Chapter 99： 100 rice seeds

Chapter 99 100 Rice Seeds

Li Yu and Zhou Jia went to the blacksmith shop where the spinning wheel was made last time, Zhou Jia handed the blueprint to the blacksmith, "Master Xu, see if you can make it?"

Xu blacksmith looked at the drawing and thought for a while, "Yes, just give me a few days to think about it, and Mr. Zhou, if you only make one of these things, the price will be a bit expensive."

"Just do it before the harvest. Make ten sets first. Calculate how much money you need." Zhou Jia looked at him and said.

Xu Blacksmith lowered his head and estimated for a while, "Ten units will charge you at least three hundred and forty taels."

Zhou Jia nodded, "Yes, Master Xu, we'd better sign a contract, you must ensure that these things will not flow out without our consent."

Xu blacksmith patted his chest and assured: "Mr. Zhou, you can rest assured that we have rules, but any custom-made items will never go out without the owner's consent. If you don't worry about it, we will sign a contract."

Zhou Jia smiled, "We still put the villain first, then the gentleman."

"Then please write the pen, and I will sign it." Blacksmith Xu said with a smile.

The two signed the contract, Zhou Jia paid the deposit, and customized the needle comb, pull frame, and spinning wheel. Blacksmith Xu happily sent Zhou Jia and Li Yu out of the blacksmith shop.

Zhang Defa walked past the Xujia blacksmith shop carrying a basket of goods, put down the goods and came out with a copper plate. When he saw Li Yu and Zhou Jia coming out of the blacksmith shop, he quickly ducked and hid in the corner. He glanced at the two of them and saw Li Yu Wearing a tuxedo red cross-collar skirt and Zhou Xiucai wearing a dark long gown, the two walked towards the mule cart at the door while chatting and laughing.

Zhang De looked at Li Yu and the two with hatred and thought: They have also arrived in Tongzhou and it seems that they are getting along well. Zhang Defa watched Li Yu and Zhou Jia get into the mule cart and drove away. He quickly came out of the corner, glanced at the distant mule cart, walked into the blacksmith shop and asked, "Boss, let me ask if those two people just now came from Qingzhou? Where do they live now?"

Xu Blacksmith looked at Zhang Defa coldly, "Who are you? Ask them what they do?"

Zhang Defa smirked and said with a smile: "I also fled from the Qingzhou Mansion. I saw that the girl seemed to be the daughter of one of my relatives, and I didn't dare to take the risk to come forward to recognize each other, so I came to ask you. "

Xu blacksmith pondered for a moment, "I can only tell you that they really came from Qingzhou, but I can't tell you where they live, you can go!"

Zhang Defa saw the boss's expression and knew that he couldn't find out anything, so he had to leave angrily.

Zhou Jia took Li Yu to the seed shop, pointed to the shop in front and said to Li Yu, "Yu'er, this is the largest seed shop in Tongzhou, let's go to his house first."

Li Yu raised his head and saw that the Great Book of Seeds of Wang Ji was written on the signboard. He walked into the shop and saw that the wooden box placed in the middle of the shop was full of various seeds.

The guy greeted them politely, and asked the two of them with a smile, "What seeds do you two need?"

Li Yu walked to the wooden boxes and pointed to a few kinds of seeds, "Grain seeds, bean seeds, vegetable seeds, all of them."

The man pointed to the attentive introduction of the rice seeds, "This is the seed that has just arrived. You can see that the seedlings should be full and the amount of seedlings should be good."

Li Yu saw that there was only one kind of rice seed, and asked doubtfully, "Is there only this kind of rice seed?"

The guy smiled and nodded, "The rice seed has always been this one, except for the glutinous rice grain, and there are no other varieties."

Li Yu grabbed a handful of grain seeds and looked at it for a while, "How much is a pound?"

"Fifteen cents a pound." The man laughed.

Li Yu said to his buddy, "Go ask your shopkeeper how much you can get a discount for large quantities."

"Okay, wait a moment." After a while, the man walked over with a thin old man. The old man glanced at Li Yu and Zhou Jia, and asked with a smile, "How many seeds does the girl need?"

