Chapter 211 Personal Experience
"Yes." Although life outside was difficult, her spending did not decrease and she still had money to buy candy.
And being stuck at home, this is one of her few hobbies.
Manbao took out a large bag of candies wrapped in oil paper bags and gave it to her. Fu Wenyun naturally didn't know how to count them, so she asked Qiuyue to give her a string of money and then sent her to the door. "If you have time to come to the county town, you must come to see me."
Manbao nodded vigorously and said, "My second brother might be setting up a stall in the street in South City that specializes in agricultural products. If you want to write to me, ask Qiuyue to find my second brother."
Fu Wenyun said she understood.
The two friends waved goodbye.
The people living in this area are the families of officials such as the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and chief clerk. Zhou Liulang is familiar with the area and takes them directly to knock on the doors.
Perhaps because of the refugees, the person opening the door had to ask first, open the door a crack, and only open the door after confirming that it was someone he knew.
The customer base that Zhou Silang and his team have developed spans a wide range, from old ladies in their sixties and seventies to children as young as five or six years old.
Of course, the latter are mainly customers of Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang.
The children in this area especially like the candies they sell.
The children inside heard Zhou Liulang's voice and ran out one after another. They crowded at the door to look at Zhou Liulang and asked, "Are there any candies for sale today?"
Zhou Liulang nodded, "Yes, how many do you want?"
"I want ten!"
"I want five!"
"My eldest sister has money, I'll go get her."
"Yes, let the elder sister buy some more."
An older girl was brought in by a group of people. There were only two servants in their house. One of them was working in the kitchen, and the other was standing at the door watching them and preventing them from running out.
The young girl who came was obviously familiar with Zhou Liulang, and she even asked, "Have you been to the county magistrate's house?"
"yes."
"Have you met Miss Fu Er?"
Zhou Liulang opened his mouth to speak, but Manbao secretly tugged at his sleeve, poked his head out from behind and said, "I've met Sister Qiuyue."
"Oh," the little sister's interest waned a little. She glanced at the candies they sold to their younger brothers and sisters and asked, "Is this the same candy you sold to Miss Fu Er?"
Manbao nodded, "Exactly the same."
The young lady was satisfied and nodded, saying, "Give me as much as Miss Fu bought."
Manbao reached into the cloth bag without hesitation, took out a bag of candies from Koko and gave it to her, "One bag contains one hundred candies."
The little girl's face stiffened slightly. One hundred coins meant one hundred coins. Although her father was the chief clerk, a string of coins was still a lot for her.
But she had already said it, and there was no way she would change her mind. She took the candy bag and said stiffly, "Wait here, I'll get it."
Zhou Liulang went to look at Ma Baobao's cloth bag and asked, "I thought your bag could only hold two bags of candy, but it can actually hold three?"
Manbao nodded proudly. She could pack as much as she wanted.
While she was getting the money, Manbao asked Daya to bring out several flower baskets and gave them to these young customers. Manbao said, "Thank you for always taking care of our business. These flower baskets are gifts for you."
The young customers exclaimed as they took it. Not only was the flower basket beautiful, but even if it wasn't, it would make them very happy just to have such a simple gift.
Besides, these flower baskets are very beautiful.
Two girls who were about the same age as Manbao felt that the flower basket was more valuable than the candies they bought, so they felt embarrassed to accept it.
Manbao was very generous, and waved his little hand and said, "Just take it if I give it to you."
A young customer asked, "Will you come again tomorrow?"
Manbao said, "Come here if you want some candy."
"Come on then. I'll ask my dad for money tonight so I can buy candy again tomorrow."
The little girl was gone for quite a long time, but Manbao didn't feel bored at all. She was a chatterbox and could talk to anyone.
When the little girl came over with a string of money, her younger brother, sister, cousin and cousin were sitting on the doorstep chatting with Manbao. Manbao not only knew how many people were in the family, but also knew which village the mother was from. Naturally, he also knew that this was the home of the chief clerk of their county.
Manbao took a closer look inside and felt that although the house looked nice, it was smaller than theirs.
The little girl knew nothing about it and handed the money to Manbao, who then gave her a flower basket.
The little girl, who was a little worried about the money, was delighted when she saw it and threw away her prejudice. "Did you make this? It's really beautiful."
The group of four went door to door selling candies and delivering flower baskets along the way.
Even if a child occasionally doesn't buy anything, Manbao will still give him a flower basket. After all, he has been taking care of their business for a long time, right?
Moreover, along the way, many small bamboo baskets and flowers were delivered, and Zhou Liulang and Datou felt much more relaxed.
Because they are the two people who are most eager to send these things out.
After delivering all the flower baskets and selling all the candies, everyone clapped their hands and went back to Zhou Erlang with satisfaction.
Of course, before going back, Manbao led everyone to buy buns.
I've been out for so long and I'm really a little hungry.
Thinking that his family needed money, Manbao didn't choose the meat buns with a broken heart. Instead, he said to the stall owner, "I want ten vegetarian buns."
The stall owner took a large dried leaf and quickly picked out ten buns for her, five in each bag, for a total of two bags.
Manbao counted out ten coins to him. The stall owner was startled. He glanced at Manbao and felt that he looked unfamiliar. He turned his eyes and saw Zhou Liulang. Then he recognized him and said, "It's you, little brother. How long has it been since you last went to the county town?"
Zhou Liulang saw that he didn't take the money, so he asked, "It's been a while, what's wrong?"
Manbao also came back to her senses. Remembering what the stall owner next door said that the price of rice had increased that morning, she couldn't help but ask, "Did the price increase?"
The stall owner wiped his hands a little embarrassedly and said, "That's right, the price of grain in the grain shop has skyrocketed. If I don't raise the price, I won't be able to continue this business."
"So how much is the vegetarian bun now?"
"Two cents each."
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was expensive, it was still within her acceptable range.
Manbao counted out another ten coins and gave them to him.
The stall owner then put the money away, looked around, and whispered to Zhou Liulang, "It's two cents now, but it might go up another cent in a while."
He sighed sadly, "The price of grain was still 30 wen a dou this morning, but at noon I heard from people who went to buy rice that it had risen to 32 wen."
Not only Manbao, but even Zhou Liulang was stunned. "Isn't this rising too fast?"
"Yes, it's rising too fast."
The excitement of earning three hundred coins faded, and Manbao followed Zhou Liulang back in a depressed mood.
(End of this chapter)
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