The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1804

[1804. Chapter 1716 Prosperity and wealth]

Zhou Kang’s eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

He felt that Zhou Yi was bragging.

Anyway, everyone has never seen him eat meat, so it doesn’t matter what he says!

But…

Zhou Yi’s hunky look, and the way his body remained as straight as a javelin even though he was shouldering the burden, still made Zhou Kang a little confused.

Poor in literature and rich in martial arts.

Of course, this does not mean that poor families can study. For a person to be separated from production and study exclusively, it is a heavy burden for ordinary people. In the past, if you still wanted to take the exams for merit and fame, you would need the guidance of famous teachers. This is not the case. For play.

But Fuwu is also real.

In the entire small mountain village, the vast majority of people are full and hungry. The vast majority of people have never eaten meat a few times in their lives, and there is no oil or water in their stomachs. Almost everyone has a sallow complexion and thin skin. Walking on the road, Both legs were shaking.

Therefore, many people are obviously very young, but their bodies are already rickety and skinny, without a trace of energy in their bodies. Their skin color is like the bark of old elm wood

. People who are twenty years old already look like they are thirty or forty years old.

And because the vast majority of people are in a state of long-term malnutrition, everyone is still short.

But if you look closely at Zhou Kang, it’s completely different. Although his skin is dark, he looks very plump. There are water chestnuts where there should be water chestnuts, and there is flesh where there should be flesh. He has a well-proportioned look. A closer look reveals that he has grown a lot taller this year, and his eyes are particularly bright.

This…does he really have meat to eat?

Zhou Yi didn’t continue to brag.

After staying in the army for a long time, I was used to drills and didn’t find anything to do. Especially when I just came back from the army, I always felt uncomfortable all over my body.

He continued to work tirelessly to carry the load and harvest like a calf. By evening, he could do more work alone than three or four strong men.

Several cousins were already paralyzed from exhaustion and felt weak all over.

Zhou Yi was still energetic and went to his uncle’s house for dinner in the evening.

The uncle was also willing to let Zhou Yi’s aunt cut a few taels of bacon, stir-fry some side dishes, prepare some turbid rice wine, and called some elders to come over and drink with him.

The juniors will not be invited.

Well, I can’t afford it.

At this time, in Zhou Kang’s eyes, Zhou Yi was already qualified to sit at the same table as the elders. As for the other ignorant boys, he was too lazy to pay attention.

Zhou Kang lamented at first, saying that Zhou Yi’s father passed away early, how pitiful he was when he was an orphan and a widower, but now he has a promising future.

For Zhou Kang, raising a son who can stand up to three or four others, or even more, is a promising thing. This is not only promising, but also promising.

With this strength, he will definitely not die of hunger in this life. In times of famine, when others starve to death, Zhou Yi can still find food.

“Can you hunt roe deer?” Zhou Kang asked.

“I can shoot arrows, and I can use fire guns.” Zhou Yi said, “But it’s hard to find a bow.”

He can also shoot arrows…

“Tsk, tsk…” Zhou Kang and several uncles widened their eyes in unison.

It’s different if you can shoot arrows. There are no mountain products in the mountains. During the off-season, a group of strong men will go up the mountain to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms, or hunt some game. Of course, the cost-effectiveness is very low. Sometimes, in a few days, the mountains and plains are covered with mountains and plains. Even if you run, you may not be able to gain anything. It is a waste of energy. The wild animals in the mountains are all transformed into spirits.

But it would be different if he could shoot arrows.

Everyone in the village can shoot like this once or twice, but it does not mean that the shooting is accurate. It should be noted that a qualified archer needs to practice for many years before he can barely achieve accurate shooting.

“When shooting at a target in the army, you can hit four or five out of ten arrows.” Zhou Yi is very modest. He drinks rice wine in sips. Firstly, he is reluctant to part with it. Secondly, because he is reluctant to part with it, he has a relatively light drinking capacity. Same, a bowl of rice wine, while talking, I put it directly into my throat and dried it, then I wiped my mouth.

“What…”

Uncles, you look at me, I look at you, looking at Zhou Yi like a monster.

Somehow, although Zhou Yi’s words always make people think they are fantasy, the look of loyalty and resoluteness on his face makes people believe him.

At this time, an uncle couldn’t help but mention: “In a few days, the rice will be harvested, but don’t eat it all. Although Xishan Bank is rent-free now, it can save some surplus grain throughout the year, but these surplus grains can be sold as much as possible.” Now a pound of rice, if it is of better quality, can be sold for two cents. Then I can exchange it for copper coins and go to the market to get some cloth for your mother to make a good dress. “

“Two cents?” Zhou Yi frowned. Said: “But when I passed through Ningbo City, it was clear that a pound of rice could be sold for seven cents.”

“This…how is this possible? Liu Dong’s family in the collection has said that the current rice is not valuable…he can Liar?”

Zhou Yi suddenly felt strange. Seeing several uncles looking at him, he said: “The purchase price is five cents. I just heard from a few colleagues that there is a family in the countryside. It’s only a few dozen miles away from the city. How about I repair the book and ask my colleagues?”

