Chapter 126: Pointing the Way
Ma Datian and Ma Xiaoshan were both very excited.
"Auntie, auntie, we made a lot of money."
The two of them didn't care that this was not their home and took out money from their pockets.
The scattered copper coins fell on the table, making a pleasant tinkling sound, which made people very happy.
"We can't count them." Ma Xiaoshan felt embarrassed when he said this.
"Saya, come here for a moment."
Sanya ran over, and Siya, the little tail behind Sanya, also ran over and said anxiously, "Count, I'll count."
"I'll let San Ya teach you how to count. You'll probably be able to do it after just two tries."
Ma Datian and Ma Xiaoshan nodded repeatedly.
"Thank you very much, auntie." Ma Datian tends to stutter when he gets excited.
Because of this, Ma Datian was often laughed at. Ma Xiaoshan injured his leg when he was a child, and his leg would limp when he walked fast.
People in the village would call the two brothers of the Ma family Ma Datian Ma Keba and Ma Xiaoshan Ma Bozi.
This is also one of the reasons why the Ma family doesn't like to deal with people in the village.
San Ya is a very patient little master and teaches very seriously.
Si Ya is a naughty girl. She wants to play while counting.
San Ya allocated half of it to her and used the remaining half as teaching material.
After she taught the Ma brothers to count the pile they had, she would exchange it with Si Ya.
San Ya pointed at the pile of things that Si Ya had counted and looked at Ma Datian and Ma Xiaoshan with a smile.
"Uncle Ma, Uncle Ma, please count out this money just like I taught you just now."
Ma Datian and Ma Xiaoshan pushed it towards themselves together.
The two of them counted together. There weren't many coins, and San Ya was a good teacher, so they were able to count them quickly.
The total amount is ninety-three coins.
"Saya, count out the sixty cents given to your family, and then we'll count how much money is left." Ma Xiaoshan said.
San Ya couldn't figure out ninety-three minus sixty, so she simply counted out sixty cents.
"Uncle Ma, Uncle Ma, do you want to count again?"
The two waved their hands, "No, no."
When San Ya was counting, they followed her and counted quietly.
Ma Datian counted to fifty-eight, and Ma Xiaoshan counted to sixty. Ma Datian realized that he had counted wrong.
After paying off the sixty coins he owed, he had thirty-three coins left.
Ma Xiaoshan smiled and asked Qin Fangci, "Aunt, you said before that if we sold out, could you give us more on credit?"
Qin Fangci nodded, "How much do you want to buy on credit?"
Apparently, the two brothers had discussed this on the way back. Ma Xiaoshan said directly, "We want 20 kilograms."
"Sure. Even though the weather is still cold, be careful not to leave the tofu in the sun when you take it out. It will turn sour easily and won't taste good."
Ma Datian and Ma Xiaoshan nodded repeatedly, taking Qin Fangci's words to heart.
After seeing off Ma Datian and Ma Xiaoshan, the three brothers of the Wang family also came back. They went directly to another town and shouted in the town. An old man who had eaten there before bought half of their tofu and all their tofu pudding.
The three Wang brothers were very worried at the time because the other party bought too much and they didn't know what price to charge.
Everyone said they had eaten.
If they sell too high, the master might get angry and cause trouble; if they sell too low, and it's not enough to cover the capital for the Li family, then their trip would be in vain and they would lose money.
In the end, it was Wang Cuiyun's elder brother Wang Yi who made the decision.
Ten pounds of tofu cost eighty cents, and half of it counts as five pounds. Wang Yi tentatively asked for fifty cents.
The bucket of tofu pudding they had was small, and Qin Fangci sold it for sixty wen, while Wang Yi asked for one hundred wen.
The reason why Wang Yi dared to quote such a price was because Wang Cuiyun used to make embroidered handkerchiefs at home. He had been to the cloth shop several times with Qiu Caifen. They were such a wealthy family that they bought things without blinking an eye.
When Wang Cong and Wang Geng heard Wang Yi's offer, their hearts were in their throats. They silently took a step back, thinking that if they were beaten, they would run away quickly, but they would not pay back for the beating.
Then, the master who bought the tofu asked the servants to pay and praised them for being honest in business. He also said that next time he had more tofu, he could just knock on their door.
One hundred and fifty coins were in hand, and they also had a regular big buyer. The master had left before Wang Cong and Wang Geng realized what was happening.
"Cousin Yi, you're still the best."
Wang Yi just noticed the two people's little movements and sighed in his heart, thinking that it would be great if he still had a brother.
Unfortunately, his father died when his mother gave birth to his younger brother, so he was unable to have another younger brother.
The remaining tofu was quickly sold out, and five pounds of tofu were sold for fifty-two cents.
They came back a little late, one reason being that they had walked too far, and the other reason being that they had taken the wrong route and had almost ended up in the neighboring county through another small fork in the road.
Of course, with their walking speed, it would take them until evening to get there.
When they finally saw the familiar Liantang Village, the three brothers all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. They were really afraid of taking the wrong path again and ending up somewhere else.
Wang Cong couldn't help but complain to Qin Fangci, "It's all the fault of that guide. If he hadn't given us the wrong directions, we wouldn't have gone so wrong."
Qin Fangci looked at the three of them and said gently, "This is what you need to remember. When you go out, there will always be some warm-hearted and kind people. If you can still meet someone, you can ask more."
Li Laoer has the most say in this matter. When he was a peddler, he took many detours. The most annoying thing was that one time, he took a detour and came back to meet the person who had given him directions before.
The man argued with him, saying that the road he pointed to was correct and he was the one who took the wrong path. If there wasn't only one road there, he would have believed the man's lies.
He waited there and asked the man to walk around by himself. When their eyes met again, the man finally lowered his head.
"Sometimes if you don't meet anyone on the road, you can go to the village. Once you get there, sell things and ask a few more people. Mark the path you've walked along and follow the marks to find your way back."
Wang Cong, Wang Geng and Wang Yi nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
Li Laoer took the opportunity to tell them some tips on finding the way and asking for directions. Yesterday he mainly talked about how to do business and didn't say much about finding the way.
Qin Fangci brought the topic back to the topic, "Okay, tell me how much money you made today? Did you earn back the 120 cents?"
The money was put into a cloth bag and placed in Wang Cong's backpack. Along the way, Wang Cong was protected by Wang Geng and Wang Yi, for fear that the money would be lost.
The three of them sold a total of 202 coins, and after paying off their costs, they had 82 coins left.
San Ya once again came out to act as a little teacher, and distributed the eighty-two cents to the three people one by one.
Wang Cong got one cent, Wang Geng got one cent, and Wang Yi got one cent. After they divided everything, there was one cent left.
The three of them looked at each other. It was difficult to divide the money, but no one was willing to give it to others.
Qin Fangci took the penny and said, "Leave this penny here as advance payment for tomorrow's tofu. How much do you want to take away tomorrow?"
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