Chapter 389: Working Together
The eggs filled several large baskets, so full that the five of them couldn't lift them even if they worked together.
What's more, what the four little dandies care about most is that they have to hawk their wares. They are outgoing and love to play, but that is the most normal behavior for children from wealthy families. How could they sneak into the streets and hawk their wares?
What did Su Xi say about running to more than thirty miles away? There are so many servants here, and they are gossipy. What if this gets out?
What if we happen to run into one of them in the market?
"I won't go!" Shen Yibai was the first to speak, turning around and getting on the carriage, "Even if you guys beat me to death, I won't go over there to sell eggs!"
"Yes! No! I want to get on the bus!" Wei Xinglu was also about to give up and leave.
He Zheng looked at his elder brother.
Zong Jincheng looked at his mother. Xu Wan was still smiling faintly, with no intention of intervening at all. On the other side, Su Xi was already leisurely sitting in the front of the carriage, eating a bun.
"Mom, do you really want to go?" The little devil frowned, looking reluctant.
Xu Wan came over and said softly, "I think this is a good training opportunity. It can help you deeply understand what ordinary people do every day. The world you have seen before is too advanced. You only sit in high places and it is difficult for you to see the suffering of the people."
"All living beings suffer..." The little devil twirled these words and fell into deep thought.
Zong Wenxiu also came over to persuade him, "Jincheng, do you still remember the story I told you? The boy who saved his mother in the slum just for a bowl of brown rice porridge?"
Memories poured out of my mind like water from a floodgate.
Zong Jincheng certainly remembered it.
That was a story his brother told him when he was eight years old. They had tried to look for the boy, but unfortunately they didn't find him.
Zong Wenxiu said quietly, "We are determined to be good officials so that such tragedies will never happen again. But the people in the slums are only a small part of the population. The merchants in the street ahead who get up at dawn to make a living are the vast majority of the people. Don't you want to experience what their day is like?"
With the advice of his mother and brother, Zong Jincheng was moved. He had read the books of sages for so long and was also an excellent writer of strategic essays. He certainly understood how empty it was to talk about military affairs on paper.
He clenched his fists and made up his mind: "I'll go!"
He Zheng next to him immediately agreed: "Brother, if you go, I will go too!"
The little devil turned around and ran towards the carriage: "Let's go and catch those two."
"Okay!" He Zheng quickly followed him.
Xu Wan chuckled. She and Zong Wenxiu watched helplessly as the four little dandies started fighting again. Two of them were unwilling to get off the carriage, and the other two were determined to pull the other down, so they wrestled with each other right on the carriage.
Shen Yibai howled, "I won't go! I won't go! Jincheng, what are you doing? We are brothers, we should share the same hatred and enemies, don't betray us!"
The little devil laughed and pulled him: "Only good brothers should share happiness. Come down quickly, let's go make a lot of money together!"
Wei Xinglu was also shouting, "Wa wah wah... No, I don't need that little bit of money. Don't pull me, don't pull me. I can't afford to lose face..."
He Zheng also helped out: "Mr. Su has already said that no one knows us here more than 30 miles away. Come down quickly. We have five key classes and five people to gather together. You two are the only ones missing."
“I don’t want it… I’ve lost all my face…”
"How can this be shameful? One person is shameful, but five people are fearless!"
“…”
Not long after, Shen Yibai and Wei Xinglu, already with gloomy faces, were pulled out to help carry the baskets.
Just as Su Xi said, the servants were unable to help and all watched with trepidation as the five young masters lifted the basket up little by little by themselves. Not to mention the wobbly big basket, they felt as if it would fall down at any moment and be smashed to pieces.
But the amazing thing was that the five of them actually managed to move the basket over without breaking a single egg.
Shunzi quietly complained to Buyan: "Everyone has potential. The young masters are too strong."
He nodded in agreement, which was uncommon.
In the street market, the big baskets were in place, and five small vendors were also in place.
Su Xi announced the rules for selling eggs: "The purchase price of eggs in the farmhouse is one penny for two eggs, and the selling price is one penny for one egg. You must not sell eggs at a price lower than this, and you must not use your status as a young master to sell eggs."
Otherwise, people who want to curry favor with them will quickly rush in and buy up all the eggs, and the purpose of deep experience will not be achieved.
When the young masters heard this, they all snorted in disdain: "Tsk, we just hope no one knows us."
Zong Jincheng began to rush people: "Okay, we are going to sell eggs. Sir, please make way and don't block us from doing business."
Su Xi was caught off guard and immediately turned around and left while chewing on a steamed bun, saying something cruel before leaving: "We have already prepared dry food and clothes before coming here. When these eggs are sold out, we will return to Beijing."
Teenagers: “!!!”
This weird old man is so cruel.
If they can't sell all these 1,000 eggs, they won't be able to go home at night!
The sense of urgency came all of a sudden, and Zong Jincheng quickly arranged for He Zheng to go to the street to find out the situation.
Soon, He Zheng came back from a run around the street and reported: "Brother, I checked and found out that there are two egg sellers on the street. Their eggs are priced the same as ours, but they are probably bought by acquaintances, so there are quite a lot of people going there."
Zong Jincheng frowned and said, "Without a price advantage and no acquaintances to buy from, we really can only rely on ourselves."
Shen Yibai responded: "Let's try it first, let's go, get ready to clear your throat, we're going to fight to the death!"
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Not long after, five young boys started shouting, "Eggs for sale! Fresh eggs, super delicious!"
The market was full of adults shopping and selling things. Suddenly, I met a few half-grown children hawking their wares. They looked over at me curiously and started chatting enthusiastically.
"Look! There are some kids selling eggs. What a novelty."
"They look well dressed, and don't look like they are short of money. How did they get so many eggs?"
"Never mind. These kids look so cute. They must be selling eggs for their families. I just happened to have run out of eggs, so I'll go buy some."
"Wa Wa, how do you sell these eggs?"
Zong Wenxiu replied with a smile: "One penny each. We just brought these from the farmhouse. How many do you want, Auntie?"
Seeing that he was well-behaved and polite, the woman originally wanted to buy 20 eggs, but she changed her mind and said, "Give Auntie 50 eggs. You have a lot of eggs. I'm afraid it will take many days to sell them all."
He Zheng quickly replied, "Okay, thank you, auntie. Please give me the basket and we will help you load it."
"I want twenty too."
"I want ten."
Shen Yibai and Wei Xinglu were afraid of being embarrassed at first, but when they saw that the people who came to buy eggs were very friendly and not only did they not laugh at them but also wanted to help them, their attitude changed drastically and they quickly followed He Zheng to help pack the eggs.
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Not many people wanted to buy eggs. Most of them were kind-hearted adults who bought some eggs for the children to try out for their own good. So after half an hour, only a little over a hundred eggs were sold.
As the sun got hotter, fewer and fewer people came to buy eggs, and the boys sweated more and more.
The little devil looked at the remaining egg mountain, wiped the sweat from his neck, and said, "No, this is not a solution. The eggs are selling too slowly. I don't want to stay here for several days."