"Hey! Big brother, third brother, why are there so many people in front of our house? I think I saw Grandpa and the others. Doesn't that person look like the magistrate who came a few days ago?"
Lin Chaobei craned his neck to look, as if that would allow him to see more clearly.
He knew it! The reason why the aunties and grandmas in the village were suddenly talking about the county magistrate again was because he had come again.
Last time, the village chief said that the county magistrate wanted to come and see their village's ancient well and South Lake. However, after seeing the sweet potatoes, the county magistrate left without even having a chance to meet the village chief.
Is the magistrate here to see South Lake and the ancient well?
Lin Chaobei ran to the outermost edge of the crowd and naturally heard the clan chief's words, as well as the two collective coughs of the clan elders.
Wow! The elders are so interesting!
Lin Chaobei didn't dare to push forward. He listened to the commotion from the very edge of the crowd. When he saw Lin Chaodong and Lin Chaonan walking home, he suddenly remembered something and hurried home as well.
“Mother, the sweet potatoes are sold out. They were sold for 18 coins per jin as you said. Each sweet potato weighs at least a jin. My fourth brother helped me sell these two baskets of sweet potatoes. They sold for 28 qian and 8 wen. My third brother sold them for 13 qian and 68 wen. In total, we sold them for 41 qian and 76 wen.”
Lin Chaodong's words made Yue Jiuyue forget about the people outside. She took the large bag of copper coins and happily began counting them.
"Five, ten, fifteen, twenty... four thousand one hundred and seventy-five, four thousand one hundred and seventy-six."
She sold four taels of silver a day, and could save up ten taels of silver in less than three days. Yue Jiuyue was astonished. She never expected that sweet potatoes could be so profitable!
The price she set for the boiled sweet potatoes was the same price she paid for the roasted sweet potatoes. And because sweet potatoes were a rare commodity in this world, she figured that even at eighteen coins a pound, some people would be willing to try them, which is why she set such a high price.
Unexpectedly, not only were some people willing to buy and try it, but many people were willing to buy and eat it. After all, sweet potatoes are really delicious. Even she would swallow her saliva frantically when she smelled the aroma of roasted sweet potatoes and wanted to eat them. She didn't think these ancient people who had never seen sweet potatoes before could resist them.
The "So delicious it makes kids cry" series.
"Put this money away, you three brothers should go back and rest."
Yue Jiuyue took the cloth bag containing the copper coins, got up, and went back to her room, acting like a typical wicked stepmother.
The three brothers said nothing and tacitly approved of Yue Jiuyue's actions.
Lin Chaodong had observed them while they were talking and drinking water. Their mother's mood was indeed off when they first came in, but when she heard him mention the amount of money, and when she saw the third and fourth sons take out so much money, her eyes seemed to light up.
It seems their mother is no longer afraid of the county magistrate.
Lin Chaodong noticed it, and Lin Chaonan naturally noticed it too. The brothers exchanged a glance, then went back to their rooms with peace of mind.
Only the young Lin Chaobei didn't pay much attention to these things. Seeing that there was nothing for him to do, he immediately ran out of the house to continue watching the excitement.
No, it's about paying homage to the county magistrate and the clan chiefs and elders!
Back in her room, Yue Jiuyue put the money in her spatial storage and sat quietly, waiting.
She even felt a little regretful. If she hadn't done those things, at most others wouldn't have enough to eat, but she wouldn't have gone hungry.
The consequence of this unnecessary action is what we have now: living in constant fear and anxiety.
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