in2ebook Chapter 264 Provocation
Chapter 264 Provocation
The leader was the servant beside Yun Jingyu.
The servant smiled and said, "I came here today on the orders of the eldest master to give you a thank you gift."
As he said this, he gestured to the gift box in his hand.
Yesterday's strawberries were very popular with the guests, and made the old lady smile. She was praised by all the guests. The old lady was happy, so the eldest son specially asked her to prepare a generous gift to thank them.
Zhou Youfeng understood what was going on after hearing this, and then looked at the others and asked, "So what are these..."
The servant explained, "Everyone ate strawberries yesterday and thought they tasted very fresh and unique, so we came here specifically to buy some."
"Why don't you let me wait inside? It's too hot outside." someone said.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Youfeng invited these people in. Judging from their attire, they were all housekeepers or servants in the mansion. Therefore, Zhou Youfeng did not disturb Huo and the others, but only called his family members to pick strawberries for these people.
The servant from the Yun family put down the gift, said a few words to Zhou Youfeng and left.
The servant came today not only to bring a thank-you gift, but also to explain the situation of the steward's handling of the matter.
After all, the Yun family is a big family, and they are more concerned about their reputation when doing things. The manager had some relatives with the family, so he was not kicked out of the house. However, he was not allowed to work in the front yard. After being beaten with ten boards, he was sent to the backyard to do sweeping work.
The servant told Zhou Youfeng that he hoped they would not take this matter to heart and asked them to continue delivering strawberries as agreed. He also took 10 kilograms of strawberries with him when he left.
The Yun family handled this matter quite thoughtfully, so Zhou Youfeng accepted the money and agreed to send them 10 kilograms of strawberries the next day.
After sending the servant away, they began to deal with the remaining people.
Most of these people were servants of wealthy families in the city. Each of them wanted twenty or thirty kilograms, and they were asked to deliver ten kilograms to the mansion every few days.
Zhou Youfeng and his team planted a total of three acres of strawberries, which yielded several thousand kilograms of fruit. These people only bought a few hundred kilograms, so this quantity was not much for them.
However, Zhou Youfeng still told them: "We have a limited number of strawberries here, and we don't have enough manpower at home, so if you need strawberries, you still have to come and buy them every day.
But don't buy too many at once. Strawberries are best when they're freshly picked. There's no limit on the supply for the first three days, so you can come buy anytime. After that, the maximum supply is 200 kilograms per day, and it's on a first-come, first-served basis."
They originally wanted to make quick money, so a few days ago they simply made an unlimited quantity offer and sold as many as they could.
After most of the strawberries have been sold in the past few days and most of them have been picked, they will limit the quantity to give the strawberries some buffer time to grow, and then they can make some money again.
When strawberries are released into the market in the future, the price will definitely drop. By that time, they will have already made their first profit, so whether the price drops or not will not have much impact on them.
These people were all housekeepers or servants from the mansion. When they heard Zhou Youfeng's words, one of them said, "I was sent by the prefect's wife. You should give me this honor, right? There's no limit on the quantity in the future. I hope I can buy all the strawberries."
The man in front of him was not very old. He was wearing ordinary gray cotton clothes, and there was a sense of pride in his every move.
Seeing this, Zhou Youfeng said, "Since the prefect's wife has sent someone here, we naturally have to give her face. If the prefect's wife wants to supply as much as she wants in the future, she can tell us the quantity. As long as we have it here, we will give priority to supplying the prefect's residence."
The man showed a satisfied expression after hearing this, and then said, "We will supply five kilograms every other day, and we will increase it later if needed."
"Okay, Brother Duan, please register it." Zhou Youfeng said to Duan Zhili.
Duan Zhili responded and wrote it down on the paper with a pen.
Then everyone else started introducing themselves:
"I'm from the Du Mansion. We've also registered and are supplied with ten kilograms every other day."
"I'm from the Jiang Mansion. We're registered too. We're supplied with 20 kilograms every other day."
"I am….."
No matter what the rest of the people said, Zhou Youfeng did not agree to any of them. He insisted that they should come and buy it when they needed it, and whether they could buy it or not depended on fate.
Then these people's faces turned unhappy, thinking that Zhou Youfeng was too disrespectful and did not take them seriously.
However, Zhou Youfeng tried hard to ignore those unfriendly looks and went straight to the garden to pick strawberries.
None of these people are easy to offend, and he doesn't want to talk nonsense with them here. Anyway, if he wants to eat it in the future, he can come back to buy it. If he wants the supply, there is no supply.
In the room, Ning Jian and Huo Yan stayed up too late yesterday and just woke up now.
