Chapter 8: Into the City
Walking and stopping all the way, it was already dawn when they entered Wuhe County.
The surrounding villages are basically the first and fifteenth days of the new year, and the county is extremely lively on these two days every month.
Because of its location on the border, there are also some people from neighboring countries who come to do business.
Li Miaomiao was separated from the people in the village when she entered the city, and she observed the stalls of the vendors as she walked.
Steamed buns, mutton and pork are all sold, and there is no shortage of various shops in the inn.
She walked into the shop, which sold all kinds of condiments in addition to oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, such as licorice, Fuliu vine, dogwood, fennel, cloves, cinnamon, ginger and peppercorns.
Without chili peppers, although dogwood has a spicy taste, it is still far worse than chili peppers.
Seeing that there were more people, she carried the basket with both hands and left, and after looking for a while, she saw a Luban shop next to a restaurant.
There were quite a few people inside, and she walked in and walked around.
The stools, tables and cabinets in the shop are all ordinary in style and relatively practical.
When the shopkeeper was a little less busy, she walked over and bowed politely.
"Shopkeeper, may I ask you for this wood collector?"
The shopkeeper took a sip of water, looked her up and down, and saw that her clothes were still patched, and said casually:
"Accept it, but it depends on the style, people from a radius of 100 miles will visit my store, I don't accept everything."
Li Miaomiao didn't care about his slightly snobbish tone, any kind of person who does business will be met.
She placed the basket on the floor, removed the cloth from it, and placed the petal-shaped wooden box in the basket on the counter.
"Shopkeeper, this is a multi-functional box I made myself, take a look."
She pushed out the latticework hidden in the inner layer by layer, and as she rotated, the four lattices unfolded like a four-petaled flower, and the top layer was close to the wooden shaft in the middle.
So she added a column, and for the sake of observability, she carved a pattern around the perimeter of the column.
The shopkeeper has seen many tables and wooden boxes, but he has never seen such a strange box.
"Can you give me a look?"
Li Miaomiao stretched out her hand and pleased, "You are free." ”
The shopkeeper turned the wooden box in front of him, only to find that the grooves in each compartment were of a different shape.
The simplest layer is round, but the sides are carved with flower vines.
The vine stretches from the bottom to the top, and looks like a vine growing around a wooden disk.
The second layer gradually became more complex, and the grooves on the lattice became two, shaped like two uneven sized leaves, and the curvature was smooth.
The three-layered groove resembles a shell, and there are three arcs in the middle, which can hold four things.
The shape of the fourth floor is a bit strange, but it is beautiful.
"Girl, what shape is this?"
"Four separate petals."
In fact, it was love, Li Miaomiao was afraid that he would think of the heart, so he changed his words.
The shopkeeper buttoned his head, curiously tight, "There are such strange petals." ”
Another group of people came in the store, and when they saw a very beautiful plate on the counter, they couldn't help but gather around to look at it.
"This plate is curious, what is it for?"
"The more you look at it, the better it looks, shopkeeper, what is this box for?"
The shopkeeper didn't take the unattractive girl in front of him seriously, so he only heard something.
"The girl next to me brought it, let her explain it to everyone."
This is a good sales opportunity, Li Miaomiao naturally will not let it go, she bowed slightly to the shopkeeper, and then showed a sweet and polite smile.
Then he slowly explained to everyone: "It is called a multi-functional box, and its main function is to place pastries, melons, fruits, teacups, etc. ”
"If we want to eat several different foods on a daily basis, we need to bring four to five plates, not only do we have to go back and forth several times to clean up, but with the multi-purpose box, one can solve the problem."
In order to show them the purpose more intuitively, Li Miaomiao borrowed a few things from the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper found that this girl was eloquent, just to see if he could sell this, there were some melons and fruits at home, and he asked the buddy to bring them over.
In fact, Li Miaomiao just wanted to borrow some peppercorns, dogwood, fennel and other spices for display, but the shopkeeper also took out some dried walnuts and sesame seeds.
She thanked the shopkeeper and placed the items in the flutes of different shapes.
Constrained by shape, those peppercorns resemble leaves, like petals.
Just as the color, flavor and flavor of food make people have an appetite, it is also pleasing to the eye and easy to increase the desire to buy.
Being fiddled with by her like this, the crowd let out an exclamation.
"With this swing, I see that those sesame seeds come to life."
Her customers for positioning wooden boxes are those who are not short of money, and only the rich and noble have the heart to fiddle with these objects.
For ordinary people, more attention is paid to practicality.
The utility of the multi-purpose box is there, but not much.
So some of the people who watched the excitement turned around and left.
A richly dressed and somewhat burly man approached with a little servant, and he just heard what Li Miaomiao said behind him, he first looked at the wooden box on the counter, and looked up at Li Miaomiao.
"Can I get started?"
"Naturally."
Li Miaomiao took a step to the side and gave up her place to him.
"Thank you."
After thanking her, the man put away the wooden box layer by layer and unfolded it.
The little guy next to him said happily: "Young master, this is interesting." ”
"It's interesting."
The man put it away again and again and unfolded it again and again, with a smile on his face.
The shopkeeper was afraid that the eldest young master of He Mansion would break the wooden box, and he wanted to give Li Miaomiao a reminder, but it didn't matter if he saw the smile on her face.
Li Miaomiao didn't care, she knew that this young master would buy it based on her previous business experience.
The next moment, Young Master He folded the wooden box again, and he put his hand on it.
Haoshuang asked, "Girl, how do you sell this multi-functional box?" ”
He directly crossed the shopkeeper and asked Li Miaomiao, if she only made a one-time transaction, she could quote and take the money and leave.
Shanglijia Village is too far away from Wuhe County, and it is impossible for her to carry one to sell every time she rushes to the market, so she has to do business with people for a long time.
"This son, it's my first time in the county, so let's ask the shopkeeper to help me make a price."
Her smile was generous, neither alone nor stunned, and her steady demeanor made He Wen look at her a little differently.
"Shopkeeper Wang, you tell me a price."
They are all businessmen, how could the shopkeeper Wang not know Li Miaomiao's intentions in doing this.
"Young Master He, wait a minute, wait for me to estimate the price."
The restaurant next to Lubanpu.
In the private room on the second floor, a man in blue clothes holding a folding fan saw He Wen and the little maid downstairs coming out of Luban's shop, and the little guy was still holding a strange box in his hand.
He said with great interest: "Brother Lin, look at He Wen, if you can't study, you will only lose." ”
"Your family background is enough to see in your village, if you want to take it out to talk about the capital, even here in Wuhe County is not enough, it is better to think about the proposal for a brother."
The person who spoke was called Guo Ce, the son of Zhixian, and there was a sister who was Jieyu in the palace.
Lin Dalang has been running in the county every day in the past few days, just to get a good future, but he didn't even get into the show after ten years of study, and now he can only take the road of buying officials and recommending.
Unexpectedly, Guo Ce's method of raising money for him was to supervise a crippled person.
As he thought about it, another person walked out of Lubanpu next door, and when he saw that person, he suddenly showed disgust.
"Why is she here?"