Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Mom, you are really different now that you are the wife. You even know to give out bonuses. Who said last year that we didn't make much money and we are not richer than them, but we still had to give them bonuses? Didn't you say you would not give any?"

Li said, "Nowadays, things are different from the past. If I were to be stingy like I was in those years, it would not be decent. I can still afford to give 500 coins to each person."

Zhou Xing opened a box, and as expected, it was a box of stationery.

I opened another box and couldn't help but exclaim.

Zhou Guo and the others hurried over and asked, "What's wrong? What is it?"

When I saw what was in the box, I was stunned. There were some fresh fruits in it!

They are all put in small baskets.

Zhou Guo took out each one.

A basket of mulberries.

A basket of cherries.

A basket of loquats.

In the end, it turned out to be a basket of strawberries!

Zhou Guo looked at the basket of strawberries and was shocked. If she remembered correctly, this thing was introduced very late in the previous life. How come it is available here at this time?

Where did this come from?!

The old man didn't even bother to make tea. "There are ground berries. This is a good thing. I have been to so many places, but I have only eaten it once. It was at a wealthy family. There was a whole plate of them. There were so many of us, and each of us got one."

Over the years, I have forgotten the taste.

Li and Zhou Xing didn't know what this thing was, and had never eaten it. Upon hearing this, they laughed and said, "A big restaurant is a big restaurant. These things are given away in baskets. It would be great if we could have one."

The old man said, "The only fresh fruits we can eat at home are sour pears and wild fruits from the mountains. It is rare to have these things in the north."

Zhou Xing looked around and said, "I've only eaten mulberries and loquats. If you ask me, fresh fruits are more abundant in the south, such as plums, peaches, and apricots. Some families in the village grow some. When they are ripe, we can eat half of them to satisfy our craving."

As a result, when we arrived in the north, we found that there were no fresh fruits except wild fruits.

There is no place to buy what I want to eat.

Zhou Guo took a look inside and saw some cakes, candied fruits, tea leaves, and some popular dishes from the restaurant. However, sea cucumbers, abalone, and prawns were not available this time.

These baskets of fruits are probably more expensive than those seafood.

After all, this thing won't be stored for long, and it takes a lot of effort to transport it here.

Shopkeeper Yang is so thoughtful!

However, when the time comes, the price will have to be raised and we cannot be lenient. At worst, we can give him more goods.

Several people packed up the things in the box, put the dishes in the kitchen, and put the study into the house.

Li picked up a few baskets of fruit and put them into the house, intending to eat them together when the children came back.

When Zhou Guo came out of the kitchen, he saw that everything had been cleaned up. He looked around but couldn't find the fruits. He asked Li, "Mom, where did you put those baskets of fruits?"

Li said, "Let me take it back to my room, and wait for your brothers to finish school and eat together."

Zhou Guo smacked his lips and said, "It's such a big basket. We have to eat these fresh fruits quickly. If we leave them for too long, they will rot and become inedible."

The old man was making tea with newly acquired tea leaves at this moment. He nodded when he heard this.

Mrs. Li didn't know she was here yet. She came out of the kitchen holding a ladle and said with a smile, "I know you want to eat it. I'll go wash some for you right away."

Zhou Guo saw her holding a small ladle, and went into the kitchen to get a small basin. "Your ladle is so small, how many can you put in it? Not even enough to fill the gaps between your teeth. Wash more, wash more."

He ran into the main house at the speed of light.

Li followed in quickly, "Hey, leave some for them, they are hard to come by, save them and eat them slowly, don't eat them all at once."

Zhou Xing bent over with laughter and followed him in.

The old man is funny too.

Zhou Guo held the wooden basin and took out two handfuls of fruit from each basket, especially the mulberries, which had to be eaten quickly or they would go bad in two or three days.

Each loquat is nice and round, as are the cherries. It looks like they were picked only for their quality.

The strawberries are so beautiful. I never thought I could eat strawberries here. She has never seen wild strawberries in the north. She misses them so much!

This cherry was different from the big cherries that came later. It was small and crystal clear. She couldn't help but tasted one. A scent of cherry came from it, sweet and slightly sour. It was so delicious!

That was something that the big cherries that came later could not compare to at all.

Li said, "Okay, okay, save it for later. You finished it in one meal, what are you going to eat next?"

Zhou Guo started to pick up strawberries and said, "Mom, these things can't be kept. They have been on the road for a whole day. If we don't eat them now, they will go bad. Such good things, you can't bear to eat them when they are good. Are you going to keep them and eat them when they go bad? Only a mentally ill person would do this."

I also picked up half a basin of four kinds of fruits, which I estimated could fill three plates.

Li felt a little sad. "It's a pity that this kind of food can't be stored for a long time. Otherwise, if it can be kept for ten days or half a month without going bad, we can eat it every day."

"Don't." Zhou Guo said quickly: "Mom, it's normal for delicious things to not last long. If one day, these things can be kept for half a month or even a month without going bad, that would not be a good thing. Everything has a price."

The old man couldn't help but nod his head after hearing this, "You're right, if it can be kept for that long without going bad, it can't be a good thing."

Li thought about it and felt that it made sense.

Zhou Guo and Zhou Xing squatted by the well and washed the fruits. After washing them, they put them on four plates, one plate for each fruit, and placed them on the table.

Li picked up some cakes and dried meat.

The old man's tea is also ready.

At this time, Zhou Gu came back from the mountains. When he saw the table full of things, he was surprised and said, "It's not time for dinner yet. What's the purpose of setting up a table? Where did these come from? Have they received the festival gifts?"

Zhou Xing smiled and said, "Of course, where can we get these? Go wash them and eat the fruit."

The family sat around the table and the old man poured a cup of tea for everyone.

Zhou Guo looked at the table full of delicious food, grinned, and picked a strawberry.

Took a bite of the red tip of the strawberry.

Sweet and fragrant!

Full of strawberry flavor!

This is strawberry!

I ate one, then another, and then picked a loquat. It was sour and sweet, and full of juice, but the core was a bit big.

The first thing the old man ate was ground raspberry. He ate one when he was young and almost forgot what it tasted like. He only remembered that it was delicious. Now he eats it again and it seems to taste the same.

Zhou Xing picked a strawberry for Xu, and Xu ate it in two bites. She was not picky and ate whatever was given to her.

Li ate a cherry first and sighed, "The old village head's family also had one. It has been there for generations and has grown tall and big. In previous years, when the fruits were ripe, most of the low and easy-to-reach ones were sold, leaving only the small and worm-eaten ones that were out of reach. They became the best snack for the children in the village. Thanks to the generosity of the village head's family, all the children in the village could have a meal."

There were only a few of them to begin with, and the adults didn't feel comfortable snatching them from the children, so they never got to eat any.