Eating melons

After breakfast, the two of them walked towards Zhang's house. When they passed by the villagers' yards on the way, they saw that every household's yard was full of crops being dried in the sun.

The same thing happened with the old educated youth. Among the new educated youth, only Wu Mei was exposed to the sun.

And among all the people, it seems that only Wei Wei and Jiang Qi have nothing to do. No, there is also Liu Jiaojiao.

Liu Jiaojiao has nothing to do and stays at home bored every day. Wei Wei and Jiang Qi at least go out and find ways to earn some money.

When I arrived at Zhang's house, I saw them drying things as expected. They had brought over everything that could be dried in the vegetable garden, even a lot of cabbage leaves.

Liu Aiying saw them from a distance, "Jiang girl, Wei girl, what are you doing?"

Jiang Qi smiled and said, "I have something to do, so I came to see you."

Liu Aiying: "Come inside and sit down. What happened?"

After entering the house, Jiang Qi did not hide anything and explained her purpose. "Auntie, do you know anyone who has ginseng to exchange?"

Liu Aiying placed the chestnuts and pine nuts in front of the two people. "Are you going to exchange for ginseng? Do you want to exchange for one with a higher age or a lower age?"

Wei Wei grabbed a handful of pine nuts and said, "I'm not picky about these. Anything is fine."

Wei Wei tasted the pine nuts and found them more delicious than the ones she and Jiang Qi cooked using the savage method.

Liu Aiying: "I won't beat around the bush. If you want a lower-year bottle, I can exchange it for three ten-year bottles. But I don't just want money, I want something too."

Jiang Qi and Wei Wei's eyes lit up when they heard there was hope. "What do you want?"

Liu Aiying: "I want a red quilt cover, a red bed sheet, two red pillowcases, and two kilograms of wool, plus fifty yuan. What do you think?"

After hearing what Liu Aiying said, Jiang Qi and Wei Wei looked at each other. Wei Wei shrugged and said she didn't know. She didn't quite understand the market situation, but it sounded like it was quite cheap, so she should be able to buy it.

Jiang Qi: "Sure, but we don't have any of these right now. It'll probably take a week or two. Can we just buy one for fifty yuan?"

When Liu Aiying heard that it would take a week or two, she knew that Jiang Qi must have connections in the county.

But that's normal. She heard from her old man that except for Wu Mei who was selected by lottery, the others were selected by the higher-ups.

Liu Aiying: "Sure, I'll get it for you right away."

As soon as Liu Aiying left, Jiang Qi whispered, "Take a look at how much the things she wants cost and whether there's any money to be made."

Wei Wei nodded and started looking for it in the system mall. She found it in a short while.

A four-piece set of mandarin ducks playing in the water from the 1970s costs two hundred yuan, but this four-piece set includes a quilt cover, bed sheet and pillowcase, 21 kilograms of wool, and you can choose any color.

Wei Wei whispered in Jiang Qi's ear, "Just about three hundred yuan."

Jiang Qi's eyes lit up when he heard the price. If it only cost about 300 yuan to exchange for two ginsengs, it should be a very cost-effective. However, he didn't know how big this ten-year-old ginseng would be.

Liu Aiying came out with the ginseng. Wei Wei and Jiang Qi took a look at it. The only thing that came to their minds was, "It's so small! Is this thing only ten years old? I hope I haven't been cheated!" But they dared not say this out loud.

Liu Aiying: "How is it?"

Wei Wei/Jiang Qi: Not very good, it's so small! Are you really not lying?

But I dare not say it, after all, they really don’t understand this stuff!

Jiang Qi smiled and said, "It's fine."

After saying that, he took out fifty yuan and gave it to Liu Aiying. After all, they came out to buy ginseng. Although they didn't have much hope, they still brought enough money. Jiang Qi also specially carried a small bag with five hundred yuan in it.

Jiang Qi: "Those things will be delivered to you in eight days."

Liu Aiying: "Okay."

She calculated that tomorrow was the day the team's ox cart would go to the county town. The team's ox cart went there once a week, and it just so happened that they were going to the county to pick up the goods, so it seemed that there was hope for them to get the goods.

I just hope that the fifth brother’s marriage will be successful this year.

Liu Aiying thought the two were dealing in ginseng and pointed out a way for them, "If you still want to exchange, you can go to Wu Cuihua's house. There is a pregnant woman in her family, so she should be able to give birth."

Jiang Qi: "Okay, thank you Aunt Liu, we won't bother you anymore."

Liu Aiying: "Okay, walk slowly!"

