Chapter 12 Selling Sour Jujubes “Auntie is right.”…
"Aunt is right." Su Li quickly grabbed Su Tao. If people heard that they didn't want their sour dates, they would be finished.
Su Tao was a little confused as to why she was held back and not allowed to ask. Li Chunhua beside her was the same, staring eagerly.
Su Li could only explain: "Two baskets are not worth a few cents, so I just gave them to you." Anyway, the other party gave more silver, so this must be the reason.
Aunt Shen saw that Su Li was quite smart at a young age, unlike that stupid one who had obviously taken advantage of her but still acted like a good boy and was always nitpicking. In the end, she would not get any benefit and might even bring disaster upon herself. Are powerful people really that easy to talk to?
Aunt Shen had lived to be almost 40 and had not seen many people.
"Yes, the little girl is right. There's a basket seller next door. They're only 5 cents each. You can just go buy two later."
Su Li thanked the other party politely.
Seeing this, Su Tao and Li Chunhua looked in the direction Aunt Shen said, and sure enough, they saw people selling bamboo baskets and backpacks.
The two of them were not stupid. Although they didn't know how to count, they knew they still made a profit and their mood improved.
"Thank you, auntie."
"Thank you, auntie."
Aunt Shen was very pleased to see this. She usually liked obedient and sensible little girls the most, so she thought for a moment and said:
"Come on, I've sold out all the sesame cakes in my basket. I'm going to do you a favor and take you there. You're little girls, so I might give you a high price."
This was a good idea, so Su Li and the other two followed Aunt Shen. However, on the way, Su Li and Su Tao quietly discussed that there was no need to buy a bamboo basket, as their grandfather, Old Man Su, could weave it anyway. Su Tao originally advised Li Chunhua not to buy it at all, and just go back and let her grandfather weave it together, but Li Chunhua refused.
"My mother will beat me if she finds out."
After hearing this, Su Tao shut up. Thinking of Li Chunhua's mother Liu, Su Tao felt a little scared.
"How much is this backpack of yours?" Aunt Shen picked and chose for a long time, then took the one with the strongest weaving and asked.
Sure enough, the man selling the baskets didn't quote a high price when he saw that it was a middle-aged woman. "10 each."
"Will you sell it for 8 cents?" Aunt Shen directly bargained down to 2 cents.
The man's expression became tense after hearing this. "I'll give you a discount of one cent at the very least. If it's any less, forget it."
Seeing this, Aunt Shen looked at Li Chunhua and asked, "So we want it?"
Li Chunhua didn't understand this at all, and subconsciously looked at Su Li.
"Okay, this is it. Thank you for your help, uncle." After saying that, Su Li took out two coins of silver that she had just received and which was still not warm yet and handed it over.
On this side, the man took the silver and chewed it, then took out a string of copper coins from his purse, took out a few, and handed them all to Su Li.
Su Li didn't expect that 100 Wen was so much. It was a big string and it felt heavy in her hand. It was much more than the small piece of silver just now.
To be on the safe side, Su Li and the other two had already agreed not to divide the copper coins on the spot, but to put them all on Su Li and divide them up when they returned later.
"Thank you, auntie. I don't even know how to address you." After buying the things and putting away the copper coins, Su Li expressed her gratitude.
Aunt Shen waved her hand to indicate that everything was fine. Then she said:
"My last name is Shen, and everyone calls me Aunt Shen." In fact, she didn't have to tell the other person her name, after all, she wouldn't see him again after today. But she liked the girl in front of her very much. She was open and frank in her actions and not at all shy, so she might as well listen to what he wanted to say next.
Sure enough, the next second, Su Li asked what she wanted to ask, about many things to do if she wanted to set up a stall at the pier.
Su Li had just seen it when she arrived. There were quite a lot of food vendors on the dock, including drinks, buns, steamed buns, bean rice, noodles, and wontons. With the number of ships coming and going, she thought the business must be pretty good.
I remember that going to the county required an entrance fee of two cents per person. I just heard Aunt Shen chatting with a man selling bamboo baskets. Setting up a stall in the county also required a fee of five cents per day, while at the dock it was only two cents...
So Su Li thought that she might as well come to the dock and sell food.
Here, Aunt Shen learned that Su Li wanted to set up a stall and showed a look of surprise, "Your family also wants to sell food?"
"It's not impossible. There are still many ships these days. If you want to come, you have to hurry. In winter, there will be fewer ships and fewer people."
So there are off-seasons and peak seasons? Su Li suddenly realized.
Aunt Shen then inquired, "I wonder what you plan to sell?"
"Sell some vegetables." Yes, Su Li had just thought about it. She planned to sell boxed lunches!
The docks are crowded with people and have tight schedules, which is similar to the train stations and high-speed rail stations of later generations. Selling boxed lunches is the best option. Boxed lunches are convenient and fast. You can cook them at home in one pot without wasting time. You only need to bring them here to sell every day.
She had even thought that if she didn't have money to buy meat and vegetables at the beginning, she would go to the fields to get local ingredients, such as river clams or snails to cook, and she could use vegetables at home. As long as she was willing to work hard, she believed that earning money was a matter of time!
When Aunt Shen heard about selling vegetables, she automatically thought of selling roast chicken or braised dishes.
This didn't conflict with her business of selling sesame cakes, so she didn't mind saying a few more words, "If you want to sell food, you have to come early every morning, otherwise the good spots will be taken by others."
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