"Jiang Zhen, what do you want this place to do?" Zhao Fugui was a little puzzled. Although it was possible to dig up some bamboo shoots and grow some water jasmine and sell it for money, it was not only time-consuming but also labor-intensive. It might even be impossible to sell one or two silver coins a year. , what are you buying for
"I think this place is very good. It can be used to raise ducks." Jiang Zhen said.
He didn't want Zhao Jinge to be a long-term worker, and he didn't want Zhao Fugui to be a part-time worker, so he found some things to do for them, and raising chickens and ducks was pretty good. Will be short of eggs and duck eggs to eat.
Zhao Fugui felt that raising some chickens and ducks would not require such a large piece of land, but thinking that it was Jiang Zhen's money, he finally stopped talking.
After discussing with Jiang Ping that they want to buy the Jiang family's paddy field and the land, they no longer need to go to the tooth bank in the county town to see if there is any other land. Zhao Fugui and Zhao Liu looked at each other and refused to go to the county town.
Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge are about to get married, so it's okay to go shopping in the county town. Those from a better family here will take their future daughter-in-law to the county town to buy something they want before they get married.
And this time... what are they two old guys doing
Therefore, only Zhao Jinge and Jiang Zhen went on this trip to the county town. Before leaving, Jiang Zhen brought some porcelain.
In the county seat, there are porcelain shops, which mainly sell cheap dishes. That's all. When people go to buy bowls, they will ask the people in the shop to engrave marks on the bowls.
People at this time have to borrow tables, chairs, dishes, and dishes from others for weddings. After borrowing, they must be returned. After all, this is an important property of many families, so it must be marked.
Jiang Zhen first walked around the shop, asked the price, and then took out the porcelain he brought to the shopkeeper and asked him what price he was willing to pay.
"This porcelain is good." The shopkeeper said immediately when he saw the porcelain Jiang Zhen took out.
"Yes, the purchase price is not cheap." Jiang Zhen said.
"How much do you have? If the price is right, I'll take it all." The shopkeeper said.
"I have a boat there, and the quantity is quite large. As for the price... The shopkeeper, how about this? You help me contact the buyer, negotiate the price, and then I take the goods to sell, and the selling price is 10% for you." Jiang Zhen didn't know the market of porcelain, and most of the people who rashly sold it to the shopkeeper would lose money, so he simply thought of such a method.
If the shopkeeper wants to take more, he will definitely negotiate a higher price.
"This..." The shopkeeper had never sold anything like this before, so he was a little hesitant.
"The shopkeeper, you are earning 10% for nothing. Of course, don't fool me. I just want to sell it at a good price. If the price is not right, then I will not sell it." Jiang Zhen said again.
The shopkeeper thought for a while, and immediately agreed to Jiang Zhen's request.
Although the porcelain Jiang Zhen brought was not that expensive, it was really good. At least they were rare here. He took it to the mistresses of several big families in the county to see, and it would surely sell for a good price.
The shopkeeper agreed, Jiang Zhen left samples, and then told the shopkeeper the number of each type of dishes in his hand, and left his address by the way.
After doing this and looking at the sky, Jiang Zhen wanted to take Zhao Jinge to a restaurant in the county town for dinner.
There is only one big restaurant in this county, and the food there is not cheap. Jiang Zhen just proposed to go, but Zhao Jinge refused: "I don't want to eat there, let's eat wontons."
"Wonton?" Jiang Zhen was taken aback: "Brother Jin, you don't have to save me money."
"I really like to eat wontons. When I was a child, my father brought me to the county town, and he would buy me a bowl of wontons every time." Zhao Jinge said.
Jiang Zhen knew that Zhao Jinge mainly wanted to save some money, but he did not refuse, and took Zhao Jinge to the stall selling wontons.
