Chapter 11: Selling Mushrooms
Zhaojiazhuang is about four kilometers away from the town, the market is located in the lower reaches of the river where Zhaojiazhuang is located, Zhao Yuan picked up something close to eighty pounds, plus with the little girl Zhao Luo, walked not fast, more than an hour to the town.
The market in Gray Plains Town is not big, but there are not many people who come to catch the market, and in the off-season, people from several nearby villages come to catch the market. The bazaar is messy, there are a lot of animal feces on the streets, Zhao Yuan's predecessor has been to the bazaar many times, and he has also sold things in the bazaar a few times, so he knows where to set up a stall.
"Uncle, there are so many people." The little girl Luoluo walked about half the way here, and then Meng Ying carried her on her back, which would be very energetic.
"It's a lot of people, Luoluo, you follow your aunt, don't run around." Zhao Yuan admonished.
"Well, I'm pulling my aunt's clothes, auntie, where are our rabbits going to sell?" The little girl asked, tilting her head.
"We first sold the wheat at the grain store, and then we went to the vegetable market to sell mushrooms and rabbits." Zhao Yuan looked at the rabbit in the basket that looked a little sluggish and said.
"Yes, Luoluo follows me, Brother Yuan, the grain store has Gray Yuan Grain Store and Funing Grain Store, where to go?" Meng Ying is also familiar with the market, I don't know if Meng's father and mother also came to the market.
"Go to Funing Grain Store, his family is not pressing." Zhao Yuan said, and walked towards the grain.
There are two grain shops in the gray plain market, which not only sell grain, but also buy grain, but the purchase is to harvest wheat and rice, grind the wheat into flour and hull the rice before selling. The gray plain grain store was opened by a wealthy family in the town, and it is said that it has some connections in Danling County. Funing grain store is even more amazing, it is the industry of the famous wealthy merchant Wanjia in Shudi, the reputation is very good, although the gray yuan town is only a small town, but there are also several shops of ten thousand families.
Shu has been stable in recent years, there are no major disasters and wars, so the price of grain is also relatively stable, about 30 Wen Xiaoping iron coins per catty of wheat, iron coins and copper coins are called Guangzheng Tongbao, four Xiaoping iron coins for a Xiaoping copper coin. Thirty wen iron money is the selling price of the grain bank, and the purchase price is only twenty-eight wen.
Zhao Yuan went to the grain store, weighed the wheat only 36 catties, sold the wheat, and received a total of 252 copper coins.
"Xiaoying, you can keep the money." Zhao Yuan complained about the bulky coin in his heart, and handed over the money from selling wheat to Meng Ying and said.
"Brother Yuan, it's better for you to keep it."
"Okay, let's go, let's go sell mushrooms." Zhao Yuan saw that Meng Ying didn't want to care about the money, so he put the copper coin in his arms and walked towards the vegetable market with a basket.
The market is located in an alley in the middle of the market street, and most of the villagers from various villages set up stalls to sell home-grown vegetables or game from the mountains.
When Zhao Yuan and the three of them came to the vegetable market, the section of the alley against the market street was already occupied by villagers selling vegetables, so Zhao Yuan had to pick up mushrooms and rabbits and walk towards the alley.
"This little brother, are you selling this hare?" Zhao Yuan was carefully avoiding the flow of people and walking towards the box, when suddenly a neatly dressed lady carrying a vegetable basket stopped Zhao Yuan and asked.
"It's for sale, does the aunt want to buy it?" Zhao Yuan hurriedly said.
"How did you sell it?"
"Uh, I don't know the price of the rabbit yet, this rabbit was also caught by accident, how much can you give?" Zhao Yuan hadn't thought about how to price the things he brought, and he would be blind when he encountered an inquiry.
"How about forty wen?"
"Forty copper coins?"
"Copper coins, of course."
