Chapter 6 Rush to the Market
The second aunt Wang, who had gone to eavesdrop on them, was also shocked by the content of their conversation, and finally sneaked back to the house, unable to sleep with excitement for a long time, thinking about how to get more money into his pocket, as if there was already a lot of silver beckoning in front of him. Now that the handle is in her hands, she is not afraid that Li and Peach Blossom will not obediently send the silver to the door, and now she will start to think about how to spend a lot of silver.
Here Li and Peach Bud also began to toss and turn and couldn't sleep, Li was thinking about what Peach Blossom said, one moment happy that the hard days were coming to an end, and the other worried that Peach Blossom would be taken away, this is the mother's mind, often thinking about the good life of her children, but afraid that they would be hurt a little.
Peach Sprout thought of her marriage, and felt melancholy, a girl as big as her in the village was a child, and she hadn't decided to marry yet, the conditions of the family were here, how good her future could be. What's more, she still has such a past, and who will ask for marriage?
Nights are always so long for people with insomnia.
Before dawn, the peach blossoms were shouted, the morning of early spring was still a little cold, just out of the quilt was frozen and shivered, put on a jacket and put on a big jacket given to her by Li, was called by Xu Wangshi to eat, hurriedly washed his face, at this time there is no brushing things really unaccustomed.
Breakfast was made by the Li family in the morning, and it was eaten at her grandfather's house, and when she arrived, her grandfather, uncle, and fourth uncle had eaten almost enough, and there was a poached egg on top of the big bowl of noodles given to her, "Flower, eat it quickly, this is a poached egg specially laid for you." "Xu Wang's change, Peach Blossom can't adapt to it, and I really want to pinch if I'm dreaming, it's not bad to dream of white noodles.
After she finished eating her grandfather, they loaded the car, the ox cart was parked at the door of Chunliu's house, there was no big road in front of the peach blossom house, the ox cart could not come up, the grandfather and the fourth uncle drove in front, the uncle and her sat side by side in the back of the car, Li covered their legs with a torn cotton jacket, it was still very cold, so cold that she leaned straight to the uncle's shoulder, this will not be shy, who let this little body have a blood relationship with this handsome guy, which made the uncle laugh for a while.
The swaying ox cart set off, stepping on the early morning light, slowly moving forward, not much faster than walking, the key is that people are walking and walking will not have the energy to slow down, the ox cart will not, they whispered to the day, about half an hour to the town. Many people lined up at the city gate to wait for the city gate to be opened, some acquaintances greeted each other, and some roadside stalls to buy breakfast, which was lively and lively.
Peach Blossom is very curious about a small town that also builds a city wall, it is said that this is for defense, is there a war here, I haven't heard that there are garrisons around, and this place does not belong to the border, she doesn't understand.
The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and the sun is about to come out, which is someone shouting on the city gate, "In the middle of the hour, the city gate is wide open, the purple air comes from the east, Fulu Kangtai, open - south - gate" With the creak of the door opening, the heavy city gate was opened from the inside, and people flocked up.
They followed the wave of people who set up stalls to buy vegetables and went to the south street of the city, in ancient times the towns were respected in the north, and the people living in the north were all officials, and the east was expensive, and the people who lived in them were all businessmen and rich households. The south is the line, most of the people who live are ordinary citizens, the west is gold, the general casinos, brothels are opened in this kind of place, and the surrounding area is generally slums, think about who will put their home in that kind of environment, and children are not allowed to learn badly from an early age.
The whole street of Chengnan Street is set up with stalls, there are few storefronts, they also occupy a place to put down prey and other buyers, there are also hare sellers in the bazaar, pheasants are just one or two, like them have to wait for big buyers, not in a hurry, peach blossoms are also on the left and right stalls to inquire about the price, wild vegetables have two pennies a catty, there are three pennies a catty, pork to eighteen wen a catty, eggs to one penny, the eggs of free-range chickens at home to be small, a catty of about twelve, a catty of eggs actually cost 12 wen, a bowl of chaos to three wen, The hare costs twenty-three yuan, and the rabbit skin costs half a tael, and I know it in my heart, so how can I get about thirty-five yuan for sika venison.
When I returned to the stall, I saw that someone was asking the price, and my grandfather drove it to thirty-two Wen, and it was okay, after all, there was no need to divide the whole sale and still carry the things in the stomach, and borrowed the rod to weigh two hundred and twenty-one catties, a total of seven taels of silver and seventy Wen, and finally made a price of seven taels and seventy Wen, and then Peach Blossom came out and asked, "Do you still want antlers?" You have to believe me,"
"Yes, yes, do you want antlers" "What's the matter with you, you said yes and repented, bullying people, sitting on the ground and raising prices" Peach Blossom saw that he shouted loudly and attracted a lot of people to come around, this is to grab people with momentum, she smiled, this is too pediatric, "This uncle we have been discussing venison, when did we say that we sold antlers, everyone doesn't know that this antler is to concoct precious medicine deer antlers, which is much more expensive than this whole deer, uncle really doesn't know, or pretend not to know to bully our peasant family, It's not easy for us to get a few bucks all year round, and it's the prey we risk our lives to get. Peach Blossom's words caused a strong reaction from the surrounding villagers, everyone is relying on the soil to dig food is very sympathetic, she wants this effect.
