The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

The shopkeeper couldn't believe the bargaining skills of the little girl. The total price was 308 cents, and he was already short of 40 cents, but she asked him to give her cents less.

"Little girl, this won't do. We are both small businesses. How about we each give in 280 Wen? Is that okay with you?"

The shopkeeper was very cautious, fearing that he might upset the children and make them turn around and leave without buying the clothes.

"280 wen, OK, help us install it."

Lan Ning was also very generous. He had already reduced their price by more than 20 cents, which was quite a deal.

"Hey, wait a moment, everyone."

The shopkeeper secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. It was a close call. This deal almost fell through.

In addition to buying clothes, they also bought some small items such as bowls and chopsticks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and soap.

In addition to these things, they also had to buy bedding and cotton for Meng Anran.

It is a pleasure to buy things, but it is painful to calculate the money spent.

They went to the county town today and spent a total of five taels and eight cents, which made Lan Ning feel very distressed.

Neither Bai Tian nor Meng Anran asked Lan Ning where he got so much money.

During the day, I had no idea about this and didn't feel how much silver it was.

But Meng Anran didn't dare to ask. Living in Sister Lan's house was already very troublesome for them, so how could he ask so many questions?

And so, the days passed peacefully.

Although life was hard, I was happy and free.

Three months passed in a flash.

Meng Anran has become much more familiar with this family. She is still shy and unconfident, but not too restrained.

Her and Grandma Lan's injuries were almost healed. Grandma Lan no longer limped, but walked like a normal person. However, although her legs were almost healed, she was not used to walking normally for a long time, so she walked very slowly.

Everyone in the family is healthy now, but Lan Ning has a worry: the money has been almost used up.

In the past three months, both Grandma and Meng Anran needed to take medicine to recuperate, so a lot of money was spent on the medicine. Now, there is only one or two taels and five cents of silver left.

We can't go on living off our savings like this, we have to make money to keep this big family well fed and clothed.

But how to make money?

Let Dabai help you hunt and sell?

Let's not talk about whether Dabai can hunt prey every day. How can the old, weak and sick of their family sell the prey every day? How can they get the prey to the county town? How can they ensure that the villagers who can't see the prey will not be jealous and fight for it.

It is not realistic to go to the city to work and earn money, as no one will hire them. So there is only one way out, which is to do business.

Although doing business is tiring, it is also the most profitable way.

But the problem is, she only has a little over one or two taels of silver, what business can she do?

First of all, renting a shop is impossible, and secondly, renting a stall is not very realistic either.

Lan Ning sat on the doorstep, supporting his chin with his hand, looking unhappy and worried.

Listening to the chirping of chickens, her eyes suddenly lit up and she thought of a good idea.

The next day, Lan Ning got up early, put the silver and money in her space, and set off for the county town on a ox cart. She didn't bring anyone with her and went alone.

After entering the city, she did not go directly to any shop, but wandered around the market.

It was already daybreak. It was not too early anymore and all the shops were already open, preparing for today's work.

After looking for a long time and not seeing what she wanted, she simply turned her head and went to the stall selling pork.

The middle-aged man selling pork had a full beard and was very tall. There was a deep frown between his eyebrows. It seemed that he was often frowning and had no expression. When he saw Lan Ning standing in front of his stall, he just glanced at him and didn't say anything. It seemed that he was not easy to get along with.

Lan Ning immediately used her cute trick again and smiled.

The food has been better recently and he can eat his fill every day. Lan Ning's face has also gained some flesh, which makes him look cuter when he smiles.

"Uncle, hello, I want to buy meat."

"Little guy, go play somewhere else and stop making trouble here."

The man did not believe what Lan Ning said and turned around to continue cutting up the half pig.

Lanning did not give up.

"Uncle, can you sell me all your pig's feet and offal?"

When the man heard this, he turned around and looked at Lan Ning carefully.

"Do you really want to buy it? Why buy all these parts that are hard to clean and taste bad?"

"I don't have enough money and my grandma is not in good health, so I bought pig's feet and pig offal to bring back for her to nourish her body."

Lan Ning pursed his lips, looking like he wanted to cry but was holding it back.

"Really? Pig feet have more bones than meat, and the pig offal is fishy and smelly, and it's hard to swallow."

"Really."

Lan Ning turned around heavily to express his determination.

The man sighed, life is hard nowadays. Normally he was willing to sell it, but today he saw the little girl looking so pitiful, so he reminded her.

But she insisted on buying it after hearing this. It seemed that life at home was really difficult.

The man neatly tied up the pig's feet and offal with hemp rope.

Then he took out another pair of shoes from under the table, tied them up and handed them to Lan Ning.

"This thing is hard to sell, so I'll give you an extra set of pig offal."

Lan Ning's eyes immediately curved with a smile.

"Thank you uncle, you are such a good man."

Two pig's feet and a pack of pig's offal. The pig's feet weighed seven cents a pound, two weighed 32 pounds, and the offal weighed seven cents a pack, a total of two hundred and thirty-one cents. After deducting the decimals, I gave him 230 cents.

It’s so expensive! This is why not many people buy pig’s trotters even though they are so cheap. Two pig’s trotters cost so much money.

The man helped Lan Ning put the things into her small backpack, and carefully covered them with a cloth to prevent others from seeing them.

"Thank you, uncle. I'm leaving now. I'll come back to buy from you next time."

"Okay, okay, okay, go back quickly. It's dangerous for a child to be outside alone."

The man didn't even look at him after he finished speaking. Lan Ning turned around and continued to do his own thing.

Lan Ning walked for a while with the backpack on his back, looked around, and seeing no one was paying attention to him, he turned and walked into an empty alley.

He quickly took off the backpack and put his hand into it, and it was empty again.

Phew, now my small body won’t be squeezed so that I can’t grow taller.

Lan Ning came out of the alley and began to look for his target again, but after searching for a long time he didn't see what he wanted, so he had to go to the grocery store to buy the necessary seasonings.

In the grocery store, there is a full range of seasonings.

Soy sauce, vinegar, star anise, osmanthus, salt, sesame oil, cornel, sesame oil, garlic...

Cornus officinalis can replace the spicy taste, but it does not have the aroma of chili pepper.

After buying these seasonings, Lan Ning was left with only 450 coins.

But she still had something she wanted to buy, so she walked around and went back to the stall of the man selling pork.