After lunch, on the way back, the sky began to snow.
The weather was very cold, and there was already a thin layer of snow on the road. There were also shallow footprints when one stepped on it. The pedestrians on both sides of the road were in a hurry. After all, they still had to make a living. How many people could have the leisure of Jia Huan?
Jia Huan tightened his winter clothes. The northwest wind was indeed a little cold.
"It's so cold." After arriving at the Jia residence, Jia Huan hurriedly entered the Pear Fragrance Courtyard through the corner door. Caiyun had already sent people to carry the stove into the upper room. After entering the house, Jia Huan felt a lot warmer.
Just as she felt a little warmer, Xiao Qing's voice came from outside,"Second Master, you're here. Come in quickly.”
Needless to say, the person who could make Xiao Qing call "Second Master" so affectionately was definitely Jia Lian.
Jia Lian excitedly came to find Jia Huan. Of course, he had something to do.
Jia Huan was nestled on the brick bed, eating peanuts and reading a book. He was very satisfied.
Seeing Jia Lian enter the house, Jia Huan hurriedly said,"Second Brother Lian, please open the door.”
"Cold?" Jia Lian laughed. You won't be cold anymore. Look, what did big brother bring you?”
After saying that, he opened the bag on his back. It was round, and Jia Huan had already guessed what it was.
As expected, a large watermelon with a jadeite green color appeared on the table!
"Caiyun!" Jia Huan shouted. Quickly bring me a knife!"
Jia Lian said proudly," This is the melon we planted. This is the first one we picked, so I sent it to you. How is it? Is it loyal enough?"”
"I knew it," Jia Huan said,"Second Brother Lian loves me the most!"”
Seeing that Caiyun had already brought the knife in, Jia Lian took it over and cut it in the middle, revealing the red melon flesh. In just a few moves, he had cut a few pieces.
"Brother Huan, how about you try it first?”
Jia Huan smiled and said,"Second Brother Lian, please."”The two brothers smiled and gave in to each other, their moods great. Jia Huan picked up a piece and took a bite. It was sweet.
After two or three mouthfuls, Jia Huan said,"Second Brother Lian, we've succeeded this time!"”
Jia Lian also ate the watermelon in his hand and said,""If you want to talk about how rare these melons are, they are rare too. After all, it's the middle of winter. We really do have 50 mu of land. Even if we see Tian 'er, we won't be able to finish it.”
Jia Huan said,"It's better to sell it."”
Jia Lian chuckled and said,"You and your sister-in-law are thinking the same thing." Let's just leave a few for a taste.”
"That's right," Jia Huan said. Now, Second Brother Lian and Second Sister-in-law should believe me.”
"I've always believed in Brother Huan," said Jia Lian.”
In Jia Lian's courtyard, Sister Feng and Ping 'er looked at the big watermelon in front of them. They were also very surprised. It was actually planted by Third Brother Huan.
Unlike Jia Lian, Sister Feng was already calculating. 50 Mu of land could be used to harvest about 200,000 catties. Wang Xifeng was so happy that she couldn't keep counting.
"Ping Er, how much can you get?”
Ping 'er picked up a pen, wrote and drew, and said,""One melon is about ten catties. Even if we round it up, we'll have 200,000 catties of melons. Grandma, this business is really, really…"
"It's really worth several villages," said Sister Feng.”
"Fortunately, I was smart enough to use my dowry. Why don't we all return to the public and drink the northwest wind!”The eldest branch had inherited the title and the second branch had inherited the child. Now, this matter had already become Feng Jie's heart disease.
Logically speaking, it was indisputable that the First household inherited the title. However, in terms of property, the eldest branch should also take the majority. Even if the law was used, it should be half for each family. This was great. The old lady had made the decision and actually gave most of it to the second branch! The eldest branch only had the false reputation of a general. It was said that this was due to etiquette. Otherwise, it would definitely have been given to the second branch.
