Abandoned Daughter's Beautiful Pastoral

Chapter 48 The Thief
"Since the girl said so, the old man is not fooling around. I heard that the girl will stop doing business in the future. The old man wants to buy the recipe for glutinous rice cakes from the girl. I wonder if the girl is willing?"

Zhang Xiaocao thought to herself, of course she would!After waiting for these days, isn't this what you're waiting for?
But he said: "I am willing, anyway, my family is not going to do it, so it's nothing to sell, it depends on what price the shopkeeper offers!"

Shopkeeper Le's mouth twitched when he heard this, if the other party wasn't young, he really thought he was negotiating business with those old fritters!
"Of course! I wonder how much silver the girl plans to sell?"

Zhang Xiaocao said with a smile: "Of course, the higher the better! Then, how much money does the shopkeeper plan to pay for it?"

Shopkeeper Le cursed secretly, he is really a master who refuses to suffer!Although he didn't care about spending more money, it would be great if he could spend less!

After thinking about it, I stretched out my hand and made an "eight".

When Zhang Xiaocao saw it, she was happy. Before those people wanted to buy her prescription, she said that she would not sell it if it was less than 80 taels. This Le shopkeeper sold it for 80 taels. It seems that the price can be raised by a little more. Lift.

Pretending to ponder for a while, Zhang Xiaocao narrowed her eyebrows and said: "Master Le, you also know that our family has only one piece of glutinous rice cakes, and the owners who want to come to Shopkeeper Le are not limited to the Wangjiang Tower in Shuanghe Town. The profit is huge, and your price is not enough!"

Zhang Xiaocao didn't know how many Wangjiang Buildings there were, but from the fact that it was equally popular with Fugui Building with a background, she knew that the owner behind it was not a simple one, and there must be others.

Shopkeeper Le gave her a high look when he heard it. It's rare to be able to think so deeply at such a young age!

"How about this, the old man adds 20 taels, a total of 100 taels, do you think it's feasible?"

Zhang Xiaocao saw that he was so forthright and didn't lower the price at all, and felt that this person was a good person, thinking that he might cooperate again in the future, so he agreed without hesitation.

Shopkeeper Le was also very happy to see this. This kid is not only smart, but also knows how to accept as soon as he is good. It can be seen that he has a good heart!No wonder he caught Mr. Lin's eyes and asked him to help.

Zhang Xiaocao didn't know what he was thinking, so she asked Shopkeeper Le for a pen and paper.

The boy brought the pen and ink, and Shopkeeper Le originally planned to write it himself, but he didn't expect the little girl to take it and began to write seriously, which surprised him, but he didn't expect the girl to be able to speak and write.

How did he know that Zhang Xiaocao's grandparents were all teachers, especially her grandpa was good at calligraphy. When she was young, her grandpa taught her to write calligraphy by himself. He has a good teacher, and he has practiced for more than ten years. No matter how high your attainments are, at least you can tell people!
Shopkeeper Le looked at Juanxiu, but the majestic handwriting was hidden, and he was even more surprised. He took a deep look at this young girl and didn't ask any more questions.

When Zhang Xiaocao saw it, she immediately regretted it. She was really careless. If people doubted her, wouldn't she be very dangerous?

But considering that Shopkeeper Le didn't know her before, and he wasn't a relative of someone in Zhangjia Village, even if he knew she could read, it wouldn't matter.

Afterwards, the two signed a contract, which stated that Wangjiang Tower would not go back on its word, and Zhang Xiaocao would not spread the practice of Nuomi Ci, and if the contract was breached, five times the compensation would be paid.

Zhang Xiaocao had a good impression of Shopkeeper Le. In addition to writing down the method of making Chengfen, she also explained the other functions of Chengfen. For example, using Chengfen in fried dishes has a better taste than flour.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Le gave her a high opinion of her, and warmly invited the grandparents and grandchildren to have dinner. Zhang Xiaocao didn't refuse. After the meal, Shopkeeper Le and his grandma were politely sent out of Wangjiang Tower by Shopkeeper Le.

In the small alley diagonally opposite Wangjiang Tower, two figures flashed out, looking at Zhang Xiaocao and the others' backs, their eyes sparkled, like mice seeing lard.

"Sir, what do you think the shopkeeper of Wangjianglou wants them to do?"

Mrs. Huang asked Zhang Baoyin delicately and softly, who hadn't recovered yet.

Zhang Baoyin glanced at the majestic Wangjianglou, and said sullenly: "As poor as they are, they don't go to eat! It must be no small matter to be sent off by shopkeeper Le, and I don't know why they got online with Wangjianglou of!"

Zhang Baoyin had studied in the town for a few years, and he didn't know anything else, but he was very clear about the famous restaurants and brothels in Shuanghe Town. dispenser's.

"Why don't we go in and ask?" Huang asked tentatively, but she heard that the sister-in-law who was sold made a lot of money cooking food!

Zhang Baoyin nodded, not sure, it felt like a cat was scratching her heart.

Helping Mrs. Huang, whose stomach was already slightly protruding, she went into the Wangjiang Tower, and was welcomed in politely by Xiaoer, but the two of them didn't order food or talk, and didn't even order tea. Xiaoer was very polite at first, but seeing Seeing that the couple not only had no intention of eating at all, but instead asked all kinds of things, they just thought they had bad intentions, and they were not willing to show them a good face, so they sent them out with a few words.

The couple stood on the street in some embarrassment. Zhang Baoyin spat angrily at the gate of Wangjiang Tower, cursed "dogs look at things that are inferior to people", and finally, under the contemptuous eyes of passers-by, pulled Huang to hurry gone.

Zhang Xiaocao, who was walking on the street, was in a good mood. Today, a thousand glutinous rice cakes were sold for five taels of silver, and Fangzi was sold for 100 taels. Adding the previous 100 taels, the total is almost 250 taels of silver. If you buy dry land To grow cotton, in addition to the money to buy seeds, farm tools and labor, you can buy about [-] acres, which is quite a lot!
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaocao became excited, and thought about it for a while. Seeing that there were people buying New Year's goods on the street, she suddenly remembered that their family hadn't bought anything for the New Year, and hurriedly dragged her grandma to the shop.

I went to the grain store to sell some rice and flour, and bought a lot of melon seeds, broad beans and fried peanuts. Someone must have come to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year. These are all for the children who come to pay New Year's greetings.

Recalling the previous life, every new year's day, children of all sizes in the village would like to run to her house, the reason is that grandma would make a lot of unique food, such as peanut candy, sesame candy, fried noodle fish, pumpkin pie, There are also glutinous rice candied melons and several kinds of pastries, which are favorites of the children, and grandma is also very generous, filling their pockets full every time.

At that time, the material resources in the countryside were still very poor, and they were all farmers facing the loess and their backs to the sky. They were rarely willing to buy snacks for their children on weekdays. Only during the Chinese New Year, they would prepare some food at home, but not much. , Therefore, there is a grandma who can cook delicious food, and she is also the envy of the children in the village.

Although nearly 20 years have passed, these interesting events are still deeply imprinted in her mind, so that after so many years, she can still remember them clearly.

(End of this chapter)