Wang Wu fished out two big watermelons from the well and placed them on the table. Wang Zheng flicked the watermelon rind with his finger, and after a crisp sound, the watermelons burst open.
After Wang Zheng handed a small bamboo spoon to Wang Ying and Luo Xiaomei, he took half of the watermelon and started to eat it. Wang Wu followed suit and took the remaining half of the watermelon and started to eat it.
Wang Ying ate two spoonfuls of watermelon, looked at the bright sun in the sky, and complained: "It's always so hot, no one wants to go out, and the walnut business in the store is not good."
After Luo Xiaomei and Wang Zheng came to Yuzhou, they became much more ladylike. After eating a few spoonfuls of watermelon, she wiped the corners of her mouth with a silk scarf and asked, "What about bean sprouts? Is your bean sprout business going well?"
Wang Ying had a look of despair on his face, "Don't mention it, the weather is so hot, people just throw some beans on the ground, add some water, and you'll have a big patch of bean sprouts the next day.
Only wealthy people are willing to buy bean sprouts from me because they don’t like the cleanliness of the products. The sales volume is not huge, but it’s enough to cover the rent and labor costs.”
Luo Xiaomei asked in surprise: "Didn't you buy the land and build the house? Why do you still need rent?"
"It's okay. A little kid got his foot caught while climbing the seashore. He bled a little."
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Being at ease is the most important thing, at least one has to be at ease under the Tang laws. The women in the aristocratic families did not live so comfortably. Not only did they have to greet in the morning and report in the evening, they even had to ask for permission before leaving the house.
"That's right. You have to do business carefully, otherwise you won't make any money."
Wang Wu said that they could be stepped on from time to time, which meant that there were a lot of them. Wang Zheng immediately gave instructions to the sickle-spear warriors beside him.
Seeing Wang Ying's smug look, Luo Xiaomei joked, "Whoever marries our Ying Niang in the future will be blessed, as they will have a large dowry."
"Go take a dip in the river."
Luo Xiaomei nodded and said, "That's true. You are very thoughtful."
The crabs here don't have much meat to eat, so they eat grass. They are not very big, but their shells are very hard, and you can't bite them if you have weak teeth. The key point is that they don't have much meat.
The person who went back to get the backpack happened to come back at this time, and Wang Zheng immediately shook all the crabs on it into the basket.
Finding a pair of sickle-wielding warriors to follow them, the two brothers rode to the riverside. It was quite lively here, with many children soaking in the river and many adults as well.
Wang Zheng thought about it and nodded, "Okay, I'll go too."
The entire Yangtze River is divided into sections by the Three Gorges. After leaving the Three Gorges, there are hairy crabs, which have rich meat and thin shells and are a delicious ingredient. But starting from the Three Gorges, the crabs above the Yangtze River have changed.
Wang Ying said as if it was a matter of course: "Isn't it still an income if I rent it out to others? The rent money should naturally be included in it."
Wang Zheng twitched his lips and cursed, "Idiot, don't you know to tie a stone on it?"
Wang Zheng was speechless, and he pulled the corner of his mouth and cursed: "Are you a pig? They can't eat it, don't you know to smash it and feed it to them?"
Wang Zheng asked, "What are you doing?"
After Wang Zheng found some wild mulberry trees on the shore and peeled some mulberry bark, the sickle-spear warriors had already helped Wang Zheng kill dozens of toads.
“Puff, puff, puff.”
The person who asked the question chuckled twice and ran away.
Wang Ying was stunned for a moment and asked, "What kind of life do women in aristocratic families live? Isn't it said that they live in luxury?"
The river water is mainly mountain stream water and snow water, so the temperature is relatively low. It is especially cool to soak in the river water in summer.
Wang Ying thought for a moment and pouted, "I don't want anyone to take advantage of me. I want to find a rich, aristocratic family kid."
Wang Wu finished half of the watermelon in a few bites, stood up and was about to leave.
"You've run a few miles and you're going to die of heat before it gets cooler."
Wang Zheng was stunned for a moment and asked, "Are there a lot of crabs here?"
Wang Ying was immediately dumbfounded by Wang Zheng's threats. "What should I do? Small families still have a lot of broken rules."
Wang Zheng quickly sent a sickle-spear warrior to check out the situation, and the sickle-spear warrior came back after a while.
Someone couldn't help but ask Wang Zheng: "Boss, what's the point of all these sea fishing?"
"Send one of you to go back and get some baskets and backpacks to put the crabs in, and the rest of you go find some toads in the bushes for me."
Wang Wu was amazed by what he saw. He also skinned the toad, tied it up with mulberry bark and threw it into the river. The tied toad immediately rolled over in the water.
Wang Zheng spat out a piece of watermelon seeds like a machine gun, wiped his mouth, and said, "You are a child of a noble family. It would be great if you could just find a small farm to live with. You can't stand the life of a woman from a noble family."
Wang Wu looked unconvinced. "I'll ride over there in a moment. The horse can cool down a bit and eat a full meal by the river. The grass by the river is very tender."
"Why is it useless? This is meat after all, and you can eat it. Even if you don't like it, you can feed it to chickens, ducks, geese, or pigs. They will grow faster after eating this meat, right?"
Mulberry bark, stones, and toads were everywhere. Seeing Wang Zheng and Wang Wu catch a basket of crabs in a short time, others immediately started to catch crabs like them.
The person asking the question said with an embarrassed look on his face: "It's OK to feed pigs, but chickens and ducks may not be able to eat such a big crab, right?"
As soon as Wang Zheng and his friends arrived, they heard a little kid's loud crying.
“The fine clothes are nice, but as for the delicious food, it’s just so-so. It may not be as delicious as what I make. So what if it’s fine clothes and delicious food?
Can you bear such a day?"
Luo Xiaomei laughed and said, "You brought so much money with you. The rules of a small family can't apply to you. They will try their best to curry favor with you."
“Hehehe.”
After peeling the toad, they tied it to a stone with mulberry bark and threw it into the river. After waiting for a while, they pulled it up and found it was covered with crabs.
Wang Wu shook his head and said, "I don't know if there are many, but I can always step on one every now and then when I go into the water."
Perhaps no one has ever fished for crabs here before, and since there is lush aquatic plants in this area, there are a lot of crabs. After a while, the baskets that Wang Zheng brought were almost full.
Wang Zheng asked people to take the crabs back quickly and get more things to pack the crabs. A harvest always makes people happy, especially such an easy harvest.
Wang Zheng was planning to go crab fishing here today.
After we brought these crabs back home, we saw the effect the next day. Of course, it was not that the chickens, ducks, geese and pigs grew much bigger immediately, but the chickens and ducks laid eggs more diligently and the sows' milk became more abundant.
These two effects can be seen immediately. With these effects, people will become more enthusiastic about fishing for crabs.