Chapter 14 Selling Lamp Oil
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For two days in a row, Zhang Mutian went out early and returned late. said that he was doing business, and I didn't see him go out with anything; I said I was doing a bad thing, and I didn't see anyone come to the door to find fault.
Murong Xiaoxuan felt very curious, and on the third day, she had to go to business with Zhang Mutian. She wants to see how this big brother did it, whether he really doesn't steal or rob.
Zhang Mutian couldn't get rid of the sticky appearance, so he had to go out with her.
Murong Xiaoxuan followed Zhang Mutian to the front of the courtyard of a family, and the location was a little off. There was a heavy smell of lamp oil in the air. In fact, she had never seen lamp oil before, after all, modern electricity has been very developed, and lamp oil is rare.
But after coming here, it is lit with lamp oil at night. The smell wafted throughout the room. It's hard to recognize it.
Before Murong Xiaoxuan could ask, Zhang Mutian shouted at the courtyard gate: "Ergouzi, is the lamp oil I want ready?" ”
"Brother Mu Tian is here, I've already prepared it for you. Look, two hundred gourds! As Zhang Mutian's words landed, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy walked out.
As soon as Zhang Mutian heard that it was done, he was very happy: "Okay, the old rule, check out after the sale." ”
"I don't know Brother Mu Tian's ability yet. Okay, just the old rules. The second dog didn't say anything, and handed the cart with the gourd to Zhang Mutian.
Murong Xiaoxuan looked at the skillful interaction between them, and felt that she really underestimated Mu Tian: "I'm too suspicious, it turns out that he is really doing business." ”
Zhang Mutian took the cart and didn't say anything more. led Murong Xiaoxuan away.
Murong Xiaoxuan followed Zhang Mutian to the next village next door, found a place with more traffic, parked the cart, and sorted out the gourd. Zhang Mutian cleared his throat and began to shout: "Selling lamp oil, one gourd is four taels, and two gourds are half a catty." Come and see, come and buy. It's sold out, and it's gone. ”
Murong Xiaoxuan almost fell headlong when she heard it, this big brother doesn't know how to count: "Big brother! One gourd is four taels, and two gourds should be eight taels. You can't afford to die if you sell it like this. ”
"Just look at it, don't talk. Otherwise, if you can't sell lamp oil today, you won't have the money to buy meat and go back to honor our father. Zhang Mutian glanced around and found that there was no one, so he turned around and whispered to Murong Xiaoxuan.
It turns out that he doesn't know. I don't know what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd, so let's continue to see for myself.
In fact, it's not just Murong Xiaoxuan who feels strange. Pedestrians on the road also felt strange when they heard it. I was thinking about where this came from, and I didn't know how to count and dared to come out to do business.
Zhang Mutian saw that Rong'er didn't say anything more, so he continued to shout.
Gradually, everyone heard the shouting and gathered around them out of curiosity. But they just watched Zhang Mutian shouting, but everyone didn't buy it immediately.
Because everyone has no bottom in their hearts, I don't know if they really met a stunned person doing business, or if they met a liar who was full of food and had nothing to do.
At this time, an old lady came: "Young man, how do you sell your lamp oil?" ”
"A penny or two of lamp oil. One gourd four taels of lamp oil, one gourd four pennies. The two gourds are half a catty of lamp oil, and two gourds are five cents. How much gourd lamp oil do you want, auntie? Zhang Mutian saw that someone finally came to the door to inquire, and quickly introduced enthusiastically.
After listening to this, the eldest lady was still not at ease: "Is the amount of oil enough?" ”
"Auntie, don't worry. You can go home and weigh it, not enough money! As soon as Zhang Mutian heard that there was a play, he hurriedly made a guarantee.
The eldest lady just calculated in her heart that the two gourds should be eight taels of lamp oil, which is eight cents. Now you can buy it for only five cents, but it's cheaper than three cents. So he said, "I want two gourd oils." ”
The onlookers saw that someone had actually bought it. Hurry up and squeeze to buy it, who wouldn't count such a simple arithmetic. I'm afraid that this young man will react and don't sell it, then he won't be able to pick up the cheap.
