Farmer's happy event

Chapter 77
That day, Lianzi went to the pond to look at it, made a decision, and immediately told Liu Jingren after returning home.

Liu Jingren didn't have any objections this time, so he went to the house of the village chief Liu Baoliang at night and discussed with him, and finally bought the pond and the surrounding half acre of wasteland at a price of ten taels of silver.

When Yang and Lianzi heard that they spent ten taels of silver, they were very surprised.This is just a piece of useless wasteland in their eyes, but it was sold at the price of a first-class land. This Liu Baoliang must be too arrogant.

But now that the discussion has been made, there is no other way, so Yang has to tell Liu Jingren again.

Buying an acre of wasteland with half an acre of pond for ten taels of silver is not a good deal in anyone's eyes.But Lianzi didn't care at all when she thought about the future benefits.

The pond is bought, and the next thing is to prepare for fish farming.

Lianzi's family went to the pond first, burned the weeds on the ground, and then pruned the ground to make it look good.Liu Jingren took advantage of his spare time to build a house on the flat and dry land by the pond, and let Liu Ping'an and his wife live in it after the fish pond was bred.

I was busy with the fish pond, and finally I was almost done. The family just fried the peanuts they received this year, made them into various snacks, and sold them during the fairs.

Early this morning, the family drove the carriage and set off with their things.

Still the same as last year, I occupied a good booth in the market and put things on display.

"Mother, after we sell out, can we go buy new clothes?" Li Zi asked, tugging at Yang's sleeve.It's almost the middle of the twelfth lunar month, and it's time to cut clothes.

Yang said with a smile: "If you are in a hurry, buy it, why not buy it?"

Only then did Li Zi sit down with satisfaction, sitting with Lian Zi, pointing to the people coming and going on the street.

After waiting for a while, no one came, which made Lianzi very puzzled.It shouldn't be, according to last year's situation, they should have customers coming up soon after they set up the stall. Why did they come over half an hour this time, but no one came?
While in a daze, Lianzi suddenly saw a middle-aged man passing by.This middle-aged man, Lianzi, recognized him, and had bought dim sum at their stall before.

What surprised Lianzi was that he clearly had two packs of snacks in his hand.Obviously, not from them.

Could it be that there are better snacks here?
Lianzi thought in her heart, looked around, and found nothing unusual.

After she sat back in the booth, but not long after, she couldn't sit still.

Even Yang Shi and Liu Jingren could tell that many of their former customers no longer shop here.

This is a big matter, and it must be carefully considered, as it is related to her future career.

Thinking about it, Lianzi got up and walked out of the stall, and when she saw another person passing by with a dim sum bag, she hurriedly called "Uncle" sweetly, and then asked, "What kind of snack do you have?" Where did you buy it?"

The man saw that it was just a cute girl, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to the distance, and said, "There, it's at the innermost part of the market."

Lianzi tiptoed to look, but still didn't see it, presumably because it was too far away and there were so many people.

"But Uncle, my mother asked me to go out to buy dim sum. There is also a store here. I don't know which one to choose." Lianzi said pretending to be depressed.

Hearing the words, the man said again: "Miss, let's go over there to buy." He said, pointing to the innermost part of the market, and said: "The price over there is cheap. It’s delicious and has a lot of variety, but it’s really too expensive, forty yuan a catty, and it’s only 20 yuan a catty over there, and the taste is not much different.”

So it was so, Lianzi nodded, thanked the man, turned and ran away.

She ran directly into the market, she wanted to see who actually robbed her family's business.

"You take it well, and come back after eating."

Lianzi watched from a distance and saw a white-haired old lady handing an oil-paper package to a guest with a big smile on her face.She was wearing a navy blue double-breasted gown and a clean gray cloth apron around her waist.And next to her, sat a middle-aged man who looked about 30 years old.After careful observation, one of the man's legs behind the booth was disabled.

Even if someone robbed her of her business, seeing the situation, Lianzi couldn't help but feel angry.The life of the mother and son was miserable enough, but instead of complaining, they tried to make this delicious snack.On the contrary, in Lianzi's heart, a little respect for the two of them rose.

I just looked at it from a distance, but Lianzi could see the general idea.The dim sum sold by the mother and son is not the same as her family's. Although some of them look quite similar, they are still much worse than Lianzi's.Moreover, tossing and turning are only those few types.

Lianzi returned to her stall, staring intently at the snacks that were almost unsold.

"Father, mother, why don't we sell this dim sum to shopkeeper Dong." Lianzi said.

She said, and began to close the stall.

"But, shopkeeper Dong is running a restaurant!" Yang said, selling dim sum to restaurants is a bit unreasonable.

Lianzi continued to close the stall and called her sisters to help.Keeping his hands on his hands, he said in his mouth: "It is because it is a restaurant that it sells dim sum. Even if it didn't sell it before, let him start selling it from now on."

