The warm sun in the afternoon drove out the cold spring, and the clouds in the sky made people feel better.
In the small pavilion in the artificial lake in front of Shuiyunjian, an old and four young people were sitting together, and from time to time there was the sound of recitations and the low voice of the old man's explanation.
Xiaohong was idle, drove the velvet, and led some ducks and geese to come here for stocking. The wooden buildings were reflected on the lake, and the figures of ducks and geese were reflected.
"Okay, I'll stop here today. Go back and have a look. Come here next time if you don't know." The old man closed the book and said to Zhang Xiaobao, Wang Juan, Liuer, and his granddaughter.
"Okay Grandpa Bi, let's go for a stroll and have something to eat by the way." Zhang Xiaobao also closed the notebook. He and Wang Juan were always taking notes, so we can go back and read them slowly.
"Grandpa, I don't understand what you are saying." The old man's granddaughter seemed to have gained a lot from seeing others, but she didn't understand what it meant, and was a little anxious.
The old man patted his granddaughter on the head and said: "Xin'er is not in a hurry, and learn slowly. When I taught you in the past, you didn't learn, but now I see others learn, so I am anxious?"
Xin'er nodded, looked at Liu'er and said, "I used to think I was smart, but then I met Sister Liuer. Sister Liuer knows so many things, and I'll be done without learning."
"It’s better if you know it’s time to learn. If you have time, go and walk around with Grandpa." The old man got up and Zhang Xiaobao and others followed along. Now the corridor has been repaired and connected to the pavilion. Who said that you can’t repair things in winter, as long as you are willing to spend it. Money can also be used for construction.
When everyone walked out, Liu'er walked respectfully by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan. Now she can no longer see her skinny look when she first arrived here. She is taller and she is carefree all day. Yes, she doesn't need to take care of her younger brother. Zhuangzi arranged for someone to take care of it.
She only needs to study with the master who was invited alone for her on time. It is delicious, fun, and sleepy. After Bi Shangshu came over, she followed a classmate. Bi Shangshu was better than the invited master and full of talent no matter what.
The five people walked towards the mountain. At this time, the grass has drilled out of the soil, revealing small green buds, which can grow up in a few days.
From time to time, there are little swallows flying back from the south, chirping and passing in the sky. There is a swallow nest in the house where Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan live. It is in the lattice above the door frame, and a special one is opened next to it. The small hole is connected to the outside, so that the swallow can get in and out. Otherwise, the swallow will wait for someone to open the door to fly in and out.
Some swallows make nests under the eaves. When they are happy, they also envy those swallows who enter the house. When the day is hot, they see people sitting at the door with the door open and watching the swallows come in and out. I hope the swallows under the eaves can also get in.
As the group walked up the mountain, Liu'er and Xin'er bounced around the old man. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were much more stable. They followed each other step by step, looking at the fields beside them from time to time, showing a thriving scene.
When the five people saw that they had reached the foot of the mountain, two of the seedling guards finally came out to accompany them. Only when they saw it, they thought they would turn back. They didn't expect the five to go up the mountain, so they naturally had to send someone to protect them.
"I heard that there is a spring in this mountain. Isn't it small?" The old man looked at the mountain in front of him and asked Zhang Xiaobao.
Zhang Xiaobao replied affirmatively: "Yes, there are a few springs, which is the largest, it keeps things, and I don’t know if shrimp and crabs will be stupid in winter. I build a pavilion over there, and some people come here to play in the summer, so I can just go over and take a look."
The old man squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and asked, "The place where you raise things in the mountain is not under the control of your two families, right?"
"No, if someone wants to take it, let it out, my mother said, now it’s a bit cheaper to take it." The old man has become accustomed to the cleverness of Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan, and Zhang Xiaobao doesn’t hide too much when he speaks. , Like a little adult.
The old man didn’t say anything this time. He continued to walk forward. After walking for a little while, he stood on the top of the mountain and saw the puddle of water below. Then the old man said, “In the future, we will be neighbors. Let me give this land to me. Two thousand acres, I will tell the old man to return home, this kind of love can still be given by the emperor."
Hearing the old man’s words, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan’s eyes lit up. It’s a good thing. There is one more person in Zhuangzi. You have to think carefully before others come to provoke matters, and those who make official appointments are not easy to provoke. Will leave.
"Grandpa Bi, you won't go back to your hometown? If you live here, if you say you want a place, I will tell your family to build a house there for you. You can't live in the mountains. There was output in it, and we helped to sell it and made half of the money."
Zhang Xiaobao looked around, trying to find a suitable place to live and build a house for the old man.
