farmhouse ditty

Chapter 156

Shopkeeper Tian listened to what Xiuniang said, and after thinking about it, she understood that what she meant was that the matter of finding a shop shop and asking her for help was not the same thing at all. Calculated.

In fact, it is true, this shop shop was what he had talked about with this old woman earlier, and today he brought it to someone else, and it is considered that she deserves it. It stands to reason that he can't talk about it, but...

Shopkeeper Tian thought about it, and said to Xiu Niang, "What is this one-size-fits-all, Tian is stupid, and I hope my sister-in-law can give me some pointers."

He knew that Xiuniang had other requests, but he didn't say anything, and had to wait for Xiuniang to ask for it. Although he had something to ask of Xiuniang, he had to say what the reward would be after this was done. The meaning of what the other party said is different.

If he himself speaks first, then if the other party is dissatisfied, he has to keep adding more. This is a bottomless pit, and if the other party speaks out first, if it is too rude, he can still bargain.

Xiu Niang didn't say anything when she thought about it, she just looked at Shopkeeper Tian and asked with a smile, "Treasurer Tian, ​​what did you want me to do for you?"

Shopkeeper Tian frowned slightly, not sure what this little woman really wanted to do, she couldn't speak correctly, she was always in the same place.

He thought about it and said, "Oh, my sister-in-law is like this. We planted more than ten acres of Erbao vine seedlings in the field two months ago. , but I still carefully followed my sister-in-law's method, digging holes in the selected land, planting and fertilizing, all of which were done according to the list you gave me..."

Xiu Niang listened and nodded, "Yes, that's right, the seedling dealer is right, this Erbao vine is indeed not picky about the ground, it can live in the soil, but it is very easy to raise, then That's what I told shopkeeper Tian at the time."

She said this and put aside the quarrel first. The shopkeeper just said that he didn't listen to the seedling dealer, but planted Erbao vines according to the method she said. This is tantamount to throwing the problem to her. The reason shopkeeper Tian came to her at this moment was because there was something wrong with the Erbao vine in the field. If she continued to let him talk like that, then everything would be her own fault in the end. .

Shopkeeper Tian smiled, "Sister-in-law said at the time that the Erbao vine could live in the ground, and I also believed what she said, but I would like to ask sister-in-law why the same soil quality and the same Seedlings, but two different results will come out?"

Xiu Niang chattered, "Master Tian, ​​what are you talking about?"

Shopkeeper Tian watched Xiu Niang say this, and then told about the trial planting of Erbao vines in the yard.

He circled an open space in the yard earlier, spread the black soil for growing crops in it, and then planted the six Erbao vine seedlings that Xiuniang gave earlier, and fertilized and watered everything. Zhu Er Bao Teng really grew very well, and he also felt that the method Xiu Niang gave was correct, so he put in large quantities of seedlings.

But when he planted all the seedlings in the ground, the situation was different again. Although he also followed Xiu Niang's method, the seedlings on the ten-acre field didn't bloom at all, unlike the six-year-old seedlings in the yard. Like a tree, the flowers are all over the branches.

Shopkeeper Tian finally looked at Xiuniang and said, "At that time, Tian thought about whether these Erbao vines have human nature. They grew well in front of the old owner, but suddenly they changed to a new owner, but they all grew up again. Not so much, like, during those two months, my sister-in-law often sat in my yard, so the few Erbao vines in my yard grew quite well."

Xiu Niang didn't wait for shopkeeper Tian to finish speaking, she "puchi" smiled, "Oh, if you don't say anything, a scholar is a scholar, and what you say is just a joke. Of course, these flowers and plants are human nature. If we use more snacks in private, those Flowers and plants are good enough to support, if we do something that is not authentic, of course these flowers and plants will not grow well."

She looked at Shopkeeper Tian, ​​smiled and said the last sentence, "Why, is it possible that Shopkeeper Tian has done something unreasonable?"

Shopkeeper Tian listened for a while, but just said "haha" twice to get away, he just wanted to collect some rent, isn't that considered authentic.

"Haha... Uh, little sister-in-law, I would like to ask you to go to my field and help Tian find the root cause of this Erbao vine not growing flowers, ah, of course, I will send a carriage at that time Picking up my sister-in-law... and brother Chu to enter the town."

While Shopkeeper Tian was talking, Chu Ge just came out of the back room with a money bag in his hand and came to Xiu Niang's side. He looked at it and added another sentence.

Chu Ge put the money bag in the middle of the table, sat down and laughed, "No need, Brother Tian, ​​my family has a car, and if you want to enter the town, you can leave anytime."

Shopkeeper Tian glanced at Chu Ge, wondering what to say to him, just smiled, and then waited for Xiu Niang to reply, "Sister-in-law, look, can you spare some time to go to Tian's field tomorrow?"

