Chapter 455 Vegetables are more expensive than lobsters
"What's there to be proud of? You say I've never seen a lobster, but have you ever seen green vegetables? My family has plenty of green vegetables."
Xie Zhili could no longer stand the bratty kid who was like a little fly. In a fit of pique, he walked to his own carriage, lifted the curtain, and revealed the vegetables inside.
"My God, he actually has vegetables! Everyone, look! Vegetables!" Manager Xie lifted up his carriage, and the seafood stall owners on both sides of the street went crazy with excitement.
As if she had never seen a woman before, she rushed to Xie Zhili's carriage and stared longingly at the fresh and tender vegetables on it.
But their inherent upbringing prevented them from actually grabbing the items; they simply watched without actually doing so.
The brat who called Xie Zhili and his friends country bumpkins turned pale as a ghost when he saw the cartload of vegetables on Xie Zhili's carriage. He pouted and lowered his head like someone who had lost a fight to the rooster.
"Young master, are you selling this cart of cabbages?" Pingqingcheng does have plenty of seafood, but what they lack most are vegetables.
Merchants from other places also brought vegetables to Qingcheng to sell, but those vegetables were wilted and not nearly as fragrant and crisp as those on the carriage.
It was a rare treat to see such fresh vegetables, and the seafood vendors didn't want to miss out, looking at Xie Zhili with anticipation.
As soon as the first person asked, a second person followed suit, and everyone who gathered around looked at Xie Zhili with eager eyes.
We hope they can sell some of the vegetables from the cart to them; our family hasn't had fresh vegetables in a long time.
Feeling a little intimidated by the stares of so many people, Xie Zhili turned to look at Lin Luoxi.
"Fellow villagers, if you want to buy, you can exchange your seafood for it..." Lin Luoxi received Xie Zhili's pleading look, walked over, and said to the seafood vendors.
"We'd be willing to trade vegetables for seafood..."
The seafood vendors were all excited when they heard Lin Luoxi's words.
Remembering that Xie Zhili and his children had been staring at the lobsters, they all ran back to their stalls, took out the biggest lobsters, and ran over.
"Madam, look, how about I trade you two bunches of greens for the lobster I have?"
The seafood vendor at the front, holding two lobsters as big as his face, tentatively asked...
In this city where vegetables are more expensive than seafood, seafood vendors are really worried that the two large lobsters in their hands won't catch Lin Luoxi's eye.
"Yes, of course!" Lin Luoxi nodded in satisfaction when she saw the two large lobsters.
The seafood vendor breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lin Luoxi nod in agreement.
He was also thinking that if Lin Luoxi disagreed, he could trade two lobsters for a bunch of vegetables.
Xie Hanchun accepted the lobster from the vendor, while Lin Luoxi gave the vegetables to the vendor.
The seafood vendor left happily, clutching his fresh vegetables, as if afraid someone would steal them. He didn't even look after his stall; he ran home with the vegetables in his arms.
When other vendors saw Lin Ruoxi accept such a large lobster in exchange for vegetables, they all returned to their stalls and went to exchange their lobsters for vegetables when they were selecting seafood of a suitable size.
Stalls without lobsters would approach vendors with conch shells or coconut shells that were bigger than their heads and ask about them.
Seeing the wide variety of seafood, many of which were quite large, Lin Luoxi accepted them without hesitation.
In less than a quarter of an hour, all the vegetables on Lin Luoxi's carriage were replaced with piles of all kinds of seafood.
Seeing the baskets on the carriage filled with seafood they had never tasted before, the children's smiles never stopped.
I've completely forgotten about the little brat's provocation earlier; now all I can think about are ways to eat seafood.
"Let's go out of town for a barbecue first." Seeing so much seafood, Lin Luoxi felt uneasy if she didn't eat it right away.
"Come on, I want to eat too!" With six foodies in his family, it was hard for Xie Hanchuan not to be influenced. Looking at the fresh seafood on the carriage, Xie Hanchuan drove the carriage to a secluded place outside the city.
Xie Hanchuan knew that his children and Lin Luoxi disliked being disturbed while eating, so he chose this very secluded place to prevent anyone from bothering them.
Just as Xie Hanchuan and Lin Luoxi left, Lin Wenjin, Lin Luoting, Yang Xiaofeng, and the others, having heard the news, ran to the street but couldn't find Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan anywhere.
They could only ask the vendors on both sides of the street about Lin Luoxi and the others' whereabouts, and learned that they had already left the city. The group was puzzled, but could only return empty-handed.
"Oh my god, this seafood is so delicious!" Xie Leyao said with a satisfied look on her face as she ate the dry pot seafood.
“Yes, I used to think that wild game from the mountains was delicious, but now I think that seafood is the best, and I never get tired of eating it.” Xie Zhili nodded.
"Mother, how about we go and trade some vegetables with them when we get hungry? What do you say?"
This time, Xie Zhili was happiest because he could eat seafood without spending a penny.
"Okay!" Lin Luoxi was struggling with a coconut snail that was bigger than her head when she heard the children's words and nodded, "Mmm, mmm, mmm."
"Hehe..." Xie Hanchuan saw that Lin Luoxi liked eating coconut snails so much, so he specially made one for her.
"Well, I've finally found you. So you've been hiding here eating all by yourself."
Lin Luoting rode her horse around the city several times before finally spotting the smoke rising from this remote mountain area.
Her intuition told her that Lin Luoxi and Xie Hanchuan must be hiding in this corner eating something delicious. She blurred their faces and found them.
"Hehe..." Lin Luoxi looked up from her food when she saw Lin Luoting suddenly appear.
"Aunt Ting, would you like some..." Xie Zhili's children asked Lin Luoting very sensibly.
"Eat!" Seeing the children eating so enthusiastically, Lin Luoting also felt hungry and joined in the meal.
Seeing Lin Luoting wolfing down her food, Xie Hanchuan worried that everyone wouldn't have enough to eat, so while there was still a fire, he made another pot of dry-pot seafood.
"I'd say your family is really not being fair. You've already gone to the city, why didn't you come looking for us?"
"Or are you afraid we'll eat your seafood, so you're hiding in this corner to finish it off secretly?" Lin Luoting scolded Lin Luoxi and the others while eating.
"Sister Ting, is it delicious?" Lin Luoxi interrupted Lin Luoting's incessant chatter.
"Delicious!" Lin Luoting felt her mouth was numb from the spiciness, but she couldn't stop eating.
"We also think that barbecue tastes better outside than at home, so we came out to eat."
It's so nice outside! You can eat while enjoying the scenery, and the air is so fresh.
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