The master and servant were chatting happily when Jia Lian came back. Looking at the big watermelon on the table, he couldn't help but say,"There's nothing outside, but we have plenty here. Why can't you bear to eat?”
"I'm so worried," sighed Sister Feng.
"Why are you still worried?" Jia Lian asked in surprise.”
"What I'm worried about is how much this melon should be sold for."”So she was being pretentious. "Brother Huan has already thought about it," Jia Lian said with a smile. This year was the first year it was listed, and the price was about two taels of silver per piece.”
"So expensive?" Sister Feng was shocked.
"Why? You don't want to?" Jia Lian asked.”
"I'm willing," said Sister Feng. I'm just afraid that I won't be able to sell it!"
"I wouldn't worry if I were you," Jia Lian said with a smile as he hugged Sister Feng. Brother Huan had already calculated that there were thousands of wealthy families in the capital. There were also some eunuchs in the palace that could be bought. It wasn't like every family would only buy one. In the end, there would probably be people fighting for it if it was set at ten taels.”
Sister Feng was in a good mood seeing that she could have a good new year.
In the next few days, watermelons suddenly appeared on the market in Jinling.
It had to be said that this was a rare item, but it was sold for two taels of silver. There weren't many people who bought it at the beginning, but as the end of the year approached, silver began to flow into Jia Lian's pocket like water.
By the 28th of December, the watermelons were sold out. When Jia Lian was happy, the melon farmers were rewarded with fifty taels of silver each.
According to the previous 50 - 50 split, Jia Huan had earned 21,000 taels of silver this time.
Holding the banknote in his hand, Jia Huan smiled and said to Jia Lian,"Brother Lian, why do I feel like we are robbing money?”
Jia Lian was amused.
There were also a few big watermelons in the upper room of the Rong Mansion.
Grandmother Jia was very surprised by this rare item.
"Little Feng, where did you get this?”
"My dowry's family members happened to grow it, so I used it to show respect to my ancestors," said Sister Feng proudly.”
Madam Wang looked at the watermelon in front of her and was very surprised at first. She knew that someone had been selling watermelons some time ago, but she did not expect that it was her own business.
One watermelon was worth two taels of silver. Feng Jie had earned quite a bit of money this time.
However, as the aunt of the second branch, it was not appropriate for her to interfere with the dowry of the daughter-in-law of the first branch. It was originally the first branch who had inherited the title and the second branch who had inherited the property. If the first branch did not have any income, they would probably have to drink the northwest wind.
If she dared to think about it, Jia Lian and his wife would probably fall out with her immediately without anyone saying anything. However, she did not know that Sister Feng was already planning to draw a line between them.
Grandmother Jia did not care and said,""Quickly cut it open and let everyone have a taste.”
Yuanyang immediately separated the watermelon. The few of them took a few slices and tasted them. They all said that they tasted good.
Sister Feng added,"My master said that he would think of a way to send a few big sisters in the palace." Although it's not a rare item, it's still a little token of our family's appreciation.”
Grandmother Jia smiled and said,"Brother Lian, you've thought it through." This was the truth! Our family can have such a rich life today, Eldest Young Lady also contributed a lot. We can't just live a good life at home and forget about her.”
As the heir of the First household, Jia Lian still had this awareness. He had already used silver to get through the joints and sent a dozen watermelons to Yuan Chun.
Yuan Chun was painting in his palace when a young eunuch suddenly came to report that the Rong Mansion had sent someone to deliver fruits.
"Fruits?" Yuan Chun was very surprised. It was so cold, where did the fruits come from? Could it be that the little eunuch had mixed it up? Was it dried fruit or candied fruit?
But very quickly, a few strong and strong inner servants carried a few big baskets in. Yuan Chun took a look and saw that they were really fruits, big watermelons!
This was actually a tribute from his own family?
Yuan Chun was careful. When Emperor Ping Zhi came, he would definitely take out this good thing.
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