Fan Jin withdrew his heavy gaze, pursed his lips, and softly hummed in agreement.

He then explained: "My cousin is extremely shrewd in his work, to the point of being a little too shrewd."

His family is quite large, and if he could peel five jin of water chestnuts in the morning, it makes no sense that he'd only have one jin in the afternoon. Based on what I know of him, he's likely planning to go to the prefectural city himself to find a way to bypass us and do this business directly.”

Unfortunately, this time his cleverness backfired.

The business of water caltrop is not located in the prefectural city, or even in the entire Ming Kingdom.

Shuiqing laughed along, "Let him be. There are so many profitable businesses outside, but he doesn't want to do them or poach customers. He's already thinking about his own family members who have just started a small business. He's really a 'capable and clever person'!"

Commonly known as a bully in one's own backyard.

"Yes, should we pretend we don't know or refuse to accept his offer?" Fan Jin, unaware of his own ignorance, followed Shui Qing's opinion.

Shui Qing thought for a moment and said, "He just brought a small amount today. It wouldn't be right to refuse him so abruptly. Let him make a scene and bring out all the unstable people in the crowd. Then we can refuse them all."

Acquisitions are all about stability. Whether it's the buyer or the seller, once an agreement is made, it's an agreement and can't be treated as empty words.

Fan Jin smiled slightly, indicating his approval.

The two moved all the water chestnuts into the house and closed the doors and windows.

Shuiqing clicked "confirm sale" on the online store page.

Ding dong, 6840 yuan has been credited to your account!

Shuiqing immediately checked the total amount. Adding the cost of the matsutake mushrooms and the chicken head rice from lunch, the total amount was already 10,296 yuan.

Tens of thousands!

Shuiqing suddenly felt incredibly wealthy.

"Should we get the medicine first?" Fan Jin asked quietly from the side.

Shui Qing snapped out of her reverie and shook her head: "Let's not activate the medicine service yet. We'll activate it when we urgently need medicine or when we have enough balance."

"Okay, I've calculated it. We bought a total of 84 catties of water chestnuts today, and we need to pay 210 catties of rice. How much do you think it will cost?" Fan Jin reminded him.

Unlike mushrooms, which are a business with no initial investment, water chestnuts require some investment.

"Okay." Shui Qing found the rice category, found the previous option, and reported the corresponding weight: "Rice that costs two yuan per jin, 210 jin originally cost 420 yuan, but we got a discount for buying more, so it only costs 410 yuan."

Fan Jin: ...Won't the mall really lose money?

Why is rice, a food loved by everyone, so cheap?

But here, mushrooms and water caltrops, which are cheap and readily available, are incredibly expensive...

Shui Qing ignored Fan Jin; she first bought several dozen kilograms and put them into her own sacks, then added another dozen kilograms of flour.

Seeing the food bags full filled me with immense joy.

She used to dislike hoarding things, but after only two days here, she feels that she can never have too much food.

"I've already made an agreement with the pharmacy owner that I'll continue to send He Shou Wu there whenever I need it. I'm thinking I can send it again tomorrow."

Then, three or four days, or five or six days before winter arrives, they will be delivered in alternating batches, simply saying that they were found in the surrounding mountains, so as not to attract too much attention. Fan Jin said this after Shui Qing had finished buying the grain.

Shui Qing hummed in agreement. "Should we continue with today's weight, fluctuating up or down?"

Today we sold eight taels, although only three taels remain. That's because we just separated from the family and were penniless, lacking everything. Buying things was much more expensive.

"Oh, right, why did you also buy fabric?"

It was fine cotton cloth; this must have been the most expensive thing he bought today.