The people are in the team, so she is not afraid that the two of them will go back on their word. After all, even if the two of them want to go back to the city, they still need the old man to issue a letter of introduction.

Jiang Qi and Wei Wei didn't chat, but returned home quickly.

As soon as he entered, he locked the door immediately. Jiang Qi took out ginseng from his bag and handed it to Wei Wei.

"You can check it with the system."

Wei Wei took it and said, "Okay."

System scan [Scanned 200-year-old wild ginseng, a total of grams, yuan/gram, are you selling it?]

Wei Wei was shocked when she saw the price. She knew it was expensive, but she didn't expect it to be this expensive!

Wei Wei: "It's from 11 years old, a little over ten grams, and costs over two thousand yuan. It's almost worth more than gold."

Jiang Qi hadn't expected the price to be so high. "Is it that expensive? I don't know the value of it. I was just wondering if Aunt Liu would rip us off! I was judging others by my own standards."

Wei Wei: "That's what I was thinking just now. There's nothing I can do about it. It's so small."

Jiang Qi: "Would you like to sell this?"

Wei Wei shook her head and said, "I'm not selling it. I'm eating it myself and using it to make soup."

Jiang Qi nodded, "Okay."

She didn't say much, there were still two left anyway!

The moment Wei Wei saw the prices, she bought everything Liu Aiying wanted. She thought that the things she wanted must mean someone in her family was getting married, so she even thoughtfully chose red wool.

Jiang Qi: "It's still early anyway, let's go to Aunt Wu's house!"

Wei Wei nodded, "Okay."

Jiang Qi went to Aunt Wu's house and got another hundred yuan from her, and also took all the remaining bills he had.

Wu Cuihua's family was also drying things. When Wu Cuihua saw Wei Wei, her eyes and face turned into flowers.

Wei Wei came to our store twice, and both times she placed big orders. How could she not be happy?

Wu Cuihua: "Wei Zhiqing, Jiang Zhiqing is here. Come in and sit down. Old family, didn't we fry a lot of chestnuts yesterday? Bring them out."

Wei Wei quickly waved her hands, "No, no, Aunt Wu, don't be so polite."

Wu Cuihua: "Why are you being so polite? These are just worthless things. Wei Zhiqing, Jiang Zhiqing, what would you like to exchange for today?"

Wei Wei: "Auntie, do you have any ginseng?"

Wu Cuihua was stunned when she heard her words, "You want that thing?"

Wei Wei nodded and said, "I'm going to send something home tomorrow. I heard that ginseng is grown in abundance here, so I want to buy some and send it back."

Wu Cuihua: "Yes, but whether you want a high-year or low-year one, that stuff is not cheap."

Wei Wei: "We'll buy whatever you exchange!"

Wu Cuihua: "You want both?"

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi nodded.

Wu Cuihua: "I can give each of you a ten-year-old cigarette and a twenty-year-old cigarette, but I want more than just money. I also want something."

When Wei Wei and Jiang Qi heard about the 20-year-old ginseng, their eyes lit up. They had just checked the system for ginseng, and 20-year-old ginseng was over ten thousand. If they sold it to the system at a lower price, they should be able to get 10,000!

Wei Wei: "What do you want?"

Wu Cuihua: "Fifty feet of cloth coupons, ten pounds of sugar coupons, twenty industrial coupons, thirty pounds of grain coupons. Both national and local grain coupons are fine. Of course, if it's national grain coupons, I can ask for a few pounds less. I also want two cans of malted milk, five pounds of wool, and three hundred yuan."

Hearing this, both of them felt a little embarrassed because they didn't have so many votes.

Jiang Qi counted his tickets and said, "Aunt, we don't have that many cloth and sugar tickets. How about this? We'll give 20 feet of cloth tickets, 3 pounds of sugar tickets, 15 industrial tickets, 20 pounds of national grain tickets, 5 pounds of wool, and 300 yuan. But how about we give three cans of malted milk?"

Wu Cuihua calculated that with three cans of malted milk, she still made a little money. "Okay."

Jiang Qi: "We don't have that much stuff right now. Is it okay for us to come back in a couple of days?"

Wu Cuihua wasn't afraid they'd run away. "Aren't you going to mail it back tomorrow? Here's how, for a hundred yuan, I'll exchange two ten-year-old bottles for you, but you'll have to bring something to exchange for the remaining two twenty-year-old bottles."

Jiang Qi didn't expect Wu Cuihua to be so considerate. "Okay, thank you, Aunt Wu."