48. The Corn

The young man looked gentle and mild-mannered, but didn't look well with a hint of gloom on his face. He must have something bugging him.

Hearing Xu Ran's words, he also came out with a smile, "Sir, may I know what the corn seed is? Seems that we don't have it here in our shop."

Xu Ran also realized that there was no word "corn" yet in this age, so he went directly to get a full ear of corn-on-the-cob. "Here it is. I want to buy the seeds of it. The shopkeeper said I should talk to the master and I've come once ten days ago."

The young man turned to the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper nodded, "That's true, master. The gentleman did come ten days ago while you were not here. He requested me to keep it for him and just run into you when you were back today. "

"Sir, this thing is called a cob. I brought it back from the south. It's of high yield but no one has grown here. How did you know it? "

"To tell you the truth, sir, I read it from a book saying it was edible for both men and animals, even the corn stigma also useful. What a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, so I want to give a try. "

As a man came from the modern society, the most important ability was not eloquence, but the one that convinced people of things that was not true.

The master was convinced, "I see. Then how many cobs do you want? We don't have many, only about ten. I was concerned no one would buy it, so didn't bring many back. "

"Okay, then I take them all. As long as they are grown and ripe, I will have seeds. You can also buy seeds from me then. I believe it's getting popular and selling well next year. "

Xu Ran talked with great confidence, impressing the master. "Okay, you can take them for 10 pences. It didn't cost me much in the south. "

Xu Ran knew what the master did was for the further cooperation, and that was mutual beneficial, so he agreed immediately. " Sure, 10 pences is no problem. Also, I'd like some wheat and vegetable seeds, please. Thank you. "

The boss nodded and the shopkeeper took the order immediately.

"Nice talking with you, sir. I'm Zhuo Yun. May I have you name? "

Xu Ran looked at him, replying politely, "I'm Xu Ran and I'm from the Xu Village nearby. "

Exchanging the names, now they've known each other. Xu Ran asked Zhuo Yun something about the south. Zhuo Yun was very talkative and shared several interesting things with Xu Ran.

When the shopkeeper wrapped up the seeds, they still had a lot to share.

But Xu Ran needed to be back early as it took time to walk back.

So he had to say goodbye, "Mr. Zhuo, I gotta to go now and I will be back next time. You are such an expert at both selling and storytelling! I wish I could stay here if I had time today. But bye for now, and I'm visiting the other day. "

Zhuo Yun was amused by his words, his wrinkly tight eyebrows unfolded, "All right, it's a deal. I'm staying here these days and waiting for you. "

Complimented each other, Xu Ran paid and left with seeds.

Xu Ran bought many things in the town and went back with a heavy pack basket.

He found it really troublesome to go out to buy meat every time and thought about raising some livestock themselves. They had enough space, so they could raise some chicken and ducks in the yard, make a pigsty for some pigs, and also raise a head of cattle.

Besides the wasteland, they also needed to buy a piece of farmland, growing rice themselves. They couldn't always buy rice to eat.

In addition, he also wanted to buy two lands on the top of the hills to cultivate, growing some fruits, such as tangerine, peach and cherry which were popular here.

Now money was the first priority, and examination was the second.

He needed a status to protect his property coveted by many others.

Walking and thinking, soon Xu Ran arrived at the entrance of the village.

Xu Ran took another road to the end of the village, straight to his house.

Yet arrived, he heard a rush of noise, speeding up and finding it came from his house.

Without thinking much, he rushed up with his pack basket.