A Small Farmer Girl 's Story of Making a Fortune by Farming

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　　It is just the end of the first month of the lunar year and the weather is not yet warm, it is the time when there is a shortage of food.

　　In the greenhouse built by the Shen family, the cucumbers have grown to the length of chopsticks, and the beans and peppers can also be picked.

　　Mrs. Wu picked a cucumber, wiped it on her clothes, then broke it into several pieces and distributed them to her grandchildren.

　　Listening to the crunching sounds of her grandchildren chewing cucumbers, Mrs. Wu smiled so much that wrinkles appeared on her face.

　　How fresh it is! They can actually eat tender cucumbers at this time of year, and these cucumbers are grown by their Shen family.

　　Old Man Shen also took a basket, picked some of each, and placed them in the basket. These dishes will be sent to Baiweilou in the city by the second son later.

　　Baiweilou and them have a long history. The recipe for pig intestines was originally sold to Baiweilou by the second brother. If they want to sell off-season vegetables, it would be easier to negotiate with Baiweilou directly.

　　All the vegetables together only filled a small basket.

　　Shen Chunsheng brought the ox cart, carried Shen Yao onto it, sat in the front, whipped the ox cart and started driving.

　　After entering the city and asking for directions, Shen Chunsheng drove the ox cart to the back door of Baiweilou and knocked gently.

　　The clerk who opened the door saw Shen Chunsheng carrying a basket and knew that he was a villager from outside the city selling mountain products, so he asked what he was selling. If it is dried black fungus, we will not buy it for the time being. There are actually quite a few people who came to sell mountain products, and they still have a lot in the kitchen.

　　Shen Chunsheng pressed down the gauze covering the basket and said with a smile, "Please tell your shopkeeper that the Shen family from Dalui Village is here to sell some things."

　　Off-season vegetables were precious and rare, so the kitchen staff would not be able to make the decision. This deal needed to be discussed with the shopkeeper. Moreover, the recipe for the pig intestines was discussed with the shopkeeper. If he reported it this way, the shopkeeper must have known that what he brought was not an ordinary thing.

　　The waiter was also smart. When he heard the visitor introduce himself, he knew that the shopkeeper must know this man, so he hurriedly invited the man in and then went to the inner room to report.

　　It was not yet noon, but the kitchen helpers had already started picking and washing vegetables. Seeing Shen Chunsheng, his daughter and his wife being invited into the backyard, they couldn't help but feel curious.

　　There are so many farmers coming to sell vegetables, but this is the first time I have seen anyone invited into the yard.

　　While the kitchen helpers were looking at the father, daughter and their wife, Shen Yao was also looking at the dishes in the kitchen helpers' hands.

　　Chicken, duck, fish, pork offal, and two wild rabbits. The rest were green vegetables, radishes, some green garlic and spinach, nothing else.

　　"Brother Shen, come on, come on, please come in!"
　　The shopkeeper lifted the curtain and came out to greet him, polite and respectful.

　　Now the kitchen helpers were even more curious. They thought that he was just a farmer selling vegetables, so why did he deserve such generous gifts from the shopkeeper?