Bao felt excited when he saw it.
But the enthusiasm always faded, especially when they were still traveling in the carriage most of the time.
The trees I saw on both sides of the road were similar, and in the end even the mountains I saw were similar, which was not interesting at all, so the letters Bai Shanbao wrote to her later were mostly complaining about the boring road, the bumpy carriage, or discussing things with her. homework.
Obviously, out of boredom, he could only take out the homework assigned by Mr. Zhuang and finish it.
It wasn't until he arrived in Longzhou that the content of the letter became richer.
Bai Shanbao obviously didn't know what family ugliness should not be publicized and family secrets, and he didn't even share with his grandmother and mother what he wrote in Man Bao's letter.
They didn't just rush along the way, as they entered the Guannei Road, the Bai family started to have properties one after another.
Naturally, they can't compare with aristocratic families, but a Zhuangzi on the left and a shop on the right still make their journey much easier.
Unlike the last time when they rushed to Qili Village and felt anxious and worried, this time the Bai family took it easy and felt that the journey was not so hard.
All the way back to Longzhou after inspecting the industry, the most important thing is to take a look at the industry that is being watched by Mrs. Bai. Seeing that everything is fine, Mrs. Liu calmly took Shanbao back to Longzhou City.
This year, Mr. Bai was severely affected by the disaster. It was because most of his family's properties were in Jiannan Road, especially in Mianzhou, Yizhou, but the Bai family, no, it should be said that Bai Shanbao's property would not.
Most of Bai Shanbao's industries are still in Guannei Road, in Longzhou and its vicinity.
Including Liu's dowry, Zheng's dowry is also in Guannei Road.
Guannei Road has not been affected by disasters this year, and because it is close to Jiannan Road, it can be the first to deliver grain to Yizhou.
There is also a grain merchant above the ordinary people, so they may not earn much, but the Liu family is different. Their family has a lot of Zhuangzi.
There is no need to go through the local grain merchants, just organize a group of caravans in Zhuangzi, and transport the grain to Yizhou to make a fortune.
However, she has always been cautious, and she is not willing to take such risks. After all, there are bandits on the road. Who knows when they will meet bandits
But she is also unwilling to sell the grain at a low price to the local grain merchants, that would be too bad.
In June, the price of grain in Yizhou was skyrocketing. As a result, the grain merchants in Guannei Road still suppressed the price of grain, and were only willing to buy grain from ordinary people at a par price.
Those with more food like the Bai family may have a discount, a few pennies per stone, but will the Liu family care about the few pennies
She was in the disaster area, and knew how the grain prices had risen here, and if those grain merchants bought grain at a low price and sent it here, they could lower the price a little, so she didn't say anything.
However, when they transported here, they raised the price of food to the sky.
She's not stupid, so naturally she won't suffer that loss.
So at that time, she directly found a grain merchant here, and made a deal with the other party directly at the junction of Guannei Road and Jiannan Road, and made a lot of money.
The situation in Guanneidao is fairly stable, mainly because she has property in that place and has some friendship with the government, so she is not afraid of being robbed.
But it is different after entering Jiannan Road.
I just don't know where the news came out. Some members of the Bai clan knew that Liu had made a lot of money, and they couldn't help being jealous, and began to think about "buying" her property near Longzhou.
Especially those farms that are said to have made a lot of money.
Unlike when they left Longzhou in despair three years ago, this time Mrs. Liu came back with a bright face.
When the carriage first entered the territory of Longzhou, a steward of the Bai family took the servants back to the ancestral house first, and cleaned out the house where they lived.
While the members of the Bai clan kept watching, Liu took his daughter-in-law and grandson to visit the farms and shops first, and then entered Longzhou City after two or three days.
Bai Shanbao told Manbao in the letter that every morning, Nanny Liu, who was next to my grandmother, would come to dig me out of bed, wash me clean, and put me in particularly beautiful new clothes, and then lead me I went out to show off.
Bai Shanbao told Manbao that he didn't like to wear new clothes at all, because of the exquisite patterns, he couldn't even squat on the ground and play with stones.
He just came back to Longzhou and he didn't like Longzhou anymore.
But there is also a happy thing, that is, as long as he goes out for a walk, several of his little enemies will be beaten that night.
"... Grandmother took me to see the patriarch, and the patriarch asked me if I was still studying. He heard that I had read "Yili" thoroughly, so he didn't believe it, so he tested me." Bai Shanbao said in the letter: "I know, I want to He was not one of the people who wanted to buy my property, but he let everything go, even though my grandmother didn’t say anything, I always felt that he was taking advantage of others, and that’s why he made everything convenient for others.”
"As the master said, the greedy will benefit, and our patriarch is obviously a greedy one, so I asked him about "University". When we said goodbye and left, his face was very bad." Bai Shanbao said: "Unfortunately, I ran into his annoying grandson when I went out, so I stopped to ask him what book he was reading recently. At night I lay on the outside of their house and listened. His grandson screamed so badly. It is said that he I have to go to school in the next day, so I decided that I will not rest tomorrow, and I will also go to the ethnology school to borrow."
Man Bao laughed out loud, flipping through the pages, only to find that it was the last letter. Obviously, he sent the letter before he had time to write the next day's letter.