Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 127 Chu Qing
At the beginning of September, the Xu family had planted the club, and Wenhan, Zixuan, and Pengcheng all went to study in the county school.Zhiming and Wen Cheng took Xu's sun-dried sticks to the south, but they also took part of the sticks, but the capital was too small, so they didn't bring much.Zhiming and Wencheng's purchase price was 400% higher than that of the local people, so some villagers were not in a hurry to spend money, so they asked Zhiming to hold it first and pay the money when they came back.Uncle Zhiming and his nephew got away with more than [-] catties of sticks, and the Xu family's sticks alone weighed more than [-] catties.

Xue Shi and Zhu Shi also returned to the town, and Jingya got married in October, so of course they had to make good preparations.Jinghan, Jingxian and Mingyu all followed back to the town, even Honglian and the others followed.Only Zhixin and the two families were left on the mountain. The ginseng seeds had not been sown on the mountain, and there were still some work that had not been done. Zhixin was worried and wanted to watch from the mountain.

The Lin family's wine shop has already started work, and it happened that the new grain came out in autumn. Lin Xing's family collected a lot of grain and stored it.The Xing family also has a younger brother named Xingye, who is the Erlin Xue mentioned at the beginning.Erlin's daughter-in-law was a bit mean and greedy for cheap, so she separated the family early.The Xing family has two sons and one daughter, the eldest is Zixuan, and Zixuan is studying in the county, of course there is no one in the family.So Zhixin sent Guo'an, Guoqiang, and Anping to the wine shop. Anyway, there was not much work in winter, so there was no need for so many people to be here.

Jinghan returned to the town, and she didn't have much to do, so she helped Mrs. Xue with some things about her eldest sister's marriage.Although it is not a wealthy family, this marriage really cannot be too simple, so various things are also very complicated.

Huixin gave birth to a girl, and it was the full moon on September [-]th.Now that Qingnian has both sons and daughters, he tells Huixin that Huixin will not have any more children in the future.Huixin agreed, but in her heart she wanted to have two more children. There are too few children, and the family is not lively.

On the morning of the nineteenth, the old man and Mrs. Chen took all the family members to Qingnian's house.

As soon as Mrs. Chen saw the white and tender baby on the kang, she fell in love with it. She took out a gold lock piece that she had prepared a long time ago and hung it around the baby's neck. Then she held the baby in her arms. Give. "Oh, I saw a little milk doll again. Look at her small mouth, small nose and small eyes. She will definitely be a handsome girl in the future. Qingnian, have you named the child yet?"

"Mother, I named it Chuqing, which means the first sunshine after the rain." Qingnian said with a smile on the side.

After hearing this, everyone said that the name is good, and Jinghan also thinks it is good. The mood is also very good after the rain. "Grandma, give me a hug for my sister. You haven't let go since you came here. You should let us hug for a while." Jinghan looked at the snow-white and tender little girl, and she liked it very much, so she wanted to hug her. hug her.

Mrs. Chen said with some reluctance, "Then just give it to me after a while, you children are careless, don't hurt Xiao Chuqing." The old lady told her worriedly.

Jinghan took the child from grandma and held it in her arms.This little guy is very worry-free, and no one will cry when he hugs him. He looks around with two big black eyes, chattering around.

Jingxian and Mingyu also came to Jinghan's side, rushing to watch the child. "Sister, this girl is really fun. Look at her hands, they are so small."

"Okay, Jinghan, the child is still too young, you can't hold it for too long, or it will be bad for the child's waist. Let's put it down first, we haven't given the full moon gift we prepared yet." Xue Shi stood aside Said.

After hearing what her mother said, Jinghan had no choice but to put the child on the kang.Xue took out a pair of small silver bracelets and gave them to Chuqing.Mrs. Zhu took out a pair of anklets with two bells on them, and put them on for the child.Not far behind, Mrs. Han took out a silver collar. Now, Xiao Chuqing had a lot of things hanging on her body.

"Sister-in-law, look at you, with such a small number of children, how can you prepare all these gold and silver?" Huixin said hastily when she saw it.

"What's the matter? You are the only girl in our family. This is a full moon gift for our aunts and nieces. Now our family is not the same as before. It's good to make clothes. These silver things can also be taken We can figure it out, of course we can't lose out to our little Chuqing, right?" Xue Shi said while teasing the little baby.

The family was chatting affectionately here, Honglian and the others were going to help in the kitchen, but Qingnian stopped them. "No, we're still serving wine in the restaurant today, not at home. I don't have enough space here, so I'll be busy then, trouble."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chen nodded, and then said to Honglian, "Go to the kitchen and help prepare two tables of food. The men go to the restaurant, so we can stay at home. There are fewer people and we are at ease."

Honglian nodded, and led the three of Hongshao out.Qingnian's family now not only has that grandma, but also bought two little girls.Qingnian is now the big shopkeeper, and the family can afford to support others, just in time for Huixin to take a good rest.A few maids were preparing lunch for lunch in the kitchen.

