Chapter 39: The Profiteers
A cart of firewood is actually not worth much.
But Zhao thought about it and was not at ease.
She was not in good health, so she had to let Old Man Tan go out in person.
Because of his mother's distrust, Tan Dejin's eyes suddenly darkened.
And the seven flowers are darkly focused.
If someone follows, how will things be struck?
Old Man Tan frowned, "The boss is not a child anymore, and he wants me to follow him when he sells firewood, let him go." β
He has a number in his heart how much a cart of firewood can sell.
There's no need to follow.
But Zhao didn't follow, "The boss is honest, don't be deceived by those evil-hearted people." β
In my heart, I am afraid that Tan Dejin will hide money!
Old Man Tan thought about it, and it made sense, he knocked the ashes in the cigarette pot and prepared to get up.
The corners of Qiduo's mouth hooked, and he smiled happily at Master Tan, "Grandpa, it's great that you go with us."
My dad was worried about how long it would take to chop firewood before he could scrape together enough money to buy ginseng for Rokuro.
With you here, we won't have to worry about running out of money to buy ginseng. β
She glanced at Tan Dekin.
Tedjin would have liked the same.
Although he didn't approve of this idea, he also stubbornly said, "Yes, Dad, you buy ginseng for Rokuro first."
These days, I will chop more firewood to sell and make up the money. β
Old Man Tan's face was pale.
He wants to save face, but he really wants to spend money to buy ginseng for Rokuro, and he is reluctant.
When Zhao heard this, his face immediately sank.
A ginseng costs a few taels of silver!
A cart of firewood sells for less than 100 Wen, which has to be cut until the Year of the Monkey to get the money for a ginseng?
"Don't you have any money on yourselves?" Zhao asked cheekily.
"It's not enough, the cheapest ginseng costs ten taels of silver." Tedkin replied.
This is not a lie.
When he was grabbing the medicine for Rokuro, someone happened to ask for the price, and he heard it on the side.
Ten taels of silver!
Zhao sneered.
Then he looked sideways at Old Man Tan, "Old man, I remembered, didn't the second father ask you to go over to help look at the rice seeds, why did you forget this stubble, go quickly." β
Old Man Tan understood the meaning of her words, and immediately nodded, "I really forgot, then I'll go first." β
With his hands behind his back, he walked out of the hall and out of the courtyard.
Qiduo looked at his hurried back and felt very ridiculous.
Sure enough, as soon as the money was mentioned, grandma changed her face.
Qiduo turned his head to look at Zhao, "Grandma, that ginseng ......"
"Bah, I don't know how thick the sky is." Zhao spat fiercely, and also turned back to the house.
Hung the father and daughter next to Qiduo.
"Dad, let's go." Seven whispers.
The father and daughter hurried out of the courtyard and drove the ox cart to the town.
Tanjiazhuang is a village below Yutan Town, not far away, and the ox cart arrives in about half an hour.
And Yutan Town is closer to Tonglin County, as long as a quarter of an hour's effort.
Tonglin County sits on the banks of the Zijiang River and has seven or eight wharves where boats can be docked.
The Zijiang River is the largest and longest river, and the Shixi River is its tributary.
Boats of all sizes on the river are being sent to the river, which is very lively.
This is the main reason for the prosperity of Tonglin County.
As the nearest market town, Yutan Town is much more lively than ordinary towns.
The streets are spacious and lined with shops of all sizes.
Buzhuang rice shop medical hall jewelry pavilion restaurant, everything.
Although it is not a market, there are still people coming and going on the street, and the shouts of various shops to attract customers come and go.
There are also merchants carrying burdens through the streets and alleys, peddling their wares.
Qiduo looked at everything in front of him, and his eyes were inexplicably a little damp.
This is a real antique antiquity, and I finally saw it with my own eyes.
Walking through it, she still has a sense of unreality.
Shen Nan studied at the Huairen Academy in the town.
The academy was founded by several squires in the town after Shen Huairen first entered the office.
On the way to the academy, he saw a butcher shop on the side of the road, and Qiduo ran to inquire about the price of wild boars.
When the dark-skinned butcher saw Qiduo, he thought he was here to buy meat, and greeted him warmly, "Little girl, what should you buy?" β
Qiduo glanced at the meat case, and it was pork sold on it.
