Let's live with the farmer [Traveling]

Song Pingan didn't expect Xue Ming to leave when he let him go. He thought he would be as thick-skinned as before, and he couldn't beat or scold him to leave.

When he was found missing, he was drying peanuts in the yard. Normally, Xue Ming would come over to help, so he secretly went to the window to take a look, but he didn't see anyone.

The more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong. He pretended to go to work in the field with a hoe on his shoulder, but he was not seen in the field, so he ran to the pond to take a look.

When I came back, I met my aunt in the village, and I realized that he had left in a bullock cart before dawn.

Only then did Song Pingan realize that Xue Ming had left.

He left without saying a word, no, he was the one who let him go yesterday.

He sat on the steps of the door and looked at the crooked neck tree in front of him. He didn't know what it was like, and he felt very stuffy, as if something was missing.

Under the care of Xue Ming's prescription, Song's mother no longer coughs, and she can still help with some things. Looking at the peanuts piled up in the yard, she saw him sitting in a daze at the gate, and called him: "Peace!" Why haven't the peanuts in the yard dried yet?"

Only then did Song Pingan look away, and replied inexplicably, "Mum, Xue Ming is gone."

Song's mother didn't hear anything wrong in his tone, so she hummed and said, "I know!"

As soon as the words fell, he suddenly got up from the ground and kicked the door. He didn't know why he was angry, and said cursingly: "Get out, get out, and never come back."

At the same time, Xue Ming bumped all the way to the town in a bullock cart, slowly flicked off the dust on his body, and smoothed the wrinkles of his clothes.Zhang Shuwen waited for him to finish before going to pick up the things in his hand, and then glanced behind him, not seeing the guy from last time, and asked cautiously: "Boss, is it just the two of us?"

Xue Ming took out a tael of silver from his cuff and threw it to him, saying: "First unload the plums from the car, then go to eat, and finally prepare dry food."

"Alas!" Zhang Shuwen responded excitedly, jumping onto the bullock cart to unload the plums.

Xue Ming walked forward with his head held high, and after he settled Meizi, the two of them went to a nearby restaurant for dinner.Zhang Shuwen usually comes from a poor family and has never been to a restaurant, so he would stare at the table full of dishes and salivate.

Xue Ming was used to eating delicious food in his previous life, he only picked up a chopstick of lean meat, so he no longer had the desire to eat vegetables.Compared with Song Ping'an's cooking skills, this dish was completely different, and in an instant he thought of Song Ping'an's ever-angry face again.

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, thinking of his frowning look when he was angry, thinking of his furious look with a knife raised when he was manic.

He filled a bowl of wine and drank it down, never thinking that it would be a world of difference again.

At this time, I really regretted it. Before leaving, I should have brought some dry food made by Song Pingan and self-brewed wine.

On the other side, Zhang Shuwen was like a wolf who had been hungry for a few days, completely unaware of his depressed mood, with his mouth full, for fear that someone would snatch it from him.

If it wasn't for the upcoming journey, Xue Ming would really not want to move his chopsticks again.He looked the restaurant up and down, and asked, "How much does it cost to buy a restaurant here?"

Zhang Shuwen stuffed a piece of chicken into his mouth, took a sip of wine and swallowed it down, and said: "I think it's only two or three hundred taels. Our place is small, and it would be expensive to open a restaurant in the county. Go to the prefectural and provincial capitals." Even more expensive, at least 300 taels."

Xue Ming nodded thoughtfully when he heard the price. It was agreed that this trip would take more than half a month. His plan was to go to the county town to find out the situation first, and then go to the prefectural and provincial capitals with enough money.

Zhang Shuwen asked again: "Boss, do you want to open a restaurant? Our restaurant here doesn't make money, it's a loss, it's a loss!"

When I go back, I must bring some things to give away. According to the modern routine, I will send a house and a car.What Xue Ming wanted to give away was a restaurant, and Song Ping'an's craftsmanship would be wasted if he didn't open a restaurant.

So he drank another sip of wine, and planned to ask Zhang Shuwen to inquire when he came back, and if the price was right, he would buy a restaurant for Song Ping'an as a gift.

After eating and drinking enough, Zhang Shuwen took him to a nearby porcelain shop, bought ten bowls and prepared enough dry food, and finally hired a black-covered boat at the ferry. I can't make a lot of money by fishing, so I helped move Meizi to the boat after talking about the route and negotiating the price.

When encountering larger towns on the road, Xue Ming would ask Mr. Zhang to stop the boat and go down to set up a stall selling sour plum juice and ice cubes for a day. He happened to leave a basketful of plums in the county town.

On the way, he earned 15 taels. When he got off the boat, Xue Ming gave Zhang Shuwen a port fee and let Zhang Shuwen set up a stall by himself, while wandering around by himself.

Liuhe County, named after the river, is a place where literati often come to recite poems and compose poems.

It was already August, and Xue Ming missed this beautiful scenery.

However, the market in this county is indeed very lively, the streets are filled with the smell of wine, all kinds of stalls are full of goods, there are endless shouts, and there is a constant flow of people.

