Otherworldly Days

Seeing that shopkeeper Liu's cup was empty, Cao Xiangnan poured him another cup.

"How much is this wine?" Shopkeeper Liu approached and asked.

"Not sure, not many." Not too many, Cao Xiangnan smiled slightly.

He now finds that he has more and more potential to be a profiteer, and is working hard on this road.It is true to say that there are so many Yipinzhais in the entire Fengchao, and each room will definitely not be divided into many.

"Not much." Shopkeeper Liu looked at the kid with his eyes. He said that if he didn't say much, he definitely wasn't much. At that time, I will give it to Lao Fang."

"Of course, my brother must keep it." Cao Xiangnan nodded seriously. Didn't he send some good things to shopkeeper Liu first?But shopkeeper Fang is the big head, and Nanyang is much bigger than Fenshui, so there is no way.

Grapes are only available at this time of the year, and all wine is brewed at this time. After this season, there will be grapes for wine next year.This year I didn’t make any preparations in advance, so I brewed as much as I could. After I have experience next year, it may be much better than this year.

"This wine has just been brewed, so bring it here for you to try first, brother. There are so many orders now. Brother, you can leave a few bottles in the building for guests to try first, and send the rest to someone. Shopkeeper Fang from Nanyang?" Cao Xiangnan put on a flattering smile, not hiding his purpose at all, and the delivery still has to go through Shopkeeper Liu.

"You boy." Shopkeeper Liu felt that this boy was getting better at doing business, but he didn't hate it either, after all, the things he sent were indeed good things.

As for such a good thing, he can't make a decision at this price.He also knew that their big boss also valued this kid very much. Shopkeeper Fang also specifically asked him to treat Cao Xiangnan well, and he would not neglect his God of Wealth unless Shopkeeper Fang asked him to.Now his business here is so good, it is entirely due to this kid.

"Sure, I'll ask someone to send it to Nanyang tomorrow morning." Shopkeeper Liu simply sent the things over there. As for the price of this wine, we can wait for Nanyang to order it, and we won't lose money to this kid. He also said this to Cao Xiangnan, "How much is the price of your wine, give me a bottom first?"

"We'll talk about the price when the time comes. Send it to shopkeeper Fang first, and test the customer's reaction before we talk about it." Cao Xiangnan was afraid that Fang Ziye would cheat him, and this item would definitely be sent to Fang Ziye.

"Haha, okay, okay. That's right, what's this wine called?" Shopkeeper Liu looked at the red wine in the glass, which tasted mellow and full of aftertaste.

"...This is called red wine. There is another kind of green wine. The color is different from this one. I will send it to you for a taste when it is ready." Red wine is made from red grapes, and its color is naturally red. Green wine It is the wine made from green grapes, and now it looks white in color.As for the taste, we still have to wait until it comes out to know. Cao Xiangnan is not sure now, but it will definitely not send shopkeeper Liu to pick up a wine and look at the bottle carefully, "This bottle, good." Said.

"After I came to ask my brother that day, I went to Meijia Village, found that Mei San master, and asked that master to make this bottle." Speaking of this bottle, I would also like to thank Shopkeeper Liu for giving him the bottle. For guidance, Cao Xiangnan toasted shopkeeper Liu here, and said, "Xiangnan is able to have today, thanks to my brother, my brother's kindness to Xiangnan is unforgettable."

"What did you say, you and I are still talking about this? You boy, but you will be fined a cup." Shopkeeper Liu knew that Cao boy was not an ungrateful person, so he treated him like this after he hooked up with their big boss. The little shopkeeper in Fenshui Town was still the same as before, and he knew that this kid was grateful.

Don't say who took the blessing of Tuo, he also took the blessing of this kid.

After drinking a glass of wine with Shopkeeper Liu, Cao Xiangnan also asked Shopkeeper Liu about Yipinzhai's business recently.From the smile on shopkeeper Liu's face, he could know that Yipinzhai's recent business must be good, so the money he can get from Yipinzhai will certainly not be less.

"Just a little snack, you take it back and give it to the children at home." When they were leaving, shopkeeper Liu asked someone to bring a food box over, knowing that Cao Xiangnan had children at home, so he prepared some snacks for him to take back. Have a heart.

"Then Xiangnan will not be polite, and Xiangnan will say thank you for the children." Cao Xiangnan smiled and mentioned it, and he was not polite to shopkeeper Liu.

After coming out of Yipinzhai, passing by the bookstore, Cao Xiangnan took Liu Baishu to the bookstore to buy books for Liu Baishu to teach children to read tomorrow.After entering the bookstore for a while, after shopping, he took Liu Baishu to their shop in the town, and went there to have a look.

At this time, when there are many people after noon, there are still people eating in twos and threes in the store.

"Bai Shu, come and taste the best food in our store." Cao Dapeng saw someone coming, and without a word, he brought over a bowl of steaming pork offal rice noodles.

"..." Liu Baishu felt that he should let Wang Dahu come over, he would be very happy.He didn't come out until after lunch, and he had tea and snacks at Yipinzhai just now, but now he really couldn't eat such a big bowl of food.

