When Cheng Dalei heard that the people from Xinghualing were coming, he immediately came out of the house. As soon as he got outside, he was surrounded by incense.
"Is this Master Cheng? He's so handsome!"
"Ha, I hid it so deeply and you can see it."
"Why don't Mr. Cheng come to our village as a guest? There are many people in our village who want to meet Mr. Cheng."
"Is this...is it true? I feel the same as everyone else."
There was a lot of singing and dancing, but Cheng Dalei was grabbed by a group of women as soon as he came out. This situation was unprecedented.
Little White Wolf called Cheng Dalei aside and said, "Master Cheng, can I store the food with you first and pick it up when I need it later?"
"Why are you doing this? Why don't you take it away yourself?"
"What I'm afraid of is that if we take him away, we won't be able to defend the stronghold." A wry smile appeared on the little white wolf's face.
Cheng Dalei turned around and saw Gao Feibao and his gang's eyes were so red that blood dripped from their eyes.
Winter is approaching, and everyone is trying to think of ways to store food for the winter. With this batch of food, Xinghualing will not be a problem for the winter. However, the surrounding wolves are eyeing it, and may not attack Xinghualing.
As for the food stored in Toad Village, there is no need to worry about this problem. The reputation of Toad Village has been established, and now that there are people there, there is no need to worry about who will come to rob Toad Village.
Cheng Dalei agreed to come down to Little White Wolf and let her pick up a batch first, and put a note on the rest. When she needs it, she can just pick it up with the note.
Gradually, other cottages came to exchange grain, and quite a few of them had the same idea as Little White Wolf. However, more people still didn't believe that Cheng Dalei chose to bring the grain back to the cottage.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Gao Feibao quietly pulled the carriage and slipped away. If he didn't leave, he was not sure he would die under the glare of everyone's comments.
In Feihu Village, Gao Feibao saw him leading the carriage back with sacks stacked on it, and he immediately understood what was going on.
"What did I say? I'm embarrassed. Hey, don't worry. I'll find Cheng Dalei later and talk about this matter."
Gao Feibao looked like an idiot: "Brother... come and take a look?"
"What are you looking at? What's there to see if you pull it back as it is?"
Gao Feibao drew his knife and inserted it into the sack, and golden wheat rolled out.
Gao Feihu's eyes immediately widened and he said in disbelief: "This... he really changed?"
"Is this still fake? It's enough, and I don't take advantage of it at all. Haven't you seen how much food Xinghualing has exchanged? It's several thousand jins at least. Fortunately, I brought it back to plant some, otherwise this would
We can’t take advantage of this matter at all.”
Gao Feihu's face turned red. He had never thought of such a thing.
"Gao...get the fuck out of here!"
"I will treat your eighteenth generation ancestor..."
At this moment, this voice suddenly came from outside the village. Gao Feibao suddenly became furious and said: "Who dares to act so recklessly in our Feihu Village? You don't want to live anymore!"
"Wait a minute..." Gao Feibao stopped his elder brother: "Don't go out, the scolds are coming."
Everyone has seen that Xinghualing has changed grains, so naturally there will be nothing wrong with this matter. After knowing this matter, many people beat their chests and raised their eyebrows. If they had planted more crops in the past, would they still have to worry about this winter?
Tracing back to the root of the matter, Gao Feibao should be blamed for this matter. He didn't let everyone grow it at first, but he secretly returned to the village to plant it.
Is there such a person?
Everyone couldn't defeat Feihu Village, so they had no other choice, so they sent out the women from the village to curse at the gate of Feihu Village.
The foul words reached Gao Feihu's ears, and the more they were scolded, the more unpleasant they became, to the point where he couldn't even keep it on his face.
"If they don't plant their own crops, why would they bother us? Why should they come here to scold us?"
"This... I think this matter is unreliable and I won't let them grow it." Gao Feibao said: "But I didn't ask them to listen to me. At that time, they also said that it would be good to follow Mr. Gao Er and keep it safe.
road."
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After preparing the peppers, Cheng Dalei arranged time to trade with merchants from Qingzhou. The merchants took the grain to the foot of Toad Ridge and handed it over at the foot of Toad Ridge.
After knowing that the business partner was a bandit, the other party didn't react much. Anyway, businessmen are pursuing profits, as long as they can make money. And in this way, when trading, there will naturally be no such thing as shortfalls.
Cheng Dalei was also kind, giving him a bushel of chili peppers and a bushel of grain, and did not deliberately bully the other party by relying on his status as a bandit.
This is how business is done. If you don't leave any benefit to the other party, it will be difficult for the other party to cooperate with you after one cooperation. And if you give up your own interests to the other party, the other party will think you are a fool and start to find ways to usurp your interests.
The key is to grasp the proportion.
In the end, it was about a ten-to-one exchange. One pound of peppers could be exchanged for ten pounds of grain. Cheng Dalei exchanged five thousand pounds of peppers for fifty thousand pounds of grain.
That day, I don't know how many villagers sent people to inquire about the news here. Everyone only saw Toad Village pulling truckloads of grain up the mountain. There were even rumors that Toad Village now had 500,000 kilograms of grain in stock.
The rumors are naturally unbelievable, but for the entire Qingniu Mountain, Toad Village is now extremely rich.
Looking at the grain piled up in the granary, Cheng Dalei felt at ease. Now, even if someone has been surrounding the mountain for a year and a half, Toad Village will never worry about going hungry.
This is probably the reason why you don’t panic when you have food at home.
Cheng Dalei is like this, not to mention other people in the village. In this era, for most people, filling their stomachs is the most important thing. With these grains, everyone will not worry about being hungry in a few years.
Cheng Dalei considered whether to hold a bonfire party to celebrate. As soon as the Qingzhou merchants were sent away, a large group of people came to pay homage to the mountain, all from other villages. The scene frightened Cheng Dalei.
"Master Cheng, we came here specially to help grow peppers."
"I wanted to breed from the beginning, but it was all bastard Gao Feibao..."
"Speaking of it, I have always been optimistic about Master Cheng. When someone said bad things about Master Cheng, I didn't believe it."
Cheng Dalei suddenly realized that these people were greedy for the income from Xinghualing. Now they came to Toad Village and pestered Cheng Dalei to plant some peppers.
"Everyone, everyone... winter is coming. You must know better than me about farming. If you want to plant, you have to wait until spring next year."
"Then the boss next year, don't forget us!"
"I'll be the first in line to come see the boss as soon as spring begins."
In this way, this group of people left Toad Village, and they kept cursing Gao Feibao when they left. Not long after they left, Gao Feibao came and said the same thing.
But winter came and nothing could be planted. Cheng Dalei sent him away like this.
Yes, winter is coming.
A gust of cool wind blew in the face, and the last leaf from the treetop fell on Cheng Dalei's shoulder. Without any precaution, a long and cold winter came unexpectedly.