Chapter 178: The price is negotiated
Shopkeeper He looked at the girl in front of him, her pretty face was as pink as a peach blossom, her eyes were as bright as stars, and she was clearly wearing a very ordinary aqua blue cotton skirt, but the patterns on the clothes were delicate and special, unlike ordinary embroiderers.
He quietly looked away, and then looked at the details of her drinking tea, but it was extremely educated, elegant and natural. Such a lady show, isn't it time to go out of the door? How can anyone show up like this and come out to talk about business with men?
"Shopkeeper He, can we take a look at the grain?" Du Mei gently put down the teacup and asked.
"Huh? …… Yes, you can. Shopkeeper He was wandering out of the world, and after listening to Du Mei's words, he hurriedly coughed and covered up.
"Please go this way." Shopkeeper He bent forward to lead the way, and Du Mei and the others followed.
"Feng'er, who is here?" From behind the screen came the voice of a teenager. The sound was as crisp as the cry of a warbler in the valley, but it was slightly lacking in breath.
"Back to the young owner's house, there is a girl and three men." The white fellow replied respectfully.
"Girl?" The boy repeated it in confusion, and then fell silent.
After half a burnt incense, Du Mei and the others turned back to the cabin.
"Shopkeeper He, let's talk about the price." Sitting down again, Du Mei said with a smile. After checking, the rice and wheat in the silo were very good, and Du Mei was very satisfied.
"1,300 wen a stone for rice, 800 wen a stone for wheat." Shopkeeper He looked at Du Mei and quoted a price.
He saw that Du Mei was very sophisticated in discerning grain, and he was tempted to find out what Du Mei's origin was. They came all the way from Huizhou, not just to sell grain once.
It turned out that the shipowner's surname was Song, and the Song family was famous in Huizhou, and it was a big family on the rich side, with thousands of acres of fertile land and countless shops. It's a pity that the Song family is not prosperous. The old lady has two sons under his knees, the eldest son is capable and capable, but it is a pity that he has not been able to come out for many years, and he gave birth to a baby son at the age of forty.
The second son is a sick seedling, the medicine jar does not leave his body all the year round, and he is alive, except for panting, it is no different from death. When he reached the age of marriage, he married the daughter of a poor family as a daughter-in-law, and no one from a rich family was willing to push his daughter into the fire pit. The daughter-in-law also gave birth to two female dolls, but I don't know if it was a problem in the womb, or what, none of them lived past the age of one.
As the saying goes, the rich have a better life, and the poor have a better life. The old lady had a few distant cousins who lived on him, and in these families, the sons were like wheat seedlings, one by one, in front of the adults.
These people are eyeing the Song family's property and money, and when the old lady finds out that raising tigers is a problem, they have infiltrated it everywhere. Since the uncle's inexplicable death, the old lady's health has deteriorated, and the old man who has lost his son no longer has the strength to pull out the tumor.
The Song family now only has the male Ding Song Jiu in the big house, he is fifteen years old this year, and the shopkeeper He fled when he was young, and he was taken in by the old lady, because he was practical and sophisticated, and the old lady relied on him.
The business of the Song Mansion has been encroached on little by little, and most of them are controlled by outsiders, but the grain on the grange has always been managed by the shopkeeper He, and it has not yet been touched. The old lady knew that the Grange was the foundation of the Song family's life, so he quietly instructed the shopkeeper He to take Song Jiu out to sell grain, intending to avoid the sight of outsiders and open up new sources of wealth.
Old lady Song has not much time, if one day he drives the crane immortal, the Song family will inevitably be divided by outsiders. Shopkeeper He knows him well
The entrustment is heavier than Mount Tai, so everything he does is carefully considered, lest he accidentally lose everything and live up to the trust of the old lady.
The Song family only has this bit of blood left, if the time comes, life will be difficult, and the young owner is a high-minded and arrogant person, where can he send people under the fence? This time, if you are lucky enough to find a food market at the foot of the imperial city, your waist will naturally be stiff, and you will have your hands free in the future, and then slowly clean up those ungrateful people.
"Where are you selling grain, it's clearly robbing money!" As soon as Niu Er heard his words, he immediately became anxious, you must know that when the autumn grain is harvested, the rice is only 800 wen and one stone.
"Yes, yes, when I bought thirty stones yesterday, it was already a high price of one thousand and one stones, how could it have risen like this after sleeping all night!" Ye Qing's face was ugly, Du Mei listened to him, this price rose like this, it was categorically impossible to buy.
"Lao He, do business and pay attention to large quantities of discounts, you ...... It's not in order. Steward Liu pulled the corner of the shopkeeper's clothes, he was worried about the commission, and he wanted to make this deal immediately.
"Shopkeeper He, let's open the skylight and say something bright, the rice is still at a thousand yuan and a stone, and the wheat is at your price, I want it all, do you think it can be sold?" Du Mei knew that his age and the girl's appearance would not be recognized by the old and sophisticated middle-aged man in front of him. She thought about keeping the price low first, and then slowly increasing it if it didn't work.
"The girl is really joking......" Shopkeeper He seemed to be smiling, and before he finished his words, he heard a "clang" in the room, as if something had broken.
"How many times have I said it, I don't want to eat it!" An annoyed teenager's voice.
