CHAPTER XXXVI
"Of course, Little Liu, come in with a knife. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Shopkeeper Li shouted outside, and after a while, a small two knife was delivered.
"Can you two see if this knife is feasible?" Shopkeeper Li took the knife and sent Xiao Er away, and then was asked by Shanzi and the two.
"Of course. Shanzi took the watermelon in Li's hand, turned around and divided the watermelon on the table into two halves, and then divided half of it into a number of small pieces, picked up one of them and handed it to Shopkeeper Li, motioning him to taste it.
Shopkeeper Li was not polite, the moment Shanzi cut the watermelon just now, he smelled a fragrance belonging to the fruit. Looking at the unsightly green melon outside, it turned out to be an attractive red flesh inside, even if Shanzi didn't say it, he must taste it. Shopkeeper Li took a light bite of the watermelon, and suddenly a sweet taste different from other fruits attracted all his palate. Shopkeeper Li thinks that this fruit is most suitable for such a hot summer, sweet and juicy.
"It's really a good thing, I don't know how you two want to sell it?" Although Shopkeeper Li was not satisfied with the watermelon in his heart, the nature of the businessman made his face not leak any information. In fact, Shopkeeper Li is also very anxious, after all, the supply of fruits in his store is about to have problems, and I don't know what the owner will do with him!
"One tael of silver, one. "Shanzi is not polite, this has been negotiated a long time ago, especially since Shanzi has just paid special attention to the price of fruit in this store outside, which is nearly twice as expensive as ordinary fruit stores. Moreover, several of these rare fruits are not only available in limited quantities, but the prices are also ridiculously high, so he suddenly felt that it was really not expensive to sell watermelons for one tael of silver, and just now, Shanzi decided to pay one tael of silver for another. The outrageously expensive fruit out there is just a rarity. Watermelon is unique.
"This... Isn't it a bit expensive?" shopkeeper Li looked at Shanzi and the others in surprise as if he was frightened.
"Shopkeeper Li. To be honest, I don't think the price is too high, but I think it's too low. Don't look at me like that. Just now I took a closer look at the prices of fruits outside, and there are a few rare fruits that are sold at a high price of one or two hundred yuan a catty. Shopkeeper Li has ever thought that the current watermelon is not rare, but only this one, and the preciousness can be imagined. Another thing I seem to have forgotten to tell Shopkeeper Li is that the watermelon you just ate is not fully ripe, probably only seven times ripe, and the watermelon will be more delicious after being iced with ice or cold water, which is suitable for such a hot summer now. The most important thing is that we don't grow much. There wasn't much to supply to you, and I don't think it would be hard to sell them for a high price if they were shipped to a place like the Imperial Capital! And it's clear that watermelons are in short supply, especially in summer. "Shanzi is now very confident that he can sell watermelons for one or two pieces of silver.
"But the price is really too high, and I can't guarantee that it will earn me so much money. Of course, Shopkeeper Li knew that Shanzi was telling the truth, and he would not lose even if it was one or two pieces of silver, if it was sold to the imperial capital, he was sure that it would be a big sale, but the true nature of the merchant made him still hope that the price could be lowered.
"It seems that Shopkeeper Li doesn't have much sincerity in cooperation, let's go to another house and ask! Shanzi knows that this is the nature of a businessman. Will definitely keep the price to a minimum. If he hadn't seen those sky-high fruit prices in the store, maybe he would have lowered the price, but now he would definitely not budge. After Shanzi finished speaking, he got up and planned to put away even the watermelons on the table, since the cooperation was no longer playful. Wouldn't he suffer a loss if he left the watermelon? I have to say that Shanzi is the real businessman, and he doesn't suffer any losses.
"Hey. Don't! You two have something to say, and I didn't say that this business won't work! Okay. According to the brothers, one or two is one or two. But I don't know how many goods my brother's family has?" "Shopkeeper Li saw that Shanzi and Wang Sanlang really began to pack up their things and didn't plan to sell them, so they began to be anxious. If he sent the money to another family, the owner would have to eat himself if he knew about it.
"I'm not afraid of the shopkeeper's jokes, this year our brother is just trying to plant, not much, plus watermelon cultivation is not easy, there are only a few hundred in total, but the size is almost so big. Shanzi said with some embarrassment. No one thought that watermelons could be planted successfully at one time, so there were not many planted, that is, a little more in Saburo's family, but it was estimated that she would have to leave a lot of her daughter-in-law because of the strength of the boy's daughter-in-law, and she also had to leave some for her daughter-in-law and son, and it was estimated that Uncle Zhang's family was about the same, so there were fewer watermelons in the first place.
"What, that's all?" shopkeeper Li was surprised now, and he felt the urge to cry. He really doesn't know whether to be glad that he made the right decision now, or to cry, because such a watermelon will definitely not be enough to reach the imperial capital, and if the time is not enough, the owner should not tear himself. Forget it, buy as much as you want, and hope that the owner will forget about losing a supplier this time for the sake of his hard work!
"That's it, you must know that watermelons are not easy to grow, and it is not easy to grow so much. If you want to regret it, it doesn't matter, we can go to another house and ask again. "Shanzi is really embarrassed now, although things are rare and expensive, but this is too rare, looking at such a big store, you know that this business is really too small for people. He was also embarrassed to say that he was timid and didn't dare to breed, so he could only push the watermelon to be difficult to cultivate.
"No, no, how can I regret it, let's sign the contract first! I hope that the watermelons of the two families can only be sold to us for exclusive sale in Fruity Zhai, no problem!" What are you kidding, regretting? He is now even more afraid that these two masters will regret not selling, if he is not still sensible, he can't wait to press these two to sign the contract now. If the duck flies, he'll have to hit the wall. Forget it, forget it, shopkeeper Li comforted himself and said, "It's normal that such a rare fruit is not easy to cultivate." ’
"Okay, I think we should eat our little watermelon fruity food, right?" Shanzi asked jokingly, now that the watermelon has definitely been sold, the big stone in his heart has also landed. Wang Sanlang didn't speak, because he knew that he was stupid and not suitable for such a coming-and-going, coupled with his understanding of his brother's temperament, he would never suffer, so he gave full authority to his brother to deal with, not only worry-free but also trouble-free.
"Of course, this is really too little for us, how many of the two, how much Li wants, I hope there is still a chance to cooperate! This is a contract, please take a look at the two, if there is no problem, we will sign. It's just that I don't know when the melons will ripen, so I can tell people to carry them. The shopkeeper Li was in a hurry, afraid that Shanzi and Wang Sanlang would regret not selling, so he hurriedly wrote the contract and handed it to the two, and asked about the delivery time by the way, so as to notify the owner.
"Well, it will be about nine minutes ripe in about seven or eight days, if you want to transport it to the imperial capital, it is best to ship it when it is eight or nine minutes ripe, and when the watermelon is ripe, it is more crispy, and it is easy to crack during transportation. Wang Sanlang remembered that his daughter-in-law said that when the watermelon is ripe, not only will the flesh sand rise, but the watermelon skin will become brittle. Seeing that Shopkeeper Li was so sincere, he also told the matter, or he wouldn't bother to care if the watermelon would have problems on the road! )