Chapter 58 Selling Carp
So pitiful!
Fu Leng felt he deserved to die; he was the one who caused Lu Qingqing's family to be beaten a while ago.
"Five hundred taels is nothing. You saved my young master, so giving you thousands of taels is only fair!"
His son's life cannot be measured in money.
Mo Lang nodded repeatedly in agreement.
“Fu Leng, quickly go and get Miss Lu one…five hundred taels of silver, and…ginseng…” Xu Rui paused for a moment, then changed his words.
Fu Leng went out to get the silver, but returned quickly with a grim expression.
"Young master, how about we give Miss Lu a deposit first? The treasury... well, the magistrate needs the money for repairing the irrigation canal..."
Xu Rui was slightly taken aback, then nodded awkwardly.
Lu Qingqing watched coldly from the sidelines.
"A deposit of one hundred taels is required, and it will not be refunded if the patient cannot be cured."
Fu Leng: "..."
That's really hard to hear.
His son will definitely survive.
He held out his hand to Mo Lang: "One hundred taels."
Mo Lang: "..."
He searched his entire body and took out ten taels.
Lu Qingqing: "..."
Damn it, Sixi was right. Were they putting on a show for her?
Where did all that awesome talk go?
What about thousands of taels of gold?
“No, last time Magistrate Xu… gave me a thousand taels of silver. You took five hundred and I took five hundred. Where is the money?” Fu Leng questioned Mo Lang.
Mo Lang: "Ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, doctor... what about yours?"
"I... Young Master's clothes, and the food Zhou Sao makes is so bad, I order from the restaurant every day..."
Okay, naturally all the money was spent on Xu Rui.
For the first time in his life, Xu Ruiping felt embarrassed.
"I'm sorry... Miss Lu, may I..."
"100 taels!" Lu Qingqing didn't believe these people couldn't come up with that amount of money.
The white jade hairpin on Xu Rui's head alone costs 30 taels!
Even if the county government is poor, if they can't even come up with a hundred taels of silver, who are they trying to fool?
She had already given Xu Rui a friendly price; if it were a shady merchant or tycoon, they would be doing her a disservice if she didn't charge a thousand taels!
Fu Leng and Mo Lang started rummaging around, searching and searching, and finally managed to scrape together 80 taels.
“Miss Lu, if you really can’t raise the money, how about 20 taels? You can owe me for now?” Fu Leng suggested.
“I don’t owe you anything, my family urgently needs the money,” Lu Qingqing said.
Then she walked to the clothes rack, took down the belt hanging there, and removed the white jade buckle from it.
This one looks quite similar to the one she sold last time; I suppose I can buy it back for 15 taels.
The magistrate's son must have many more jade stones like this; one more won't make a difference.
Fu Leng's expression turned anxious: "I just..."
"Shut up." A light rebuke.
Xu Rui's eyelids droop slightly.
Stop embarrassing yourself.
After Lu Qingqing left, Xu Rui sighed.
"It's my fault. I didn't think about these things before. Xu Hengzhi is an honest and upright official. He probably managed to get the thousand taels by some means."
I am not the same person I used to be, and you don't need to be meticulous about everything. We... need to adapt to the ordinary and be self-reliant.
"Young Master..."
Fu Leng and Mo Lang felt a sharp pain in their chests.
The young master was born to stand on the clouds, how could we let him suffer like ordinary people!
Those two will definitely make a lot of money!
...
Lu Qingqing had received 95 taels of the 100 taels deposit, leaving her five taels short. She then turned her attention to the fish in the pond.
After an incense stick had burned, she and Sixi carried their buckets out of the county government office to sell fish.
Sure enough, this fish looked so appealing that it caught the eye of a portly old man coming out of a restaurant as soon as it arrived on the street.
"This fish is not only beautiful to look at, but also delicious. Sir, would you like to buy two?" Sixi promoted.
"Eat?" The fat old man's small eyes widened. "Whose servant are you, so wicked? The golden carp is a god of wealth that brings good fortune. How dare you eat it!"
Lu Qingqing sensed something was off and quickly chimed in, "Yes, of course we've never eaten it before. Who would be willing to spend money on something so expensive?"
This was a reward from the master of a wealthy family for my brother's good work. Do you want it? There are only five.
"You say you don't even know how to reward people, so what's the harm in having one more? Six is good, six belongs to metal, metal generates water, and water brings wealth."
Five...five what was it again?
This fat guy is quite superstitious.
“Five fish would be even better! It symbolizes five blessings: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a peaceful death,” Lu Qingqing said.
"Well said, brilliantly said!" The fat man let out a burp.
"Yes, sir, I'll take all five!"
"Okay, five taels."
Five taels, cheap!
These siblings don't know what's good for them!
The fat old man hurriedly took out his silver.
A regular three-pound grass carp only sells for 90 coins. Lu Qingqing thought that a gold-plated fish selling for one tael of silver was already an exorbitant price, and she was waiting for the fat man to bargain, but...
She quickly tried to salvage the situation: "Sir, you've misunderstood. It's five taels of silver."
"Five taels a piece! Why don't you just rob them! They only cost three taels a piece if a caravan brings them from the south!"
Originally, there were no large golden carp here. In recent years, keeping fish at home for ornamental purposes has just become popular in Ming'an County, so they all come from the south.
The fat old man got so angry that he refused to buy anything and decided to leave.
Lu Qingqing knew the market price and called out to him again: "Hey, this is the price my brother told me. We can discuss it!"
"Alright then, five fish for twelve taels of silver, bucket included, I'll give them to you!"
The fat old man stopped: "Ten taels."
"I'm not going to talk about it anymore, this is to invite the God of Wealth."
"Okay, okay, I'll take it!"
The fat man paid the money and carried the large bucket away with some difficulty.
Lu Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief: "My goodness, I almost sold it like a cabbage!"
This is a result of insufficient knowledge reserves in ancient times.
We still need to go out and broaden our horizons more!
“Aunt, we cooked ten of them that day, and it cost thirty taels of silver…” Sixi’s expression looked like she was crying.
"Great, at least I've tasted what it's like to eat a big golden carp that weighs three ounces each."
But Sixi didn't want to eat any!
What's the difference between it and the big grass carp from the mountains?
Thirty taels! Thirty taels can build a big brick house, get married, and do so many other things. Why insist on eating that worthless fish?
The more I enjoyed the meal then, the more I regret it now.
"My heart hurts so much!" Si Xi clutched her heart and put on a mask of pain.
"If Grandpa Lu knew, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep again!"
“So don’t tell him,” Lu Qingqing said.
Haha, Dad ate the most.
After selling the fish, Lu Qingqing went on to sell jade.
This time, the shopkeeper was hesitant to accept the money.
He was afraid that Lu Qingqing might not be from a legitimate background!
Because this piece is still the same piece!
"Young lady, you...you didn't steal this white jade, did you?"
"Of course not, this is a reward I received from the magistrate's son for the dishes I cooked for him."
Is it really necessary to use such expensive jade to cook a dish?
What else would the magistrate's son like to eat?
Is it too late for him to start learning now?
"Shopkeeper, are you going to accept it or not?"
“Okay, okay, let’s stick to the original price, 15 taels.”
"No." Lu Qingqing smiled slightly: "The magistrate's son said that this jade is very valuable."
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