Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

I didn't bargain. I guess he had bought a lot in the past few days, so he knew the price of this thing. Forty cents per pound, who would easily buy less? It would be cheaper when it was off the market, but they were all picked over and not in good condition.

The woman squatted down to pick them herself. After she finished, she looked at the fern and Chinese toon sprouts beside her and asked Li, "These two vegetables are rarely sold. How do you eat them?"

She saw that although Li was a country woman, she was knowledgeable and was willing to feed the children. She thought that these two dishes must be well cooked. After all, bad dishes would not be fed to children.

Li smiled and explained the method.

The woman nodded as she listened. "I didn't expect you guys had so many spices at home. It seems like you really know how to eat them. I want three bunches of bracken and two bunches of toon buds. How much?"

Li was delighted. He had not expected that these two things could actually be sold. "Toona buds are ten cents a bunch, and bracken is six cents a bunch. Toona buds are harder to find. The trees are straight and tall, so they are more expensive."

Zhou Guo had thought about it when she set the price. They would only sell these two things once, so the price would naturally be higher. Also, she saw that there were almost no people selling them in the market, and she was the only one, so she set the price so high. After today, there would definitely be many people selling the same fern and toon sprouts, so the price would naturally be higher for a one-time deal.

Therefore, we brought all the stock at home and dispatched two vehicles.

The woman frowned when she heard this. "This is too expensive. Whose wild vegetables are so expensive?"

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Auntie, think about it, the vegetables are expensive, but the recipes are not cheap. We sell you wild vegetables and give you a few recipes for free. If I sell this to a restaurant, I might be able to make eight or ten taels of silver, don't you think?"

The woman thought so and became happy again, saying with a smile: "You little girl, you are always right, what will happen when you grow up? Okay, if it tastes good, I will come back to buy it tomorrow."

Zhou Guo said, "The total is 668 coins. Please give 665 coins."

The woman was very happy. When buying things from street vendors, people always haggle over every penny and would never take the initiative to wipe out the money.

Seeing that she had a lot of things, Zhou Guo took the initiative to ask: "Auntie, where is your home? How about I send it back to you?"

The woman was pleasantly surprised and said, "That's great. Our home is not far away. We can get there just around the corner. It's very close. But can you lift it?"

Zhou Guo said: "We are country kids. We started working in the fields when we were five years old. We usually carry a lot of things on our backs. I can still lift this little thing."

After saying that, he looked at Li, who smiled and said, "You go ahead, my husband and I are here."

The old man also nodded, "Go quickly and come back soon."

It's finally open, so he can go walk around. It's really boring to stay here motionless.

Zhou Guo said with a smile, carrying ten kilograms of meat easily, and helped the lady carry the things back. She really turned a corner and found that it was right in the grocery store. It was quite big and there were several customers. She said, "Auntie, your store is really big, right at the intersection. No wonder your business is so good."

The woman smiled and said, "Not bad. I didn't expect you to be so strong. Thank you so much. Now, go back. You still have to go back to the stall."

"Hey, slow down, I'm leaving now."

Before reaching the stall, they found two people coming to buy meat and another person buying lamb mushrooms. The old man and Li were each guarding one section.

Zhou Guo quickly stepped forward to help.

The two people buying meat should be servants of someone's family. They were wearing fine cotton clothes of similar style and had already picked out several pieces.

The old man held the scale clumsily. He hadn't used it for many years and didn't know how to use it. When he saw Zhou Guo coming, he handed it to her as if he was throwing a hot potato.

Zhou Guo looked at the pile of meat and raised his eyebrows, "What are these?"

The old man nodded.

The two were still choosing, and they didn't know how many people were there and how much meat they wanted to buy. If they bought all of this pile, she would have almost finished her meat.

I glanced and saw the man picking mushrooms nearby. I found that he was wearing the same clothes. It seemed that the three of them were from the same family.

I only heard the man say, "The sheep mushrooms you have are of good quality, nothing bad, they look good."

Zhou Guo muttered, of course the ones with good appearance are good, the bad ones are eaten by them.

Li smiled and said, "So that you know, we keep the bad ones for ourselves."

The man nodded, "Okay, I'll take this whole basket."

After saying that, he looked at the other basket and said without hesitation, "I want this one too."

I ordered two baskets at once.

A pile of meat weighs 60 kilograms, and she only brought out 90 kilograms of meat today. As a result, there are only 20 kilograms of meat left on the stall.

The surrounding stall owners all cast envious glances.

Zhou Guo's eyebrows jumped. He was so lucky to run into a rich family. They were so generous in buying things and asked for a lot. "These are three strings of cash and two hundred and forty-three coins in total. Just give me three strings of cash and two hundred and forty coins."

The other party didn't bargain, and since they were a wealthy family, she still gave them a small discount.

The leader looked at her in surprise, nodded, took out the money and gave it to her, saying, "Send these things to the west corner gate of Wang's house!"

After saying that, the three of them left and strolled to the front.

Zhou Guo was a little confused. He looked around but didn't see anyone. He asked the old man uncertainly, "Is this for me?"

The old man was still studying the scale. Hearing this, he said without even looking up, "Well, it wasn't said to me anyway."

Li stood up and said, "I'll go deliver it, you watch the stall."

Zhou Guo shook his head, "Mom, I'll go with Master."

Several people began to sort things out. The remaining meat on the cart had to be cleared out. So many things must be pushed over on a cart. Banana leaves were placed on the ground, and the meat could only be spread out on the ground to be sold.

Fortunately, the Wang family is very famous, and it seems that they are not the only family that sent things there. There were several other families that came one after another, and we started chatting with them on the way.

"The Wang family is incredible. They have a big yard and many people. They come out to buy things every two days. If someone is lucky enough to run into them when they come out to buy things, it's like running into the God of Wealth."

There were a lot of things, and they sent them in themselves.

Zhou Guo pushed the cart with the old man beside him. They looked around and passed through a moon gate, then arrived at the kitchen. Naturally, someone came out to move things, and soon their baskets were taken out, and then they could leave.

No one spoke during the entire process. No one dared to even fart. They went in with their tails between their legs and came out with their tails between their legs. They only breathed a sigh of relief when they got out.

Someone said, "Damn, although these wealthy families have no worries about food and clothing, their lives are too... It feels more terrifying than a cemetery. I don't know how these people survive."

"Haha, you're still worrying about other wealthy families' lives. You should worry more about yourself. Have you saved enough money for your son's marriage? Have you saved enough for your daughter's dowry?"