This time, there were as many as 22 people delivering vegetables to the Sifang Restaurant in Youzhou City.
Besides the men, there were six women: Liu Zhaodi and Cuihua, Han Dazhong's wife, who were going to Youzhou City to make purchases.
They were responsible for purchasing fabrics and other daily necessities.
Everyone carried a load on a shoulder pole, with both baskets filled to the brim.
Han Shunde and Xue Laohu were both leading horses.
The horse was also laden with vegetables and other things.
This time, it was Xue Bao who stayed in Peach Blossom Spring to carry out security duties.
Xue Laohu was going to Youzhou City with them, and he took more than a dozen pheasants and rabbits to sell.
The group of children who were following behind them and saying they were going to deliver it were actually children.
Looking at them longingly, Li Lanzhen knew that the children really wanted to go to Youzhou City with the adults.
But now is not the time; it's not the right time yet.
When spring comes next year, everyone can take their children to visit Youzhou City.
Just like last time, everyone went down the mountain, crossed the ravine, and then went up the small mountain near the official road of Youzhou City.
After arriving at the foot of the mountain, we put everything down and covered all the vegetable baskets with blankets.
Han Shunde then sent the others back.
The two horses were handed over to Han Minghai and Han Zhaoxiong to lead back to Peach Blossom Spring.
Li Lanzhen saw that only five people remained.
Besides the two women, there were Han Shunde, Han Dazhong, and Xue Laohu.
Li Lanzhen then spoke to them.
"You guys go into the city first, I'll stay here and watch the things."
"Village chief, go to the Sifang Restaurant and tell the manager what we have here, and ask him to bring a few more horse-drawn carts to haul it away."
Han Shunde said, "Lanzhen, let's pick out the things the villagers want to sell first."
Li Lanzhen shook her head, "Leave them here. I'll talk to the manager and have the restaurant take them all and pay the money together. We'll share them with everyone when we get back."
These are all food items; their restaurant should have some.
Looking at Xue Laohu carrying a basket filled with pheasants and rabbits.
He called out to him, "Mr. Xue, why don't you put down the game you hunted and sell it to the restaurant? Is that alright?"
Xue Laohu laughed heartily.
"Great! That would be perfect."
After instructing Li Lanzhen to be careful, the group went to Youzhou City.
Seeing that they had gone far away, Li Lanzhen took out ten more baskets of vegetables from her spatial storage, along with the large snake in a large basket, two baskets of duck eggs, two baskets of goose eggs, and two baskets of chicken eggs.
These were all produced in the space; there were too many things, and she wanted to use up a batch to exchange for some silver.
Although there was no snowfall in Youzhou City, the temperature was very low.
Li Lanzhen was afraid of vegetables and eggs, and the duck eggs were frozen.
He simply put everything into his spatial storage and stood at the foot of the mountain waiting.
In less than half an hour, Li Lanzhen saw the carriage rushing towards them.
When she saw that the carriage was more than 100 meters away, Li Lanzhen put all her belongings at the foot of the mountain.
After rounding a bend in the mountain, the carriage came to her, and the innkeeper jumped off.
He smiled and said, "Madam, we meet again."
"Yes, Manager Hua, we meet again."
The first vegetables delivered by Manager Hehua were greenhouse vegetables from Taohuayuan Village.
When Li Lanzhen lifted the cotton quilt covering the baskets of tomatoes and cucumbers.
Manager Hua was shocked!
He spoke haltingly, "Madam, are these... tomatoes and cucumbers?"
"Yes, look, they're all ripe."
Manager Hua raised his slightly trembling hands and gently stroked the bright red tomatoes and crisp cucumbers.
The shock in my heart was beyond words!
Even though he had cultivated a calm and composed demeanor through more than a decade of navigating the cutthroat world of business, he still panicked at this moment.
Li Lanzhen looked at the stunned Manager Hua.
He coughed and said.
"Manager Hua, it's a bit cold. Let's settle the bill quickly so you can take the vegetables and leave."
Manager Hua finally came to his senses and responded with "oh, oh" sounds.
We have finished counting all the vegetables in the greenhouse.
Li Lanzheng then pointed to the remaining baskets and said.
