Before he could finish, some villagers were already nervous and quickly responded, "Uncle Liu, aren't you selling corn seeds too? Why don't you bring mine along? I'm afraid of being cheated!"
After being reminded, the others immediately took up the conversation, "Yes, Uncle Six, please help me find a buyer. We'll just take care of the cash. If we get cheated, all our hard work this year will be in vain!"
"Yes, yes, Uncle Six will take one from my family!"
"My family, too."
The rest of the villagers were not willing to lag behind and started shouting, fearing that they would be left behind.
Old Master Tai and Third Master Tai exchanged a glance, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I can't shake off these scoundrels! I'm such a grown-up, yet they still need me to step in to sell something. They're just waiting for something ready-made!"
Third Master Tai also smiled and advised, "Those who are capable should work harder. Stop complaining! We all trust you. Besides, you are the sixth uncle. If you don't worry about it, who will?"
Old Master Tai was helpless and could only say, "Okay, I'll try to take everything with me. It would be best if a wealthy family in the city came to us. The money would be safe and the price would be good, and we wouldn't have to worry about it."
Everyone hurriedly smiled and thanked him. At this point, the matter was resolved satisfactorily. Young and old walked home with the silver money, as if they were walking on clouds.
Of course, after they returned home, there was another round of chaos.
After a while, a small jar filled with silver appeared in the mouse hole. Before the mouse could take a look at it, it was taken out and stuffed into the chicken coop...
As the old saying goes, if you have food at home, you won't be worried. But in Taijia Village, the situation is that if you have money at home, you will be more worried.
But this kind of fear is something that others can never get even if they envy it.
The women of each family were excitedly making pancakes on the kang, and they all got up early to go to the city. If for no other reason, it was their duty to cut meat to make dumplings for the hard-working masters, and to buy cloth to make them new clothes.
As a result, the shared carriage at the entrance of the village was packed in the blink of an eye.
In this way, there were still seven or eight people who had no place to sit and they stamped their feet in anxiety.
Mr. Tai San, with his hands behind his back and his pipe in hand, got up early and "inspected" the village as usual. When he saw this, he decided to add another carriage.
The women were so happy that they chattered and made the old man happy and his head buzz.
Yang Lihua didn't buy anything, but she was thinking that her son was going to take a rest, so she asked the villagers to send a message to the snack shop, asking her son to come back and stay for one night the next day!
When the two carriages carrying the excited women set off one after another, the village returned to peace.
Zhuzhu rode a big black horse, accompanied by a big white horse, and followed by Zhimaqiu, and they went to Hetao with the old man.
Tai Jizu couldn't sit still, so he took people to build a simple small pond in Hetao.
When Tai Jiye returned with the cashmere, the women in the village would wash the cashmere in the small pond and then replace the dirty water at night.
In this way, the water use time of people living downstream of the river can be completely avoided, so as to avoid the trouble caused by sewage.
After all, no matter how hardworking a person is, they would wash clothes or fetch water to cook in the middle of the night.
It has to be said that the better the Tai family's reputation, the more trusted and loved they are by the nearby villagers, and there is a reason for that.
He acts in a considerate and honest manner, does not show off and does not bully others. How can anyone not like such a character!
Although the river water in late autumn and early winter has not frozen yet, it is cold enough.
The villagers had suffered for years, especially the energetic young men, who did not find it unbearable at all. From time to time, a joker would catch a small fish and throw it on the shore, and Zhuzhu would clap her hands and shout with joy.
"Fish, there are fish! Uncle is so awesome!"
The big black horse sneezed in disgust, and the white horse carefully washed its hooves with river water. Only Sesame Ball came to support it, running around with the fish in its mouth.
The old man picked up some dry branches, built a bonfire, and grilled fish for his fat granddaughter while waiting for the villagers to come ashore to keep warm.
The naughty boys in the village saw it from afar and ran over madly.
One wanted to roast sweet potatoes, another wanted to roast potatoes, and one ran back home to pick up some radishes and cabbages, planning to roast a big hodgepodge.
Zhuzhu followed beside them, holding a sweet potato in her hand. The boys were afraid that the bonfire would burn this precious girl, and they were also afraid that she would be pushed outside and cry again. In the end, they could only gather around her and make a human iron bucket.
The old man watched from the side and laughed, puffing on his pipe from time to time.
At this time, a carriage came on the dirt road. The person in the carriage was none other than Manager Min, who came every few days.
The naughty boys were so happy that they surrounded the carriage before it stopped at the riverbank, jumping up and down and shouting, "Uncle Steward, Uncle Steward!"
Manager Min jumped out of the car, rubbed their heads with a smile, then took out two boxes of snacks from the car, stuffed one box for the boys to share, and the other box... needless to say, was for Zhuzhu!
Zhuzhu hugged Manager Min's neck and twisted around happily, "Uncle Min, Zhuzhu misses you!"
"Hey, hey! Uncle misses you too. As soon as I got some free time, I came to bring you some snacks!" Manager Min was completely coaxed by the fat girl, and his face was full of smiles.
The old man lit another bonfire and asked Manager Min to sit on a rock nearby.
Zhuzhu sat on Manager Min's lap, happily kicking her little feet while eating snacks!
Old Master Tai laughed and said, "It's only been a few days, why are you here again? Isn't the shop busy?"
"Busy!" Manager Min said with a smile, "But now we have servants, so I don't have to keep an eye on them every day. And I came here for something serious, something good!"
Old Man Tai tapped his pipe and replied, "Let me guess, a lot of people come to you to buy corn seeds."
"That's right! Uncle is really amazing! He guessed it right the first time!" Manager Min pulled out a list from his pocket and said with a smile, "These past few days, my shop has been so crowded with people asking me to buy seeds for our family. I picked out the reliable ones and made a list.
"Uncle, take a look. If the village has enough seeds and is willing to sell them at this price, I'll go back and tell you. Then, I can find someone from the bank in the city to help check the silver and money."
Old Man Tai took a quick look, counted the total number of corn seeds, and nodded.
"We have enough seeds in the village, but we need half sorghum and half silver. The county government will collect the grain tax soon, and the village needs to pay the sorghum and keep some for the winter."
"That's easy. I'll go back and tell these people." Manager Min agreed immediately.
The two discussed for a while, and the old man saw that the sun was high in the sky, so he called Manager Min to go home for dinner, but he didn't expect that Manager Min refused.
In fact, the dim sum shop was very busy, and he had finally squeezed out time to come here, but he just didn't want to take credit for it.
After seeing off Manager Min, the old man found his elder brother and gave him clear instructions. Each family was busy threshing and drying the corn in the afternoon, and they did not fall asleep until midnight, yawning.
But it seemed like not long after they closed their eyes, everyone was awakened again!
Ding ding ding!
In the darkness of night, the rapid and crisp sound of knocking on the copper basin makes people dizzy.
I think the last time I knocked on the copper basin was when the wolves entered the village...
Wolf pack?!
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