A month ago, rice was 20 cents a pound.
But things are different now.
Potatoes alleviated the famine, and the autumn harvest arrived just in time. Now, the market is short of everything except food.
Last night, Wan Shu specifically went to the Wan family to inquire about the price.
The Wan family told her that thirteen to fifteen coins per pound was a normal price.
The price offered by the grain merchant in front of me was low, but not too outrageous.
She could sell it, but Wan Shuke was a businesswoman who pursued maximum profit, so she immediately pretended to be in a difficult position.
"I'm so sorry, shopkeeper, I've already made an agreement with the owner of another grain shop to sell it to them for sixteen coins a catty."
The grain merchant's lips twitched immediately. He thought to himself that as long as he could drive the price down hard, he could buy a lot of rice for thirteen coins a pound. Which grain store was so foolish as to offer sixteen coins a pound? It sounded too outrageous!
However, since it is ancient times, most people in the countryside are honest and not very cunning. In addition, Wan Shu is beautiful and looks like she can't lie.
Therefore, Liang Shang did not doubt the truthfulness of Wan Shu's words. On the contrary, he felt that the fact that a grain merchant was willing to pay such a high price really proved that the young lady's rice was quite good.
He carefully picked up a handful and examined it closely; indeed, the more he looked at it, the better it seemed.
Not only are the grains plump, but they are also thoroughly dried.
The grain merchant became increasingly reluctant to part with the grain and couldn't help but raise the price: "Young lady, it's hot now, and the sun will be out soon. The morning market is almost over, and the grain shop owner you mentioned hasn't arrived yet. He's probably trying to rip you off. Why don't you sell it to me for fourteen coins a pound?"
Fourteen coins is only one coin more than the previous thirteen coins.
But you should know that they plan to sell more than 2,000 jin of rice today!
One jin costs a little over one wen, so two thousand jin would be more than two liang more!
Siya couldn't contain her excitement and was about to grin when Sanshun suddenly grabbed her arm.
Siya hissed in pain and glared angrily at Sanshun: "Third Brother, what are you doing!"
San Shun whispered, "Don't rush, Mother can still raise the price. You should learn from her."
Siya turned to look at Wan Shu, and saw that Wan Shu's face also showed a hint of interest, but in the end he shook his head at the grain merchant.
"No, I've already promised someone else. If he doesn't come to the morning market, I'll just go to the grain store to find him."
As he spoke, he called over a few of his children to move the grain.
The grain merchants were initially indifferent to buying, but upon seeing Wan Shu's actions, they immediately became anxious.
"Young lady, don't be in such a hurry! Fifteen coins, I'll give you fifteen coins a pound, okay? This is the highest price at the morning market!"
Fifteen coins, that's more than two taels of silver more!
Siya's eyes lit up when she heard this, but this time she was more experienced and didn't show her emotions. Instead, she quietly looked outwards at Shu.
Wan Shu stood still, her beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if she were very conflicted.
After a long while, he nodded to the grain merchant and said, "Alright, since you are so sincere in wanting to buy, I won't bother carrying it back and forth anymore."
Upon hearing this, the grain merchant was overjoyed and immediately summoned his men to weigh the rice in Wan Shu's possession.
Siya was shocked. Her mother was too amazing! They were the ones who made the profit, but her mother had managed to make the grain merchant even happier than they were!
The rice weighed a total of 2,350 catties, at 15 wen per catty. Wan Shu and his group received a total of 35 taels, 2 mace, and 50 wen in silver.
This is a huge sum of money for the villagers of Qingshui Village.
However, neither Uncle Erniu nor Aunt Wang were envious.
Firstly, they had made a lot of money from Wan Shu, and Wan Shu was good at interpersonal relationships. They genuinely liked Wan Shu and hoped that Wan Shu's family could live a better life.
Secondly, they had all sold grain a few days ago.
Although they weren't as eloquent as Wan Shu and only sold their rice for fourteen coins per catty, their large family and extensive paddy fields resulted in a larger harvest of rice, earning them more money than Wan Shu.
Their family was far less wealthy than Wan Shu's family, and with a large number of people in their household, they had to spend a lot of money on food every day.
So they kept only a small portion of the money for emergencies, and used the majority of it to buy food.
They sell rice and then buy grains, but naturally they don't buy rice; they buy cheap millet, buckwheat, and mixed grain flour.
They put themselves in Wan Shu's shoes and assumed she would also need to buy some grains to take home, so they recommended it to her.
"Sister Shu, you've got a sharp tongue. No wonder you're good at business. Just a few words and you've made several taels of silver. You can buy so much more grain with that."
"By the way, I know this grain store sells millet that's especially cheap and fresh. Would you like to go over and buy some from me?"
Uncle Erniu also said, "I know a good multigrain flour shop. If you need it, I'll take you there to check it out."
Wan Shu smiled and declined their joke, saying, "No need. I have another important use for this money, and I don't plan to use it to buy grain for the time being."
The two of them couldn't understand it.
"What other use could it have? Could it be more important than buying grain?"
Wan Shu didn't hide anything from them: "It's like this, my house is too small, and now Dazhu is getting bigger. If we don't build a bigger house, how can we help him find a wife?"
Uncle Erniu and Aunt Wang thought about it and realized it was true.
Although the Liang family is now wealthy, their house is still pitifully small. Dazhu needs to build a house to get married.
For them, getting married is the most important thing!
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