The farm cook is very prosperous

Chapter 100 Cooperation (1)
Just after the girl was allowed to communicate, after a while, I heard Aunt Mei's loud voice like Wang Xifeng: "Hey, what is this for? Lie down, I said third young lady, we are a family, etc. There's no need for the formal ceremony." She held down Chunniang who was about to get up from the soft couch.

Chunniang also lay down smoothly, and said with a smile: "Then Aunt Mei is welcome too, just sit down wherever you want." The maid behind her moved a round stool and placed it on Chunniang's soft bed according to Chunniang's wishes. In front of the couch, the distance is just right, not too far, not too close, I don't want to show too close, but also don't want people to look alienated.

As soon as Aunt Mei sat down, she took a good look at the room and said with a smile: "You have tidied up this room really elegantly. You are a delicate and transparent person who can manage the house. Taoist Lingxu is very good at fortune-telling. It's absolutely impossible."

"Auntie, don't make fun of me. I'm a yellow-haired girl who hasn't grown up yet. I can't even talk about housekeeping. I'm just figuring it out based on my own hobbies. I'm not even half as good as Auntie in this regard." When the servant girl came over with two cups of tea, Chunniang changed the subject in a blink of an eye: "Aunt Mei, try the hair tip from my yard, can you still get it in your throat?"

"Well, this is a good thing. I only know that you are good at cooking, but I didn't expect that this tea tasting skill is also top-notch. I even brought two packs of Dahongpao here today. It seems that this time I gave it to the right owner. Some of the best blood swallows, I will give you a boost." He said as he asked the old lady who followed him to present it.

"Auntie, what is this for? Just come and see me. What are you doing with such a valuable thing? Quickly, take it back. I'll just rest for a few days from this illness. How can I make Auntie Mei spend so much money? What can I do?" I can feel at ease." Although Chunniang didn't have much contact with Aunt Mei, she also knew that she was a master who could only get in and out, and it seemed that she must be asking for something big with such a big deal today.

"What is the value of talking about there? The prescription you gave the second young lady some time ago, she ate very well, and now she looks much better than before. I always say I want to thank you, but you always go out early with the third young master." Returning home late and busy with business, if you hadn’t been feeling well these two days, I don’t know when I would be able to give this gift, but today you have to accept it no matter what.” Looking at Chun Niang, After accepting this gift, he hurriedly changed his rhetoric.

"I thought it was a big deal. What kind of thanks did we talk about between our sisters-in-law? We are all relatives, so we should help each other." This Aunt Mei has always been indifferent to the sick daughter-in-law. It is even more strange to give gifts under the banner of her daughter-in-law.

"Yes, we are all relatives. These relatives should help each other before, huh?" Aunt Mei took the conversation and asked tentatively.

After going around in such a big circle, I finally got to the point. Talking to the ancients is really tiring: "Auntie, what can you do for me, just tell me straight up?"

Aunt Mei lowered her voice, and carefully and resolutely got to the point: "That's right, my natal brother has [-] acres of fertile land in Yinshan County. He used to grow grain all the time. He wants to change it next year...to grow all of them." Corn, I don't know what the third young lady thinks?"

"Growing corn?" It turned out to be another person with the idea of ​​corn.Thank you behind closed doors, you can't prevent it.

Aunt Mei thought that Chunniang didn't understand what she meant, so she just poured out all the beans: "This corn is a rare commodity now, I don't want you to have too much, I reckon you can give it five hundred catties, and wait until next year. After harvest, we will give you [-]% when the time comes, of course, the premise is that you can't sell the remaining seeds to others." This Aunt Mei was talking provocatively there, boasting, if she is really an ordinary peasant woman, it is very likely that she I would agree to this without hesitation, but what a pity... This Aunt Mei clearly wants to blackmail her seeds with her younger brother, and also wants to monopolize the corn business. Fifty acres of land need at most one hundred catties, and the remaining four Needless to say, what do the Baijin Seeds and the others want to do? They also want to dominate the family, and their ambitions are really big.

Chunniang looked at Aunt Mei quietly, and gradually showed a trace of impatience with what she said in her philistine manner.

Aunt Mei finally noticed something wrong with Chunniang's face, and said timidly, "If you think it's too little, I'll give you [-]% more, and I'll give you [-]%." Seeing that Chunniang didn't respond, she gritted her teeth: "Five Yes, no more."

Chun Niang shook her head and said, "Aunt Mei, I don't have many seeds..."

"Then we only need three hundred catties, okay?" Before Chunniang could finish speaking, Aunt Mei immediately interrupted.

"Aunt Mei, listen to me, okay? Corn is a new variety. It can be planted twice a year, and the yield is very high. The seeds I keep are not only from the Song family's field, but also from Li's family village. I have discussed some of them with the magistrate, and handed them over to the surrounding villages as a pilot project. I believe that in the second half of next year, if Aunt Mei still wants to buy seeds, it will not be difficult."

"In the second half of next year, what profit will there be?" Aunt Mei unconsciously told the truth. Her wishful thinking hadn't come to fruition yet, and it was over so quickly. She felt an indescribable depression in her heart.

"Aunt Mei, as a kind of food, corn itself cannot exist in the hands of individuals for a long time. Food is one of the foundations of a country. If you want to gather it for what you have, the gain will not be worth the loss." Chun Niang had thought about it for a long time. Well, the two princes already know about the corn matter, and I believe that in the near future, the entire county, Jiangnan, and the whole country will know about it. How could the court allow one person to control the lifeblood of the country and control the economic power.Besides, when she took out the space to plant the corn, she never thought that she could have it all by herself.

"Hmph, I don't understand the root of the country. If you don't want to sell it to us, just tell us why you need to make such a big detour." Aunt Mei left angrily, shaking her handkerchief.

"Huh, this girl is too ignorant. She doesn't want to think about who was behind the Lin family girl who was driven away so easily. Now it's all right. I'll help her clean up the backyard. She Not only do you not know how to be grateful, but you also refuse my kindness." As soon as Aunt Mei returned to her yard, she couldn't help it anymore and began to feel angry.

"Ma'am, don't be angry, you can't let yourself be angry because of that girl." Liu Ma who was on the side comforted her kindly, and handed over the poured tea.This Mama Liu is the mother in charge of Aunt Mei, and she was married with Aunt Mei. Aunt Mei has been able to stand up in the Song family for so many years only as an aunt. Thanks to Mama Liu.

"I didn't expect this girl to be so stubborn. Mama Liu, what should I do now? I have guaranteed my brother. The key is that he has signed agreements with many merchants and rented the fields. There is no seed here. , but let us do what we can do." Aunt Mei is now so anxious that she can only stamp her feet. She had always thought that this matter was a sure thing, and they had collected deposits from many merchants. Now they can't give the seeds to others, but they will pay double. Yes, seeing that thousands of taels of silver are about to be wiped out, can she not be in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)