"You just weighed it with antlers, why don't you count it?" "Then you said that we calculated how much it was, seven taels of silver and seventy wen, we charged you seven taels, did you take out the money of the antlers?" Because the antlers must be cut on the spot, and the antlers of the antler velvet can't leave the mother for too long, so we didn't cut them," said that these are also well-founded, she had a farm banquet on a deer farm in her previous life, and also seriously asked for some knowledge about deer antlers, and bought some on the spot.
"Isn't this the shopkeeper Xiao of Taihetang Pharmacy, can you not understand this, it turns out that I want to pick up a bargain." A grocery buyer recognized the person's identity, and suddenly his face turned pale, "Don't sell and pull down, talk doesn't count," he said as he squeezed out. People also talked about her back.
"Flower girl, what you said is true, antlers are really worth so much money, then let's go sell antlers first," the uncle almost jumped up excitedly, and Peach Blossom muttered, "I thought Ah Gong knew this," Who knew that the old hunter for decades still didn't understand this, thinking that his grandfather just wanted to sell for more money, but he didn't understand at all, "Isn't it the first time I've hit a sika deer," Grandfather smoked dry tobacco one after another like a child who had done something wrong.
"Uncle, do you still sell your deer, sell it with antlers" A young guy asked, "Sell, sell, how much do you see how much this flower girl can buy", "This son is polite, thank you for your shot just now" Peach Blossom nodded to him, in fact, Peach Blossom had already noticed him, she had been paying attention to the reactions of the people around her, just now in a large group of spectators, he was the most special, he was the only one wearing a silk gown, shaking a fan in the spring, only seventeen or eighteen years old, a handsome face, At first, Peach Blossom was afraid that he was the owner of the shopkeeper Xiao, so he whispered to the person who bought vegetables around him for a while, and stuffed something into the hand of the person who bought vegetables, and the man stood up to identify the shopkeeper Xiao. It seems that the enemy of the enemy is a friend.
"The girl is really smart, and she is the young shopkeeper of Chunhetang Pharmacy, Liu Shen, the word Sien, really wants to buy the antlers in the girl's hand to make deer antlers." Self-reported home, spoke sincerely, did not hide, made people can't help but be cordial, saw things very accurately, knew that this would be the peach blossom had the final say, immediately abandoned a few adults, and made a little girl and pleasant, should make secret moves, such as shooting at Xiao shopkeeper, peach blossom secretly sighed that he was a business wizard!
"Actually, I don't know the price of deer antlers, so I rushed to help just now, I believe that the shopkeeper will not lose our money," It's not that Peach Blossom is making a fuss, it's that she really doesn't know the price, and there is not necessarily a deer antler for sale in a small town.
"Since the girl trusts, I said, deer antler velvet is not sold here, our family has branches in various provincial capitals, we sell concocted dry goods, on the sale of slices, about three thousand taels of silver a catty, the size of the girl's antlers made of dry goods about two taels, I have to remove the freight, labor, store expenses, give the girl three hundred and fifty taels, no more in the next will not make money."
"Four hundred taels, because we happen to divide the four families equally, you also know that it is not easy for us, this is captured by risking my life in the mountains, this is my uncle's marriage money, my uncle is almost twenty years old and has not married a wife," Peach Blossom looked at this rich man pitifully, and almost squeezed out tears.
"Okay, but I didn't bring that much silver, you go with me to the East Street store to get it, and trouble your car to send it over."
"It's a good deal, I don't know if the shopkeeper still needs these game, I'll give it to you, four rabbits, how about you get two taels cheaper." Four pheasants are given to you for nothing" In fact, she has already calculated these and there are less than three taels, but if you leave someone to guard it, it may not be sold in a day, and this Liu Gongzi, who knows if he will play tricks in the place, of course, the more people go, the better.
"Let's carry it together" Liu Sien has been in business for several years, how can he feel that he has lost money today, obviously he has overpaid so much silver, and a few pheasants have become his big advantage, just now I saw the bright eyes of the little girl and knew that this girl was not simple, sure enough, a few words made the shopkeeper Xiao at a disadvantage, and the big money should be unambiguous when trading with him, and finally give a little sweet date, if such a shrewd girl is bigger, she can easily deal with those old witches when she marries home, and the corners of her mouth began to turn up unconsciously.
Just loaded the car, Peach Blossom wanted to ask how to go, when she looked back and saw him smiling, she was stunned, and said that women laughed at the city, and it was also applicable to very handsome men, my sister is a pseudo-Lori, and her heart is thirty years old, and Chunxin has already moved N many times, and she has no resistance to handsome guys or something.