Chapter 12: The Tricks of the Black Shop
Because she shouted harder, and because of the hints about dinner, there were already some people around the stall.
"Girl, how do you sell this fish?"
Tong Xiaowu has already inspected it just now, and the fresh live fish in the morning is bought for 30 wen a catty, and the dead fish in the afternoon is naturally cheaper.
"Twenty-five Wen a pound ......"
"It's so expensive, it's cheaper, it's cheaper, you're dead......"
"Even though it's a dead fish, it's also caught today, if you want all three, I can give you two pennies per catty." Tong Xiaowu looked at the dead fish in his stall and decided that he must get live fish next time, so that he could sell it for a lot of money, which is all experience.
"I can't do that much, so let's do it, is there anything together?" The eldest brother shouted, and two more people next to him stretched out their hands.
"Let's even, three fish, one for each person."
With the title of the eldest sister of the stall next door, Tong Xiaowu collected the money, tied the grass carp with a straw rope and handed it to the three guests in front of him.
The three fish earned a total of one hundred and six Wen, looking at the money in his hand, Tong Xiaowu's heart blossomed? It was her first time earning money, and although it wasn't much, the sense of accomplishment made her feel like she was also a person who could support herself.
After repeatedly thanking the eldest sister at the side stall, Tong Xiaowu left the stall and carried the bamboo basket to Yicaofang, the largest pharmacy in the town.
There was a sign outside the pharmacy that read, "Please go through the back door to sell herbs." ”
It seems that this pharmacy will buy herbs.
Tong Xiaowu moved to the back door, although the front was deserted, the back door was very lively, and some people who looked like farmers were standing at the back door with baskets on their backs arguing:
"How can Shopkeeper Wu be like this? Yesterday, Yuanzhi was not at this price, which fell by 30%, which is too much, right? ”
"And my wolfberry, which also fell by 20%, how can this be."
"For so many years, the price of medicinal materials collected by Shopkeeper Wu in our hands has not increased, and it is getting lower and lower year by year, which is too dark."
The medicine boy standing at the door was reluctant to hear this: "If you want to sell, you can sell, if you don't want to sell, you can get out, a group of mud legs, if it weren't for our shopkeeper to help you and collect your medicinal materials, where would you get your income, I don't know how to be grateful, and slander our shopkeeper." ”
"Get out, don't sell and leave quickly, don't delay our business."
Next to the medicine boy, there was an old man with a goatee, staring at the triangular eyes and starting to pick up people.
Many of the mountain people were pushed back a few steps, but even then, these people did not leave.
Tong Xiaowu had just arrived, and she didn't know much about the market, so she quietly asked a strong man beside her: "Big brother, they are all gone, why don't you leave?" ”
The strong man glanced back at her and sighed: "You don't know, in this town, only Yicaotang collects a large amount of medicinal materials, and what other Shengyi Pharmacy, Li Mazi Pharmacy, and Qiyue Pharmacy don't collect a lot, they don't collect enough for their own use, and after the herbs in Yicaotang are processed, they will sell them to other places." ”
"And ......" the man's voice lowered a little: "If they are blacklisted, don't even think about selling medicinal materials to his family in the future." ”
No wonder these people were kicked out and refused to leave, it turns out that there is such a reason.
"To sell or not to sell? Hurry up if you sell it, don't block the back if you don't sell it, by the way, that little girl, what did you pick? The goatee stood on the steps and looked down on everyone, and seeing that everyone didn't move, he set his eyes on Tong Xiaowu's body.
She was the most worn of the group, and she was the youngest, still a woman, so she should be easy to master.
"Gastrodia!"
Hearing these two words, the mountain people, you look at me, I look at you, they all said that they hadn't heard it, but the goatee looked shocked and walked over, "You said you have gastrodia here?" ”
"Yes!" Tong Xiaowu untied the basket and tore open the weeds covering it, there were five or six catties inside.
Goatee's eyes lit up all of a sudden, he swallowed his saliva, rolled his eyes and said, "You stand here and don't move, I'll go in and see the price......"
After the goatee left, all the people looked around Tong Xiaowu's back basket and talked about it.
After a while, the goatee walked out with square steps, and the fan in his hand was particularly stylish, and seeing that everyone was talking about those days, he coughed and said:
"You're not gastrodia, this is the root of Dali chrysanthemum, it's worthless, it's three pennies a pound, sell it?"
Tong Xiaowu's anger instantly filled her chest, they were bullying and dominating the market, and they actually tricked her.
"How is that possible? Chrysanthemum? Isn't that passionflower? Passionflower is a perennial herbaceous plant, the flowers are gorgeous, with ornamental and heat-clearing and detoxifying effects, gastrodia is saprophytic, does not grow leaves, and the flowers are also extremely ugly.
And the roots of the two plants are not the same at all, especially the fresh ones, the gastrodia gastrodia is smooth and light in color, and the roots of the allias are textured and dark.
You have been dealing with medicinal herbs for so many years, can't you still tell the real from the fake? ”
Tong Xiaowu stared at the goatee, no wonder someone just said that this store was black, and she dared to deceive her when she was young, she knew a lot more than him.
"What I say is fake is fake!" The goatee shouted, the speed of the fan increased, and his eyes were firmly fixed on Tong Xiaowu's back basket:
"That's it, seeing that you are young and ignorant, and your family is also in difficulty, I will add two more pennies to you, and hurry up and weigh it, right? Come on, come on! ”
"Don't sell ......" Tong Xiaowu hugged the back basket tightly, "Since I am a chrysanthemum, I won't sell it, go home and plant it in the ground, bloom and sell flowers to ......"
After speaking, Tong Xiaowu turned around and walked out of the alley, and just after walking a few steps, the medicine boy next to the goatee chased after him, "Little girl, stay here, talk here!" ”
The medicine boy directly let her into the front hall of Yicaotang: "Please inside, the price is negotiable." ”
"I'm not going in, I'll say it here." Tong Xiaowu doesn't have a good impression of their family now, now let her go to the front hall, she won't go in, what if he frames her for stealing their gastrodia? When the time comes, I won't be able to speak.
The streets were full of people, and they didn't dare to do anything.
"That's it, one or two pounds, what do you think?" Although the medicine boy said kind words, his eyes were full of disdain when he looked at Tong Xiaowu.
"If I don't sell it, I'm going to go home and plant it in the field." Tong Xiaowu shook his head firmly, with a posture of being angry and not paying for his life.
The black shop, how much money is given to her now, she doesn't sell.
The medicine boy clenched his fists, and the roots of his teeth itched: "This is the highest price, little girl, I advise you to think clearly, if you don't sell it, I will remember your appearance." ”