There are two kinds of wontons, one is the big wonton, which has thick skin and lots of meat and is expensive, a bowl of six cents, ten wontons a bowl, and the other is a small wonton. The skin of the small wontons is very thin, and the meat inside is only the size of mung bean. A bowl of seventeen or eight wontons only costs two cents, and this kind of wontons are usually served with flat bread buns to be full.
Zhao Jinge asked for two bowls of small wontons, and Jiang Zhen asked for ten more meat buns - anyway, he could take them back if he couldn't finish eating them.
Small wontons are two cents per bowl, fist-sized meat buns are three cents, Jiang Zhen is full after eating three meat buns and a bowl of wontons, Zhao Jinge also ate so much, and the two use the remaining four steamed buns. Wrapped in oil paper.
When he brought Zhao Jinge to the county seat, Jiang Zhen wanted to buy something for Zhao Jinge, but Zhao Jinge didn't want anything. After he bought it in Fucheng, he couldn't think of anything else to buy. In the end, he only went to cut two catties of meat and bought it again. A leaf of pork liver.
After buying it, seeing that the price of pig trotters was cheap, Jiang Zhen bought two more pig trotters and asked the butcher to chop them into pieces.
"Brother Zhao Jin?" A voice suddenly sounded, and Brother Zhao Jin, who was standing beside Jiang Zhen, turned his head when he heard the words, and saw a woman in her thirties standing not far away.
"Sister." Brother Zhao Jin called out, looking at the woman opposite.
"I didn't expect to see you here... Do you want to cut meat and have no money? Would you like me to lend you a little?" Liu Pandi asked Zhao Jinge after sizing up.
"No." Zhao Jinge refused.
"Don't say no, I know your family is having a hard time, sigh, you are really, at such an old age, you haven't found a husband's family, and you are working outside all day..." Liu Pandi said while bringing She looked at Brother Zhao Jin proudly, but this closer look made her frown slightly.
This Liu Pandi is the eldest daughter of Zhao Jinge's uncle's family. She is the same age as Zhao Jinge. When she was a child, she was very jealous of Zhao Jinge, who was loved by her parents. When she grew up, she married well in the county town, but Zhao Jinge couldn't get married. She became more and more in front of Zhao Jinge. A sense of superiority.
What makes her more regretful is that Zhao Liu's family has basically cut off contact with her parents' family, and she will send Zhao Jinge to deliver random dishes during the New Year, so that she can't find a chance to let Zhao Jinge see how well she is doing.
Seeing Brother Zhao Jin today, she was a little happy at first, but soon felt that something was wrong. Brother Zhao Jin looked very energetic today, and there was even a silver hairpin on his head.
"Brother Zhao Jin, you actually put on a silver hairpin! Aunt finally helped you find your husband's family?" Liu Pandi asked again, the hairpin couldn't be afforded by the Zhao family. Could this Zhao Jinge be married too? "Are you filling a house or marrying an old man? You are so old, and the family is willing to give you a silver hairpin. It must be because the conditions are particularly poor?"
Liu Pandi's words seemed to be guessing, but in fact she was very sure. She thought that Zhao Jinge might marry a fool and a lunatic. If not, how could the family buy hairpins for Zhao Jinge
Brother Zhao Jin didn't have much contact with this cousin. In fact, he didn't realize that this cousin was malicious to him at first, but now he also felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't help frowning.
"Brother Jin, I've cut the meat, what else do you want? Let's go buy it." Jiang Zhen smiled and looked at Liu Pandi again: "Who is this old woman? Do you know?"
"This is my cousin." Brother Zhao Jin said.
"Oh, it turned out to be my cousin, I thought it was my cousin." Jiang Zhen sneered.
Liu Pandi is about to be pissed off. Her husband's family is really good, and she can show it off, but she has a very powerful mother-in-law, and she has always been dissatisfied with her family's request for too many dowry gifts. Treated so harshly that she looked a little old-fashioned.
