Chapter 11 Jiangkou Wharf Jiangkou Wharf is the Qing...
Jiangkou Wharf is the largest wharf outside Qingshui County and is also an important port for transporting goods throughout the country. Before the wharf was built, Qingshui County was not so prosperous and had a smaller population. After the wharf was built, more merchants came and went, stopped to rest and reorganize, and bought supplies on the ship, which made Qingshui County more prosperous.
Even many men in the village would come to the dock to carry sandbags and earn money during the slack season. Su's father and two brothers used to do the same.
"There are so many people." Su Tao looked at the people coming and going on the dock and felt like retreating for a moment.
Li Chunhua also held the basket tightly, looking timid, "Yes."
The three of them walked for more than half an hour, but when they arrived they didn't want to go. Su Li refused, so she said,
"Then I'll go alone."
"That won't do!"
"Yeah, Sister Ali, how can you do it alone?"
Su Tao and Li Chunhua didn't want to go in the last second, but their expressions changed in the next second.
"Forget it, I'll go with you, Chunhua. If you don't want to go, just wait for us here." Su Tao said with a look of readiness to die.
"I'm going too." Li Chunhua swallowed and looked at the lively crowd in front.
In this way, the three of them encouraged each other and finally arrived at the dock.
"Make way, make way..."
"Delicious steamed buns, one penny each."
"Mutton pancakes, 5 cents each..."
There were people moving goods and selling food, all kinds of people. The dock was crowded with people coming and going.
Su Li and the others searched for a long time but could not find a vacant seat. At this moment, the crowd suddenly began to surge.
"The ship is coming..."
All of a sudden, those selling food all ran forward with baskets and steamed buns in their arms.
Su Li seemed to have thought of something, and she also pulled Su Tao and Li Chunhua to run forward.
"What's wrong, Fifth Sister?"
"Go ahead and talk later."
Su Tao was confused, but still ran with Su Li.
"Dear gentlemen and ladies, here are some delicious mutton pancakes, only 7 cents each." The lady who was just selling mutton pancakes said to the people on the boat with a flattering look on her face.
The others followed suit,
"Delicious steamed buns, 2 cents each. Would you like one, miss?"
"Tanghulu, 4 cents a string..."
Seeing this scene, Su Li thought to himself, it was just as he thought, just like the trains in later generations, because the stop time was limited, the vendors passing by seized the opportunity to quickly sell some food.
As for the price, it is naturally more expensive than usual.
"Fifth sister, why are they selling it at a higher price than before?" Su Tao whispered in Su Li's ear.
Su Li gave a brief explanation, but her eyes were looking forward, looking for an opportunity to move a little further forward. They were too far behind, and no one could see what they were talking about.
On this side, Su Tao's eyes lit up instantly when she heard this, but she soon asked suspiciously, "How did you know?"
Just now she wanted to ask why Fifth Sister knew so many things that she didn't know.
Su Li: ...
Well, she should just shut up and say less.
"Just, just listen to what my second brother and the others said..."
"oh!"
Fortunately, Su Tao was easy to deceive, so Su Li breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, someone on the distant boat asked, "Lady, how much are the sour dates?"
The voice came from a man in his forties on the boat, dressed like a butler. Seeing this, Su Li pulled Su Tao forward and replied, putting the basket and backpack on the ground for him to see, "Total, a hundred coins."
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As Su Li finished speaking, the crowd that had just been scrambling to get ahead suddenly fell silent for a few seconds in tacit understanding.
The lady selling mutton biscuits felt inferior for a moment: This girl is amazing, she is even more heartless than her. These sour dates usually cost only 2 or 3 cents per pound, but now they are sold at such a high price.
In fact, Su Li didn't know how much silver was per catty. The reason she called this price was because she calculated that it should be about ten catties. So, ten cents per catty is not too much, right?
"Okay, I'll take them all." The middle-aged man was obviously not short of money, so he immediately took out some silver from his sleeve.
"Here, take it, sister. Here are two taels of silver."
There's such a good thing? They're giving more?
Su Li, Su Tao and Li Chunhua were all stunned by the surprise. After they reacted, they responded quickly and hurried forward to hand the sour dates and the basket to the man.
However, because the three men were too short, their arms were too short, and they were not close enough to the deck in the crowd, they could not pass it to them. It was the lady selling sesame cakes in front who saw them and helped them, taking the basket and passing it to them.
"Thank you, auntie."
"Thank you, auntie."
Everyone likes sweet talk, and Aunt Shen is no exception. She was also born into a poor family. The three people in front of her were about the same age as her daughter, and their clothes were ragged. She was just helping out a little, so she said, "It's okay."
It's just a piece of cake.
At this moment, suddenly, the middle-aged man took the sour dates and said:
"Give me 10 of your mutton biscuits too."
This was such a pleasant surprise, Aunt Shen quickly counted out 10 pancakes and handed them over.
The middle-aged man took the pancake and gave it a penny of silver, which was 30 cents more. Aunt Shen was so happy that she smiled from ear to ear. It was just as the master in the temple said, if you do more good deeds, you will naturally be rewarded.
Here, Su Li and the other two were waiting for the other party to return the backpack, but they saw the man call someone over and take away the basket and backpack.
"Our basket..." Su Tao shouted anxiously.
But Aunt Shen pulled him over and covered his mouth, "What's the matter? Two coins are not enough to buy your backpack?"
"But……"
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