Since coming to this world, the village chief has helped them a lot. No matter when they were the poorest or when they were rich, the village chief was always warm and kind.
As soon as I arrived at the door, the village chief shouted, "Old woman, Tuan Tuan and his friends are back. Go kill a chicken and celebrate."
The village chief's wife came out of the kitchen upon hearing the noise. Seeing them, she immediately smiled and said, "Come in and sit down. I'll cook tonight and prepare a good meal for you."
Jiang An and Jiang Li ran to the kitchen to help very consciously.
The village chief and his wife hurriedly tried to stop them, asking them to go back inside to rest, but the two insisted on helping with chopping firewood and boiling water. The village chief couldn't help but sigh, "What good kids! They've grown so tall in just a year, and they're still so sensible."
After returning to the house and chatting, I found out that Mai Wu came to talk to the village chief about harvesting ginger. Although the ginger would not mature for another two months, Mai Wu felt that it would be better to know in advance how much ginger there was so that he could negotiate with the grain shop in the county town.
The village chief said that every household is planting ginger, some plant two or three acres, and some plant only one acre. But with so many households, and the ginger given by Jiang Tuantuan has strong growth vigor, it looks like there will be a lot of harvest.
If it is only sold in Fujiang County, it is impossible to sell all of it, so it needs to be sold outside.
But if you don't want to hand it over to them and want to take it to the county town to sell it yourself, that's also possible. After all, the money Mai Wu gives you for collecting ginger will be less than if you sell it yourself.
The village chief said, "I will tell the villagers to hand over all the ginger to you."
In fact, the village chief had his own considerations when he said this. First of all, Fujiang County was not big, and there were not so many wealthy families who could afford to eat ginger, so it would definitely be difficult to sell. Moreover, there were grain shops competing for business. Taking a step back, if he took it out to sell it himself, how should he set the price? If he set it too high, no one would buy it. If he set it too low, although it could be sold, it would definitely form a vicious circle.
Gradually the price becomes lower and lower, and ginger becomes less valuable. Once it is much lower than the grain shop price, the grain shop will definitely find a way to drive people away. This is blatantly stealing business. How can the common people in the village compete with those who run the grain shop?
It would be bad if there were any more conflicts over selling ginger, so it would be better to give it all to Mai Wu to save time and effort. The ginger seeds were originally given by Tuantuan, and they were given for free, so it is better not to be too greedy.
The next day, Jiang Tuantuan and his group and Mai Wu set out for the back mountain. The village chief also called people from each family and talked about collecting ginger. A few people said they wanted to sell it themselves, so the village chief patiently explained the reasons to them. Everyone was convinced and expressed their willingness to give the ginger to Mai Wu, but only Jiang Lao Da's family was left behind.
Moreover, the village chief did not invite Boss Jiang and his family to come. A few days later, Boss Jiang was very angry when he learned the news. The feeling of being isolated was really unpleasant.
As the saying goes, you reap what you sow.
When they arrived at the back mountain, Jiang Tuantuan was dazzled. The back mountain was completely different from the one he had left.
Mai Wu explained: "We've opened up another 10 mu of wasteland on the mountainside, but the soil isn't very fertile, so we've used it all to grow ginger."
The mountain was planted with various varieties of fruit trees, which would bear fruit in a year. The chicken coop at the foot of the mountain was expanded a little. Although Er Laizi took many chickens with him when he came to the capital, many more chicks were born after half a year.
The big cow gave birth to a calf, and raised a few sheep to produce milk.
The entire back mountain looks full of vitality, completely different from before.
Jiang Tuantuan asked, "Did you plan all this?"
Mai Wu scratched the back of his head, a hint of pride mixed with shyness. "Yes, these fruit trees are all easy to grow. I think it's quite suitable to plant them on this mountain."
Jiang Tuantuan was very satisfied with this. The construction of the back mountain had far exceeded her expectations.
I couldn't help but praise him: "Well done, keep up the good work."
Mai Wu was greatly encouraged and felt that all his efforts were not in vain.
Seeing that Datou was the only one in Jiangyue Pavilion that day, Jiang Tuantuan asked curiously, "I saw Datou was the only one in the store last night. Is Datou in charge of the store now?"
"Yes, I've been teaching Datou how to count for the past six months. Now he can use an abacus, so I've left the shop in his care. I'll check the accounts every three days."
Jiang Tuantuan said nothing.
Seeing that the boss was silent, Mai Wu thought he had made a mistake and shouldn't have made the decision to let Datou, a child, run the store. He quickly said, "If the boss doesn't think it's appropriate, I will continue to keep him with me and won't make the decision to replace him."
In fact, she didn't say anything just now because she was thinking that Datou is so smart and he can count in half a year. She didn't expect that Mai Wu misunderstood her.
Jiang Tuantuan comforted him, "I told you before I left that I'll leave these to you. Do whatever you think is appropriate."
Hearing this, Mai Wu breathed a sigh of relief. "Datou has only been running the store for half a month. If you don't come today, I will write about this in the letter when I check the accounts at the end of the month and send the money to the capital."
"Don't worry, I believe you."
Because I have been staying in the capital, I cannot check the situation in Fujiang County all the time, but I trust the people I employ and do not employ those I don't trust.
Jiang Tuantuan still chose to believe in Mai Wu's character and ability.
Seeing that everything is fine in Fujiang County, I feel relieved. I haven't been to the Taoist temple for a long time. Now that I have the opportunity to come back, I naturally have to go and take a look.
Besides, there are many unrecorded species on the mountain.
Jiang An felt really bored with the Taoist temple, so he ran away with his pen and ink.
Jiang Li was forced to go with Jiang Tuantuan because he had to take care of the child.
In order to collect species, they chose to walk up the mountain. After a few steps, Jiang Tuantuan went into the woods. Jiang Li was holding the child, and it would be dangerous if he followed her. If he didn't follow her, Jiang Tuantuan would also be in danger.
He was so worried that he wanted to go back and take the test again.
We set out early in the morning and didn't reach the top of the mountain until mid-afternoon.
Standing on the mountain and breathing the fresh air, I felt relaxed and happy, and my whole body felt comfortable.
The Taoist temple was still bustling with people coming and going. As soon as they entered the temple, they saw a monk sweeping the floor. Jiang Tuantuan excitedly shouted, "Wu Ming!"
Wu Ming stopped what he was doing, looked at Jiang Tuan Tuan, and bowed, "Donor Jiang is here."
Wuming looked much calmer at this moment. When I first met him, he kept complaining about being tired. He was completely different from now.
"Where's your master? I want to visit Master Yuqing today."
Wu Ming, still sweeping the floor with his head down, said calmly, "My master has gone out to travel. I don't know where he is now, or when he'll be back."
I was so disappointed to hear this news. It seems I won’t be able to see this side of you again.
Jiang Tuantuan walked into the temple and bowed sincerely, after all, his life had been saved.
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