Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 285 Privately Selling Seeds
When Caiping heard about this, her heart skipped a beat. Caiyu had come to remind her before, but she never expected that the old lady would leave Feixian County suddenly. This change caught her by surprise.

"Do you think the old lady will..." Qingzhu hesitated, with a frightened expression on her face. She had been trying to please Du Xiaoyu, but she never got any response.It's a pity that the plan last time failed, otherwise Du Xiaoyu would hurt her body, and would not be able to get out of bed for ten and a half months, or even longer, and the following situation would occur. Firstly, Li Yuanqing needed someone to take care of her, and secondly, the shop also needed someone to take care of her. Then, she He could think of a way to replace Du Xiaoyu to deal with all this.

It's a pity that fate is not as good as people's calculations, but that day Huang Xiaoying hugged Du Xiaoyu and escaped the fall.

Caiping understood Qingzhu's thoughts quite well, but she didn't want to follow these crooked ways, she just said indifferently, "We can only obey the old lady's orders."

At this time, she was still putting on airs, Qingzhu snorted slightly, she was trying to please Madam behind her back, and now she is pretending to be noble again!

When the two went to the main room, their bodies were a little tense.

"The old lady is going back to Qidong. I want to hear what you think. If you want to go with the old lady, let me know." Du Xiaoyu glanced at the two of them.

Qingzhu hurriedly expressed her intentions, "The servant girl is already used to serving Madam, besides, it is following the original intention of the old lady, the servant girl does not want to leave."

"What about you?" Du Xiaoyu asked the color screen.

"Slaves obey Madam's arrangements." Cai Ping asked herself that she had done her duty, and she had never done anything wrong, and she had never thought about those other thoughts. If Madam really couldn't see this point, she would be fine if she stayed here. It doesn't make sense anymore.

Comparing the two, the color screen is obviously magnanimous, Du Xiaoyu smiled slightly, "Qingzhu, you go back and pack up, go to the old lady's."

Qing Zhu froze there for a while, her face was full of embarrassment, and she stammered, "Ma'am, you are a servant, what did this servant do wrong..."

"You know what you did wrong." Du Xiaoyu has long been dissatisfied with her, since the old lady is willing to take it back, she will naturally send this restless girl away.

Qingzhu felt guilty, she didn't dare to speak up immediately, and retreated out in desperation.

A tight string in Caiping's heart was finally loosened, and Du Xiaoyu looked at her with a smile, "Do you know why I left you? Because you know yourself well enough, and you can also gain insight into others. Knowing yourself and the enemy is the way to win every battle. You are a smart man."

"Madam praises you." Caiping's face flushed slightly.

"Grandmother is going to Qidong this time, and I will manage all the shops here. I'm actually too busy, and I really want to have a helper. You..." She asked Caiping, "Can you do some arithmetic?"

Hearing this, Caiping felt his heart beating fast, and blurted out excitedly, "Yes, to tell you the truth, Madam, I have learned some arithmetic from the old lady before, and Madam is not too restrained since I came here. Slaves, servants will also go to the study to find some related books to read, and they can understand general arithmetic."

In fact, Du Xiaoyu had noticed a long time ago that although the color screen is safe and sound, she has a heart of self-improvement, which is why she is kept here.

"That's good, start tomorrow, you follow me and study hard."

"Yes, ma'am." Caiping was so happy that she almost shed tears. Madam is different from other women, so she dare not hide anything from her, but this is also the reason why she respects her. Just like an old lady, she also wants to control herself Fate, now, Madam gave her this chance.

She knelt down, kowtowed her head three times seriously, and said, "This servant will definitely not disappoint Madam!"

Three days later, the old lady left for Qidong, leaving five shops for Du Xiaoyu to take care of, as well as a group of stewards and servants to assist her.

Du Xiaoyu didn't expect that she would send her the land deed, house deed, and the deeds of prostitution of the servants.

"Grandmother is afraid that I, a seventh-rank official, have no money to support my wife." Li Yuanqing smiled, "Since you are in charge, you don't have to refuse."

"That's a lot of money!" Du Xiaoyu clicked his tongue, "Why don't you just take it like that?"

"The things that grandma gave will never be returned. It's not like you don't know her temper, so just keep it for now and see the situation later." Li Yuanqing knew that the old lady had always felt guilty about his biological mother. Marrying Li Yu, the mother and daughter quarreled endlessly. This crack never healed. Later, when the biological mother passed away, the old lady was so heartbroken that she loved him so much.

These things may be the old lady's compensation.

Du Xiaoyu had no choice but to keep it carefully.

At this time, the brassica fields had already matured, and the farmers harvested the brassicas, and transported them in big bags to Du Xian's house, and they bid to buy them according to what had been discussed earlier.

Laughter and laughter continued to come out. On the one hand, farmers are naturally happy that they have sold good prices and improved their lives. On the other hand, they can also look forward to next year’s brassicas. This is the light of hope. As long as they keep planting, there will always be Get rich.

"How much do you keep in your hand?" But less than two-thirds of them were collected, Du Xiaoyu asked them immediately.

