pastoral fragrance

Chapter 91
After those helpers left, Han Shi and Qiuyue hurried over to clean up the dishes.Qiulin looked at the bowls and chopsticks, which were more than half of the bowl, and felt a little worried. The meal was eaten happily, but after the meal, the bowls and chopsticks were too lazy to clean.

Qiu Song and Qiu He took out the tables and stools over there. Where are there so many tables and stools in the house? Some of them were borrowed from the villagers in the village, and now they have to return them when they are used up.The same goes for these bowls and chopsticks.

This is all a matter of getting used to it. Which one in the village does business? If there are not enough bowls, chopsticks, tables and stools, you must borrow them from the villagers in the village. Otherwise, if you buy them yourself, what a waste?

After clearing away the dishes and chopsticks, I took them back and returned them.Everyone's eyes were attracted by the fish and lotus root.Even though some were distributed to those who came to help from the village just now, there are still a lot of things piled up in the yard.The lotus root can still be put in, but the fish can't.These fish must be sold quickly.

So Qiulin and the others rushed to Wang Er's house to rent a car, and dragged the fish into the wooden bucket to the town.There are so many fish, one cart is not enough to pull them, so I rented two ox carts.The drivers are Qiuyue and Qiusong.

Qiulin and the others first went to the owner of the fish and shrimp shop. There were so many fish, if they were just sold to passers-by, I don't know how long it would take to sell them.

The owner of the fish and shrimp shop was tall and thick, with an unshaven beard. He was wearing a single-layer gray dress and a leather apron. .He carefully looked back and forth at the fish in the wooden barrel. These fish were obviously just picked up from the fish pond, and the fish scales were still hanging from the water.

"How do you sell this fish?" The man looked at it for a long time, and finally asked.

Qiulin smiled and said: "Uncle, you have also seen that we only have two kinds of fish, grass carp and carp. These are the two most popular fish in the world, so the selling price is not low. It is said that grass carp It can be sold for 22 Wen a catty, and the carp is [-] Wen a catty, right? So I think we can buy the grass carp for the uncle for [-] Wen, and the carp sells for [-] Wen, so it’s not a loss to you, right?”

In this way, he can make a net profit of four or five Wen per catty of fish.

Seeing that it was a little girl who answered, the man was a little surprised.But listening to her price, she didn't mean to cheat him, it was a reasonable price.However, people who are used to business are always more sensitive in terms of price, and always want to overwhelm it.So he said: "I think grass carp costs ten Wen, and carp fifteen Wen. What do you think?"

Qiuyue immediately grinned, "Uncle, our price is reasonable enough, isn't your price too deceitful?" In this way, he can make a net profit of seven or eight pennies per catty of fish. How about going to drink the northwest wind?
Qiulin's face remained unchanged, "Uncle, we are here to sell fish in good faith, otherwise why would we come all the way in the freezing weather? Our price is reasonable and we don't want much. Uncle thinks it's OK and we'll make a deal." , if it doesn’t work, forget it.”

When the man heard this, he hurriedly asked to stay: "Don't, why don't you make it cheaper, at worst I'll just buy more, how about a penny cheaper per catty of fish?" Business people always care about everything, but this It doesn't matter if you don't care about it, it's a little bit if you can earn more.

Qiuyue chuckled lightly and said, "You uncle is really not happy enough. If you lose a penny, you will lose a penny, so you don't have to gossip."

In the end, the uncle bought fifty catties of grass carp and thirty catties of carp, and spent a total of one tael of silver plus thirty copper coins.

Putting the silver into the purse, Qiulin and the others drove forward again, thinking about it, it was not happy enough, eighty catties of fish only sold for a little more than one tael of silver.

Everyone followed suit and sold another [-] catties of fish to another fish and shrimp shop for [-] Wen.It's still the price just now.

This time, more than 100 catties of fish were sold, and the burden on the cart was much lighter.

There are only two fish shops in the town, but there are still a lot of fish, who should sell these fish to.All the children became worried.

"Let's try those inns and restaurants." Qiu Lin thought for a while and said, these places are also crowded with people, so they must also need ingredients.They'll try their luck.

Qiuyue was a little undecided, "Is this good?" Those inns shouldn't take much fish, right?Hey, Qiuyue thinks that next year's fish can't be given away in such a hurry, it should be picked up once every time I go to the market, and sold to the aunts and uncles in the town.

Now he has no choice but to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor, "Let's try it and we'll know."

Qiulin and the others first found a nearby restaurant. The restaurant was not too big, so they didn't ask for much. They gave 240 Wen for [-] catties of grass carp.The restaurant thought the carp was too expensive and not worth it, so they didn't buy it.

A few of them wandered around a few more, and they sold a hundred catties of fish for more than a tael of silver.