"Let's eat, try how it tastes." Cao Xiangnan sat down with Liu Baishu, and then went to Aning's to boil a bowl of Malatang. He ate a few meatballs by himself, and the rest was waiting for Liu Baishu eat.

"Well, the taste is very good." Liu Baishu deeply felt that they would never die of starvation when they came to the general. These years, they dared not even think about eating a full meal, but now they can eat until they are full.In the past, he didn't eat pig offal. The pig offal in the bowl had no taste at all, and he didn't know how to make it. It tasted very chewy and tasted good.

The already full stomach suddenly ate all the food of the night.

"I knew you would like it. I can't forget the taste of our pork rice noodles. They all say it's delicious." Now there are not many people in the store, and Cao Dapeng also sat down and chatted together, talking about the food in their store. Eating is a look of pride.

After getting into the carriage again, Liu Baishu realized that his stomach was round and round, and he was stretched from eating too much.Cao Xiangnan noticed Liu Baishu's movement of touching his belly, he laughed haha, and then said with great emotion, "In the past, we were always hungry and couldn't get enough for two meals a day, but now... Three meals can also fill the stomach."

I'm afraid the whole Caojia Village used to be like this, but now they can fill their stomachs with three meals a day.

"Bai Shu, do you know why?" Looking ahead, the carriage was slowly heading home, Cao Xiangnan thought about this question, and didn't know whether to ask Liu Baishu or himself.

Liu Baishu thought for a while and asked, "Why?" He was also very curious.

There was a moment of clarity in his mind, Cao Xiangnan thought for a while, and said, "For example, for a person, he only wants to have one meal every day to be satisfied, and he works hard for one meal every day. If one day, in addition to eating one meal a day, he also wants to eat two or three meals a day, and then he wants to eat well, then he will work hard for this goal."

This is how desire can motivate people to get what they want, but can desire alone support your ambition?Obviously not.

"How do you get what you want through hard work? This is the way to talk about it, you need to use your brain. There is a man who is especially good at farming, but he still can only eat one meal a day, and he still can't eat enough. What reason did you say?" Cao Xiangnan asked.

Liu Baishu felt that he had read a lot of books, but he had never thought about these issues. Now he heard Cao Xiangnan's words, he could only shake his head.

"But if you think about it in another way, when the vegetables grown in the local area are bought by people, people will grow vegetables. When the things made by carpenters are bought, people will become carpenters. If you grow vegetables and sell them, you will make money. The people who grow vegetables go to the carpenter for work, the carpenter will have money, and the carpenter will buy vegetables when he is rich, so the vegetable growers can not only have vegetables to eat, but also have money to go to the butcher seller to buy some meat..." Cao Xiangnan smiled, a butterfly effect would be caused by a farmer.

"You mean business?" Liu Baishu seemed to understand a little bit.

Cao Xiangnan nodded. Self-sufficiency and self-enclosure under the small-scale peasant economy will only make a place poorer and poorer. Exchanges and transactions can promote the development of a place. As far as the village is concerned, if every household in this village is farming, and the daily melons, fruits and vegetables are available at home, they naturally don’t need to think about buying other people’s things. There's no money in it."

"But one day, they found that besides farming, they could also build roads. If one member of the family went to build roads, the family would get ten copper coins a day, and if two people went to repair roads, they would get twenty copper coins a day. But the family The field also needs to be planted. For these ten or twenty copper coins, they also want the grain in the field, so they will reasonably allocate other people in the family to do these tasks, then the grain in the field can be planted well, and there will be money gone."

In fact, if the entire family goes to farm, it will be a waste of labor, because farming does not require so much labor, and this part of the labor can produce more products.Cao Xiangnan suddenly felt that it was necessary for their new school to teach economics, at least to change the minds of people in this era first, so that people would not be confined to the current framework.

Something flashed through his mind, but he didn't catch it all of a sudden, Liu Baishu listened, half understanding.

Now he still can't understand what Cao Xiangnan said today, but gradually in the future, he understands what Cao Xiangnan said, which brings him a new understanding.

On the way back, Liu Baishu saw someone who was building the road. He remembered Cao Xiangnan's words just now, and looked at Cao Xiangnan a little more inquisitively.Cao Xiangnan noticed that Liu Baishu was looking at him, he smiled and said, "I paid for the people in the village to build the road, and some people from other villages also came here, so I think they can practice Taoism in the town before winter comes. .”

Liu Baishu's eyes lit up looking at Cao Xiangnan, he seemed to understand why their general was willing to do odd jobs behind such a person.

They went to Master Feng's place and saw the progress of the house here. They thought it would be almost finished by the end of the month.Cao Xiangnan and Master Feng talked about the opening of the school, the two chatted for a while, and asked Master Feng to have a drink at his place in the evening, and then we would talk about it in detail.

"Sure, I'll go when I'm done here." Master Feng said, unable to leave here.

"Okay, then Master Feng, I'll go first, see you later." Cao Xiangnan drove the carriage, waved to Master Feng, and the carriage headed home.