Li Yumo calculated, "One hundred stones."

The old man was startled after hearing this, "So many? Did you just raise the wasteland?"

"Yes, if your price is right, you can buy all the grain seeds and other seeds in Zhuangzi." Li Yu said with a smile.

The old man thought for a moment, "You know that the rice seeds are carefully selected, girl, and the price is a little more expensive, but you buy a large amount, and you can't afford less than 13 cents per pound."

"I'll pay you the deposit first, and you can help me deliver the seeds to Fengming Village, Fengming Town. After the goods are inspected, we will settle the remaining money."

"Okay, you choose the other seeds first and send them to you together."

Li Yu bought a variety of bean seeds, vegetable seeds, and some alfalfa seeds, paid a deposit of 12 taels, left the address and took a receipt. The two walked out of the seed shop and walked towards the shop.

Along the road, he saw some ragged children begging along the road carrying broken bowls. Li Yu asked Zhou Jia in a low voice, "Are there many children begging outside like this?"

Zhou Jia nodded, "And in front of the temple outside the city, good-looking people are bought to be servants or other things. These beggars are controlled by the beggar boss, Yu'er, do you want to take in these children? ?"

Li Yu shook his head, "These people are of mixed character and bad. If they cause trouble, they will cause trouble. Let's go to the tooth shop and buy some innocent old and weak people to go home."

Zhou Jia looked at Li Yu admiringly, "Okay, then let's go to Yaxing now."

The two arrived at the Yaxing, and the wife laughed when she saw Zhou Jia, "Ouch! Young Master Zhou, please come in."

The woman welcomed the two of them into the yard with a smile on her face, "Young Master Zhou, how many servants do you want to do this time?"

"Buy a few rough servants, it doesn't matter how old you are, you have to be honest." Zhou Jia said to Yapo.

Mrs. laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth, "Okay, I'll call it out for you two to see."

The old lady went back to the house and brought more than a dozen people out. Li Yu saw that men, women, and children were all pale and sluggish. The old lady shouted to them: "All stand up, let the son take a look."

At this time, an old man dragged a stout girl to his knees on the ground and kowtowed to Zhou Jia, "Young Master, please do me a favor and buy my granddaughter! She has great strength and works neatly. As long as you can have a mouthful of food to eat.”

The girl stepped back behind the old man, "Grandfather, if I don't go, I want to be with you."

Li Yu stepped forward and squatted down to look at her and said, "Come with me, I'll give you a full meal."

The girl heard Li Yu's eyes lit up when she had a full meal, but she still shook her head, "I'm not leaving, I want to be with my grandfather."

The wife shouted after hearing this: "Er Ya, it's hard to find someone who doesn't think you eat too much. If you don't want your grandfather to leave, the old lady will not be able to support you."

Er Ya looked at her grandmother and begged: "Grandma, grandfather will starve to death if I don't follow him."

"How can you choose, your grandparents and grandsons have been here for more than two months, and no one wants them. I'm not a shantang."

Li Yu stood up and said to his wife, "I want both of their grandfather and grandson."

"Really, that's a good feeling, Er Ya, don't hurry up and thank this girl." Granny Ya laughed happily.

The second maid and grandson were happy to kowtow again, but Li Yu reached out to stop them, "Don't kowtow, just do things well in the future."

From those people, Li Yu selected a few healthy young and old, including two thin boys, three old women and an old man. After calculating the money, a dozen old and weak people spent the money. Forty or fifty taels of silver, Li Yu sighed in his heart: In this world, no one cow is worth much.

Zhou Jia and his wife went to complete the contract. The two took a few people back halfway and bought them cotton coats and shoes before taking them back to Osmanthus Lane.

The cook made some food to keep them full, and took them to the bathroom to wash up and put on cotton-padded clothes. She brought them over and said to Li Yu, "Girl, let them change and wash."

A dozen people watched Li Yu with tears in his eyes.

Li Yu nodded and looked at Zhou Jia, "Let's go back now! The seed shop has to send seeds back."

Zhou Jia nodded and went out to set up the car. The two took Erya and the others back to Fengming Village.