Power to the government and the public: Qian engaged in business in ancient times

Chapter 37
"Agan, you said those sugar canes were used as seeds for trial planting? Let the villagers in Liujiawan plant sugar canes?" Wen Liang asked the doubts in his heart while gnawing the sugar cane meat in his hand with a basket on his back.

"Not bad!" Wen Qian nodded, and handed over two knots of sugarcane meat in Wen Liang's basket to McDull.

"Thank you Wen Xiucai, thank you Brother Wen." McDull bowed with excitement, stretched out his hands to take the sugarcane meat excitedly, and walked beside Wen Liang with a red face.

"Slippery!" Wen Liang slapped McDull's arm, and continued to ask, "Agan, you just rest assured of Huang Weibao, and you won't be afraid of that kid..."

"What are you talking about? He is the future brother-in-law of the Wen family. You have to treat him politely." Wen Qian glanced at Wen Liang coldly, took out a sugarcane from the basket, and slowly gnawed it.

A group of three people, facing the setting sun, walked towards Wenjia Village.

Arriving at Wen's old house, Wen Qian took four sections of sugarcane meat from Wen Liang's basket, and left a sentence: "Brother Datang, remember to come to my house later, I have something for you!"

"Okay." Wen Liang cheerfully carried half a basket of sugar cane meat, and stepped into the door happily.

When Wen Qian returned home, Mrs. Jiang and her two younger sisters had already prepared dinner.

Mrs. Jiang was sweeping the yard, Wen Yu was embroidering silk handkerchiefs, and Wen Wen was teasing the little fox.

"Brother, what are you holding? Can you eat it?"

Rourou hugged the little fox, and ran over excitedly, seeing that there was no white horse behind him, nor Huang Weibao, and asked, "Where is Brother Weibao?"

Wen Qian said: "He has something to do and has gone home."

"Oh." A trace of disappointment flashed across Wen Yu's face, and he continued to stare at the four-section sugarcane in Wen Qian's hand: "What is this?"

Wen Qian handed a section to Rourou, and explained, "Sugar cane meat, eat its juice."

"That's great, it's delicious!" Rourou dropped the little fox in her arms, took the sugarcane and gnawed it, "It's delicious, so sweet!"

Wen Qian smiled, walked up to Wen Yu, and gave her all the sugarcane in her hand: "A Rou, I will leave the rest to you."

"Ah?" Wen Yu was taken aback, and then foolishly took the sugarcane Wen Qian handed over.

Seeing that her stepson was getting close to her two daughters a lot, Mrs. Jiang had a smile on her face, and without asking him what he did that day or why he didn't see the horse, he greeted him directly: "Ah Gan, wash your hands and eat. "

"Okay." Wen Qian smiled at Jiang Shi, turned around and went to the kitchen to fetch water and wash her hands.

After sweeping the yard, Mrs. Jiang was about to enter the house with a broom.

"Aunt Jiang, you're at home!"

Miss Gou carried a bamboo basket covered with a black cloth, and came to the gate of Wen's house, showing a bright smile to Mrs. Jiang.

"Ah! Yunjin is here, come in and sit down, have you had dinner yet?" Jiang looked at the broad and fat girl Gou with a soft face, and spoke a little softly.

This is a Fuwa from Wenjia Village. The day of birth was different. The sky that night was not only full of stars, but also a white light fell from the sky and fell into the courtyard of Gou's family.

Every time a catastrophe happened in the surrounding villages and it was about to spread to Wenjia Village, the villagers would go to ask Miss Gou, and she said casually, "Don't worry, everyone, Wenjia Village will be fine." '

As a result, even returning to Wenjia Village survived the disaster smoothly.

Whether it is a coincidence or not, the name of Gou girl's Fuwa is well-known and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

In addition, the girls in the village are all slender and thin, but Gou girl is white and fat, with a top-three appearance, which makes the villagers believe that she is a blessed person.

"No need, Aunt Jiang."

Gou Yunjin shook his head, and put the bamboo basket in front of Mrs. Jiang: "This is the stewed pork made by my father. I brought it here for you to taste. My father also said that he didn't find a seasoning such as prickly ash. He was afraid of the taste. Not delicious enough! If Brother Wen knows that there are peppercorns there, remember to come to my house and tell my father."

"Aunt Jiang, I have to go home for dinner, so I'm leaving first."

Gou Yunjin saluted Mrs. Jiang as a junior, looked sideways at the yard, but didn't find Wen Xiucai, turned around and left.

Jiang lifted the black cloth and saw not only a large piece of pork, but also a pig's foot. She picked up the bamboo basket and went to the kitchen.

Knowing that this is a thank-you gift from his own daughter, his stepson confiscated Fangzi's money.

