Chapter 91 90: Second-rate people are not completely useless (please subscribe and vote)

"If you need change later, come find us."

Wang Zhen thought about it and said, "When you sell wild boar meat, you can tell the buyers that wild boars eat all kinds of herbs in the mountains, which also have certain medicinal value. They are mild in nature and sweet in taste. They can moisten the intestines and stomach, produce body fluids, replenish kidney qi, and relieve heat and toxins."

Yang Chunyan nodded repeatedly, "I'll remember it. Thank you, Doctor Xiao Wang."

After they left the yard, Li Qiuyue whispered, "Their family is really nice. Old Doctor Wang is kind, and Little Doctor Wang is good-looking and has a good temper. They are not like some city people who even turn up their noses when they see us country people."

"Yes! They are all kind-hearted and good doctors."

"It looks like it."

The two men walked out of the alley and saw Zhou Huaishan talking to a woman who was looking at wild boar meat with a red face.

Li Qiuyue smiled and said, "Chunyan, look, the third brother's face is redder than March bubbles."

"Let's go and take a look."

The two of them took two quick steps forward, and Li Qiuyue stood next to Zhou Huaishan, "Third brother, what's wrong?"

When Zhou Huaishan saw the two people coming, he quickly stepped aside and said, "This elder sister wants to buy wild boar meat. The youngest sister hasn't come yet. I don't know how much per pound she should sell it for?"

The butcher said angrily, "I told him that wild boar meat is only 20 cents more expensive than domestic pork, but he didn't believe me and insisted on waiting for his brother to come before selling it to him."

Li Qiuyue looked at Yang Chunyan, "Chunyan, do you know?"

Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Sister, we have never sold wild boar meat. Please wait a moment. I will go ask Doctor Wang."

"Hurry up." The butcher said unhappily, "If there wasn't a patient at home who needed some wild boar meat, I wouldn't bother wasting time here with you."

Li Qiuyue also apologized with a smile, "I'm sorry."

Yang Chunyan strode into the drugstore and learned that wild boar meat has less fat and is only 20 cents per pound more expensive than domestic pigs. "Third sister-in-law, I'll sell it for 1.3 yuan per pound."

The big sister who bought the meat looked at Zhou Huaishan, whose face was flushed, and said, "I didn't lie to you!"

Zhou Huaishan smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry! I'll weigh it for you."

"That's good enough. Give me two pounds!"

"Okay!" Zhou Huaishan cut a piece and hung it on the beam scale, with the scale bar tilted high. "2 jin 2 liang, 2.86 yuan, 2.80 yuan off for you."

"Yes!" The butcher took the meat with satisfaction, put it in his basket, paid the money and left.

Zhou Huaishan took out a receipt and said, "The market manager came here just now and collected five cents."

Li Qiuyue took it and took a look at it, then looked at Yang Chunyan, "I don't even charge for selling corn, but I have to pay for setting up a stall to sell meat?"

Yang Chunyan, "We are selling meat, so we should give it a fair price. Five cents is not too much!"

Li Qiuyue picked up the corn leaves on the ground and asked, "Old Third, how much does corn cost per pound?"

"10 cents a pound, that's what you said last time you came back!"

"Haha, you know how to ask for a higher price? I started out selling it for 10 cents per pound."

"I bid 10 cents and they give me 10 cents back, so I sell it. If you can do it, go ahead and sell it!"

Zhou Huaishan said this and stepped back.

Yang Chunyan looked at the eels in the bucket and frowned, "Why hasn't Huai'an come back yet?"

"Here they come!" Zhou Huaian limped over with a fat man.

The two of them walked to the stall, and he patted the wild boar meat and said, "Brother Huang, look at the wild boar that I just skinned last night. It's cool in the mountains, and my mother even used mountain spring water to cool it down. It's still fresh now!"

Brother Huang’s name is Huang Yongcai. He is the purchasing agent of the county guesthouse and seems a bit picky.

When Zhou Huaian was asking about the price of wild boar meat in front of the pork stall, he happened to meet Huang Yongcai who was also there to inquire about wild boar meat, and was pulled here by him.

Huang Yongcai flipped it over and took a look. "It's not bad. Cut me ten catties and another fifteen catties of yellow eels. Next time you come to the city, just send them to the guesthouse and find me."

"Okay!" Zhou Huaian picked up a few bags of corn and put them in the bucket of the tricycle pushed by Huang Yongcai. "This is early-maturing glutinous corn that was planted this year. It's soft and sticky when cooked. Take it back and try it."