Some farmers began to hesitate, "We always have to keep some for planting next year."

Of course, there are honest ones who took all the brassica seeds and sold them. Du Xiaoyu took a look at those dishonest ones and reprimanded them, "It was agreed before that you all have to hand over the seeds and sell them. Why did you change your mind at the last minute? I I didn't say that I wouldn't let you grow it, but what kind of words are you hiding like this?"

Seeing his daughter was angry, Du Xian also chimed in, "Yes, you can't count your words!"

"Who doesn't count? But it's too unfair. Why can't we keep some of the brassicas we grow ourselves?" Some of them were still very hard.

Originally, they were all responsible, but some of them changed. Du Xiaoyu speculated that they should have sold the seeds to other people at a high price.Now that the prefect of Jinan knows about it, other counties probably know about it as well. These farmers have money to back them up, and they have become more courageous.

Du Xiaoyu's face darkened, "But they were all sold to other counties? Sande County? Qingkou County? Or... to someone sent by the magistrate?"

Those people didn't expect her to guess it all, and their expressions immediately became unnatural.

"It's fine if you sell it. I won't pursue it. You just have to answer me well. Remember, this is Feixian County. No matter what other people do, I don't believe that they will come to intervene for you little people." Matters in other counties! This is going to be reported to the imperial court, and it is also a matter of losing one's head!"

Hearing that the heads were lost, the farmers trembled, and those who were not determined immediately admitted, "Some counties sent people to collect the seeds, ma'am, we have no choice but to sell them to them. There are old ones on the top and young ones on the bottom, and the price they give is high..."

Du Xiaoyu waved his hand, "Choose the important ones, where are they available, and how much did you buy?"

As long as someone starts this matter, others will stop insisting and speak out one after another.

Most of the dozens of nearby counties have sent people to collect the seeds, and even paid to ask how they were planted.

When the people dispersed, Du Xian scolded angrily, "They're all white-eyed wolves. They said it well when they planted it, but they didn't care about it when they got the money. Hey, people's hearts are unpredictable. It's weird to say that you know people and don't know them." Heart, Mrs. Wu sometimes sees the wrong person!"

"It's normal, but that's all. Anyway, even if people from other counties don't come to ask for it, the magistrate will still have to send someone." Du Xiaoyu sneered, "Or, they may just accept people who honor the magistrate." Nothing in this world is impenetrable There are many people who are good at drilling camps, maybe they knew the magistrate's intentions, and they got busy on their own before he could speak.

Mrs. Zhao shook her head and said, "Hey, speaking of Qingkou County, last time I heard from you, Aunt Wu, that the county magistrate is extremely greedy. Whatever case comes to him, as long as he pays money, he can win anything."

"Oh, isn't that the same as that magistrate?" Du Xian now became more courageous and dared to scold the official, "Xiao Yu, what is the son-in-law going to do? Are you really going to give away the seeds for nothing?"

"Even if you don't give it now, it doesn't make much difference, but since the magistrate wants to grow brassica so much, let him grow enough." Du Xiaoyu sneered, "He will take it from now on."

At the beginning of June, Lord Wang, the prefect of Jinan, sent the steward again. This time, Li Yuanqing readily gave the prefect a lot of seeds, and also sent two barrels of newly fried brassica oil.

Hearing that the magistrate seemed to have won a treasure, he immediately sent it to his father-in-law in the capital to enjoy.

The Holy Majesty soon learned about Brassica, and issued an imperial decree to praise the magistrate, and asked him to cultivate it carefully. If it is effective in the future, it can be seen that it is easy to get promoted and get rich.

The magistrate wanted to do what he wanted, and in response to the emperor's will, he did not hesitate to send people to Hengyang to buy brassica seeds on a large scale.

At the same time, Huang Lishu was going to the capital to take part in the township examination. Du Xiaoyu had long wanted Du Xian and his wife to go to the capital to meet Du Huanghua, and broaden their horizons by the way, so he was now persuading them.

"My aunt also said, what do you have to worry about at home? After you leave, Qingqiu will live with me."

When Du Qingqiu heard this, he immediately quit, "I'm going to the capital to see my eldest sister!"

"You'll only add to the chaos, wait until you're older." Du Xiaoyu glanced at her, "If you keep making noise, I won't buy you that beautiful dress from Hongxiofang."

She immediately shut up and looked at Du Xiaoyu flatteringly.

She knew how to dress up at a young age, but it was her weakness. Du Xiaoyu continued, "Besides, it's just a matter of hiring more hired workers, mother, you really don't want to see Eldest Sister? It doesn’t cost much money, we still don’t need this little money.”

"Yes, yes, sister, let's go together, how lively are the people, otherwise I would be deserted on the road, and Li Shu doesn't like to talk to me. Tell me, I don't want to talk to you in a month. Suffocated to death? Xianggong is staying to look at the shop again, so you have to follow me anyway!" Zhao Dongzhi kept persuading Zhao Shi.

"Forget it, forget it, then we'll go with you." Mrs. Zhao finally agreed.

(End of this chapter)