Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 11 Checkout
As the sun rose slowly, there were more women carrying baskets to buy vegetables.

Finally, someone stopped in front of Lu Yange and his four siblings, and an aunt holding her little granddaughter asked, "How do you sell these zong leaves?"

Before Lu Yange could speak, Lu Xiaoli said first: "Two handfuls for a penny, aunt, how many do you want?"

This was the price negotiated earlier, she had sold fish with her father, and she was not stage frightened.

"So expensive?"

The aunt who spoke was disgusted, but she squatted down and looked at the reed leaves in the basket: "There are so many of these things in the wild, and you can pick a lot of them casually. You are still selling them so expensively, so make them cheaper."

Hearing that the aunt said it was expensive, Lu Xiaoli was immediately discouraged.

She wanted to say that if two handfuls for a penny is not enough, then three handfuls for a penny is not too bad.

Even if these two baskets of reed leaves were sold for ten cents, she would not feel at a loss.

After glancing at Lu Yange, Lu Xiaoli swallowed the words that came to his lips.The third sister promised to the fourth, and they would listen to her when they went to the market.

"not expensive."

Lu Yange enthusiastically received the first guest who came to the door: "Look, ma'am, the four of us, my siblings, rowed a boat to the river beach to collect them early in the morning. The river beach is not close to here. We all picked large ones that were not damaged. The leaves are also clean after washing. Madam, you just need to wash them with water when you take them home, and you can cook them. It saves trouble and worry, and there are no such big and good zong leaves around here."

Reed leaves are also called Zongye by the local people. Reed leaves are used to make zongzi in the Huai River area. They are often seen along ditches and rivers. They are big and good, but they are only available on the beach of Hongze Lake. There are no boats. method picked.

Two baskets of zong leaves, Lu Xiaoqing and Lu Xiaoli washed and washed, picked and picked.It's really big and clean, and it's rare to see even a broken one.

While Lu Yange was talking, he took off the wreath from his head, tidied it up a bit, and put it on the head of the little girl led by the aunt. The little girl couldn't move her eyes from their wreath. Wearing a garland, I immediately raised my hand to touch it.

The pink and tender little face was full of surprises.

The aunt hurriedly reminded her granddaughter: "Qiaoqiao, thank you brother."

"Thank you, brother." The little girl thanked Lu Yange softly, and touched the wreath on her head uncontrollably.

Lu Xiaoyu felt that he had found a comrade, and immediately went over to him: "Isn't it pretty? My elder brother made this up, isn't he clever?"

The two little girls gathered together to see whose garland looked better, chattering.

The auntie glanced at the wreath on the little granddaughter's head, and then flipped through the zong leaves in the basket. She couldn't find any faults, so she said reluctantly: "Four handfuls for a penny, I'll buy two pennies."

The youngest daughter-in-law is very happy when she enters the house. She just added a grandson to her family in the spring. This Dragon Boat Festival, she has to go to give gifts to her in-laws, as well as her daughter-in-law's natal family...

Lu Xiaoli wanted to scream out of joy, but thinking of Lu Yange's advice, he could only restrain himself from making a sound.

She didn't expect that someone would really want these zong leaves, four handfuls for a penny, and at worst, she would go to the river beach to pick them, and it didn't cost any money.

There are so many on the river beach, as long as she works harder and runs a few more times with the eldest sister, they can earn a lot of copper coins.

"Ma'am, I can't sell it at this price. If you don't believe me, go and look around again. It's not expensive for a penny or two, and you can earn a lot of hard money. Look at our leaves, which are bigger and more leaves than other people's. Not as good as us."

Lu Yange had been around the town for a few days, and there was only one shop selling reed leaves in the whole town.

The reed leaves in that family were in a mess, not to mention unwashed, and a lot of them were damaged, and they sold two handfuls for a penny.

Her price was determined after comparison.

The aunt really straightened up when she heard the words: "Then let me take a look again. Sanya, return the wreath to brother."

As she said that, the aunt raised her hand to get the wreath on her granddaughter's head.If you don't buy other people's things, you can't take advantage of them.

Sanya, who was still happy at first, was immediately dumbfounded. She raised her hand to protect the wreath on her head helplessly, and looked at grandma pitifully.

Lu Yange quickly waved his hands: "Ma'am, I played it for my younger sister, no money."

Seeing that Lu Yange really wanted to give it away, the aunt didn't refuse any more, she smiled politely, and took her granddaughter to leave.

When the aunt really left, Lu Xiaoli sat on the ground with a sad face.

"Why don't you sell it? A penny is money."

A garland was also attached upside down.

Lu Yange looked at the slowly rising sun and narrowed his eyes slightly: "We agreed in the morning, you have to listen to me."

Maybe the first deal was not done well, and then there were two or three inquiries about the price, but no one bought it.

Lu Xiaoli puffed up his mouth angrily, but Lu Yange was still calm.

When the sun rose and there were more and more people buying and selling vegetables in the market, Lu Yange stood up, put his hands around his mouth and shouted.

"Don't miss it when you pass by, big and clean Zongye, two handfuls only cost one penny."

"Come and see, come and see, the big and clean zong leaves will bring you good fortune, longevity and wealth!"

The crisp voice, soft and glutinous as if singing, spread in this noisy market, making everyone stop and look.

Among the messy stalls, three little heads wearing garlands stood out.

And the only boy who didn't wear a wreath tied his horns, clasped his hands, and shouted hard.

The swarthy little face can be seen to be somewhat delicate.

Shopkeeper Li from Lai Fushun was not far from them, watching the man pick the fish, straightened up when he heard the sound, and walked over cheerfully.

"Boy, how can your zong leaves add blessings, longevity, and wealth?"

Lu Yange is small but not downcast, looking up at shopkeeper Li with a smile on his face: "Because my zongzi leaves are good, clean and beautiful, eating them will naturally bring blessings, longevity and wealth."

"Okay, that's what I like to hear."

Shopkeeper Li pointed to the basket without asking the price: "It's twenty yuan, Shunzi, pay the bill."

Shunzi, who had just paid the fish money, immediately ran over, took out a purse from his pocket, counted twenty coins and handed it to Lu Yangge: "Forty coins, right? Send them to Lai Fushun."

Lu Yange didn't know where Lai Fushun was, and before she could ask, Lu Xiaoli bounced off the ground behind him, tore off the wreath on his head and threw it into Lu Xiaoqing's arms: "I'll go, I'll go... where."

Lai Fushun, that is the biggest restaurant in Jiangba. Although she never went to eat, she stopped by Fushun's backyard when she was selling fish with her father.

Rounding off, she can be regarded as Lai Fushun's guest.

"Okay, then the second sister will deliver it." Lu Yange squatted down and began to pick.

Even though each handful of reed leaves looked similar, she still tried to pick out the ones that looked bigger, thicker, and undamaged and put them together.

Shopkeeper Li squinted his small eyes and watched as Lu Yange vacated a bamboo basket and counted forty reed leaves that he had picked out, and added four more zong leaves into the basket.

"Everything goes well, I wish you luck."

Lu Yange said as he handed the basket to the dark and skinny little girl beside him: "Second sister, here it is."

Shopkeeper Li couldn't help but smile slightly from the corner of his eyes, this kid is smarter than he thought.

(End of this chapter)