But even so, she is only one year older than Brother Zhao Jin, how could she become an auntie
Liu Pandi wanted to say something, but Jiang Zhen ignored Liu Pandi and took Zhao Jinge away.
Liu Pandi looked at Zhao Jinge's back and couldn't help frowning. Can Zhao Jinge really marry? No way
She must go back and ask!
Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge didn't stay in the county for much time, and they went back early. At this time, the village chief Jiang Ping went to Jiang's house and talked about someone wanting to buy land.
Jiang Ping was a little worried at first, afraid that the Jiang family would ask who wanted to buy the land, but the Jiang family did not ask.
"Someone wants to buy it? What price?" Mrs. Jiang asked.
"Twenty-two acres of land, your land is not the best, and there are no crops in the land, so you can't sell it more expensively." Jiang Ping said.
Madam Jiang hesitated, but Butcher Jiang silently smoked.
"You really want to sell the land? It will be difficult to buy the land after you sell it..." Jiang Ping advised, these country people, the land is their life! Unless Zhao Liu was ill and waiting for life-saving money, or He Qiusheng owed gambling debts and did not want to be chopped off, basically no one would sell the land.
The Jiang family did not have much land in the past, only four or five acres of paddy fields plus a few acres of dry land. Jiang butcher also spent a lot of effort to save the current family business.
Who doesn't envy the Jiang family's 15 acres of paddy fields, but they didn't expect them to sell 4 acres in one go.
"Sell, we want to sell." Jiang Butcher affirmed. He was so upset that he didn't even ask who was going to buy it.
There are several reasons for the Jiang family to sell the land.
One of the reasons is that they can't grow.
It is very troublesome to plant rice. First, you have to turn the ground over and over again, then you have to raise and plant the seedlings, and then you have to keep weeding... In the past, Boss Jiang and Butcher Jiang went to the ground together. When the farming was busy, Mrs. Jiang helped, but Can plant, but now, they can't finish planting.
Of course, if you can't finish planting, you can actually rent it to others. Some people in the village have little land, and they wish someone could rent land for them to plant, but... Jiang Chengxiang and Jiang Chengcai both asked them for money.
The cause of the incident was that Jiang Chengxiang found an errand in the county seat, but he wanted 22 taels of silver to clear it, so he went home to get the money.
Butcher Jiang wanted him to find a good job, so he agreed to find a way for him to get him twenty taels of silver. As a result, Jiang Chengcai overheard it and was immediately dissatisfied.
Jiang Chengcai went to a private school for two years and stopped going, but Jiang Chengxiang studied for six or seven years. The butcher and his wife Jiang spent a lot more on Jiang Chengxiang than on Jiang Chengcai, but after Jiang Chengxiang made his career, he did not give it to his family. took the money.
Jiang Chengcai thought, why are they all sons, butcher Jiang and his wife gave Jiang Chengxiang so much money to study, and gave him money to find errands, but not themselves
He immediately asked his parents for forty taels of silver, saying that it was to be used for business.
Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang both desperately asked for money. At this time, someone came to collect the debt.
Don't look at Jiang's butcher's and his wife's various mistreatment of Boss Jiang. They loved Jiang Chengcai and Jiang Chengxiang to the bottom of their hearts. In the end, the husband and wife discussed it and decided to sell the land.
After selling the land, give Jiang Chengxiang twenty taels to clear up the relationship, give Jiang Chengcai forty taels to do business, and use the rest to pay off debts.
Mrs. Jiang has always been confident in Jiang Chengcai's son. Even if this son is actually lazy, she firmly believes that he will be able to do business and make a lot of money.
Mrs. Jiang and Butcher Jiang agreed to sell the land, and Jiang Ping went to Zhao's house again.
Jiang Ping is still trustworthy. With Jiang Zhen around, Zhao Fugui was not afraid that he would fool his family, so he simply gave the money to Jiang Ping and asked Jiang Ping to help him buy the land.
