Farming and reading family

Gao E saw from afar that Mr. Fan was standing at the city gate, with a row of people standing behind him, and she immediately became alert.

After all, they had just experienced the incident of their crickets being stolen yesterday.

"Should we go find that Lu Hao first?" Chen Ke also became alert.

"It's too late." Gao E saw Mr. Fan walking towards her quickly.

Fan Shiping and others were no match for him. The weather was getting colder day by day. If it got any colder, the crickets might have frozen to death on the road.

As for arriving in the capital, the powerful and wealthy had already started a charcoal fire early, so there was no need to worry about this problem at all.

"Hey, Mr. Chen, Mrs. Chen, you're finally here." Fan Shiping said enthusiastically, "Did you bring the things?"

"Let's find a spacious place to talk." Gao E said with a smile.

"I was too impatient." Fan Shiping made a gesture of invitation.

A few people left the main road and stood to the side. Fan Shiping was very frank, which made Gao E feel relieved.

But the few people behind him were obviously martial artists.

"Can I take a look at the things first?" Although Fan Shiping was anxious, his face was still calm.

"Please get in the car, Mr. Fan." Gao E got out of the car.

Lu Hongliang took a step forward.

"It's okay." Fan Shiping signaled him not to worry and got into the carriage holding up his clothes.

Chen Qing and Chen Jie stood on both sides of the carriage, while Chen Ke stayed in the carriage with Fan Shiping to watch crickets.

Seeing those crickets, Fan Shiping couldn't help but have his eyes light up. He would make a lot of money if he took these crickets back.

But he still looked at them one by one. Although there were slight differences in size, the crickets were all in good shape.

After looking and counting, there were forty-three in total.

In fact, Fan Shiping wanted to lower the price, but thinking about the final decision of the street performer yesterday, if something went wrong, it would not be worth it.

"There are forty-three in total, two hundred and fifteen taels. Mr. Chen, do you want banknotes or silver?" Fan Shiping was not embarrassed at all.

Chen Ke felt that this was going too smoothly: "Silver."

In places like He County, exchanging silver notes for silver would cost only four or five taels for every one hundred taels, which was not very cost-effective.

Fan Shiping also knew this: "Okay."

Fan Shiping immediately sent someone to exchange the silver for the full silver that had just come out of the silver shop, and he exchanged the money for the goods.

"Mr. Chen is also an open-minded person. When you arrive in the capital, please come to Haochenzhai to find me so that I can do my best to be a good host." Fan Shiping said with a smile.

Chen Ke was stunned. No wonder he felt that Mr. Fan looked familiar. It turned out that he was the owner of Haochenzhai.

Twenty years later, Haochenzhai in the capital was a legend. The owner started out as a hanger-on and became a royal merchant. His daughter married into the palace, and he himself was given a title.

In his previous life, when he was in the capital, he had seen Mr. Fan from afar. However, Mr. Fan was much older at that time, but he was more vigorous and energetic.

"Of course, of course." Chen Ke saluted hurriedly.

Fan Shiping felt a little strange, thinking that the other party had suddenly given him so many compliments, but he didn't take it too seriously: "Then let's say goodbye." He bowed and said goodbye to Chen Ke.

Gao E also saluted, but was curious about Chen Ke's attitude.

Chen Ke was not very warm to Mr. Fan before, so why did he suddenly compliment him so much?

She instantly realized that Chen Ke might know this person, and that this person's identity was not simple.

After watching Mr. Fan and his companions leave, Chen Ke directly gave his eldest brother and third brother a silver ingot weighing five taels.

"It's still early. Big brother and third brother, go see if there's anything to buy. We'll have lunch and wait here." Chen Ke said directly.

Chen Jie took it immediately. The smooth silver felt good.

Chen Qing then took over and whispered, "You'd better not tell your parents about this money. Mom can't keep secrets."

"Yes, yes, yes." Chen Jie immediately agreed.

Most of these crickets were obtained by the winners in exchange for candy from the children in the village. If the villagers knew about it, they would definitely say something.

"Okay." Chen Ke nodded.

Gao E felt that she was overthinking it, and these people were more secretive than her.

Chen Qing and Chen Jie left, and Gao E and Chen Ke also planned to enter the city.

The two of them had two things to do today. One was to visit Gao Chong's family, and the other was to settle Luo Dagang's money.

Fan Shiping was there yesterday. Gao E didn't want Fan Shiping to know about their relationship, so she didn't pay Luo Dagang.

As soon as they entered the city, Lu Hao suddenly ran out and jumped in front of the carriage.

Chen Ke was so frightened that he reined in his horse. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Lu Hao.

"Then Mr. Fan didn't lower the price, right?" Lu Hao asked directly.

"You must be staring?" Gao E lifted the car curtain to make sure it was Lu Hao and then put it down again.

Lu Hao chuckled, then his expression turned serious: "You better not mess with that Master Fan."

"What?" Chen Ke naturally didn't believe what Lu Hao said, because he was the boss of Haochenzhai.

"After you left yesterday, he asked me to find out the whereabouts of the street performer. Last night, I brought people to break his legs." Lu Hao said with a painful look on his face.

Chen Ke's expression froze and he looked a little worried.

Gao E frowned, thinking that now that he had obtained the cricket, if he really wanted to do something else...

Fan Shiping has returned to his residence to pack his luggage. With this batch of crickets, his trip is worthwhile.

"Aren't these just a few crickets? Why are they so expensive? Did that couple cheat you?" Lu Hongliang looked at a cricket cage while holding it.

The price was indeed more expensive than Fan Shiping had expected. Although he had always said it was a high price, he planned to find some faults to lower the price later. One or two taels of silver for an autumn insect was a sky-high price for the people here.

But he was also anxious because of what happened yesterday.

Moreover, he learned from Lu Hao that it was the Chen couple who deliberately let the strong man perform and shout in the street yesterday, which really helped them build momentum.

"That's all." Fan Shiping laughed at himself. "In the business world, everyone relies on their own abilities."

He and the Chen couple could each rely on their own abilities, but if the strong man who performed performing arts failed to take her by force, it would be ruined, and he could not tolerate that.

Besides, I made a lot of money this time.

"Fan Ye is still rich." Lu Hongliang didn't say anything.

Fan Shiping smiled and said, "You like to eat that braised food, it's made by that woman."

Lu Hongliang was stunned for a moment: "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"They are so busy now, I'm afraid they don't have time to do those chores."

Lu Hongliang sighed and suddenly realized, "Why don't you buy his braised food recipe as well? You'll definitely make a fortune in Beijing."

Fan Shiping lowered his eyes and thought for a while. The braised food tasted really good. He had never eaten anything so delicious in the capital.

But he was not a person who was greedy for food and drink, so he didn't think of this.

"How is it?" Lu Hongliang saw that Fan Shiping's expression had relaxed.

"If you come out with me, you will be able to plan business for me. If you were so good at planning, why couldn't you even keep your own escort company?" Fan Shiping immediately gave up this idea.

He has his own plans, which cannot be changed by the sudden appearance of braised food.

Lu Hongliang looked dejected, but since he followed Fan Shiping out, he had to listen to Fan Shiping. It seemed that he would have to find a way to make braised food later.