The road to wealth of a peasant widow

The shop's sign has been removed, so it's hard to tell what its original name was, but the furnishings inside the store have a distinctly exotic feel.

Chen Cui walked in and saw that the treasure cabinet in the store was almost empty. There were only a few bags or boxes on the counter. A middle-aged man who seemed to be the boss was sitting nearby reading a book.

Seeing Chen Cui and her brother come in, he didn't even raise his head, and his eyes didn't leave the book, and he habitually said: "Today is the last day, there are not many things left, they are all on the counter, if you want them, they are all sold at a low price."

Chen Cui looked around and felt that she really shouldn't have come in just because she saw the clearance sign. The room was almost empty, what else could there be to clear out?

But since she was already there, she still took a few steps inside and took a look at the row of bags on the counter.

After seeing this, she was shocked!

This, this, this bag actually contains corn!

Chen Cui tried to open her eyes wide and confirm again.

That’s right, it’s the yellow corn kernels!

At this moment, she reached out her trembling hand and grabbed a handful of corn, feeling the texture, throwing it down one by one, listening to the crisp sound of the dry seeds, she was so excited that she was about to cry.

Chen Cui swallowed hard, grabbed a handful of corn, and asked the boss-like man, "Boss, what is this? Do you want to sell it?"

The man finally looked up and said nonchalantly, "Oh, that's called corn. The caravan brought it back from the west last year. It should be similar to the millet we grow, but it has been lying there and no one has bought it. No one dares to try it easily. If you want it, I'll sell it to you at the purchase price."

The millet here refers to rhubarb rice. Two acres of Chen Cui's five acres of land are planted with it, and the other three acres are planted with wheat.

"How much are these corns?" Chen Cui quickly asked the price.

"Oh, I forgot the exact amount. This needs to be weighed. There are other things on the table. Why don't you take a look and see if there's anything you want? We'll calculate the cost together later."

When the boss saw that some people were really interested in these things, he couldn't help but promote other things as well.

When Chen Cui saw the corn in the bag just now, she completely ignored everything else. Now that she was reminded of this, she couldn't help but look somewhere else on the counter.

In addition to this bag of corn, there were several other miscellaneous items on the counter.

There was a bunch of dry vines in a cloth bag. The more Chen Cui looked at them, the more she felt that the vines looked familiar, like... grape vines!

Yes, the dried grape vines!

Considering what her boss had just said, that these things were brought back by caravans from the west, she felt that she had uncovered the truth. Aren't these grapes grown by people from the Western Regions and brought to our country from the Silk Road?

Although this time and space did not belong to any period of history she knew, from what she had learned during this period, the approximate geographical location was almost the same as the official history she knew.

She felt that this might be a world in a parallel time and space with our country.

After seeing the grape vines and then the bag of watermelon seeds next to it, Chen Cui was able to calm her pounding heart.

However, these watermelon seeds look small and flat, as if they are malnourished, and I don’t know if they can sprout.

Even the few grape vines, judging from their dry appearance, she suspected that they were completely dead and could not be grown again.

Thinking of this, Chen Cui's joy at discovering new things instantly disappeared, and she looked casually at the remaining things.

But when she saw the last box, she was shocked!

A light yellow flake that is slightly smaller than a grain of rice and is light and fluffy, isn't this a pepper seed?

Chen Cui even leaned over and smelled it to see if she could smell any spiciness.

It’s a pity, I don’t know if it’s because it’s been left for too long, but I can’t smell anything.

Seeing that the boss wasn't paying attention, she quickly picked up two seeds and put them in her mouth. The familiar spicy taste instantly bloomed on the tip of her tongue. That's right, this is chili!

Chen Dahai was stunned when he saw this scene. His sister, how could she just put something she didn’t know into her mouth!

He didn't know that there would be something even more amazing next.

Although there were still a few things left, Chen Cui decided not to read any further after seeing the chili seeds.

She raised her voice and said, "Boss, I want all these things. Please calculate how much they cost!"

The boss was also stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that someone really wanted these things!

This was the shop passed down to him by his father, but due to poor management, it kept losing money and he had no choice but to close the shop and sell it to someone else.

This is the last day for clearing out the shop. Tomorrow the shop will be handed over to someone else. After that, he will take his family and leave for Jiangnan.

The mountains are high and the roads are long, so it is impossible to carry too much luggage. If no one wants these things today, he even plans to find a place to throw them away.

Seeing that someone was interested in these things, the boss finally put down the book in his hand, walked up to Chen Cui and confirmed: "Sister-in-law, are you serious? Do you want all these things?"

Chen Cui ignored Chen Dahe's attempt to stop her by quietly pulling her clothes and nodded vigorously: "Yes, I am interested in these strange things. I want to buy some and plant them to try."

After hearing what Chen Cui said, the boss became a little hesitant.

He hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Well, I have to tell you first, these seeds are not from this year. Some were shipped last year, and some were shipped the year before last. No one has bought them, and I don't know if they can still be grown. Don't hold out too much hope."

Chen Cui couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. This boss was really honest. He even told her this. No wonder the business couldn't continue and had to close down.

"Don't worry, I'm just trying it out. I won't come back to you if it doesn't grow." Chen Cui said with a smile.

"Well, I'm going to close this store today and hand it over to someone else tomorrow. My family and I are moving to Jiangnan. Even if you come looking for me, you won't be able to find me." The boss said with a wry smile.

"Don't worry, that won't happen." Chen Cui promised solemnly.

The boss then weighed and counted the items on the counter and picked up an abacus to calculate the amount.

Chen Dahe saw that he was about to tear off his sister's sleeves but couldn't stop her, so he quickly pulled Chen Cui aside and said in a low voice: "Sister, why did you buy all this junk? We don't know them, and the boss said that they may not be able to be planted. Maybe it will be a waste if we buy them back. Even if they are cheap, we still have to spend money to buy them. Why don't we go and go shopping somewhere else!"

In his opinion, he didn't recognize any of the stuff in this pile. If they were really good stuff, they would have been bought long ago and would not have been cleared out and not been disposed of until now.

Chen Cui patted his hands and whispered, "Don't worry, you may not know me, but I do. I know how to grow them, so you won't lose money if you buy them back."