In the end, both of them took a step back and accepted Xiaocao's proposal. The time was not early, Liu Hu and his son quickly loaded a cart of watermelons and headed towards Tanggu Town. The father and son thought that the watermelons for five taels of silver would not be sold in a day. Who would have thought that as soon as they drove a carriage full of watermelons into the city, people kept coming to ask if the watermelons were sold? Is it the watermelon of the Yu family in Dongshan Village? Where to sell?

The carriage soon arrived near the Zhenyu Building, and Liu Hu went in to tell the big shopkeeper what Xiaocao had taught him, and the big shopkeeper not only agreed, but also sent a guy to help Zhang Luo set up a stall. Then I proudly ordered ten watermelons as a fruit plate for today!

Before the stall was set up, a cart of watermelons went nearly a third. Liu Hu was holding five ingots and ten taels, feeling like he was in a dream.

The fact didn't leave him time in a daze at all, and last year's old patrons got the news, and they all sent people to buy watermelons, for fear that they would be late and return empty-handed. In front of the stall that Liu Hu and his son had just set up, they were surrounded by more than a dozen people at once, this one shouted for two, and the other shouted to buy five, the scene was chaotic!

Liu Hu's father and son were guarding the watermelons on the stall, for fear of being squeezed out by someone, and shouted hoarsely: "Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!" Don't crowd it, everyone!! ”

The big shopkeeper of the Zhen Food Pavilion couldn't stand it anymore, and came over to help greet him: "Please line up to buy watermelons, everyone has a share!" If this car is sold out, you can register it first, and then send another car over in the afternoon! ”

When Liu Hu's father and son heard it, they all agreed: "Yes! Right! Queue, all queue! If you don't line up, you won't sell it!! ”

Most of the people who come to buy watermelons are the descendants of the heads and faces in the town, and some of them know each other, and they all know each other.

Soon, a crooked line lined up in front of a humble stall. This street is considered a boutique street in Tanggu Town, and there are more wealthy families, so they are all shops with chic decorations, such as Liu Hu and his son, who use a few wooden planks to support the stalls, everyone has always been disdainful.

Pedestrians on the street cast curious glances. Suddenly, a woman's uncalm scream resounded in the sky: "Wow! Watermelon, watermelon!! Sister Zhuang, I said that the watermelons of the Yu family should also start selling in the future! Today is really worth the trip!! ”

Miss Zhuang took the maidservant girl beside her and hid to the side, for fear that someone would know that she was all the way with these two goods. Isn't it just watermelon? It's not like I haven't eaten it, as for it?

Miss Zhuang didn't admit it, the watermelon that her eldest brother brought back from the capital couldn't be compared with the Yu family, the taste was not good, the flesh that could be eaten in it was also less, the size was still small, and the price was so expensive!

"Qiu'er, go and ask if the watermelon belongs to the Yu family? What are the prices this year? Although Miss Zhuang dislikes the watermelon stall that is not on the table, after all, she misses the taste of the Yu family's watermelon, and of course she is reluctant to leave.

The little girl in a green dress beside Miss Zhuang agreed smartly and ran to the side of the stall, waiting to ask. The second housekeeper of the Yao family, who was next to him and took his turn to pick watermelons, glared at her and said, "If you want to buy melons, line up later!" No queues, no sales! ”

Qiu'er ignored him, asked the question asked by the young lady, glanced at the little watermelon left in the carriage on the stall, returned to the young lady with a sad face, and said, "Miss, the watermelons sold at the stall are indeed the watermelons of the Yu family, but ...... It seems that we will not be able to take our turn today! ”

Miss Wang held a bulging purse and stared at the fewer and fewer watermelons. In order to have a good time this year, she has accumulated more than half a year's worth of silver taels. In the past few days, in order to check whether the watermelons of the Yu family are on the market, she has changed her ways every day to find a reason to come out and walk on this street, and the soles of her shoes are about to wear out.

I finally looked forward to the watermelons of the Yu family, but I couldn't buy them. What a pity! That's right!! Didn't the Yu family's watermelons accept reservations last year? She ordered two today, and she will be able to eat juicy and delicious watermelon tomorrow at the latest! Hurry up and get in line!!

Miss Wang didn't go to the queue with a group of subordinates in person, she handed the silver to her little maid and asked her to hurry to the queue.

Looking at the longer and longer queue, the big shopkeeper proposed to Liu Hu and his son to "limit purchases" - each person can only buy up to two. Even so, a car of more than 40 watermelons was quickly snapped up, and they didn't care about the size, as soon as the watermelons were put on the table, there would be owners immediately, and those buyers could move quickly, for fear that they would be snatched away by the back by a second. Liu Hu just needs to collect the money!

Those who didn't buy them continued to wait in line to register. Liu Hu's father and son couldn't write, so the big shopkeeper found them a job in the store to help them register. During the registration process, Liu Hu asked his son to wait here, drove the carriage by himself, and returned to Dongshan Village in a hurry.

