Wearing the cannon fodder little koi in the imperial examination essay

Chapter 133

As soon as the mule cart entered Xujiaping's village, the four people in the cart realized something was wrong.

Wang Cen also wondered: "Hey? Brothers, it's not right! Look at those people in front, are they holding mountain goods for sale? How do these people know that we are coming to receive the goods? Could it be that someone from you Did you send a message in advance?"

It has been a few days since receiving the goods, and the four of them have traveled to villages and villages, but so far, there is no village like Xujiaping in front of them. They haven't arrived yet, but the sellers have already brought the goods Been waiting here.

Wang Cen's doubts were actually shared by the other three.

Brother Song Xinglin looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally looked at Wang Cenju who was puzzled and shook his head.

Song Xinglin: "It's not me."

Lin Zongcai: "It's not me either."

Wu Bisheng spread his arms, "Then it's even more impossible to be me."

The four of them gasped in amazement, none of them got out of the carriage. On the big drying ground by the big pond at the entrance of the village, whoever was in the crowd had sharp eyes, and they saw the mule cart driven by their four brothers coming from afar. , the man yelled fiercely, causing the people waiting in the drying yard to explode.

One of them was tall and thin, but his eyes were bare, and he looked at a shrewd old lady. Without waiting for the crowd to react, he grabbed a sack filled with a small half-sack of goods at his feet, and greeted, "Mao Ah, Maodan, hurry up, come with Grandma..."

The old lady ran fast with her old arms and old legs, and she didn't care about the grandchildren running behind her, one big and one small, who were also staggering with things in their hands.

The old lady rushed to Song Xinglin and his four brothers in the blink of an eye.

Even before the people who were running over stopped, the old lady opened her big mouth to reveal a yellow gap in her teeth, and looked at the four of them with a smile and asked questions.

"Young man, did you come to our place to collect mountain goods?"

Before waiting for the four brothers to respond, the old lady continued with a smile on her gaping teeth: "Oh, young man, I have a lot of good stuff here, you guys, look, look!" , I’m covered with fresh and tender picked lotus leaves, all of which are dried in the sun! Also, and, I still have eggs at home, and..."

While talking, the old lady opened the sack she had dragged, and took out the dried lotus leaves inside to show Song Xinglin four brothers. After looking at the appearance, he immediately introduced other goods of his own.

In the end, the introduction started, and I wanted to show the eggs, lotus root powder, and water chestnuts that I wanted to sell, but suddenly found that the grandchildren who were holding eggs, lotus root powder, and water chestnuts were still dawdling. It's not here.

The old lady was in a hurry, she hurriedly turned her head and scolded the two children who were running behind her loudly, "Hey, Mao Ya, you two debt collectors, can you run faster, I don't see anyone, the little boss is waiting!" Are you in a hurry? Hurry up, hurry up and bring all the good things at home."

Seeing that the siblings were gritting their teeth and speeding up, the old lady couldn't help but added worriedly, "Be careful, you debt collectors, if you crack my eggs, be careful that my family will expose yours." Skin!"

Brother Song Xinglin, the four are...

As a result, the old lady changed her face very quickly.

Just finished scolding her grandchildren with a straight face, when she turned her head, she became smiling, bent down and took out a bundle of dried lotus leaves from the sack, and decisively stuffed them into Wang Cen's hand who was still dumbfounded, the old lady smiled eager.

"Come here, little boss, take a look, old lady, my lotus leaves are the best. I picked them fresh and tender, washed them clean, and dried them carefully. Take a look, look..."

Wang Cen, who was stuffed with a full chest in his hand, was speechless for a moment.

Looking down at the heavy dried lotus leaf in his hand, he looked up at the brothers next to him. Wang Cen looked at the brothers for help, "Brother Bisheng, Brother Zongcai, Erlinzi..."

For the three named, Wu Bisheng thought about it, leaned his head closer to the brothers and said in a low voice: "We rested in Qiantou Village for a while at noon, maybe there are folks who sold goods in that village and have familiar relatives and friends here. , Knowing that I can receive the goods in cash, come here and let me know in advance, so that relatives and friends can also sell the goods for some cash."

Wu Bisheng said this subconsciously, and Lin Zongcai and Song Xinglin looked at each other, thinking that it was also possible.

Not to mention the enthusiastic old lady in front of me, even the group of folks who came behind the old lady and followed the two little dolls, the things they carried in their hands were not fake.

Even if there is any problem, they inspect the goods more carefully, pay for the goods and deliver the goods, so they are not afraid of fraud.

Thinking about it this way, Lin Zongcai and Song Xinglin looked at each other, nodded one after another, and when they looked at the earnest old lady in front of them, the brothers let go.

Lin Zongcai looks gentle and handsome, and has the best personality. He communicates with the villagers on weekdays. The four brothers are used to sending him, and it is the same today.

After the four agreed, Lin Zongcai walked up to Wang Cen, took the bundle of dried lotus leaves in his hand, inspected them carefully, and then asked the old lady with a smile.

"Old man, I saw that your dried lotus leaves are very good. Let's take them away."

The old lady nodded with a smile on her face, and kept saying good things.

Just at this time, the two children with the baskets on their backs and the one carrying the baskets also came to the front. The old lady snatched the baskets from the two children and looked at Lin Zongcai with a smile on her arms.

"Hehehe, my little boss, you are looking at my eggs, this water chestnut, this lotus root starch, these are all good things."

Naturally, Lin Zongcai didn't just follow what the other party said. He kept smiling, and the hands of inspectors were never idle, and his eyes were also sharp for fear of making mistakes and losing money.

After reading them one by one, they handed them to Song Xing and Lin who was next to him to read them separately. The three brothers nodded in unison, and Lin Zongcai looked at the old lady again and smiled kindly.

"Old man, my brother and I have all seen your goods. As you said, they are all good things. In this way, we will give you two big coins per catty for your dried lotus leaves, one penny for two eggs, and five pennies for lotus root powder." One catty, one cent for one catty of water chestnut, do you think so?"

This price, in fact, the four brothers studied it over and over again, after many comparisons, and then referred to the harvest price of the goods store, and compared it with the sellers of these goods in the market.

It is true that the price they receive is lower than that sold by the folks themselves in the county, but after all, bulk sales are risky and time-consuming, and they cannot guarantee that they will be sold. You have to delay time and work, don't you?
They can also pat their chests and say that the price they pay is the same as that of everyone who goes to the goods store to ship the goods by themselves, and it is definitely higher than what the goods store collects when they go to the countryside by themselves. Cash settlement.

After such a comparison, the folks can buy them all the goods at once without making great efforts. The price is a little lower, but it is definitely a bargain.

The old lady in front of her listened to the price offered by Lin Zongcai, without even thinking about it, she nodded in agreement with a smile.

(End of this chapter)