So this one asked for two gourds, and the other one asked for two gourds, and soon the two hundred gourds were sold out.
Zhang Mutian sorted out the money and put it away closely. Pushed up the cart and walked towards the butcher shop: "Let's go, big brother will take you to buy meat." ”
"Big brother? How much does it cost to get the lamp oil today? Murong Xiaoxuan asked while following Mu **** butcher shop.
There were too many people who had just bought lamp oil, and Murong Xiaoxuan was also helping to collect money on the side. Two hundred gourd lamp oil were sold out, no more, no less, just five hundred wen, but I don't know how much capital to pay to Ergouzi.
Zhang Mutian touched the money in his arms: "Four hundred wen, we earned one hundred." That's enough meat for our family for a few days. ”
"How is it possible, you will make money like this?" Murong Xiaoxuan said that she didn't understand, is it because the brain circuits of this ancient person are different from her? But looking at the people who bought lamp oil just now, they also looked like they had picked up treasures, and it was clear that everyone was the same as she thought!
At this time, the lady who was the first to buy lamp oil ran over: "Hey, that one who sells lamp oil, don't go!" ”
"Auntie, what's wrong, isn't my lamp oil enough?" Zhang Mutian obediently stopped and asked with an innocent face.
The lady didn't expect Zhang Mutian to really stop, looked at his innocent appearance again, and said angrily: "That's not it!" But sometimes your lamp oil is on, and sometimes it doesn't. ”
"That's right! Auntie, you think, if my lamp oil is lit every time, you won't compensate me to death! So of course there are times when your lamp oil doesn't come off. Zhang Mutian looked like he was originally for this.
When the eldest lady heard Zhang Mutian's words, she couldn't help but be anxious: "No." I don't buy such an unreliable lamp oil! You quickly returned it to me. ”
"Okay. If you return, I will refund you three cents, and you will give me the lamp oil. When Zhang Mutian heard that the eldest lady wanted to return the lamp oil, he was not angry, and readily agreed.
But as soon as the eldest mother heard Zhang Mutian's words, she was not happy: "What? I just bought it, and it doesn't work yet, so you earn me two pennies. If you don't give it back, don't think about selling a lamp or two in our village in the future. ”
The eldest lady put down her cruel words and left with a depressed face.
Who knew that Zhang Mutian didn't take her threat to heart at all: "I only sell it once in a village, and I'm really not afraid of your threat." Sister, let's go! ”
Murong Xiaoxuan saw that now, where else did she not understand. It turned out that he had already moved his hands and feet in the lamp oil. He really didn't steal or rob, it's a complete lie.
So Murong Xiaoxuan followed Mu **** butcher shop and persuaded: "Brother, don't lie to people in the future, everyone's life is not easy." ”
"Rong'er, in fact, I'm not a liar. The market price of lamp oil was originally a penny or tael. I use this method just to sell more lamp oil. If you don't, you won't be able to sell all of this oil in ten days. Zhang Mutian also has no choice, if he doesn't do this, he can't buy meat every day to go home to honor his father.
When Murong Xiaoxuan heard what he said, she could be considered to have some truth: "But the lamp oil is gone, what's the use of people buying it?" ”
"Why not, wait until the water in the oil is dry, or leave it there and don't move, and it will catch after a while. It's just a little bit more time-consuming. Zhang Mutian had a worry-free expression, he was not the black-hearted profiteer, and he couldn't do that immoral thing.
When Murong Xiaoxuan heard this, she was also relieved: "It turns out that brother, you added water to the oil!" ”
Water and oil are not compatible, and the density of water is greater than that of oil. Mix water with oil, and the oil will always be on top of the water. As Mu Tian said, it really works. Murong Xiaoxuan was more curious about how he knew.
"Rong'er is so smart, I will add three taels of water to my two gourds!" Zhang Mutian looked proud, he also discovered this method by accident. In this way, his lamp oil will be sold quickly, and he will not have to worry about his conscience.
Murong Xiaoxuan: "......."
Looking at the smug Zhang Mutian, Murong Xiaoxuan really couldn't bear to hit him. But this is always unjustified, and it seems that we have to find other ways.