The Big Farmer of Time Traveling

Along the way, Zhang Da gave Lin Xiazhi and Lin Chengzu a detailed introduction to several long-term merchants selling donkeys in the trading market, as well as some farmers who came to sell donkeys loosely. The donkeys sold by the farmers are usually the cubs of their own female donkeys. Take it out and sell it when it's big.

After reading it, Lin Xiazhi felt that merchants specializing in livestock trading were more professional, and the donkeys sold by retail investors were often not as strong as the donkeys of merchants, and half-sized donkeys had to be raised for a while to buy back.

Under the leadership of Zhang Da, he spent 15 taels of silver and 15 cash to buy a male donkey in his prime, and spent another [-] cash to go to the clerical office of the trading market to handle the sales contract, a total of [-] taels and [-] cash.

By the way, Lin Xiazhi gave the donkey a county pass. With this pass, Lin Chengzu could bring the donkey into the county and deliver the donkey directly to the back door of Jufu Building, but he had to pay a management fee of [-] cash per month.

With the donkey purchase contract in his arms and the donkey in his hand, Lin Chengzu kept laughing like a madman as he walked on the road. If Lin Xiazhi knew that he was happy because he bought the donkey, he would definitely have slapped him.

"Brother Xia, does our family really have a donkey?"

"Yes, there is."

"This donkey belongs to our family?"

"Yes, that's right, the contract of sale and purchase is still in your arms, just now it was signed by you and stamped with your handprint."

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Lin Xiazhi experienced this kind of conversation several times on the road, and he couldn't help rolling his eyes, Lin Chengzu was almost like a donkey, he was so stupid.

In fact, Lin Xiazhi underestimated the significance of a donkey to the peasants, because when the villagers saw them leading a strange donkey, they all put down what they were doing and came around to ask.

Lin Chengzu would giggle aside, and Lin Xiazhi had no choice but to stand up and explain: "We didn't buy this donkey, it was lent to us by Jufulou, and we have to return it to others in the future."

This is of course an exaggeration to the outside world. Whether people believe it or not depends on the individual. Lin Erfang just built a new house and bought a donkey to go home.

"It turned out that it was borrowed from Jufulou, and I thought your family really made a lot of money and became prosperous."

"It's really lucky for you to be able to establish a relationship with a big restaurant like Jufulou. You must take care of other people's donkeys carefully. Don't get tired or sick, otherwise you won't be able to afford to sell the land."

Some people say that grapes are sour if they can’t eat grapes. A donkey costs 15 taels. Lin Erfang only has two acres of dry land worth [-] taels. Naturally, he can’t afford to sell his donkeys even if he sells the land.

"The donkey we borrowed will naturally take care of itself, so you don't need Zheng Fulang to worry about it." Lin Xiazhi responded lukewarmly.

"Oh, brother Xia, don't worry about some people. I think your family's life will get better and better. Is this donkey lent to you by Jufulou to transport goods?" There are bitter villagers, and there are also enthusiastic villagers. .

"Ah Zhang, it's like this. Before, my elder brother had to deliver goods in Uncle Liu's bullock cart every day. The shopkeeper of Jufulou was kind enough to lend us the donkey cart in their backyard. If our family saves If you have enough money, you can buy this donkey. Thank you for your good words, our family will save enough money as soon as possible."

"That's a good relationship. The donkey is a big guy. Hurry up and take the donkey to a donkey cart. Maybe you can get a ride with your donkey when you go to the county town."

After chatting with the villagers, Lin Xiazhi hurriedly urged Lin Chengzu to find the village carpenter Tang to fetch a donkey cart.

Donkey carts were sold ready-made in the county town, but they were more expensive. In order to save money, Lin Chengzu insisted on taking the donkey back to the village for Tang carpenter to make.

The surrounding villagers all touched the Lin family's donkey and then slowly dispersed. I believe that the news that their family brought a donkey back before dinner will spread throughout the village.

This situation gave Lin Xiazhi a headache. After returning home, he must unify the family members. The donkey is borrowed, not bought!

Li Xiu has always been tight-lipped, but Lin Huzi is likely to be told the truth by the youngest Lin when he cries. Lin Chengzong is still young and easy to be stereotyped, so the donkey at home is bought by himself. Only Lin Xiazhi, Lin Chengzu and Li Xiu knew.

Even though he didn't know the truth, Lin Huzi still couldn't put it down when he saw the donkey they brought back. He felt annoyed when he touched the donkey, and kicked him twice.Lin Huzi also had a happy face after being kicked, this is a donkey!

Seeing him like this, Lin Xiazhi couldn't help but rolled his eyes again, the father and son looked alike, silly!

It takes two days to drive a donkey cart. Lin Xiazhi spent a whole morning making a notebook. He didn't know how the accountants of this era operated, so he drew some forms on the notebook according to his own understanding, and taught Lin Chengzu how to write a notebook. account.

With the account book, Lin Erfang's business dealings are finally not messy. The data on the form is clear at a glance, and he can know how much money he has earned at any time.

Every morning, Lin Chengzu went to the county to deliver goods. He didn't have to wait for Uncle Liu's ox cart. He set off at the time he wanted, and donkeys were faster than oxen, which saved a lot of time.

When Lin Chengzu came back from delivering the goods, he unloaded the donkey cart and put a blindfold on the donkey. It could grind the stone mill in circles by itself, faster than people pushed it. Lin Huzi only needed to add soaked soybeans and Water, people will relax at once.

