Nongmen Jinfeng: Cold-noodled husband and little daughter-in-law

Chapter 688

"I want it! I want it!" Zhao Junrui, who was left at the end, immediately regained his energy, ran to the front, and said pitifully, "Little Qier, I haven't drawn for a long time."

"Let's all come to draw tonight. The eldest brother and the third child should also practice more." Fang Ziyuan also took two steps forward and smiled.

Although Fang Zijian and Fang Zizhan did not speak, they nodded.

They learned painting from Mr. Wu in the village school, but because money is too tight to buy paints, they sometimes paint directly with ink, and because they are reluctant to bear paper and ink, they just dip a pen in water and write on the table, and practice together technique.

Although the third uncle would give them some pens, ink, paper and inkstones, or some pocket money when they returned to the old house, they all wanted to use them wisely and still dared not waste them.

Now I have the conditions to paint, and because I am always busy, I have to read and practice calligraphy when I have time, so I forget about painting.Now that someone mentions it, they are naturally interested.

When it was dark, the second cousin Shi Yongquan came back, and they waited for a while, and the uncle Fang Zhizhong also came back with a carriage, and there were still two baskets of vegetables in the cart.

Fang Xiaofu couldn't help laughing when he found out: "I thought it would be some fruit from the Wang family, but I didn't expect it to be two baskets of vegetables. It shouldn't be from the Wang family, right?"

"The Wang family did send four big watermelons, but we went to Lujiapo and had lunch there, so we sent the watermelons to the village chief's family."

Fang Zhizhong walked into the Changxuan and talked about today's events with a smile while drinking tea.

It turned out that after breakfast, he drove the carriage to meet Ge Changxing first. Under Ge Changxing's leadership, he bought some pastries, snacks, tea and wine, divided them into two and put them in the carriage before rushing to the flower and fruit seller.

The Wang family had already received the letter when they came back last night, so they will not go out today, they will just wait at home.If others came to see Zhuangzi, he would naturally not care too much about it, and Ge Changxing would be fine if he brought someone.

Only when Zhuangzi sells the silver will he have a living hand. As for how much silver he can sell, whether it is at their price, they are also eager to know the result.

It just so happened that I went to the city yesterday to negotiate the price of the watermelons, and I called people to start picking the watermelons early this morning, and sent them to the city tomorrow morning when the dew is still wet.

Fang Zhizhong held the gift to buy, and the business had already been negotiated, and he was straightforward in giving the money. He immediately laughed from ear to ear for the old man in charge of the Wang family, and hurriedly invited people into the hall to serve tea.

According to the previous plan, Fang Zhizhong first asked the approximate age of the fruit trees on the mountain.

Knowing that most of the trees are just in the early ten years, and the rest are either three or five years old, or fourteen or five years old, I sighed, "This mountain is a bit expensive."

When Mr. Wang was astonished, he asked whether the fruit on the mountain could be kept for 1000 taels of silver.

They have already bought the others according to the price, which has shown their sincerity.It's just that the 2000 taels for this fruit is based on the market price, so you definitely don't need to pay so much for wholesale.

At first, Mr. Wang refused, saying a lot of difficulties and hard work in planting, but in the end he only offered 200 taels cheaper, saying that it was due to the sincerity of Fang Zhizhong who had already paid the money first.

Fang Zhizhong returned 500 taels, saying that even if he went to other places to buy so many fruits, it would be impossible to pay them at the market price, and there would be some discounted prices.

The Wang family gave him a discount of 500 taels, but it saved a lot of time and manpower, as well as the cost of transportation and maintenance.In addition, the market prices of oranges and dates are not as good as apples and pears.

If the fruit of the Wang family has already been negotiated for a price of no less than 2000 taels, he has nothing to say. If not, wouldn't he find a lot of things to do for himself after two months?
Fang Zhizhong was worthy of being a shopkeeper, he was very patient when talking about business, and he thought carefully for the other party. For a while, the old man of the Wang family really couldn't say anything to refute.

Two months later, they must either be in the state capital, or they have already gone south to the capital.

Even if they could contact the fruit merchants they used to work with in advance, but everyone knew that they were leaving and even sold Zhuangzi, so how could they charge a high price for their fruits?
Who will not step on your price when you are in a hurry to ship?Although there is no profit for 500 taels, it still keeps the cost and makes a small profit.

"One thousand and six hundred taels, and I won't sell anything less. Young people, don't blame the old man for being stingy, there is really nothing you can do about it." Mr. Wang complained bitterly, as if relying on the 600 taels to save his life.

Fang Zhizhong was choked, and for a moment he really didn't know how to counter the price in such a situation.Everyone killed 600 taels in one bite.

"Old man Wang, you are really stingy." Ge Changxing, who had never participated in the bargaining, said with a smile at this moment.

"I think the price is fine. It's just that you have to save some of your watermelons for others to taste, right? Fang's family paid thousands of taels for this small mountain of yours."

"There's still food. When adults move in, they have to bring food from the city by carts, right?" Ge Changxing casually asked for benefits while eating watermelon.

"That's fine, let's return money to money, and favors to favors." Mr. Wang couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and generously promised, "At that time, I will leave two parts of the watermelon for you to eat, and leave one acre of rice for you to eat. .”

"We will move out within two months, maybe sooner. Now my grandson is studying for the exam, and I can't move for fear of affecting him. If you are not in a hurry, it will be convenient."

"Don't worry, since I've collected the money, those things are yours, and I won't mess around with them. The fruits on the mountain will only be looked after, not picked."

"The most important thing is the imperial examination of your virtuous grandson. It doesn't matter if we are late. You can pick some of the fruits on the mountain if you want to eat, but you can't sell them or give them away." Fang Zhizhong said quickly.

"You are a loyal person. If you think about it, you will treat this village well in the future, so that you can take care of the fruit trees on the mountain."

Mr. Wang nodded, feeling a little emotional as he spoke, and told Fang Zhizhong to raise fruit trees, and asked him to ask the villagers to look after the fruit trees in the future. They are skilled and reliable.

Fang Zhizhong naturally agreed to them one by one, and let them do what they should do in daily life as usual, and their wages were also paid.The two talked speculatively, and the atmosphere was very good.

Ge Changxing took out the new contract and asked Mr. Wang to sign and pledge, and gave him the previous 500 taels, and then charged a commission of 130 taels and half of the transfer fee of 25 taels.

Fang Zhizhong paid another thousand and 600 taels, and signed a contract on the transfer of the fruit on the tree on the spot, which was signed by both parties.

Mr. Wang successfully sold Zhuangzi, and after receiving the banknotes, he had someone pick four big watermelons for Fang Zhizhong, and two more for Ge Changxing.

When he was leaving, Ge Changxing smiled and told him that the fruit trees on the mountain should be taken care of, so that Fang’s family would not be malnourished when they took over.

(End of this chapter)