Old Wu was probably tired of looking at chickens. He listened to what Shopkeeper Tian said, and then he came back and sat on the edge of the round wooden table. He stroked his beard and laughed, joining in the persuasion.

"Yes girl, I see that there is not much farm work in your field, or the two hoes on the yard can't be so clean, my old man thinks you two should take advantage of this time to go to the town for a while Firstly, I can take a look at the shop in the back street, secondly, if you help us revive the Erbao vines in the field, my shopkeeper will not be in the wrong."

Xiuniang glanced at him, thought about it and said to shopkeeper Tian, ​​"Tian shopkeeper, you want me to go to the field to help you look at the Erbao vine, but I have written everything I should say and do on paper for you." Well, you just follow the method above and do it upside down, isn’t that what my yard does too.”

Shopkeeper Tian subconsciously looked at the Erbao vine on the edge of the fence. Although the branches of this small tree are a bit short and it looks like an inflorescence, it is full of flower buds, and some of the surrounding ones are in bloom. It's useless to pick them off, and seeing these Erbao vines being trampled for nothing, Shopkeeper Tian yelled anxiously in his heart, it's really a pity.

"Sister-in-law, the few plants in my yard a while ago are the same as yours. Seeing that those flowers are fast... fast..."

Shopkeeper Tian was anxious, and couldn't find a good word to say in his mind, so he could only falter and haw.

Xiu Niang thought for a while, intending to make shopkeeper Tian jealous, she pointed to the Erbao vine by the fence and said with a smile.

"Tian shopkeeper, what you want to talk about is the first stubble flower, right? This one in my yard is the one. If you follow the old saying, you have to say 'head spray', which means that the first stubble flower at the beginning of Erbao vine, When the time comes, all those flowers will pop out all at once, and there is no way to stop them. If there are few people working in the fields, they will not be able to pick them at all. Wait until those bones are all cracked It's a waste, that's a waste..."

Shopkeeper Tian nodded as he listened, and hurriedly echoed, "That's right, sister-in-law, those plants in the backyard of my pharmacy were moved to the ground a few days ago, and those Erbao vines are the same as my little sister's." It's the same as in the yard of my sister-in-law's house, all the flower buds on the branches are popping up!"

Xiu Niang looked at shopkeeper Tian and smiled secretly. She had planned to hold the Erbao Vine upside down for him, but he was not in a hurry enough just now.

This kind of thing, you have to be careful, if she doesn't take advantage of this to push shopkeeper Tian tighter, then she won't be able to say what Chu Ge said last night, and even if she did. , the shopkeeper Tian will not agree.

As she was thinking about it, she deliberately didn't answer what shopkeeper Tian said, but diverted the conversation to other places.

"Hey, shopkeeper Tian, ​​you don't know. I used to watch a family plant several acres of Erbao vines in my mother's house, but there are only five or six people in their family. Although they are all They are all familiar with picking flowers, hang a cloth bag in front of them, and use both hands to bow left and right. One person can pick thirty or forty catties in a day, but they are still too busy like this, and the remaining flowers are all blooming in the end. wilted..."

Following what Xiuniang said, shopkeeper Tian remembered the ten acres of land in his own town. Seeing that the "head spray" had been ruined, he couldn't let the flowers in the back go to waste. According to the master, the flowering period of this Erbao vine lasts for a few months, and it blooms from now until October, and it is estimated that there are about three or four stubbles.

Shopkeeper Tian murmured in his heart, or what Old Wu said was right. Today he came to Xiayang Village to invite this little country woman to go to the fields. She might ask for something. I guess the word "money" is inseparable from the left and right. Otherwise, she wouldn't have nodded and agreed. Anyway, these are small money. He has to scare the little woman and let her tidy up the Erbao vines in the field. After all, the Erbao vines will only earn money later When the money is big.

He interrupted Xiuniang, "Sister-in-law, you have said so much, the Erbao vine seedlings in my field were indeed planted according to the method you gave me, but at this time, every one of my plants The flower buds growing on the seedlings are less than [-]% of the one in your yard."

Xiu Niang frowned this time, "Hey, shopkeeper Tian, ​​the two of us use the same method, didn't you also hold a few plants upside down in your yard, you must have a good look at it to get it It was planted in the ground, but now you are saying why there are no flowers growing on your ten acres of land, I really don't know, why don't you wait..."

Shopkeeper Tian closed his eyes, if he had to wait, then why did he come to Xiayang Village, rushing to take this idleness, he might as well dig out the seedlings and plant some other herbs instead.

"Sister-in-law, my land is more than ten acres, and I hire more than a hundred men a day. I can't afford to wait."

Xiu Niang just pursed her lips when she heard this, it's useless for you to cry poor with me.

Shopkeeper Tian looked at Xiuniang, thinking in his heart, if this little woman gets up, she will really lose half her life, he thought this, and finally spoke.

"Sister-in-law, if it's convenient for you, you can talk about your request."

(End of this chapter)