Farming at the beginning, I rely on business to counterattack and become a princess

Chapter 27 ([-]) Hot potato
Wen Xiang successfully entered the gate of the patriarch's house under the pretext of looking for his eldest brother. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw the patriarch, chief Jia, chief Bao, and several sons of the patriarch coming out surrounded by Mr. Situ. Follow up.

Si Tujun said as he walked: "For the time being, let's do this for now. I will make the final decision after I report back to the county magistrate."

"It should be so, it should be so." The patriarch agreed with a smile on his face.

Seeing that the attendants were coming with their mule carts, and Si Tujun was about to run away, Wen Xiang didn't care too much, and went straight to say hello to Si Tujun.

"Okay, okay." Si Tujun still had a deep impression of this quick-talking, quick-acting, and bold girl.

"Master Si Tu, please also send my daughter's greetings to Madam, dare I ask Madam if the toothpaste basket is good for use?"

"Oh!" Hearing the toothpaste basket, Si Tujun remembered his wife's repeated urging when he went out in the morning, telling him to go to shopkeeper Sun in the department store for a toothpaste basket.

It turned out that my girl went to the department store and couldn't buy a toothpaste basket. She said that there was only one sample left. Madam asked him to find a way to get the sample through the back door first, so that he could quickly send it to the nobles in Fucheng.

The bumper harvest in Wenjia Village made him happy to forget about it. Now that he heard Xiang talking about the toothpaste basket, he remembered that there was such a thing. He hurriedly called his attendant to drive over, and replied as he got in the car: "Okay, okay I'm using it."

Say goodbye to everyone: "I won't say much, I have to go to the department store."

So everyone rushed up to see Si Tujun off, and pushed Wen Xiang aside by the way, and the two brothers and sisters met smoothly, and followed them out to go home.

"Little sister, why are you here?"

"It's okay, I just want to ask Mr. Si Tu, if our toothpaste basket is good."

Wen Xiang thought to himself: Mr. Si Tu said it was easy to use, and he said he was going to the department store. Could it be that he was going to buy my toothpaste basket?There are plays, there are plays, and I have to go to the county to see them in two days.

Thinking of this, she said to Wen Dao, "Brother, shall we go to the county town tomorrow to see how the toothpaste basket is selling?"

"Tomorrow? Shouldn't we clean up the sweet potatoes tomorrow?"

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot, this is more important, so what did Mr. Situ say about the harvest just now?" Wen Xiang stuck out her tongue and asked her elder brother again.

"Lord Situ means that we reserve enough seeds for next year, and the rest will be collected by the county government. The price will be based on the price of rice, and we will be exempted from the [-]% land tax."

"Then how much did Lord Si Tu say is enough for next year's seeds?" Wen Xiang asked back.

"This—" Wen Dao was at a loss for words, everyone didn't discuss it in such detail, and he didn't think of it.

"Brother, brother Wenxin helped us a lot in planting sweet potatoes this time. Now that the harvest is bumper, should we report to uncle?" Seeing that brother was at a loss for words, Wen Xiang thoughtfully proposed a solution.

"Yes, yes, you are right, we should thank uncle very much." The words awakened the dreamer, and the brother and sister did not return home, and went straight to Wen Zhong's house.

Arriving at Wen Zhong's house, Wen Dao carefully reported to his uncle what had been discussed at the patriarch's house.

"Your elder brother has already told me that the yams you planted this time are really a bumper harvest. The one acre of land your elder brother planted may have a harvest of five or six stones. It's all thanks to you." The uncle was excited. Rub hands together.

"Uncle, you are being polite. In fact, it is all thanks to the help of the elder brother that we can have such a good harvest. It should be our thanks to the elder brother."

"Hey, you brothers should help each other."

The uncle waved his hand and said: "This harvest, the government can take it away, otherwise the people in this village will ask you for seeds? However, this is a fresh thing after all, and the price is only slightly lower according to the price of rice. Come on, Daoer, what do you think?"

"I think so. After all, the government gave the seeds for free this time, and they exempted us from land tax. I heard from Lord Situ that this harvest is going to be used as seeds to promote planting throughout the county. If we want a high price I'm afraid not."

"Fourth brother is right, if we want to fight against the government, we must not do it." Wen Xin interjected from the sidelines.

"Patriarch, what do you say?" the uncle asked again.

"The patriarch meant to obey the government's arrangement, but he hinted that I would save more seeds. I guess the patriarch also wants to get a batch of seeds first."

"In this case, if the neighbors come to ask for it, it's easy to refuse." Although Wen Dao is simple and honest, the patriarch is about to pick it out, and he can't pretend to be deaf. Not long.

"The big households in this village must get the seeds. The harvest from your eldest brother's one acre of land can support a dozen or so families. You should keep enough for yourself and the patriarch. After all, the government is not easy to fool around."

"Brother, uncle is right." Wen Xiang interrupted suddenly.

"This yam is not durable, it will germinate after a long time, and it can't be eaten after it germinates and can only be used as seeds; sweet potatoes, although they can be stored for a long time, but if you eat too much, your stomach will be flatulent; Yushu is delicious, but not enough. full."

"Actually, these few things are only fresh. Once the planting area is wide, the price will come down immediately. Now the government pays the price of rice. I think we keep enough seeds and some food, and the rest can be all Sell ​​the government."

Wen Xiang smiled and replied: "The government will not interfere with the harvest of the uncle's family. Our family's government is watching. I think we will do as uncle said. Let's keep some."

"There are hundreds of families in the village, which one can we give to? Which one can we not give? All of them will be handed over to the government to promote planting, and more poor families will benefit, don't you think?"

As soon as these words came out, the uncle and Wen Xin were a little surprised, they never expected that Wen Xiang, a girl, would have such insight and mind.

In fact, Wen Xiang is not a holy mother who is dedicated to self-sacrifice, but this pile of harvested crops is already a hot potato. The government, patriarchs, and villagers are all staring at it. On the basis of his own interests, he dumped the blame on the government and the patriarch.

Wen Dao was not surprised, he was used to the smell, and he also felt that what the little girl said made sense.

"Second sister, have you eaten sweet potatoes, yams, and jade? How do you know their properties?" Brother Wenxin's attention is always so tricky and sharp.

"Uh-uh--I also read it in the book." Wen Xiang laughed.

"Then let's do it like this, the patriarch has to leave a stone anyway, and you can figure out the rest." The uncle finally made a final decision.

In the end, everyone agreed to reserve one stone of sweet potatoes, yams, and jade for the patriarch, and heard that they would keep three stones for themselves, and sell the remaining ten stones to the government.

After talking about the business, the brothers and sisters said goodbye and left. As soon as they left the uncle's room, Mrs. Zhang came out with a smile: "If they want them to have dinner at home anyway, they can't tell at all that she was still a few months ago." Cursing Wendao fiercely behind his back.

The third child and daughter-in-law of the Wen family also surrounded them. They usually don't see anyone, but today they don't know what's going on.

It turned out that the person who ignored you suddenly became enthusiastic. I heard that the two brothers and sisters couldn't stand it, and they had to go to the patriarch to get away under the pretext.

(End of this chapter)