When Mao Wenjuan received the silver, she was stunned for a moment, and then she was shocked.
In this remote place, there are actually people who are so generous.
This is a silver ingot.
Unable to resist, she put it in her mouth and took a bite, "Oh, it's really silver."
Mao Xiaolong looked at his sister's silly look and couldn't help but nodded her head, "Don't let Boss Zhao laugh at you."
Mao Wenjuan blushed and hurriedly said to Zhao Zheng: "I'm sorry, Boss Zhao, my brother was cheated last time, so I..."
The little girl took off her scarf, and Zhao Zheng saw her appearance clearly. She was very pretty. "It's okay. It's better to be cautious."
As Zhao Zheng spoke, he stuffed the small leather into the bamboo basket.
Mao Xiaolong also tied the leather with a rope, "Boss Zhao, I'll help you carry it!"
"No need, I can do it myself." Zhao Zheng smiled. "Xiao Mao, I'll come again in about ten days. If you have any leather, please keep it for me."
"Besides furs, if you have any good mountain goods, you can leave them for me. The nobles in the city like them very much and pay high prices for them."
Zhao Zheng used the tiger's skin to wave the banner and patted Mao Xiaolong on the shoulder.
Mao Xiaolong was also in awe. He was indeed a big merchant from the city, who came down specifically to collect wild game for the nobles in the city.
Why are you wearing tattered clothes?
Of course it's for safety.
Zhao Zheng was carrying a pile of skins and hurriedly found a deserted place to store all the skins in the warehouse.
He also had no intention of renting a storefront.
That requires proof of identity.
It's easy to be targeted, and all the business in the towns has been divided up by the gentry. Is it so easy to snatch food from the tiger's mouth?
Unless you have a backer, it would be extremely difficult to stand out here.
It is said that there are few opportunities in modern times, but when you come to Dakang, you will find that it is simply hellishly difficult. A pass can trap you in the village.
He didn't dare stay any longer and left the market in a hurry.
After a trip to the market, I earned about 40 taels. After deducting the cost, there was still 44 taels left.
Everything that needed to be sold was sold, and everything that was needed was left in the warehouse. The bamboo baskets were filled with junk.
Things like rags and rice bran are all for the villagers to see.
He even didn't spare some rotten wood.
It was around three in the afternoon when we arrived at the village.
"Hey, Lao Zhao, you've gone to the market and bought a lot of good things."
"Oh, no, I went to work in the countryside. These are things my boss didn't want, so I picked them up." Zhao Zheng said.
"Oh, the sun is rising from the west, and you, Old Zhao, can actually work?" Many people showed surprised expressions on their faces.
Everyone knows that Zhao Laosan is lazy and likes to eat, but he actually has to work one day?
"Go away, go away. Who are you looking down on? Can't I work harder?" Zhao Zheng rolled his eyes in annoyance and then limped towards home.
Upon learning that Zhao Zheng had returned, Yang Zhaodi and Zhang Xiaoe hurriedly put down what they were doing and came over, "Xiaoe, go pour tea for your father-in-law!"
"Okay!" Zhang Xiao'e wiped the sweat from her forehead and hurried to pour tea for Zhao Zheng, even scooping a spoonful of sugar into the tea.
Zhao Zheng took the tea and took a sip, then breathed a sigh of satisfaction, "Xiao E's tea is still the sweetest!"
Yang Zhaodi looked at the overflowing bamboo basket and knew that her father-in-law must have brought back something good today. However, she did not rummage through it, but placed it on the kang. "Father-in-law, she's here again."
"Who?" Zhao Zheng frowned.
Then I saw Zheng Chunmei, covered in dust, coming from behind the house, "Uncle Zhao!"
"Didn't I tell you not to come?"
Zheng Chunmei said stubbornly, "I promised you something, I can't go back on my word!"
Zhao Zheng was convinced. He finally understood that Zheng Chunmei was planning to stay in the Zhao family.
Or maybe she had tasted too much sweetness and was reluctant to leave.
"How can you be so shameless?" Zhao Zheng cursed. This widow was too sticky and he couldn't touch her. Who knew she might cause trouble in the future, so he had to make a decisive move.
Zheng Chunmei was stunned by the scolding, "Uncle Zhao, was my help wrong?"
"Don't think I don't know what you're thinking." Zhao Zheng said with a straight face, "You want to blackmail my family, right? I'm telling you, forget it!"
Zheng Chunmei was anxious, "No, Uncle Zhao, I really didn't mean to blackmail you, I just wanted to compensate you..."
"I said no need. Don't you understand what I'm saying?" Zhao Zheng said with a dark face.
Zheng Chunmei's tears immediately fell. She stood there, feeling extremely despicable.
Yang Zhaodi frowned slightly. Even she felt that her father-in-law's scolding was too much.
Although Zhang Xiao'e disliked Widow Zheng, she also felt that the scolding was too harsh.
"Uncle Zhao...I..."
"Leave my house. You are not welcome here." Zhao Zheng ordered them to leave. "How come this woman doesn't understand what's good and what's bad?"
Zheng Chunmei burst into tears.
She couldn't hold it in any longer and ran away in a panic.
Zhao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. Now Widow Zheng wouldn't come again, right?
"Father-in-law, isn't this too much?" Yang Zhaodi said weakly.
Zhang Xiaoe: "I feel sad when I hear that."
Zhao Zheng shook his head. "If I don't do this, who will be responsible if she really comes to our house? That old woman is not a reasonable person. She has three little puddings at home. If she really comes to our house, should I chase her away or beat her?"
Both women knew the truth, but they always felt it was too cruel.
In the end, the two women still didn't say anything. In this world, every family has its difficulties, so it's better not to be too kind and bring trouble to yourself.
Zhao Zheng rested for a while and came to the back of the house. The dry toilet was almost built, except for the roof.
"Good progress. It will be much more convenient to go to the toilet in the future." Zhao Zheng smiled and immediately called the two women into the house. He took out a lot of good things from the bamboo basket: rock sugar, an iron pot, some coarse cloth, ten kilograms of rice, some pottery jars, bowls and plates, as well as eggs, some duck eggs, and three kilograms of pork belly!
The two women were drooling at the sight.
"Father-in-law, why did you buy so many things?" Zhang Xiao'e was almost unable to take it all in.
Zhao Zheng smiled and, like a magic trick, pulled out two strings of candied haws and handed them over. "Here, these are some snacks for you!"
"Oh, it's candied haws!" Zhang Xiao'e's eyes narrowed with smiles, and she said sweetly, "Thank you, father-in-law!"
Yang Zhaodi was also very happy. There was no girl who didn't like to eat candied haws. Her father only sold her a string when she was very young. She only ate one and gave the rest to her brothers and sisters.
She still remembers the sour and sweet taste.
Even later, when she went up the mountain to pick hawthorns to eat, she had never tasted the sweet and sour flavor.
After taking a bite, the outer sugar shell is broken. The ripe hawthorn is sour and sweet, and mixed with malt sugar, it is extremely sweet.
"tasty!"
Before, she could only eat one.
But now, she can have a string all to herself.
Yang Zhaodi smiled so hard that her eyes curved. This feeling was even sweeter than her childhood memories!