Chapter 5 Rush to the market
Luozhi refused Uncle Mu and Mu Ying's kindness to let her go to her grandfather's house to rest, and according to Uncle Mu's instructions, she went straight to Dongdajie.
Luozhi was not in a hurry to sell cakes, she first walked around the East Street, and then went to the West Street where crops, poultry and livestock were sold around, and the two places basically had a basic understanding of the prices of this dynasty, and the silver was really valuable in these years.
Pork is only 15 yuan a catty, a set of pig water is only 20 yuan, big bones don't need money to buy meat for free, of course, the meat on the big bones is also very clean. A big two-tael meat bun is only three cents, a vegetarian bun is two cents, a big bowl full of soup noodles is only three cents, and a chai egg is two cents......
Luozhi stood in front of a grain and oil noodle shop, well, that's it. This grain and oil shop connects the east and west streets, not to mention the large flow of people, and there is an open space in front of the shop for people to stand on.
But soon Luo Zhi couldn't laugh, it turned out that the vacant land in front of each store either set up their own stalls or leased them to vendors to sell goods, and she didn't have a place to stand at all.
After inquiring, she learned that the food was mainly concentrated in the Chao Market near the vegetable market on West Street, so she hurriedly walked over with a basket.
There is a gate in the market, and there are whip officials at the door to maintain the order of the market, and all kinds of agricultural products are placed on the ground in the market.
She took out two leek boxes and put them on a coarse porcelain plate, and cut them into small pieces with a bamboo knife, which was convenient for people to taste.
"The big guy comes over and tastes the delicious cakes, and he doesn't take a penny." The crisp children's voice rippled, and the big guy looked at her strangely, Luozhi was not awkward at all, what was the face of dying of poverty?
"Little girl, do you really need money to eat?" The butcher selling meat next to him asked.
"This uncle, you taste it, you really don't need money", Luozhi took a piece of cake and handed it over, and the butcher uncle sent it to his mouth, hey, don't say it, this tastes really good.
"Tell me how you sell this bread?" If it's not expensive, I just haven't eaten breakfast, and I'm hungry, so it's not bad to open a show for this little girl.
Everyone saw that Butcher Zhang didn't want money after tasting it, and these small merchants and hawkers got up in their minds to take advantage of the small advantages, and they all gathered around to pinch the bread and eat it. After tasting it, they all felt fresh and fragrant, and when they heard the price of Butcher Zhang, they all looked at Luozhi.
"Today is the first time I have come out to sell this cake, and it is sold at a cheap price, and a cake of this size costs two cents." Luozhi's pricing is after comprehensive consideration, a chai egg is two pennies, an egg makes two cakes, plus the cost of white flour, nothing else, two pennies is really a very fair price.
"I'll have two" Butcher Zhang opened the first business for Luozhi.
Luozhi wrapped the cake with bamboo leaves and handed it over, and the four cents arrived.
Those who tasted it were all aroused by their appetites, and few of them got up early in the morning to do business and came out after breakfast, and they were hungry and uncomfortable, and a few people gathered around to buy a few.
As the roar of Luozhi continued, more and more people tasted it, and soon there were less than twenty of the dozens of cakes.
When Luozhi was busy, Mu Ying and her eldest brother Mu Jia'an came to look for her, and the two siblings had been looking for her for a long time.
"Luozhi, you're so good, how long will it take to sell out?" Mu Ying looked at her little friend with a shocked expression.
Luozhi didn't have time to take care of her, several people gathered around her to try it, and the ones who tried it were usually bought, she smiled and handed over the cakes to collect the money, all in one go, cool and crooked.
"I didn't expect Luozhi to come up with this method to do business, it's good!" Mu Jia'an immediately thought about whether his grandfather's food shop could do the same, and asked Luozhi later.
Luozhi had a sweet mouth, ushered in the delivery room, and soon there were not a few cakes left, and it was not a way to see that Mu Ying's brothers and sisters had been following him, and the remaining few were not sold.
"Come, taste it too", Luozhi took out two cakes wrapped in bamboo leaves from the basket and handed them to the two siblings.
"No, no, let's go back to my grandfather's house for breakfast immediately, I'll come to you to take you over to eat together", Mu Ying couldn't help but pull Luozhi and leave.
"Little girl, make more tomorrow and come over to sell, I will continue to do business with you", Butcher Zhang's only hobby besides selling meat is to eat, and Luozhi's cakes can be regarded as grabbing his stomach.
A few hawkers next to him also smiled and echoed Butcher Zhang, asking Luozhi to come over tomorrow and continue to sell.
Luo Zhi nodded hurriedly, and when he turned around, he saw the pig that Butcher Zhang piled on the straw in front of the stall going into the water, and said to Mu Ying's brother and sister, and the three of them came to the meat stall together.
"Uncle Zhang, how much does it cost to get into the water for the pigs on this ground?" Luozhi looked at it, there were pork belly pigs, large intestine pigs, and small intestine pig lungs, all of which she loved to eat in her previous life.
"What, you want to buy it?" Butcher Zhang asked.
"Well, I want to buy it", Mu Ying heard that Luozhi came over to buy a pig into the water, pulled her to turn around, and quietly told Luozhi that the pig was very smelly and fishy, and most people don't eat it (is my sister an ordinary person?). Sister is going crazy to be poor), I just bought it and wasted money.
