"Thirty or forty kilograms? Is that all you have?" Jian Shu was a little disappointed. Thirty or forty kilograms sounds like a lot, but if each family divides it up, there won't be much left. However, there's nothing you can do about it; there are only so many. "Alright, then I'll take them all. By the way, are the ones outside the store of the same quality as here? Don't try to fool me with those rotten ones."
"Hey, they are all the same, the same. My wife picked them all out one by one. The bad ones have been picked out. These are the good ones. I'll get them for you to check, big sister," the honest man nodded repeatedly to assure her. He really wanted to make this deal, fearing that Jianshu would go back on his word again.
"Okay, go ahead. We'll meet here in ten minutes." Jianshu nodded in agreement.
Inspection is a must.
"Okay!" The honest man threw the backpack on his back and ran hurriedly to find his wife.
If they sold everything they brought today, it would be a huge income.
He couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If he had known this would happen, he would have brought more. Because it was his first time here, he didn't know if he could sell it. Plus, the mountain road would take several hours to walk, so he was afraid that if he couldn't sell it, it would be a waste of effort, so he only brought this little.
Just thinking about it makes me want to beat my chest and stamp my feet. Why didn't he bring more? What's the point of wasting effort? Don't farmers have plenty of strength?
As he was regretting his actions, the honest man met his wife. After telling her about this, he instantly received the same expression of joy from her.
After hearing him express his regret, the man's wife couldn't help but feel regretful. If she had really known that this thing was so easy to sell, she would have carried it on her back.
Although she is not as strong as her husband, she can still carry about 40 to 50 kilograms. Adding the weight carried by her husband, it is more than 100 kilograms. How much money can she make if she sells it?
In the eyes of the man's wife, selling mountain products is simply a business with no capital. The things are all picked up from the mountains, and it only takes a little time. Nowadays, if you know that you can make money by spending time, there are plenty of people willing to do it.
Therefore, selling mountain products is pure profit!
However, although they regretted it, the man's wife was still smarter and quickly decided to take a rest.
She tugged at the man's sleeve and said, "How about we ask that older sister if she wants any more mountain products later?"
The man scratched his head and said, "But everything we brought is here. Even if she wants more, we have nothing to give her."
The man's wife rolled her eyes at him. "You're stupid! We don't have any right now, but we still have plenty at home. We can arrange a time with her and then transport everything over. Our village isn't too far from the city anyway. It only takes a few hours to walk along the mountain road, so we can make a round trip on the same day."
After hearing what his wife said, the man couldn't help but feel moved, "But, we have so many things at home, can the eldest sister take them all?"
As the saying goes, live by the mountain, eat by the mountain; live by the water, eat by the water.
His home is at the foot of the mountain, and when he doesn't have to work, the whole family goes into the mountains. His wife takes the children to pick wild vegetables, fruits, and mountain products, while he takes his eldest son to go inside and get pheasants, rabbits, and other meats for the family.
He had good skills and could harvest some meat every once in a while. His children grew up strong and his family was in good condition.
But he didn't expect that his youngest son fell seriously ill some time ago, and the medical treatment and medicine directly drained the family savings. He wanted to go to the mountains to hunt some prey and sell it, as this stuff is profitable and easy to sell.
But his wife refused to agree, fearing that he would be eaten by a wild boar like Zhang Daniu in the village and never come back.
Looking at his wife's tearful eyes and the several children in the family, he gave in. Without him, how would this family live?
A few days ago, my wife heard that many people came to the city secretly to sell things, and they got much more money than selling them to the recycling station, so she couldn't help but be tempted.
The couple discussed it all night, looked at the little food they had at home, and finally set off with their own mountain products on their backs.
The family lacks everything except these mountain products. Every year, my wife and the children can pick a lot of them, and the whole family can’t finish them.
"It doesn't matter if we can't sell all of them. We can sell as much as we can. These things are everywhere in the mountains anyway. We won't suffer any loss no matter how much we sell." The man's wife thought very clearly.
"I'll listen to you and do whatever you say!" The honest man smiled foolishly and touched the back of his head.
The two of them walked and talked, and soon arrived at the place where they had agreed to meet Jianshu. They didn't have a watch and couldn't tell the time. Seeing that Jianshu hadn't arrived, they could only find a corner to squat down, staring at the people around them, afraid of missing Jianshu.
After a while, Jianshu arrived as promised.
The moment she appeared, the honest men couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and waved at her vigorously.
"Sister, here are all the mountain products I brought today. Please check them first." The man opened the backpack and took out a handful of chestnuts to show them.
The man's wife was also drumming up support, enthusiastically introducing the products: "These mountain products were picked by me and the children at home. We picked out the ones that were too small or damaged, and we made sure that the remaining ones were the best."
She was still hoping to negotiate another business deal with this older sister, but she had to satisfy her.
Jianshu reached into the bags, checking to make sure the couple hadn't fooled her; they'd indeed picked out the items very carefully. It seemed like they were honest people, not the kind to resort to deception.
He patted the dust off his hands, stood up and said, "Okay, I want all of these. Please calculate the price. How much do you want for them?"
Since the quality is acceptable, there is no need to waste time.
The man and his wife were immediately delighted and sold everything!
"Okay, then I'll calculate it for you. This hazelnut is... a pound... a coin, chestnuts are... a coin, mushrooms..." The two of them had never been to school and didn't know how to do math. They had asked their schoolchildren to calculate and write down all this at home.
The couple was afraid of forgetting, so they kept muttering on the way here, fearing that they would lose even a penny.
So the calculation was a bit bumpy at this moment. The couple was so anxious that they were sweating profusely, fearing that Jianshu would be impatient and the duck in their hands would fly away.
But Jian Shu was very patient, standing there waiting for the two to finish the account. "It's okay, you guys take your time to calculate, I just want to take a look at these mountain products."
Afraid that the two would feel uncomfortable, Jianshu squatted down.
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