This guy running around not only struggled with his lips and tongue, but also made his feet go limp, but the sum of money he got did not exceed four taels.The babies are a little discouraged, why is this fish not worth as much as those silkworm babies?Their family has raised silkworms three times, and they can get several taels of silver each time, and the cycle is short, and silkworms can be spun after about forty days of feeding.These fish have been growing in the pond for a year, but so many fish can only be sold for less than four taels of silver.

"Hey, let's feed more silkworms next time. This stuff is much more valuable than this fish. Even if you go to the woods to dig out medicinal roots, it's worth more than this!" Qiuyue couldn't help sighing.

Knowing what the elder sister was thinking, Qiulin said with a smile, "This silkworm must be raised, and we have to raise fish too. Although fish are not as profitable as silkworms, they are more or less income. In fact, a few taels of silver is not too little. "

It was only then that Qiuyue realized that she had a tendency to think that the money was not much.The main reason is that silkworms and grassroots make a lot of money. Those grassroots can be sold for hundreds of pennies a catty, but this fish can't even reach a fraction.She felt a little worthless.But if this is put forward, it will not be much to sell for a few taels of silver, which is enough to cover the expenses of poor people for several months.

"That's right, although the money is small, it's still a little bit." Qiuyue finally cheered up, no matter how much the money was, it was enough for the two younger brothers to finish their cultivation.

"Well, let's go to the restaurant and inn again. If it's sold out, we can go home early." In this cold weather, there were not many pedestrians on the road, and they looked hurried and slipped away very quickly.It's cold, who would like to hang out on the street, they all gather around the house to warm up.

A few children went to several restaurants and inns, and finally the fish was almost sold, there were about [-] catties of fish left, and they got a total of more than five taels of silver.

The fish will never be dragged back, but they have run over all the restaurants in this town, and there are very few pedestrians on the street, and all the doors of the houses in the town are closed. It seemed extremely empty and desolate, with a sense of boundless loneliness.

The children looked at the forked intersection, not knowing where to go.Is it really necessary to take these fish back home?
"Hey, how do you sell this fish?" When everyone was not sure what to do, a woman who was passing by suddenly stopped and turned around to look at the fish in their wooden barrels.Behind her was a young man with a basket of vegetables, dressed in gray clothes and trousers, dressed as a servant.

Everyone's eyes brightened, and Qiuyue busily smiled like more flowers, "This grass carp usually sells for [-] yuan, we count it as [-] yuan; carp is worth [-] yuan, what does my mother-in-law think?"

The woman didn't bargain, so she sold it directly.He generously took out the money from his pocket, "It's freezing cold, you kids still sell fish on the street, but it's hard work, go home quickly." The woman was kind and bought the fish. Still comforting Qiulin and the others like this.

"We're done selling the fish, so we're going back now, thank you mother-in-law." Qiuyue replied obediently, this mother-in-law is really kind.

After all the fish were sold out, everyone went to the grocery store to buy several catties of salt, and there were dozens of catties of fish at home, all of which had to be salted, otherwise they would be spoiled and maggot-bearing.After buying it, Qiulin and the others happily drove to the village. Seeing that the cart was empty, everyone's hearts were filled.

Qiulin took out the purse from the elder sister's arms and counted every penny.Then find strings to string up the scattered copper coins.

"Hey, you've been counting for a long time, but after counting, how many are there?" Qiu He asked anxiously.He was in a hurry, seeing the little girl's slow look, he wished he could take the wallet and count it by himself.

Seeing that the third brother was in a hurry, Qiulin covered his mouth and smiled, "Why are you so anxious, I didn't tell you!"

Qiuhe's mouth was twisted, and he was about to come over to grab it, but he and Qiulin were not sitting in the same bullock cart.He was dangling on the bullock cart and almost fell to the ground.Qiu Song grabbed him, "Don't go shopping, this isn't just for fun, it will make you take off two layers of skin."

After hearing Qiu Song's words, Qiu He didn't dare to move.Qiu Lin on the other side made a face at him and said with a smile, "Okay, let me tell you, there are five taels of silver and two hundred Wen in total."

For these five taels of silver, it takes hundreds of catties of fish to sell for this price.

The kids nodded in satisfaction, "Although the money isn't too much, it's still a lot."

There are also tens of catties of fish left in the house. These fish are marinated and kept for Chinese New Year or given away.When Qiulin and the others arrived home, they didn't see Mrs. Han busy scraping fish scales, dissecting fish belly, and rubbing salt.Xu Nanshan on the side was also helping out. There were a lot of these things, and he couldn't do it alone.

Originally, everyone was very tired after going to the town, but seeing that their parents were also busy at the moment, the children went to return the car and came over to help. "Mother, I sold it for more than five taels of silver. I will keep you." Qiulin said happily, and she found that since she came here, isn't her biggest hobby saving money?
(End of this chapter)