"You child, that restaurant is not our own, so what we say doesn't count." Yang said again.

A smile appeared on Lianzi's mouth, and she said to Yang, "Mother, just rest assured, shopkeeper Dong will definitely accept it."

Since there are private rooms in the restaurant, there must be casual snacks such as dim sum.And they had agreed a long time ago that if Lianzi's family wanted to supply the restaurant in the future, shopkeeper Dong would give priority to their family.

Anyway, buying outside is still buying, and it costs money to make it yourself, so it's better to buy hers.

When I arrived at "Fujulai", I found shopkeeper Dong, and Lianzi explained to him her intentions. As she expected, shopkeeper Dong was naturally very happy to accept it.

It has been almost a year since "Fujulai" reopened. In the past year, everything has gone according to Lianzi's original idea, and the passenger flow has been very stable without any major fluctuations.Although this "Fujulai" is not yet one of the best restaurants, it is growing slowly.Lianzi believes that the most unique existence in this restaurant will surely stand out and stand out from the crowd in a short time.

Lianzi's family doesn't make a lot of dim sum every year, it just happens to use up the peanuts grown in their own fields.Therefore, shopkeeper Dong agreed to accept all the dim sum in their house.In the future, there is no need to deliver it in person, just ask the guy who followed the car to get the sauce to bring it along.

The dim sum sold to "Fujulai" has not raised the price, and it is still sold at forty yuan a catty.Although this price is much more expensive than buying dim sum from outside, it only costs four or five yuan per plate, and the amount is less than one catty, and it can be sold for more than 100 yuan per plate after changing hands.For restaurants, it's not bad at all.

Knowing that their own dim sum is not sold well in this market, in fact, the lotus seeds could also be sold in shopkeeper Zhang's shop, and shopkeeper Zhang is also very interested.But Lianzi always felt that if she wanted to open a fruit shop in the future, she would almost belong to the same company as shopkeeper Zhang.

The situation of "Fujulai" sold to shopkeeper Dong is different.First of all, it is impossible for the restaurant to compete with her for business, and it is impossible for her fruit shop to have an impact on the restaurant.Secondly, the reputation of "Fujulai" in the city is getting bigger and bigger. Selling their own snacks here, in a sense, it can be regarded as an advertisement for themselves.

After the snacks were sold out, Liu Jingren and Yang took a few maids to walk around the fair, and gave each of them a piece of cake.Before leaving, Yang went to the front of the darker-colored cloth, pulled up the cloth and made gestures on his body, then picked up the thick cloth and pulled two pieces.

Mrs. Yang glanced at Liu Jingren, smiled and said, "Give it to your parents, so as not to worry about our family's things."

Liu Jingren chuckled, but didn't answer.

After buying some supplies, the family got into the carriage and went home.

After returning home, it was just past noon.Because he just had a meal at the market, Mrs. Yang was not in a hurry to cook. Instead, she first fed the chickens with rice grains, and then fed the litters of little rabbits with millet seeds mixed with vegetable leaves.

In spring, the three female rabbits in the family found male rabbits to mate, and in autumn, they gave birth to a total of eight little rabbits.This harvest made Lianzi's whole family happy. They looked at it like a baby all day long, and they didn't let them go hungry at all.

It is said that since Mrs. Shen went to that woman's house and made a big fuss that day, she no longer dared to ask anyone to tell her casually.

It so happened that Mrs. Shen also came out to the market on this day, and brought some eggs that had been saved by the family over the past few days to sell.

Liu Jingmin drove the car and took her with him.Because they came and left late, they did not meet the Lianzi family.

When returning back, not far from the city gate, Shen heard a young woman's voice.

"Ma'am, can we borrow your car for a ride? My mother can't walk anymore."

Shen looked back, and saw that the girl was wearing a padded jacket that had been washed so much that she couldn't tell what color it was, and a skirt that could barely be recognized as a cherry color was tied underneath, but it was already dilapidated.She looked young, with a serious expression on her face.

The girl was supporting an old woman who looked to be in her 70s or [-]s, and was panting heavily while holding on to a big tree.

Seeing that they were really pitiful and there was still a lot of room in the car, Shen said, "Come on."

The girl was overjoyed, said "Thank you, auntie", and helped the old woman into the car.

"Come up too, miss." Seeing that the girl hadn't gotten into the car, Shen stepped aside.

The girl smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, ma'am, I'll just walk."

"Anyway, there is still room in the car, so you can come up too." Shen said again.

The girl looked at the cart and saw that there was still a lot of space, so she thanked her again and got on the ox cart.

Shen looked at their mother and daughter, and saw that the old woman had rested at this time, so she asked: "Eldest sister, where are you from?"

"From Zhangdian, we are from Zhangdian." The old woman smiled, showing her neat teeth.

"Oh, what a coincidence," Shen said with a smile, "We are from Liujiazhuang, so we can go the same way."

(End of this chapter)