Li Jiapo.

The Li family’s ancestral home is now a different village in the Zhang family.

It was a cold day, and the little bastard had no place to go today, so he stayed in the village to cook the fire. The wine was burned on the stove, and a fat lamb leg was roasting on the fire. There were two little maids beating him on the back and knocking his legs. This was so comfortable.

The little bastard's surname is Zhang and his name is Chao. He is also ranked third in his family.

The Zhang family and the Li family used to be famous wealthy families in Lanxi Township, but the Li family in Lijiapo has always been kind and has a very good reputation. On the contrary, their family has never had a good reputation.

Li Xiao's father was called Li Dashanren in the past, Li Xiao's grandfather was also called Li Dashanren, and even his great-grandfather was called this way. Zhang Chaohun was named Xiaobawang, his father was called Nan Batian, and his grandfather was called Lan Xilang before. In short, his family was a vicious person passed down from generation to generation.

The Li family built bridges and paved roads to help the widows, but the Zhang family liked to lend money to usury. The more disasters a year, the more they had to take advantage of the situation. The family rented the land for rent, opened a pawned warehousing warehouse, and also opened a gold and silver shop to sell gold and silver, and also provided loans.

He even secretly did slave business, but in short, he did a lot of things that were unscrupulous.

But it was in line with the old saying, killing people and setting fires, building bridges and paving roads without corpses.

The Li family has been kind for generations, but now even the ancestral home has been taken away by the unscrupulous Zhang family.

The Zhang family has always been simple and crude in their actions, but they have opened up the black and white paths. In this Lanxi village, they are rich and elegant, just like a tycoon.

"This ghost weather, it rains today, it snows tomorrow, and it will be cloudy the day after tomorrow, so there will be no good days. I can't go out to hunt and play. It's so boring to stay in the house all day long." The little bastard sighed with a wine glass in one hand and a slice of roasted tangled lamb leg meat in the other hand.

I'm bored.

"Sanlang, Saburo."

A follower shouted loudly outside the hall.

When the bored Zhang Chao heard this, he said impatiently, "What a pity, it's disturbing my interest in drinking."

"Little man, I'll go out and ask." A maid said with a compliment.

"Call people in."

After a moment, the maid went out and called the clamoring entourage in.

"Zhang Fu, what's wrong?"

"Sanlang, I just came back from outside and met a few people at the entrance of the village. When I saw that I was from this village, I said I had something good to sell to Xiaolangjun and asked me to bring you a message for them."

"Where did the merchant vendor come from?"

Zhang Fu smiled and said, "Little Langjun, I will naturally not pay attention to ordinary vendors. But I think those people are not ordinary, especially their goods are even more extraordinary."

When the little bully heard this, he felt energetic.

"What a special way to do it? Let's hear it."

"It's a cucumber."

"Cucumber? What's the special thing about cucumber?" Zhang Chao, the little overlord who was still a little energetic, suddenly lost interest when he heard this and sat back again.

"Sanlang, this is not an ordinary cucumber. In this season, cucumbers are very rare. They are not pickled cucumbers, but fresh cucumbers. When I saw them, they are all tender and tender with thorns."

"Oh, fresh cucumbers, probably they were grown in a greenhouse, but they are not uncommon. I haven't eaten them before. The day before yesterday, I went to Chang'an to have a drink and ate them at Zhao's house. The fresh tender cucumbers in the cold weather are indeed interesting to eat."

"Sanlang, it's not ordinary. Their cucumbers are tender and long. One foot is as long as my arms, slender and tender. They must be about one pound. They are not yellow, but green. The man said this is called Jade Green. It also said that it was personally cultivated by the Taoist immortals of a Taoist temple in Yangzhou. Since this Jade Green was cultivated, only princes and nobles could eat it. This time, the merchants also made a batch of them to be brought into Chang'an City."

"Is it so amazing?" Xiaobawang has eaten a lot of delicacies and seafood, and even a lot of green vegetables grown in greenhouses in winter.

However, things are precious because they are rare. The name of Jade Green sounds quite good. In addition, Zhang Fu's praise made him really interested.

"Where are people, bring them in and let me see them. I want to see what this rare thing from Yangzhou looks like."

Outside the hall.

Li Xiao, Guo Biao and others stood there, and everything in the Lijia Village was so familiar to you.

This is Li Xiao’s former home, but now it has become a different village for the Zhang family.

"This mansion is really good, with white walls, green tiles, carved beams and painted buildings. The Sanlang family used to be really good." Yang looked left and right and praised the mansion. Although it was a century-old mansion, it could be well maintained.

After living for two lives, this is the first time Li Xiao has been so disgusted with someone. Although he has not seen Zhang San yet, he has already extremely disgusted with this person.

"Sanlang, are you really going to sell him the cucumber?"

"Sell, why not? Not only do we have to sell it, we also have to sell it at a high price. We originally used Lanxi to sell one piece for two cents, but now I plan to sell one piece for ten cents."

"Ten Mont?" Guo Biao couldn't help but widen his eyes. He could buy a dou of japonica rice even if he had ten cents. He could buy four or five dou of corn. Even if he had had meat, he could buy two kilograms.

Who would buy a cucumber for ten cents?

"Yes, ten cents per piece."

