Chapter 53: All the peppers rotted, Zhou Tianci was furious
Zhou Tianci stood at the door of the warehouse, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot and so gloomy that water could drip from it.
Yu Qian and others lowered their heads, remained silent as a cicada, and did not even dare to breathe.
Waves of pungent stench hit them, and everyone's faces turned pale and they were about to faint.
"close the door!"
Zhou Tianci took a few glances, then frowned and ordered the warehouse door to be closed, then turned around and ran away.
He didn't reappear in front of everyone until he took a bath and changed his clothes.
I sniffed and finally found that the disgusting smell was gone.
"What happened? Why did the red strips break? That woman must have collected quite a few, so why didn't they break?"
Zhou Tianci was so angry that he could not contain his anger. The red strips in that warehouse cost him at least two hundred taels of silver, and he was planning to make them into chili oil to make the profit, but he did not expect that they were all spoiled.
More than two hundred taels of silver was actually a small matter. The key point was that he felt like he was being outdone by that woman again.
The Manyuan sesame oil he made was not as good as other people’s spicy sesame oil, and even the red strips could not be preserved properly. Is he really not as good as a village woman?
This was hard for him to accept, and he hated Xiao Ying even more.
"The main reason is that no one has done this before..."
Yu Qian spoke cautiously and tremblingly.
Several men who collected red slips looked at each other. They had collected them in the morning and had not yet set out in the afternoon, but they encountered this incident.
They used to be farmers, and suddenly they understood the reason. It must be because the crops were not dried out in the sun but piled directly in the warehouse.
The weather has been hot recently, and the warehouse is full of red strips, and the temperature is even higher. It would be strange if they didn't rot.
But no one dared to say it out loud, otherwise they would be the ones to be scolded.
Zhou Tianci was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger. Finally, he slapped the table hard. The table didn't move at all, but his hand turned red.
"Damn woman!"
He had never suffered such a big loss in his life, and suddenly he figured out the key.
The woman first deliberately raised the price and asked him to buy the red strips at a price of twenty-five cents per pound.
Then she deliberately let him know that she was going to other villages to purchase, but in fact she wanted him to go and buy it, and he was stupid enough to fall for it.
Several people were sent out to collect a warehouse of red strips, but they didn't know how to preserve them.
Now the money has been spent, the red strips are spoiled, and the spicy sesame oil has not been made.
It's such a huge irony!
The more Zhou Tianci thought about it, the angrier he became. He had never seen such a vicious woman.
"Are you still going to collect it?"
Someone asked this question without any courtesy, and Zhou Tianci was almost furious.
"Stop right now! Don't you think this young master is embarrassed enough?"
Several people lowered their heads even lower.
Yu Qian sighed softly. He had advised the young master a long time ago, but he didn't listen. Who could he blame for the situation now?
Xiao Ying learned that Manxiangyuan had stopped purchasing red strips that night.
Because the villagers picked red strips all afternoon yesterday, but no one came to buy them, so they were left with nothing.
Although the quantity was not large, each family still had a few pounds. The most important thing was that an entire afternoon was wasted, so they were all very angry.
Xiao Ying smiled when he heard this, and it was indeed about time.
"Mom, why did Manxiang Garden suddenly stop accepting you?"
Chen Xingyun asked curiously, and his mother seemed very happy.
"Because their peppers are all rotten." Xiao Ying raised the corner of his mouth: "They must not know how to preserve peppers. If they are piled together in such hot weather, they will rot quickly."
The children suddenly understood and finally understood why their mother had said that she wanted to go to the next village to purchase peppers. It must be so that Manxiang Garden would have a large backlog of peppers.
"Hahahaha...don't they lose money then?"
Chen Xingyue laughed out loud. The other party must have collected at least several thousand kilograms of peppers, right?
Twenty-five cents per catty, that's one or two hundred taels of silver.
The other two also gloated and secretly cursed that it served them right. No wonder he didn't come yesterday afternoon.
"Mom, you are so amazing."
Chen Xingyun's face was full of admiration. His mother actually thought of this.
Xiao Ying said earnestly, "So you should think more carefully when encountering problems in the future, and don't be deceived by others without knowing it."
The three of them nodded hurriedly.
"Mom, should we continue to purchase peppers?" Chen Xinghai asked.
"I'll take it, and I'll take it at eight coins per pound."
Now that there are no more troublemakers, she will naturally continue with her chili business.
Chen Xingyun showed a bit of worry: "But didn't mother say before that she didn't have much money?"
In fact, they themselves could calculate that the family had been spending a lot of money recently, and their mother probably didn't have much money left.
And in a few days I have to pay the second installment of money for building the house, which is thirty taels.
Now, we have produced several hundred kilograms of spicy sesame oil and several hundred kilograms of spicy sesame sauce, but they are still fermenting and my mother has no intention of selling them to make a profit.
Where does the money for collecting peppers come from?
Xiao Ying said, "Don't worry about this. I'll go to town tomorrow and I'll have money when I come back."
The three of them looked at each other, but knowing that their mother was very capable, no one questioned her.
The next morning, Xiao Ying took a ox cart to the town with Chen Xinghai, while the two sisters stayed at home.
On the one hand, they supervise the spicy sesame oil and spicy sauce, and on the other hand, they also tell the villagers that they will continue to purchase red strips.
However, after so many days in the mountains, the villagers have only been able to pick very little. It is already good enough if they can harvest two or three hundred kilograms a day.
Xiao Ying’s idea was to ask people to go to several nearby villages to purchase. The quantity in those villages was probably not much, but as much as possible was better.
Of course, she had to tell the villagers about this in person.
It was already late in the morning when the mother and son arrived in the town. The streets were bustling with people.
Xiao Ying carried a basket and went straight to Renxin Pharmacy, while Chen Xinghai was waiting on the ox cart outside, already knowing what his mother was going to do.
"Isn't this Madam Xiao? Have you got something good to sell?"
One of the guys recognized her and immediately came up to her warmly with a smile on his face.
Xiao Ying also recognized the other person as the apprentice who received her last time, so she nodded.
"I wonder what Madam Xiao is going to sell today?"
The apprentice was deeply impressed by her. After all, she was a woman who could lift a sika deer weighing more than 100 kilograms with one hand, and she also sold a 50-year-old ginseng.
Xiao Ying said, "I recently picked another ginseng in the mountains. I wonder if you guys will buy it?"
“Collect, collect!”
The apprentice was immediately delighted, knowing that the other party must have some good stuff.
"Madam Xiao, can you let me take a look first?"
Xiao Ying placed the basket on the counter and then uncovered the coarse cloth. A ginseng in good condition suddenly came into view.
The apprentice was startled and picked up the ginseng carefully. He felt that it seemed better than the last one and was of a higher age.
"Could this be a hundred-year-old ginseng? Madam Xiao, please wait a moment. I will go and ask the shopkeeper."
He didn't dare to make a decision on his own, so after putting the ginseng in the basket, he immediately went to the backyard.
Not long after, the shopkeeper He Changrong, whom I had met last time, came out in a hurry and exchanged greetings with Xiao Ying when he saw him.
"It is indeed a century-old ginseng, and it is surprisingly well preserved."
After tasting it, He Changrong was delighted and praised it highly.
The older the ginseng is, the higher the price.
Last time, he sold that ginseng to a nobleman in the county town for more than one hundred taels of silver. The man felt much better after taking it, and asked him to keep an eye out for it and sell it to him if he had more like it.
I didn't expect to meet him again today.
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