Small supermarket welcomes visitors from all directions

Chapter 39 Liu Fugui Visits the Supermarket

The man bowed to Wang Yue again to thank her, but Wang Yue waved her hand, indicating that it was nothing to worry about.

The man brought a large bucket from the back, and Zhuzi quickly introduced: "Sister, these are three large shrimps that my father caught in the mountains today, and some small shrimps."

Wang Yue was very happy. The big shrimp was really delicious, and it was indeed a natural wild shrimp. The small shrimp was also very fresh.

"Thank you, Xiaozhuzi."

"You're welcome. My dad caught all the shrimps."

"Thank you for that! If you didn't tell your father, would he know that we like to eat shrimp?" Zhuzi thought about it and it seemed to be true! He felt happy.

"Let's take your dad to the supermarket! Let's see if your dad needs anything."

He turned around and said to the man, "Brother Liu, let me take you for a walk! I heard from Zhuzi that Brother Liu is doing business. Is there anything you can use?"

"Okay!" In fact, this is also one of the reasons why Liu Fugui came to the supermarket today. He is also afraid that Zhuzi is young and ignorant and has offended the noble people. So he came here today to apologize first. No matter what, it will not be wrong. This is also the survival wisdom of the lower class people!

"Miss Xiaoyue, were the sugar and salt that Zhuzi brought home last time expensive?" Liu Fugui asked.

"Salt costs one yuan a bag, and white sugar and rock sugar costs six or seven yuan a bag. The purchasing power of one yuan here is about the same as your penny. Of course, I don't accept your copper coins. I only accept gold or other materials of equivalent value in transactions."

"I understand. Zhuzi has told me, what else do you want here besides gold? It is still very difficult for us ordinary people to get gold."

"Good embroidery, large and small embroidery, handkerchiefs, precious medicinal materials and wood are all fine."

"okay, I get it."

"Are you planning to resell salt and sugar?"

"You can bring some sugar, but you can't sell salt. That's going to cost you your life!"

Wang Yue understood it immediately. In ancient China, salt was strictly controlled as it was the main source of tax revenue.

"Then look at something else! This small mirror and this bigger mirror over here, they're all antique imitations, take a look!"

Wang Yue brought him a few palm-sized mirrors, all with wooden, copper, and silver frames, with small gems on them. The frames were much more expensive than the mirrors. They were specially customized for the Plane Supermarket.

Liu Fugui carefully took the mirror and said, "I have never seen such a clear bronze mirror."

"This is not a bronze mirror. This is made of glass, which is called colored glaze in some places."

Liu Fugui thought for a moment and said, "I heard from Fu Feng a few days ago that the boss who took us on a business trip met a foreign businessman. That foreign businessman brought a mirror that could clearly show the pores on a person's face."

"Did your boss buy it?"

"I heard from Fu Feng that the boss offered 100 taels, and then the other bosses kept raising the price, and finally raised it to 230 taels and sold it."

"Why didn't your boss buy it?" "Our boss's price was 170 or 80 taels. When he saw that the other bosses were not willing to give in, our boss took the initiative to withdraw. The boss who took the mirror will also give in to our boss next time he encounters such a situation. Otherwise, he will be led by the nose by the foreign businessmen."

“These businessmen are so smart!”

"Our boss said that it's not that there is no substitute. There are mirrors made of pure silver now, but only a master craftsman can have that skill."

"Indeed, a silver mirror can be used for a long time as long as it is not corroded. If it is not polished, you can ask a craftsman to polish it and it can still be used. If you don't want to use it anymore, it is still a piece of silver."

"It's mainly because our boss saw a flaw in the mirror. When you look at a person's face, it will be distorted. It's not conducive to reselling it later."

In fact, this is normal. It is inevitable when making glass at the beginning. There are bubbles! It will be deformed! I don’t know which step went wrong, but the glass will be deformed when it is reflected. When Wang Yue was a child, there was such a window glass at home. Standing at different angles, people can be fat or thin. Wang Yue played with this glass for several years.

"This is normal. It's due to the immaturity of the technology. You can see that our mirrors won't have such problems!"

Liu Fugui carefully observed the face in the mirror, even every pore was so clearly visible. Although he had never seen the kind of mirror the boss described, Liu Fugui was sure that this mirror was better than the one the boss had seen. In any case, Liu Fugui did not see any flaws on this mirror.

Liu Fugui was outside after all. "Miss, can I buy a few mirrors on credit from your shop and then exchange them with our boss for the embroidery, medicinal herbs, and good wood you need? I don't have the money to buy them with silver."

Wang Yue thought it was feasible, so she agreed: "If you can get something good in return, I will give this to you as a reward."

Pointing to the imitation crystal wine glass next to it, the kind that can hold one or two bottles of white wine, with a particularly thick bottom. With the help of modern technology, it is even more dazzling than crystal.

Wang Yue herself liked it very much. She once lamented to Liu Xuehua that it was a pity that she didn't drink white wine, otherwise she would really have to take a set back to her room.

Wang Yue liked it, not to mention Liu Fugui, whose eyes were as big as bells and he exclaimed: "It's so beautiful, so bright, is this crystal? It's much more dazzling than gems."

"This isn't crystal, this is made of glass."

"Impossible. I was lucky enough to see a glass cup a few years ago, and it wasn't as beautiful as this."

"How is it impossible? Look, these are all glass cups. Are they what you have seen before? Although they are all made of glass, the production techniques are very different." Wang Yue took Liu Fugui to the shelf where the glass cups were placed.

This time, Liu Fugui really experienced the feeling of Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden. His two eyes were not enough, and he kept exclaiming: "It's so beautiful! So beautiful! So dazzling! It even glows!"

Wang Yue had taken Zhuzi to see it before, but she didn't dare let him take it home because her father wasn't at home, so she was afraid of causing trouble. So Zhuzi's reaction was better than Liu Fugui's.

This time, Zhuzi asked a question: "Sister, are the gems worthless in your place?"

This question stunned Wang Yue: "Why do you say that?"

"Who would care about gems when there is such dazzling glass? Didn't my father say that it is more dazzling than gems?" Zhuzi said seriously.

"Oh! Pillars! You can't calculate it like this. Gems are buried in the soil and take thousands or tens of thousands of years to form, while glass made with modern technology cannot be compared." Give the children some scientific knowledge.

Zhuzi was a little embarrassed and a little ashamed. Wang Yue quickly comforted him: "It's okay, when you have more experience, you will understand the truth that things are precious because they are rare."

(End of this chapter)