Chapter 680 Earning Fortune
Jia Yanbing knew without asking that this was definitely true. Although Mr. Chen earned a lot, apart from eating and drinking, he seemed to have used the rest of his money for charity and donated it to poor people. If drinking was his first hobby, then charity was his second. Otherwise, he would not have agreed to his plan to reform the border.
Even though he kept saying it was a barren place, in fact, as soon as he stepped into the border, he might have already agreed with his idea in his heart.
Jia Yanbing finally paid the young man four hundred taels of silver.
"Little brother, why don't you have lunch before leaving?" Wan Ersao also heard what happened. She was the host, and Jia Yanbing would probably feel embarrassed if she didn't ask to stay.
"Sister-in-law, no need. I have to hurry home. In another month, the roads will be blocked by heavy snow, and I won't be able to go back. I have to rush into the interior before the heavy snow comes."
The young man declined Wan Ersao's kindness and drove away in his carriage.
"Little brother, wait a minute. If you don't want to eat at our house, forget it. I'll get you some food. You can eat slowly on the way. I can't let you go on an empty stomach."
Wan Ersao rushed into the kitchen, made a few buns, picked up some pastries, wrapped some vegetables in oil paper, ran out in a hurry, and stuffed them into the hands of the young man.
"Little brother, thank you for your hard work."
After seeing off the coachman, Wan Laoer came back.
The experimental site this time is the same land where they dug up gold. The water supply there has been very sufficient in the past two years, and water is convenient to use.
After Guihua called Wan Laoer back, Banxia immediately brought warm water for Wan Laoer to wash his face.
"Dad, there is a distinguished guest at home. You should keep him company. It seems that he is invited by the master. It sounds like he is related to the land lease. He must be an expert." Wan Ersao pulled Wan Laoer aside and whispered a few words to him.
"Is it related to renting land? Could it be an old hand at farming? But that's unlikely. How could you know such a person, sir?"
"I'm not sure either. You'll find out if you go in quickly. The food is ready. I'll serve it to the table right away."
After hearing what Wan Ersao said, Wan Laoer hurried back to his room and changed his clothes.
At this time, the room was divided into two tables, one inside and one outside.
Banxia, Baizhi and Guihua were busy serving the dishes, and then the three of them ate in the kitchen.
Since the family had more people, Banxia and Baizhi insisted on not eating at the same table with Fubao and the others. Finally, Wan Ersao had no choice but to leave food for them in the kitchen, and Guihua also wanted to eat with Banxia and Baizhi.
Now Old Lady Wan, Cui and a few children were eating on the kang in the inner room, but they could all hear a few people talking outside.
When Wan Ersao came in after cleaning up, she saw Fubao also ran outside to sit at the same table with Wan Laoer.
"Girl, let me introduce you to you. This is Chen Desheng, Mr. Chen. He is half my teacher and is best at growing medicinal herbs. So when I went back to Jiangnan to pick up my wife and children this time, I went to find him and asked him to come to the border."
Jia Yanbing aroused Fubao's interest with just a few words.
"Grandpa, you can grow medicinal herbs? Really?" Fubao changed his attitude from half an hour ago. He climbed down from his small stool and moved to sit next to Old Chen.
Old Chen was so happy. He had just heard that this girl knew medical skills, so she must be quite familiar with medicinal herbs. Maybe they would deal with each other often in the future.
"Of course. I have been growing medicinal herbs all my life, and this medicinal herb is my wife."
Fubao's eyes immediately became starry and he looked at Mr. Chen with admiration.
"Then can you tell me what medicinal herbs we can grow at the border?"
"I have been walking and stopping along the way, and I have studied the soil of the border area. The climate requirements for growing medicinal herbs are also very high. I found that the sunshine time at the border is longer, and many medicinal herbs are very suitable for planting here, such as astragalus. Astragalus can be planted twice a year at the border, from late March to mid-April, and from late September to early October. These two time periods are the best time to plant astragalus."
"It's just October now, which is a good time to plant Astragalus. But I need to buy the seeds of this medicinal herb. I don't know if it's easy to buy them here."
After Mr. Chen told Fubao about Astragalus, he felt both worried and happy.
"Mr. Chen, don't worry, just focus on planting. I'll take care of the rest. Let's plant a small amount this year and plant more next year. Besides, it takes two to three years for Astragalus to mature, so we need to plant it in batches so that we can harvest it every year."
Old Man Chen did not respond to Jia Yanbing's words, and continued to say to Fubao: "Girl, do you want to know how to grow medicinal herbs?"
"I want to, so badly. Grandpa, are you willing to teach me? By the way, my name is Fubao, so you can just call me Fubao from now on."
Fubao immediately used her special skills on Old Man Chen.
Old Man Chen liked Fubao to begin with, and now he responded even more dotingly, "Of course I am willing. Your name is Fubao? You are indeed a blessed person."
Fubao immediately took advantage of the situation and picked up a big chicken leg from the plate in front of him and gave it to Mr. Chen.
"Grandpa, come and eat the chicken leg. This will be your home from now on. Don't be shy. Tell Fubao what you want to eat or drink. I'll give you as much as you want."
These words touched Mr. Chen's heart directly. He raised his head and laughed out loud, then gave Jia Yanbing a good look.
"My boy, this trip was not in vain. This girl will be my granddaughter in the future."
Old Mrs. Wan had been listening inside and immediately refused to do anything when she heard what was said.
"Hey, old man, you want to steal my granddaughter the first time you come to our house? I was polite to you just now for the sake of the gentleman, and you still want to steal her? This is my granddaughter, this is our home."
Old Mrs. Wan usually says good things and is sensible, but when it comes to Fubao, she won't give in at all.
When Wan Laoer and Jia Yanbing saw that Old Lady Wan came out in person, they hurried to mediate.
"Mom, don't be angry. Mr. Chen was just joking."
"Aunt, Mr. Chen really likes to joke, you don't have to take it seriously."
But old man Chen was stubborn and said with his neck stiff, "Humph, I want to take this girl as my granddaughter. What's wrong with that? No?"
Seeing that Old Lady Wan was about to lose her temper again, Fubao quickly pulled her into the inner room.
"Grandma, don't worry. You are the one who did it. This old man Chen is our key figure this time. Many medicinal herbs are in short supply in Daqi now. Brother Mo wrote to me saying that many soldiers on the front line are still holding on despite being injured. The treasury is empty and there is not enough supply of medicinal herbs. If we can grow a large number of medicinal herbs, we will have absolute say in the future. If Yue wants to take me back in the future, the emperor will have to think twice. But these large quantities of medicinal herbs have to be grown by old man Chen. Grandma, you are a magnanimous person. Don't argue with an old man."
Although Jia Yanbing did not tell Fubao the purpose of growing medicinal herbs, Fubao was able to adapt to the situation.
Only then did Old Lady Wan's expression soften.
"Okay, I'm doing this for your sake, but it's not convenient for me to let that old man live in our house."
Cui immediately replied, "Aunt, don't worry, Mr. Chen lives in our house. We have many empty houses in our yard. I will go back and clean up a room for Mr. Chen in a while."
The farce came and went quickly. After eating and drinking, Jia Yanbing took Old Man Chen back to their yard, and then returned to discuss the land for planting medicinal herbs with Wan Laoer.
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