16. Alternative shopping

Li Xiangdong was also happy, and felt that he had thought of a good way to make money.

Although it depends on the daughter-in-law's space, what does it matter. The daughter-in-law doesn't even hide the magic weapons and magic things on her body, she just believes in herself. If you want to live with yourself with peace of mind, your heart is beautiful when you think of it.

Besides, selling fruit is also for the good of the family. The daughter-in-law certainly wouldn't mind.

The two of them talked in a group and hurried away.

When he arrived in the town, Li Xiangdong got out of the ox cart and led the oxen directly to the back door of a restaurant.

"Daughter-in-law, you wait here, I'll knock on the door. In the past, when I hit the prey, I always picked it up in this restaurant first. I'll sell the rest at the market. ”

After a few moments of the door, a voice came, "Who?" It's coming, it's coming. ”

"It's me, Brother Zhang." As he spoke, he secretly handed over five copper plates.

"Yo! It's Brother Li, what a good thing he fought this time. ”

"Last night, I hit a wild boar and a wolf. Please ask the shopkeeper to come to me. ”

"Hey! Okay! Okay! Brother Li, wait a minute. I'm going to ask the shopkeeper. Brother Zhang pinched the five copper plates in his hand and said with a smile.

After a while, Brother Zhang led the shopkeeper over.

The shopkeeper of the king has a bold personality, and he greeted him from afar: "Oh, it's really the eldest brother of the Li family." What a good thing to do today. ”

Li Xiangdong hurriedly stepped forward to salute and shouted: "The king's shopkeeper is not a rare thing. Last night there was a wolf and a wild boar on the mountain, and it was still fresh for you to see. As he spoke, he pointed at Luo Yun and said, "This is my daughter-in-law, Luo." Daughter-in-law This is the king's shopkeeper, and our family has been taking care of the business thanks to the king's shopkeeper over the years. ”

"Oh, this is my brother and sister, okay, okay. In the future, I will have time to go home and chat with your sister-in-law. As he spoke, he looked at Luo Yun twice, and hurriedly arched his hand to Luo Yun.

Female men can't learn those delicate squatting and saluting movements. He also learned to arch his hand and said, "Shopkeeper Wang, thank you for taking care of you." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and lifted the tattered straw mat covering his prey, and stepped aside to watch them negotiate the price.

"Today's prey is really fresh, pull it in. Let Chef Zhang see what kind of meat to keep, and the price will still follow the old rules. ”

As he spoke, he stepped aside and asked Li Xiangdong to lead the ox cart, and everyone followed into the back door.

Chef Zhang picked and chopped 50 catties of pork and 20 catties of wolf meat. I bought twenty pounds more than usual.

Li Xiangdong followed the shopkeeper to the front and settled the account. So he took the ox cart and went to the market.

"This wild boar is sold in the restaurant for 27 wen a catty, 30 wen in the bazaar, and 25 wen in the pork bazaar. Wolf meat tastes more woody, just eat fresh. The kindness of the shopkeeper gave the same price as pork. Li Xiangdong knew that his daughter-in-law didn't understand this, so he told his daughter-in-law carefully.

When we arrived at the market, we set up a board and put away the pork and wolf meat.

"Later, if someone comes to buy meat, you weigh him. Daughter-in-law, do you know how to weigh it? ”

Luo Yun just listened and nodded. This time I shook my head.

"Then you tell the guests to wait, and I'll be back shortly." I'll go and pay for the booth first. After speaking, he took out five copper plates and went to pay the money.

Luo Yun stood in front of the stall and looked around. This is the ancient bazaar. It's really lively, and there is shouting everywhere. It's much more lively than the storefronts you just saw on the street.

At this time, it was the first time of day, and the market was bustling.

Luo Yun's eyes were already staring, and the stall selling breakfast couldn't be moved.

The crystal nucleus is not a currency in circulation here, and there is no copper plate on it, so I want to eat it, how to break it.

Take the meat for it, and I am not willing to give it.

If you don't want to exchange a few fruits, I don't know if people are willing to do it.

Just when Luo Yun was thinking about how to eat hot buns, Li Xiangdong came back.

"Didn't anyone buy it?" Li Xiangdong asked.

"Well, no one. I'm not going to sell. ”

After a while, Li Xiangdong came back with a basket.

"There are twenty buns here, all meat. Now, take it and eat it. As he spoke, he handed the basket in his hand to Luo Yun.

Luo Yun took the basket, took a bun and stuffed it into his mouth, nodding whining while eating.

After eating, he said with an empty mouth: "It's delicious, it's really delicious." You eat too. As he spoke, he took a bun and stuffed it into Li Xiangdong's hand.

Li Xiangdong took the bun and took a bite and said, "Well, it's delicious, you eat more." You sit here and eat. He put the small stool brought by the family next to the stall and motioned for his daughter-in-law to sit down and eat.

Luo Yun was not polite, so he sat down with Dengzi.

