Chapter Ninety-Nine: Selling Melons
"Yes, is the shopkeeper interested?" In fact, judging from the performance of the shopkeeper, he had already guessed that the deal was made.
"Yes, how much did you bring this time, how about five hundred wen a catty?" The shopkeeper's decision must be the first to start, but he can't be robbed.
"I didn't dare to pick too much this time, I'm worried that I won't be able to sell it, and there are a lot of them in the field." Five hundred wen a catty, a watermelon is almost four or five catties, so that a watermelon can earn two taels, and a hundred watermelons are not two hundred taels, this money is too easy to earn.
"Tomorrow I will prepare to wash 5,000 catties of round melons, and I will let people go over and pull them." The shopkeeper directly slapped down, and the 5,000 catties were sent directly to the capital, and when the time came, he would earn more, and the young master was estimated to come over again.
Who let the Zhong family and his wife grow round melons that he didn't grow.
"No problem, do you want this round melon?" It seems that the shopkeeper knows this, it turns out that they call it round melon, then he also called it according to this name, and the daughter-in-law's watermelon name is called at home, so as not to explain it clearly when you get it, as for the good explanation in the village, it is said that it is a bad listen, they are talking about round melon.
"Yes, I'll have someone come over and unload it." It must be easy to sell in a restaurant, and it is also good to eat round melon on this day.
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he immediately beckoned Xiao Er to let them go to a few people to help unload the goods, there is a lot of strength in the people, there is no need for Zhong Dashan and them to do it themselves, and the round melons on the donkey cart have been placed in the backyard of Shiweixuan.
After the scales, a total of 450 catties, said 500 wen a catty, a total of 225 taels of silver, the shopkeeper gave two 100 silver tickets, 25 taels of loose money.
This watermelon was sold very easily, and it didn't take much effort, and it was directly wrapped up by Shiweixuan.
With more than 200 taels of Zhong Dashan and Jin Mo in his arms, he set foot on the way home.
"Daughter-in-law, Shopkeeper Lu just booked 5,000 catties of watermelons with me, he will send someone to pull them tomorrow morning, 5,000 catties almost cost more than 2,000 watermelons, and we picked them early." Zhong Dashan shared the good thing of Shopkeeper Lu ordering watermelon with him to Jin Mo, and his tone was very excited.
"The person you are looking for has to say hello in advance and tell them that the money will be settled on the spot." Jin Mo is much calmer than Zhong Dashan, she has always had a lot of confidence in watermelon, which is not true.
"Well, when I get back, I'll go find them. It has to be guarded at night and during the day. "With the sale of watermelons tomorrow, there will definitely be some careful thoughts, there are so many watermelons, you can't see it if you steal a dozen or twenty, but you can make a lot of money by selling them.
"You can arrange this." It's not that they want to be villains, this is their thing, why should they be taken away for no reason, there is no such cheap thing in the world.
In the afternoon of the same day, Shiweixuan was fiercely advertised again, just because there was one more thing in their restaurant, the fruit of the foreign land - round melon.
None of the people who have tasted it said that it is not delicious, and some guests want to pack it after eating, but it is a pity that Shiweixuan itself does not have much, of course, it is impossible to sell it to those customers who come to eat, but they do not hide where they bought this round melon, the price is not cheap, one or two pounds.
The shopkeeper Lu was not merciless, he sold two taels and one pounds in his own restaurant, and raised the price for Zhong Dashan and them, if these people have the heart, go back and let the next person go to Zhongjia Village to buy, it must be bought according to one or two pounds, who makes them all not bad money.
It can be regarded as leaving a name for the Zhong family and his wife, and he will definitely think more about them when he has good things in the future, and his annual performance will depend on them.
Those who have tasted round melons say that they are expensive, but they are slapping in the face in action, and after going back, they immediately arrange for the housekeeper at home to go to Zhongjia Village to buy round melons.
In the afternoon, Jin Mo was planning to take a nap, but this nap was interrupted by the person who came to buy watermelon.
Let Aunt Wu invite people into the house first, and then put on clothes and go out with Zhong Dashan.
There are quite a few people who come, there are ten households, and each household has a request to buy 500 catties, so that it is 5,000 catties.
Jin Mo immediately asked Zhong Dashan to gather people to pick melons in the field, and she also took Wang Shi and them to the field.
The ten households who came to buy watermelons, whether they were housekeepers or small servants, were very curious about this, and followed Jin Mo to the field.
There are a lot of watermelons in the field, and I picked 5,000 catties today, and there are 5,000 catties waiting tomorrow.
So she chose to secretly release some from the space, and put it while picking it herself, so that it was not easy to attract attention, but she thought it was also in the ground, so that she could be satisfied.
Zhong Dashan's big move, everyone can see it, and people who have a good relationship with him, such as the village chief's family, Zhong Lai's family, and Aunt Wang's family, have rushed over to help.
They don't know how to pick watermelons, but they can help frame and weigh the watermelons, and all of a sudden, the sand of Zhong Dashan's house is in full swing, and there are many people, and the five thousand catties of watermelons are quickly picked under the joint efforts of everyone.
