Chapter 21: You're a good melon
This voice attracted a lot of people in the past, Qiao Mai looked at the bright red, juicy and watery watermelon, such a good appearance, I don't believe it can't attract small pot friends and old pot friends.
Sure enough, seeing such a watermelon, passers-by looked at it and kept swallowing their saliva.
Some people know that watermelon is definitely not cheap, and they are shy in their pockets, so it is okay to ask the price if they buy it or not.
"Hey, little lady, how did you sell that melon?"
"Fifty Pieces of Money"
"That's too expensive, isn't it? How much is sugar a pound? ”
"But sugar doesn't taste like watermelon, you say?"
"Yes, it's just too expensive, otherwise we'll buy a piece and try it."
"It's not expensive, this watermelon is generally grown for noble people to eat, I bought it cheaply from other people's melon sellers, and I came back to sell it separately, and a whole melon can't make a few pennies, so I want to give passers-by a taste."
They looked at the cut watermelon on the table, could only sigh, shake their heads and leave.
Qiao Mai was not discouraged, she sat on the chair, feeling that the top of her head was too roasted, thinking that she would sell the melons on the table in a while, and go back to Xiuzhuang to find a few bamboo poles and build a simple pergola.
Just as she was about to take out the embroidery work to do, a carriage stopped in front of her melon stall.
The head of a little boy sticks out of the window, about twelve or thirteen years old.
"Little lady, are you selling this melon?"
"Naturally!"
"Quick, bring me a piece, I'm dying of thirst."
As soon as Qiao Mai heard this, he knew that this was a master who was not bad for money, so he immediately got up with a smile, picked up a piece and walked forward and handed it over.
The little boy picked up the watermelon and took a bite, praised it comfortably, and then snorted and ate it in a few bites.
"One more piece."
"Fifty cents a piece."
"Master has money, how much do you have?"
"Twelve."
"Give me five more yuan."
After speaking, he stuffed a dime of silver into her, and saw that it was enough to buy seven or eight pieces of silver.
Qiao Mai was not pretentious, he handed him one piece after another, and the little boy ate five more pieces in one go, and then touched his stomach and said comfortably.
"You're a good melon, chilled?"
"No, I soaked in the well water."
"Well, is there still a lot of silver in that dime?"
"You can eat two more pieces."
"Then give my coachman two dollars, it's not easy for him."
Qiao Mai immediately had a good impression of the little boy, and his character was very good, so he handed the coachman two pieces.
"Thank you, young master, thank you, little lady."
The coachman was also very thirsty, and after a while, the little boy waved at the coachman.
"Hurry home."
"Yes, young master!"
Qiao Mai's first pot of gold for selling melons arrived, and the shopkeeper Lu watched from a distance in the shop, with a smile on his face.
This girl delayed the Tian family, she was really good at doing business, and she set up a stall on the first day, but she didn't touch it at all.
And the fortune is in the head, and it opened as soon as it was put on the table, which is so good!
Qiao Mai glanced at the five pieces of watermelon on the table, picked up one casually, took a bite, moistened his throat, and then called for it again.
The vendors who set up stalls around were not optimistic about her business at first, but they didn't expect to sell several yuan in a short time, so they all cast envious eyes.
After Qiao Mai finished eating the melon, he took out the embroidery work and made it, raising his eyes from time to time.
This season, there are flies, and it seems that you have to make a net cover when you turn around, otherwise, it will fall on it more and more people, so that diners can see, who will buy it.
In ancient times, there was no plastic grille, but it could be replaced with white gross, and she could make it herself with tools, which was very simple.
Just as she was thinking, three boys of about eight years old stopped in front of her stall and watched the melons swallow their saliva.
Qiao Mai saw that they were all dressed in muslin, and their hair was combed bare, and they looked good at home.
"Little aunt, how do you sell your melons?"
"Fifty cents together."
"What if we don't have money?"
"Then I can't sell you, or I'll lose money."