Jiang Ping has always been a good man, but he did not refuse. Even the 20 acres of bamboo forests also helped the Jiang family to buy it.
The next day, Jiang Zhen got the title deed.
He glanced at it and gave the land deed to Brother Zhao Jin. At the same time, the fact that the Zhao family actually bought the land also spread in Hexi Village.
No, it should not be said that the Zhao family bought the land, but it should be said that Jiang Zhen bought the land.
When Jiang Zhen left the Jiang family, he only had forty taels of silver in his hand, but now he has bought four acres of paddy fields!
Brother Zhao Jin married him. If nothing else, there is absolutely no need to go hungry in the future!
In the past, the people of He Xicun were both afraid and afraid of Jiang Zhen, but now when they look at Jiang Zhen, they find that Jiang Zhen is actually nothing to be afraid of.
Even, he is very good to Zhao Jinge... Didn't you see that Zhao Jinge is wearing new clothes now? The Zhao family also eats meat every day.
That Zhao Liushi used to be skinny, but now not only is his face ruddy, but he also has rouge on it!
For a time, people envy the Zhao family, and while they envy the Zhao family, they inevitably mention the Jiang family, and then sympathize with them.
That Jiang Zhen worked diligently when he was in the Jiang family, and his work in the fields made the life of the Jiang family very good, but the Jiang family wanted to pick on his thorns and drive him out.
This is good, Jiang Zhen went to the Zhao family, so the life of the Jiang family became sad, but the Zhao family was prosperous.
In the past, the villagers were afraid of Jiang Zhen, and they fought Jiang Zhen's yamen, which may have a lot to do with them. Now they found that Jiang Zhen didn't seem to cause trouble to the village, so they were less afraid.
Of course, there is still awe, and no one dares to offend him.
Many people from the Zhao family came to inquire about the news. Mrs. Zhao Liu raised her head and praised Jiang Zhen proudly: "I bought the land yesterday, my brother Jin was thinking about planting the land, but Jiang Zhen refused to go, saying: We are about to get married, how can we do such rough work? So this year, our family will only be able to grow rice for one season."
"Before my wealthy family said that pig's head and meat tasted good. Today, Jiang Zhen went to the county to deliver porcelain, and he brought back a pig's head... Really, such a big pig's head, how many people in our family can finish eating it?"
"He also gave me this rouge. I gave a box of rouge at the beginning, and recently gave a box of eyebrow powder."
"My brother Jin is doing nothing at home all day now. I see that if this continues, he will be lazy."
Jiang Zhen heard such an ear accidentally, and was immediately speechless.
Zhao Liu praised him a little too much...
Jiang Zhen really didn't let Zhao Jinge go to farm, but Zhao Jinge was not idle at all. Not only did he cook all the meals at home, but he also went to the river to look for snails every day, and then raised them in the pond over the bamboo forest and waited. Feed the ducks later.
If Jiang Zhen hadn't stopped him, he would still want to dig out all the silt in the pond and fill it in the ground on the bank of the pond, so as to make a fertile land for growing crops.
However, the feeling of being praised is not bad, Jiang Zhen smiled and went to work.
Zhao Liu's face is full of spring breeze every day, and the whole figure is ten years younger, but the Jiang family is the opposite.
Their land was actually bought by Jiang Zhen, this... this...
Madam Jiang was so angry that she kept scolding people.
Butcher Jiang was fine at first, thinking that his land would fall into the hands of his own family, and it would not be cheap for outsiders, but soon he heard that Jiang Zhen was going to join the Zhao family...
After hearing about this, he shivered with anger.
The land of his family was going to become that of the Zhao family!
"Dad and mother, don't worry, then Jiang Zhen can make money to buy land, so can I." Jiang Chengcai said to his parents: "When Jiang Zhen did business with forty taels of silver, he turned around and earned so much... I'm sure I can do it too. !"
