Chapter 172: Child Bride She is Happy and Worry-free
There is not much business in the morning. Those who are willing to come to eat and drink tea are generally ship merchants passing by.
They stayed on the boat for a long time, and when they came to a ferry, they wanted to get out and get some fresh air.
I just happened to find a tea stall here, so I came over to take a look.
Upon seeing this, he not only drank tea, but also ordered some food from the stall.
Whether it is wonton noodles or egg pancakes, they are all popular among the ship merchants.
Moreover, these ship merchants and boatmen are much more generous with their money than the coolies who carry heavy bags.
The flour they brought today was used up just after noon.
In the afternoon, Lin Wanwan found an excuse to go to the village to buy some food and was able to get through the day.
There are quite a lot of ship merchants coming and going today, and word has spread that there is a stall at the ferry.
Naturally, you earn more money than yesterday.
As usual in the evening, as soon as Liu Xiaoyan got home, she poured all the coins on the table.
After some counting, I earned 678 copper coins today, and after deducting the cost, I can make a net profit of more than 500 copper coins.
This made Grandpa An and Grandma An very happy.
Although merchants do not pass through the ferry every day, most of the time you can only earn one or two hundred coins.
But such income was something their family had never dared to imagine before.
"Wanwan, I've bought out all the eggs from the neighbors. We might not have any eggs tomorrow!"
After settling the bill in the evening, Liu Xiaoyan found Lin Wanwan with some worry.
"Mom, don't worry about this. I'll go to town early tomorrow morning, and you and Dad can go to the stall."
"Get everything ready first. I can arrive half an hour later than you at most."
Seeing Liu Xiaoyan's anxious look, Lin Wanwan also knew that her mother-in-law had never done business.
Real businessmen know that relying on the chickens and ducks they raise is not enough to produce eggs.
Necessary expenses cannot be saved.
"Okay, be careful on the road. If you're scared, Mom will go with you and let Dad clean up the stall."
To be honest, Liu Xiaoyan was really worried about Lin Wanwan acting alone.
Although my daughter-in-law dressed like a man, she was still a pretty girl.
If her daughter-in-law dressed up as a man in the town, she would be worthy of being called a gigolo.
Maybe, a young lady from some family took her daughter-in-law away and wanted to marry her off to someone else as a son-in-law.
Many thoughts flashed through Liu Xiaoyan's mind, but she finally forced them out. She muttered to herself, why is it that the older I get, the more crazy my thoughts become?
The next morning, Lin Wanwan got up earlier than usual.
She went to the back mountain regardless of the dew and caught two pheasants from the dead branches.
"Mom, take this chicken with you and make it into chicken soup later."
"I heard from Uncle Liu that there will be many ship merchants passing by today. If they need it, we can add some chicken soup to the noodles and wontons."
"Charging them an extra five cents for each bowl of chicken soup is definitely a good deal."
The price of a pheasant is about 18 to 25 cents.
They stewed the food in a big pot and a bowl of chicken soup cost 5 cents. If you wanted chicken, the price would be different.
Seeing her mother-in-law put away the pheasant, Lin Wanwan gave the other one to Grandma An.
"Grandma, you can cook this pheasant at home and eat it with Grandpa. You can't keep a pheasant, so don't be reluctant to give it up."
After dividing the two chickens, Lin Wanwan put on her backpack and went to town.
The town is not far from the ferry, but she has to take a long detour from her home to the town and then to the ferry.
Liu Xiaoyan and An Siyuan also started to set off after Lin Wanwan left.
The two of them traveled together, chatting and laughing along the way.
Lin Wanwan arrived in the town and took a walk around first. Most of the shops had just opened at that time.
However, many people have already started setting up stalls.
These people come here early to sell eggs or seasonal vegetables from their homes.
After selling out their breakfast, they have to go home and continue their farm work.
Lin Wanwan did not go to the purchasing point, although the price of eggs was two for one cent.
But if you go to buy it, the price may rise to six or seven cents.
I bought more than 100 eggs from a street stall, looked at them, and then bought two big pumpkins.
They don't grow pumpkins at home. Maybe shipping is more developed in this world, so many seeds have already appeared.
For example, corn seeds and pepper seeds did not appear in other worlds at this time.
I just wonder if there are carrots?
Thinking of this, Lin Wanwan stopped in front of a stall.
It’s because there are some irregularly shaped orange radishes on this stall.
"I was just wondering if there were any carrots, but I didn't expect there actually were any."
"Uncle, how much are you selling these carrots for?"
Lin Wanwan immediately squatted down and asked about the price.
"Two cents a pound. These seeds come from overseas, and not many people are growing them right now."
The uncle was an honest and simple farmer and did not ask Lin Wanwan for a high price.
"Uncle, I want all your carrots. Do you have any left at home? If you do, bring me some in three days."
Two cents per pound was not expensive in Lin Wanwan's eyes, but in the uncle's eyes, it was already a good price.
"Yes, yes."
"How much do you want next time? I'll prepare it for you in advance!"
When the uncle heard that Lin Wanwan wanted more, he immediately smiled.
"Just bring me 10 kilograms!"
Lin Wanwan didn't know whether the people here could accept the taste of carrots, so she planned to buy less at first.
But she believed in the taste of Daxia Kingdom, and carrots were used as a garnish in cold dishes and many other dishes.
Although the portion is not large, it definitely adds the finishing touch.
"OK!"
"There are 7 jin and 5 liang here, which is exactly 15 wen!"
The uncle had brought carrots to the town to sell before, but the people there didn’t know the value of them and no one was willing to buy them.
Even if someone is willing to try it, they would only buy half a pound.
The uncle was helpless about this and was thinking of not planting it next year!
Unexpectedly, I met someone who knew the value of the carrots. All the carrots on the stall were bought at two cents per pound.
"Uncle, we have a deal. I have something to do, so I'll leave first. Don't forget to send me carrots in three days."
With this harvest, Lin Wanwan felt that her stall had become more prosperous.
When I passed by a pork stall, I bought two pounds of pork and two large bones.
This big bone costs one penny each. Although the meat on it has been removed cleanly, if you crush the bones and stew them, you can still make a pot of thick white bone soup.
When they returned to the ferry, Liu Xiaoyan and An Siyuan had already prepared everything they could.
"Mom, where are our pheasants?"
Looking at the empty iron pot, Lin Wanwan was worried that the pheasant in her home had been stolen by someone.
"A ship merchant just took a fancy to it and bought it for 50 coins!"
A pheasant worth less than 20 cents was given 50 cents. No wonder Liu Xiaoyan sold it.
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