34. Selling vegetables and melons (December 20th of the lunar calendar)

Su Rui took an ox cart to the county seat, and the number of people was several times that of usual.

Su Rui hurriedly ran to a place where no one was, covered her face with a handkerchief, and took out fifty catties of leeks from the space and put them in the back basket. When I walked to the market, I didn't even start shouting, but someone asked for the price.

"How do you sell such fresh leeks?"

"Ten pennies a pound"

"Girl, give me two pounds"

"I want a pound"

"Give me three pounds"

“……………”

In less than a moment, fifty catties of leeks were sold out, and at this time, a brightly dressed middle-aged man came over and asked, "Are the leeks gone?" ”

"Yes, how much do you need? I'll get it for you. ”

The middle-aged man said: "I am the housekeeper of the county Chen family, and you will give us as much as you want." ”

Su Rui thought for a moment, "We still have two hundred catties, either of you?" ”

"To"

Su Rui pointed to the alley not far away, "Then you wait at the mouth of the alley in a quarter of an hour, and I'll find someone to send it over." ”

Steward Chen nodded, "Okay"

Su Rui hurriedly ran to a place where there was no one in the alley, entered the space, saw that there were still fifty catties of harvested leeks, watered and harvested a few leeks, made up more than two hundred catties, and took two more watermelons planted in the space.

Su Rui came out of the space and saw that Steward Chen and the others had arrived, so she whispered, "Steward Chen, this way." You come and take it, but I can't take it."

Su Rui hurriedly took out the prepared leeks and watermelons.

Steward Chen was shocked when he saw the watermelon. "This, how can there be watermelons this season?"

Su Rui said casually, "This is my family's ancestral planting technique." ”

Steward Chen, no matter what ancestral or non-ancestral techniques, as long as they are fresh enough and good enough, they can do it for as much money as possible, "How to sell this watermelon?" It can't be bad, right? ”

Su Rui picked up a stick from the ground and smashed it on the watermelon, and the red flesh was exposed, and the fragrance of watermelon came out.

Su Rui broke open the watermelon and handed it to Steward Chen, "You taste it, it is guaranteed to taste better than any watermelon you eat." ”

Su Rui didn't panic, any product in the space tasted better than the product in the real world, as if it had been optimized.

Steward Chen hesitantly picked up a piece, and couldn't stop after only tasting it. The other guys also tasted it when they saw this...

Steward Chen wiped his mouth unsatisfied, "How many watermelons are there?" We're all going to do it."

Su Rui thought for a while and said, "Steward Chen, this melon is a bit expensive..."

Steward Chen said unhappily, "Joke, how expensive can it be?" Could it be that our Chen family can't afford it? ”

Su Rui didn't hesitate, "One or two pieces of silver, each of our melons weighs at least ten catties, and one catty is less than a hundred wen." ”

Su Rui dared to be so expensive, because watermelons are very expensive in this era, just after autumn, a watermelon may not have this for five or six hundred yuan, and planting it is a waste of fields, ordinary farmers, the food is not enough to eat, how can they plant watermelons that are not full? Only the rich will grow a little to eat in the fall.

Steward Chen thinks the price is a bit expensive, but it is acceptable, after all, it is not cheap in autumn, with this melon, the lord will have face for the New Year, right?

"Okay, we want it, how many are there? Will you come here to pick it up later? ”

Su Rui nodded, "Yes, we still have fifty in our family, and this one will be given to Steward Chen." ”

Steward Chen settled the two taels of silver for the leek, and hurried back to the house to push the cart.

Su Rui took the watermelon seeds that fell into the ground and planted fifty of them, and when they arrived, they took them out and handed them to Steward Chen, and harvested fifty taels.

When Steward Chen left, he told Su Rui that their Chen family was in the west of the city, and as long as they asked Chen's house, they knew that next time they had rare food, they would send it over directly and find him.

Su Rui took more than fifty taels of silver from selling melons and leeks, returned to the market, bought things needed at home, and bought some gadgets for her younger siblings.

Seeing that there were lanterns for sale, Su Rui bought two white lanterns, thinking that she would be able to buy red lanterns next year.

