The Age of Awakening: From the Young Runtu

Chapter 6 I Want to Go to School
"Fifty Wen is fifty Wen, sell it."

Fifty Wen is not a lot, and it can cover the wages of ordinary people for several days.

Runtu continued: "Shopkeeper, do you have any ginseng seeds here?"

"Yes. Do you want to plant ginseng? It's already June, and it's generally most suitable to plant in April every spring, and you need ginseng soil. It takes a long time."

Runtu: "I need ginseng seeds, buy them for twenty Wen."

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Runtu left the pharmacy with thirty Wen coins and a small bag of ginseng seeds.

As soon as he went out, he sprinkled the seeds into the soil of the space.

With the success of Polygonum multiflorum, he believes that the ginseng plug-in can also surprise him.

After leaving the medicine hall, I went to a market in the county seat.

All the salted fish was taken out.

In order to be able to go back earlier, he sold the salted fish at a low price.

They were sold for three Wen a catty, and the normal price was around five Wen.

Sure enough, many people from the city came to buy salted fish. There are a lot of salted fish in cities near the sea, but the price here in Runtu is relatively low, so it is quite popular.

He calculated that today he earned a total of 140 Wen.

I walked for nearly two hours with the money and went back home.

I left thirty Wen and gave the rest of the money to my father.

Father was very surprised: "With so much money, all the salted fish are sold out?"

Runtu nodded.

My father farmed the land and did part-time labor. He could earn about [-] Wen in a good month.

Unexpectedly, I could earn more than 100 Wen in one day.

He also sold salted fish before, but the quantity he sold was very small.

After counting the money, there are 110 texts, and I feel something is wrong, "It should be more than that when they are all sold out."

He thought that his son had been cheated by someone and gave him less money.

Runtu: "Father, I sell it for three Wen a catty, and I sell it cheaper, so that everyone will come to buy my fish."

Small profits but quick turnover.

With the ability of space, fishing has become extremely convenient now, as long as you want to catch, you can catch hundreds of them in half a day.

My father felt a little distressed when he heard his words.

He knew that the price of salted fish in the county town was usually five Wen a catty, but his son sold it for three Wen.But he didn't say much, it's pretty good to have 110 Wen.He didn't know why his son's fishing harvest was several times higher than before.

half a month later.

Runtu basically brings dozens of salted fish home every three days.It is also not possible to fish every day. Fishing nets are made of hemp fiber, which is easy to rot when wet. Therefore, after using the fishing net for two days, it will be sun-dried for three days to prolong the service life of the fishing net.And the fishing net of his family has been used for a long time, and the time for drying the net needs to be longer.

Mom and Dad now spend more time making salted fish.

Father put aside the work of weaving bamboo baskets for the time being, and he was able to distinguish which is more important. Now drying dried fish is more profitable than weaving bamboo baskets.

Runtu saw that the ginseng had grown up in the space, and there were seventy or eighty plants.With a time flow rate of one to one hundred, the ginseng in the space is almost five years old, so it can be bought in the county.Let your family get out of poverty as soon as possible, and become a rich family like Brother Xun and his family.

one morning.

"Father, I'll go to the county again to sell salted fish."

"I will go with you."

"Farewell. There are so many things at home, I can go alone, Dad, you can watch at home. With so many salted fish in the sun, we both go out, what if the house is stolen?"

He didn't want his father to go with him.

With seventy to eighty catties of salted fish, if his father was around, he wouldn't be able to put such a heavy thing in the space.If you walk for two hours with such a heavy load on your back, you won't die from exhaustion.And he had to go to the medicine hall in the county first, that would be too inconvenient.

When he arrived at the county seat, Runtu still went to the previous medicine hall.

The shopkeeper was somewhat impressed by Runtu who sold Polygonum multiflorum and bought ginseng seeds for half a month.

"Shopkeeper, do you accept ginseng here?"

"Of course it is."

Runtu took out a ginseng, "How much can this ginseng sell for?"

The shopkeeper took the ginseng, and took a look at it with a magnifying glass: "It's just unearthed? The roots are so intact."

I measured it on the ginseng with my hand, "[-] inches, little brother, this ginseng is five years old. It's not wild ginseng, you planted it?"

"Boss, you are right. See what price you can offer?"

This pharmacy shopkeeper is indeed a bit capable.

The shopkeeper took out a small scale and weighed it: "It weighs two taels of money, so I'll give you three taels of silver."

"Only three or two?"

Runtu felt that the price was a bit low. In his impression, ginseng was priced in hundreds of taels or thousands of taels.

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, it was three taels of silver, and it was several months' wages for ordinary people.

"Only three taels? It's not too low. There are not many people in Kuaiji who can afford the rich medicine. The price I gave is absolutely fair."

Runtu agreed: "Okay, just three taels of silver."

He looked at the more than 70 plants in the space, one was only three taels, and the seventy were only 200 taels, which was not much money.But I thought that if it continues to grow and the years increase, it will definitely be more valuable.

Take the money and leave.

Touching the silver, there are three lumps.It is the end of the Qing Dynasty, silver is relatively depreciated, and its purchasing power is still very strong.

Continue to the original seat selling salted fish, still priced at three Wen a catty.

With the ginseng in the space, he no longer cares how much these salted fish can be sold for.

No matter how good it sells, it can't compare to ginseng.

Thinking of what else to plant besides ginseng in your own space?
After thinking about it, I never thought that it could be more valuable than ginseng.

After selling the salted fish, he returned home again and handed over the money to his father.

One night a few days later.

"Dad, I want to go to school."

Father Zhang was stunned when he heard what Runtu said, and it took him a while to recover.

Runtu also read some books before, but his academic performance was not good, so he gave up after only half a year.

Studying is a costly job, and now that Runtu is 15 years old, he can support one of the family's laborers. If he goes to school, the family's life will be a little more difficult.

The current family conditions of the Zhang family are fairly good.

With six acres of thin sandy land, Zhang's father also has craftsmanship, and he has saved a little money.

Father Zhang loved the child very much, and asked with concern, "Have you thought about it?"

Runtu nodded: "Yes, Dad, I want to go to school. I have exchanged some money for fishing these days. I want to go to school to get honors and make a good life for my family."

There is no need to worry about tuition fees, those ginsengs in the space are his confidence.

Father Zhang agreed to him: "Okay, Dad supports you."

(End of this chapter)