Chapter 164: The Sucker or the Destined One
Cui Qingyi remained calm and followed the waitress to the side.
Guy: "What do you want?"
Cui Qingyi pointed at something at random and asked, "What is this?"
When the female waitress saw what Cui Qingyi was pointing at, her eyes lit up. Their uncle was good at everything and was a top-notch businessman. He had only one habit that couldn't be considered a shortcoming: he always liked to buy weird things.
For example, the one in front of you. A few years ago, when a caravan passed by the east, an old man with a curly beard stopped the caravan and tried to sell it. It was said that the product was a handicraft carved from the roots of a century-old birch tree.
According to the female waitress, this thing doesn't look like a work of art at all. Not only are the carving marks too heavy, but the carving is also messy. No normal person would buy this thing.
The old man placed the broken tree root in front of him and admired it for a few days before throwing it back into the warehouse. This time, the old man personally led the caravan out and took out all the stock in the warehouse, even placing the broken tree root in a very conspicuous position, saying that he wanted to find a destined person for this handicraft.
But the waitress felt that apart from her uncle's strange habit, no one else would...
I didn't expect there are people...
"You have a good eye. This is a handicraft that our uncle personally brought from the east. It is the work of a famous carving master from the east.
Look at the master's carving, isn't it exquisite? In the East, many families will place a tree carving in their homes, which is believed to protect the family and bring peace.
I see you have a special connection with this thing."
Cui Qingyi... Are you bullying her for being inexperienced? This thing can be called natural and unadorned if you put it nicely, or crudely made if you put it bluntly, but it can also be called a handicraft.
"Really? You think I have a connection with this thing? How do you sell it?"
Female waiter...a sucker?
"It's rare to meet someone who shares our master's interests. Since we are so fortunate to have this masterpiece, I will definitely give you a special price of two hundred taels."
Cui Qingyi...haha, a sucker?
"Two hundred taels? That's not expensive."
The waitress suddenly felt that something was not right with the tone. The customer was too cooperative, which made her feel uneasy.
"Then I'll pack it for you, or have one of our guys deliver it to your house."
Cui Qingyi: "This thing is too good, but it doesn't really match my house, so I'll just leave it here and wait for the right person.
I’m sure there will be people with refined taste who will like it.”
Female friend...haha, what's wrong with me being a little angry?
She thought she had met a sucker, but she didn't expect that the other party was making fun of her from beginning to end. The female clerk really wanted to quit, but she was a clerk at the Beijia Trading Company, and it was absolutely not allowed for her to be rude to customers. If she did so, she would definitely lose the reward money at the end of the year.
I was very angry, but I had to hold my anger and continue to follow the customer.
Cui Qingyi returned to the previous container and pointed at several rare traditional Chinese medicines that were only produced in the north and asked, "How much is this?"
In just a short time, the waitress had quickly adjusted her mood, thinking about what the shop's chefs had said: "You must be good at observing different customers and use different methods for different customers."
The waitress thought that this customer might just not like anything too extravagant, so when Cui Qingyi spoke again, she said very frankly, "This is safflower. If women take it in moderation, it can beautify their skin, promote blood circulation, and relieve pain. It should never be used if you're pregnant."
One tael is sold for twenty taels of silver."
Cui Qingyi secretly clicked her tongue. She was certainly familiar with saffron. It turned out that precious things were always expensive.
Just when the female clerk thought that the deal wouldn't be done today, Cui Qingyi said calmly, "Pack me half a pound."
This thing is good. She plans to take it home and make tea with konjac, and also share it with people close to her.
Female waiter: "Half a pound? Are you sure?" Don't buy it to harm others, will you?
Finally, Cui Qingyi pointed at the dirt puddle in the corner under the waitress's dazed gaze and asked, "Can you give me that as a gift?"
The female shopkeeper followed Cui Qingyi's gaze and saw that the thing was a gift from the Russian merchant. It was said that after washing and cooking it could be used as food to satisfy hunger, or as feed for horses and livestock.
But the Bei family caravan, let alone the people, even the horses were fed with concentrated feed. This ugly stuff was so unappealing that even the horses would shudder if given to them.
But it is impossible to send it.
"Look, we brought this back from afar, so please give me some."
In the end, Cui Qingyi spent fifty copper coins to take away a dozen dirty potatoes.
After discovering potatoes, Cui Qingyi's feet were no longer swollen after walking around for half a day, and her hands felt stronger. She went around all the other warehouses of Beijia Trading Company in one go, and finally she actually found some seeds she had never seen before.
In her previous life, although Cui Qingyi was not the kind of person who thought that watermelons grew in fruit stores, she did not fully recognize the seeds of many plants. After all, the ones she occasionally saw in the countryside were all grown crops. But it didn't matter if she didn't recognize them. She could just go back and scatter them in the backyard and she would know when they came out.
Cui Qingyi returned home with the things she bought, and felt happy looking at the potatoes in the basket.
The potatoes of this era may not have been improved, so each one is only slightly bigger than a child's fist, and is somewhat similar to the potato varieties grown in plateau areas in later generations.
Cui Qingyi is not good at variety improvement, but she thinks that no matter what kind of plant it is, as long as it does not have particularly strict requirements on temperature and as long as the soil fertility can meet the standards for crop growth, the fruits produced will surely not be too bad.
Wangcai squatted beside Cui Qingyi, tilted his head and looked curiously for a while, then stretched his nose to smell the potatoes.
Uncooked potatoes have no other smell except the earthy smell. Cui Qingyi did not stop Wangcai. Her own dog knew Wangcai's character best. He was a typical carnivore.
But what Cui Qingyi didn't expect was that Wangcai sniffed for a while, then grabbed a potato in one bite, and with a few crunches, the raw potato went into his stomach.
Cui Qingyi was stunned and subconsciously reached out to pry the dog's mouth open.
Wangcai didn't struggle, and even opened his mouth wide for Cui Qingyi to see.
Cui Qingyi... This was the first time in her two lifetimes that she had seen a dog that ate raw potatoes!
Could it be pica?
In order to prevent these small potatoes from being eaten by Wangcai, Cui Qingyi found a basket and hung the potatoes in the woodshed. If they sprouted, they could be planted directly in the backyard.
Wangcai tilted his head and looked at the basket, and left reluctantly after being sternly warned by Cui Qingyi.
Although it was not easy for the foreign caravans to travel across the ocean, they only stayed in Dongping County for ten days.
When the ten days were up, the caravan packed up and prepared to leave under the supervision of the officials.
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