At the beginning of Sishi, many people came to the Tao family one after another, including neighbors nearby, colleagues or friends celebrating the new year.After Sizhong, Qingnian saw that almost everyone had arrived, so he took everyone to a nearby restaurant.The men all left, and Mrs. Chen led several nearby daughter-in-laws, as well as these women from the Xu family, and set up two tables at home, and everyone had a meal together.

After eating Chuqing's full moon wine, Mrs. Zhu said it would be better to take Huixin and his wife back to Xu's family, just in time for confinement.Mrs. Chen thought about it, and thought it was okay, with so many people accompanying her, she was not afraid of any mistakes.It just so happened that they came back from drinking in the restaurant during the New Year. After discussing it, everyone agreed to move to confinement today.

So sister-in-law Xue hurriedly helped clean up, and everyone drove the ox cart to take Huixin, mother, daughter, and Jinghui back to Xu's house.Qingnian didn't follow, they all lived in the town and could go to Xu's house anytime, there was no need to follow at this time.Besides, there are still many things to deal with in Renjitang, and Qingnian doesn't have the time to always follow Huixin, and when Huixin returns to her mother's house, Qingnian can feel relieved.

On September 22, Zhiming and Wencheng who went out came back.Old Wang, the gatekeeper, saw that his second master and second young master had returned, and he was very happy.Quickly helped to drive the carriage into the yard, "Second Master, Second Young Master, please go into the house as soon as possible, I will fix it here."

Zhiming and Wencheng came to the house where the old man lived, and as soon as they entered the room, it happened that Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhu were chatting with each other, very old ladies.As soon as Zhu raised her head, she happened to see her husband and son. "Father, Wen Cheng, you're back. Why are you so fast this time?" They used to go out, and they couldn't come back for more than a month.

The old man and the old lady also noticed the father and son at this time, "The third father is back, hurry up, come on the kang." The old man said,
Zhiming and his father did not go to the kang, but sat on the edge of the kang, "Father, mother, I am back. This time I went to Anguo, and it happened to be a big businessman from the south, who brought us here. More than 400 catties of sticks are all needed. And he needs other medicinal materials, let us help him collect medicinal materials here. We remembered that Jingya was going to get married, so we didn't delay outside, and collected some that we didn't have here. Medicinal materials, I came back quickly." Zhiming talked about this trip. "This year's sticks are sold at a very good price. A catty can be sold for six taels of silver, which is two or three times higher than ours. We sold a total of 400 taels of these 500 catties of sticks. .If I hadn’t met this big businessman, it would be good to sell it for four or five taels. In the past, this person never went to Anguo, but this year he suddenly wanted to go and have a look. Unexpectedly, we just happened to meet him.”

When the old man heard this, he was also very happy, "Okay, it's good to sell more money. Third, when you left, did you have a hundred catties and didn't give them any money? Go back to the village tomorrow and give it to others. You have to follow my order. Meaning, let’s raise the price by [-]%, after all, they trust us, so they let us take the mallet away first. What do you think?” The old man is a real person, and the current market here is only one catty It would be great if the mallet can be sold for more than two taels of silver.The sticks that Zhiming took away were calculated on the basis of two and a half catties, which was already much higher than the local ones. If it was increased, it would be a lot.

Zhiming nodded without thinking, "Cheng, dad, you can do whatever you want. We are all from the same village, so we can't enrich ourselves and deceive others. We will have to collect more sticks in the future." , the price must be higher than others. Is it calculated as two or eight dollars?"

The old man nodded, "Success, that's it. I also know that it's not easy for you to go out. Those who are away from home can't eat well and live well. You don't have to worry about carrying the money? This is already much higher than selling it to others. , If you want to come to the Wu family and the Li family, there is nothing to say." How can the old man not feel sorry for his children and grandchildren?Seeing his son's turbulent journey, of course he felt uncomfortable. "By the way, where are the medicinal materials you collected? Did you bring them back?"

"No, we sold them all. On the way back, we sold them all. The price is not bad, just doubled. It was just that we received a little less at that time, so we only received 1000 taels of medicinal materials." Zhiming said with a little regret with.This was the second time they went out to dump medicinal materials, and there were many things that they didn't quite understand, so they didn't dare to charge more.Unexpectedly, there are many medicinal materials that are very expensive in the north, and several pharmacies are rushing to ask for the medicinal materials they brought back.All of a sudden, as soon as the medicinal materials were sold, it became 2000 taels.

"Grandpa, my father and I plan to go to the south again after Jingya gets married. There are still many people's sticks in our village that are not for sale. We will go back and collect some when we have time. We will go back and forth this winter. Tossing the medicinal materials a few times is more profitable than we can grow mallets." Wen Cheng said with some excitement.

(End of this chapter)