Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

As soon as I entered the yard, I saw a lot of backpacks piled up in the yard. They were all covered with straw, probably to prevent the persimmons from being damaged.

"Dad, you're back. We've picked all the persimmons and are waiting for you to come back and weigh them!"

The old man's eldest son said to him, "Don't worry, let this young man and his wife rest for a while."

"This is my eldest son whom I just told you about. He might be a bit rude, so please don't be offended!" The old man said to Xu Han and the others.

"It's okay, old man! This brother looks like a very honest man."

At this time, a young woman also brought tea and asked the two to go into the house, sit down and rest and drink water.

"This is the eldest daughter-in-law I just told you about." The old man introduced.

"Hello, sister-in-law!" Xu Han called sweetly.

"Oh! Good, good, good! This young lady is so beautiful!" the woman said enthusiastically and cheerfully.

"Have you two eaten? The food at home will be ready soon. Please stay and have a simple meal!" the woman said again.

"We have already eaten, so let's not bother sister-in-law. Let's weigh the persimmons first!" Lu Chuan suggested.

Farmers don't have an easy life. If the two of them stayed for dinner, they would definitely treat them with food that they normally wouldn't eat.

Authentic farmers are very simple and honest, of course there are some exceptions.

Xu Han also agreed with Lu Chuan's idea, and then said, "Yes, yes! We came here after dinner, but it's because we delayed your dinner time!"

"No delay! No delay! All the persimmons were sold out at once, which saved us a lot of time!" said the old man with a smile.

Everyone stopped chatting and started to weigh the persimmons. There were a total of 1560 catties of persimmons. One catty of persimmons cost one cent, so the total was 1560 cents.

Xu Han gave the old man more money for the backpack, but he refused to take it. "If you hadn't bought all the persimmons, we wouldn't have made so much money. In previous years, we never sold out all the persimmons, but now they're all sold out. We're so happy! Besides, we made these backpacks by ourselves. We didn't spend any money!"

Xu Han couldn't resist the old man and finally gave him 1600 coins.

The old man's family helped load all the persimmons onto the car, and Lu Chuan drove the ox cart with Xu Han back to the county town. Before leaving, the old man also put some vegetables he grew himself on the car.

The two rushed all the way back to the county town, and on the way they found an empty place to store the persimmons in the space.

It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived at the county town. The two had not had lunch yet and were already very hungry, so they found a small stall and started eating their lunch.

After eating, Xu Han suggested finding a pawnshop to pawn the mirror in the space, otherwise they would have no money to go out next time.

I had not originally planned to pawn anything today, but I had almost spent all my money after coming to the county town.

"Okay, there's a high-end pawn shop in the wealthy area. I'll go check it out. Give me the stuff and wait for me outside. We shouldn't show up together. We'll come back next time, otherwise it'll be too conspicuous."

"Okay, I'll wait for you outside!"

The two came to a deserted place.

Xu Han took out an antique mirror from the space. This was bought in the scenic spot when she went out for fun!

He took out two more glass cups, also of standard type. Xu Han didn't dare to take out the ones that were too pretty, as it was obvious that they were not something that should be found in this era.

Xu Han didn't want to put herself and Lu Chuan in danger. She should just live her life honestly!

Originally, Lu Chuan did not agree with Xu Han pawning the things in her space, saying that they were Xu Han's own things and she must like them very much, and if she pawned them, they would be gone.

I was also afraid that Xu Han would miss her parents in modern times, so I left some modern things for her so that she could look at them when she missed home.

It wasn't until Xu Han took out a lot of mirrors and cups from the space that Xu Han clearly saw the embarrassment on Lu Chuan's face and stopped teasing him...

After handing the things to Lu Chuan, Xu Han went to a nearby teahouse, where she listened to a book while waiting for Lu Chuan to come back.

When Lu Chuan arrived at the pawnshop, he looked around first and then came to the shopkeeper.

"I want to pawn some things." Lu Chuan said to the shopkeeper!

"What do you want to pawn? A living pawn or a dead pawn?" A living pawn means that it can be redeemed later, while a dead pawn means that it is bought out directly.

"Dead pawn." After saying that, Lu Chuan took out a mirror and a cup from the package.

The shopkeeper was visibly stunned when he saw the mirror Lu Chuan took out, but he quickly hid his expression. However, the sharp-eyed Lu Chuan still noticed it.

The shopkeeper took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, then said, "The cups are just ordinary glass cups. I'll give you 30 taels for two. As for the mirror? 50 taels, is that okay? If it's okay, I'll give you the silver."

When Lu Chuan heard this, he knew that the shopkeeper was trying to trick him to see if he knew the goods.

So he put the things back into the package. When the shopkeeper saw this action, he quickly held down Lu Chuan's hand that was collecting the things.

He said, "Little brother, do all transactions require negotiation? Don't worry, let's talk about it!"

"I don't think the shopkeeper really wants to make this deal. He's not being honest!"

The pawnshop owner didn't dare to fool Lu Chuan anymore after hearing this! He immediately changed his words.

"How about this! I'll give you 80 taels for the mirror and 40 taels for the cup."

Lu Chuan still had no expression on his face. Seeing this, the shopkeeper gritted his teeth and said:

"The mirror is 100 taels, and the cup is 45 taels. It really can't be more. You can go out and ask around. This price is already very high, and other places may not be able to offer it."

"How about this! These two together are 160 taels. If that doesn't work, I'll go look somewhere else."

"How about 155 taels? Let's each make a concession. You have to let me make some profit!"

Lu Chuan didn't wait for the shopkeeper to continue speaking and started packing his bag.

"Okay, okay, okay! 160 taels is 160 taels. I really can't make any profit at this price. I'll just consider it as making friends with you. Next time you have good stuff, remember to bring it back to me! I guarantee it'll be higher than other people's prices!"

After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Lu Chuan also agreed, "As long as the price you give is fair, I will do it!"

When the shop owner heard this, he hurriedly said, "Of course, little brother, you can ask around. The price I give is absolutely fair."

Lu Chuan did not expose him, and said, "Please change it to 5 taels and 10 taels of silver ingots!"

"Okay! Please wait a moment, sir!" After saying that, he turned around to get the silver.

After getting the silver, Lu Chuan went to the teahouse to find Xu Han. When Xu Han saw Lu Chuan coming back, she hurriedly poured a cup of tea, handed it to Lu Chuan, and motioned him to drink it first.

I didn't ask about the situation. After all, we were still inside the teahouse and there were many people around.