Chapter 72： Dad is so treacherous

Chapter 72 Dad is so treacherous

The eldest daughter of the second wife of the Chen family jumped into the river without causing much trouble, and the villagers soon forgot about it.

Nowadays, people in the West Village are most concerned about the mushrooms in the East Village and the bamboo sheds they built.

As a result, villagers from the West Village came to the East Village in twos and threes to visit and ask a few questions from time to time.

But now the people in the East Village are thieves and don't really want to talk to the people in the West Village. They often say a few perfunctory words, saying that they are too busy to answer, and drive them away in disguise.

However, the people of Xicun Village were not willing to give up easily and tried every means to peep. Some of the shameless ones even went to the Jiang family to seek advice, but were turned away by the Jiang family.

On this day, a large mule cart drove into the village, followed by several servants riding donkeys.

After the mule driver asked where Jiang Sanlang's family lived, he drove the cart straight to his house.

“Is Jiang Sanlang at home?”

Zhou Mao jumped off the mule cart and came to the bamboo fence gate to shout.

Jiang Sanlang was picking cotton seeds at home right now, so he heard the sound and went out to open the door.

“Hey! It’s Manager Zhou, there are only a few guests.”

Jiang Sanlang clasped his fists at Zhou Mao, let him and his party into the house, and asked them to sit down.

Chunniang quickly got up and went to the kitchen to boil tea.

Zhou Mao looked around Jiang Sanlang's house, lifted up his robe and sat down on the broken bench without saying anything.

Rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile: "Your golden ears are all dried."

“Of course.” Jiang Sanlang also smiled: “Manager Zhou, you came just in time, we are all ready.”

As long as you go outside and shout, the villagers will probably bring you golden ears and snow ears.

“What about those fine products? How many did you collect this time?”

Zhou Mao came here mainly for the high-quality products, which had already sold for fifty taels of silver and one tael in Fucheng, which was more valuable than a century-old ginseng.

This is because not many people know about it. If those noble families know about it, the door of their own business will probably be squeezed by the slaves of the family, and the price will rise to sky-high prices.

Of course, he will not let the Jiang family know these things.

“There are twelve kilograms of fine products in total,” Jiang Sanlang said.

Among them, there are five catties for my family, three catties for the eldest brother and two brothers, and two catties for my father.

The ones planted by the little girl Yingbao are not included in this list.

“Just twelve pounds?” This is too little.

Zhou Mao was a little disappointed, "Bring them all to me for a look."

Twelve kilograms, just twelve kilograms, it’s better than nothing. Alas, it’s not even enough to share with a few distinguished guests when we go back.

The owner of the trading house alone has to reserve three kilograms, not to mention other distinguished guests, who are all waiting for him to bring back the fine gold ears.

Jiang Sanlang took two large backpacks out of the house and placed them in front of Zhou Mao.

Zhou Mao picked them up and smelled them one by one, fearing that Jiang Sanlang might get some fake ones mixed in.

Jiang Sanlang didn't care about him and just watched quietly.

Yingbao also came out of the house, followed closely by the two twins.

Zhou Mao finally finished inspecting the fine products and ordered the boy to weigh them.

After weighing the fine golden ear fungus, Zhou Mao asked again: "Don't you still have fine snow fungus at home? Why don't you take it out?"

Jiang Sanlang said with a smile: "To be honest, that fine snow fungus has been ordered by another family."

"What?" Zhou Mao was unhappy, "Brother Jiang, you are not being honest. You promised that I would come and get it, and you didn't even have to do any errands. You actually ordered the fine snow fungus to someone else?"

Jiang Sanlang smiled, "But Manager Zhou didn't say not to let us sell to others, and we didn't sign a contract. Of course, the price will be determined by whoever has the higher price."

Zhou Mao angrily pointed at Jiang Sanlang and wanted to scold him, but in the end he did not dare to scold him. He only asked angrily: "How much does the other family pay?"

Jiang Sanlang didn't raise his head too high and said, "I gave him five taels of silver for a pound of fine snow fungus."

"What?" Zhou Mao chewed his teeth, but still cursed, "You, you black-hearted man, how dare you frame me!"

Jiang Sanlang had a calm look on his face, "They really paid so much. You, Manager Zhou, don't think it's expensive, but others don't." Zhou Mao was so angry that he circled around in circles, and finally gritted his teeth, "Okay! I'll give you five taels too, so hurry up and give it to me." Take out the snow fungus, remember it’s a fine product, mix it with some fake ones to make it look better on you!”