After shopping for half an hour, I spent two dollars more to buy a barrel of wine, and watched Mr. Zhang selling fish on the street. This fish was caught by him on the way here. He watched all the fresh fish on the boat. I just roll my eyes as soon as I take a picture, and the price is lower than the nearby hawkers.

Just now Xue Ming paid his benefit fee together, of course the benefit is not given for nothing.Mr. Zhang was sweating profusely, wiped his face indiscriminately, came over with a bucket, and told him what he had found out: "There are indeed people planting plum trees and plum trees nearby, and those from poorer families are just around the corner. .”

Seeing that his fish was almost sold, Xue Ming was also short of two helpers, so he said, "Go to Zhang Shuwen when they are sold out, and I will pay you."

Mr. Zhang was even more grateful to Dade and said a lot of words of thanks. He sold the remaining dead fish at the cheapest price and took the guy with him to find Zhang Shuwen.

There are many rich men and ladies in the county, and they are also generous. Most of them like to buy barrels at home. Before half an hour, the plums have been sold out, and only Baibing is left.

The old god Xue Ming sat on the chair on the ground and said to Zhang Shuwen: "You follow Mr. Zhang to buy fruit and water, and you can negotiate the price. I will give you a commission when you come back."

Last time, Zhang Shuwen made more than a fortune with him in one day, and he was full of energy and couldn't wait to let Mr. Zhang lead the way.

The two went to discuss business with baskets and buckets. Xue Ming glanced at Zhang Shuwen appreciatively. He originally planned to use it for a day or two, but he didn't expect this kid to be very smart and understand the market. Most importantly, he was good at bargaining.

Just as he was scooping up ice and selling it to the surrounding customers, two men with fierce faces came.These two people are none other than Cheng Ye, the Cheng family who came to the Song family to make trouble before.

The two of them hadn't seen Xue Ming last time, otherwise they would have been so frightened that they would have been out of the water. The two of them had been staring at his stall for a long time, and they were waiting for him to come and blackmail him for benefits when he was alone.

Now, seeing Xue Ming's skinny skin and tender flesh, he walked over maliciously holding a whistle stick.

Really overreaching, Xue Ming thought.

Both of them stretched out their hands in front of him, stepped on his bench, and smiled ferociously, "Where did the faces come from? Do you know the rules here?"

Xue Ming pretended to be scared, and said, "You two, I am from the countryside and don't understand the rules here, so I don't know where I offended you."

Ordinary people can guess their identities by looking at their clothes and attire, and they will only fawn on them and put money into their hands. Hearing what he said, he twisted his fingers and smiled: "You are very unreasonable, you know what protection is." Fei? You are relying on us to set up a stall here. I have been watching you for a long time and have made a lot of money. Shouldn't you be filial to grandpa?"

No one has ever called himself a grandfather in front of Xue Ming. He hooked the corners of his mouth and became interested, and said, "I'm not satisfied with the two of you. The cost of this ice is really high. Don't look at me for a bowl of one or two. Now the sun is shining again." , I only lose but not gain."

"Grandpa doesn't care if you make money or not!" Cheng Jia smiled slyly, and stretched out four fingers, "If you can't get this figure out, I'll ruin your business."

Xue Ming looked embarrassed, "I've only set up a stall for half an hour, where can I get the money?"

The Cheng family was about to go down with a stick, but Cheng Ye pulled him back and whispered into his ear: "Brother, he sells a bowl of ice for a tael of silver, why don't we grab a bucket from him, take it back and sell it ourselves, let's sell it cheaper. What do you think?"

The Cheng family nodded in agreement, took back the whistle stick and kicked him on the bench: "Since you can't get the money out, then take this bucket of ice and give it to Grandpa."

As he spoke, he pushed Xue Ming away to grab the ice bucket behind him, but Xue Ming pretended to be afraid and held onto it.

Zhang Shuwen and Zhang Laogeng rushed back with one carrying fruit and the other carrying a bucket. Seeing this scene, they hurriedly put down their things to grab them. Zhang Shuwen held the Cheng family's fat body and refused to let him go, saying in a loud voice: "In broad daylight, You actually robbed me by force, I’m going to sue the officials.”

The Cheng family guessed that they came from other places, so they threw him aside three times, "Bah, sue, I'm an official!"

Mr. Zhang even helped him up and rushed to grab him, begging: "Master, this is a small business, how can we live if you take it away!"

Cheng Ye grabbed his arm and tossed it over, "Bah, old man, you'll die if you light ice. I'll reward you with a few barrels in winter, get away!"

There was a sinister smile on the corner of Xue Ming's mouth, and it disappeared quickly, with a strong sadness on his face, "Let them take it away, I'm thinking of a way."

Only then did Zhang Shuwen retract his clenched fists, watched the two of them sway away with a bucket of ice in their hands, turned around to comfort the boss, but saw him clapping his hands and laughing, thinking he was being stimulated, and said: " Boss, don't be sad, we still have a barrel here, let's raise the price, maybe we can make up for the loss."