If you only understand it literally, a cucumber costs ten cents and a cucumber is indeed ridiculously expensive, but as long as the packaging and marketing are good, then a cucumber costs ten cents are not a rare thing.

Just like the Dutch in the Age of Discovery could sautify tulips to sky-high prices, the Chinese could sautify orchids more expensive than houses when they first opened.

Of course, a simple cucumber is not worth dozens of kilograms of corn, but the refined packaging of cucumbers are different.

While talking, Zhang Fu walked out swayingly.

"Hey, a few cucumbers sold there. My young master is willing to see you. Come in."

Li Xiao urged him and took someone to come in, but Zhang Fu stopped him in, "Is my Zhang family hall a vegetable market? Everyone breaks in. Just bring two people in with cucumbers in, and the others are waiting outside."

Seeing him like this, those who don’t know would think he is a servant of the prime minister’s family, but how could he know that he is just a servant of a rural old family?

Li Xiao didn't care. He was just to lower his identity when he was ignoring his identity.

Let Zhang Cong Liu Yuan Tiezhu and Ergou stay, and he went in with Guo Biao and Yang Dayan.

When he entered the hall, Zhang Chao was still drinking and eating lamb legs. When the person came, he didn't lift his butt.

"You guys are those who sell cucumbers from Yangzhou?"

Li Xiao smiled slightly, "This young master, we are not a cucumber seller."

"Then what are you doing?"

"To be precise, we accepted the entrustment of Zhang Xianren from Qiyunguan, Yangzhou to transport this batch of important items to Beijing for Qiyunguan. However, when we arrived here, we received an unexpected news that the person who was about to receive the goods had some accidents and could no longer accept this batch of goods."

"What I'm talking about is so mysterious, aren't it just some greenhouse-grown cucumbers? Do you really think that this young master has never seen the world?"

Li Xiao still smiled.

"This young master, ours is not a cucumber. Although it grows a little similar to a cucumber, it is definitely not a cucumber. This thing is called Jade Green, which was cultivated after 18 years of effort by Zhang Xianchang. The most peculiar thing about this thing is that it is not planted in a greenhouse, but planted in autumn and harvested in winter."

While speaking, Li Xiao asked Guo Biao to lift the cloth covered with the willow basket and take out a cucumber from it.

Zhang Chao was also a little surprised when he saw the cucumber.

It is indeed not rare to have fruits and vegetables that should have been produced in summer in winter. Many wealthy families in Chang'an have their own warm houses. Although the cost is higher and the cultivation is more troublesome, they can still be eaten.

But although he also said that he was knowledgeable, he had never seen such green cucumbers. Generally, cucumbers are yellow and short and thick, but the cucumbers are very long and slender, especially the green and jade-like, which is really like jade.

There are some water droplets on the cucumber, and you can smell a fragrance from afar.

Zhang Chao came over a few steps, snatched the cucumber from Guo Biao's hand, stroked the thorn on his palm, and stuffed it into his mouth and took a bite.

A second sound.

crisp!

sweet!

Cool!

"It's delicious, I have never eaten such a delicious cucumber!"

"Young Master, this thing is called Jade Green, but it is not a cucumber. It is a fairy family, and it is not a planted by ordinary farmers."

"Yes, Jade Green, this Jade Green is really delicious. Didn't you just say that the person who received the goods could not receive the goods after an accident? This is how I will do you a favor. If you sell this Jade Green to me, I will want it. In this way, you can also return home and rush home to celebrate the New Year early."

The little overlord Zhang Chao did not recognize him at all. The young man in blue in front of him was Li Xiao who broke his leg back then.

"Young Master, Jade Green is an extraordinary product. It is fate that ordinary people can see, let alone repay it. If you like it, it would be okay to sell one of you, but if you say you buy it all, I'm afraid you can't afford it. To be honest, it's because this Jade Green is precious that after the receptionist had an accident, we planned to find local wealthy families and powerful people along the way. Each family planned to sell one or two, and ordinary people could only buy one or two."

Zhang Chao frowned.

"Don't blow so mysteriously. Although this cucumber is a little delicious and grows a little bigger, it is just a cucumber. You can buy a few pounds for an ordinary cucumber for a penny, and you can buy a few pounds for a penny in this season. Your cucumber is better-looking, and a penny per pound is considered a big deal. Can't I even get a hundred and eight cents?"

"No, no, no." Li Xiao shook his head.

"This is not cucumber, this is Jasper Green, and this is an extraordinary fruit cultivated by Zhang Xianren from Yangzhou. It takes eighteen years of energy. This Jasper Green not only tastes crispy and sweet, but also can clear heat and detoxify, remove heat and diuresis, drive away phlegm and relieve spasms, and can even cure thirst, sore throat, fire eyes, burns, etc.." After saying that, he added another sentence to Zhang Chao, who was covered in fat, "You can also lose weight!"

"This is a elixir, how can it be compared to a penny or two?"

"My grass is really so mysterious?"

"Of course, hasn't the young master heard of Zhang Daxian's name in Qiyun, Yangzhou?"

"I've heard of it, of course I've heard of it."

"Does that young man still suspect the Jade Green of Immortal Zhang?"

“No doubt.”

"Then the young master thought, how valuable is this jasper blue?"

"If it's really as mysterious as you said, even if one is sold for hundreds of dollars, it's worth it."
Chapter completed!