"Manager Hua, look at these mountain products and wild duck eggs that the people in our village picked up in the river. They want to exchange them for some money. Do you think we can buy them?"
Manager Hua replied without hesitation, "We can accept them! We can accept them all!"
Our restaurant accepts any food items.
Sifang Jiulou has been a regular buyer of vegetables and other ingredients from your village for many years!
Li Lanzhen chuckled.
This is quite a talent; in order to secure the only vegetable supply in Youzhou City, he readily agreed to buy the villagers' mountain produce.
While the two men were recording the types and quantities of vegetables, his men quickly carried the vegetables onto the carriage.
This time, they also brought a lot of oilcloth. The vegetable baskets were put into the carriage and immediately covered with the cotton quilts they brought, and then wrapped with oilcloth.
Li Lanzhen glanced at it and thought to herself, "This person is really dedicated. It's hard not to make money with such a hard-working attitude in business."
After handing over all the items and settling the accounts, Manager Hua pointed to the baskets next to him and asked...
"What are these?"
“These are my own,” Li Lanzhen said with a hearty laugh.
"I also want to sell these to your restaurant to get some money."
This is a huge snake I caught in the mountains, it's terrifying! Do you think the restaurant would accept it?
Hua Zixi glanced at the snake in the basket. It was as thick as a strong middle-aged man's thigh, and it was still very fresh. Its body and head had been separated, and it was still bleeding.
He nodded quickly and said, "I'll take it, it's a good thing."
Turning my head, I saw other vegetables and chicken, duck, and goose eggs.
"Hehe, these vegetables absolutely must be harvested."
The village has a good variety of vegetables, including tomatoes and cucumbers, and there are quite a few of them.
This time, in accordance with the contract they signed, they rounded it up to a whole number and paid 1,370 taels of silver.
The villagers had exchanged all their belongings for silver.
Li Lanzhen's belongings totaled over 600 taels of silver.
Hua Zixi said.
"Madam, look at all this silver. Is it convenient for you to carry it?"
We brought some banknotes and a small amount of cash.
Li Lanzhen said, "It's okay, I can take it with me."
After both sides have paid for the goods and settled the accounts,
Hua Zixi asked, "Madam, do you want to go into the city? We have a carriage that needs to go into the city. Why don't you take the carriage? It will be faster that way."
"OK!"
Li Lanzhen thanked him and got into the carriage, entering Youzhou City.
As she sat in the carriage, she wondered if she would run into trouble again on this trip to the city.
I just want to get things done smoothly and go home.
Upon arriving at Sifang Restaurant, she thanked them and got off the carriage, then went directly to the bookstore where Han Mingxiang had gone.
After walking around, she noticed that the backyard wasn't very big.
Seeing that no one was around, she threw the 500 catties of grain, a box of gold and silver jewelry, and 300 taels of silver that she had prepared directly into the courtyard from her spatial storage.
Of course, there was also a letter that had been written.
She asked Han Mingxiang to write this letter.
She also told Han Mingxiang about her plan.
Han Mingxiang is very grateful to her mother.
I think Li Lanzhen is a wise, open-minded and kind old woman.
He picked up his pen, wrote a letter, put it in an envelope, and handed it to Li Lanzhen.
The letter had no salutation, no signature, and no information was left on the envelope.
After finishing this matter, Li Lanzhen felt relieved.
She went straight to the market to buy pork and lard.
This was bought for my own family.
The food in the village canteen is already very good, so she doesn't need to use her own money to buy ingredients anymore.
All of these things in the main canteen have been discussed and arranged by Han Shunde and his team.
So she wanted to prepare some food for her little family and her parents.
An hour and a half later, Li Lanzhen finished her business and, carrying a basket on her back, met up with Han Shunde at the entrance of Sifang Restaurant.
When she arrived, she saw Han Shunde and four others carrying baskets, each basket filled with something.
After everyone had gathered, Li Lanzhen gave each of them a sesame seed cake, and they ate it as they walked out.
They hurried along, and just as dusk fell, they entered the Peach Blossom Spring.
As they passed the 11 trees, they heard children shouting and crying.
Several people took off running there.
He saw Han Yinan coming towards him and shouted.
"Grandma! Grandma, there are people in the river! There are two people!"
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