peasant girl allure

Chapter 28 Middle-aged Uncle
The next day, Xiao'er woke up before dawn. When she woke up, she found that Mrs. Liu had cooked a pot of white porridge and steamed steamed buns.Shen Chengyao also fried chestnuts according to the method taught by Xiao'er. A pot of fried chestnuts was already done, and the aroma was also wafting from the pot being fried.

After Xiao'er washed up, Jing Rui and Jing Hao also woke up. After the family had breakfast, Shen Chengyao drove the ox cart to the county with a cart full of things and three children.

When he arrived in the county, Shen Chengyao found a stall, unloaded his stuff from the ox cart, and went to find out if there were any odd jobs. This street would be patrolled by officials every market day. The law and order was very good, and no one dared to make trouble, so Shen Chengyao can rest assured that his children are selling things here, and there are other children selling things in the whole street.

Xiao'er opened the bag containing chestnuts, revealing the chestnuts fried in sugar inside. The aroma of chestnuts soon wafted out, and when she smelled the aroma, someone came over and asked, "What is this, so fragrant?"

Xiao'er glanced at the woman in her early 30s, with a kind face. She pulled a four or five-year-old boy beside her, pointed at the chestnut and said, "Mom, I want to eat this, I want to eat this, this food is good." fragrant."

Xiao'er picked up a handful and handed it to the woman: "Sister, this is sugar-fried chestnuts. It's sweet, soft, and sticky. You can try it. If you don't like it, you don't have to buy it."

"I can be your mother now. You can still call me sister, just call me aunt. I dare not answer sister, otherwise people will say that I am shameless." The woman took the chestnuts, peeled the shells and fed them to her son. One, I also peeled one and ate it.

"I think Eldest Sister looks very young, but calling you Auntie makes you look old. You look similar to my sister." As for women, who doesn't want others to say that they look younger than their actual age.

The woman was praised, and sure enough, there was a little more smile on her face. After eating the chestnuts, she also felt that the taste was good: "Did the little girl put honey on her mouth? It's sweeter than this chestnut, so I just put it on your mouth. This chestnut is my mouth." I have to buy it, how can I sell it?"
"Eldest sister is a good person. The chestnuts cost twelve cents a catty. Buy two catties and get half a catty free."

"It's so expensive?" The woman frowned, the price of twelve cents has already caught up with the price of meat.

"It's actually not expensive. If you buy two catties, you can get half a catty for free. That's just nine cents and six catties. The chestnuts in my family are fried by a secret method. The meat is delicate, the waxy grains are soft, sweet and fragrant, and Chestnut has the effect of beautifying the skin and prolonging life. The eldest sister eats it to make her youthful and permanent. "

"Mom, why don't you buy it? I still want to eat!" The boy pulled the woman's sleeve and shook it constantly.

"Oh, little ancestor, I'll just buy it, don't shake it anymore."

"Then weigh two catties for me." She originally planned to buy some to taste, and her son had been looking forward to it for many years, and he is usually used to it. If he doesn't buy it, he will make you headache and annoy you. died.

"Okay." Xiao'er happily replied.

Jing Rui hurriedly put the chestnuts into the iron pocket on the scale and weighed two and a half catties. Xiao'er grabbed another two handfuls of chestnuts and put them in, the tail of the scale raised high.Xiao'er took lotus leaves and wrapped two bags of two and a half catties of chestnuts, tied them with straw and handed them to the woman.

When the woman saw that Xiao'er had weighed enough and put in more, she was even more happy to give the copper coin.

Jing Hao counted the 24 papers handed over by the woman and accepted them.

If the first person buys it, there will be a second and a third...follow, and Xiaoer's marketing strategy of buying two catties and getting half a catty for the next episode is very effective. , I feel that I have taken advantage of the things I give away, so many people buy them at two catties.Soon half of their chestnuts were sold, leaving only about 20 catties.

Not far away, a middle-aged man in a fine navy blue satin gown, with a dusty face, was looking for new things on the street.He just came back from a trip to the southernmost place. Before he left, he promised to bring delicious food to the children in his family when they came back. Who knew that the fruits he brought were all rotten. Are there any fresh items for sale?

He saw a lot of people crowded in front of Xiao'er's booth, everyone bought two packs of things and left, so he also walked over.

When it was his turn, there were less than ten catties of chestnuts left. "How do you sell these chestnuts?"

"Twelve cents a catty, sell two catties and get one catty free." Xiao'er replied while helping the mother-in-law in front to pack the chestnuts. After the bag was finished, she glanced at the man, grabbed a handful and handed it to him: " Uncle can try."

The man took it, opened the shell, put the meat in his mouth, tasted it, threw the rest back into the basket, and nodded: "It tastes good, I want all the rest." After speaking, he handed it to Xiao'er A cloth bag.

