Yipin Qiao Nongfei

Chapter 57

The first heavy snow after winter came quietly on the night of the first day of winter.

Early in the morning, Su Wanqiu pushed open the door and saw the earth covered in white, immediately became excited.

The snow had stopped and there was no wind, so it wasn't very cold, so after breakfast, she put on a cotton jacket and trousers, tied a scarf, put on earmuffs, a cotton hat and gloves, and put on a pair of Liushi on her feet. Good cotton shoes, greeted the family and ran out of the village.

There is a fertile field to the west of the village, and a large forest to the west. A river about two meters wide separates the village from the field. At this time, the river is frozen solid, and children who are not afraid of the cold are already playing snowball fights on ice skates.

"Auspicious snow heralds a good year, I hope next year I can have a double harvest of sugar beets and soybeans."

Walking along the field for a long time, and even saw a hare looking for food at the foot of the mountain, Su Wanqiu became playful, and after chasing for half a day, she didn't catch up, but she didn't care, patted the snow on her body, and went home go on the road.

The rabbit that Shen Yuanxi and the others sent last time was stewed like that. It was a pity, but there was not much oil in the house at that time. When the soybeans are harvested this autumn, we must make a few more buckets of soybean oil, and then encourage my brother and Yunhai Yunyang They beat a few more rabbits and made two pots of cold-eating rabbits.

Thinking about it in her heart, she soon came to the river, Su Wanqiu walked on the arch bridge, and suddenly felt that the person standing opposite looked familiar, so she carefully recognized it, and she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Boss Zhong, why are you here?"

"Huh? Third girl."

Boss Zhong turned around and nodded as a greeting.Here Su Wanqiu hurried down the small bridge, came to Boss Zhong, and asked in surprise, "You... have relatives here?"

"No, I have an uncle in Jinbao Village, about five miles away from you. I came to live at my uncle's house yesterday, and today I wandered here because I had nothing to do. I wanted to see where the beets grow... What is it? I walked around Jinbao Village several times, but I didn’t find any beets, and my aunt also said that only your Wufeng Village has chard, which shows that this is a treasure land.”

Su Wanqiu fell silent, and after a while softly said: "Boss Zhong is still reluctant to part with the sugar shop, right?"

"Reluctance?" Boss Zhong's face froze, but then he laughed dryly: "How is it possible? Why am I reluctant? Not to mention 500 taels of silver, my sugar workshop and the grocery store, it's good if they can sell for [-] taels It's gone."

After speaking, the voice gradually became lower and lower.Su Wanqiu sighed, looked up at the vast expanse of fields, shook his head and said, "Ming people don't speak dark words in front of them, I know that Boss Zhong puts so much effort into the sugar factory, every year he can only ask the transport team from the capital to buy some sugar cane, and pay a lot of money to buy it." , if you don’t really love this profession, who can stand such a long-term training.”

Boss Zhong stopped talking for a long while, then suddenly smiled wryly and said: "I was poor when I was a child, my parents sent me to be an apprentice, and it happened to be sent to a sugar workshop. I followed the master to make sugar, and it lasted for 20 years. Because of my diligence, I saved some capital and opened Changji Sugar Factory in Daxing County when I came back. At first, I didn’t make any money, so I opened a grocery store. After that, the business gradually improved. It can be said that most of my life has been brought to me by sugar. Before the girl brought beets, I thought I could do a lot of work, but... it's just that..."

Su Wanqiu felt a little sad, she felt wronged for Boss Zhong, but she couldn't do anything about it, because she couldn't help venting her anger on Fang Xuesong, she gritted her teeth and said, "You said the same with Young Master Fang, it's wrong to leave the good Prince Rong's brother-in-law, insisting on opening the door." What kind of sugar mill, isn't this adding to the trouble? What does he know about sugar making?"

Boss Zhong chuckled: "You can't say that, Young Master Fang doesn't understand, so there are naturally people who understand to take care of it for him, and in his capacity, it is far easier than me to carry forward this sugar factory or promote sugar beets. As long as the third girl can successfully plant sugar beets, in the future, our northern provinces will no longer have to rely on the sugarcane in the south, and the sugar production will increase a lot. Perhaps by that day, sugar will no longer be affordable only to dignitaries. What a rarity, even rural children can eat all kinds of sweet candies during festivals, that would be great."

"Boss Zhong's broad-mindedness is really admirable."

Boss Zhong waved his hands and said with a smile: "I can't afford the compliment of the girl. I am a commoner, what kind of mind do I have? It's just that I have seen too much of the lives of the common people, so I express my feelings."

"That's also admirable." Su Wanqiu said seriously.

The two walked towards the village along the path, and Su Wanqiu pointed to the foot of the mountain: "My beets were dug there, very close to our house, and this beet can't grow anywhere. Last autumn, the beets could be dug nearby. They have all been dug up, and this year, if we only rely on wild beets, we may not have a thousand catties, just look at the output of the plant.”

Boss Zhong smiled and said, "I see the girl is full of confidence. I think the beet production here will not be too low."

Su Wanqiu nodded: "It may not be as high as I imagined, but at the very least, it shouldn't be a problem to plant it." After speaking, he cheered up: "Master Fang just came to Daxing County to recuperate, and he suddenly became aroused, or he thought beets were novel, so he wanted to grow them. The sugar factory, after all, his ambition is not here, Boss Zhong waits patiently, after a year or two, my beets are planted, and if you open another sugar factory, he will not care if you think about it."

"is this okay?"

Boss Zhong was very moved, but there was still hesitation in his expression, and Su Wanqiu said with a smile: "Why not? Could it be that Master Fang can monopolize the sugar industry in the north? He is Prince Rong's brother-in-law, how dare he monopolize a business , the courtiers will not just watch. Although I am a commoner, I also know that the imperial court does not allow officials to compete with the people for profit. See if most of their industries are operated in secret? In this way, if Young Master Fang monopolizes the sugar industry, he will be setting himself up as a target. His courtiers will criticize him, and he will even implicate his brother-in-law, Prince Rong. You will do such a thing, so Boss Zhong just has to wait patiently, there will definitely be a chance for you to return to your old job."

Boss Zhong looked at Su Wanqiu in shock, and for a long time Fang Surong said: "The girl only said that I have a big heart, I think your insight is unmatched, even those scholars and students, although they must be called the country, the people's livelihood , court officials, emperors and princes, but you may not be able to see clearly."

Su Wanqiu shook his head, only said praise, but what he thought in his heart was: Then I don’t want to be stronger, scholars have to think about half of their lives, I have learned repeatedly in textbooks since I was a child, and there are so many time travels when I grow up. There are plot novels to read, and if I don't have this knowledge, I should apologize to the God of Time Traveling.

(End of this chapter)