The old man laughed, "You little boy, why should the output of my field be halved with you? Who asked you to raise it? I will treat it as a wild shrimp and crab. Well, I will send someone to guard when I go back soon, so that no one Will sneak things away and throw them into the pond."
Zhang Xiaobao looked at the pond below with a serious look, and said: "Grandpa Bi, I won't trouble you, I can help, but this water block is repaired by my house, or else, Grandpa Bi will sell the shrimps and crabs to my family, and if my family finds a way to take them out, Grandpa Bi will save a lot of trouble."
Zhang Xiaobao knows that the old man is joking with them, and he is willing to talk more with the old man. How much money does the shrimp and crab have? He doesn't care, and the old man doesn't care the same.
When a gust of wind came out, the old man took a deep breath, exhaled it slowly, and asked, "Then you tell me where you should sell it?"
"Grandpa Bi, you promised to help my father, right?" Zhang Xiaobao did not answer, but asked rhetorically.
"Yes, I can lie to you, this little baby? Haha, tell me, if you sell it, where do you sell it?" The old man was stunned when he heard Zhang Xiaobao's words. What does the imperial examination matter have
Zhang Xiaobao coughed and said: "Selling to Shuiyunjian, some of our subordinates' transactions are settled separately, and they are also accounted for separately. You can't take things from the mountains and water directly to the restaurant.
The prawns and crabs here are not so good. If you want to make good dishes and sell them hard, then cook simple dishes, and some vegetables and the like, at least 20 kinds of dishes, including cold dishes, hot dishes are fried in a big pot , One pot is enough for hundreds of people to eat. The shrimps and crabs here are just right. "
"Fried in a big pot, the taste is not as good as usual? Xiaobao, Shuiyunjian still wants to make money?" The old man felt that Xiaobao was not stupid, so why did he come up with such an idea.
"Grandpa Bi, are you sure to help my father?" Zhang Xiaobao asked again.
"Yes, little boy, hurry up, haha!" Zhang Xiaobao exclaimed the old man.
Zhang Xiaobao said: "These things are used to make box lunches. They are fried in advance. Then others will eat them soon. You don't have to wait. Waiting to connect Grandpa Bi's nephew's river, over here..."
Zhang Xiaobao said what he had just said to Wang Juan. The old man didn’t feel what was going on at first, so he was stunned when he listened. He helped Zhang Xiaobao’s father in exchange for Zhang’s family to suffer a loss after connecting to the river. At first glance, he didn't suffer, but he agreed to Zhang Xiaobao but suffered.
The big pot of rice is specially sold to boatmen and those who are not wealthy. The big pot cooks quickly, and one pot can produce a lot. That meal earns half a cent, and it will be operated for a long time, so many people. Eating is not a small amount anymore.
"Little treasure, is this what you came up with?" the old man asked.
"Well, I'm the smartest, I can do everything." Zhang Xiaobao answered with a straightened chest.
"Little boy, lie to the old man, do you and the cuckoo return to Zhuangzi and others teach you?" How could the old man believe it.
"No, absolutely not, we are smart." Zhang Xiaobao denied.
"Okay, smart, it's definitely not usually someone talks to you about these things, the old man is not in a hurry, there is always one day to meet." The old man was even more sure that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had other people teaching, and that person taught all this. That’s why Zhang Xiaobao can come up with it when he encounters it.
Through observations over the past few days, he found that Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are smarter than Liu'er. They are definitely not the kind of people who don’t give a good example. As long as others teach them, they can take advantage of similar things. Use it out.
Thinking of the person behind the two people, the old man sighed. Since they don't want to see each other, they can only wait, touch Zhang Xiaobao's head, and say: "Little liar, lie to me to help you once, ha ha."
"En." Wang Juan said from there, nodded sharply, then shook his head again, and said, "It's a big liar."
"Hahahaha." The old man laughed happily.
Zhang Xiaobao doesn't matter, what about a liar? The liar who works for the people is a good liar. He picked up a mushroom, frozen mushroom, from under a tree. This season happened to be when the frozen mushroom came out, and he put it on a straw stick and said:
"Grandpa Bi, your nephew has also taken a lot of advantage. Learn it, you can learn this too. Don’t think that one can make a lot of money. It is estimated that you can make a penny. It takes people to make and sell boxed lunches. Things, so that people who have nothing to do can earn more, and some local things don’t have to be sold out."
The old man also thought of this. It seemed that the river would not be connected if it was connected. A good thing for the people would have to be done even if there were difficulties, not to mention that there were no difficulties.
"Little Treasure, Cuckoo, I will tell your family soon when I go back, I must dig the river as soon as possible, and I can do something for the people a day earlier, and I, the old man, can also do something for the court. ."
The old man no longer treats this as a trivial matter. It was originally to benefit his nephew, but now it's more than that.