Li Xiangdong ate the buns in his hand in two bites. So he took a knife and cut the wild boar into large pieces. and shouted on his lips.

"Fresh wild boar, wild boar that was just hunted last night. Don't miss it when you pass by, thirty wen a catty, and fresh wolf meat, the meat of the wolf king. Twenty-five wen a catty, all the folks came to take a look, this is the wolf king. ”

"You're pretty good at yelling." Luo Yundao.

"When I was ten years old, I followed my father to the town to sell game. When I was fourteen years old, I brought the family's prey to the town and sold it. Sometimes they will drive ox carts to the county seat to sell. Li Xiangdong said a few words to Luo Yun and shouted a few times.

"Yo! Young man, your wild boar is quite fresh. Can you make less money? A woman in her forties, dressed in a muslin gown, asked.

"Auntie, this wild boar was hunted by me last night, and it was sold this morning, it must be fresh. The price is not cheap, the market is at this price. If you buy five catties, I'll give you half a catty of wolf meat to try. ”

"Young man, you are really the meat of the wolf king."

"I can't still lie to my aunt, look at this skin, I just picked it off last night. How thick you feel it, and how shiny the skin is. Ordinary wolves don't have such good skins. ”

"Hey, don't say it, it's really thick!"

The woman reached out and touched it.

"Boss, do you sell this wolf skin?" Someone asked again.

"The wolf's skin hasn't been shaved yet. Wait until I'm done. When the time comes, you will come back and buy it. ”

At this time, there were already many onlookers, and they all reached out to touch the wolf's skin. Ordinary villagers have never even seen a wolf, let alone a wolf king. If you don't buy it, it's good to look at it!

The woman pointed to a piece of pork and said, "Young man, cut it from here, five pounds." Okay, you have to give me half a pound of wolf meat. ”

"Auntie, don't worry, I will definitely send it." Li Xiangdong said with a smile. The movement of his hands did not stop, and he cut the meat neatly, weighed it, tied it with straw and handed it to the woman.

Then he took the brass plate that the woman had handed him, and counted them and put them in the cloth bag that hung in front of him. He said, "Auntie, you've eaten, come back next time." ”

"Okay, you guy will do business, next time I want to buy it, I'll come back to you."

"Okay, auntie go slowly."

"Young man. I'll only buy two catties of wild boar, and you can also send me some wolf meat to try. ”

"Uncle, this is not good, the aunt just now, I bought five catties and gave half a catty. Uncle, you only bought two catties, why do you let me send it? ”

"Why can't you send it? She buys more than half a catty. You'll send me two or two. I haven't eaten the meat of this wolf king. Give me a taste too. ”

"This, okay, okay, you always have the final say." After saying that, he began to work in his hands. The mouth began to shout again: "Come on, come on, fresh wild boar." Buy 1 pound and get one or two free, buy more and get more. I bought five catties and got half a catty, hurry up, come quickly. Don't miss it when you pass by. ”

Luo Yun left two buns for Li Xiangdong, and ate the rest.

watched Li Xiang work for a while on the side, but he couldn't help.

Help him collect money, he doesn't know how to exchange copper plates and silver.

Help him cut meat, I don't know how to look at it. Settle accounts faster than they do.

After thinking about it, I walked to the place where the straw was placed. Li Xiangdong weighed a piece of meat, and she reported the calculated number to him. Then take the meat and look at the size, weigh it, tie it with straw and hand it to the person who bought it.

Another wave of guests was sent off. There are still forty or fifty catties of pork left on the board, and the wolf meat is sold, and the ones that are sent are sent, and there are only a few thigh bones left that have been removed. The two kinds of fruits together are not sold for more than ten catties.

"It's not early, it's almost the beginning of the day, and if we can't sell it out in another hour, let's take it home." Li Xiangdong said.

"Well, I'm hungry, eat those two buns."

"I'm not hungry, my hands are oily, and when I finish selling, I will wash my hands and eat them."

"Whatever you want."

Li Xiangdong waited for a while and no one came, so he took two sips of water. He began to shout again: "Come and come fresh wild boar, fresh mountain pear apricots." Buy a pound of wild boar and get a pound of fruit. ”

As soon as he shouted twice, a man wearing a muslin shirt and a two-handful mustache came. He was followed by two followers. It looks like a housekeeper.

"Boy, how do you sell wild boar and fruit?"

"That's all left, let's go home when we're sold out. Sell you cheaply. Buy a pound of meat and get you a pound of fruit. ”

"I bought all of your wild boar. What will you give me all that fruit? ”

"It's... This meat is less than fifty pounds, and this fruit is nearly seventy pounds. ”

"What's the matter, I've got you covered. You're done selling out, so you'd better go home early. ”

"That's... Okay, I'll give you a name. As he spoke, he tied the remaining pieces of meat with straw and weighed them, saying, "You have seen forty-eight catties and six taels, count you forty-eight catties." ”