The three of them swallowed their saliva again and looked left and right, "Why hasn't Dad come yet?" ”
Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives!
A strong man came to them at a big run, and Qiao Mai knew that this man could do kung fu when he saw it.
"Oh, why are you running around, if you let the traffickers catch you, how can I explain to your mother? She didn't have to beat her father to death. ”
"Dad, we didn't run around, we just came here when we saw watermelons, and we didn't go anywhere."
The strong man glanced at the watermelon on the table and knew that the children wanted to eat the melon.
"How did you sell it?"
"Fifty cents a piece."
"It's not expensive, come for three."
"There are four dollars left, just one for each of you, how about I give you ten cents cheaper?"
"Okay, then it's all right"
Seeing that the strong man was also a master of money, in a blink of an eye, the four melons on the table were gone.
"This melon is really good, is there any?" The strong man and his three sons asked intently.
Qiao Maiwan smiled, "Naturally! ”
She bent down to pick up the melons in the basket, wiped them clean, and cut them into sixteen evenly sized pieces again.
"Four more."
"Good class, it's still the price just now, if you want to eat melons in the future, come to my stall, as long as it's not windy or rainy, I'm here, and I'll sell it this summer."
"Uh-huh."
One of them ate another piece, and after enjoying it, quenched their thirst, gave the money and left.
Qiao Mai put the money into the money bag, and several vendors around her kept watching her sell melons and couldn't help but talk to her.
"Little lady, your melons are sold from Fucheng, right?"
"yes,"
"How much is a melon?"
"Seven hundred wen."
"So expensive?"
"But no, I bought a lot at a time, so I gave this price, if it is less, a melon is a tael of silver."
"Then you can make a hundred and ten wen by selling this melon, right?"
Qiao Mai knew what they were thinking, so he crossed his fingers and counted them out.
"Earn? You think too lightly, don't you want to say whether this melon is a top one, even if it is a good melon, you can sell so much every day? Can you guarantee that all the cut watermelons are sold? If there are a few pieces that can't be sold, it's a loss, when it rains and blows strong winds, you can't go out of the stall, so if the watermelon is left at home for a long time, the melon pulp inside can still be sold? I can only eat it myself, and it would be wrong to think how good it is to sell melons. ”
The surrounding vendors also silently calculated an account in their hearts, and it was really like what the little ladies said.
Looking at making money for a while, a slight difference in the pool is a loss.
"Then why are you still selling this?"
"Our shopkeeper is not short of this money, I usually eat it myself, and I only take out the surplus melons for me to sell."
The traders suddenly realized, it turned out that this melon was not the little lady's, it was the shopkeeper of the embroidery village behind, I said.
If it is that melon stall, then it is still said in the past, who called Boss Lu rich, people are not bad for these watermelons, and people can afford to pay for them.
After her explanation, the vendors were no longer envious, and they no longer stared at her stall.
In the end, it was a hot day, and when the carriages passing by on the road, when they saw her watermelon, they all stopped to eat a few pieces.
Soon one melon was gone, Qiao Mai looked at the refrigerator with his mind, hehe, two more melons appeared.
It's good, this is a real empty glove white wolf, a business without capital.
After moving the two melons from the space to the basket, she thought of the four melon fields, and she looked at them with her mind again.
At this glance, the corners of her mouth immediately grinned at the base of her ears.
In only two days, the planted watermelons have already grown melon seedlings, and if it goes on like this, the watermelons will be harvested in a few days.
Well? She suddenly felt that something was wrong, how could the melon field be twice as big as the four points?
Qiao Mai swallowed his saliva, thinking of setting up a beach on the edge of the official road at this time, so he withdrew his thoughts and forcibly held back the excitement in his heart.
If she was right, space could replicate not only consumables, but also land?
But land is not a consumable? What the hell is going on?
Qiao Mai felt that his head was not enough, and he really couldn't figure it out.
However, this is a good thing for her, a great thing.