The speed of making tofu has been accelerated, and there is more free time, but Lin Xiazhi still has other tasks for Lin Huzi to do.

It’s November, and the weather is starting to get colder. The vegetable seeds grown in the dry fields have already germinated. Lin Xiazhi checked their condition with his golden finger. The golden finger suggested that the temperature should be increased, so the straw curtains made before came in handy. .

Lin Xiazhi ordered Lin Huzi to surround the two acres of dry land with straw curtains, and then wrapped it with a layer of oilcloth. He went to see the state of the dry land the next day, and he didn't say that the temperature was low.

When it gets colder, the land is frozen, and some carbon pots have to be placed in the grass curtains to heat up. The family still needs to make tofu in winter, which requires a lot of wood, so we need to stock up more firewood before it snows.

With the donkey coming back to help, the two men in the family were still too busy to touch the ground.

Lin Xiazhi even thought about buying firewood outside in winter. This proposal was rejected by the family as soon as it was put forward. There are not many things at home now. If they don’t go to collect firewood, they will be free. Besides, Lin Huzi and Lin Chengzu I don't think it is very tiring to go up the mountain to cut firewood.

The villagers looked at Lin Erfang's two acres of dry land covered with grass curtains and tarpaulins, and they were very puzzled. They came over to ask Lin Huzi, but Lin Huzi didn't know why Lin Xiazhi made such a fuss, so he could only smile silly. Do not respond.

Now in the eyes of the villagers, Lin Erfang is becoming more and more unusual in the village. It is a new house, a donkey, and tossing the fields. I don’t know what their family is going to do, but Niu Fulang and Liu Fulang These people who often come to Lin Erfang know that Lin Xiazhi, the little brother, took the lead in the changes in their family.

Before the land was frozen, Lin Xiazhi also suggested that their family should also learn to fence the land, because Lin Xiazhi himself hadn’t tried whether he could produce vegetables in a greenhouse, so he didn’t tell these families that the land was fenced. What, it is only useful in winter.

The two families thought that the land was useless in winter, and there was no work at home in the slack season, so they asked their own men to follow Lin Erfang to do it.

After the shed was set up, the bricks custom-made by the county were also ready. Lin Chengzu found the man who had helped repair the house before and built three new brick houses together.

Unlike building a new house, repairing a brick house requires laying the foundation. The brick house can be repaired in two days.

The sauerkraut jar happened to be delivered to them too, so Lin Xiazhi asked Lin Chengzu to drive a donkey cart and go door to door to collect cabbage.

It is not yet the coldest time in winter, and the output of cabbage is so large that it is only a copper plate per catty, and the cabbage for the whole donkey cart is only a few hundred pennies.

It took a few days to make sauerkraut from the returned cabbage before Lin Xiazhi began to study sweet potato flour.

He asked carpenter Tang to help him make two wooden spoons, both of which were large, with some round holes on one spoon, and some slightly flat holes on the other spoon.

The thick paste made from sweet potato starch was poured into a wooden spoon, and the vermicelli leaked out one by one, dropped into boiling water, boiled for a while, then picked up, hung on a wooden rack outside the house to dry, the amount made by Lin Xiazhi for the first time Not much, only about ten catties.In addition to the thin sweet potato vermicelli, I also made a little wide vermicelli.

The weather was getting colder and the second batch of sauerkraut was ripe, so Lin Xiazhi took his own sauerkraut and vermicelli to Jufulou.

Every time Lin Xiazhi came to Jufulou, the copper shopkeeper would personally receive him. If he brought new things, he would call his young master, and this time was no exception.

"Shopkeeper Dong, it will be winter soon, and there will be fewer and fewer vegetables. If there are customers who want to eat fresh vegetables, how will Jufulou plan to solve this problem?" Lin Xiazhi chatted with shopkeeper Dong while waiting for Cheng Wenliu to come over. Check out the tone.

"Winter vegetables are also available." Tong shopkeeper said, "Some nearby big families will grow some vegetables on the hot spring farms, and sell the unfinished ones to various restaurants."

"The dishes of Hot Spring Zhuangzi are probably not cheap."

"That's right, every time I go to buy it, I'm waiting to be slaughtered. Vegetables that usually cost three renminbi can rise to [-] renminbi in winter, and I often can't buy them."

Because the Cheng family made a fortune relatively late, they don't have their own hot spring village, so they can only rely on buying. Every winter, the shopkeeper Dong is very troubled: "How can Brother Xia solve it?"

"To tell you the truth, I came here this time for a cooperation, and I want to talk to Jufulou." Lin Xiazhi took out the sauerkraut, "The sauerkraut in this jar is no worse than fresh vegetables."

"Really?" Shopkeeper Dong was so excited that he broke his voice, his eyes brightened and he looked at the small jar in Lin Xiazhi's hand.

"Uncle Dong, why do you get so excited every time I come over?" Cheng Wenliu hurried over, and when he entered the door, he heard shopkeeper Tong's voice.

"Master, it's not that I'm excited, it's that Brother Xia brings good news every time." Shopkeeper Dong patted his thigh happily, "This time, the sauerkraut brought by Brother Xia can solve our dilemma of not having vegetables in winter."

"Oh? What is sauerkraut?" Cheng Wenliu raised his eyebrows. He didn't know how Xia Ge'er's brain grew. Every time he could come up with things he had never seen before, every time he saw this brother, his curiosity was overwhelming. One more point.