Ever since corn was planted in his family, Yao Tiezhu wished he could live in the fields all day long and serve these crops more efficiently than he could serve his own father. His hard work paid off, and he watched the corn gradually grow into taller and thicker poles than him.

There are corn cobs wrapped in green skin on them, most of them have two corn cobs, and some have three corn cobs.

Now is a good time to eat young corn. This kind of good stuff that has not been cared for by any chemical fertilizers must be very sweet.

Taking advantage of the fact that the sun was about to go down and the weather was cooler, Guoer, dragging Zaoer and Douer, each carrying a small bamboo basket, went to the cornfield to pick corn.

The three sisters appeared chatting and laughing at the edge of the field. At a glance, a person-high green gauze tent stood in front of them, and the corn stalks wrapped with several layers of green skin looked tempting.

Guo'er walked in, picked out a large corn cob, and gently tore a hole from the tip of the green skin, revealing the plump corn kernels inside.

Use your fingernails to gently pinch the kernels a few times, and the tender corn syrup inside will squeeze out. The syrup is neither thin nor thick. Well, such tender corn is suitable for cooking.

Guo'er liked boiled corn in her previous life, so she naturally knew how to choose it. The kind of corn on the cob that is round in appearance, pointed at the top, green in color and not dry, is the best to just break it off.

While teaching two sisters how to pick corn, Yao Tiezhu ran over in a hurry. When he saw the obvious torn holes on several corn stalks, he couldn't help but feel distressed:

"What are you doing, causing harm to the crops?"

Guo'er smiled and said, "Uncle, I came just in time. I was just looking for you. Please help me clear out a corn field. From today on, I will come to break the tender corn every day."

When Yao Tiezhu heard that she would come every day, he asked distressedly: "This corn hasn't grown yet, why are you tearing it apart?"

Guo'er: "Let's eat."

Yao Tiezhu became more and more stunned, Guoer smiled and said:

"Don't worry, uncle, I'm not here to harm the crops, I'm here to try something new. This corn can't be eaten only when it's mature. You can eat it now. We'll eat boiled corn tonight. I'm sure you will like it after eating it."

Our family has planted eighteen acres this year, and I don’t want more. Uncle, you can set aside three acres of land, and we will break the tender corn on these three acres.”

Yao Tiezhu opened his eyes wide: "Three acres of land? Can you eat the tender corn from three acres of land?"

Guoer: "In addition to eating it at home, we can also sell it. Uncle, just watch. From now on, these corns can make money for our family."

Yao Tiezhu wished he could drive these three girls home directly. He reminded: "Have you forgotten Guo'er? The county magistrate came to our house as a guest before. Didn't he say that when the corn is ripe, he will bring the county magistrate with him?"

Will someone come and weigh the yield per acre? If you want to break the corn to eat now, how will you explain it to the county magistrate in the future?"

Guo'er: "That's why I asked my uncle to set aside three acres of land specifically to sell tender corn. The remaining fifteen acres of land cannot be touched anymore and will be left until the corn is fully grown. This way, we can make money and weigh everything accurately."

Don’t delay the corn seeds for next year.”

Seeing that his niece was determined to break the corn, Yao Tiezhu was still reluctant to part with it, but he knew that what he heard from his niece was correct. He gritted his teeth and looked around for himself, and finally marked out the three acres of land closest to his home and showed it to Guo'er.

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After seeing it, Guo'er led Zao'er and Dou'er into the green gauze tent unceremoniously, picked out the big corns, broke them off and put them into the basket.

The basket was not big enough to hold seven or eight corn cobs, and soon the three sisters' small baskets were full.

When I got home, I brought several baskets of tender corn to the kitchen. I asked my servants to pick the corn out of the green leaves one by one, clean the long whiskers on it, wash the iron pot without any oil, and pour half of it into the kitchen.

The pot of water is ready for boiling.

After instructing the servants to cook the corn, they waited quietly aside. After about two-quarters of an hour, a long-lost smell could be smelled coming out of the iron pot.

At the dinner table, cooked tender corn was put on a plate and brought to the table. The sweet smell kept blowing into the nose with the heat. She was already greedy for the fruit, so she reached out to pick up one and nibbled it without ceremony.

Seeing her eating sweetly and satisfactorily, everyone couldn't hold back and started talking.

He reached out to pick up one and ate it like her. Soon no one spoke, only the sound of slight chewing could be heard.

After tasting the taste of tender corn, the whole family was not only satisfied, but also completely put down after months of worrying about it. This stuff is not only edible, but also delicious, and most importantly, it can also fill you up!

Yao Erzhu: "Guo'er, if you ask your uncle to circle three acres of corn, how are you going to sell this tender corn?"

Guo'er blinked at her second uncle: "Second uncle, let's talk about it first."

Yao Erzhu glanced at his niece lovingly, looked around at everyone and said:

"You don't have to worry about selling such a good thing. As before, just pick a few restaurants with good connections and send them to them, and teach them how to cook and eat them. As for the price, let's decide on the price first. How much does it cost per kilogram?

suitable."

After saying that, he looked at Guoer.

Guo'er has already made up her mind. There are many rich men who like to try rare things like this.

Guo'er: "Sell this by the pound, regardless of the pound, for fifty cents each."

