Pingshan Village is a small mountain village, usually buying and selling things, you have to go to the nearby horse village to catch the market, a market every five days.

It's dark early, let Zhou's mother wash the fish and set aside, take out two or three slices of pickle gnocchi, there is no meat at home but there is the last half of the pigskin cut into pieces, cool oil hot pot, put a limited number of condiments into the pot and stir-fry, enlarge the sauce after the fragrance, no sugar, otherwise the taste will be better, put some more vinegar, because the child is small, the fish bones are easy to be soft and save to prick. Then clear the pot and put it aside for later use, spread the sliced pickles on the bottom of the pot, put the fish on the pickles, pour the fried sauce into the pot, heat the water over the fish, wait for a while after the fire boils, put the meat skin in, put a little salt, cover over low heat, and tell Zhou's mother not to be less than an hour.

At breakfast, the pickles were taken out and then finely shredded, and served with gruel, and everyone ate with relish. No matter how full you are, you can only stutter.

Only six people can sit on the ice bed, Tuesday Tiger and Du Hai are the candidates who have been set a long time ago, Xue Jian is afraid that these people will lose money by selling fish, they must go, Hachiro is also clamoring to go, and Erniang and Siniang will also bring it.

Before leaving, Xue Jian deliberately ran to San Lang and instructed: "The eldest young master said that this morning, let the third young master teach the seventh young lady, the eighth young master, and the ninth young master to read and write." ”

This is exactly what the thin and quiet Saburo is good at, he himself reviews the past, and his younger siblings know the new, killing two birds with one stone. What's more, it was ordered by his brother, and San Lang agreed to it.

It was still overcast, but the snow stopped.

On the way to Mazhuang, you will also meet people in the village in twos and threes, and everyone will say hello to each other, but there is no close relationship.

Most of them use ice beds as a means of transportation, which saves trouble and effort.

Mazhuang is the largest village in the vicinity, so the market is also very lively, several villages nearby, all here to catch the market, and catch up with the New Year, things are complete. The ice bed was stored at the tea stall at the entrance of the village, and the group carried baskets on their backs to the market.

Yukimi rarely even visits a store in modern times, so it's enough for otaku to shop online. This ancient bazaar really opened her eyes, Er Niang and Si Niang have been here a few times, but girls have a natural interest in shopping, so they are also elated.

In modern times, this should be the only super hypermarket in the nearby ten miles and eight towns, although it is once every five days, but the market is readily available for firewood, rice, oil and salt, and it is a little late, so I can only find a corner, and Yukimi took out the ice fish in the basket.

Yukimi is not in a hurry, there is really no fish sold in this market, and I heard that the fishing market in the county can only see fish in winter. Fish this kind of thing, is not a small family often eats, the fish caught in winter are too big, Xue Jian knows that he is in a hurry, although there are only ten fish, but each one is more than eight catties, serving the niche, in fact, it is more profitable than the public service.

Although it is located in the middle of nowhere, there are still some people in front of the small stall in Yukimi, most of them just look at it, and praise it, the people in the fishing village have naturally seen fish, but there is no habit of fishing in winter, I heard that the fishermen in the county town, in winter, can only get fish from the Yichun tribe farther away, or simply transported from the south, although it is frozen, but in the end it is not as fresh as the live fish in summer.

Du Hai and Erniang Siniang had already taken Hachiro to hide in the crowd, firstly because they were embarrassed, and secondly, they were entrusted with the important role of "trust" by Xuejian. I'm not afraid that no one will buy it, but I'm afraid that no one will be popular.

Tuesday Hu, who was in charge of selling fish, looked pleasing and had a sweet mouth, although he came out for the first time to "practice stalls", but he was not shy, and chatted generously with the onlookers.

It didn't open for half an hour, which made the Zhou sisters quite embarrassed, I really want to persuade Xue Jian to dispel this idea as soon as possible! Xue Jian made a look and asked Erniang to take Hachiro shopping first, saving the children from being bored.

The aunt on a stall next to her sells live chickens, a quarter of a silver, and she didn't sell a few. While she wasn't busy, she started chatting with Tuesday Tiger. "Little brother, I think you're setting up a stall for the first time, right?"

On Tuesday, the tiger said yes, he didn't know much about the market.

Aunt Lehe's guidance said: "But all the people who come to buy chickens, fish, and these things in this season are all big families in the nearby villages, and those who buy and manage are very provocative people, and they often go into the city with their masters, with wide vision and a lot of knowledge, and their mouths are extremely picky!" ”

Tuesday Tiger smiled and said, "Auntie, I don't think you're in a hurry, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to sell it?" ”

The aunt said with an old face: "Ouch, this little brother is really right, we can't sell these things in a hurry, but we also have our strengths, that is, we are not afraid of others snatching the business!" ”

Tuesday Tiger smiled and said to the aunt: "Thank you aunt for your kind reminder, now I will rest assured!" ”

Siniang was originally very uneasy, listened to the conversation between them, and saw that Xue Jian was full of confidence and determined to win, so she had nothing to say at the moment, only pouted her lips disapplauded, but a pair of eyes peeked at Xue Jian from time to time, looking like she was waiting to see a good show......