"Okay, then sell it to you, auntie." Zhao Yuan calculated in his heart that this rabbit sold for forty copper coins, which was equivalent to one hundred and sixty iron coins, almost six catties of wheat.
was about to trade with the eldest mother, and someone shouted behind him to make trouble, Zhao Yuan carried the basket, and it was difficult to give way, so he had to discuss with the eldest lady and walk into the alley for a while.
Walking to the end of the stall, Zhao Yuan put down the basket, handed the rabbit to the lady who bought vegetables, looked at Zhao Luo's reluctant eyes, and felt very sorry not to go, as a traverser, he couldn't even keep a little animal that the little girl liked.
"Auntie, I still sell mushrooms here, do you want to buy some?" Taking the forty copper coins that sold the rabbit, Zhao Yuan asked.
"What mushroom, fungus or enoki mushroom?" The eldest lady asked.
"No, it's a wild mushroom from the mountains." Zhao Yuan said.
"Can you eat that? Little brother, don't hurt me. After the eldest lady finished speaking, her eyes were disgusted, and she left with the rabbit.
There were relatively few people in the alley where Zhao Yuan set up his stall, and he finally sold the half basket of eggplant beans brought by Meng Ying at a low price, and harvested twenty-five iron dollars, but when it came to mushrooms, no one dared to buy them, even if Zhao Yuan took out the fried mushrooms he brought and showed them to eat a few bites, no one dared to buy them.
The half packet of bracken nettle root was sold, and a woman with a child ate a bracken nettle root in Luoluo, and after Zhao Yuan boasted, saying how the bracken nettle root was nutritious and could also be used as medicine, and after the woman and the child tasted it, she bought a small bag of bracken nettle root at the price of one iron coin and two pieces, so that Zhao Yuan received twenty-two iron coins.
"Brother Yuan, no one dares to buy mushrooms." Meng Ying said a little anxiously.
"Don't worry, I'll think of a way again, come, Xiaoying, Luoluo, you drink some water." Zhao Yuan was also a little anxious in his heart, things couldn't be sold, and it was very painful to wait.
Zhao Yuan from later generations and his predecessor have not set up a stall to sell things like this, this is the first time that the eldest girl has been on the sedan chair, and she has to think of a way, the reason why mushrooms can't be sold is that people think that eating mushrooms will poison people, how to make people accept that the mushrooms they bring are edible.
After waiting for a long time, Zhao Yuan still had no clue, seeing that people kept selling out of things in the vegetable market and leaving, Zhao Yuan picked up the basket and moved it to the end of the street.
"Buy mushrooms, delicious mushrooms, non-toxic mushrooms." After waiting for more than an hour or so, Zhao Yuan watched the flow of people coming in and out of the vegetable market, and cheered loudly.
Meng Ying and Xiao Luoluo looked at the flow of people expectantly, hoping that someone could buy these mushrooms brought by Zhao Yuan, after Zhao Yuan shouted a few times, a few people came to ask, but they all shook their heads and left, and Zhao Yuan didn't have a chance to try them.
"Brother Yuan, no one believes that the mushrooms we brought are edible." It was almost noon, Meng Ying looked at the mushrooms that had not been sold, and said anxiously.
"Uncle, what should we do?" The little girl also said anxiously.
"It's okay, I'll find a way, Xiaoying, you take Luoluo to eat tofu brain, there is a shop selling tofu brain at the end of the street, bring two green onion cakes." Seeing that it was already noon, Zhao Yuan took out a handful of copper coins and handed it to Meng Ying and said.
"What about you, Brother Yuan?" Meng Ying looked at the little girl who was looking forward to it, took the copper coin and asked.
"I'll wait and see, you guys go, I have two more loaves here and enough for lunch." Zhao Yuan said.
"That's good, Brother Yuan, don't be too anxious, the dishes made with mushrooms are so delicious, they must be sold."
"Don't worry, you can go, Luoluo, you follow your aunt." Zhao Yuan admonished.
After Meng Ying took the little girl away, Zhao Yuan sat on the flat shoulder, eating green onion cakes, thinking about a way, can these mushrooms be sold?