Listening to the faint noise coming from outside, Ning Yan turned over in Huo Yan's arms and asked in a dazed voice, "Who's here?"
After turning over, he couldn't help but let out a "hiss". The pain in his waist made his face change instantly.
Huo Yu noticed that he was feeling unwell, so he reached out and rubbed his waist. He said softly, "I'm here to buy strawberries. I guess yesterday's birthday party attracted a lot of people's attention to strawberries, so they all came to our house to buy some today."
The large hand on Ning Yan's waist kneaded it neither too fast nor too slow, with just the right amount of force, which relieved the pain in his waist. He said to Huo Yan, "If you don't go out and take a look, can they handle it?"
"No need. Everything has a first time. We have experienced life and death. Why should we be afraid of these things?" Huo said without any worry.
After hearing this, Ning Yan felt that there seemed to be some truth in it. Three cobblers are still better than Zhuge Liang. Duan Zhili, Zhou Youfeng, plus Sun Huzi, should be able to do the job of two cobblers.
"Are you hungry, wife? Do you want to get up and eat something?" Huo asked.
Ning Yan was too lazy to move, so he said, "You go eat, I'll sleep a little longer."
Huo Yan was indeed a little hungry now, but he didn't want to eat alone, so he said to Ning Yan, "Wife, get up and eat something with me?"
"No." Ning Yan refused.
"Really don't want to?" Huo Xi's big hand lingered on Ning Yan's waist, making Ning Yan feel itchy all over.
He slapped his hands off his body and said angrily, "Behave yourself."
"Then you have to get up and eat with me. You have to eat." Huo said.
What if he loses his energy after being starved? His sexual happiness will be greatly reduced.
Besides, it would be uncomfortable to hug her if she was too thin, so he still hoped that his wife would have some flesh on her body.
Then, without waiting for Ning Yan to answer, Huo Yan said, "I'll carry you there. If you don't go, I'll pester you."
Ning Yan was so annoyed by him that he could only let him carry him to the small couch in the room.
Huo Yan went out to get some food, and Ning Jian leaned back on the couch and continued to rest with his eyes closed.
In the morning, Bai Lifen made pumpkin pancakes, rice porridge, fried eggs, and stir-fried vegetables.
While eating, Ning Yan asked, "What are the two sons doing?"
"I went to their room and took a look. They were all asleep." Huo said as he picked up a piece of vegetable with chopsticks for him.
Ning Yan nodded upon hearing this. This little kid, who was only three years old, didn't know what motivated him, but he would get up at 5:30 every morning to practice martial arts with the others, and he would go with them in the afternoon without fail.
They were the youngest in the group. Standing in the crowd, they looked like little figurines, the smallest ones at that.
But he has practiced kung fu quite well. The fat boy is two years older than them and weighs more than 10 kilograms more than them, but now he can't beat them.
After asking, Ning Yan stopped caring about it. Since his two sons liked it, they could just practice it. As long as they were happy, it was fine. The most important thing was that he didn't have to take care of the kids, which was great.
After dinner, Huo Yan took out a small porcelain bottle with a round belly and a wide mouth and said to Ning Yan, "Wife, I'll apply some more medicine on you."
I applied it once after we had sex yesterday, and I need to apply it again now. If I don’t take good care of it, my wife will feel uncomfortable after a long time.
Ning Yan blushed a little when he heard this, and said uncomfortably, "I can do it myself."
After saying that, he wanted to reach out and grab the bottle.
Huo Yu dodged his hand and jokingly said, "I've seen everything about my wife. Why are you shy?"
Ning Yan turned over and buried his face in the pillow upon hearing this, not caring what Huo wanted.
The slightly cool feeling from behind and the soft touch of the fingertips made Ning Yan's face red again. This feeling was very embarrassing no matter how many times it happened.
After putting on his clothes, Huo? pulled Ning Yan out from the pillow, and then he saw his wife whose face was redder than a monkey's butt.
Huo Yu lowered his head and kissed Ning Yan's face with a smile, saying, "Why are you still so shy?"
"I was hot." Ning Yan argued cunningly.
Huo Yu listened to his wife's sophistry and did not refute it. He just put his arm around her waist and said, "Don't you still want to sleep? I'll sleep with you."
After hearing this, Ning Yan snuggled up in Huo Yan's arms and continued to take a nap.
After Zhou Youfeng and the others sent away the people who were buying strawberries, they looked at the silver in their hands, their faces flushed with joy.
Just as calm as he appeared just now, now he is just as excited.
Today, the strawberries were sold for a total of more than 200 taels of silver, plus the previous 50 taels of silver, which is nearly 300 taels of silver.
