Chapter 21: Ravioli and Business
Those people ate and drank spicy food, and there was nothing surprising about Xu Ling's poverty, and no one provoked him.
After Xu Ling finished nibbling on the pears, he found a remote place, hugged the package tightly, he still wanted to sort out his thoughts, who knew that he would fall asleep tired as soon as his head tilted.
When he woke up again, Xu Ling was woken up by the sound of noisy footsteps. He slept in a daze, got up and pulled someone casually and asked, "Have you arrived in Lingbao Town?" ”
"It's here! Outside is Lingbao Town! ”
Xu Ling hurriedly ran to the deck of the ship to take a look, the sky was still dark, the moon was hanging in the sky, and the world was bright, as if it was covered with a layer of silver frost.
Lingbao Town is indeed very large, it can be seen from the busyness of the wharf alone, not to mention the smoke willow painting bridge hidden under the moonlight in the distance, the pavilions, and the lights on the other bank in the middle of the river not far away, a lively ancient scene!
Xu Ling finally saw some different scenery, which made him feel more real.
He's really wearing a different world.
Xu Ling carried his burden on his back and followed the crowd out of the wooden plank that extended from the deck.
Everyone has a place to go, but he doesn't.
Xu Ling walked around the docks and decided to take the pears to the market.
Although it is not yet dawn, there are some people in Lingbao Town who have not slept, and they set up stalls to the wonton stalls in the middle of the night, the heat is wafting, the fire and the heat are thick, exuding a hungry aroma.
Xu Ling almost couldn't walk.
But he didn't have any money on him.
Walking around the wonton stall, Xu Ling still took out two pears from his baggage, and cheekily asked the couple if he could exchange pears for a bowl of wontons to fill his stomach.
The man was a little reluctant, but his wife pushed him and made a look, and in the end, he still accepted three pears and made a bowl of wontons for Xu Ling.
The woman's figure is a little fat, but her hands and feet are very sharp, the wontons are freshly packed, she almost pinched one, and more than a dozen wontons were quickly thrown into the hot water pot, and her man was responsible for the ravioli.
While waiting, the woman asked Xu Ling curiously, "Where did the guest come from, and what are you going to do here?" ”
It's really a good question, one is the second of the three philosophical questions of life.
Who, where they came from, and where they are going.
Xu Ling laughed a little, he said that he was here to visit relatives, but the money on his body was cheated clean, and he was so hungry that he was cheeky to exchange pears from his hometown for a bowl of hot rice.
I don't know if there are still bad habits of the original owner on his body, or if Xu Ling does have too many difficult mysteries on his body, he is always unwilling to explain too much and tell the truth in its entirety.
The truth was mixed, and the kind-hearted couple believed what happened to Xu Ling, and the woman even pinched a few more wontons and threw them into the pot.
A bowl of hot wontons was served, with green onions and a little star sesame oil floating on it, the aroma was fragrant, Xu Ling devoured it, and he desperately stuffed it into his mouth without caring about the heat.
His eating was so outrageous that women were more willing to believe his words.
When Xu Ling put down a bowl of wontons, he only felt that his fluttering body seemed to be in place, and he finally stepped on the ground, and then he was in the mood to listen to what the husband and wife were saying.
Scratching his head embarrassedly, Xu Ling smiled awkwardly: "I'm too hungry." ”
The woman waved her hand, "When everyone is in trouble, are you still hungry?" I'll give you another bowl. ”
"What's so embarrassing?" Xu Ling is really embarrassed now, in his memory, the original owner didn't meet so many well-wishers? But if you think about it, what kind of road you take, maybe what kind of people you will meet.
Ignoring his refusal, the woman scooped up a dozen boiled wontons and put them in his bowl, "Eat, eat, eat, they are all poor people." ”
Xu Ling blinked his moist eyes, smiled embarrassedly, and ate again, but this time he was a little more calm and began to taste the filling of the wonton.
His mouth was already numb, and he could only taste the meat in the ravioli.
"Little brother, where does your relative live? Lingbao Town is very big, if you don't know, I'm afraid it's not easy to find. The man also asked kindly.
Xu Lingdao: "I don't remember very well, I only remember what market he lived in, do you know where the biggest and most lively market is here?" I'll look for it, and maybe I'll remember. ”
The man told him that there were several places, near the Lingbao Temple in the east of the town, there was a large bazaar, and in the center of the town, near the East City Gate, which was more lively.
Xu Ling secretly made a note of these locations, and asked where the nearest bazaar was.
The man told him it was the East Gate.
Xu Ling had a full stomach, sat down and chatted with the husband and wife for a while, until there were more pedestrians on the road, and they began to get busy, Xu Ling left two more pears, quietly left the wonton stall, and went straight to the east city gate.
The couple didn't lie to him, the vicinity of the east city gate was really very lively, and the sky was faint, and there were many villagers who came into the city to buy and sell things to occupy the place to put things.
Xu Ling rubbed his face to sober himself up, he came early, occupied a good position, placed the pears neatly and beautifully, and waited for the guests to ask for the price.
It was about six o'clock in the morning, and there were more and more people on the streets, and the women, servants, and maids who came out early in the morning to buy baskets picked and chose from the stalls of the small traders in the eastern city, trying to buy the most cost-effective fruits and vegetables at the lowest prices.
Xu Ling's pears quickly stood out among these small traders, and the pears he sold were very large, one was the size of an adult's fist, his eyes were blue and yellow, and there were two or three branches and leaves hanging on the pear stalks, and there was a little crystal dew on them.
Just looking at it makes people feel happy in their hearts, and they think that this pear is absolutely delicious!
In fact, this is just some of Xu Ling's cautions.
Someone asked the price, and Xu Ling quoted: "Seven yuan for one catty, twenty yuan for three catties." ”
Lingbao Town is not a small place, such a good pear, in such a place, even if it is sold at a higher price, there must be people who buy it.
Xu Ling would rather spend more time.
Sure enough, the person who asked the price didn't blink, and the price was obviously not high.
Xu Ling felt a pity in his heart, he didn't have time to do market research, maybe these pears can be sold for ten yuan a catty!
However, the price has already been said, and it is not appropriate to change it again, so he decided to change places next time he comes back and sell it higher.
The people who bought the pears picked and picked, and these pears were all good-looking, big and fragrant, and there were no traces of bumps.
Xu Ling has long weighed the weight of pears, a fist-sized pear, almost eight taels to one catty, that is to say, twenty yuan to buy three pears at most.
If it was a smaller one, he would take four for them.
Some people who bought pears were not happy, for fear that Xu Ling would lose her catties, so Xu Ling had to go to other vendors to borrow the scales, and said to show her.
Selling pears, picking pears, and collecting money, Xu Ling was busy for an hour, and the seventy catties of pears that were placed were quickly sold out.
He counted carefully, and he actually earned four hundred and forty dollars!