At first, Qin Nian decided to give them some because it was a famine year and it was pitiful for the elderly and children to ask for strawberries. Giving one to each person would not make her poor.
Another thing is that these elderly people and children who eat strawberries are also a form of promotion for strawberries.
Now it seems that as long as you give them, it won't just be the elderly and children who come to ask for strawberries. Many young people and middle-aged people who are neither too old nor too young will come to ask for them.
Once again, she witnessed the greed of human nature.
Mrs. Li hung the snake in her hand around her neck:
"Xiao Nian, didn't you tell me before that I didn't dare? Open your big eyes and take a good look. Does your grandma dare?"
Qin Nian smiled and gave Li Pozi a thumbs up: "Okay, grandma is really good."
"Are you convinced?"
Qin Nian chuckled: "Yes, I obey anyone but grandma."
Mrs. Li turned and looked at the three young men: "Geng boys, are you convinced?"
Geng Feng laughed out loud, and said as he laughed, "I have to obey you, old man."
Only then did Mrs. Li put away her arrogant look, raised her hand, pulled the snake off its neck, swung it around and threw it to the ground.
He threw the snake several times until it was dead, then he kicked it and said, "Let's see how you can swallow my chicks in the future."
After knocking the snake off, Mrs. Li walked around the greenhouse. She was shocked, sighed, happy, and proud.
Finally, I went home with all kinds of feelings.
The Qin family's disturbance delayed a lot of my efforts.
Qin Nian and Geng Feng pushed a cart into the county town to sell strawberries. Geng Zhenhai stayed at home with Geng Tian and continued to build the greenhouse.
Geng Di didn't dare to go to work, because he had to watch over the strawberries. The fields were full of people, and if he didn't watch over them, all the strawberries would be stolen in broad daylight.
From this, it seems that Qin Nian’s decision to no longer give strawberries to either the elderly or children was correct.
Ye Meizi was preparing lunch in the greenhouse, and would come out from time to time to help Geng Di watch over everything.
This place is only two miles away from the county town. It was almost noon when Qin Nian and Geng Feng came back and sold all the 100 kilograms of strawberries.
Qin Nian quietly threw the silver into the space.
Yesterday Qin Nian took out a few cucumbers from the space, washed them, marinated them with salt, and then put a clean stone to press the cucumbers.
After pressing overnight to squeeze out the water, mix it with soy sauce and chili oil and serve as a pickle.
The staple food for lunch was steamed buns, the dish was chicken stewed with potatoes, vermicelli, and egg and persimmon soup, accompanied by cucumber pickles made by Qin Nian. The whole family was eating happily.
"What about eating?"
A slow voice sounded at the entrance of the greenhouse: "It seems that I came at the wrong time."
Everyone looked up.
At the entrance of the shed stood an old man, who was about sixty years old, wearing a blue satin brocade robe with copper coin patterns. His hair was gray and meticulously combed, tied into a small bun and pinned with a white jade hairpin.
Wearing an emerald green ring on his thumb and leaning on crutches in both hands, he stood at the entrance of the shed with great attitude.
Behind him, two people stood on his left and right, both dressed in black clothes and trousers. They were obviously servants of wealthy families.
Qin Nian put down his chopsticks, quickly stood up and walked over: "Old man, are you here to look for someone or do you have something to ask?"
Geng Feng also put down his chopsticks and followed Qin Nian.
"I'm looking for Miss Qin Nianqin."
"I'm Qin Nian, please come this way."
There were two trees on the edge of the field, and a few chairs were placed under the trees. Qin Nian invited the old man over: "Please sit down."
She sat opposite the old man: "What do you want from me?"
The old man spoke slowly: "Let me introduce myself first. My last name is Zhang, and my name is Zhang Kui. Others call me Mr. Zhang."
Mr. Zhang? Qin Nian's mind instantly filtered out a person. Wasn't it Mr. Zhang who sold her the land?
"It turned out to be Mr. Zhang."
Geng Feng also remembered who the person was. His heart sank, knowing that this person must have come to cause trouble.
He sat down next to Qin Nian.
Mr. Zhang ignored Geng Feng's presence and said, "Miss Qin, there has been a severe drought in Yi County in recent years, and the land has not yielded any harvest.
My son is an official in the capital. I am old and cannot stand the scorching heat, so I plan to go to the capital to live with my son.
I found a land agent to sell, and soon you bought the land.
As I was getting ready to leave, I wrote a letter to tell my son that the land had been sold but the house could not be sold for the time being.
I can only temporarily lock the door. My servant will deliver the letter on a fast horse, and I will set off soon after. "
Qin Nian was not interested in what he said: "Just tell me why you came to see me first."
Mr. Zhang sneered, "Shouldn't we start from the beginning? Otherwise, how can you understand?"
After receiving the letter, my son hurriedly sent the servant back and asked him to take the reply letter.
My son said in the letter that this 100 mu of land was ancestral land passed down from his ancestors and cannot be sold, not at any time.
After saying this, he took out a banknote from his pocket and handed it to Qin Nian:
"Miss Qin, I sold this hundred acres of land to you for six hundred and sixty silver coins.
You have planted some crops in the field, so I will give you an extra ten taels. This note says seven hundred taels. Keep it.”
Qin Nian understood that they came to beat up the scoundrels because they saw that they were making money.
She smiled faintly: "Does Mr. Zhang know how to play chess?"
Mr. Zhang didn't understand what was going on, but he still patiently answered with one word: "Yes."
“No regrets after making a move, this is the rule of chess, and it is also the rule of business.
I bought this land through a pawnbroker, and Mr. Zhang also sold it through a pawnbroker. The land has been transferred to me and the deed is in my hands.
I am the owner of this land, and I don't want to sell it now. Please take back the banknote."
"Miss Qin, think before you speak, and don't just take advantage of others.
Don't offend the wrong people just because you are young and ignorant. You can't stop it."
Qin Nian sneered: "Mr. Zhang, when you sell land, you don't say whose father you are.
I am not selling my land today, nor do I want to ask who your father is. I only know that there is no such thing as forced buying or selling in the world. "
Mr. Zhang's face turned cold: "So much, do you really not want to return the land?"
"Mr. Zhang, what are you talking about? You should return things you borrowed. It's not correct to use the word 'return' when you're talking about the land I bought.
Don’t waste your time reading poetry and books. Not only do you not understand propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, you can’t even use words.”
"Miss Qin is very eloquent. But I still want to advise you that I must take back the land. If you don't give it to me, you can only go to the county government office."
Geng Feng's eyes were spitting fire:
"Mr. Zhang, you are already old. You are really ashamed of your gray hair if you do something like this."
"Kid, there's no use getting angry."
Geng Zhenhai walked over and stood beside Qin Nian: "Mr. Zhang, I am a hunter. Years of hunting have taught me a truth.
When I face the most ferocious hungry wolf, what I must do is to be more ferocious than the hungry wolf.
The land belongs to my little girl, and if she says she won’t sell it, then she won’t sell it.”
"Okay, wait for the county magistrate's people to come and summon you. I hope you will still be so stubborn by then and don't change your mind."
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