One month of hard work can provide three years of food.
In the past, farming could earn a dozen or so taels of silver at best in a year. Who would have thought that they could earn 30 times more in a month? Moreover, this was only the first wave of people coming to buy. There would definitely be more people coming later, and they would definitely make a lot more money in the future.
Before they could be happy for too long, something even happier happened. The door was knocked again, and another wave of people came outside to buy strawberries.
Around noon, Ning Yan got up and went to the room of his two sons next door. He had not taken much care of them in the past few days. It was Ning Yan who took care of them washing and dressing when they got up early in the morning to practice martial arts.
Ning Yan felt that his two sons were so hardworking, and he, as a father, was still sleeping in every day. He felt a little ashamed, so he came over to ask them what they wanted to eat and made it for them at noon, taking the opportunity to enhance the father-son relationship.
The two kids in the room were already awake, playing with the finger-biting toy on the bed. When they saw Ning Yan come in, Huo Yun said, "Dad, this toy can jump by itself."
Then he put the toy on the bed, patted it and said, "Jump for daddy to see."
Then the toy didn't move at all. I said it again, but it still didn't move.
Huo Yun looked up with a confused look on his face, looked at Ning Jing and said, "Brother, you try it."
Why is it not moving? It was moving just now.
Ning Jing also tried it, but it didn't move.
The two kids looked at Ning Yan unhappily and said, "Dad, it was moving just now."
Ning Yan knew that Qing Ying was probably teasing the brothers, so he threatened, "Xiao Qing, if you don't move, I'll have my son tear this toy apart."
Qing Ying had just been admiring the two dolls' wrinkled faces, but now upon hearing this, she protested, "Host, you are too despicable."
It was trapped in here by that damn superior. If this toy is dismantled, wouldn't it be equivalent to splitting it up? This is absolutely unacceptable.
Ning Yan ignored it and said to his two sons, "Sons, this toy didn't wake up just now. Try it again."
Huo Yun tried again, and then saw the toy jumping forward on the bed.
In order to prevent himself from being split into two, Qing Xing had no choice but to submit to Ning Yan's tyranny.
Seeing this, the two brothers said happily: "Dad, it jumped."
Ning Yan sat down beside the bed, picked up clothes and put them on. As he was putting them on, he asked, "Are you tired from practicing martial arts these past few days?"
Huo Yun shook his little head and said, "I'm not tired. We haven't been practicing for long."
Ning Yu only allowed the children to practice for one hour a day, half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening. The children were young, and practicing for too long would affect their bone development.
After saying that, Huo Yun boasted, "In today's competition, neither of them could beat me, nor my brother."
Today's sparring was between several children after training. There were seven children in the family, all of whom were about the same age. When fighting, they just demonstrated the moves taught to them, and stopped when they had fought enough, without any real fighting.
Huo Yun and Ning Jing learned quickly and practiced well, so they became the winners among the children.
Ning Yan praised, "That's great. What do you want to eat for lunch today? Daddy will make it for you."
Ning Jing said, "I want to eat big chicken legs and big duck legs."
Huo Yun said: "I want to eat big chicken legs and big duck legs too."
There are many ways to cook chicken and duck, and the taste is naturally different. These two kids are not picky about the preparation of meat, as long as it is chicken legs or duck legs, it’s fine. The meat on chicken legs and duck legs is tender, there is a lot of meat, and it is easy to hold, so they both like to gnaw on them.
Ning Yan said, "Okay, you've worked hard practicing martial arts today. Dad will cook chicken and duck today so that you can all have something to eat. Is that okay?"
"Thank you, Dad." The two brothers said, and kissed Ning Yan on each side of the face.
When Huo Yu came in and saw this scene, he pretended to be stern and said, "This is my wife. You are not allowed to kiss her in the future."
When Huo Yun heard this, he deliberately moved closer to Ning Yan, cupped his cheek and kissed him with a loud "bo" sound. Then he looked at Huo Yan proudly and said, "My dad, I want a kiss."
Huo Yun took two quick steps, lifted him up from the bed, slapped him on the butt, and said, "Do you want to kiss me again?"
Huo Yun kicked his legs and protested loudly: "Dad, Dad hit me, save me quickly."
Ning Yan wiped the saliva from his face, then put on Ning Jing's socks and shoes while saying to him, "I won't imitate my brother."
This child is so naughty.
After hearing what Ning Yan said, Ning Jing looked at his brother who was being beaten and laughed secretly with his hands covering his mouth. His brother always went against their father, so it would be strange if he didn't get beaten.