Chapter 152 Tai Jiye experienced a chilling feeling!
"Second brother is in class, Zhuzhu go help aunt pick vegetables!" The fat girl was so happy that she felt she had accomplished a big thing, and she jumped into the kitchen.
Tai Yongning coughed dryly, put his crutches aside, and then knocked on the table and said, "Do you still remember the characters you learned yesterday? Let me test you. If you make a mistake, I'll hit you with a ruler!"
The naughty boys immediately looked miserable, put their hands behind their backs, and felt extremely regretful.
Now they promise not to tell anyone about stealing the candies. Can they avoid this disaster?
Not to mention the excitement in Tai's family, the other villages were also in an uproar as they carried the seeds back.
Because everyone wants to plant it, and every family wants to get a share!
After all, those big golden corn cobs are so tempting.
The most important thing is that there are few seeds and many people buy them, so things that everyone is scrambling for must be good stuff!
The village heads were also in a dilemma, but finally came up with a relatively reasonable solution.
Each portion of seeds weighs two pounds, and anyone who has a daughter marrying into Taijia Village must get a portion.
For the rest, each household in the village draws lots. If they win, they plant; if they don't, they wait until next year.
Naturally, the final result is that some are happy while others are sad.
But marrying their daughters to Taijia Village has become the idea of many families.
Firstly, life in Taijia Village would surely get better and better. After all, the Tai family was becoming prosperous, and their clansmen were benefiting from it. If my daughter married there, she would definitely not be hungry or cold.
Secondly, if your children become in-laws, then you can have priority over such good things as dividing the good seeds!
Therefore, all the unmarried young men in Taijia Village, and even the unmarried girls, are "coveted" by everyone.
Soon, someone took action.
On the morning of the second day, the matchmaker, dressed in red and green, walked into Taijia Village and went straight to a house with a girl. She planned to introduce her to a family in Sanchahe and marry her to be the eldest daughter-in-law.
Unexpectedly, the matchmaker hit a wall as soon as she opened her mouth.
The daughter's parents kept clamoring to keep her for two more years!
The matchmaker was stunned. He gave up his daughter in exchange for a betrothal gift and actually wanted her to stay at home and eat food for two more years?
Is this family crazy?
The matchmaker refused to believe in evil and went to the second house...
When the sun was setting, the matchmaker left Taijia Village. She was so tired that her mouth was dry and her face was pale, but she had not tied a single red string!
She was angry and unwilling to give up, so she decided to find out the truth in a few days and then come back!
Unfortunately, after hearing about it, Mr. Tai San started shouting from door to door.
"Life in our village is getting better and better, and there are countless people waiting to take advantage of us. Every family should be careful and not let just anyone in! If there are people with bad intentions, even if they don't steal anything, a few casual words of instigation can cause trouble!"
Everyone thought it made sense and agreed.
Those who have daughters at home would like them to stay for two more years to earn some money for their dowry.
Those who have sons at home have to wait one more year. In autumn, if you hang corn cobs under the eaves, you can attract not only a good wife but even a golden phoenix!
Tai Jiye had been away for a long time and had already made some connections, the most important of whom was Manager Min.
Because most of the other people were introduced to him by Manager Min.
This time, he was asked by his father to send gifts to the Min family. He was very enthusiastic and went into the city after breakfast the next day.
Of course, Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue, the two little followers, cannot be left behind.
To this end, they specially offered their darts to their eldest brother to play with for a day, and only then did they snatch the job of driving the coach.
Manager Min was in the shop and was happy to hear that Tai Jiye was coming to visit.
He welcomed the uncle and nephew of the Tai family to the wing room at the back of the shop, served them tea, and also arranged for freshly baked snacks.
Tai Yonglu and Tai Yongyue enjoyed the meal, while Tai Jiye and Manager Min also had a lively chat.
Manager Min had been out and about many times before, so when he heard Tai Jiye talking about any place, he could ask a few questions, and they became closer and more compatible.
After talking for a while, Tai Jiye finally remembered the important matter and quickly took out the corn cobs, tea leaves, and candied fruits.
He was a smart and careful man. He only had one portion of seeds, but one more portion of tea leaves and one less portion of candied fruit seeds.
The extra portion was given to the Min family, and the smaller portion was given to Manager Min to try out as a new treat.
Manager Min didn't lack these little things, but he was really happy that someone remembered him and brought him back from afar.
So, when Tai Jiye took his two nephews away, he not only gave them a lot of snacks, but also promised to help find buyers for candied fruits and tea.
Tai Jiye was naturally grateful, and after thanking him, he went to find some friends to chat and get together.
His dream for many years has been to go into business, so most of his friends are also in business.
Originally, Tai Jiye thought that if he distributed the tea and candied fruits he brought back from the south to these friends, he would get his capital back and have a surplus of about 100 taels.
Unexpectedly, when they heard that he wanted to sell tea and candied fruits, several friends waved their hands.
"Brother Tai, it's not that I don't want to help. It's just that your goods are too ordinary!"
"Yes, tea is something that any merchant from the south would bring with them in the hundreds of kilograms. It's not rare at all."
Tai Jiye was unwilling to give up and asked, "Where are the candied fruits? I brought lychees. No one here has ever eaten them, right?"
A friend patted Tai Jiye on the shoulder, with a look of sympathy and amusement, and explained it to him carefully.
"Brother, you brought these candied fruits back from far away, you must be hoping to make money and sell them at a high price, right? But don't you think that if the price is too high, ordinary people won't be willing to buy them, so they can only sell them to the rich. But the rich like fresh fruits, and there are more fruits in the spring. Who wants to eat candied fruits?"
Tai Jiye thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true, and his face turned gloomy.
Everyone felt a little gloating, but they didn't want to go too far, so they turned to comfort him.
"Okay, don't worry. Even though it's hard to sell, it will be almost done in two or three months."
"Yes, if that doesn't work, just sell it at a snack shop and give the shop some extra money."
Tai Jiye felt even more unhappy after hearing this, but he still opened his mouth to express his gratitude.
"Okay, thank you all for your advice. Let me think about what to do with it. Next time I go south, I won't bring these useless things with me."
Soon, everyone changed the topic and became lively again.
Not to mention how depressed Tai Jiye was on his way home, let's just say that Manager Min chose to return home before dinner, and then went to the backyard to report that he wanted to see the mistress of the house.
At this time, Mr. Min happened to be in the main room, and he sat side by side with his wife, waiting to see if Manager Min had any important matters to report.
Steward Min led his men to carry the things all the way to the main courtyard. He seemed not to notice the unhappy expressions of the host and his wife, and he knelt down and said, "Master, Madam, today the Tai family sent some high-yield seeds. I saw that they were really novel and needed them, so I didn't dare to delay and hurried back. I hope you will forgive me for disturbing your rest."
Mr. Min remained silent. Madam Min, remembering the Tai family's thoughtfulness and Steward Min's shrewdness, guessed that there must be something to be desired in these things, so she said, "Get up! What kind of pedigree are you that makes you disregard even the rules?"
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