Then he stepped forward and whispered to Zhou Huaishan, "Third brother, cut out a piece of pork and give it to Brother Huang to stew for the children to taste."

Zhou Huaishan paused for a moment while cutting the meat, but still nodded: "Yes!"

Zhou Huaian waited for him to cut the meat, put it on the straw rope and weigh it, then looked at Huang Yongcai, "Brother Huang, the total is 11 pounds and 8 ounces, is it too much?"

Huang Yongcai said nonchalantly: "It's just a few pounds of meat, it's okay!"

Zhou Huaian picked up the meat and put it in the truck bed. He then picked up another piece of wild boar meat weighing about three pounds, came close to Huang Yongcai, and whispered, "Brother Huang, take this piece of meat back and stew it for your family to taste."

The smile in Huang Yongcai's eyes became more genuine. This boy knew how to behave. He said politely, "It's not easy for you either. I..."

"Brother Huang," Zhou Huaian interrupted him with a smile, "People in the mountains may not have much else, but they still have plenty of wild goods. If you don't mind, take them."

Huang Yongcai patted him on the shoulder and said, "When the rainy season comes, mushrooms will come out. If you find Alectoris or Bigfoot mushrooms in the mountains, come to the guesthouse to find me."

Zhou Huaian nodded repeatedly, "Okay, thank you Brother Huang for taking care of me."

Yang Chunyan already understood that Zhou Huaian wanted to establish a relationship with this person, and said, "Huaian, Doctor Xiao Wang said that wild boars eat all kinds of grass in the mountains, and wild boar meat has the effect of promoting body fluid and benefiting the kidneys."

"Oh!" Zhou Huaian looked at Huang Yongcai with a smile on his face, "We have nothing to do, so we can go up the mountain to dig some herbs and bring them to Doctor Wang's house, and sell them to supplement the family income!"

Huang Yongcai smiled and nodded, "That's right, digging some herbs to sell is better than bragging about nothing!"

"Brother Huang is right!"

At this time, Zhou Huaishan had already weighed the eel for him, "Huaian, 15 kilograms of eel, where do you think I should put it?"

Zhou Huaian looked at the eels in the bucket and brought it to Huang Yongcai, "Brother Huang, look, the ones my brother picked for you are all over 2 taels."

Huang Yongcai took a look and pointed to the wooden barrel in the truck bed with satisfaction, "Just pour it into the barrel, and give me ten kilograms of corn."

"Okay!" Zhou Huaian looked at Yang Chunyan, "We'll sell it for 10 cents a pound, and give it to Brother Huang for 90 cents."

Huang Yongcai said generously: "It's okay, just charge 10 cents per pound, I usually buy it at this price."

"Brother Huang is still generous!"

After hearing this, Yang Chunyan and Li Qiuyue hurriedly squatted down, picked out the plump ones, weighed them, and loaded them into the tricycle.

Huang Yongcai took out a notebook and wrote down the account. "Xiao Zhou, calculate it and I'll give you the money."

"Okay!" Zhou Huaian calculated, "11.8 jin of wild boar meat is 1.3 yuan per jin, a total of 15.3 yuan, 15 jin of yellow eel is 0.4 yuan per jin, 6 yuan, 10 jin of corn is 0.9 yuan, a total of 22.2 yuan, Brother Huang, just give 20 yuan."

Huang Yongcai looked at the abacus in his hand and saw that the calculation was about the same as his. "Not bad, Xiao Zhou, you are so good at mental arithmetic!"

Zhou Huaian looked smug, "Brother Huang, I'm not happy with what you said. I was the best at math when I was in school. I just wanted to show off in front of Brother Huang."

"It's a good thing to be able to do the math!" Huang Yongcai took out some money and gave it to him. "There are all kinds of people in society. If you can't do the math, you'll easily suffer losses."

"Yes, not everyone is as kind as Brother Huang."

"You don't look like a mountain person at all. You're so smooth-talking." Huang Yongcai smiled and rode on the tricycle. "Bring me the bee pupae and good mountain products."

"Okay!" Zhou Huaian walked a few steps before returning to the stall, "Third brother, let's send the remaining eels to the market."

Zhou Huaishan looked at him excitedly, "Are they all sold?"

He discovered today that the youngest son, whom the whole family thought was a spendthrift and useless, was so good at talking outside that he even had connections with the purchasing of the county guesthouse.

(End of this chapter)