“Repair the book?”

The uncles felt like they were going crazy again.

Zhou Kang felt that his head was going to explode. He took a breath of cold air and was so shocked that he became a little awkward to speak: “Repairing books… is about writing letters. Can you write letters?”

Zhou Yi was very honest. Said: “There are people who take night classes in the army. I don’t study well, and the teacher always scolds me.”

Zhou Yi did it as he said, but unfortunately he couldn’t find pen and ink, so he found a piece of straw paper, and then a piece of charcoal. Really start writing on the straw paper.

The uncles’ eyes were wide open when they saw and wrote… The baby from the third child’s family could actually write. This is a scholar. It’s incredible, it’s incredible.

In fact, Zhou Yi’s handwriting is not good. His handwriting cannot even be included in the category of running script. It can only be regarded as barely neat. That’s it… In the cultural classes in the camp, he is still the target of criticism. He can read and hyphenate. , but can barely cope with it.

The person he wanted to write to was a colleague in Ningbo. Because he was from the same hometown, he had good connections in the army.

After a while, the letter was written, and Zhou Yi said: “Tomorrow I will go to the market and ask someone to deliver it. I will know after asking. My comrade is usually just like my brothers and sisters, and we have a life-long friendship.

” Of all the people, which one is not a life-long friendship? When they first suppressed the rebellion, everyone stood side by side, handing over their left, right, and back to them. They were fighting in darkness. A single mistake by anyone would not only cost him his life, but also risk his own back. It is not an exaggeration to expose one another to the enemy, protect each other, and say one’s fate.

As for Zhou Kang and others, their beards began to tremble wildly again.

………

Actually, Ningbo City is not too far away. Even if you walk, you can get there in three or four days.

So we heard back very quickly.

But what came was not a letter, but Zhou Kang’s robe came in person. Not only did he come, he came with a merchant escorting the carriage.

The appearance of this group of people immediately made the entire small mountain village excited.

Zhou Kangnai, an elder of the village, came to greet him in person. Looking at the businessman in silk clothes, another man with a strong back like Zhou Yi, and several clerks, his eyes were straightened, and he felt a bit inferior. Looking down at the patches on his body, he looked ashamed.

On the contrary, when Zhou Yi and Pao Ze met, they were extremely close and hugged each other directly. They asked each other about their current situation and inquired about the current whereabouts of other Pao Ze. They seemed to have endless things to talk about.

This businessman was surprisingly polite to Zhou Yi.

The merchant is an insightful person, and he knows that the people from the First Army are not ordinary. People are all judged by their conversation. Most people are ignorant and can’t say anything for a long time, but he has seen Zhou Yi’s robes and looked at them several times. Don’t dare to take the conversation lightly.

The merchant said: “I listened to Liu Xiandi’s words, saying that the price of rice here is cheap, so I came here specially. To be honest, I collected this rice to make wine. Of course, the price is negotiable, but it must be good rice.” , four cents per pound, all collected, come and weigh me if you want to sell them. Oh, is this Zhou Xiandi? He is also a capable person, why don’t you go to Ningbo to find a job? , It is inevitable that you have ruined your abilities.”

“Si Wen…really Si Wen…”

The village was boiling again.

Zhou Kang was so happy that he almost fainted.

In the past, it was only two pennies, and he was a damned profiteer in the market. He had no sense to bully us country people!

But now…it can be sold for four cents.

“Quick, quick, please come inside, please come inside.”

The entire small mountain village naturally regarded this merchant and Zhou Yi’s colleagues as nobles.

People were happy and running around telling each other.

On the second day, the merchant and his colleagues left.

Zhou Yi sent them more than ten miles away, but when he came back, he found that his doorstep was already overcrowded.

Most…are women.

They all looked at him with strange eyes.

This small thatched hut seemed to be filled with brightness all of a sudden.

“Liu Zhuang has a daughter who has a good temperament and is handsome. Previously, even the matchmaker refused to accept the offer. Liu Laosan is such a daughter and is unwilling to marry…”

“The bamboo craftsman in the market , you know, they have a shop in Jili. The family is rich and has no sons. They only have two daughters. They are eager to find a good family. His family has a three-bay shop in the town. Every year, It’s all right, you don’t have a few dozen taels of silver?”

Mother Zhou was feeling dizzy as she was surrounded by so many matchmakers.

In the past, when the family was orphaned and the mother was widowed, no one looked up to her, let alone her son who joined the army.

But the son had only been back for less than a month, and suddenly he became a favorite. As if all of a sudden, the Zhou family became a distinguished family.

The matchmakers were like flies that had smelled the fishy smell and came in droves. There was not a single daughter left in the countryside.

………

I would like to thank Li Guanyu (Yueguan) and AL trainer, two eldest brothers, for the reward. Tiger Kneels, Yue Guan is the founder of historical novels…I am very grateful for the reward.

In addition, some readers said that it was watery, but in fact it was not watery. This plot was just more difficult to write. In fact, it was very laborious to write, but it was necessary to write.

(End of chapter)