At this moment, the owner of a large stall specializing in fresh game in the distance officially came out, and in a blink of an eye, many people surrounded him, one of whom said: "Boss Li, I am your old customer here, you didn't let me buy it last time, and now you have to keep two of each for me to be a friend!" ”

Steward Wang said: "Boss Li, bring me five roe deer, three hares, and a wild boar!" ”

The white steward was unconvinced: "It's great to be rich?" Is it possible that our master can't compare to you? Boss Li, I will produce as much as he wants, and I must buy this game today! ”

The big guys were all vying to buy it, so they quickly quarreled for a while, so that Siniang, who saw this battle for the first time, couldn't help but pull Xue Jian's arm worriedly and asked: "Xue Jian, or buy more game, can we sell our fish?" ”

Xue Jian stretched out his hand and patted Siniang's shoulder, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, but I dare to guarantee that our fish is definitely more novel and rare than his game!" ”

Siniang will be skeptical of Xuejian's words, but since this stall has been set up, then they will continue to sell it no matter what, and they will go home if they don't sell it. On Tuesday, Hu and Siniang saw that Xue Jian looked calm and relaxed, not in a hurry, so they also resisted their temperament and stopped thinking nonsense, and waited for the customers to come to the door with Xue Jian.

After a period of bustling and noisy noise, a cart of wild meat was quickly snatched up, and those who grabbed it went back to pay for it happily, and those who didn't grab it wandered around in frustration......

Xue saw that his eyes lit up and said, "Here's the opportunity!" ”

The aunt who sold the chickens also saw the opportunity, and she immediately shouted loudly, "Live chickens, fresh live chickens, chicken stew, hen soup!" ”

Xue saw the freshness of her shouting, and couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.

Since ancient times, the two important elements of "scarcity is expensive" and "novelty" are the selling points of sellers.

Standing at the forefront, Manager Zhang, when he saw these two stalls, one was a live chicken and the other was a frozen fish, his eyes immediately lit up and he said with a look of surprise: "I didn't expect there to be live chickens and fish in the market today, not bad!" ”

Someone in the crowd immediately chimed in: "Yes, I just heard that the fishing market in the county town only has fish in winter, and this is the first time I've seen this episode sell fish in winter!" ”

Some people who were familiar with Steward Zhang simply urged directly: "Steward Zhang, what are you still doing in a daze?" I have to wait until I go to the county town to buy it! ”

After carefully selecting the chickens and fish, the steward immediately said with a happy face: "Makes sense! I'll be able to explain it to the host when I buy this! Little brother, how do you sell this fish? ”

Xue Jian knew that Auntie's chicken was four points of silver, so as soon as the steward asked, Xue Jian immediately stretched out two fingers, and on Tuesday the tiger understood and said word by word: "My fish strips are more than eight catties, and the heaviest one is more than ten catties, and I don't weigh it, the opening is auspicious, two hundred dollars a piece, regardless of size!" ”

As soon as Xue saw that after quoting the price, the steward scratched the back of his head and thought about it for a long time, and said, "This little brother, your fish is a bit expensive for 200 yuan!" The five-pound big carp in the county town is only a hundred dollars! ”

Steward Zhang's voice fell, and Tuesday Hu asked unhurriedly: "Dare to ask this uncle, is the price you said the price of fish in winter?" ”

Xue saw that he squeezed forward at this time, and while stuffing the money into the hand of the tiger on Tuesday, he said quickly: "I see that the number of this fish is also limited, first buy first served, this is six dollars of silver, you want three fish!" ”

And with Xue Jian's example in front, the rest of the purchasing stewards saw a total of ten fish, naturally they bought the big ones first, and they were not polite at the moment, so they directly competed to take out the silver and give it to the Tiger on Tuesday, and they were snatched up after a while.

So in less than a meal, Xue Jian sold it for two taels of silver, which stunned Zhou Zhou Hu and Siniang, not that they had never seen silver, but they didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Siniang was even more incredulous that she couldn't even speak: "Xue Jian, we'll ...... Earned two taels of silver like this? ”

Xue Jian shook the broken silver in his hand proudly, and reached out and gently flicked Siniang's forehead, and said with a smile: "This silver is already in our hands, can it be fake?" Scared silly, right? Hee-hee, go to the market to buy rice, noodles and meat, and then let's hurry home! Treat yourself! ”

Siniang was hit by Xue like this, and finally came back to her senses, and Tuesday Tiger immediately happily picked up the basket and followed them accurately to help them purchase other supplies.

Unexpectedly, just a few steps away, the Tuesday Tiger behind was stopped by several procurement housekeepers, and they asked straight to the point: "This little brother, please stay, we want to ask you if you will come here to sell fish in the next market?" We also want to buy a few to go back. ”

On Tuesday, when the tiger saw that someone wanted to make a reservation, he immediately said with a cheerful face: "Of course I will come, when the time comes, I will definitely bring more fish over, the new year is coming, it is always right to prepare more fish, there is more than enough every year!" ”

The people around were satisfied and left.

Found Erniang in the bazaar, Erniang didn't expect to sell out of fish so quickly, and was very happy, everyone bought two stones of ordinary rice, five catties of white flour, ten catties of pork, five catties of beef, five catties of mutton, Xue Jian was grinding the butcher to pick up the big bone sticks that were so clean that dogs didn't eat a few pennies to buy a bunch of money.

The rest of the broken silver was counted and counted, but it was divided into two piles, one of which bought pen, ink, paper, inkstone, rouge, gouache, and needle and thread, and the other bought a variety of spices and rare fresh vegetables such as woad and radish.

Xuejian went to the pharmacy to buy some things, Erniang and they were very puzzled, thinking that Xuejian was uncomfortable, but in fact, it was just a lot of condiments in this era, which could only be bought in the pharmacy, although it was more expensive, but finally Xuejian felt that it was worth it.

Erniang has calculated carefully, and it is enough for the whole family to eat and drink for ten days, and she is really full of returns!