Chapter Twenty-Eight: Doing Business
"Aunt Liu, we went up the mountain today and caught a wild deer, and when the time comes, I will send you some meat, and you can also try it." Zhou Xinzhi said to Aunt Liu who was standing outside.
"Oh, no, you just eat, you're all young and need to eat more meat." Aunt Liu waved her hand and left with a smile.
However, in the end, after Zhou Xinzhi and Du Lisheng handled the meat, they still gave Aunt Liu a large piece, not for anything else, just to say that every time Aunt Liu helped them speak, she had to thank others, no matter what the other party's reason was.
Zhou Xinzhi looked at the slices of meat cut according to her own requirements on the board, raised her eyebrows, and salivated when she thought of the barbecue she was going to eat next.
Cut some garlic slices, put half of them in the meat to marinate, and half of them were saved for a while to eat cabbage, because there was no ginger yet, and she couldn't conjure it up directly, and it didn't have much to do with it anyway.
I put some salt and sugar in the pickles before, added a little soy sauce to enhance the flavor, and sprinkled a little white wine to remove the smell.
The processed meat slices were put aside to marinate, she casually picked up the wooden basin with pickled melons and radishes before, the original moisture of the ingredients had been beaten, poured clean water, found a crockpot at home, first put the vegetables into the jar, mixed the seasoning prepared before and poured it thoroughly, and finally sealed the mouth.
Zhou Xinzhi looked at the pickle jar in front of her with satisfaction, she was not in a hurry, she got up and put it in the soil pit dug today to pickle it temporarily, and she could almost go to the street to find a buyer the day after tomorrow.
"Is there anything else I need to prepare?" Du Lisheng came back from delivering the meat, holding a rattan basket of vegetables in his hand.
"Where did all this come from?" Zhou Xinzhi was a little puzzled, she asked Du Lisheng to go out to deliver meat, why did she bring back so many dishes?
"Aunt Liu's family planted it, if you have to give us a little, I can't refuse, so I can only bring it back." Du Lisheng scratched his head embarrassedly.
Zhou Xinzhi didn't say much, "You help me find a few larger stones, and after a while, the charcoal will be burned, and you can prepare for roasting." ”
As he spoke, he also began to move, first took out a few pieces of charcoal that he needed for a while, and after Du Lisheng found the big stone and brought it back, the two studied it and lit the charcoal fire.
She got up and followed around, and finally found a similar iron plate in the storeroom, but fortunately it was not rusty, and it was very clean.
"What was this used for?" Before using it, she still asked carefully, otherwise it would not be worth it to eat something wrong for a while.
"This was used to put vegetables before, and this iron plate is cool enough, and the meat and vegetables are not easy to spoil on it."
Du Lisheng replied with a smile.
Zhou Xinzhi nodded, cleaned the iron plate, and dried it raw, and then prepared to spread oil and start roasting meat.
It's just that the ancients were also very wise, and they used iron plates to replace the freezing function of the refrigerator, which is really amazing!
"Ding, the system detects that there is deer antler velvet nearby, does the owner exchange it?"
She was eating happily, and the mechanical sound of the system suddenly sounded, Zhou Xinzhi thought about it, anyway, looking at the state of Du Lisheng after processing, it was better to throw it away, if so, it would be better to exchange.
"Let's change it, I'm going to exchange it for a silver hairpin after the change." Zhou Xinzhi's eyes rolled.
If you want to start a business, you can't have funds in the early stage, and it's not realistic to just wait for the pickles to come down with money, and besides, you have to ask for money to buy vegetables or something before that, so she must keep some spare funds in her hand.
"Master, the deer antler velvet has been exchanged, a total of 45F value has been exchanged, a silver hairpin has been exchanged for 20F value, and you still have 230F value left."
Zhou Xinzhi nodded, she didn't expect her to save so much F-value, too, there are more things to ask the system for in the future, and there is nothing wrong with a little more.
Zhou Xinzhi went to rest with peace of mind after eating, and she didn't see how surprised Du Lisheng was when he cleaned up the yard and saw the deer that had no horns.
The next day, the two began to discuss the matter of digging the well, of course, it was Du Lisheng who dug the well, and Zhou Xinzhi was responsible for holding the drawings and directing on the side.
This morning, Du Lisheng dug the ground with the iron pickaxe at home, in the final analysis, it is also a big project, Zhou Xinzhi did not point to the day to finish the digging, about a meter deep, she told Du Lisheng to come here today.
Looking at the messy orchard that had been shoveled, she couldn't help but laugh, and she didn't know how long it would take to recover.
"I'll be here today, and we'll go into the city in the afternoon." Zhou Xinzhi dusted off the dust on his body for him, it was already surprising that he could dig so much today, and then he had to hurry up and make a strong ladder, otherwise it would be difficult to come up at that time.
"Into the city? Is there something you want to buy? Du Lisheng is a little puzzled, it's early in the afternoon, and it's too late to rush to the city and come back, what is the important thing about Xinzhi?
"Yes, it's not convenient for me to go by myself, and it's okay to come next, so let's go shopping, just add some household things." Zhou Xinzhi smiled and spoke.
