The casual life of the flat space

"I just found out about this! I went into the city to find a job, but I fainted at the city gate before I even entered. Luckily, my uncle passed by and he carried me back to his clinic for treatment. When I woke up, I told him that I was from Xianhe Village. Didn't that mean I recognized my uncle?"

"Well, that's a blessing! You are such a little girl, but you dare to run to the mountains and run to the county town. You are really brave!"

"Hey, Aunt Li! Please stop talking about me! Grandpa Wang has already talked about me!"

"Okay, okay, I didn't mean to say anything to you. Besides, if you don't go to the city, how can you see your uncle? You two sisters have finally come to a happy ending after suffering so much!" Aunt Li took a bite of the food and continued, "Tieying, are you so optimistic about selling mountain products?"

Bai Tieying thought, finally the purpose is revealed! If it weren't for this ready-made spokesperson, she wouldn't have spent a bowl of sugar water, three sesame cakes, and so much trouble. She didn't answer but asked, "Aunt Li, what do you think?"

"Girl, I'm just asking you because I'm unsure, right?"

"If you want to know what I think, I did it because I thought it could support my brother and me! Besides, my uncle wouldn't cheat me. The person he introduces is much better than me going out of my way to find someone."

"This is what I can't understand. The village chief has already said it's Chun Fu Tang, so can't everyone sell it themselves? Why should I give it to you and ask you to do this?"

"Of course it's because of my uncle's face! The shopkeeper said that as long as I take it, I will give it the highest price in the county.

I have also wondered why everyone picks and eats it themselves. One reason is that it is far away, and the other is that the price is cheap, right? But if I were to do this, I would not make money from everyone. I would pay whatever the shopkeeper gives me, but I would charge a running fee. In this way, everyone can save time and make money at the same time. How good is that?

But I don’t know the rules of our village! I didn’t collect much this day. If it doesn’t work, I can only go to other villages to collect. I really wanted to repay my fellow villagers, so I asked my uncle to go. Now, the favor has been taken away, and I haven’t done the job yet. "Bai Tieying sighed with a sad face.

"Well, if we talk about it, it has to be your Bai family, you are so righteous!" Aunt Li said, patting Bai Tieying on the shoulder.

"Aunt Li is really generous! You must have carried about 70 or 80 kilograms just now, right? You don't even know how much I charge, but you still support me. I won't make a penny from the portion that Shopkeeper Zhang takes, and I'll give you back the portion that he doesn't take."

"Then why don't you collect it?" Aunt Li asked hurriedly.

"They're offering the highest price in the county, so it must be of the best quality! Aunt Li, have you finished eating? I'd like to go with you to see the mountain products you brought?"

"Yes, yes, let's go and take a look. You can tell me about it in detail." Aunt Li said and quickly drank the brown sugar water in the bowl in one gulp.

Bai Tieying asked Aunt Li to untie her pockets. She went to the kitchen to get a bowl and a plate, and also took down the basket hanging on the wall.

"Hey, was this also bought for you by your uncle?" Aunt Li said, pointing at the dishes.

"That's right! We sisters are so lucky to have an uncle who loves us so much! Aunt Li, look..." Bai Tieying filled the basket and put half a bowl of mushrooms in the bowl. Finally, after picking for a long time, she chose the one with the best shape and put it on the plate. She seemed unsatisfied. After fiddling with it left and right for a few times, she signaled to Aunt Li that it was ready.

"This... seems to be different in some way, but I can't put my finger on it."

"What's in your bag? It's like other people's mountain products. What's in this basket is the selected mountain products from our village. What's in this bowl is what's in the bowls of the landlords. And what's in this plate is what's in the plates of the princes, nobles, and dignitaries. Do you understand?"

"You mean, we are expensive because of the quantity and appearance?"

"Oh, that's right! Aunt Li is really not an ordinary person!

Look, what did you have to pay to pick out the things in the basket from the bag? It's just time, right? But if you want to save trouble and sell the things in the bag to the shopkeeper, he will buy them, but can he pay the same price? Don't they have to hire people to pick them out? In a warehouse of the same size, is the things in the bag more valuable, or the things in the basket?

Besides, we are going to sell mountain products, so why bother with the time to pick them? And what does this time buy? It's money! Of course, the land needs to be cultivated, but do we really have no time at all? Is this job more tiring than farming?

When the season for mountain products comes, you don't need to plant them, and they are everywhere in the mountains. There is no need for you to work hard to pick them, they just do what they should do! If anyone is free at home, they can take a day or two to go to the mountains and pick them.

Then when you have time, you can simply pick and choose. You don't have to think about the landlords, princes and nobles. Just look at the value of the basket, it has soared a lot! How many people who sell mountain products are more valuable? Besides, the rest is not wasted, you can keep it for yourself, so you don't waste anything, and you can have more to chew, right?

But I don't know the rules of our village, it seems that this thing is going to fail. To be honest, even if people from other villages give me a discount, I won't trust them! Besides, I can't tell this secret to people from other villages.

But Aunt Li, if your family wants to sell it later, can't they just sell it to you? You won't buy it at this price! Don't you think so? I can tell you so clearly, firstly, because you are a member of our Xianhe Village, and you are not doing a one-time deal; secondly, I have the confidence. Whenever I buy it, the price I sell it at will definitely be the highest in the county, and no one can stop me!

Alas! My happy thoughts are in vain. Now I feel so sorry for my uncle. The shopkeeper told him this trick and guaranteed the highest price, but he ended up doing me a favor for nothing.

It was a long time after Bai Tieying stopped talking before Aunt Li seemed to come back to her senses from her fantasy and said, "Well, how come your child is so good?

Tieying, you see, your aunt is not at home during the day, but when she comes back at night, she brings everything from home. Your aunt is optimistic about you! Then can you wait for your aunt for a day? Your aunt will go back to her parents' home tomorrow. My parents' home has a large population, and they prepare a lot every year.

Just like you said, we can't do anything about the rules of our village, but if you don't collect enough, don't you have to go to other villages? I'll find some for you. If you collect enough, won't it save you a lot of trouble?"

"Oh, it has to be my Aunt Li. Just for your kindness, I won't charge your family for the travel expenses this time!" Bai Tieying waved his big hand... Oh no, his little paw, and he felt like a domineering president.

"Okay, then it's settled. Wait for me! I will be back tomorrow night!" Aunt Li's heart was burning with anxiety, and she reminded Bai Tieying again.