The next day, everyone got up, ate some dried meat, and set the table.
"Yu, shall we put out the remaining two items?" Everyone put out the dried meat, animal skins, and wild fruits, and asked Qiao Yu.
Those two things of course refer to the hairy potatoes and the pottery bowls.
"Pour a basket of raw potatoes here." Qiao Yu pointed to a specially reserved area and said, "Put the rest in baskets. We'll replace them one by one later. As for the other thing, we'll talk about it later."
"Okay." Everyone took action.
After everyone had packed up the stalls and more and more people came to visit, Qiao Yu took a few yams out of the fire, peeled them, broke them apart, cut them into small pieces with a bone knife, placed them on the leaves, and then inserted toothpicks made from small branches, and started shouting.
"Everyone, come and see, come and taste these delicious hairy potatoes. They are soft, sweet and filling."
For fear of causing dissatisfaction among the two large tribes and bringing about unnecessary trouble, Man's voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for passers-by to hear.
Not only did the three or four people who happened to be passing by look over, but also the people from the Shanyin tribe next to them and the Jushi tribe opposite them all looked over.
"Everyone come and try it. If you don't want anything, it's free for you to try. If you like it, you can exchange it for something else. Of course, it's okay if you don't want to exchange it." Liushui also greeted everyone.
Some of the passers-by had not intended to come over, but after hearing Liu Shui's words, they still came over.
Seeing this, Dali cleverly picked up the yam from the leaves and handed it to them: "Eat it with a branch, so your hands won't get dirty."
A few people saw that the white flesh of the hairy potato had a circle of purple on it. It was clean and the leaves were also clean. These people were so thoughtful that they inserted branches on it. They thought it was very thoughtful and couldn't help but reach out to take a piece.
Among them, a man in his fifties, wearing feathers in his hair, clearly from the Sun Tribe, was more cautious and asked first, "Is this thing poisonous?"
"It's not poisonous, it's not poisonous. We have been eating it for a long time, and we are all full of life. But it must be roasted before eating, not eaten raw, otherwise it will cause physical discomfort just like eating raw meat." Mandao.
Fearing that the word "toxic" might be exaggerated and misunderstood, Man didn't mention it again. Instead, he repeatedly emphasized: "It must be grilled or cooked before eating. It cannot be eaten raw."
"And let me tell you, this stuff is very filling. If you eat one the size of your fist and a handful of dried meat, you won't feel hungry for half a day," he added.
When they heard him say that, several people became interested.
Although the Sun Tribe, the God Tribe, and the Shanyin Tribe are relatively large, they have both rich and poor people, and not everyone has enough food.
The wealthy looked down on the small tribes, and since they were not short of food, they generally wouldn't venture into their territory. Those who visited the small tribes' stalls were all short of food, eager to see if the small tribes had anything fresh and cheap. Even wild fruit would be sold at a lower price than their own tribes.
Now, the hairy potato is very much to their liking.
A few people tried it and found that the yam was soft and sticky, with a slight sweetness, and tasted good. If it was really as the person in front of them said, especially filling and not expensive, then it would be a good thing.
"How to change?" asked the man from the Sun Tribe.
"What our small tribe lacks most is salt. If you have salt, that would be great; if not, you can exchange it for dried meat." As the person in charge, Shu spoke at this time.
He pointed to the rattan basket and then to a wooden bowl: "One basket of yams for one bowl of salt or ten bowls of dried meat."
That wooden bowl was a treasure of the valley tribe in the past. It was carved out bit by bit by an old man of Tianliang's generation who was good at polishing stone tools. He used a stone knife to carve it out on a piece of wood. He did this in order to have a measuring vessel for weighing the amount of dried meat to be exchanged at the trade fair.
The wooden bowl was estimated to be about twenty centimeters in diameter, one-third smaller than the bowl that the Sun Tribe used to exchange for pottery.
To the people of the Valley Tribe, yams were worthless. A single vine could yield half a basket of yams. The price they'd negotiated on the way was actually half a bowl of salt or five bowls of dried meat. But Qiao Yu, after his last night's shopping trip, had doubled the price.
"It's too expensive, too expensive." The man shook his head.
Although this thing looks good, they are here to pick up a bargain. These small tribesmen brought things here, so they can't take them back, right?
So as long as it is something from a small tribe, you just have to try your best to lower the price.
"I can only give you half a bowl of salt, or five bowls of dried meat."
He added, "We've never eaten this before, and we don't know if what you said is true. What if it's poisonous? What if it doesn't satisfy us? We'll try to exchange some for it and take it back. If it works, we'll come back and exchange it with you. So you better start by offering a lower price, don't ask for such a high price right away. If you scare us off, you'll be left with nothing. Are you planning to carry more back?"
"That's right." The others were just waiting to take advantage of the situation, so naturally they all agreed.
"If you exchange according to the amount he asked, I will also exchange some."
"Me too."
Shu acted nicely in front of Shuo, but at heart he was an honest man. Qiao Yu had warned him, and he knew he was a poor talker, so he just kept silent, letting Deman and Liushui go ahead and negotiate the price.
The people of the Valley Tribe were very excited when they heard the price. This was exactly the price they had originally agreed on.
Unfortunately, Qiao Yu had insisted last night that no bargaining was allowed, so they had to negotiate the price she set. If they couldn't reach an agreement, forget it. Their raw potatoes were definitely worth the price.
She also said that Man and Liushui were in charge of the transaction.
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