Authentic black pork.
The bamboo shoots in the bamboo basket next to the meat table caught her eye.
"How do you sell this?" Qiduo asked, pointing to the bamboo shoots.
"Fifteen cents a pound." The butcher replied.
Qiduo glared, "Ah, it's so expensive." β
The second reaction was that she was fooled!
"Whew!" The butcher sneered, "Expensive? I'm pretty cheap, and there are only two or three in the whole town selling it.
That's all there is to it, come back later, no amount of money can buy it.
This thing is more than 100 yuan a plate in the restaurant. β
The tone was disdainful, and Qiduo didn't care.
All she cared about was that she had been deceived.
The young proprietor of the spring breeze proudly built a loyal and honest face, but an authentic profiteer.
The bamboo shoots of fifteen wen, he sold five wen, and he was too expensive.
Profiteers, profiteers!
Qiduo scolded a few times in his heart hatefully, and then he got back to business, "Uncle, do you collect wild boars here?" β
Instead of buying meat, the butcher's enthusiasm decreased a little.
But there was a gleam in his eyes, "You have a wild boar?" β
"Hmm." Qiduo nodded.
"Let me see." The butcher was a little urgent.
"Tell me the price first." Qiduo was not in a hurry, and saw his eagerness.
"The hairy pig is eight wen a catty, and the net pig is twenty wen a catty." The butcher made an offer.
Hairy pigs refer to whole pigs that have not been slaughtered, and net pigs are directly put on the table for sale.
"It's too cheap, isn't it?" Seven flowers are so disappointed.
"Cheap?" The butcher pursed his lips and said disdainfully, "Little girl, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."
Like wild boar, although it is not easy to obtain, it can be eaten by very few people, and it is full of fine meat and sticky teeth.
I'll tell you the truth, if someone hadn't asked me about it in the past two days, I wouldn't have accepted it. β
Belch!
Seven flowers were slightly stunned.
What does this mean?
Wild boar is indeed lean meat, did the ancient people like to eat fatty meat?
"Where the hell is the thing?" The butcher was a little impatient, saw Tan Dejin, pointed and asked, "Is it in the car?" β
"Oh, no, I'm asking for someone else.
I'm going to tell her the price now, and she'll come over later if she's willing to sell. Qiduo made up an excuse.
The butcher frowned, "There's nothing, it costs me a long time to speak." β
Qiduo smiled and ran to Tan Dejin.
whispered the price.
Tedjin also thinks it's cheap.
Qiduo talked about the price of bamboo shoots again, saying that he had suffered a loss.
Tan Dejin comforted, "Don't worry about it, I didn't spend the money anyway, it just took some effort." β
Qiduo nodded, and could only use this reason to make himself feel better.
But it's still a little depressing.
Tan Dejin drove the ox cart to the road on the side of the academy.
Qiduo was waiting for Shen Nan at the gate of the academy.
The academy is getting out of school, and the students in plain clothes and green scarves are coming out of it one after another.
Qiduo suddenly felt that there was someone behind him.
But before his head was twisted, the hanging braid was pulled twice.
"Who is it?" Qiduo twisted his eyebrows and turned around.
Some displeasure.
I'm not afraid of any wicked person, at this time, people come and go, and my father is also on the side.
"Humph!" The guy who tugged at her braids raised his eyebrows and sneered.
"Uh, how are you?" Qiduo saw the person behind him clearly and said.
It was Han Hewen who was pushed into the river by mistake last time.
is still wearing a green brocade robe, which makes her complexion white and tender.
It's really a narrow road.
Han Hewen looked at her, "Why can't it be me?"
Hmph, you pushed me down the river last time, and I haven't settled accounts with you yet, but you dare to come to our academy.
You say, "How can you compensate me?" β
Qiduo frowned, this kid is so annoying.
"Young Master Han is really forgetful, last time you said in person that you got down by yourself, what does it have to do with me." Seven flowers should be cold.
Then he turned his head and ignored him, but he was not interested in being verbose with a child.
Look inside the academy.
Why didn't Shen Xiaosan come yet?
