Chapter 239 Zheng Yang
The "Grandpa Zheng" mentioned by Boss Zhou is Zheng's father, the second grandson of Grandpa Zheng, and the second son of Zheng's eldest brother. Zhulan had only met the grandson of the Zheng family when she was seeing him off. The children of the Zheng family all look like Grandpa Zheng and don't look like military generals at all.
Zhulan asked, "Now that you are here, who will entertain you?"
Zhou Laoda said, "Dad just came back and ran into us at the door. He welcomed us to the front yard and asked me to come and invite Mom."
Zhulan was surprised. Zhou Shuren was back. What a coincidence. He asked her to come over. Was it her business? She didn't expect the boss to hear anything. She asked Xuemei to find Zhao and Xuehan, and she followed the boss Zhou to the front yard.
Since moving, the first and second wives have lived completely separately. Li likes to hang out with her, but Zhao comes less often. Mingrui is one year old now, and Yushuang can look after him, so Zhao can let go. Zhao and her second sister-in-law have learned to embroider folding screens and are trying to embroider large pieces. Xuehan is learning from them and hangs out with Zhao every day.
Zhulan arrived at the front yard and met Mr. Zheng’s second grandson, whose name was just Yang, Zheng Yang.
Zheng Yang stood up and said, "Hello, auntie."
Zhu Lan asked, "You have only been gone for less than a month, you must not have returned to the northwest. What is the matter that the old man asked you to come back for?"
Zheng Yang thought, no wonder Grandpa is optimistic about the Zhou family, even the woman has such a reaction, the Zhou family is indeed good, "I came back because of Auntie."
Zhulan sat down and glanced at Zhou Shuren. Zhulan didn't get the hint. It seemed that Zheng Yang didn't tell her why he came back before she came. He was waiting for her to meet him to talk. She didn't think she had anything worthy of the old man's attention. If it wasn't for herself, then it was for external factors. She narrowed her eyes and asked, "Is it for the dried vegetables or for the ointment?"
Zheng Yang was impressed. He tried again. Yang was not an ordinary woman. "Auntie is smart. She is smart. The plaster she gave to Brother Yang was surprisingly effective. Grandpa asked me to talk to Doctor Lu when I get back. As for dried vegetables, there are always wars in the northwest. There are very few farmers. It is hard to get green vegetables in summer, not to mention winter."
Zheng Yang paused and continued, "Grandpa saw that the dried vegetables that Auntie brought to Brother Yang were good, so he asked me to pick up some dried vegetables and mountain products to take away."
Zhulan sighed again at how smart Master Zheng was. He had to get the ointment. Good ointment could save lives, so he could keep it at home or donate it to the Zheng family to make a profit. There was a shortage of vegetables in the northwest, so he could just pick some and bring it back for his own consumption or give it as a gift.
Of course, there were also merchants selling dried vegetables in the northwest, but the variety she sent was so great that it naturally caught the eye of Mr. Zheng.
She brought some wild fungus, mushrooms, Hericium erinaceus, dried fern, spinach, dried radish, dried day lily, and dried dandelion for Wuchun and the others. They are all good for making tea or soup, as they have the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying.
These things were all collected in the summer, and most of them are wild vegetables. Except for mushrooms and black fungus sold in grocery stores, there is really nothing else.
Zhulan said, "Auntie, I'll tell you something. Hericium erinaceus and dried dandelions are only available at my auntie's and my daughter's house. If you go to collect them, you can only get dried day lilies and the like. Auntie has collected all the hericium in the nearby villages."
The production of wild Hericium erinaceus is already small, and if it is not handled properly after drying, the soup will be a bit bitter. It is not as popular as button mushrooms, and Zhulan did not harvest much.
As for dried dandelions, Zhulan wanted to make tea with them. In the northeast in winter, the fire walls make the indoor air dry and it is easy to get a sore throat. Dandelion tea is just the right thing to do to relieve heat, so she dried a lot of them. The Chinese medicine shop does have dried dandelions, and the amount won't be too much if you don't take too much.
Zheng Yang said, "Auntie, please sell me some Hericium erinaceus and dried dandelions. I will collect the rest from various villages."
Grandpa really likes Hericium erinaceus soup. When we were still in Lijia Village, every year when we picked some from the mountain, grandpa would keep some and eat them slowly. When he came back, he would specifically ask him to bring some back. To be honest, the family was only thinking about leaving as soon as possible and never thought about taking some away.
