farmer's wife

Chapter 28 Selling Goods
At dusk, the back door of He Ji Restaurant was already busy being opened by the staff.

Vegetable sellers, butchers, fishermen and others deliver goods to and from the dew.

There was a yelling at the backyard gate, and the guys were very busy.

Xiao Lie led Fu Yan to stand a little further away: "Daughter-in-law, let's stand here and wait for a while. He Ji Restaurant collects fresh ingredients every morning and pays the bill on the spot. We will go there after they finish their work."

Fu Yan nodded.

"Are you hungry?" The delivery came early.

This morning Xiao Lie sent the sleeping Xiao Jian to his master's house, before he had time to eat breakfast, he entered the city at the beginning of Mao Shichu (5 o'clock).

They walked for half an hour, and it was still a little cold in April, and there was even dew in the morning.Seeing that Fu Yan's face turned slightly pale, Xiao Lie moved his steps to block the cold wind blowing towards Fu Yan.

Xiao Lie bowed his head: "When the rabbit is delivered, let's go have breakfast first."

"Okay. I'm fine. Let's wait." Fu Yan had no objection.

After standing for a while, a guy saw them and quickly shouted, "Brother Xiao! Why are you standing there!"

The staff squeezed out of the crowd enthusiastically, and came in front of Xiao Lie.Seeing a delicate woman standing behind Xiao Lie, with a pretty face, even dressed in common clothes, she couldn't help but blushed slightly, and hurriedly turned her eyes away, not daring to look any further.

"This is my sister-in-law, right?!" Xiao Lie is very good at hunting, and most of the wild animals needed in the restaurant are purchased from him. Shopkeeper He thinks highly of Xiao Lie, and even the guys who lead them in the restaurant are also very polite to Xiao Lie.

This time I haven't been to the city for nearly a month, and I heard it's a wedding.

Xiao Lie nodded, and handed the rabbit cage to the waiter: "Here are the six live rabbits ordered by shopkeeper He, totaling 22 catties, you can weigh them later."

The man took the cage and led them into the yard.

"That's right, it's close, so it's calculated at 22 catties." Mr. Qi, the accountant, came over, looked at the guys weighing, and settled the account with his abacus: "Twenty Wen per catty, the total is 440 Wen, and the shopkeeper gave it to you on the account. A deposit of 340 Wen, here, here is the remaining [-] Wen, please order."

Xiao Lie took the three coins and forty Wen from Mr. Qi, and handed it over to Fu Yan after confirming that it was correct.

Fu Yan tacitly took the basket in her hand, and covered the basket with cloth again.

"Mr. Qi, how is Shisheng doing? His father asked me to bring a message. April 25th is her mother's birthday, so let him go home for two days." Sun Shisheng is the village head's waiter in the city.

Two years ago, after getting acquainted with Shopkeeper He, Xiao Lie knew that he was looking for a new employee, so he recommended Sun Shisheng who could read and write.Sun Shisheng is smart, sweet-talking, and literate. Mr. Qi was delighted, and he took the young man as his apprentice to teach him to settle accounts.

Also because of this incident, the village chief's family is very close to Xiao Lie.

Mr. Qi: "That kid is doing accounts up front. I know, and I will tell him."

Xiao Lie nodded, there were many people in the courtyard and everyone was busy, so Xiao Lie stopped disturbing, turned around and left with Fu Yan.

The sun is getting brighter, and the stalls and shops that have been set up early on the roadside are ready for business, and there are shouts one after another.

Today is the day of going to the market, and there are especially many pedestrians on the road.

Xiao Lie guarded Fu Yan on the side of the road, holding her wrist, separating the crowded flow of people.

"Brother Alie, let's go to the bun shop in front." There were too many people and too noisy, Fu Yan tiptoed to Xiao Lie's ear and said.

"Okay, let's go to that one."

After eating steamed buns and soy milk, Xiao Lie came to the North and South Merchant Store with a sack in hand.

"Guests, please come inside!" The clerk in the shop greeted the guests warmly when they saw the guests coming, "Look at the two of you, what do you need?"

"Xiaoer, is your boss Li here?"

This is still a regular customer, the guy is even more enthusiastic: "Yes, our boss Li is in the backyard."

Xiao Lie said calmly: "Please tell him, I am Xiao Lie, and I am here to deliver the leather."

"Then you two rest in the store, and I'll come back as soon as I go."

After a while, the clerk came back to the shop and invited Xiao Lie and the two to go to the backyard.

"Brother Xiao, long time no see!" Boss Li beckoned them to sit down.The man served his tea and quit.

Boss Li looked at Fu Yan: "This is?"

"This is my wife." Xiao Lie introduced.

"Congratulations! Congratulations! I just returned to Shizhou. If I came back sooner, I might be able to get a glass of wedding wine from Brother Xiao." Boss Li smiled, and his slightly fat body looked like Maitreya Buddha Kind, but hard to hide the shrewdness in his eyes.

After greeting each other with Fu Yan, he said some polite words and returned to the topic.

Xiao Lie didn't say much anymore, he directly opened the bag, took out the cured meat and fur and put them one by one.

After setting things up, Xiao Lie backed away.

Boss Li took the cured meat one by one to check the quality and size of the meat, and after confirming it, he called a waiter to hold it.

The seventeen pieces of gray rabbit skins were intact and tanned clean, so they were put aside if there was no problem.

He looked over the remaining five fox furs and one mink fur repeatedly.

Boss Li probed: "Brother Xiao's hunting skills have improved again. These few good leathers are all shot to the eye, otherwise the leathers would not be so complete!"

Xiao Lie didn't make any publicity: "Only by knowing good leather can you sell it at a high price. All the well-preserved leathers that were lucky enough to be shot in the eyes will be sent to you here. The other damaged leathers will be sold at a low price."

Li Chao has been at peace for more than [-] years since the war, but Master taught him that he should keep a low profile and not reveal himself too much.

Xiao Lie kept the instruction in mind and dealt with Boss Li casually.

"Hey! I don't reject anyone who sells goods here, and you can give me your almost skins too! I guarantee that you will get a lot of money, and it will save you a lot of trouble." Boss Li heard that he sold it to other companies. , hastily opened his mouth.

Xiao Lie wasn't really lying to him, Xiao Lie had indeed more than one choice for the leather shop, but this time the leathers were carefully hunted by him and his master.

Getting married costs a lot...and he wants to work harder for their new home.

"You weren't here some time ago." Xiao Lie continued to fool around without changing his face.

Fu Yan looked up at the man.She knew that Xiao Lie hadn't sold other skins recently.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Lie had this side!This is not stupid!

Sensing Fu Yan's eyes, Xiao Lie put his hands behind his back and squeezed her little hands quietly.

Fu Yan's expression was calm, without showing any strangeness, she quietly stood beside them and watched their discussion.

Xiao Lie's performance this time had to be a private discussion between the two of them!

Boss Li saw that Xiao Lie didn't seem to be lying, so he asked him to stay more and more enthusiastically: "Brother Xiao, you know, I have to travel around all year round to earn two hard money, so I am not often in the store. But don't worry, my big shopkeeper Here, I will order him! If you have goods, just send them to our store, and keep them at a fair price."

After finishing speaking, Boss Li immediately called the big shopkeeper in the shop in front of him, and gave him an order face to face.

(End of this chapter)