With that, the two of them put their tools back in the storage room, hurried home and changed their clothes and went into the city.
Zhou Xinzhi's goal of entering the city today is also very clear, one is to resell the hairpin, and the other is to buy some chili peppers for the final seasoning.
The money in exchange could buy some of the family's rations, and she had taken a look at it before, and there was not much left.
The rest of the money is ready to buy the ingredients needed for pickles when the time comes.
The biggest tidying shop in the city is Huiling Pavilion in the city, but she also has a few catties and taels of her own things, and people will definitely not accept her as a broken hairpin of unknown origin.
So what I'm going to go today is a modest scale, not a lady from a big family, and at the same time not a shop with a civilian price.
"Let's go, let's go to this place." Zhou Xinzhi pointed to the Yuxin Fang in front of him, and from the outside, the scale was relatively moderate.
"The lady is here to buy jewelry?" Du Lisheng didn't react for a while, Xinzhi suddenly wanted to enter the city, and she would go straight to clean up the shop again.
"No, I'm here for business." She raised her eyes and smiled, and then walked in directly, and Du Lisheng beside her could only follow in.
It can be seen that there is no business in the shop, and the little guy at the counter is still dozing off in a daze.
"Lady's ......" Du Lisheng frowned and was a little puzzled.
It's clearly a shop that no one patronizes, why does the lady have to choose here?
"It's okay, just look at it later." Zhou Xinzhi raised her hand to comfort him, and after speaking, she walked to the counter, stretched out her hand and knocked on the table, "Where are you shopkeepers?" ”
She doesn't talk much nonsense, and she doesn't bother to spend time dealing with them, so she gets straight to the point.
"Does the guest want to buy jewelry or ......"
"I want to talk to your master about business." Zhou Xinzhi looked at the little guy and smiled mysteriously, and the other party was stunned.
"Guest, if you don't have what you want here, you can tell me that I can ...... too"
The little guy changed the topic a little suspiciously, he thought, it is estimated that which lady didn't see the jewelry he liked, and he didn't have the courage to call the shopkeeper over for such a trivial matter.
Zhou Xinzhi listened to his words, stretched out her index finger and shook it at him, "No, it's just that the little woman has a business to discuss with the shopkeeper here, and they all say that opportunities don't come every day, if you go slowly and miss this business opportunity, you will miss something." ”
She said seriously, and the little guy was also nervous, and he was stunned in his heart, so after thinking about it, he went to the front of the shopkeeper.
Watching the little guy leave, Zhou Xinzhi also smiled lightly and sat aside, she was very sure about what she was going to talk about next, if the shopkeeper was not stupid, she would definitely agree.
After waiting for a long time, the shopkeeper came unhurriedly, and Zhou Xinzhi was not angry, still looking indifferent and casual, but Du Lisheng next to him was a little displeased.
"The shopkeeper is really busy." Du Lisheng snorted coldly and spoke first.
And whatever they are doing today, this shopkeeper should not be so lazy.
"I heard that the two of you want to do a business with Lin? There was some urgency in the backyard just now, and I came late. Although Boss Lin spoke apologetically, there was indeed clear contempt in his eyes.
Zhou Xinzhi still looked indifferent, just reached out and poured a cup of tea.
"If the shopkeeper has no intention of talking, the little woman and her husband will not bother, what do you mean by lying like this?" Speaking of this, her eyes also changed, "The dust in this shop is all high, and there is not even a customer, what is the urgency to talk about?" ”
Zhou Xinzhi sneered and shook her head, she didn't want to be like this, it seemed that she should also discuss whether to cooperate with the other party.
"What does this little lady mean? asked Lin to come forward and say that there was a business to do, but now they met, and they didn't talk about it. "Shopkeeper Lin is more or less a person who has been in business for many years, and he also has an idea of how to deal with it.
Without further ado, Zhou Xinzhi put the hairpin on the table.
Du Lisheng picked his eyes, his little lady still has such valuable jewelry?
"Little lady, is this?" Jewelry Lin shopkeeper has also seen a lot, but the most popular here are agate or hosta, very few of this kind of silver hairpin, in the city people see, this is a worthless thing, and the poor can't afford it, "It seems that the business here is not suitable for Lin, you better find another place." ”
Lin got up and was about to catch up with the guests, but as soon as he stood up, he heard Zhou Xinzhi's voice.
"Shopkeeper Lin decided so quickly? Why don't you take a closer look at this hairpin? "Zhou Xinzhi is not in a hurry, if this shopkeeper Lin can't see its value, then there is no point in doing this business.
Shopkeeper Lin looked at the hosta on the table suspiciously, picked it up and looked at it carefully, and really saw some wonderful opportunities.
"Why does this hairpin still have a row of small holes?" Shopkeeper Lin has never seen such a hairpin, not carved, but clean and simple, and there are so many small holes.
Zhou Xinzhi raised her eyebrows, "Shopkeeper Lin has also discovered the mystery here?" She hooked the corners of her lips, and then she explained, "This small hole can be inlaid by the shopkeeper Lin, if you like jade ornaments, inlay jade ornaments on it, if you like to shake, even the tassel under the hairpin can also be customized here, doesn't the shopkeeper Lin think this model is better?" ”