Beloved Concubine

Chapter 28 Missed Opportunity
Growing peppers?
Everyone present was very surprised.I was still talking about Chunhong just now, why did I suddenly switch to growing peppers?

Chen Xiao kept thinking about growing peppers.

Growing chili peppers does not require much good land. The surrounding area of ​​the county is surrounded by flat fertile fields, so it is not cost-effective to grow chili peppers on such land.

What's more, planting peppers requires manpower, so is it necessary to buy land and hire people?

Before, Chen Xiao thought about planting at Sister Pu's house.Entrusting the planting of peppers to Sister Pu, Chen Xiao is only in charge of purchasing.But that village is too far away.

Right now, Fourth Uncle Wu is Li Zheng of the backer village, so it is more straightforward to discuss with him.

"Chili...what is it?" Fourth Uncle Wu was a little at a loss.

"Chili is a plant that is eaten and used as a condiment."

"What seasoning?" Uncle Wu asked subconsciously.

"You wait."

Chen Xiao showed Uncle Wu a few dried chilies.

"This is dried chili."

Then peel off the chili seeds.

"Use this seed to grow."

Fourth Uncle Wu was still a little confused and asked:
"What does this thing look like?"

Chen Xiao was helpless, she didn't have any hot peppers growing here.

"It's about this tall when it grows. From germination to harvest, it takes about three or four months."

Uncle Wu waved his hand: "I don't know how to plant. I have to hurry back, so I won't tell you."

"Stay here for a meal before leaving."

"Don't eat."

Fourth Uncle Wu left after speaking.After walking a few steps, he realized that Baozhu and the elders of the Hu family hadn't followed.

Forget about the two of the Hu family, they finally found their daughter, and they want to talk.

"Baozhu, let's go!" Fourth Uncle Wu urged.

Baozhu insisted on following, in order to come here for a free meal.Now people keep food, fourth uncle actually leaves without eating.

"Fourth Uncle, leave after dinner!" Baozhu wanted to stay.

"If you want to eat, you eat. I don't care about you!"

Uncle Wu was already angry.The Ruan family brought him to the county seat in a carriage, and now they left him behind.He had to figure out a way to get back on his own.

"Fourth Uncle!" Baozhu shouted, hoping that Fourth Uncle would stay.But Fourth Uncle Wu didn't look back.

Baozhu thought for a while, then said to Chunhong with a playful smile, "Shall I sleep with you at night?"

Chunhong didn't have a good face: "We are keeping Fourth Uncle Wu, not you."

When Baozhu saw that her former good sister had turned into this face, she also got angry and turned around and left.

The Hu family said to Chen Xiao: "Master, can we talk to my daughter?"

"Of course. There's something I want to explain to you."

"What's the matter?" Hu's mother was a little timid.

"Actually, Chunhong didn't sell it to us. We just wrote the deed of sale to help her."

After Chen Xiao finished speaking, he took out the "Deed of Sale" and tore it up in front of Chunhong's parents.

The Hu family's parents didn't understand for a moment.

"Specifically, let Chunhong tell you. Go to the backyard and talk slowly."

Chunhong took her parents to the backyard.

In the shop, Chen Xiao had a sullen face.

Fang Yu asked: "What's wrong?"

"That Fourth Uncle Wu originally wanted to give him a chance to make money. As a result, he didn't even ask a few more questions, and he wasn't interested at all. Forget it if he's not interested!"

With a hot face and a cold butt, Chen Xiao was angry.

"He is a villager, you don't have to be as knowledgeable as him."

Before that, Uncle Wu, a lieutenant, argued with Fang Yu, and Fang Yu didn't like him either.A little lizheng, he really thinks he is an official.

Little Stone leaned over and asked, "How do you grow peppers? Is it easy to grow?"

"It's easy, as long as you have a piece of land."

Chen Xiao told her plan.Originally, she wanted Fourth Uncle Wu's village to be in charge of growing peppers, and she was in charge of purchasing them.As a result, people were not interested.

Little Stone said: "There is Nangou Village at the foot of the mountain to the north of the county seat. I know Lizheng from this village. I will go to him tomorrow and ask if I can grow peppers there."

"You know Li Zheng?" Chen Xiao was surprised.

"Well, I know Lizheng in many villages, but Nangou Village is relatively close, only four or five miles away from the county seat. Now no one has grown peppers. If you give them the seeds, what if they can't grow them well? Find someone close You can go to the place where you want to plant it anytime, and teach them how to plant it. After a few seasons of planting, they will know it by themselves.”

"You can do it!" Chen Xiao happily patted Xiao Shitou on the shoulder: "You are such a treasure boy!"

Through Chunhong's incident, Chen Xiao discovered that Xiao Shitou is more powerful than she imagined.If it wasn't for his idea to write the deed of sale, they would not be able to help Chunhong's affairs even if they wanted to.

Seeing Chen Xiao "stroking" the little stone, Fang Yu felt jealous.He is also a treasure, and sooner or later she will know it.

……

This evening, Chunhong's parents stayed in Chunji Courtyard.

Because I had kneaded the dough before practicing knife-cut noodles, and then no customers ordered noodles, Chen Xiao finally used the dough to make wontons.

Chen Xiao is from the south, and she likes to eat wontons.I didn't expect other people to like it too.

Xiao Shitou suggested that the store sell wontons, a bowl of [-] Wen.

Chunhong's father and mother ate chili in the dish and knew what chili was. They said they wanted to bring some seeds back to plant.

Now Chen Xiao doesn't need to rely on the mountain village to grow peppers, but Chunhong's parents are willing to plant them, so let them bring some seeds back to try it out.

This is actually what Chunhong told her parents secretly.She knew that there were a lot of peppers needed in the store, and Fourth Uncle Wu didn't know what to do, and he didn't cherish Sister Chen's opportunity to make money for him.

The next day, Chen Xiao gave Chunhong [-] Wen to buy some things and go back to the village with her parents.There are younger brothers and sisters in their family. She has been out for so long, so she should go back and have a look.

Chen Xiao originally wanted to give more, but they have no money now.They lent Chunhong 20 taels, and now they give another one thousand taels, and they only have a few taels of silver left.

……

Sending Chunhong off, Chen Xiao said to Xiao Shitou:

"Go to Nangou Village now and ask them about the peppers grown there."

Little Shitou said: "I'm leaving, what should I do in the shop?"

"It's okay, there's me and your Brother Fang."

Hearing "You and I, brother Fang", the corners of Fang Yu's mouth curled up.

He kept saying "You and I, Sister Chen", but now he finally heard "You and me, Brother Fang".

……

Nine days later, it was another market day.

This time they made full preparations and sold more than 500 bowls a day.

Now the noodle press is only used to make rice noodles, and the noodles are changed to sliced ​​noodles.The small stone has been cut to a decent shape using a noodle knife.Plus they added wontons.At the end of the day, several people are exhausted.

But when counting money at night, I was very happy.

"Nine bowls of rice noodles were sold for 340, 74 bowls of sliced ​​noodles, and 270 bowls of wontons. A total of [-] Wen was sold today!"

It took Chunhong and Xiaoshitou a long time to count the money, and they were pleasantly surprised by the result.

Nearly 20 taels of silver!Sold so much in one day!
With their excited hearts and trembling hands, it felt like mountains of gold and silver were piled up in front of them.

Xiaoshitou thought of Sister Chen's promise that the salary would be [-]% of the net profit.He couldn't figure out how much money he would have at that time.

(End of this chapter)