On the fifteenth day of the first month, there are lanterns, and the sixteenth day of the first month is the beginning of the school season, as for the head of the family (nominally), he has already gone to work on the tenth day of the first month to go to the Xunjia Iron Workshop, and only Shen and Mu Lan are left in the family.

On this day, the sun was not good, the temperature was low, and Mu Lan lifted the grass curtain again.

"Grandma, there is a white line on some of these fruits, come on, come on, is this already ripe?" Mu Lan, who finally found the change, shouted loudly, looking forward to the day and night, this finally appeared in addition to the volume.

Shen Shi who walked in a hurry bent down slightly, the grass curtain was dark, and he couldn't see anything at all, and the few who approached did not change, and Shen Shi reached out and opened the curtain by half.

"No, half of them are already mature! It seems that in just these two days, it is estimated that it will all be ripe. ”

"Then shouldn't we hurry up and find a way to sell it! If it's overripe and falls, the gains outweigh the losses. "Mu Lan is very anxious, every grain of this Xihan fruit represents at least one silver coin! But if the silver coin is dropped, it can be picked up, and it is said that once it comes into contact with the soil, it will lose its medicinal power very quickly, that is, it will be worthless.

"You kid, what's the hurry? Does this Xihan fruit picking also depend on the time? On a day like today, it is just right that the harvest of shihan fruit cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, otherwise the shelf life will be cut by half. Shen nodded Mu Lan's forehead.

"Hurry up, go get some scissors, and go to my room, there's a small bag of rags in the corner, bring them together."

"Cloth? What do you do with cloth? Wouldn't it be nice to put it in a basket? Curious baby Mu Lanfa asked.

"Of course, it's for good looks! If you put it together and knock the skin bad, then there will be no reason for people to bargain! Let's take precautions. ”

"Grandma, you know so much, how do you know so much? Do you know anyone who has ever planted a sirling fruit? It's amazing, one set at a time. ”

"I don't know, but you forgot what your grandfather did, he was an expert in buying and selling, and he had never eaten pork and never seen a pig run! Your grandfather has been in the business for so many years, and I have heard a lot about this Western Cold Fruit. ”

After sorting out the small rags, Shen slowly lifted the grass curtain, and carefully counted them, there were seventeen ripe Xihan fruits, and more than a dozen of them had already appeared white spots, and it was estimated that they would be ripe in two or three days.

"Grandma, how long can this Xihan fruit be kept when you pick it! If it's not long, are we going to sell it to the store right away? "If you sell it immediately, it will be hard, and this buyer doesn't know where it is?

"It's okay, as long as you pick a little branch, this kind of weather, it is not a problem to save it for seventeen or eighteen days, and I am not afraid that it will be bad!" We have time to find buyers. ”

"Seventeen or eighteen days, what about summer? Summer is going to make people faint from the heat, can the West Cold Fruit still grow? "Although it can survive in all seasons, it is a western fruit, not a western cold fruit. As the name suggests, it is cool, and it is summer, so it won't fail to bear fruit, right!?

"This, there are very few Xihan fruits in summer, but they will still bear fruit, but the water consumption in summer seems to be very large, storage, it is estimated that ice cubes will be used at that time, it is said that ice cubes are used, and the freshness is only five or six days, but it is not worrying about selling, because the quality of Xihan fruit will be better in summer, and the purchase price will be higher. It's really not good, go to the official shop to buy some ice, the official shop has an ice cellar, and the ice storage is very large, but it will cost again. Shen couldn't help frowning, and the movements in his hands slowed down, "But this is also a necessary consumption, with ice, our family will have a better summer." ”

"It's only February, and there's still some time left before summer, so before we can think about how to sell them."

Shen sorted out the wrinkled clothes and picked up the basket: "Lanlan, don't be in a daze, hurry up and take the basket, let's put these in the house quickly, the fruit of the tree can't help this weather, see there will be a heavy snow today!" The straw curtain still has to be erected. ”

"Shall we hurry up and sell it?" The lower the freshness, the higher the price! Is it okay? ”

"It's okay, this kind of weather, a few days late doesn't make much difference, and it's a big problem in summer! Besides, there are still a lot of these two days that should be ripe, let's pick the next batch together and sell it together! Find a large store pù, hey, why am I talking to you so much, you probably don't understand it very well, let's take advantage of the New Year's flavor, these should be more in demand. ”

→_→Why don't you understand, do you don't trust me? But there is no way, Mu Lan is only nine years old this year, even if he usually looks good (the key is that the little brother is usually too fierce, and his psychological age has dropped sharply), he can't resist the disadvantage of age.

"Grandma, although our town is very big now, there are only so many big shops. In addition to the official shops, the Lin family pawnshop and the Lou family gambling house are not bad, and it is not interesting for other small shops to be lined up one after another. But it's a town, and it's sold more times, and it will soon spread all over the city. ”

"I'm not going to sell it in the town, it's so close to the county capital, why should I limit my eyes to a small place. No matter how prosperous Zhumei Town is, it is not as good as one-tenth of the county capital, and the town's Xihan fruit consumption capacity is limited, and the number of times we go to the market is not less. ”

Shen Shi took a breath and continued to analyze: "The county capital is different, there are many nobles, rich people are everywhere, and the most important thing is that there are only a large number of second-order chefs there, and the towns below are at most single digits. No chef means no good restaurant, how can no good restaurant attract rich and noble people to consume? No...... Forget it, anyway, our goal wasn't in the town in the first place. ”

Without rich people, our Xihan fruit would not be so popular. Mu Lan silently added Shen's words, saying that there was no need to explain in such detail.

It's just that inertial thinking is near, and Mu Lan threw out the question before he realized that he thought of the existence of the county capital, but this is also because he has not been to the county capital until now.

"Although the county capital is very good, but grandma, have you ever been to the county capital?" As the daughter of the twenty-four filial piety, Mu Lan, who has basically never left Shen's side, said that unless the Shen family knows how to separate and conceal the technique, Mu Lan has a fairly comprehensive grasp of her whereabouts.

"No, but your father stayed in the county capital for a while when he was young, and your two elder brothers have been in the borrowing class for a few months, and many of the students in their class are from the county capital, they must have heard someone mention it, let's listen to them talk about it first, give some construction, and then go to see it, it's really not good, go to a few more, anyway, you have to shop around to buy something!" There is no hurry. Shen said lightly, "If there is more, let's sell it a few times at most, and then it will depend on your little uncle, he has been doing this for some time, we don't have to use it in vain, anyway, it's our own family." ”