Chapter 19 Buying Pears vs. Selling Pears

Needless to say, the environment of Datongpu is worth a penny, fortunately, there are not many people staying that night, Xu Ling found a fairly clean location to rest overnight.

Early the next morning, I got up listening to the rooster's crow.

Wash your face and rinse your mouth, find a place where no one is there and put the dates in the space as much as possible, and then go to the place where the dates were sold last night to set up a stall.

There was no curfew in this dynasty, but a town like this had little nightlife at night except for a few specific places.

The early morning market is different from last night, it is very lively, the villagers from the nearby villages come to the market, and the sky is not yet bright, and the people are bustling.

Xu Ling set up a stall on a cross street, he came early and occupied a good position, and after a while, the surrounding places were occupied, basket weaving, selling brooms and shoes, setting up breakfast stalls and selling pancakes, everything, and the shouting was endless.

Next to Xu Ling was an old woman selling eggs, holding a runny boy in her hand, the child was about five or six years old, and everything was lively and fresh, so she had to play with it, and was slapped twice by the old man, and cried with her throat.

This lively and lively scene made Xu Lingdu laugh, and when there were many people, he hurriedly shouted and sold dates.

"Selling dates, big and sweet dates, more fragrant than flowers and sweeter than honey, children don't cry when they eat it, and the old man eats it as hard as a cow!"

Xu Ling's shouting words were what he thought before going to bed yesterday, the main picture was fresh, his voice was bright and crisp, and soon someone came over to see the excitement.

"What's the price of your dates? Isn't it sweet? Are the dates ripe now? ”

Xu Ling moved out yesterday's rhetoric again, and hurriedly broke a jujube and handed it to the guest, the little boy on the side cried non-stop, disturbing him to ask, he simply handed the other half to the child, "Taste the sweetness." ”

The little boy immediately stopped crying, took a bite and said with a runny nose very cooperatively: "Sweet! Sweeter than honey! ”

Xu Ling smiled: "Look, children don't cry when they eat it!" ”

"Jujubes cost six cents a catty, two catties only cost ten cents, there are not many dates, buy first, first come! Next time you want to eat such sweet dates, you'll have to wait for October! ”

It's only the end of August, and there's still a month to wait until October.

Under the attack of Xu Ling's words, some onlookers took out money bags one after another, most of them asked for two catties, these people who bought things had baskets in their hands, Xu Ling did not weigh it, but he was smart yesterday and counted how many dates there were in a catty.

Today, I will add a few more to the number of pounds, and strive for only a lot more.

Every time a part was sold, Xu Ling would put some more dates out of the space, and those people came and went, not noticing that the dates in front of Xu Ling had not gone down much.

The little boy ate half of the dates, and looked at them again, Xu Ling saw that he was having fun, so he handed him two more, he ate one, but the other was pinched in the palm of his hand and refused to eat.

"Take it back to my mother! Sweeter than honey! "He has a tiger head and a tiger brain, and he speaks quietly, but he is also quite cute.

When no one is around, Xu Ling chats with the old woman, the old woman said that she lives nearby, her daughter-in-law just had a miscarriage, she fell while working, the child is gone, and she sits at home for a small confinement.

The old woman's maiden name is Li, and everyone calls her Mrs. Li, and Xu Ling also calls her.

Mrs. Li asked Xu Ling: "Which Zhuangzi is your family, why have I never seen you?" ”

Xu Ling told her that he was from Lianhuawanzi under Erfang Town.

It was a day to walk from his house, but it was not close, and Mrs. Li asked him why he didn't farm at home.

Xu Lingdao came out to follow his uncle to do business and do some business, but his uncle was unwilling to take him and left him alone in a foreign country, he wanted to make something and go home.

This is half-true, it is enough to fool a kind old woman like Mrs. Li.

The two chatted enthusiastically, Xu Ling struck while the iron was hot and asked the old woman how to go to the county seat, what special products and cheaper things were here, he wanted to buy some, just like selling dates and shipping them elsewhere to sell.

It turned out that he really asked for some results.

Mrs. Li's village is in Lijiazhuang near the town, where every household grows pears, pears are sweet and juicy, but unfortunately they are like fish in Lotus Bay, and if there are many localities, they are not very valuable.

Some people grow too many pears at home, and if they can't eat them, they will sell them to merchants, and at this time of year, merchants go to nearby villages to harvest pears, and the price is very low.

But it's money.

Mrs. Li planted five or six pear trees in the backyard of her home, "I planted them one after another when my old man was still there, and the oldest tree was planted when I married him, and now there are ......."

She couldn't remember the time herself, and muttered that the pears from the tree were the sweetest and best in the village, and the family couldn't eat them every day.

After a while, she will carry a basket of pears to the market and wait for the well-wishers to buy a few to taste.

Xu Ling waited for her to finish selling eggs, so she followed Mrs. Li and went to Lijiazhuang with her to see the pears.

Before I reached the village, on the trees outside the village, there were pear trees planted one after another on the slope of the mountain, and there were pears on them, some were big and orange, some were small and astringent, but they smelled ten miles of fragrance.

Xu Ling said: "If the price of pears is low and I can afford it, I will definitely buy as much as I can." ”

Mrs. Li saw that he was empty-handed, and she was a little unconvinced, "Even if you want to buy it, how can you bring it to the city?" ”

Xu Ling was not easy to explain, but she happened to arrive at Mrs. Li's house, she opened the door of the fence courtyard and asked Hutou to find his mother in the house, and she took Xu Ling to the backyard to see the pear tree.

Xu Ling heard the happy voice of the tiger head coming from the house, "Mother, look at it, dates!" It's sweet! ”

There seemed to be a woman who responded to him, but Xu Ling walked far away and couldn't hear clearly.

When he arrived in the backyard, Xu Ling saw five pear trees, one of which was full of pears, and at a glance, the yellow-green pears were full of juice and exuded the unique aroma of pears.

Mrs. Li sighed strangely, "I came to see it two days ago, and it was not ripe, and it was already ready to be taken off and sold in the market." ”

Not only were her pears ripe, but Xu Ling also saw other pear sellers in the market.

Mrs. Li said, picked a pear, wiped it, and handed it to Xu Ling.

Xu Ling took a bite, and the cold and sweet pear juice spread in his mouth in an instant, which was simply a treat!

He sold thirty catties of dates, only in exchange for one hundred and fifty yuan, the accommodation cost eight yuan, and one hundred and forty-two yuan, how many pears can be bought with these money?

Xu Ling asked hopelessly, "What is the lowest price you can sell these pears to me?" If the price is right, I'll take it all! ”