Chapter 713: Big Deal
With Tang County Magistrate as a reference, Bai Shan's characters gradually became more full-bodied. Zhou Silang nodded repeatedly after looking at the painting, then felt a little dizzy and immediately stopped thinking. He exclaimed with his mouth: "Yes, yes, that's it, but you still painted it a little better. His forehead is not so straight and not so wide. It needs to be narrower. The eyes are a little big..."
Bai Shan slowly made revisions, Zhou Silang's eyes brightened and he exclaimed, "That's right, this guy is the one who stopped the car."
Manbao looked carefully and said, "Fourth brother, this is not a pointed-nosed monkey-faced one, okay? It's obviously good-looking."
"You call this okay? It's so ugly."
Bai Shan said objectively, "He looks very ordinary, and he is indeed not as ugly as Zhou Si said."
County Magistrate Tang said, "He looks ordinary, so it's not easy to recognize his talent."
He glanced at Zhou Silang approvingly and said with a smile, "Most people who encounter robbery will immediately see the appearance of the person who stopped the car, but will forget it after the robbery. Some people will even forget the exact number of people or what happened during that period of time, let alone remember the appearance of the person. You did a good job."
Zhou Silang laughed happily, but still said modestly, "No, no, it's mainly because my family members are relatively smart. You can tell by looking at my youngest sister."
County Magistrate Tang smiled politely, stood up and said, "Then tell me what the man you beat up looks like. I'll go talk to Mr. Zhuang first."
He doesn't want to stay here as a template anymore.
But Zhou Silang didn't mind. He felt more at ease when County Magistrate Tang was not here.
As for the reference object, what does it matter? Hasn’t one been drawn already?
Zhou Silang now felt that the two men looked similar, both very ugly and very ferocious.
But after the description, the person drawn by Bai Shan was different. But you know what, the painting was quite similar to the real person.
Bai Shan handed the two finished paintings to County Magistrate Tang.
County Magistrate Tang examined it carefully, nodded in praise, and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a good painter. You're only twelve, right?"
Manbao said from the side: "It's mainly because the teacher who teaches painting is good."
Bai Shan glanced at her and said, "You are obviously talented, otherwise I have never seen you paint so well even though you are the same teacher."
Manbao snorted and turned his head away, ignoring him.
County Magistrate Tang said with a smile, "I didn't expect Mr. Zhuang to be so good at fine brushwork."
Mr. Zhuang, who was standing by, waved his hand and said with a smile, "But this is not me."
Bai Shan said proudly: "My mother taught us how to paint."
County Magistrate Tang was stunned for a moment before he smiled and said, "It seems he really has a talent."
Bai Shan raised her eyebrows proudly at Man Bao.
Manbao: ...
County Magistrate Tang put the portrait away and said with a smile, "Leave this matter to me. I will give your fourth brother justice. However, your fourth brother is injured now. What about the grain I ordered?"
Manbao blinked. Of course, he had to ask Zhou Silang about such business matters.
Zhou Silang had just had his entire cart of wheat seeds and all the money on him robbed, and he was heartbroken. Upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Master Tang, although I'm injured, I still have brothers."
Although the profit from doing business with Lord Tang is small, the volume is large. Li Jun has already calculated for him how much money he can make from this business, and he will not give up anyway.
He looked at Manbao and said, "I'll ask Manbao to write a letter home. The wheat seeds will be delivered in a few days."
County Magistrate Tang finally smiled. "That's good. As you know, this wheat seed needs to be sown in the spring, so you have to pay it all before the New Year. It's all written in the contract."
This was certainly not a problem before. Zhou Silang could make a round trip every three days. Even if the wheat harvest took a little longer, he could still bring back a truckload in four days at most.
But now he was lying in bed, obviously unable to do so.
But Zhou Silang gritted his teeth and agreed, "Don't worry."
County Magistrate Tang left with a particularly relieved heart.
Manbao wrung out a cloth and wiped her fourth brother's forehead, then asked, "Does your head hurt?"
"pain."
"Don't think about the pain," Manbao said, "It's not a big deal, Fourth Brother. If you don't worry, I'll help you solve it."
"How are you going to solve this problem? There are bandits on the road. What if Big Brother and the others come here and encounter bandits as well?" Zhou Silang responded readily, but he was actually still afraid. He counted on his fingers and said, "Even if Big Brother and the others all come, there are only five of us, and there are more than a dozen of them."
Bai Shan said: "They just robbed it once, they probably won't dare to come again in the short term."
"You're just guessing," Zhou Silang said, feeling extremely distressed as he thought of the wheat seeds that had been stolen. "What if, after they've tasted the sweetness, they come out and steal again?"
Manbao nodded repeatedly and said, "That's right, that's right. Smart people should never try to guess the thoughts of stupid people. It's easy to guess wrongly."
Bai Shan & Shu Silang: ...
Manbao continued, "Having the wheat seeds stolen is a small matter. What if a conflict breaks out and someone gets hurt? So what we have to do is to put an end to their small motive of robbery."
Bai Shan asked, "How do you pinch it?"
Manbao: "Don't they have more than a dozen people? We can just find 20 or 30 people. I don't believe they dare to rob us!"
Zhou Silang: "My sister, how much money do you make from a cart of grain? I feel it's a loss to let all five of my brothers transport the grain, and you still hire twenty or thirty people."
Bai Shan seemed to be lost in thought.
Manbao looked down on his fourth brother, "Fourth brother, what are you thinking? Twenty or thirty people can't just escort one cart. We need at least ten or twenty carts. Maybe we can transport the grain that County Magistrate Tang wants in no time."
Zhou Silang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where did we get the car? You don't want those people to carry it on their shoulders, do you?"
Bai Shanze asked, "Does your family have that much money?"
He said, "There's no rush for a car, we can rent one, but to buy so much grain at once, County Magistrate Tang won't give a deposit. You'll have to pay for it yourself. Do you have that much cash at home?"
She didn't know how much money her family had, but she knew how much money she had, and the money her family had was only more than hers, not less.
So it should be enough, but I'm afraid her father doesn't dare to do this business.
However, County Magistrate Tang is a trustworthy person, and he doesn't seem to be short of money. In this case, the risk is worth taking.
So Manbao nodded.
Bai Shan said, "Then you should write a letter home and ask them to go to each village to buy the appropriate wheat seeds. Once they have made sure they have enough wheat seeds, we can hire people and carts here to bring them back."
"Wait, wait," Zhou Silang couldn't lie still any longer. He propped up half his body with his right hand, stretched out his hand to stop them, and said, "Why do we need to hire people and a car here? We don't need people at home. Even if we don't have enough people, there are still people in the village. People in the city are too expensive and not necessarily trustworthy. If we want to hire people, we have to find them in the village, right?"
After thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong and that he had been misled, so he said, "No, how much does it cost to buy so much wheat seeds at once?"
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(End of this chapter)
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