Even though everyone was prepared, they were still shocked by the price Guoer said.

Father Yao looked at the leftover corn cobs on the table and asked stutteringly: "Girl, is this too expensive?"

Tao held the corn cob in his hand and said:

"Yeah, no matter how delicious this thing is, it's not meat. It's so expensive. What should I do if no one buys it?"

Guo'er was confident: "Don't worry, Grandpa, a few dozen cents is a bit expensive for ordinary people, but it's nothing to those rich people. Corn is a rare thing that everyone has never seen before.

Things, who among those rich people don’t like to try new things? If the price is set too low, it will not be cost-effective. It is said that rare things are more valuable. "

Yao Erzhu nodded and said: "That's right, let's do this. Tomorrow I will ask someone to pick two baskets and send them to the city to see how they go."

Guo'er: "Second uncle, tell those restaurant owners that they can boil one and cut it into three or four pieces for sale so that customers can try it out. As for how much they sell for one piece or one piece, we don't care.

Anyway, I sold it to them for fifty cents a piece."

Yao Erzhu nodded happily: "Okay, that's it."

The only two people in the family who made the decision reached an agreement, and the others kept their mouths shut knowingly.

The next day, Yao Erzhu led people to pick two large baskets of green corn and sent them to the city, and hurried back in the middle of the afternoon.

Yao Erzhu put a few slings of copper coins and a pile of scattered copper plates in his arms on the table, looked at the disbelief in everyone's eyes and said:

"They're all sold. I picked 145 corn stalks today, each worth fifty cents. I sold them for a total of seven thousand two hundred and fifty cents. They're all here. I asked them to pay for them in copper coins. Haha.

Ha ha!"

After everyone heard this, they became happy and actually sold it. Everyone looked at the pile of copper coins on the table, which was even more rare than seeing the banknotes.

Yao Erzhu: "I only visited two restaurants, Juxianglou and Yipinxiang. When I found the shopkeeper, he showed the corns and said a few words. The two shopkeepers quickly took a few corns to the kitchen and tried cooking them. They tasted them.

From now on, the deal is always done without saying a word. One family asked for a basket and said they would contact us after the goods were sold out to see the market situation."

Guo'er: "Next time, bring some to my father and fourth uncle. They are in charge of the shops in the city and haven't eaten yet."

When Mrs. Tao heard her granddaughter's words, she also thought of her other two younger sons and said hurriedly:

"That's right, why did you forget about the third and fourth children? Next time you go to the city to deliver corn, remember to bring a few corns to them."

Yao Erzhu nodded sheepishly. He was only thinking about selling corn today, and his two younger brothers didn't think about it at all.

Two days later, the shopkeepers of Juxianglou and Yipinxiang went to Shangyao Village in person to discuss the purchase of young corn.

Shopkeeper Zhang is an old acquaintance, but he hasn't contacted him for a long time. Suddenly he comes to visit again. The Yao family members remember the awkward incident before, and their faces are a little unnatural. But who is shopkeeper Zhang? He rushed over as soon as he got off the carriage, and his attitude was so enthusiastic.

It was as if nothing had happened, and they were talking and laughing as before.

After everyone sat down, shopkeeper Zhang took the lead and said:...

"I have said before that we at Juxianglou will definitely support any fresh things that your family makes. This time, we have tasted the sweetness of the boiled corn. We have also discussed it. This time we came here just to talk to you.

Your family has reached an agreement to supply this batch of tender corn exclusively to our two restaurants. How many of you can take a look?"

After saying that, he looked at the two Yao brothers with smiling eyes. The shopkeeper of Yipinxiang sitting nearby was also waiting for them to speak with a smile on his face.

After the tender corn was launched in two restaurants, they cut the cooked corn into small sections and sold them as Guoer said. A corn cut into four sections, one section sold for 50 cents, and four sections cost 200 cents. It seemed quite expensive.

But those who could go to these two major restaurants to eat were all wealthy people. They all had a few copper coins in their pockets. Out of curiosity, some people quickly took out one or two hundred coins and bought a few pieces to try.

As long as someone took the lead, everything would be easy to follow, so in just a day or two, corn became popular in two restaurants.

The shopkeepers of both houses are shrewd people who have been doing business all year round. A stick of tender corn costs fifty cents, and after being cooked, it sells for two hundred cents. After seeing a business opportunity, they are not willing to let it pass easily. The two families sit together.

As soon as they figured it out, they came to the door early.

Yao Tiezhu and Yao Erzhu were very happy to hear what they said. Corn was so expensive, and they had no intention of finding those small restaurants. Being able to digest it in these two restaurants saved them a lot of trouble, so the atmosphere of the conversation became more harmonious.

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Shopkeeper Zhang: "I wonder how much of this good stuff you have grown? But don't worry, we have already discussed it when we came here. We will have as much as we want, so you don't have to look for other buyers. It's cheaper."

Even if the two of them couldn't digest it, they could still transport it elsewhere and sell it at a high price, but they couldn't lose this good deal.

Yao Erzhu didn't want to tell them more about the corn, so he made a mental calculation and said vaguely:

"You have planted three acres of tender corn, and you can get about eight to nine thousand corns per acre. Calculating, it is just enough for you two to sell it for one summer. Once it is sold, it will be gone."
Chapter completed!