When Luo Zhi heard this, she made up her mind to buy it, the ancients wouldn't handle it, but she would! If you don't do it, it's another way to make money.
Butcher Zhang gave Luozhi a very low price, took fifteen yuan for one set, and also gave her three big stick bones. Luozhi was so happy that her heart was overjoyed. I can finally get my hands on meat.
Luozhi thought that it would not be good to take this stinky pig into the water to Mu Ying's grandfather's house to eat at the food shop, so he didn't take it away first, and said that he would come back to pick it up after a while, and Butcher Zhang agreed.
Mu Ying's grandfather's surname is He, and the family runs this food shop, mainly selling noodle soup, dumplings, wontons and other noodles, with some homemade cold dishes.
"Luozhi, this is my grandfather and uncle", Mu Ying pulled Luozhi to introduce her relatives.
Old man He's sideburns and beard are gray, he looks younger than his grandfather, he is full of energy, and he speaks like a loud bell, and he looks like a shrewd businessman.
"Hello Grandpa He, hello Uncle He" Luo Zhi greeted with a smile. It's right to laugh at everyone.
"I've heard Yingying talk about you three or four times, and now I finally see you, and it's really a clever and likable little girl. Come on, come on, breakfast is just ready, let's talk while eating. ”
Old Man He looked at the bamboo basket carried by Luozhi without a trace, and he couldn't see anything under the cover.
Everyone sat down in turn, and Luo Zhi found that Uncle Mu was not there, and quietly asked Mu Ying to find out that Uncle Mu had returned to the village to solicit customers.
"I heard Yingying say that you also sell food in the town, how about it, are they all sold out?" Uncle He brought a bowl full of dumplings and put it in front of Luozhi.
"Fortunately, everyone is cheering and eating fresh", Luozhi said and uncovered the cotton cloth, planning to take out the remaining leek box for everyone to taste.
"Little girl, little girl, I can count on finding you." A person dressed as a shopkeeper ran in and stood directly in front of her.
"You're looking for me?" Luo Zhi asked, pointing to himself.
"It's not just looking for you, let's go, our shopkeeper Yao is waiting for you in the restaurant." The shopkeeper urged Luozhi to go.
"I don't even know you yet, you said I'll go with you?" Luozhi is inexplicable, if this person is a bad person, he can't go by himself.
"Look, when I saw that you were excited, I forgot to say, Old Man He knows our Yao Da shopkeeper, we are Xuanyuan Building, this Ji'an Town is the largest in our Xuanyuan Building" The shopkeeper looked proud.
"Is there something wrong with you Yao Da's shopkeeper looking for me?" Luozhi knew it in his heart, and nine times out of ten, he came to his leek box.
"There is something, there is something important to discuss. I inquired all the way from the West City to the market, and I can be considered to have found you. Walk and go, I'll lead the way in front". When he was about to carry the basket, Uncle He also grabbed it with one hand.
He Zhiping glanced at Old Man He, the old man lowered the corners of his eyes silently, and shook his head slightly, Xuanyuanlou's own small food shop can't afford to offend, and if the opportunity is missed, it will be gone!
"This little girl is a distinguished guest of our family, we don't worry about going this time, this basket is carried by my grandson, he and this little girl are in the same village, go with him, Yao Da Shopkeeper won't mind, right?" The scale of the He family is not as good as Xuanyuan Building, but the three generations of the He family have run this food shop, and they have a wide range of people, and ordinary people in this town will not embarrass the He family.
Uncle He's here to be her backer!
Luo Zhi was grateful, she was a peasant girl in the past, and it was inevitable that she would be despised, but now the He family stood behind her, which added some help.
The shopkeeper is the best at observing words and feelings, so he immediately let go and walked in front to lead the way.
Mu Ying didn't eat breakfast, took Luozhi's arm, and went to Xuanyuan Tower together.
This Xuanyuan building is located in the most prosperous position of East Street, but it is not a lonely building, but is composed of several pavilions and pavilions before and after, flying eaves and painting corners, carved beams and painted buildings, the style is extraordinary. Strings of red lanterns are hung high on the eaves of the road, and the lanterns are written with three large ink characters of "Xuanyuan Building".
The people outside the restaurant are noisy and noisy, and the sound of stalls and vendors comes and goes. Although the hour is still early, the building is also popular, the first floor is the place where ordinary diners eat, the second floor and the third floor attic are all high-end noble guests to eat and stay, the shop is shuttled through the box on each floor, the delicious food on the table is full of aroma, arousing people's appetite, making people forget to return.
The shopkeeper led the three of them to a box on the second floor, poured tea, served snacks, and said, "I'm going to ask the shopkeeper, please use it slowly." ”
Luozhi had seen such a good private room for the first time since she arrived in ancient times, she looked around curiously, and the decoration was really good. The sunlight shines through the hollow carved wooden windows and spills of fine sunlight, and the faint woody fragrance fills the tip of the nose, and the artistic conception is deep.
"Luozhi, this is so magnificent, much better than my rented shop. It's the first time I've come to Xuanyuan Building since I was a child," Mu Ying was excited.
After the Mu family quietly looked around the box, all their attention was focused on Luo Zhi, is this still the little sister he knows who is afraid of crying?
Luozhi picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, the tea fragrance was light and appropriate, and it was very useful to drink in this early autumn season.