Wen Qian washed her hands, and was going to help serve the dishes to the main room, but when she heard Miss Gou's voice, she was so frightened that she hid directly beside the table to warm up the fire.

"Agan, this is the stewed pork from Yunjin. They said it was for us to taste, and there is a little pepper in it." Seeing Wen Qian beside the platform, Jiang thought that he hadn't heard Gou girl's words, and asked carefully. Say it again.

"Okay, I got it." Wen Qian didn't expect that there was no such seasoning as prickly ash here, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

I also thought that there are pepper trees in Bashan Mountain. If a large area of ​​pepper is planted, it is also a good potential stock to sell to the entire Chu Zhao Kingdom.

To whom should I leave this matter?
Yes, the uncle and the second uncle are good at farming, so it shouldn't be a problem for them to plant pepper trees. It is perfectly fine for them to lead some members of the Wen family to plant pepper trees.

I'll leave it to McDull to sell the peppercorns!
When it was getting dark, Wen Liang came to Wen's house.

Wen Qian had already copied the "Six-Character Mantra" from the Buddhist scriptures on rice paper, handed it directly to Wen Liang, and told him that it was a book of exercises, and after learning it, he could fly over walls and kill people invisible.

Delighted, Wen Liang put the rice paper into his arms and left happily.

at night.

Wen Qian was lying on the bed, thinking that he had to go to the old house tomorrow to settle the pepper issue.

After sorting out your thoughts, close your eyes and fall asleep in three seconds.

The next day, Wen Qian came to Wen's old house, and when she entered, she saw her aunt washing clothes in the yard, which filled two large wooden basins.

This should be the clothes of the whole family.

"A-gan is here, have you eaten yet? There are coarse-grain steamed buns in the kitchen!" Mrs. Qi stopped moving and raised her head to greet warmly.

Thinking of the sugar cane that Wen Liang carried back last night, it was really delicious, crunchy, sweet and thirst-quenching.

She chased and asked for a long time, but that cunning ghost Wen Liang said that cousin A-gan found the sugarcane, and he didn't know anything about the rest, which made me so angry!

"I've eaten it. Thank you, auntie, for thinking about it." Wen Qian smiled, scanned the yard, and asked, "Auntie, where are uncles and uncles?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Qi showed joy on her face: "Your uncle and second uncle went to the town before dawn, saying that they were going to see if there was any work. It will be summer soon, and there is not much work in the fields. Why don’t you look for a job? A-gan is looking for your uncle and second uncle to talk about sugar cane? That thing is crisp and sweet, and if you sell it in the market in the town, you can earn a lot of money!”

Wen Qian understood in an instant. It turned out that the eldest aunt was so enthusiastic because she was trying to get sugar cane. This greedy temperament really didn't hide it at all!

"Gan, don't listen to your shallow-sighted auntie, sugar cane is a rare commodity, it can't be everywhere, it's just a daydream!" Mrs. Wen came out from a small door with a cloth curtain and greeted her affectionately. Wen Qian pulled into the hall.

After pouring a cup of hot tea, she went to her room to grab a bucket of fried peanuts and put them on the table. Her cloudy eyes were full of kindness: "Eat, your uncle, the second uncle left early, and should be back soon gone."

Looking at the fried peanuts on the table, Wen Qian felt Mrs. Wen's preference, her eyes suddenly felt a little sore, she lowered her head and said, "Okay, thank you grandma."

Old lady Wen smiled, patted Wen Qian on the back, and said approvingly: "You, you finally have some human touch. I'll call that lazy pig, Ah Liang, the sun is already drying his ass, and he still can't get up."

Listening to Mrs. Wen's footsteps going away, Wen Qian picked up a peanut, with a nice smile on the corner of her mouth.

After Wen Liang was called up by Mrs. Wen, he was forced to go to the main room to drink tea and eat peanuts with Wen Qian.

After a while, the second aunt Liu was carrying a basket full of pigweed, followed by two sisters Wen Qiu and Wen Dong who also carried a basket full of pigweed.

After Wen smiled and said hello, he grabbed a handful of peanuts with both hands and handed them to Wen Qiu and Wen Dong, and they returned to the main room under their surprise eyes.

Wen Liang frowned, and looked at Wen Qian puzzledly: "Agan, what do you care about those two girls, my aunt doesn't feel sorry for you, so there's no need for your cousin to feel sorry for you!"

Wen Qian glared at him, and said displeasedly: "What are you talking about? Those are our cousins. Their surname is Wen, and they belong to the Wen family. I don't care what the eldest aunt's attitude is. You must have the responsibility of your brother."

Hearing this, Wen Liang's expression changed, and he lowered his head: "Okay, I understand."

Near the afternoon, Uncle Wenquanfu and Erbo Wenquancai came back hungry.

(End of this chapter)