Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

About a cup of tea later, Sun Yuwei came with his daughter Cuicui and a wooden bucket to sell fish, shrimps and crabs.

Chen Lang said, "Brother Sun, there are people outside the village who can sell it for a higher price than me. Go and sell it there."

Sun Yuwei shook his head and said, "I feel at ease if I sell it to you."

Chen Lang smiled and took the fish, shrimp and crabs from Sun Yuwei.

As soon as Sun Yuwei and his daughter left, Zhuzi, the messenger, ran back.

“Uncle Lang, the people from other villages have also increased their prices, and they pay one more penny than you.”

Chen Lang frowned, thinking that this stranger was not only stingy but also quite cautious.

It seems that we can't dig any deeper into this pit, otherwise we will easily get ourselves into it.

So Chen Lang gave Zhuzi another ten coins and said, "Zhuzi, please make another trip."

"This time when you get to the village entrance, tell the villagers that I'm extremely angry and have smashed things at home."

"Then tell the villagers that since they sell fish, shrimp and crabs to people from other villages and don't sell them to me, I will never buy their fish, shrimp and crabs in the future."

Zhuzi refused to take the money, saying that he had already received the errand fee, and then ran to the village entrance again.

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Village entrance.

The villagers of Hezhong Village are looking forward to Zhuzi's return.

When Zhuzi came for the first time and told them that Chen Lang had raised the price, they immediately stopped buying and selling.

Now Chen Lang has started a price war with this outsider, and no one can predict what the final price will be.

If you sell the goods now, you will suffer a huge loss.

Those villagers who sold their fish, shrimps and crabs in advance were so angry that they beat their chests and stamped their feet.

There are even some people who want to buy back the fish, shrimps and crabs and then sell them to Zhang Laosan after the prices go up.

Zhang Laosan is not a fool, so naturally he refused.

Helplessly, this group of people had to go to the river again to catch fish and shrimp.

Seeing Zhuzi running back, the villagers who hadn't sold their fish and shrimp were extremely excited and asked hurriedly, "Dabao, what's the price from Erlang?"

Zhuzi said, "Uncle Lang is smashing things at home."

He then replayed with great emotion what Chen Lang had asked him to do.

The villagers were unhappy.

"This Chen Erlang is really a piece of shit."

"His purchase price was already low, and now someone is competing with him. It would be fine if he didn't want to raise the price, but he's actually threatening us."

"He talks as if no one is willing to sell him fish, shrimp or crab."

"Brother, we're selling you all our fish, shrimp, and crabs. Come and weigh them quickly."

Zhang Laosan was also a little confused. How could Chen Lang, as a scholar, be so stupid?

The villagers didn't actually blame him for not being able to raise the purchase price. At most, they would say that he was a little stingy.

But he just resorted to threatening, saying that if they didn't sell to him today, he would not accept goods from the villagers in the future.

This directly offended all the villagers.

How can I survive in the village in the future?

But Zhang Laosan quickly dismissed this idea. He was just a part-time worker, so why should he think so much?

Let the employer figure it out.

"Please line up and don't push!" Zhang Laosan shouted loudly.

Xu Kun, who was standing behind Zhang Laosan, was also lost in thought at this moment.

He had been hanging out with Chen Lang for several years and knew what kind of character he was. Threatening the villagers was not something Chen Lang would say.

Could it be that he had colluded with the villagers to raise the price in this way?

The more Xu Kun thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was very high, but now that the price had been announced, it would be unlikely to go back down.

After Zhang Laosan collected fish, shrimp, and crabs from another household, Xu Kun stepped forward and said loudly, "Fellow villagers, today's goods will be received here for now."

"I'll go back to the county town and deal with all these fish, shrimps and crabs, then I'll come back to collect them."

The villagers who had not yet sold their fish, shrimps and crabs became anxious and begged Xu Kun to take them before leaving.

But at this moment, Xu Kun was convinced that the villagers of Hezhong Village were in cahoots with Chen Lang to cheat him of his money. He refused to accept any fish no matter what, loaded the catch onto the cart, and left quickly.

We arrived at Zuixianju in the county town.

When the shopkeeper saw the cart full of fish, shrimps and crabs, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He immediately paid for the goods and asked Xu Kun to continue receiving the goods, and it would be best if he could also grab the goods from Tianshangju!

If there is no raw materials by then, how will Tianshangju attract customers?

The words of the shopkeeper of Zuixianju also made Xu Kun realize that he was worrying too much. Chen Lang did not collude with the villagers. He simply could not afford the price war and then broke down.

The promise made by the chief manager of Zuixianju was like a reassurance to Xu Kun. He cast aside all his worries and prepared to go all out.

Xu Kun went back home first, and while his wife was away, he took all the cash in the house, totaling thirty taels, and then hired several ox carts and rushed to Hezhong Village again.

When I arrived at the village entrance, I met Zhang Laosan and told him to continue collecting the goods.

The villagers had been waiting for him, and when they saw Xu Kun continue to harvest, they hurriedly handed over the fish, shrimps and crabs they had caught.

Because Xu Kun did not have any strict requirements like Chen Lang when receiving the goods, the villagers were very casual when catching fish, shrimps and crabs, and did not care about their size at all.

The situation got completely out of control when a villager sold a bucket of dead fish, shrimps and crabs to Xu Kun at half price.

A large number of villagers ran back to the river, picked up the dead crabs, shrimps and fish that had been thrown away, and sold them all to Xu Kun.

Xu Kun accepted all of them, because the owner of Zuixianju only asked him to accept the goods, but did not ask him to accept them all alive.

More importantly, the dead fish, shrimps and crabs bought from villagers at half price can be sold at full price at Zuixianju, which doubles the profit!

Xu Kun was busy until the sun set and finally finished his shopping for the day.

"Fellow villagers, I will come again tomorrow. Please keep all the fish, shrimps and crabs you caught for me."

Before leaving, Xu Kun gave some special instructions.

Mainly because he was worried that the villagers would not be able to wait for him for a long time, he sold the fish, shrimp and crabs to Chen Lang.

One of the villagers said, "Don't worry, young man. We are determined to sell you and will never sell you to anyone else."

"That's right, that bastard Chen Lang is a piece of shit. He said that if we sell the goods to you, he will never buy our goods again. Bah, who cares?"

"Young man, you must come."

These words touched Xu Kun's heart. He swore that he would come again, then jumped onto the cart and left leisurely.

However, when Xu Kun returned to the county town, the city gate was already closed.

A commoner like him was not worthy of having the city gate opened just for him. If he got too close, he might even be "served" by the archers on the city wall.

In desperation, Xu Kun could only spend the night at the post station outside the city, and wait until the city gate opened tomorrow before going to Zuixianju to deliver the goods.

That night, Xu Kun had a dream of getting rich, and his drool wet the pillow.