In the end, I went to buy some snacks, sugar and the like, and turned around and walked to the grocery store where Su Changle parked the ox cart for a long time, and when he was about to get to the place, Su Rui quietly put two watermelons in the back basket, as well as more than a dozen catties of leeks.

"Uncle Chang Ying, you help me look at this thing, I still haven't got a melon." After saying that, he ran to a nearby alley and took out two more watermelons, and ran back and forth several times, a total of ten watermelons.

Su Changying saw that Su Rui was tired and panting, so she said, "Rui girl, call me more next time, I'll get it for you." But where did you buy melons this season? ”

Su Rui nodded, "I remembered, I forgot about it in a hurry just now." ”

"This melon? I bought it from a girl who said it was grown by her family's ancestral techniques. ”

Su Rui's face was not red, and her heart was telling lies without beating.

"Uh-huh?" Su Changle is strange, do you need ancestral technology to grow a melon?

Su Rui rested for a while, went into the grocery store, bought the bowls and pots needed for the New Year, bought some sugar, salt and red dates and other things, and finally bought window paper and all kinds of window flowers to be pasted from the New Year, Spring Festival couplets and incense candles for the sacrificial stove...

Sitting on the ox cart, the aunts and uncles of the same village all asked Su Rui where the leeks and melons were bought.

Su Rui explained them one by one.

A mean-looking woman asked, "Miss Surui, do you see that you have so many melons to give your aunt?" ”

Su Rui glanced at her, "Auntie, do you think I'm stupid?" ”

The aunt next to her laughed in a low voice, "I said Sister-in-law Su, where did you come from to ask an orphan girl for something?" ”

"Hey, what's it to do with you? Did I ask you for it? ”

"You see that people don't care about you, and you're embarrassed to ask for it, Su Rui, girl, you don't pay attention to her, shameless things, you want to see anyone who has good things."

Su Rui smiled kindly, "Thank you, auntie"

Su Ruixin said: "You still have to buy a car yourself, so as not to be stared at every time you go out." ”

When they arrived at the village, after the people from the same village finished getting down, Su Changying sent Su Rui to the door.

"Uncle Chang Ying, it's spring, you can help me buy a donkey cart."

Su Changying helped move the melons to the yard, "The donkey has a big temper, and the mule is better." I'll pick it for you when the time comes. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Chang Ying."

"You're welcome, let's go."

Su Qiao was very surprised when he saw the leeks, "Sister, how can you buy leeks at this time, eat scrambled eggs with leeks at night?" ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you when I eat."

Su Qiao nodded, "Well, then I'll clean up all the food first." ”

Su Ying saw that the eldest sister had bought all kinds of silk threads, and the embroidery was better than ordinary cotton threads, so she said with disgust, "Eldest sister, you are wasting money again." But there was a look of joy on his face.

Su Rui pretended to pick up the silk thread and said, "Yes, it's a waste of money, or I'll take it back and return it." ”

Su Ying grabbed the silk thread and said helplessly: "......... Big sister, you've gone bad. ”

Su Wan found a good-looking head rope in the things that the eldest sister bought: "Eldest sister, is this for Wan'er?" ”

"Yes, the rattle inside is for Chen Nan. You take it to him."

"Good"

Su Rui took out a set of calligraphy and handed it to Su Chenrui: "Chenrui, this is for you." ”

Su Chenrui said happily: "Thank you, eldest sister." ”

"Okay, don't say thank you. Carry a melon, take a pound of leeks and send it to the old house, go to Uncle Chang Ying's house and Uncle Chang Le's house on the way back, call Chen Yuan and Chen Wei over, and carry a basket when they come. ”

"By the way, Su Qiang also called over..."

"Why?"

Su Rui pointed to the melons on the ground, "There are so many melons, can we finish them?" Tell them to carry the melons, but don't let the adults find out when they come out. ”

Su Chenrui has a question mark on his face again? "Then why didn't you give them when Uncle Chang Ying sent you back just now?"

Su Rui sighed: "Alas...... Because he gave it to him at that time, he would be embarrassed to take it. And you have a good relationship with them, it's for friends, it's different. ”

Su Chenrui suddenly realized: "Ao, I'll go now." ”

After speaking, Su Rui saw him, and ran away with the basket on his back, "Hey... Slow down on your way, don't be in a hurry. ”

Su Chenrui shouted without replying: "I know"