There is only one small shop in Tianya Village, located at the east end of the village.
The shop has a rectangular hole in one wall, with a counter and shelves inside. The shelves are filled with cigarettes, alcohol, and some daily necessities, while under the glass counter are all kinds of snacks that children like.
On the counter, there is a circular scale, and there is also a part-time business of purchasing medicinal materials.
The shop owner's surname was also Sang, and his name was Sang Youcai. When he saw Xu Shang and Jiang Xiaotiao carrying a large basket of herbs, his mouth curled up unconsciously, and then he showed a kind face and greeted Jiang Xiaotiao:
"Xiao Tiao, did you take the scholar from the city to collect herbs today?"
"Yes, Uncle Youcai."
Jiang Xiaotiao showed Sang Youcai his backpack, then pointed to the backpack behind Xu Shang and said, "I only picked a little, but brother Xu Shang picked a lot!"
"He picked it?"
Sang Youcai looked at Xu Shang in surprise. It was not uncommon for city kids to follow mountain kids to collect herbs, but it was very rare for them to collect more than the mountain kids. Although Jiang Xiaotiao was still a child, it was too surprising that Xu Shang could collect so much more.
However, Sang Youcai did not take it to heart. After all, making money was more important.
Jiang Xiaotiao skillfully placed the backpack on the counter. Sang Youcai took out a pair of scissors and cut off the rhizomes. He shook off the dust on them, put them on the scale, and finally took out seven yuan.
"Xiaotiao, do you want to buy something here? My snacks just arrived."
Jiang Xiaotiao looked at the greasy red spicy strips, swallowed his saliva, shook his head, took the money, and put it away carefully.
Sang Youcai looked at Xu Shang again, but before Xu Shang handed over the backpack, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "Are these city kids so tactless? Can't they see that I've been waiting here for a long time?"
Xu Shang stared at the scale and asked, "Boss, how much do you charge per pound for this windproof?"
"If someone else came, it would be 2.5 yuan, but you came with Xiao Tiao, so since it's fresh, I'll charge you 3 yuan."
Xu Shang's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself, what the hell.
The system gives a purchase price of 30 yuan per kilogram, but when it comes to you, it is only 3 yuan per catty.
No wonder I never saw this shop owner in my previous life. It seems he was good at making money and moved to a big city.
Xu Shang tried to bargain: "Your purchase price is too low, can't it be higher?"
It was not known whether it was because of the presence of the village chief's son or because the adult's authority was offended, Sang Youcai said angrily;
"Low? That's still too low! You city kids just don't know what's good for you! This is already a friendly price! Even if you go to town, they'll offer the same price at most. Don't I have to pay for the trip and waste my time? You're simply ungrateful! Let me tell you, no one here will buy this except me. If you don't want to sell it, just walk 20 miles to town and sell it yourself!"
Most children would have been intimidated by Sang Youcai, but Xu Shang could see through his weak nature at a glance.
Xu Shang would definitely not sell this windproof. Even though the other party had clearly marked the price, it didn't make sense for the other party to take away most of the profits from his hard work.
Xu Shang had an idea. Although he didn't want to sell the fangfeng, he could try the plantain.
Xu Shang took out the plantain he had picked and asked, "Boss, will you accept this?"
Sang Youcai took a quick glance and then showed a disdainful expression: "There are dog urine grass everywhere on the roadside, who would collect this stuff?"
Having said that, when Sang Youcai saw that Xu Shang seemed to have picked a lot of fruits in his backpack, he changed the subject and said, "Give me everything in the backpack, and you can exchange it for an ice lolly from me."
Xu Shang still didn't give up and asked again: "If I give you money, how much can you give?"
Seeing this, Sang Youcai had no choice but to say, "Five cents a pound, which means I can give you ten cents for two pounds."
Xu Shang curled his lips and said, "The average market price is 50 cents a kilogram, and you only give 5 cents?"
Although it is said that doing business is about buying low and selling high, your argument is not justifiable.
Xu Shang completely gave up the idea of selling the plantain in the small mountain village. He threw the plantain into the backpack and said to Jiang Xiaotiao, "Let's go back!"
"Ah? Brother Xu Shang, aren't you going to sell it?" Jiang Xiaotiao didn't understand, but still hurriedly followed Xu Shang.
Behind Xu Shang, the program crew had already filmed the exchange between Xu Shang and the shop owner. Although the on-site sound recording was average, the conversation between the two could still be heard clearly.
When they heard that Xu Shang had just spent half a day collecting medicinal herbs at 5 cents per pound, everyone in the program crew couldn't help but laugh.
5 cents per pound. Now if you drop a dime on the ground, I guess few people would pick it up. 5 cents per pound really makes them laugh.
The director, who was originally discussing with the planning team how to give Xu Shang 'more scenes', was even more delighted when he saw this scene. There was no need to create the image of a clown, since he was definitely a clown.
Several people in the planning team were also very happy.
"I shouldn't have expected anything from Xu Shang, and it turns out to be true!"
"That's not true. At least Xu Shang did collect some herbs, although they're only 50 cents a pound... Oh, no, 5 cents a pound. I haven't heard of the unit of fen for a long time!"
"Alright, alright! It's time to catch up now! We can start preparing for the editing in the later stages. The first episode will be released in two days. I predict that this episode will be a hot topic once it is released!"
Although the director said this, the corners of his mouth that couldn't help but curl up revealed his true feelings.
Xu Shang was worried. After all, based on his current income, even if he sold all the medicinal herbs, it would still be a long way from enough to build a house for Granny Sang.
We must find ways to improve the efficiency of making money.
Xu Shang actually thought of a way to improve the efficiency of making money in a short period of time, which is to reprocess the medicinal materials. Although the price difference does not seem to be that big after considering the dry-wet ratio, the difference is actually quite big.
The so-called dry medicinal materials do not only refer to sun-dried medicinal materials. To be more precise, they are processed medicinal materials, and sun-drying is also a common processing method.
Many people subconsciously think that sun-dried medicinal materials are better. In fact, due to uneven light and the influence of wind and dust, the quality of sun-dried medicinal materials is often lower than that of oven-dried ones. Some medicinal materials even require processing methods such as shade drying.
Because Xu Shang received a lot of knowledge from the herbal farmers, he knew very well that the average price given by the system was only for reference. For real medicinal materials, the quality has a huge impact on the price. For example, the average price of wild ginseng is a few hundred, but the price of a few years and decades is completely on another dimension.
While Xu Shang was thinking, Jiang Xiaotiao, who was following behind him, suddenly found a few large watermelon worms that Xu Shang had placed in the backpack bag, and said in surprise:
"Wow, ground beetles! Brother Xu Shang, let's fry them and eat them tonight!"
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