Chapter 47 The child is really too precocious
"That's right, the smell is so strong that every time I come to set up a stall, I get all smelly..."
Logically speaking, she shouldn't have set up a stall in such a forward position after coming out of the canyon, but she had a cousin who hung out with that group of people.
Every time they heard that she was going to set up a stall, the other party would come to her house early in the morning to help her bring the things over and send them back in the evening. She was forced to stay here and set up the stall.
She knew that her cousin loved her and wanted to marry her, but she pretended not to know and just blindly accepted his kindness and flattery.
In fact, her cousin's appearance and family background are compatible with hers, but he always hangs out with a group of ruffians, which makes her feel uneasy.
She even knew why her cousin brought her things here. It was simply because he wanted to spend more time with her when he returned.
She actually quite appreciated her cousin's little thought.
Jiang A Miao kept complaining, and Sang Yu occasionally agreed with her, but she began to feel annoyed.
She came to get information, not to listen to complaints. Just then, someone approached her stall to ask for prices, and she took the opportunity to withdraw.
The price of six cents was not expensive and was even quite fair. Other people selling sugar at the market would charge a higher price than this. After all, they had to earn their money through hard work if they imported sugar from other places and sold it.
Sugar is not a necessity, but in today's world of material scarcity, it can be considered a nutritional supplement.
Occasionally buy one or two and make some sweet soup for your children to satisfy their cravings, boil eggs for pregnant women to nourish their bodies, or replenish the qi and blood of the elderly at home. It has many uses.
The color of the sugar cubes in front of Sang Yu indicated that they were quite thick, unlike some unscrupulous vendors who would buy the sugar and then add water for secondary processing.
The goods were of good quality and low price, and word spread among the people who bought them. Gradually, her stall was crowded with people, and Jiang Xiaomiao's business also improved.
She hurriedly weighed the sugar on a scale. The scale in her hand was very similar to the ones commonly used by the older generation today, with scales engraved on the scale bar.
Not only did she have to keep an eye on the weight herself, she also had to show it to the customer after weighing. Sometimes, there would be less than one or two candies, so she had to break off some from other candies.
Sang Xinghao, who was standing next to her, watched and suddenly tugged at her clothes: "Sister, I've learned it. Let me help you weigh it."
Sang Yu was stunned at first, then confirmed with him again: "Have you really learned it?"
"Well, when the rope with the weight hanging on it moves to this scale, it is one tael. I understand." Sang Xinghao nodded seriously.
"Okay, then you come and help me weigh the things, so that I can have my hands free to pack and collect the money." Seeing that he was right, Sang Yu did not doubt him and directly handed the scale to him.
She was quite confident and thought that a seven-year-old child could learn to use a scale just by watching, but others didn't believe her.
Seeing that the person weighing the candy had changed to a child, someone who was buying candy suddenly had evil thoughts.
Sang Yu was busy wrapping the candy for the previous customer. A woman in her thirties picked out a few pieces of candy and asked Sang Xinghao to weigh them for her.
"Little kid, I think the weight should be moved back a little. You're not giving me enough weight."
As she spoke, she reached out to continue stuffing candy into the tray.
Sang Xinghao nimbly dodged her hand and said, "Aunt, are you going to buy two taels of sugar? There's already one tael and six cents on the scale. If you add a little more, it will make it exactly two taels."
"...How can it be two taels? Little kid, you must have seen it wrong."
She still wanted to be stubborn, but she was the kind of person who usually asked the stall owner to give her an extra handful of vegetables when she bought them. How could she be dismissed with just a few words?
Sang Xinghao didn't indulge her. He turned the scale around and pointed to the scale on it and said to her, "Aunt, look, this scale is one tael, and here it is two taels. It's stuck in the middle now. Do you want to add some more to make it round off?"
After asking the question, he grinned at the other person with an innocent look.
After he pointed it out, the woman couldn't lie any more and rolled her eyes impatiently: "I just want one or two."
Although his proposal was rejected, Sang Xinghao did not feel disappointed at all. He quickly took off the extra candies, weighed them to one or two ounces, and showed them to her before handing them to Sang Yu for packaging.
In fact, Sang Yu had already noticed it when the woman started to embarrass him. He didn't stop his hands, but quietly pricked up his ears to eavesdrop.
She wanted to see how her younger brother would handle such a difficult customer. Of course, if he really couldn't handle it, she would never ignore him.
But she didn't expect that he was much calmer and more collected than she imagined. This child was really too precocious.
With the cooperation of the two, the candies in front of them decreased rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, until they disappeared completely, leaving only a few crumbs that fell when the candies were smashed.
Sang Yu gathered all the sugar crumbs on the leaves together and prepared to take them back to make candied haws for Sang Xinghao later. Little by little, they add up to a lot, so they can't be wasted.
Jiang A Miao, who was standing nearby, had almost finished her two large bags of grain. Seeing them about to leave, she quickly called out to Sang Yu, "Sister Sang, thanks to you setting up your stall next to me, I was able to sell so quickly today. I won't charge you for weighing them."
As she said this, she handed Sang Yu a penny, which was exactly the one Sang Yu had given her when she borrowed the scale before.
It's just a penny. Besides, if Sang Yu didn't have the other party's scale today, his sugar business might not be so smooth.
She smiled and refused: "There's no way you can ask for money back after you've given it away. Ah Miao, just accept it."
Seeing that she was not being polite, Jiang A Miao's smile became more sincere.
Even though she sold two bags of grain, she only earned a few coins. The rest of the money had to be given to her grandmother for safekeeping, to be used to find a wife for her younger brother.
"Then I would like to thank Sister Sang first. If you need a scale in the future, come to me and I will give it to you for free."
Sang Yu also smiled, but didn't take it to heart at all. Next time if she came to sell candy again, she would not sit next to her.
I originally wanted to find out some information, but in the end I didn't find out anything and had to listen to the other party's complaints. It's not worth it.
On the way back, Sang Yu asked Sang Xinghao curiously, "Hao'er, have you ever seen a scale before? I think you learn faster than me."
Sang Xinghao shook his head: "No, I just learned it after watching my sister use it a few times."
Sang Yu raised her eyebrows. Could this boy be a math genius? She asked again, "Let me test you. We just sold nineteen pieces of candy weighing one ounce each. Each piece costs six cents. How much did we make in total?"
"Nineteen portions, six cents per portion..." Sang Xinghao muttered while counting on his fingers.
Before he finished counting to the second six, his fingers were no longer enough. He looked at Sang Yu for help, trying to ask her to lend him a few fingers.
Sang Yu: “…” Well, this child simply learns things quickly, she is just thinking too much.
She smiled and rubbed his head: "Such a large number, you can't count it with your fingers. Sister will teach you a different method..."
Children of his age should also learn the multiplication table and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It just so happens that there are examples right now, and they can learn quickly by combining education with entertainment.
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