Han Hewen gritted his teeth angrily, "Little girl, you still dare to pretend to be garlic with me, I deliberately said that last time to save you." β
Seven Duomo, ignore him.
"Ungrateful little girl, I'll help you out, you don't know how to say thank you." Han and Wen were furious.
Qiduo was still silent, only hoping that Shen Nan would appear soon.
"Little girl, are you called Qiduo, I heard Shen Nan call you like this." Han Hewen said again.
Seven flowers were silent.
"Hey, little girl, did you hear me?" Han Hewen's little face turned red with anger.
Seeing that Qiduo still ignored him, he reached out and pulled her braid again.
Qiduo gritted his teeth and looked back angrily, "Young Master Han, please respect yourself."
Last time, you were unreasonable, I looked at Shen Nan's brother's face, and I didn't care about you, you still have the face to come to me.
What exactly do you want? Do you want to fall into the water again? β
Looking at the angry Qiduo, Han Hewen was stunned.
"If you have something to say, what are you doing so angry?" He touched his nose and muttered quietly, and his powerful aura collapsed instantly.
Qiduo glared at him fiercely.
When he wanted to leave, Shen Nan's clear voice came, "Qiduo." β
Turning around, Shen Nan had already approached.
"Brother Nan." Seven flowers called.
"Master Fang Cai called me to speak, but I was delayed, so I'm in a hurry." Shen Nan gently explained the reason for the late arrival.
"There's no hurry." Qiduo shook his head.
Shen Nan looked at Han Hewen on the side and twisted his eyebrows, "Han Hewen, are you bullying Qiduo again?" β
He saw that Han Hewen's expression was different, so he was suspicious.
Han Hewen hurriedly waved his hand, "She is so fierce, who dares to bully her." β
Qiduo glanced at him coldly, and only said to Shen Nan, "Where are we going?" β
Shen Nan looked at Han Hewen, "Let's go." β
Han Hewen held his head high again and said to Qiduo, "If you want to sell something, call my brother to listen first." β
The little hands were behind his back, and his eyes were half-narrowed, very embarrassed.
"Han Hewen, don't bully Qiduo." Shen Nan's eyes narrowed, and he said a warning.
Han Hewen pouted dissatisfiedly, and was rightly arrogant, "Who bullied her, we are both the same age, she can call you brother, why can't you call me brother?" β
Qiduo was very speechless, really naΓ―ve.
Shen Nan gritted his teeth on the side!
If it weren't for the fact that he was helping Qiduo sell the things, he would have dragged her away a long time ago, and where would he still pay attention to Han Hewen.
Qiduo was puzzled, what was the relationship between selling things and Han Hewen.
Shen Nan saw Qiduo looking at him with puzzled eyes and explained, "There are two restaurants in his family, one each in the town and county. β
Seven Blossoms Enlightenment.
I only guessed that Han Hewen was the son of a rich family, but I didn't expect that the family would open a restaurant.
Looking at Han Hewen's smug eyes, Qiduo wanted to punch him.
But if he asked for help, he had to open a smile and shout with a twist, "Brother Wen, then there is work." β
"Whoa." Han Hewen responded with a smile, and raised his eyebrows proudly at Shen Nan.
The goal was achieved, but Han Hewen smiled, and said to Qiduo, "Sister Qiduo, although this is my restaurant, I don't dare to guarantee that the second brother will want your things."
To make a restaurant, the quality of things is very important, otherwise you can't make delicious food. β
Well, that makes sense.
Qiduo's impression of him changed slightly.
"Don't worry, if the things are not good or not what you need in the restaurant, I won't embarrass you and Brother Nan." Seven flowers are also in color.
"Okay." Han Hewen nodded.
Qiduo took Shen Nan and Han Hewen to call me Tan Dejin.
Seeing the cart of firewood, Han Hewen was speechless, "Sister Qiduo, you won't just sell firewood, right?" β
"Of course not, there's something good down there." Seven smiles.
Shen Nan's eyes flashed slightly, his thin lips pursed into a straight line, and he didn't speak.
He understands Qiduo's suffering.
Han Hewen took the seven flowers and walked straight along the road on the east side of the academy to the most prosperous Lotus Road in Yutan Town.
"That's my restaurant." Han Hewen pointed to a small three-story building.