Zhulan's family has plenty of money to sell hericium erinaceus and dried dandelions, so they will give some to the Zheng family. Zhulan asked the price on behalf of her daughter, "I wonder how much you are going to pay for other dried vegetables from your nephew?"
The lady's family followed her throughout the summer and dried a lot of vegetables. Originally they were going to eat them in the winter, but they didn't expect to make a fortune.
Zheng Yang came back yesterday and had already gone to the grocery store to inquire about the prices. Unfortunately, the store only had mushrooms and black fungus, and the quantity was not particularly large. After all, every farmer would store some, so few people bought them.
The big dealers in the county would purchase them on their own and rarely go to grocery stores to buy them.
Zheng Yang said, "Mushrooms and black fungus are eight cents a pound, Hericium erinaceus is fifty cents, bracken is six cents, yellow flower is ten cents, dandelion is ten cents, spinach is eight cents, and dried radish is four cents."
Zhulan felt like vomiting blood when she heard the price. Eight cents was the purchase price of black fungus and mushrooms in the grocery store, and there was no room for dispute. However, it took several kilograms of dried day lily to make less than one kilogram. Zhulan's family only had one bag, and it looked like a lot, but it was not very heavy, just a little over three kilograms in total. She also grabbed a lot to bring to Wuchun.
The same goes for dandelions and spinach, which don't weigh anything, so the price is too low.
Zhulan shook her head, "Let's not talk about black fungus mushrooms. The other ones are too cheap. They can't even make up a pound of several pounds. Hericium erinaceus is already a little less than dried, and it has no weight. Hericium erinaceus is 100 wen per pound, day lily is 50 wen per pound, bracken is 20 wen per pound, dandelion is 30 wen, spinach is 20 wen, and dried radish is 5 wen."
Zheng Yang deliberately estimated other prices based on the price of mushrooms. Since they were not available in the main market, he naturally wanted to test the bottom first. Although the Zheng family was rich, he just wanted to lower the price. Well, this was also the reason why grandpa asked him to come back to collect them. It was because he would not suffer losses and wanted to take advantage of others.
Zhulan stood up as if she didn't want to talk anymore, "My dear nephew, come back. I'll go prepare dinner."
With that, Zhulan left. She knew in her heart that Zheng Yang must be very calculating since the old man of the Zheng family dared to let a grandson come back.
You know, Master Lu is also a shrew and not easy to deal with. Zheng Yang dares to come here to negotiate medicine alone, and he is quite capable. Let Zhou Shuren handle the rest.
Zheng Yang, "........"
Zhou Shuren received Zhulan's hint and said with a smile, "It's not easy for farmers throughout the year. In the past, no one has ever collected wild vegetables. This year, it's rare to add some money to the family. Although it's not much, it can buy clothes for the children at home and have a prosperous year. Nephew, don't press too hard. Give a fair price in the first year. Next year, you can collect more. Besides, the money spent on collecting these dried goods is negligible compared to the profits they bring."
Even though mountain products may seem ordinary, they must have the greatest value in the hands of the old man, otherwise he would not have specifically asked his grandson to buy them. He doesn't believe that he just bought them as a gift.
Zheng Yang looked at Mr. Zhou. He was just as his grandfather had said, a difficult fox to deal with. He first talked about the farmers' difficult life, and finally tried to guess his grandfather's plan. He pursed his lips, knowing in his heart that the price the Zhou family had offered was also fair.
Zheng Yang said, "Then it's the price that Auntie set. I'm sorry to bother you at Uncle's house these days. Please spread the news that I'm buying dry goods. I need to borrow the space of Uncle's house to buy dry goods. Thank you for your help."
Zhou Shuren smiled and said, "I'll let your aunt clean up the house for you."
Zheng Yang felt unhappy. This was his home before, but now he was a guest and could not live in his own room anymore. "Thank you, uncle."
Zhulan had just sent Mingteng to look for Li and came back when Zhou Laoda came over and said, "Mom, Dad asked me to clean up the house for Zheng Yang to live in. Oh, and Dad also asked me to advertise that Zheng Yang will use our place to buy mountain products tomorrow. Mom, the price is set according to your request."
Zhulan's lips curled up, she knew that Zhou Shuren would be able to handle it.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
