Chapter 202 The Merchant Who Rents Seed Collectors
Meng Qingyin was extremely anxious.
Seeing this, the little one said, "Master, come stand on my back."
Meng Qingyin instinctively refused: "No, I'm very heavy."
Baby: "Master, I won't let you fall. Feel free to stand on my back and watch."
Meng Qingyin knew that her son had misunderstood; she wasn't afraid of falling at all.
She was afraid that she would weigh down the baby.
but……
The cub is now the size of a tiger, so my worries were a bit unnecessary.
With that concern gone, Meng Qingyin climbed directly onto the baby's back and slowly stood up.
The field of vision in front of you also increases.
Soon, her gaze pierced through the crowd and landed on the man in the very center.
Upon seeing the person's face, Meng Qingyin raised an eyebrow; it was Zheng Yi.
However, Zheng Yi, who had lost a leg, knelt on the ground and cried uncontrollably in front of the crowd.
The broken leg, the heart-wrenching music, the haggard man crying his eyes out—this scene made everyone's faces ache with pity.
Many people threw money into the middle, and Meng Qingyin finally realized that they weren't throwing rotten vegetable leaves or eggs, but gold coins!
If Meng Qingyin hadn't seen too many of these scams back in modern times, she might have believed them too.
She thought the Robbery Alliance had reformed and given up their evil ways, but it turns out they've expanded into new businesses!
They've switched from robbing people on the street to swindling money.
The key question is, how could such a clumsy scam possibly fool so many people?
They're throwing gold coins!
Meng Qingyin was about to fall for him.
However, an unexpected incident soon occurred.
A black dog suddenly darted out from the crowd and charged at Zheng Yi. Zheng Yi, who was immersed in his role-playing, was startled and jumped three feet high.
The severed leg miraculously regenerated!
The onlookers immediately realized they had been tricked, and they became furious, throwing all sorts of rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs at Zheng Yi like there was no tomorrow.
"You damn liar! You were just faking it all, making me cry so much!"
"What a waste of your feelings and time! I hope you really do break your leg, you damn liar!"
Zheng Yi stopped pretending, grabbed the money on the ground, stuffed it into his pocket, and made a quick getaway.
Meng Qingyin stared in disbelief.
Well, people really can't take shortcuts.
The crowd quickly dispersed, and Meng Qingyin jumped off the baby's back and continued strolling leisurely.
After walking for another five minutes, Meng Qingyin finally found a stall selling tea sets.
My master enjoys drinking tea under the trees in the courtyard; perhaps she could buy him a tea set.
Meng Qingyin walked up to the stall, carefully selected a set, and asked the price. Such a small tea set actually cost 1 gold coin!
Meng Qingyin gritted her teeth and bought it.
The vendor smiled and packaged it for her.
Taking the opportunity, Meng Qingyin asked, "Do you know where I can rent a seed collector?"
The stall owner glanced at her and asked, "Are you a farmer from a nearby village?"
Meng Qingyin nodded without changing her expression, "Yes."
There must be demand for seed collectors at rental shops. She can't keep searching aimlessly; she should just go there and take a look.
The stall owner pointed in a direction, "Go straight that way, that merchant's stall is very conspicuous, and there are a lot of people there."
Meng Qingyin thanked the stall owner and followed the direction he pointed.
After walking for about five minutes, she found the stall of the merchant who rented out seed collectors.
It's no exaggeration to say that the number of people gathered here is even greater than the number gathered on Zheng Yi's side earlier.
Meng Qingyin used the same trick again, standing on the baby's back and peering inside.
The person surrounded in the middle was a woman in her thirties. Her clothing style was very simple, and the colors were dull and gray, making her look very inconspicuous.
However, her attire surprisingly blended in with the group of farmers.
There was a table in front of her, and on the table were two seed collectors.
She was engrossed in writing in a thick notebook, so busy that she didn't even look up.
One by one, the farmers stepped forward, saying something, and then left the crowd to wait on the periphery.
Meng Qingyin wanted to find out what was going on, so she walked up to a peasant woman who had just squeezed out of the crowd.
"Hello, ma'am. This is my first time renting a seed collector, and I'm not sure about the price. Could you tell me?" Meng Qingyin asked sincerely.
The farmer's wife was quite enthusiastic: "Is this your first time here? You've come a bit late, you might not be able to rent one. We people have been queuing up since before dawn."
Meng Qingyin: "Is it really that hard to rent a seed collector?"
"That's right!" the farmer sighed. "The main problem is that there are too many people who want to rent them, but the merchants only have a limited number of seed collectors, only two. If they had more, there might not be a queue in the future."
Meng Qingyin then asked, "And the price?"
The farmer said, "The price is charged by the hour, ten silver coins per hour. If you rent it for a day, it only costs one gold coin. Even if you grow a lot of fruits and vegetables at home, you can harvest all the seeds in one day."
Meng Qingyin exclaimed, "Isn't one gold coin expensive?"
She originally thought that her master would earn at least one gold coin for forging a piece of equipment, which was already very profitable. She never expected that she could earn one gold coin a day by renting out the seed collector.
This money is too easy to make!
The farmer smiled. "If we don't have a seed collector to collect seeds, we won't be able to plant crops next year, and how will we survive? Compared to that, one gold coin is indeed not expensive. Moreover, most families don't grow crops on a large scale, so they only need to rent it for a few hours. Several families can rent it together for a day and then share the cost according to the time used. If you calculate it that way, the price can be much cheaper."
Meng Qingyin nodded, indicating that she understood.
Looking at it this way, seed collectors make money way too fast.
However, there is a problem.
What if someone takes over the seed collector, claims it's lost, or simply refuses to hand it over?
Once this problem is solved, she can start renting out her seed collector.
There are still quite a few people who can't rent seed collectors, so there's no need to worry about a lack of market demand.
Meng Qingyin voiced her doubts.
The farmer explained, "Well, the merchant has her own methods. Before renting the seed collector, we have to sign a rental contract with her. If it gets damaged or can't be retrieved, we're forced to pay a large sum of money in compensation."
"Forced compensation?"
"Yes, the highway bank will directly confiscate the property and compensate the businessman."
Meng Qingyin asked, puzzled, "What if we don't deposit the money in the highway bank?"
The woman said, "Bank staff might come to our door and confiscate our cash, but it's never come to this. We're all honest farmers; we wouldn't have such bad intentions."
The farmer was very hospitable and advised Meng Qingyin to take good care of the seed collector if she rented it, and not to cause any damage.
Meng Qingyin nodded in agreement.
The farmer's wife started chatting with her again: "By the way, what crops do you grow at home?"
Meng Qingyin paused for two seconds, then suddenly realized another problem.
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