I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 171

Baoyu came back from Stone Mountain and rested at home for two more days, finally waiting for the first market day since the beginning of winter.

The weather is getting colder. If you bring that fine white fox to the city at this time, you will definitely get a good price.

On this day, Zhou Chenyu and Baoyu had enough to eat and put all the wild game to be sold on the cart.

Zhou Wanqiu stayed at home for a few days, and the wound on her back had healed a lot. She followed Li Xiuju to the door, looking eagerly:

"Sister Chen Yu, Baoyu, how about I go with you. One more person, and more helpers."

Zhou Chenyu looked at her thin face, which finally had a little extra flesh, but standing in the cold wind, her body looked even thinner than Li Xiuju's, as if she would collapse at the slightest breeze.

"Okay, our brother and sister are not at home, and we don't feel comfortable leaving your aunt at home alone. It would be great if you are by our side."

Li Xiuju looked at the sharp-tongued Zhou Chenyu, put her arms around Zhou Wanqiu's shoulders, and smiled lightly: "Wan Qiu, she dislikes us two. Since we are not allowed to go, we will stay at home to warm up the brazier and call them Get busy outside."

Baoyu took the hemp rope and wrapped it around the cage of the cart, tying the wild animals tightly. Then he patted the ashes on his hands and faced the two people at the door with a neat white mouth. Teeth, smiled and said:
"Mom, sister Wan Qiu, it's windy and cold outside. You'd better go back to the house quickly. Leave the rest to my sister and me. As long as we are here, everything will be fine."

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news." Li Xiuju hugged Zhou Wanqiu, and the two of them turned and returned to the house.

Baoyu raised the two armrests of the trolley, and Zhou Chenyu stood aside to help support them. The two of them pushed the trolley towards the city one after the other.

The white-furred fox was the most valuable wild game in the car. After entering the city, the two of them first went to a shop that specialized in purchasing animal furs.

The store was near the cloth store. As soon as he entered the store, Zhou Chenyu saw various animal skins hanging on the walls of the store.

The business in the store is not as lively as other stores, but it is the store with the highest price for furs in Qingshui Town.

The shopkeeper sitting in front of the counter was holding his head with one hand, holding a soup dumpling in his hand, and his sleepy eyes were swaying downwards, as if he could fall asleep at any time.

"Sister, he can fall asleep right now, isn't he afraid that the things in the store will be stolen?"

Zhou Chenyu glanced at Baoyu, walked to the store, and woke him up: "Shop, you can collect fox furs here."

"Receive, receive, receive!"

The man was awakened by Zhou Chenyu's voice, his head slipped from his hands, and he almost hit the chopping board. He was disturbed to sleep. He was angry at first with dissatisfaction, but when he saw Zhou Chenyu's smiling face, he gave up his anger. .

He wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and straightened his clothes. His eyes were still a little tired. He suppressed the thought of yawning and said: "Collect, we will collect as many foxes as you have, and we will collect them all."

Zhou Chenyu lay on the table, "What's the price?"

"Is the fox you want to sell alive or already skinned?" After the man asked, he subconsciously glanced at the cloth-covered cage in Baoyu's hand, "Is it alive?" Baoyu nodded, "Shop, Exactly."

The man pulled off his clothes, took a sip of hot tea, walked out from the counter, pointed to the fur on the wall in front of them, "For foxes captured alive, with pure and smooth color, five hundred yuan per pound , the fur is not that smooth, and the price is another hundred cents less. If the fur is more mixed in color, the price is cheaper, and can only be sold for about 250 cents per pound. If the fur is rougher, it can only be sold for one pound. That’s it. Which category is yours?”

The man finished speaking in one breath, and finally couldn't help but yawned and looked at Baoyu.

Baoyu lifted up the coarse cloth covering the cage and said, "Seller, we are selling two white foxes. Not only are they pure in color, but their hair is very slippery. What price do you think?"

Zhou Chenyu stared at the store's reaction. The moment the two foxes appeared in front of the man's eyes, his eyes widened in surprise, and he suddenly lost his sleepiness.

She was sure that it would be sold at a good price.

When Baoyu asked about the price, the man touched his beard again, blocked the smile on his lips, and pretended to be serious:
"Let me see, then I can decide how much money to give."

Baoyu put the cage in front of the counter. The man ran back to the chair eagerly, dragged the two little foxes to him, and took a closer look, "Where did you catch these two foxes?"

"It was..." Baoyu replied naively, and was grabbed by Zhou Chenyu's arm, "Oh, shopkeeper, he caught it in the mountains."

The shopkeeper didn't give up, and pretended to chat with Baoyu again, saying, "Which mountain is it?"

Zhou Chenyu leaned in front of the counter, "Store, we have other things to do. Please tell us quickly, how can we sell these two foxes?"

The man glanced at Zhou Chenyu, pretended to be dumbfounded and looked back, rolled his shrewd eyes, and said with a smile: "Girl, the price for white foxes in our store is much higher than the price for variegated ones. Seven hundred and fifty-one Jin. I think your two foxes weigh more than ten kilograms in total, and they can be sold for at least seven or eight taels of silver. What do you think?"

Zhou Chenyu and Baoyu looked at each other. Although they both came to this store, they also kept their eyes open. Before coming, they also asked about the prices of several other stores.

In stores not as well-known as his, the price of a white-furred fox can reach [-] pounds, but here it is only [-] pounds.

It was obvious that the two of them were young, so they caught the young man and tried to trick them.

Zhou Chenyu winked at Baoyu, who took the cage back and smiled helplessly, "Shopkeeper, this price is really beyond our expectation. My sister and I need to look elsewhere."

"Hey, hey, hey." The man hurriedly grabbed the cage, fearing that he would lose these two treasures, "Son, you don't know. In recent years, the money in everyone's wallets has been decreasing year by year, and the people who buy these expensive fox furs have also It's a lot less, and it's really hard to do business. I think you two are young, so it's not easy to catch these two little foxes. The whole family is counting on them to celebrate the New Year. Otherwise, I'll give you another hundred pence, but good?"

Zhou Chenyu grabbed Baoyu, who was about to make a move, and smiled sheepishly at the store, "Uncle, when doing business, it's all about shopping around. Let's go look elsewhere."

"Wait a minute!" The man ordered and stopped them: "I will make an exception and add fifty more. Is it okay for the head office this time?"

Baoyu's eyes shone, Zhou Chenyu raised his eyebrows and smiled, gaining the upper hand, turning around slowly: "Shopkeeper, I won't beat around the bush with you anymore. If you add fifty cents more, we can give it to 950 per catty. For these two The fox will be yours."

(End of this chapter)