The carriage brought by ten families was filled to the brim.
Jin Mo is even more good at being a person, and asked Zhong Dashan to give the housekeeper or the little guy who came to buy watermelons two watermelons for one person, and they waited for so long.
The housekeeper or the little guy got the benefit, so he naturally smiled and decided to go back to help publicize the publicity.
After the money was settled, the people drove the carriage out of Zhongjia Village.
The people who came to help, Jin Mo, naturally did not lose them, and each family sent watermelons.
After returning home, Jin Mo settled today's money to them, and the money was not counted, everyone got a watermelon to take back.
"Village Chief, is there something wrong with you?" The village chief came back with them, presumably looking for them for something.
"Dashan, do you still need people here?" The village chief was a little awkward when he said this, but he could only mention it cheekily for the sake of his son.
"Village chief, if you have something to say, just say it, you have helped me so much, if you can help, I Zhong Dashan will never refuse."
"To tell you the truth, I plan to split up, Youwang, I plan to let him take over my class, but I don't want to lose the second friend, I just want to ask you if you have any work for him to do." It's okay now, it doesn't mean that he will be able to go on like this in the future, especially after he gets rid of the village chief, although he thinks a little far, he has to think about it.
The tree has a big branch, the family is divided, he is not so old-fashioned, saying that his parents are not separating, it is just a scene.
Whoever said that if the family is separated, the family will be scattered, and maybe it will be able to unite them even more.
"What should I do, this is no problem, you know, I still have 90 acres of fertile land in my hands now, and I will plant those fields in the coming year, and I must be looking for people, I also thought about finding Brother Youfu before, but at that time he had been doing odd jobs outside, so he didn't open that mouth."
"Dashan, don't be embarrassed, I didn't think to help you make it difficult for you."
"No, I still know what Brother Youfu does, so you can just let him come over."
"Okay, I'll tell him when he comes back in the evening."
"Village chief, everyone who comes to work here has to sign a contract."
"Understood." Even if you go out to do odd jobs or long-term jobs, you have to sign a contract with the owner, which he understands, Zhong Dashan has grown up, and it is impossible to bully the common people into not knowing words like those people outside, and add more harsh requirements when signing the contract.
Working outside, you can get all the money is generally very small, more or less will be pit by the steward, what can you do if you are angry, offend people, I am afraid that you don't want to find a job here in the future, often you can only swallow your anger, work hard for so long, and earn only a little.
After the negotiation was settled, the village chief left the Zhong family.
"Daughter-in-law, you won't be angry, right?" Only then did Zhong Dashan react, and he seemed to be a little happy to agree.
"Why are you angry, the village chief helped us a lot, anyway, we have to sign a contract, if we do a good job, stay, if we don't leave, no one has anything to say." There are contracts to bind them, and I believe that they will not be stupid to dig their own graves.
Zhong Dashan listened to Jin Mo's words and felt that it was quite right, but this was not the case.
"Daughter-in-law, this money is for you." I don't know what happened to them, but they actually gave all the money to themselves. He hadn't counted it, it felt like it was too much, so thick.
Jin Mo took the silver ticket and clicked it, and then clicked it, five thousand taels, isn't it a mistake, shouldn't it?
"What's wrong with my daughter-in-law?" Zhong Dashan saw that his daughter-in-law was suddenly stunned, and he didn't say anything, but asked curiously.
"Xianggong, five thousand taels? Mistaken, right? ”
"Five thousand taels?" Zhong Dashan's performance was the same as Jin Mo's, with a confused expression, what is the situation, shouldn't it be two thousand five hundred taels, why is it doubled?
"Yes, I ordered it three times, and it was fifty hundred taels of silver tickets." She thought that since they said that they were introduced by Shiweixuan, they must know the price, so she didn't mention it to them, but it couldn't be so much, it doubled.
"Do you think it was Shopkeeper Lu who raised the price?" Zhong Dashan can only think of the shopkeeper Lu, after all, the price was mentioned by him on his own initiative, he and his daughter-in-law planned to sell it for 300 wen a catty, but he hadn't mentioned it yet, the shopkeeper Lu mentioned it himself, and the daughter-in-law said before that if the shopkeeper Lu said that the price was higher than their plan, he would come according to him, why not earn it if he had money.
But this ...... This is too much, five thousand taels, one tael and one catty, the price is sky-high!
"Isn't Shiweixuan coming to pull watermelons tomorrow, ask then." The two of them won't have an answer if they want to break their heads here, so it's better to wait for the person who asked Shiweixuan tomorrow, and the truth will be revealed.
"That's all there is to it. Daughter-in-law, you have taken it. ”
"That's for sure. Tonight, let Wang Shi and Wang Qian go to the field to guard, I am worried that someone will come and steal the watermelon. "There are a lot of people who come to help today, and I have also seen them settle the money with my own eyes, and I will definitely say that if someone with a heart listens to it, maybe I will think about it carefully - stealing melons to sell.