Chapter 21: With Food in Hand, There is No Panic
in the Bundle There was a bag of vegetable seeds and three brocade boxes in the bundle.
Han Shang took them and asked Feng: "By the way, Madam Jiang, you usually do farming in the village. I wonder if you grow any vegetables and fruits."
"Our Han family does business in Beijing. We have many connections and we happen to have jobs in the palace. If you can grow some vegetables needed by the palace, I can come to buy them every year and we can have more exchanges."
When Feng heard that she could supply the palace, her palms were sweating. Of course, she wanted to make the money.
But she didn't want to cause trouble for Han Shang, so she hesitated: "My family mainly grows food. The vegetables we grow in the fields are just cabbage and potatoes. We keep them for ourselves. I'm afraid these common vegetables won't be accepted by the emperor."
Han Shang shook his head and smiled.
"It's not worth going to Yuncheng for common vegetables, but now foreign countries have recently introduced a kind of Persian radish, which is sweet and crispy, and tastes like fruit. The emperor and the queen in the palace love it very much, and they specially ordered our Han family to be responsible for purchasing this thing." Han Shang said, and handed the vegetable seeds to Feng.
"I have already inquired about it. We can also grow Persian radishes in Nanji Kingdom. And the suitable soil is only available in the north like Yuncheng. You can take these seeds. Plant them in the spring and harvest them in the summer."
"This thing can also be stored for a long time. I will bring people to get it when the time comes. It will be convenient for both of us."
Yuncheng is not far from the capital.
Counting the cost of horses and manpower, it is much more expensive than buying from Persia.
Han Shang directly asked for three mu of radishes to try first, and he gave a high price of one hundred coins for each pound of Persian radishes according to the purchase price in the palace.
Feng thought that the three mu of land could produce at least one thousand pounds of radishes, which added up to one hundred taels of cash.
By this calculation, Persian radishes can make a lot of money, and it only takes up three mu of land, which does not hinder the planting of other crops.
So Feng Shi hastily agreed: "Then listen to Mr. Han. My family will take this job and will take good care of these radishes and will not delay your delivery."
Han Shang smiled with white teeth and handed the three golden boxes to Feng Shi one by one.
"And this one, all for Xiao Nuobao."
Feng Shi opened it and took a look, and couldn't help but gasp.
One of the first two boxes contained a large gold ingot, which was also golden at night, and it weighed at least 20 or 30 taels.
Another box was filled with East China Sea pearls, each of which was round and shiny, almost as big as the toes of the lady.
Han Shang opened the third brocade box, took out the jade pendant and necklace inside, and said: "The gold ingots and the East China Pearl are my gifts. Keep them for your dowry when you grow up. As for this jade pendant, it is a token of the Han and Xiao families. In the future, as long as you take out the jade pendant, our subordinates or students will help your family when they see it."
Thinking that this thing is so important, Feng Shi hurriedly put it away carefully, and only sighed that this was all because of the lady.
Jiang Fengnian and the others were even more terrified. I
never thought that my family could be so rich...
After Feng Shi and Han Shang thanked each other again and again, Han Shang also felt that it was getting late and it was inconvenient to stay any longer.
Before leaving, he glanced at the food and said meaningfully: "The most important thing is these food. You must keep them well and don't let others know. The price of food is really unstable now. Maybe... maybe one day, these food can save your life."
Some words can only be said briefly.
Han Shang couldn't say more.
Feng knew that he was of noble status and would not say something without reason, so she remembered
it firmly. After Han Shang and his party left, Feng looked at the pile of food bags on the ground and her heart was surging.
"Hurry up, send all the food back home."
"Be quiet, don't disturb others!"
Jiang Fengnian and Jiang Fenghu's eyes sparkled, excited and nervous, they carried bags of food and went home secretly.
After bringing all four carts of food back to the yard, the Jiang family was already sweating profusely.
Feng lit two oil lamps and weighed them with a beam scale.
"Mom, a total of 1,000 kilograms of rice!"
"300 kilograms of millet."
"And 300 kilograms of soybeans!" The oil lamps illuminated Jiang Fengnian's face, making it shine.
Jiang Fenghu even sat on the ground hugging the grain bag, talking nonstop: "This amount of rice and beans is enough for our family to eat for several years. With these, we won't be hungry anymore!"
Fortunately, it was night and the villagers were all resting at home, so no one saw it.
Otherwise, if so much grain was seen, the whole Daliu Village would be in an uproar.
Feng was relatively calm, and didn't care about the excitement. She quickly asked her family to transport the grain into the cellar.
But the cellar at home was too small, and after working for a while, there were still two hundred kilograms of rice that couldn't be put in.
Jiang Fengnian smiled with sweat all over his forehead: "Mom, there is a time when we have too much rice to store."
Feng thought about it and asked them to take the remaining 200 kilograms into the house first.
"The area in the west room where the second brother and his wife live is a little more spacious, so put it in your room first. Just cover it with a torn quilt to prevent people from seeing it."
When the family finished their work, it was almost midnight.
Although it was time to go to bed, the Jiang family was so energetic that their eyes were as bright as copper bells, and everyone was so happy that they didn't feel sleepy.
Thinking that their family had suffered for so many years, it was finally over. As the eldest brother, Jiang Fengnian felt the most at ease.
Sun Chunxue and Li Qiqiao also murmured happily for a long time.
When they first got married, the family was in such a difficult situation. They never imagined that now they would have enough white rice to eat, which seemed like a dream.
The family chatted excitedly until late at night.
In the end, Feng was the first to feel sleepy.
She hugged Xiao Nuobao, who had been sleeping for a long time, and urged the children to go to bed quickly.
Before going to bed, Feng did not forget to scare them: "The fact that our family has food is all thanks to your sister, so you must remember this. Also, no one is allowed to go out and talk nonsense. If thieves target you, the whole family will suffer."
"If you dare to talk nonsense outside, I will kick you out first, do you hear me!"
"Don't worry, mother, your sister will be the sky of our family from now on!"
"We definitely controlled our mouths and just ate without talking!"
Even Sun Chunxue, who disliked her sister-in-law, laughed: "Mom, I will get up early tomorrow to make steamed egg custard and rice pot for our glutinous rice!"
It is said that if there is food at home, there is no need to worry. In the following days, the Jiang family was refreshed.
They were particularly energetic when walking in the village.
Seeing Sun Chunxue's happy look, Aunt Li from the opposite door secretly cursed: "The hen daughter-in-law of the Feng family who can't lay eggs, what is she doing every day? Her big buck teeth are so annoying that people who don't know would think she is pregnant."
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