Chapter 55 Listen to my mother
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She couldn't help but smile when she saw Lin Shiqi, "What?"
Lin Shiqi said, "Mom, our bean sprouts are no longer fresh in Longquan Town, and the sales are not as hot as before. In addition, we have to soak a lot of bean sprouts. I think starting from tomorrow, we will divide the bean sprout sellers into two groups. I will sell them in the county town, and let my third sister-in-law sell them in the town. What do you think?"
"That's fine. But the county town is too far away, and the cart is too heavy for you to push by yourself. How about this, I let the eldest and the second oldest help you push the cart? And you just need to sell it?" Mrs. Zhou hesitated.
Lin Shiqi really needed some labor. "Thank you very much, mother. I don't know what the rules are for selling things in the county town. I need to ask you and listen to your instructions..."
Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "Well, there's not much to it. You just need to pay an entry fee to enter the market in the county town. Each person has to pay two cents, calculated on a per-person basis. Also, you must keep the money you earn from the sales in your own hands, and don't let the second son get his hands on it. Just let him do some hard labor."
"All I have to do is listen to my mother." Lin Shiqi said sweetly.
This made Mrs. Zhou laugh so hard.
"Mom, I have used up all the wild beans I picked in the wild last time. I need to buy some more beans when I go back to the county town."
"Okay, it's up to you. How much does it cost to buy beans? If it's not enough, tell mother and she will give you some." Mrs. Zhou was very easy to talk to.
Lin Shiqi replied, "Beans shouldn't be expensive. One tael of silver can buy a lot of them and last for a long time. Let's bring some more bean sprouts to the county tomorrow. We are going so far, I plan to raise the price by two cents per pound to five cents per pound. Bring more bean sprouts and try to sell them for one tael of silver a day..."
"Will such a big increase affect business?" Mrs. Zhou worried again.
Five cents!
Mrs. Zhou smiled and said, "It shouldn't be the case. People in the county town are richer than us country people."
She raised the price because the journey was long and it took most of the day to go there and back.
Second, the weather is cold now, and bean sprouts are not easy to grow. It also takes firewood to make a brazier at home, which increases the cost.
There are fewer vegetables to eat in winter, and these are vegetables, and they are valuable because they are rare.
She believed it could be sold.
After reporting to Mrs. Zhou, Lin Shiqi waited for Zhou Lang to come back from school and then spoke to him again.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Lang said, "I will take a day off tomorrow and accompany you to the county town. You don't have to trouble my elder and second brothers."
Lin Shiqi thought about it and agreed.
This guy went to school just to pretend, not to really learn anything.
I've been pretending for so long, I can start to be lazy.
It would be nice to go to the county town with him.
Things can be packed in the concentric lock space and taken out when you are almost there, saving the hard work of pulling a trailer or pushing a cart.
Several hundred kilograms.
"Go talk to your mother yourself."
Zhou Lang really went there.
No one knew how he coaxed Mrs. Zhou, but she agreed without saying a word and gave him a few dozen coins so that he could buy some delicious food and drinks when he was tired and hungry.
The next day, the two of them got up early, said a few words to Liu, and then went into the city.
Liu and Lin Shiqi go to the stall every day and are now quite proficient at it. She has also learned some of Lin Shiqi's skills in shouting and hawking.
Old Zhou's family only had one wheelbarrow, which was given to Liu to use when going to town.
Lin Shiqi and his wife were going to the county town, so Mrs. Zhou asked Old Man Zhou to go to the village to borrow a ox cart for Lin Shiqi and his wife last night.
They have a lot of stuff to pack.
When they were leaving, Mrs. Zhou was still a little worried about Zhou Lang and his wife, "You two have rarely been to the county town before, why don't you let the third child take you there? I'm afraid you will get lost and can't come back."
Zhou Lang immediately refused, "Mom, don't worry, we've been there before. Even if we're not familiar with it, we'll ask for directions and we'll be able to get back to you."
Lin Shiqi also agreed, "Yes, Third Brother's injury has just healed. It's such a long journey to the county town, we don't want to tire Third Brother out."
Mrs. Zhou finally let it go.
I helped them load the fresh bean sprouts onto the ox cart and watched the couple set off.
Lin Shiqi and Zhou Lang went out of the village, found a deserted place, and loaded most of the bean sprouts on the ox cart back into the concentric lock space.
Travel light.
This way we get to the county town faster than expected.
Along the way, they met many villagers who, like them, were carrying items to the county town to sell.
Following these people into the city, we arrived at the market without having to ask around.
The market in the county town is indeed much larger than the morning market in the town. The morning market in the town usually lasts all morning.
The county market is always crowded with people. It is not crowded, but it is quite lively.
To enter the market, each person spent two cents to buy two passes. The ox carts also cost an extra two cents to enter because they were selling things and paid two cents for the stall fee.
In other words, Lin Shiqi and her friends spent eight cents to enter the market.
Before the business even opened, the company had already lost eight cents.
This made her a little shocked, "This fee is a bit expensive..."
Zhou Lang said, "The Great Yu Dynasty is now in turmoil, with enemies on all sides and natural and man-made disasters. The court collects various taxes under various pretexts, and when it comes to the local government, another layer is added. That's it."
Lin Shiqi understood.
The person collected two cents per person, one part was handed over and the other part was collected by the local government.
For ordinary people, it is hard to bear to pay a two-cent threshold fee just to enter without doing anything.
You can buy a large white flour steamed bun for two cents and it is enough to fill you up.
"If the Great Yu Kingdom continues to oppress its people, it will be finished sooner or later..." Lin Shiqi muttered in a low voice.
Zhou Lang did not comment.
They are just grassroots people now, and these things are not something they can control.
The two of them bought stall certificates and happened to have a good location. When others sold out their goods and wanted to leave, the two of them pulled the ox cart over and took over the stall.
Even the best wine needs to be hidden in a crowded alley.
A good stall with a lot of traffic is naturally better.
Before they entered the market, they deliberately found a secluded place, entered the concentric lock space, and fried a large pot of bean sprouts.
Take it out now, it's still hot.
Let’s start with the old rules: free tasting.
Then, there is buy and get one free.
Buy one pound and get two ounces free.
Buy three pounds and get one pound free.
Lin Shiqi was in charge of shouting, while Zhou Lang was in charge of helping out and collecting the money. The couple were quick and efficient, and they were also very good-looking. Many aunts and uncles who were actually not very interested in bean sprouts bought several kilograms just because of Zhou Lang's good looks.
The queue for food tasting was endless.
Business is booming and many people come here to watch the fun. I don’t know what it’s all about.
Once I learned about it, I couldn't help but buy a few kilograms.
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