farmhouse ditty

Chapter 154

"The shopkeeper, old man, I will rely on my old man to sell my old man..."

Old Wu smiled, poured shopkeeper Tian a cup of tea, and sat down in front of him, chatting.

"Shopkeeper, drink a sip of tea to calm down. In fact, this is what my old man thinks about today's matter. We still have two banks in Waizhuang. If the shopkeeper really doesn't want to go to Xiayang Village to find that woman, I immediately called a more reliable guy to pick up the silver, and we just returned it to those drugstores according to the amount. Anyway, we didn’t lose anything. At worst, people would secretly joke a few words, saying that we want to do porcelain work without diamonds. Such a big pocket, must hold such a big pumpkin..."

The two sentences that Old Wu said later referred to the matter of planting Erbao vines. He was paying attention to the face of shopkeeper Tian while he was talking.

Shopkeeper Tian glanced at Old Wu, took a sip from the tea bowl, and waited for Old Wu to continue talking.

Old Wu thought about it for a while, and then said, "Hey, but how many people in our industry can really support those Erbao vines, don't they all plant a family and pay for the family... But," said the old man. Wu Hehe laughed for a while, and said to shopkeeper Tian, ​​"My old man thought, if the shopkeeper doesn't go to find that little girl, then from now on, those Erbao vines in our field can only be planted for us." It's a deal."

Shopkeeper Tian frowned, knowing what Old Wu meant, he put down his teacup and said in a calm voice, "Old Wu, you've been nagging me so much, maybe you want me to go to Xiayang Village to find that little woman Isn’t it all nonsense?”

Old Wu smiled, "The shopkeeper said yes, the shopkeeper said yes."

Shopkeeper Tian frowned, "What is it! Old Wu, are you pretending to be confused with me here? Didn't you just say it yourself? In our business, not many people can support these two precious vines. Even if I went to Xiayang Village to find that woman today, but she, a little country woman, can tell me what good way..."

Old Wu looked at him and still didn't respond, he just smiled, "Oh, shopkeeper, you will be in a hurry if you don't deal with a word now, old man, I haven't finished talking, there are not many people in our business. People can support these Erbao vines, but it can’t be said that the farmers in the crop fields don’t understand.”

Shopkeeper Tian looked at him, "What do you mean?"

Old Wu didn't respond to shopkeeper Tian, ​​but just asked him a question.

"Shopkeeper, I don't know if you have ever thought about it. Some time ago, we followed the method of the woman in Xiayang Village and smashed a few Erbao vines in the yard. They really grew well, but why did we do this? After the seedlings are planted in the ground, something will go wrong?"

Shopkeeper Tian listened for a while, and thought about it, and it was really strange. Although Master Wang patted his chest and said that the method was no problem earlier, he also thought about the few seedlings himself, and he could tell whether they were good or bad. If you look at it this way, there should be no problem with the planting recipe that the little woman said.

As he thought about it, he seemed to have come to understand. Two months ago, he asked Master Wang to plant Erbao vines in the yard. She had told him before that she wanted to exchange the Erbao vine for a paving workshop in the town, and she happened to come to inquire about the situation at that time.

But that day, in order to cure that little woman, he purposely didn't meet her in person, and didn't ask anyone to drive her away. Instead, he let her sit in the backyard and waited, and he even called a man to tell her that he was because of There was something on hand and I couldn't leave, so I couldn't come to see her. The little woman believed it at first, but she couldn't wait for half an hour, so she said she would go back first.

So just like that, he used the same reason to make the little woman wait in the backyard several times, while he watched and laughed upstairs.

However, now that I think about it, it was the little woman who should be laughing.

Shopkeeper Tian was a little annoyed, why didn't he expect that this little woman lived in Xiayang Village, and it would take a long time to come to the town, how could she not find it futile to come and sit in the pharmacy again and again, the first time or two It's understandable, but in those two months, this little woman came here no less than ten times, and with her crooked heart, how could she just sit obediently in the backyard and wait without making any small moves?
Shopkeeper Tian looked at Old Wu again, and said what he was thinking in one sentence.

"Old Wu, you are right. The little woman made a secret trick on those Erbao vines in our yard. She just wanted us to see them and make us think they were well-raised. Then we thought If there is no problem, they will be planted in large quantities in the ground, but in fact, let us jump into the pit she dug a long time ago!"

Old Wu looked at shopkeeper Tian, ​​didn't say much, just pursed his lips, and nodded. Shopkeeper Tian figured it out now, the fire in his heart gradually suppressed, and his mind became clearer. He pondered what Old Wu said , I feel that this business is really not to be discouraged.

Earlier, he called his clerks to inform everyone from door to door, saying that Tairen Pharmacy could supply them with Erbaovine, and it was guaranteed to come earlier than those country peddlers, and the money would be charged less.

But today, if he insisted on doing something wrong, he would be able to save face with that little country woman, but in the medicine shop, he would not only give up face.

Shopkeeper Tian finally thought about it, got up and said to Old Wu, "Old Wu, the land deed brought by Master Wang earlier, should you still keep it?"

