Chapter Seventy-Eight: Selling Vegetables
Due to the heavy fog, there were many fewer people buying and selling vegetables, so Wulang and Xu Xiangwan had to temporarily change their plans and push a cart of pea tips directly to the door of Chunfeng Restaurant. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Coincidentally, when the brother and sister arrived at the door of the Chunfeng Restaurant, they happened to meet the shopkeeper opening the door, and a man of medium stature who was about to stand just stepped out of the door, and saw a cart of green goods parked at the door of his house at a glance.
"Hey, little brother pulls vegetables? Can you sell it? The man quickly stopped Gorou.
It turned out that the man was the shopkeeper Feng of Chunfeng Restaurant, and after opening the door, he found that the fog was thick, and he secretly said that he was afraid that he would not be able to buy fresh vegetables today, but he didn't expect to see a cart of green goods all of a sudden, so he naturally couldn't wait to stop people.
"I've seen Shopkeeper Feng, and the kid is pulling the pea tips that are ready to be sold." Gorou politely replied.
Because of the relationship between the shopkeeper Zhu, Wulang has also seen the shopkeeper Feng a few times, so he knows the person in front of him.
Shopkeeper Feng looked at Wulang carefully a few times, and suddenly said, "It turned out to be Zijing's little apprentice." ”
The shopkeepers, especially the restaurant shopkeepers, have very vicious eyes, but they can remember the name of Goro after seeing Gorou twice by mistake.
Gorou waved his hand and smiled faintly: "It's the kid." ”
The two exchanged a few words and went straight to the point.
"I didn't expect that Gorou not only could you study, but this dish was also very good. This big board of peas is the tip of the pea, but it solves my urgent need. "Shopkeeper Feng and Shopkeeper Zhu also have some friendship, so he also has a trace of closeness to Wulang, who is half an apprentice of Shopkeeper Zhu, and his words are quite cordial.
Xu Xiangwan hurriedly pulled Wulang's sleeve, winked at him, turned his head and smiled sweetly at Shopkeeper Feng: "Hello Uncle Shopkeeper." In winter, there are few vegetables and vegetables, and my pea tips are unique in the whole Guojia Town. It is not easy for our farmers to grow some vegetables and vegetables, if it is not for the sake of selling a few more money, it is better to plant winter wheat, and avoid getting up early and waiting in the field greedily. ”
Shopkeeper Feng can be the shopkeeper of a big restaurant, naturally he is not a fool, on the contrary, he is still a human spirit among people, listening to Xu Xiangwan's words, he immediately understood the meaning of his words.
"I didn't expect you to be such a little girl, but you are very good. Don't worry, although Lao Feng and I are a businessman, I only do things with my conscience, and I will never do such things that deceive Tongsuo. Your pea tips are very tender, it is indeed rare in this winter, Lao Feng and I will definitely give a fair price. Shopkeeper Feng smiled, very hearty, and didn't care about Xu Xiangwan's cautious eyes at all.
It was freezing outside, and the shopkeeper Feng asked the shopkeeper to unload the pea tips on the cart, and tied the cart to the door of the store, and then invited Xu Xiangwan's brother and sister to the store, and the shopkeeper made two cups of hot tea for the two, and then discussed the price.
The shopkeeper Feng bid five cents a catty, Xu Xiangwan asked for eight cents a catty, and finally the two of them each gave in and set the price at six cents.
Compared with the Chinese cabbage that can be bought for a penny, the pea tip of six pennies a pound is already very expensive, and ordinary people will not spend so much money to buy this vegetable leaf that is not hungry.
After passing the scales, a cart of pea tips was more than 150 catties, and it was sold for a total of 910 yuan, which was faster than Xu Xiangwan's sale of medicinal materials, which made Xu Xiangwan's mood boil suddenly.
Xu Xiangwan thought that no matter how expensive the pea tip was, it would only sell for two or three pennies a catty, but he didn't expect it to be twice as high as expected, and the money he made was no less than selling medicine.
And what makes Xu Xiangwan most happy is that these pea tips are completely planted little by little by her own efforts, with little luck, and they are completely silver money in exchange for hard work and sweat, which makes her feel more accomplished than picking and selling medicines.
However, it is a pity for Xu Xiangwan that Chunfeng Restaurant is located in Guojia Town after all, although there is no shortage of rich people, but compared with Ganquan County, the demand is not very large, and a cart of pea tips is enough for them to use for two days.
In other words, the next time you want to sell pea tips, you can only wait until the day after tomorrow.
The pea tips of six acres of land can be picked in cycles, generally until March and April, and if you sell a car in two days, you can probably sell seventy or eighty cars.
In this way, just six acres of pea tips can be sold for fifty or sixty taels of silver?
Xu Xiangwan quickly calculated the income in his mind, and was suddenly a little surprised, he didn't expect that farming could make money like this?
After the money and goods were paid, Wulang said goodbye to Shopkeeper Feng, and took Xu Xiangwan to Sanxin Book House to work, and only after the fog cleared at sunrise did Xu Xiangwan go home by himself.
After returning home, Xu Xiangwan told Zhang and Xu Qiuyi about selling vegetables, and the family was naturally happy and more motivated to do things.
The days have come to the end of the year, and Xu Xiangwan's family now has two big incomes, Zhang's and Xu Qiuyi's needlework and pea tips, and Gorou's salary is set aside for daily expenses.
At the end of the year, Xu Xiangwan counted the silver coins, and realized that before he knew it, he had saved a lot of silver, and counting the two hundred copper coins scattered at home, it could be regarded as a small amount of money.
Because Xu Xiangwan loves money, and he is the most shrewd on weekdays, under Zhang's intention to delegate power, Xu Xiangwan has always controlled the financial power of the family.
The Sanxin Bookstore has been closed on the twentieth day of the month, and the hometown of the shopkeeper Zhu is in Fucheng, so he packed up the bookstore early and took his wife and children back to his hometown to prepare for the New Year.
Today is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, it is the day when the god of the stove goes down to the mortal world to investigate the good and evil of a family, most of the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty thank the god of the stove today, and it is also known as the "small year" of the folklore.
The rule of the Xu family is that women are not allowed to sacrifice, and Xu Xiangwan's family only has one adult, but Zhang himself is not willing to participate in the sacrifice, but he just commands on the side, and asks Wulang to lead Xu Xiangwan's brothers and sisters, and puts soup balls and sugar melons as offerings, and burns incense to worship. The first time to drink to the stove to pray sincerely, and then the second time to drink, after the third wine, Gorou tore off the old old picture of the stove king, together with the horse paper bought from the town, the horse with paper paste, soybeans, hay, etc., burned together, then burned incense, kowtowed, and in the stove pit grabbed a few handfuls of grass ash and sprinkled on the ground in front of the stove, muttered a sentence "Heaven says good things, the lower world descends auspicious", then the stove Jun was sent to the sky, and the ceremony of thanking the god of the stove was completed.
On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, dust sweeps the house, because "dust" is homophonic to "Chen", so it has the meaning of dust removal cloth, and it is also to sweep all the poor luck and bad luck out of the door, entrusting people's wishes to break the old and establish the new and pray for the old and welcome the new. On this day, every household sweeps the house and dusts, washes pots and dishes, dismantles cotton and washes quilts, and dredges ditches to remove filth, which is full of festivities. (To be continued.) )