Chapter 65: Stampede

Before the door opened early in the morning, Xu Qian waited at the gate, and without knocking on the door, he sat in the open space in front of the door.

At the same time, there are villagers waiting to sell cotton, and there is a circle of people.

"Xu Qian, what you said is true?" Everyone also heard Xu Qian say that Miss Mu wanted to harvest cotton, and the price was also high, so they came.

It's already this time, and the door hasn't been opened yet, and everyone is beginning to wonder if what Xu Qian said is true.

Where in the world is there such a good thing? Could it be that this Xu Qian is lying to them. Everyone thought it seemed like that.

"What I say, of course, is true." Xu Qian said confidently. What Miss Mu said, how could it be false? Didn't she say before that she wanted to see people for free, so she really didn't have a penny?

"What time is it, why haven't you seen Miss Mu yet?" Some people questioned it.

"Miss Mu is from the city, the gold is expensive, can she be like us mud legs, get up and go to the ground on the third watch?" Xu Qian said. "Besides, there is no work in the field now, and the cotton that should be harvested has almost been harvested, do you still care about waiting for such a while?"

Listening to Xu Qian's words, everyone felt that it was the same thing. There is no entertainment in the village, there is no work to do, and everyone is sitting and chatting in groups, and for them, there is really no loss.

"Then we'll wait a little longer."

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Stretching, Cai'er opened the door as usual.

"Oh my God, Miss—" Cai'er cried out in surprise.

Knowing that someone was going to sell cotton today, Xiao gently asked Cai'er to open the door, so that others would not dare to come in when the door was closed.

Half of the yard away, Xiao Qing had already heard Cai'er's voice. Why is this girl always startled.

"This girl is crazy." Xiao muttered softly, and led the little bun to the door.

"Cai'er girl, they're all here to sell cotton." Xu Qian has lived in the house for a few days, and he is also familiar with Cai'er, except for the first day, Cai'er ignored them, and then Cai'er's attitude was good.

Selling cotton, it took a long time for Cai'er to remember that Miss was going to buy cotton, and Miss didn't say in detail how to operate, she was a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Cai'er, invite everyone in." Compared with Cai'er, Xiao lightly saw the scene at the door, but he was much calmer. It's not that she hasn't seen the scene of the old men and aunts moving the benches to the supermarket to line up before dawn when the supermarket was holding promotions in her previous life.

"Since you're here, why don't you knock on the door?" Xiao asked lightly at Xu Qian.

"I was afraid that Miss Mu was still sleeping, and I was afraid of disturbing, so I didn't knock on the door." Xu Qian came to sit at the door on the fifth watch, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't have any money in his hand, I'm afraid he would have already started to buy.

All of a sudden, everyone scrambled to squeeze inside.

"It turns out that what Xu Qian's kid said is true, this year is really lucky."

"Yes, yes, Miss Mu is a fairy-like person, she must have been sent by God to save us."

"Everyone should think of Miss Mu's goodness, but don't forget Miss Mu's great kindness today." Most of the people in the village have already lost their jobs.

The traders who bought cotton in previous years have not come this year, and I don't know if they will come.

I don't know how much cotton Miss Mu is going to buy this year, the businessmen who have bought cotton in previous years are not unlimited purchases, but there is a fixed number, after a fixed number, no more, don't want it.

Some of them have suffered this loss, and they are afraid that Miss Mu will collect enough, and it will not be their turn, so they desperately squeeze forward.

Looking at everyone's behavior, Xiao frowned slightly, is this going to stage an ancient stampede? The more they squeeze forward, the better the month will be for the acquisition.

"Everyone, don't be impatient, listen to me." Xiao raised his voice lightly and said. "You don't have to squeeze forward, you can just line up in the order you come."

"Miss Mu, how much cotton are you going to buy?" The questioner was a thin half-sized man, he stood relatively backward, nervous, stretched his neck and looked forward, for fear that the cotton in his hand would not be sold.

It turned out that he was afraid that he would not be able to sell it, but after understanding the key points, Xiao said softly and loudly: "You don't have to worry, I will buy the cotton that everyone sends." ”

After getting Xiao's gentle assurance, everyone started to line up in accordance with the order.

Everyone used ox carts to pull cotton over, and one person really couldn't carry much goods.

Xiao lightly took out the scale prepared in advance, which was the kind of scale made of wood, as if using the principle of leverage, and Xiao Qingqing didn't understand it very well. This kind of title, she only sees others use it, but she won't use it.

After weighing this link, it was handed over to Xu Qian to do, and Cai'er gave the silver on the side. Yesterday, Xiao lightly went to the money bank to exchange enough silver coins.

Xiao Qing was keeping accounts on the side, and Xiao Baozi didn't know where to play for a long time.

The farmers here are very simple, and the cotton is very dry, unlike some modern cotton growers, who can pinch out the water when selling cotton.

After the cotton has passed the scale, it is put aside. As time went by, Xiao gently found that there was a lot of cotton on the ground, and thought to himself that this would not only affect the purchase, but also have to transport the cotton to the room when everyone left, and it would take a lot of work.

"Everyone, stop, I need a few people to help me move this cotton to the house and store it, who is free?" Xiao asked softly and loudly.

"I, I'm free—"

"I'm free—"

Everyone said that they were free, anyway, they were waiting here and queuing, and there was nothing to do, and there was no problem with helping a hand.

Xiao saw Chen Bolt at a glance, she also knew Chen Bolt, and she also asked Chen Bolt about the market of cotton.

"Chen Shuzi, you can help me organize it, and put all the cotton collected in that row of houses." Xiao said softly. The house over there was prepared by Xiao Qing to store cotton, cotton is not heavy, but it is very large, and the room Xiao Qing and Cai'er have already cleaned it.

When the previous owner of this house built the house, he actually laid a layer of wooden flooring, which made Xiao Qing very happy, and she didn't have to think about whether to lay things on the ground.

"You can pour out the cotton, and return the sack to everyone." Xiao added softly.

The life of the villagers is not easy, although a sack is not worth much, but it is also bought with money, each bag has its own mark, unlike modern times, all use fertilizer bags to fill grain.

"Okay, brothers, come with me." Afraid of being overwhelmed, Chen Shuzi just called a few strong men to move cotton. Although the volume is large, how heavy is a bag of cotton? For these lads, it's easy to slip two bags in one hand.

The purchase of cotton was carried out in an orderly manner, and Xiao gently worked hard to keep accounts, watching the sun get higher and higher.

"It's noon, let's go back to eat first, and come back in the afternoon." The stomach had already begun to protest, and Xiao gently opened his mouth to stop.