Chapter 79 Selling Watermelons

Fang Qing carved a peony flower on the watermelon, raised his head to see the people around him, "What do you three think of the flower on the watermelon?"

"Master, this flower is so beautiful." It's not that Sun Mengqi has never seen a good carver, who can carve flowers on the fruit so lifelike, she only saw Fang Qing.

This is the first time Yun Bingxia and Gu Wenxiu have seen carving patterns on the fruit. The two of them have only one thought at this time, and that is to buy this watermelon back.

"Master, how about selling this watermelon to me?" Yun Bingxia's current thought was to buy this watermelon back.

When she said she wanted to buy this watermelon, Gu Wenxiu on the side said that she would also buy it. Sun Mengqi heard what the two of them said and shouted that she should be the first to buy it.

Fang Qing looked at the three people arguing about buying melons, and took the watermelon to Fu Lang's place, "Brother Lin, look?"

Zhang Zelin heard a voice from the side, because there were three women who could not see what kind of flowers his wife had carved, and when they saw the watermelon brought by the wife, they stretched out their hands to look at it carefully in front of him.

"My wife, the flowers on your watermelon are so beautifully carved." Zhang Zelin actually wanted to say that he wanted to say that he didn't want to sell this watermelon. When he was looking carefully at the flowers carved by his wife, a carriage stopped in front of their booth. .

"Little husband, how do you sell your watermelons?"

Hearing this voice, Zhang Zelin quickly raised his head and said, "Miss, a sliced ​​watermelon costs ten yuan, one piece, twenty yuan and three yuan, and the whole watermelon costs three hundred yuan."

After hearing Zhang Zelin's offer, the people in the carriage opened the curtain and walked out. When she saw one of the watermelons on the stall, it had carved a flower, and walked quickly to the front of the stall.

"My husband, I don't know if you can sell this watermelon, and if so, how much is it?"

Zhang Zelin heard the woman ask about carving watermelons, and shouted to the side: "My wife, how much is the watermelon for carving flowers?"

Fang Qing got off the carriage after the woman got off, and after listening to Fu Lang's questioning voice, she went to the booth and said: "Miss, the uncarved watermelon is [-] Wen each, and the carved watermelon is [-] Wen each. "

"Master, master, don't sell this watermelon. I'll take it back to my mother later." Sun Mengqi was watching Fang Qing's sculptures in the carriage, but when Fang Qing went to the booth to talk to this woman, she heard that Fang Qing was going to sell this watermelon. Watermelon, opened his mouth anxiously.

The woman who was about to buy watermelon in front of the booth heard the voice and looked towards Sun Mengqi. When she saw that the other party was dressed luxuriously, she should be a young lady from a wealthy family, but why did she call this woman Master?Forget it, she's only here to sell watermelons, these things are beyond her control or guesswork.

"Miss, I wonder if your watermelon is still for sale?"

"Sell!" Hearing Sun Mengqi's voice, Fang Qing turned around and said, "Go back and stay there, I'm busy with business!"

"Master, I'm serious, I just ordered this watermelon." Sun Mengqi said stubbornly when she heard Fang Qing's voice.

Fang Qing frowned and looked at her, wondering if this person is going to be obedient, she is here for business and not for strolling, and she even said that she ordered the watermelons when she sold them.

Seeing that Fang Qing was unhappy, Sun Mengqi turned back to the side of the carriage aggrieved, and when she was leaving, she thought about begging the master later, and then carve one for her to take back to coax her mother.

After Sun Mengqi passed by, the woman who bought watermelon said to Fang Qing, "Miss, I will buy just one watermelon from you. I don't know if you have any extra watermelons. If so, how about I buy two more?"

Fang Qing heard her say to buy two, and thought that the carved watermelon could not be kept, "Miss, are you sure you want to buy two?"

"Yes, if Miss still has watermelons with carved flowers, I'll buy two more."

"Miss, you can think about it. This carved watermelon can't be preserved. If you buy it back, you won't be able to store it."

The woman who bought watermelon didn't expect Fang Qing to say such a thing. She bought it back as a gift, so there is no such thing as Fang Qing saying that she can't store it. question."

Come on, if someone wants to buy it, can she not give it?Fang Qing quickly picked two watermelons for her, went to the carriage to get a knife, and carved flowers for her on the spot at the booth, this time she carved one into a lotus,... a dahlia.

The woman looked at Fang Qing's carving and saw a beautiful flower slowly forming in Fang Qing's hands. After Fang Qing finished carving and handed the watermelon to her, she carefully carried the watermelon to the carriage.

"Miss, your technique is really amazing!" She put the watermelon on the carriage, and she didn't forget to say this to Fang Qing when she was about to leave.

Fang Qing just smiled after hearing her words, because it was so lively here, the passing carriages would look at them a few times, and the stopped carriages saw Fang Qing's craftsmanship, and expressed that they would buy two back.

Zhang Zelin guarded the cut watermelon next to him, and his wife helped others to carve it. He gave the watermelon to others to collect money, because the two of them were too busy, and the three who were leisurely and idle at the side came in handy.

When there were only four carved watermelons left in the basket, Fang Qing said to the people waiting behind to buy watermelons: "Dear sisters, the watermelons I brought today are not enough, and there are not many in the basket now..."

As soon as the people behind heard that there was no watermelon, they quickly asked: "Boss, will you come here to set up a stall tomorrow."

Fang Qing thought that when she came out late today, she only picked two baskets of twenty watermelons, and now she heard the people behind ask her, "Ladies and gentlemen, I will set up a stall here tomorrow, if you sisters want to sell melons, come here It can be found here.”

After hearing Fang Qing's advice, the people behind felt that there were no more watermelons. They couldn't buy a few flower-carved watermelons to show to their family members. They finally made an appointment with Fang Qing to sell them tomorrow before driving away in a carriage.

After they left, Fang Qing carved out the remaining four watermelons and gave them to the four women waiting in front. Sun Mengqi and the three looked at the empty baskets and thought why they didn't leave one for them, they also wanted to take it back To the family!
After all the customers had left, Fang Qing saw the three people looking at the baskets, and remembered that they said they wanted to buy carved watermelons, "Sun Mengqi?"

Seeing that all the watermelons in the baskets were sold out, Sun Mengqi was thinking whether to tell Master to buy some at her house when she suddenly heard Master's voice. "Ah! Master, you called me?"

"You three, come back with me later to get some watermelons."

Sun Mengqi didn't expect her master to say what she didn't say, and she responded happily: "Master, we will go back with you later."

"Brother Lin, pack up your things and we'll leave now." Fang Qing lifted the basket onto the carriage and shouted at Zhang Zelin.

During this period of time, Zhang Zelin learned how to read and write with his wife. He counts money faster than before, and the watermelon money he bought today is basically one tael. At that time, he said in the carriage: "My wife, today we earned nine taels of silver for watermelons."

Fang Qing knew that today's income was nine taels before he could count, because everyone bought whole melons carved with flowers, and the two she cut out were given directly to the people who came to buy melons, so this Two did not count money.

(End of this chapter)

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