Shen took Ziqing to the vegetable market first, and it was a little late to go to the vegetable market at this time, so it took a long time to find a location. The dishes at this time are very cheap, winter melon is two pennies a catty, pumpkin is only a penny a catty, because there are not many with it, but it is quickly sold out, a total of fifty or sixty pennies.

However, there are several people who fell in love with the half of the watermelon, and the highest bid is 20 yuan a catty, at first glance, it is the housekeeper of a large family, which makes Ziqing regret it very much, what winter melon pumpkin to bring, how good it is to bring watermelon directly.

The two inquired for a long time, and it took a long time to find the tooth shop, there were seven or eight tables in it, more than a dozen people, seeing Ziqing's mother and daughter dressed as countrymen, a few people turned their heads over, but there were also two people who stepped forward and asked whether to buy land or sell land, Ziqing took out the watermelon, took a knife and cut it in half, divided it into small pieces, and put the other half back in the basket, and then asked them to taste it.

"Well, it's so sweet and delicious." That's the phrase for almost everyone who has eaten it.

"Are you here to sell watermelons?" Finally someone reacted, Ziqing looked at this person and felt that this person was very shrewd, he looked like he was forty years old, Ziqing looked at her mother, and the Shen family probably fell in love with this person.

"This big brother, I want to ask you if you have a way, what is the bid?" Shen asked.

"I have to inquire about this, I can't answer you for a while, this piece of this is so small, even if it is planted, it is not listed, it should not be as low as fifteen wen now, it will be difficult to say in the future, it should be able to tell you in three days, how much your family can have, and you will come back to listen to the letter in three days."

The mother and daughter agreed to come out, and at this time, they felt that an hour was only a little more, and decided to go back to the grocery store to have a look.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the grocery store, the shopkeeper's face couldn't wait, "Oh, you're finally here, our lord has been waiting for you for a long time, and he told me to look for you, but I didn't find it after a long turn in the vegetable market." ”

When I entered the house, there was a man in his thirties standing, his aura was very cold, colder than Ziqing's father, thin and tall, Ziqing didn't dare to look closely, and the shopkeeper only said that he was the master of the owner, not his name. However, Ziqing doesn't like his high profile as a superior, and he doesn't look like a businessman.

"Our lord said he could ask for your watermelon, how many catties do you have? Our lord wants it all, now give 15 wen per catty, after mid-June can be given 10 wen a catty, and in July can only be 5 wen a catty. This is the opinion of our lord. The shopkeeper said.

"However, we still have people in the market who have come out to 20 wen a catty, can you go up a little more? My watermelon is very sweet, and we promise to only sell it to you. Also, I grow a lot of potatoes at home, so I'll sell them to you. Ziqing replied hurriedly. She felt that her mother's gentle personality was not suitable for bargaining.

The shopkeeper looked at Shen and saw that she didn't mean to speak, but just looked at Ziqing and knew what she meant.

"Little girl, who are you bluffing? How can someone come out with twenty wen, it's not good for children to deceive people. "The shopkeeper's coax is clear.

"Uncle, I didn't lie, someone just came out to twenty, but he didn't say how much, let's listen to it three days later, my mother is worried that he won't want much, so he came to you, but you can't reduce five pennies for a pound of melons, my family is still pointing to sell watermelons to build a house, so let's give priority to selling watermelons every year in the future." Ziqing thunderbolt Bala said a lot. If it doesn't work out, that's the only way.

Ziqing's face finally loosened a little when he saw the owner, and he looked at Ziqing as if he had seen something interesting, yes, it was interesting.

"And how much do you think is appropriate? Little girl. The proprietor asked.

"In this way, let's take a step back and take the middle number, seventeen and five, how about it? Of course, if you are willing to let me be half-literated, I will be even happier, but you should not be happy. The more Ziqing spoke, the quieter her voice became.

"Then why don't you say you let Banwen go?" The proprietor continued to ask.

"Then I should be unhappy, I think it's very immoral to base my happiness on the displeasure of others, so let's not let any of us let it." Ziqing replied.

"Flutter." Ziqing smiled when she saw the shopkeeper. "Girl, you've confused me."

"I'm sorry, I saw the two of you, and the little girl has been talking freely at home." Shen spoke.

"It's okay, it's funny, okay, little girl, you have put a lot of effort into it, and I have decided to base my displeasure on yours, and let you be happy and happy, and build a beautiful big house." The proprietor stood up and said the conversation was over.

Oh also, Ziqing stretched out her fist and jumped up, getting carried away.

"Thank you to the owner, when you can go to transport watermelons, it's best for you to get out of the car, it's still inconvenient for us in the countryside, in addition, can you please don't publicize this matter. We have our hardships, if the relatives in the family know about it, they all come to the door to fight the autumn breeze, we can't afford to offend, besides, the family does use this money to build a house and buy land. There are many children at home, and there is no way. Shen explained.

"That's fine. Of course, the sooner the better, let's go now, just send you home, let's find someone who knows how to go, he can cut off the raw and ripe. Shopkeeper Zhou, write a contract for them, and the melons in the future will only be sold to our family, which is now eighteen texts, twelve texts at the beginning of June, and five texts at the end of June and July. I will send Lao Wu with you and bring the silver. The proprietor commanded.

The shopkeeper's brush was written in a few clicks, Ziqing took it and read it, nodded at her mother, and Shen pressed a handprint. Ziqing didn't see the expressions of the proprietor and the shopkeeper Zhou, they were surprised, they thought that it was surprising that a five or six-year-old girl from the countryside was sharp and toothy, and she was actually literate.

The proprietor sent three carts, four people, a horse-drawn cart, and two donkey carts, and at first glance they were not ordinary merchants. Ziqing sat in the carriage for the first time and didn't feel very comfortable.

Fortunately, Ziqing's house is at the end of the village, and he goes around the head of the village, and if he doesn't enter the village, he is much more low-key. Someone picks melons, so Ziqing doesn't have to worry about it. They picked a total of more than 200, 2,238 catties, and the shopkeeper Zhou immediately took out an abacus and pulled it up, "A total of 40,284 Wen." The shopkeeper Zhou took out four silver ingots of ten taels, and counted the copper plates.

Shen hurriedly said: "Thank you, I'm sorry for the trouble, I'll give you a drink for the rest of the fraction." ”

The three people looked at the shopkeeper Zhou, the shopkeeper Zhou pretended to excuse himself, and agreed, they used a donkey cart to send a trip first, the shopkeeper of Zhou and Lao Wu stayed behind, Ziqing listened to them, it turned out that this batch of melons was going to be transported to the capital by land, and the owner had shops in the provincial capital and the capital, it seemed that the business of the owner's family was doing a lot of business, Ziqing didn't dare to listen carefully, cut a few melons for them and walked away. When they left, they said they would come back in five days.