Old Wu looked at it with a smile, and took out an envelope in his hand, "Shopkeeper, I've always kept this stuff."

Shopkeeper Tian glanced at him, took his hand and walked outside, and said in a calm tone, "Old Wu, do you seem to know from the beginning that I will definitely go to Xiayang Village?"

Old Wu followed behind him, grinning, "Hey, what does my old man know? I'm just thinking that the shopkeeper was pissed off by that tricky country girl, or is there any use for my old man to speak?"

Shopkeeper Tian snorted softly, glanced at the envelope in his hand, and muttered in his heart, the ancients said that women and villains are hard to raise, that's right, especially the little women from the countryside...

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"Ah chirp."

Xiu Niang held a rag in one hand and a soup bowl in the other. She walked across the yard and was about to bring the leftover noodles from lunch to the stove when she suddenly sneezed. I didn't spoil the bowl of noodles at hand.

Chu Ge came out from the main room, watched as he helped Xiu Niang carry the bowl of noodles, "Xiu Niang, what's wrong with you?"

Xiu Niang blinked and forced back the tears, she shook her head, "I don't know, maybe it was because of the coolness last night and the wind blowing."

Chu Ge frowned, and hurriedly said, "Then Xiu Niang, go back to the room and lie down, I'll go to Sixth Brother's to make some bitter tea, drink it first while it's boiling."

He just finished talking, and was about to go out with the noodles, when Xiu Niang looked at him and hurriedly called him to come back.

Chu Ge turned around, "What's wrong, Xiu Niang?"

Xiu Niang cast a glance at him, and took the soup bowl from Chu Ge's hand, "Are you rushing into Sixth Sister-in-law's house just like that, thinking about letting them drink our leftover soup?"

She said she put the soup basin on the round wooden table in the yard, then grabbed Chugo's hand and wiped the back of his hand, Chugo moved violently, shaking out some of the noodle soup in the basin, After getting it into his hands, although the noodle soup was not as hot as it was just out of the pot, it was still warm, but he didn't react at all, and patronized her.

While wiping Chu Ge's hands, Xiu Niang smiled secretly. The sun was shining in the afternoon, which warmed her heart. She didn't expect it to be just a sneeze, but it really made this foolish.

Chu Ge stood there dumbfounded, wondering if it was because of some oil in the noodle soup, but he always felt that Xiu Niang's small white hands were slippery, which made his heart itch.

Xiu Niang held Chu Ge's hands clean, raised her head and smiled at him, and carried the soup basin into the stove.

Chu Ge probably hadn't seen Xiu Niang's charming smiling face for a long time. He stared at Xiu Niang's back in a daze, and Xiao Mo moved his lips quietly.

This time, Xiu Niang's relaxed tone came from the stove, "I know my own body, if it's fine, it's fine, there's no need for bitter tea."

Chu Ge paused and blinked, he hadn't said anything yet, how did Xiu Niang know.

Xiu Niang yelled again from the stove, "Chu Ge, don't just stand there, help me clean up the dishes in the house."

Chu Ge had another meal, he looked left and right, pursed his lips, went to the main room, cleaned up the dishes on the table, and brought them in for Xiu Niang.

Xiu Niang found a cool place to put away the leftover pasta, thinking about adding some ingredients in the evening, heating it up in the pan and eating it again, so it wouldn't be a waste.

Chu Ge went into the stove, saw Xiu Niang was cooking something inside, so he didn't call her, but put the bowls and chopsticks into the pot on the stove, he knew Xiu Niang's habit, every time he finished cooking, he would Pour some water into the pot, wait for the fire in the stove to go out slowly, and the water in the pot will become lukewarm, so you can wash the dishes after eating.

Xiuniang grabbed the apron by the stove and tied it up, turned around to look at Chu Ge, smiled at him, and went to the stove to wash the dishes.

Chu Ge took two steps back and looked at her, "Xiu Niang."

Xiu Niang kept looking at the busy work in the pot, and turned her head to Chu Ge's side, "Huh?"

Chu Ge thought about it and asked, "Xiu Niang, who was that who came to our house earlier?"

Xiu Niang chattered, "Oh, that uncle, he is Master Wang from the pharmacy."

Chu Ge was taken aback for a moment, "From Tairen Pharmacy?"

Xiuniang turned her head to look at him, and smiled, "Well, the one from Tairen Pharmacy in the town."

Chu Ge thought about it and said, "Xiuniang, what is Master Wang doing at our house? Didn't you stop pounding Teng Erbao vines a while ago? Even the ones in the original field were sold as seedlings by you."

After washing a bowl, Xiu Niang put it aside, and said with a smile, "Well, I'm not going to dump Erbao Teng anymore, it's just that Tairen Pharmacy and I still have some unsettled accounts."

Chu Ge was a little puzzled when he heard that, "That's the case, why did you ask him to go back at noon?"

Xiu Niang was about to talk to him, but when she heard the sound of horseshoes outside, she smiled and said to Chu Ge.

"Because... because the person I want to settle accounts with is not him."

(End of this chapter)