There are at least two carts of watermelons picked in the morning. Yu Caifeng, who was weeding in the cornfield next to him, saw that he had only been in charge for half a day and came back, so he came over strangely and asked. When I knew that the watermelon for five taels of silver was robbed crazy in the town. She couldn't help but be speechless: the people in the town are really rich, if in Dongshan Village, the family works tirelessly for a month, and they can't earn a watermelon, and they are not even willing to eat white rice and white noodles, not to mention the expensive things!

Under Liu Hu's urging, Yu Caifeng couldn't care about being stunned, and hurriedly helped load the car. This cart was loaded with more than 50 watermelons. By the time the second cart of watermelons arrived in town, it was already afternoon. There are many registered people in front of the stall, but they are afraid that they will not have their own share in the afternoon, so they will wait here if they don't eat.

The second cart of watermelons brought by Liu Hu was enough for the number booked in the morning. Some people who got the news late can only book for tomorrow!

When the second car was sold out, the sun hung high overhead! The father and son carried the heavy silver taels, followed Yu Xiaocao's instructions, came to the money bank opened by the Zhou family, exchanged the silver for silver tickets, and then drove the carriage back.

The father and son are extremely excited! They had never seen so much white silver in their lives!! Two cartloads of watermelons sold for four hundred and eighty-five taels of silver! Fortunately, the money village is not far away, or they can be tired half to death!

"Dad, today we sold ninety-seven watermelons. My cousin said, "If we give us a share of twenty wen, won't we be able to get two taels of silver?" Liu Junping clenched his fists slightly excitedly.

Liu Hu was silent for a long time before he let out a long sigh and said, "Junping, you have to remember your uncle's affection for our family!" In the future, their family will have more snacks. We owe a lot of this love! ”

In Liu Hu's view, an adult laborer, working tirelessly for a day, is only thirty or fifty yuan. Their father and son, but they went to the town twice, and they didn't do any heavy work, so they could get paid nearly two taels of silver. This is my wife's and brother's family helping themselves!!

Back at home, Liu Hu and his son put four silver tickets of one hundred taels and one fifty taels, as well as thirty-five taels of silver, in front of Yu Hai's family. When Yu Hai gave them their fair share, Liu Hu did not pretend to excuse themselves. Their family deeply engraved this friendship in their hearts, once the other party is in need, they will give back with the strength of the whole family!

With the help of her aunt's family, Yu Xiaocao will not be so busy that her heels can't touch the ground like last year. When the watermelons were fully listed, the merchants who had agreed before and the people in the village began to wholesale watermelons from Yujia.

Jingwangfu sent watermelons as gifts, which also made some people find business opportunities, inquired about the origin of watermelons, came to Dongshan Village thousands of miles away, found the Yu family, and wanted to use their status to suppress the Yu family, so that they could only supply their own family.

This merchant is inextricably linked with an idle prince of the royal family, and he is proud of his status, and a small farmer is not ready to be caught?

This merchant has enough ideas, and when he threatened Yu Hai's family, the king of Yangjun happened to come to Dongshan Village to inspect, and he happened to be caught by him.

King Yangjun knew that the royal family attached to this merchant was an imperial uncle who was obsessed with cultivation regardless of everything, and his relationship with King Jing's Mansion was not bad. This merchant is the younger brother of one of his concubines, and under his guise all day long, he bullies and dominates the market outside, picking up some merchants with no background or a weak background to suppress. Unexpectedly, he was bullied today!

Zhu Junyang didn't realize that he had automatically and spontaneously brought the Yu family under his wing. In his opinion, the Yu family is currently doing things for him and contributing to the imperial court. The younger brother of a concubine in the merchant district, who did he borrow the courage to dare to be wild here?

Zhu Junyang's violent temper immediately asked his guards to take this short-eyed guy and escort him to his imperial uncle to explain the situation. King Cheng has long been dissatisfied with this minion, and always makes trouble outside as his brother-in-law, smearing his face! Immediately, he was beaten up, and his sister, who was a concubine, was driven out of the palace together.

Zhu Junyang saw that the watermelons picked by the Yu family every day were more than enough, and he heard Xiaocao say that the shelf life of watermelons was at least half a month, so he asked his guards to transport a few cars back and sell them in a fruit shop under the name of his mother. Not to mention that it is not the season for watermelons to go on the market, it is the time for watermelons to be fully listed, and the selling price in Beijing is also several times that of Tanggu Town.

Odd goods can live! There are royal relatives and dignitaries in the capital who are not bad for money. It's all said that in the capital, the officials of the five grades can hit a few with a stick casually. Not to mention wealthy merchants. Princess Jing's melon and fruit candied fruit shop, business suddenly boomed.

The shopkeeper of this shop is also a good businessman. The quantity of watermelons delivered was limited, and he unwittingly used the "hunger marketing" strategy of later generations to limit purchases. Only 20 watermelons are sold per day, and each person is limited to one per day.

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Finished! The five-year-old little nephew has come back from Hefei, and the little guy is super noisy! Who can give me a clean codeword environment?