Chapter 182: Selling Seafood]
Then, Chen Fenghe took out other kelp, seaweed and some dried fish and scallops from the space, and then went directly through the space to the outside of the village.
She knocked directly on the door of a house at the entrance of the village.
The family had apparently gone to bed. After a while, footsteps were heard from inside. A sleepy-eyed man came over and removed the door panel, asking, "Who is it? Knocking at the door in the middle of the night?"
Chen Fenghe had already put on makeup in the space, disguising herself as a passing seafood merchant.
She deliberately raised her voice and said, "Brother, please come! I came from the east and now I have some seafood on me. I am going to Qingzhou City, but I was delayed for two days on the road. Now I have arrived here in the middle of the night. It just so happens that my wife is going to give birth these days and is waiting for me to go back. I really can't make it to Qingzhou City in time to sell the goods to the seafood store in the city and then return home. I want to make a deal with you. Can you take these goods from me? Then I can go home immediately..."
When the villager heard that he was going to sell seafood, his sleepiness disappeared immediately.
"Are you serious? It's just that... seafood is not cheap. How much do you want? How much do you have?"
After hearing this, Chen Fenghe led the man outside and pointed to the basket of goods he had taken out from the space. He said, "They are all cheap things, including kelp, seaweed, scallops, etc. Each one weighs about five pounds."
After hearing this, the villager hesitated again.
Someone suddenly knocked on the door in the middle of the night to sell seafood, and sold so much at once. Could he be a suspicious person?
It was also quite a coincidence. How could the village chief just tell everyone during the day that eating seafood might cure illnesses, and then someone came to deliver seafood in the middle of the night? Could it be that they were trying to sell it for a high price?
Seeing his hesitation, Chen Fenghe guessed he must be suspicious, and hurriedly said, "Brother, I really have no choice. My family is waiting for me to go and hold our son! I heard that the price of salt and seafood in Hejian Prefecture has skyrocketed. That's why I went to Hejian Prefecture specifically. However, if you are willing to buy, I am willing to sell it to you at one and a half times the original price. What do you think?"
After hearing this, the villager couldn't help but feel moved.
A few days ago, he went into the city with the village head and saw a long queue in front of the seafood store in Qingzhou City. When he asked, he found out that the prices of those seafood were three to five times higher than in previous years!
Now this seafood merchant is willing to sell it at 1.5 times the price, which is simply a great deal!
However, with a total price of five kilograms of each item, his family really didn't have enough money to buy them all!
"How about this, you...you wait a moment. I...I'll go call the headman over and we'll discuss it."
Having said that, he hurried out to call the head of the village.
After a while, the village head came running over and asked, "Brother, you said you have seafood and are willing to sell it to us at a low price. Is that true?"
Even though he had put on makeup and changed his appearance, Chen Fenghe was still afraid that the village head would see him, so he subconsciously raised his hand to touch the beard he had put on.
Fortunately, the village head's attention was all on the seafood in Shen Fenghe's cargo basket. He just glanced at Shen Fenghe and then looked away.
"Is this kelp? Are the scallops also priced at 1/5? How much silver do all these cost in total?"
Chen Fenghe did a rough calculation and said, "All together, it's two taels of silver."
The village head couldn't help showing a distressed expression when he heard this: "You want... so many?"
Chen Fenghe also knew that two taels of silver was not something that a small village could easily come up with.
But the current market price of seafood is probably more than three times more expensive than what she wants.
If she asked for a lower price, it would arouse suspicion.
"Village head, this price is really not expensive. If it weren't for my family's emergency and my inability to make it to Qingzhou City, I could sell it for more than three times the price!"
The village head also knew that she was telling the truth. He gritted his teeth and said, "Wait a minute! I... I'll buy it! I'll go get the silver right now. The tuition fees that the village children originally had to pay to the private school teacher are all with me. I'll use this money first, and then gather the villagers tomorrow morning to have everyone raise funds..."
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