Jing Rui immediately poured all the chestnuts in the sack into it, weighed it, and it was nine catties and three taels.

"Nine catties and three taels, that is, only six catties will be charged, and one and a half catties will be given away, and the remaining one catty will be 11 taels. Uncle buys a lot at a time, and the remaining one catty of 11 taels will be counted as one and a half catties of silver." , send 3 taels more to the uncle, that’s a total of [-] Wen.” Xiao’er happily quoted.

The middle-aged man's eyes were widened by Xiao'er's calculations without pause. This little girl is amazing, and her calculation speed is even better than that of her big shopkeeper.What he didn't know was that Xiao'er could calculate ninety words in just one second.I didn't say ninety words immediately, but I took care of him.

Jingrui and Jinghao were also surprised, how could Xiaoer be so powerful.

"The little girl has learned arithmetic?"

"Well, there is a cousin in the family who goes to school, and I have learned from him." Xiao'er started the rhythm of lying again.

The two brothers looked at the sky speechlessly, when the eldest cousin would teach her, usually when she came closer, the eldest aunt would stop her, saying not to disturb the eldest cousin's study.

The middle-aged man nodded and saw that there were three baskets behind Xiao'er, so he asked, "Do you have any other new things?" He didn't have any hope when he asked this question, and he didn't expect that it would exceed his expectations.

Xiao'er looked at the basket behind her, "Uncle, please wait."

Xiao'er walked to the basket behind her, pretended to flip through it, and then took out an orange, a mango and a small bunch of lychees.

"Do you want these three kinds of fruits?"

Seeing the oranges, mangoes, and lychees that Xiaoer took out, the middle-aged man snatched them with eyes bigger than a bull's, "How did you get these fruits?"

"Yesterday my father went to the deep mountain to pick it up. It's fresh and very sweet. Uncle can smell it." The quality of the products produced by the space is excellent, and even the smell of the fruit feels refreshing.

"Why are there mangoes on the mountain this season? And is this a lychee? Why is this orange so big? Is this an orange or a grapefruit? Are these fruits picked on the mountain? Where is the mountain? How can it grow so well? Fruits?" The middle-aged man held several fruits and couldn't put them down, and asked several questions in succession.

"I don't know about that. My father brought it back from the deep mountains. Moreover, there are four seasons in a mountain, and the weather is different for ten miles. Even something as precious as ginseng can grow on the mountain. Why can't it grow good fruits. Do you want it, uncle?" Xiao'er stretched out her hand and pretended to take the fruit back.

"Yes, why don't you, do you have any more? I want them all. Does the little girl often study with your cousin? There are four seasons in a mountain, and different days in ten miles. It's really good." The middle-aged man shrank his hands and avoided Xiao'er stretched out her hand.Don't forget to praise Xiao'er.

These three fruits were the best growing fruits he had ever seen, and he felt that the tributes were not as good.

Xiao'er put all the medicinal materials in the basket on the other side, secretly put some more in, and then handed the basket to the uncle.

"There are only so many?" The three kinds of fruits filled half a basket, and the middle-aged man felt that it was too little after seeing it. "How do you sell these fruits?"

"Uncle has seen the world, and this is the first time we have picked these fruits. Uncle, let me give you a price." The fruits in the basket add up to more than 30 catties, ten mangoes, twelve oranges, Litchi about five or six catties.Seeing that this man is a straightforward and generous person, Xiao'er asked him to make an offer.

"The little girl can really talk."

The man put the fruit back into the basket, twisted the basket with both hands, made a rough estimate, then put down the basket and said, "Since you trust uncle, how about I give these fruits ten taels of silver?"

"Since the uncle is asked to set the price, of course the uncle has the final say." Xiao'er said happily, and he earned the ten taels of silver to buy her space.However, this uncle is also generous if he is willing to pay ten taels, at least he will not bully their children.

The middle-aged man took out a silver coin and a string of money: "You don't need to look for the remaining ten coins."

Xiao'er took it, and quickly counted out ten Wen and handed it to him: "Ninety Wen has been agreed, ninety Wen, uncle will continue."

The middle-aged man pushed away Xiao'er's small hand, carried the basket on his back, and lifted the bag of fried chestnuts with his right hand, "It's okay, then Shiwen will treat you as an uncle and buy your basket. Besides, the fruit may be returned by the uncle." Taking advantage of you."

"Then thank you uncle." After hearing this, Xiao'er was not polite anymore, and put the copper plate away.

"Next time, little girl, if you have such a good fruit, you can find me at the Hongyun Grocery Store. My surname is Zhou."

"Okay, uncle, go slowly."

　In ancient times, half a catty was calculated as 8 taels.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)