Jiang Sanlang then went into the house and took out two baskets of snow fungus. "There are eight kilograms here in total. I can only give you half, and leave the other half to the guest."

As soon as Zhou Mao heard this, he rushed over, picked up two baskets and left, saying: "Stop dreaming!"

After saying that, he ordered the boy to quickly put the weight on the scale. After weighing it, he moved it directly to the mule cart. He also ordered a servant to keep an eye on the basket.

Ying Bao was amazed when she witnessed her father's cunningness.

Hey, I still need to study harder with my father. This ability to fool people will be of great use in the future.

The next step is to weigh the common golden ear.

Jiang Sanlang planted five hundred golden ears, Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang each planted five hundred, Jiang Laohan planted two hundred, Jiang Cheng also planted two hundred, and Dani and Erni also planted a hundred.

It is estimated that the Jiang family will have to plant this amount in the future.

“There are fifty-two catties and eight taels of golden ear, and twenty catties of snow ear.” The boy counted.

Zhou Mao took out his abacus and clicked it. "A total of three hundred and thirty-seven taels and five hundred coins."

This is the largest sales volume in history. Jiang Sanlang pursed his lips and smiled.

Zhou Mao knew that the Jiang family did not want any money, so he brought a lot of silver ingots this time, many of which were large ingots of twenty taels, which was more than enough to pay for the money.

After loading the golden ear and snow fungus into the car, Zhou Mao ran to look at the bamboo shed of Jiang Sanlang's house, and touched the big deer in the yard. He asked in surprise: "Brother Jiang, can you sell this big deer?"

“I won’t sell it. This is my daughter’s deer and I can’t sell it for any amount of money.”

Zhou Mao shook his head regretfully and was about to leave when Jiang Sanlang said again: "Please wait a moment, Manager Zhou. We still have golden ears and snow ears in the village that have not been moved here."

Zhou Mao blinked, and just as he came up with some weird idea, Jiang Sanlang said quickly: "They went to the trading house last time and know the purchase price."

Zhou Mao took a breath and asked without giving up: "Do you have any high-quality products?"

"No. Only our family owns the fine ones. It's hard to take care of and others can't grow it." Jiang Sanlang ruthlessly put an end to his illusions.

"Oh." Zhou Mao waved his hand in dismay, "Then let them deliver it quickly. We won't wait until it's late."

By this time, Ying Bao had already run out to call Granny Wang next door, and asked Granny Wang’s son to go to another house to inform others.

Soon, Jiang Sanlang's house became lively.

Villages have moved their golden fungus and snow fungus here.

Yingbao and his two younger brothers were sitting on the deer fence, swinging their legs and watching people coming and going.

Among a group of big men, there is a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who are very eye-catching.

The older one is about fifty years old, and the younger one is about twenty years old. They are fair and delicate, with thin eyebrows and long eyes. They are soft and weak, and they look easy to bully at first glance.

This is the Tang family, the second wife of Patriarch Chen, and Shao family, the youngest daughter-in-law.

 I saw Tang holding a little boy in his arms. He was two or three years old, only older than his younger brother. He had a shaved head and thin eyebrows and eyes, much like his mother, Shao.

The Shao family was holding a large bamboo basket with about a hundred dried golden ears in it.

Tang held her grandson and walked up to Yingbao. She took out a few pieces of candy from her pocket and stuffed them into her hands. She also stuffed two pieces into each of the twins. She smiled and said, "My mother-in-law made these. They're so sweet."

Ying Bao thanked her: "Thank you, Granny Tang."

The two younger brothers also learned, "Thank you, Granny Tang."

Tang touched Ying Bao's head and said with a smile, "Next time Bao'er takes his younger brother to his mother-in-law's house, she will cook a lot of delicious food."

Yingbao nodded, "Okay."

Tang Shi smiled even more happily and introduced her grandson to Yingbao: "His name is Chen Bozhong, and his nickname is Yao'er. Yao'er, please call sister Yingbao."

Yao'er blinked her narrow eyes and called out obediently: "Sister Yingbao."

 Ying Bao couldn't help but touch his three-flowered head and responded with a smile.

Xiaojie Dawu was unhappy and grabbed his sister's arms one by one to prevent her from touching the other babies.

(End of this chapter)