"Yes, Chengcai, you must do it too!" Mrs. Jiang said to Jiang Chengcai, and her mood finally improved again.
They were about to get married, but Jiang Zhen was still busy. Together with Wang Haisheng, he went to the bamboo forest he just bought, and then cut bamboo to make a fence, and tried to build a chicken coop and duck coop.
Ducks are not afraid of rain. The duck coop can be simple, but the chicken coop must be well built... This project is not small. Jiang Zhen thought that it would be better to do it after getting married. The main thing to do now is to level the land.
Now that it's only April in the lunar calendar, the weather is already hot, Jiang Zhen has only been working for a while, but he can't help but take off his clothes and get naked.
It is quite common for men to be shirtless, not to mention that no one here usually comes.
"Who?" Jiang Zhen was thinking that generally no one came here, when he heard a rustling voice behind him, and turned his head immediately.
"Yes... it's me." He Qiusheng got out of the bushes.
He Qiusheng had not seen him for a few days. He Qiusheng looked a lot haggard. He was a little afraid to look at Jiang Zhen who was shirtless and lowered his head.
"What's the matter with you?" Jiang Zhen frowned slightly and put on his clothes again.
"I..." He Qiusheng gritted his teeth, unable to speak.
He Qiusheng would come here because his parents forced him.
He had never been wronged when he was a child. Although Jiang Zhen rescued him before and made him feel good about Jiang Zhen, but Jiang Zhen ignored him, and he was not willing to stick his cold ass with a warm face, but his Parents don't think so.
Although Jiang Zhen beat Liu Heitou away, when Liu Heitou said he wanted the He family to repay the debt, he did not help solve the matter, which means... Then Liu Heitou would come to the He family to ask He's father to owe it. silver!
Father He has been restless these days.
Although he owed money before, but He Qiusheng was there, even if he didn't pay, he could send He Qiusheng to pay off the debt, but now that Jiang Zhen is in his early years, Liu Heitou doesn't want He Qiusheng anymore, but let him repay the debt... He Where can I get it out
Father He was afraid that Liu Heitou would come to find trouble for him, so he asked He Qiusheng to find Jiang Zhen and asked Jiang Zhen to help.
Jiang Zhen can beat that Liu Heitou, so it should be fine for Liu Heitou not to ask him for a debt, right
You know, after he borrowed Liu Heitou's money, he lost all his money in Liu Heitou's bet in Liujiacun, and many of the people who gambled with him were from Liu Heitou. Liu Heitou took it.
As long as Jiang Zhen talks about it, he will definitely be able to get rid of his debts!
Father He had this idea, and he didn't dare to go to Jiang Zhen, so he let He Qiusheng go. After learning that Jiang Zhen had bought the land and had money in his hands, He Qiusheng had to hold on to Jiang Zhen. It was better to squeeze out that Zhao Jinge and marry Jiang Zhen, so that their family would not have to worry about anything. .
He Qiusheng felt extremely embarrassed, but his mother agreed.
He Qiusheng's mother is a very weak and very good woman. She is very kind to her three children, and at the same time, she is also very kind to her husband. She has always regarded her husband as her heaven.
Now that her husband has provoked Liu Heitou, and their family can't solve the matter, she also pinned her hopes on He Qiusheng and asked He Qiusheng to ask Jiang Zhen.
Since Jiang Zhen saved He Qiusheng, he always had a good impression of He Qiusheng. He married Zhao Jinge, probably because Zhao Jinge saved him... Mother He felt that it would be useful for He Qiusheng to ask.
But Mother He didn't ask He Qiusheng to squeeze out Brother Zhao Jin. She felt that it would be better to be a child to Jiang Zhen than that of Liu Heitou. At least Jiang Zhen would not torture his concubine to death.
Therefore, she asked He Qiusheng to lower his attitude, and Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jin went to beg.
He Qiusheng could reject his father, but he couldn't reject his mother's cry, so he still came.