The people in the cabin were interrupted by this inappropriate shouting, and they all turned their heads to look over.
"I'm sorry, but wait a minute." Shopkeeper He lifted his robe and walked to the back.
Although Shopkeeper He deliberately lowered his voice, sometimes gently, sometimes harshly spoke to the people inside. Du Mei still heard a thing or two through the screen.
After a while, as if he had been appeased, Shopkeeper He came out in a hurry again, and said apologetically: "Let you wait for a long time, let's continue to negotiate the price." ”
"Shopkeeper He, I see that your family's food is good, and I want to cooperate with you for a long time, are you willing?" Du Mei said with a smile.
"In the future, let's talk about it in the future, but now let's talk about the price of grain." Shopkeeper He is as shrewd as a fox, and he is unwilling to sacrifice his immediate interests for things that quench his thirst.
"One thousand wen and one stone, which is the highest price I can give." Du Mei bit his lower lip and said.
"One thousand wen, one price for rice and wheat." A teenager stepped out of the room.
This young man is the young owner of the Song family, Song Jiu. Du Mei stood up, looked at him who was thin and tall, and slowly walked in front of him from the inside, this young man was dressed in brocade and jade, and he should have been round and jade, but he was born thin and thin, and even his lips were pale pink.
"Shaodong, why did you come out?" As if protecting a treasure, Shopkeeper He helped Song Jiu to sit next to the chair. Du Mei bent his knees and blessed, and the others followed suit.
"Since the young owner is so refreshing, and Du Mei is not a person with a small belly, I should answer you." Du Mei quickly calculated the account in her heart, if it was at this price, she would still make money in the future.
"Then tell me about your plans to cooperate in the future." The boy didn't seem to want to be polite, and said bluntly.
"If your rice has always had this quality, we are willing to buy more of your rice at the current price." Du Mei was dished
Sort it off.
"I have thousands of acres of fertile land at home, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it." The boy suddenly laughed, and his plain white face was like a white water lily.
"Even if I can ask for it all, you may not be at ease like this." Du Mei also smiled. It is really not wise to do business and bet all your business in one place, and you will not be able to do anything.
"How much can you sell in a year?" Song Jiu couldn't wait to ask.
"A thousand stones should be fine." Du Mei raised her eyebrows, her ducks eat hundreds of stones a year, and one stone of good rice can only scoop out half a stone of japonica rice, so a thousand stones is really not much.
"Really?" Song Jiu was a little uncontrollable, and he was overjoyed. Du Mei's sale here accounts for 30% of his family's rice.
"Of course, as long as the price is right." Du Mei squinted, and a ray of sunlight was shining in outside, making the cabin brighter and brighter.
"Now that it's done, Shao Dong, shouldn't you eat?" Shopkeeper He saw that Song Jiu was in a good mood and chatted warmly with Du Mei, and couldn't help but want to take the opportunity to persuade him to eat.
"Uncle He, I'm really not hungry." Song Jiu grimaced.
"If you don't mind, I'll give you a pulse." As soon as Du Mei saw Song Jiu, he felt that he was not really thin.
"Do you know how to heal? I'm not sick, I just don't have much appetite. Song Jiu shook his head and said.
"A little fur, you can look at minor diseases." Du Mei smiled softly.
"Young owner, my sister Meizi is a senior apprentice of Dr. Zhong." Ye Qing saw that Song Jiu didn't believe it, and Du Mei was too modest, so he interjected anxiously.
"Doctor Zhong from Sheshan Town?" Shopkeeper He asked in disbelief. He went to look for Song Jiu's illness twice, but Zhong Yu was not there.
"Hmm." Ye Qing nodded proudly.
"I'll just show her." Song Jiu saw that Shopkeeper He was looking at him with an almost pleading gaze, and he had no choice but to compromise.
Du Mei took the pulse carefully, and asked about other conditions: "You have a spleen and stomach disorder, you can't have an appetite, and you have come to us from a long distance, so you are a little uncomfortable." ”
"How is this good, do you need to grab the medicine and take it?" Shopkeeper He asked anxiously.
"It's a medicine that is poisonous, he's like this, young, and not for a long time, and the diet is the best." Du Mei thought for a moment and said.
"How's this going to work?" Song Jiu leaned indifferently, but the shopkeeper He couldn't stop asking.
"This is also simple, pay attention to the mutual restraint of food, choose more complementary ingredients, at present, meat should not be too much, spleen deficiency, restraint does not move." Du Mei looked at Song Jiu, who was sitting opposite, her face was pale, and her slender fingers were distinct.
"Hey, they all blame me, I didn't think about it at the beginning, and I didn't bring a serious cook out." Shopkeeper He rubbed his hands and said in annoyance.
"If the shopkeeper doesn't dislike it, I'll help make a meal." Du Mei looked at him at Song Jiu, not like a simple master and servant, but like a father whose child was sick and panicked.
"Meizi......" Niu Er called softly, trying to stop her. Is this girl desperate? She's just recovered.
"It's fine." Du Mei gave him a reassuring look.
"This ...... It's embarrassing. Shopkeeper He was surprised, but for the sake of Song Jiu's body, he didn't talk politely.
"I wonder what ingredients are in the kitchen?" Du Mei got up, and Shopkeeper He hurriedly led the way. 2k reading web