Dressed as a vicious stepmother, the whole family is full of wealth

Chapter 19, Selling Dates

Early this morning, Zhou Ji, the clerk of the shop, was opening the door and finished moving the wooden boards at the door. He rubbed his eyes and walked to the street, watching the people coming and going, stretching his waist, thinking that the shopkeeper Zhou said that Laibin Restaurant would be closed in two days. Well, in the past two days, he and the remaining cook were dismissed after they settled their wages, and he felt frustrated. They came to Yaoshan County with the shopkeeper, and they didn't expect to leave so soon.

Seeing Zhou Ji standing at the door for a while, Zhou Chuan came out and called him: "Zhou Ji, hurry up and clean the rooms upstairs. After two days, people from Chi's family and Qiao's family will come and see that the restaurant is clean. , when the time comes, we will need more money to return home!"

Zhou Ji looked back at the plaque of Laibin Restaurant, his eyes were full of reluctance, he and the shopkeeper ran this restaurant together, and if he said that his feelings for him were deeper than his feelings for his daughter-in-law, he heard that the shopkeeper wanted to He sold it and changed hands, which made him feel uncomfortable.

"Shopkeeper, why don't you think of a way. Yu Liu doesn't want to leave Laibin Restaurant. We all came back from Shangjing with you, and we only want to make this restaurant a good one. Let's transfer it to the Chi family and the Qiao family. He is reluctant to part with the restaurant we worked so hard to build."

They spent a lot of money at the beginning, but now they give it to those bastards of the Chi family and the Qiao family for nothing. A share of the pie is an idiot's dream.

Zhou Chuan didn't know what these two people were thinking. They were brothers who had suffered and starved with him. He understood their feelings for this restaurant, and he didn't want to. Not to mention the Lai Yue family, the taste of Qiao's and Yue Ju is also top-notch, regardless of the color and aroma of the dishes, they are better than them, and the local cornel they have used for generations tastes better than other places.

"Okay, Zhou Ji, for the last two days, treat the customers who come into the store well, and don't think about other things!" Zhou Chuan said disappointedly and went back to the room.

Zhou Ji sighed and returned to the restaurant.

Here Xiao Qing brought his son and daughter-in-law to the county town, found an open space in the crowded street, and sold the winter jujubes, pomegranates, and sorbets picked yesterday in bamboo baskets separately.

Qiao Erjing was so shy that she couldn't make a sound, she just lowered her head and put the good winter jujubes and pomegranates on the top, and Qin's did the same, she rarely came to the county town, and the people she saw the most were in Yaoshan Village who were calling villagers to discuss matters At that time, she was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to cry out.

Xiao Qing saw that both of them lowered their heads, with the two of them like this, they wouldn't even be able to sell a jujube in a day.

She stood up and yelled: "Guests passing by, take a look, the fresh winter dates and pomegranates on Yaoshan Mountain, try the winter dates and pomegranates, they are sweet and crisp..."

"Big brothers and sisters who have passed by, sisters-in-law, come and taste it!"

"Come and taste the fresh winter dates!"

Seeing Mother yelling loudly, everyone around Qin looked at her, she hastily lowered her head not daring to face people, Qiao Erjing just played with the winter dates and pomegranates without raising her head.

Xiao Qing yelled for a while, but his voice became hoarse, but no one came.

She pulled Qin Shi to stand on the side of the street: "Ms. Yuanyuan, do you still want to feed a few children? You two stand up and shout!"

Listening to what she said, Qin stood up, came to Mother's side, and opened her mouth shyly, but the voice was so small that only she could hear it.

"You should learn from your mother!" Xiao Qing cleared her throat and showed the Qin family: "Passing guests come and take a look, fresh jujubes and fresh pomegranates just picked, come and taste, taste free !"

Qin tried to stutter and yell twice, and finally yelled, but she was still stuttering.

At this time, a leisurely old man came over, with his hands behind his back and his waist wrapped, and his head was wrapped in a cloth. He saw that the winter dates in the bamboo basket were big and green.

"Hey, jujube sellers, how do you sell these winter dates?" the old man asked.

Xiao Qing smiled and grabbed a few winter dates and handed them to the old man to taste: "Old man, these winter dates are crispy and sweet. They are dates from Yaoshan Mountain. There has been a severe drought for several years. Today, big and crispy dates like this Not too many, the price is the same as jujube sold in July, five cents a catty!"

The old man took the winter jujube handed over by Xiao Qing, picked a green one and took a bite, just as Xiao Qing said, it was very crispy and sweet. The jujubes on Yaoshan Mountain are very famous in Yaoshan County, and the fruit is crisp and sweet. Jujubes are the cheapest and can be sold for four Wen a catty, but now Dongzao sells for five Wen, Xiao Qing has done the calculations, and the price is just right.

"Okay, give me half a catty!" the old man said cheerfully.

Xiao Qing smiled and turned around to pick up the sea bowl, scooped out half of the bowl from the bamboo basket, she had measured it at home, one sea bowl was about a catty, and the half sea bowl was about half a catty.

"Grandpa, this bowl was measured at home. One bowl is one catty. If you don't believe me, there is a scale in the grain shop across the street. You can go and weigh it!" Xiao Qing said with a smile: "Then this half bowl is half Jin, today you are always our first business order, we just opened, and we can't make you feel disadvantaged, I will charge you two pennies for the half bowl, do you think it's okay, old man?"

When the old man heard that such a big sea bowl weighed more than half a catty, he only charged him a penny?

Not to mention the severe drought here, even in the years with good weather, the winter dates in Yaoshan are not so cheap.

He smiled and shook the jujube that Xiao Qing sent with his clothes: "Okay, little lady, you really know how to do business, and you will definitely make a fortune in the future!"

Xiao Qing looked at him with a smile: "Hey, I've borrowed a good word from the old man!"

The old man put away the jujube, and took out four Wen coins from his waist and handed it to Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing accepted it with a smile, and watched the old man leave.

When the people left, Xiao Qing gave the money to Qin: "See, you two, you have to shout out so that people can hear you. If you want to sell fruit! You have to let the person who wants to buy hear it, you two hurry up!" Shout out, if you sell these two baskets of jujubes, all the money will be yours!"

Qiao Erjing and Qin's eyes lit up when they heard that the money belonged to them, and asked in disbelief, "Mother, is what you said true?"

Xiao Qing cast them coldly: "Yes, really! I said it! Then why don't you hurry up and sell dates and pomegranates!"

When Qin and Qiao Er saw the two pennies, they found confidence in their faces, and they couldn't care less about not being shy. They imitated what Xiao Qing said just now, and shouted for people to buy it.

Xiao Qing saw that the two were yelling in style, she looked back at the more than a catty of chili powder noodles in her bamboo basket, and she was going to go to the major wine shops to try it.

She handed over the two bamboo baskets of wild fruits to Qin Shi and Er Jing, and carried the bamboo baskets on her back to find restaurants and inns.

Before she left, she did not forget to tell them: "You two sell dates here, I will go to the inn and restaurant to try our dogwood noodles!"

Qin Shi and Er Jing reluctantly agreed, thinking that they and their sister-in-law persuaded Mother several times last night, but Mother still refused to listen, and insisted on grinding the cornel into flour.

(End of this chapter)