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

Zhou Mai and others couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Guo also laughed, "Master, one family can't raise a thousand ducks, but many families can. I can help them sell eggs and make some money myself. Isn't it good to win more?"

He continued, "Look at you guys, you do a lot of big business with hundreds or dozens of coins per pound, why do you look down on small business with two or three coins per pound? Who doesn't make money with one or two coins? How much is grain per pound?"

Yes, several people were stunned and remained silent.

In the second half of the night, after Zhou Guo had her meal, she led the convoy and set off. Since she was leading the team herself, there were not many people with her.

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Shopkeeper Yang stared blankly at the baskets of fresh sheep mushrooms, which were neatly placed on the hay. He picked one up at random and looked at it. It was very beautiful, without a single scratch.

I smelled it and there was a faint fragrance.

As shopkeepers, they naturally know that goat mushrooms are a good thing. Every year when goat mushrooms come down from the mountains, they go to the vegetable market to look for them. Unfortunately, there are not many of them, only a few pounds, and they can't be fried into a few dishes.

There are so many customers in the store every day. If we fry this one and not that one, wouldn’t it be a mess?

I didn't expect that there would be something weighing several hundred kilograms in front of him. Was he dreaming?

He turned around and looked at Zhou Guo, and asked again, "Is this really grown?"

Zhou Guo waved his folding fan and said with a smile, "The goat mushrooms on the mountain have been out of season for more than half a month. Look at these mushrooms, do they look like they have been left for more than half a month? Besides, there are not many goat mushrooms in the mountains. How can we harvest hundreds of kilograms at a time? They can't grow that big!"

She used a lot of fertilizer on these, and each one is as big as two wild ones.

Shopkeeper Yang was full of admiration for her at this moment. He bowed his hands and said, "Mr. Zhou is truly a god. He can grow such wild delicacies that grow in the mountains. It's really amazing! I admire you so much!"

Zhou Guo also bowed and said, "No, no, boss, you are too kind. I was born in the countryside and I am only good at growing some things. Naturally, I can't compare with you."

Shopkeeper Yang twitched his lips. He is only good at growing some things?

I turned around and looked at the dried shiitake mushrooms in the bag, grabbed a handful, and before I put it under my nose, a strong aroma hit me in the face. I nodded secretly. Dried shiitake mushrooms are more fragrant than fresh ones. They are very good for stewing soup, fresh and fragrant!

Flower mushrooms were also sold in bags. He had never seen so many before.

I was amazed in my heart. It seems that it is no accident that they can become rich. Even if they don’t have pine mushrooms, they still have sheep mushrooms and flower mushrooms.

After a round, he saw two baskets of preserved eggs at the back and couldn't help but be stunned, "Mr. Zhou, how do you eat these eggs? I asked someone to fry them, but few people are used to eating them!"

To say that I can't get used to the food is an understatement; the only thing missing is saying that it doesn't taste good.

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "I'll teach you this. I have several recipes. Try them first."

"Oh? You still have a recipe?" Shopkeeper Yang was surprised and delighted, "Mr. Zhou's recipe must be extraordinary!"

Zhou Guo said: "Shopkeeper Yang, please stop putting the blame on me. You have to eat it to know whether it is good or not."

Shopkeeper Yang smiled and said, "Yes, yes, you are right."

He walked around in front of these sheep mushrooms and flower mushrooms again and again. They were all good stuff. Seafood is hard to find, and mountain delicacies are even rarer.

With a wave of his hand, he asked people to move these things into the warehouse. "Take advantage of the freshness of the mushrooms, clean them up, try to make a few dishes, and pick two that are good in color, aroma and taste to serve on the table."

The guys carried the things and walked away.

Zhou Guo said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, we haven't even discussed the price yet, and you've already taken the items. Aren't you afraid that I'll ask for too much?"

Shopkeeper Yang laughed, "I have also been dealing with Mr. Zhou for several years, so I know who you are. Let's go and have dinner."

Zhou Guo folded his fan and followed in with a smile.

After dinner, we talked about business as usual.

Shopkeeper Yang didn't beat around the bush and asked the price straight away.

Zhou Guo smiled, "Since the shopkeeper is so straightforward, I won't waste time. One pound of fresh oyster mushrooms costs 109 wen per pound. As for dried flower mushrooms, you know that it takes ten pounds of fresh to dry one pound, and one pound costs 299 wen. All of them are top-quality, meaning long-lasting. One pound of flower mushrooms can make forty or fifty cans of soup."

Shopkeeper Yang pondered and said, "You also know that goat mushrooms are different from pine mushrooms. Pine mushrooms can be preserved for a long time. I wonder if goat mushrooms can also be preserved like pine mushrooms?"

I didn’t mention flower mushrooms. A pound of flower mushroom soup can really last a long time.

Zhou Guo shook his head. "No, the taste will be very different. It's better to dry it in the sun. This stuff can be kept outside for five or six days. So I won't give you much, but I guarantee you can sell it out in a few days."

Shopkeeper Yang smiled at her honesty, but didn't say anything. He knew that he couldn't bargain down the price. Maybe she would raise the price even more. This was different from her two brothers. He happily agreed, "Okay, then sign the documents?"

Zhou Guo smiled, "Old rules, one-year contract."

Shopkeeper Yang put his fingerprint on the document and sighed, "Matsutake mushrooms are contracted for one year, and you raise the price every year. Will the price of sheep mushrooms also increase every year?"

Zhou Guo also happily wrote down his name and said, "No, it will depend on the actual situation. I can't just add insult to injury for no reason. I still have to rely on you for food, so I dare not offend you too much."

Shopkeeper Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Thank you for the compliment. We depend on you for our livelihood."

Zhou Guo put the two documents into his arms.

Thinking of the preserved eggs he brought, he asked, "Is Shopkeeper Yang interested in these preserved eggs?"

Shopkeeper Yang pointed at her and said with a smile: "You said you would give me some prescriptions, you can't break your promise!"

Zhou Guo said: "Of course, don't you want to ask the price of this egg?"

Shopkeeper Yang was amused. "How expensive can an egg be? It can't be 99 cents a piece, right?"

Zhou Guo slowly stretched out four fingers and said with a smile: "Of course not, it's not much, four cents each."

I originally wanted to charge three cents each, but with Manager Yang's smile, how could I be worthy of those people in the farm who pickled preserved eggs if I didn't charge four cents each.

Shopkeeper Yang paused, "Salted duck eggs are only two cents each."

Zhou Guo smiled and said, "Yes, but half of the people in the world know how to pickle salted duck eggs, but I'm the only one who can pickle preserved eggs. Besides, it's not fifty cents each, four cents each is still expensive, right?"

Shopkeeper Yang was speechless and said helplessly, "Four cents is four cents, but what about the recipe?"

"I'll give it to you!" Zhou Guo waved her hand, "Pencil and ink are ready!"

The guy quickly spread out the paper and ground the ink.

Zhou Guo stood up, took a pen and dipped it in ink, and wrote on two pages of paper. He wrote three dishes in one breath before stopping.

He smiled and said to Shopkeeper Yang: "I gave you three prescriptions in one go. Isn't that generous enough?"

Shopkeeper Yang took the paper and looked at it. The first thing that caught his eye was the elegant and graceful cursive script. He exclaimed: "Oh my, it's incredible. How come your handwriting has become so beautiful again?"

He looked Zhou Guo up and down and couldn't help asking, "Is this still your handwriting?"