It is rare to meet a confidant and someone who has helped him. Duan Mingjing feels that this is destiny.
He introduced his chickens to Li Changyi in detail, from quantity to weight. They are not only famous in Lantian County, but are even sold as far away as Tongzhou.
Li Changyi was also very cooperative and would praise whatever Duan Mingjing said.
The two hit it off immediately and signed a contract to buy and sell eggs.
Duan Mingjing wanted to give Li Changyi a cheaper deal, but Li Changyi wouldn't let him.
Li Changyi said modestly and politely: "Brother Duan, raising chickens is hard work, so why do you want to give me a discount? Just calculate the market price. I can open a restaurant without a few pennies."
Seeing how heroic Li Changyi was, how could Duan Mingjing be so stingy?
Just as Li Changyi was carrying baskets of eggs into the car, Duan Mingjing immediately went to the back mountain to catch a little rooster and sent it over.
Duan Mingjing forced the little rooster with wings into Li Changyi's hand, "Boss Li, you must accept this chicken, as a token of my gratitude for helping me catch the thief! If you don't accept it,
, I feel uneasy!"
"It's just a small effort, why should Brother Duan be so polite?" Li Changyi refused to accept it.
"You must accept it!"
Duan Mingjing was also very insistent and threw the cock directly onto Li Changyi's cart, looking extremely determined.
"Thank you so much, Brother Duan!" Li Changyi had no choice but to take this little chicken with him on the road.
"It's a small thing, there are so many chickens in the back mountain! If you think my chickens are good, just come over and place an order. I promise to give you the cheapest price." Duan Mingjinghao said angrily.
The family has another stable income every month, and Duan Mingjing is in a good mood.
Take the deed safely back to the house and give it to Qiao Lan when he returns home.
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When Li Changyi drove his carriage back to Lantian County, it was still early.
He thoughtfully sent the waiter from the restaurant to the gate of the county town, then turned a corner and went to a house two or three kilometers outside the county town.
"Master, we're here."
The boy's voice came from outside the carriage.
Li Changyi got out of the carriage with a cold face and walked into the house.
As soon as he entered the house, he took off his coat and ordered the boys to boil water for a bath.
Li Changyi returned to the table, took out a pen and paper and started writing a letter, only to hear another set of footsteps outside the room.
"Master, what should I do with the eggs and chickens on the carriage?" the boy asked standing at the door.
"...Eat it." Li Changyi frowned.
"Yes, sir."
Li Changyi wrote a letter about what he had recently learned. After putting down the pen and blowing the ink, he looked at the contents on the paper and could not help but frown again.
The master sent him to Lanyu County to find out about the Duan family's strange book.
He didn't know if there were any strange books before coming here.
But from what he has seen and heard recently, he can almost conclude that the Duan family really has a strange book.
He didn't know anything else, but the Duan family's rules for raising chickens and melons were indeed different from those elsewhere.
He was once rewarded by his master with rare fruits from the Western Regions, which were said to taste as sweet as honey, but the taste of these rare fruits was far inferior to the sweetness of the Duan family's melons and fruits.
Let’s talk about the story of Duan Mingjing, the second master of the family, raising chickens and building houses. There are many farmers who raise chickens, and even his own farm also raises a lot of them. But chickens are not that easy to raise, not to mention that they will die when they hatch.
Even if all the chickens survive, they still cannot escape the torment of chicken plague.
Raising hundreds of chickens in such a small house without chicken disease is something that a young man who has never experienced hardship can do?
If Duan Mingjing is really gifted at raising chickens, how can he explain the Duan family’s increasing grain yield year after year?
If I could get this wonderful book, I'm afraid the world's structure would change!
So he had to think of a better way to get close to Duan Mingjing and get the whereabouts of the Duan family's book from him.
Li Changyi's idea is very good, but the Duan family doesn't go out much.
Duan Mingjing is responsible for raising chickens all day long and doesn't even go to the county very often.
Duan Mingqing and Duan Mingchen were studying hard behind closed doors to prepare for the imperial examination, not to mention the little ones at home, who were either studying at home or going out to farm with Qiao Lan, and their schedules throughout the day were full.
Li Changyi had been planning for more than a month, but he couldn't find a chance to contact the Duan family!
The premise of all opportunities is that Duan's family goes out to socialize. Who would have known that Duan's family would never leave the house without leaving the door!
Unless he rushes to someone's home, it will be difficult to find an opportunity.
Li Changyi suppressed his thoughts and changed his offensive.
Someone went to Duan's house to buy more eggs, and brought some things to Duan Mingjing. These things don't need to be too expensive, otherwise people will doubt his intentions.
After careful consideration, Li Changyi sent a box of coarse tea and two more snacks. The return gift was a little rooster, which made Li Changyi jump up and down in anger.
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In the blink of an eye, autumn is here. This year’s autumn is different, autumn is here.
Duan Mingqing had been waiting for this day for a long time and had already made preparations. Duan Mingchen was a little less confident, but under Duan Mingqing's persuasion, he planned to go to the examination room with him. Even if he failed in the exam,
, it is also good to accumulate some experience.
It is no small matter for two men in the family to take the civil examination together.
The examination takes several days, and all food and drinks are in the examination room. The examination center will not provide meals, and the candidates are responsible for eating and drinking. In addition, it is very cold at night since autumn, so you need to prepare some clothes and medicinal materials.
Fortunately for Duan Mingqing, he had a wife, Mrs. Liu, to help him organize things, but Duan Mingchen would have to trouble Mrs. Wang.
As her own mother, Qiao Lan was very busy, but she also found some time to help Zhang Luo.
We have clothes at home, just bring two clean pieces and a thin quilt. You can make do with pillows. You can bring a small stove and bowl for cooking, and you can also bring charcoal to make some hot tea.
In addition to these, Qiao Lan also thought a lot about putting himself in his shoes.
There are so many people in the exam hall. What if someone else snores and grinds his teeth? What if someone smells bad and it affects the exam?
Qiao Lan thought for a while and asked her daughters-in-law to rub some cotton plugs into their ears and noses.
Maybe she felt that it was pointless to just order her daughters-in-law to do the work, so Qiao Lan also made some dry food herself.
Use enough oil, sugar, salt and eggs to bake some shortbread as thin as paper and feed them as dry food for the two of them.
Mainly because steamed buns are easy to get stuck, so they were not allowed to bring them, otherwise Qiao Lan would just make some meat buns for the two of them to save trouble.
Seeing everyone in the house busy with work, Duan Mingjing reluctantly took out two small boxes of tea and handed them to his two younger brothers.
"This tea is good. It will refresh you. When you wake up in the morning, you can make a pot of tea and drink it."
Duan Mingqing and Duan Mingchen took the tea leaves and thanked Duan Ming.
"Thank you, second brother."
The relationship between the brothers has improved a lot under the care of the old lady, and they are now as harmonious as before.
"No, my family, just take the exam well." Duan Mingjing pretended to be relaxed and waved his hand.
They are all members of the same family, and they are all prosperous.