Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 118 Market Encounter
Then there were those who tasted it and thought it tasted good, and their family was better off, and they said to Du Fangling, "Give me ten Wen."

"Hey, good." Du Fangling was overjoyed, and quickly borrowed the scale from the stall next door, and weighed it for that person.

Du Jinning said again: "Third sister, call this uncle Liuliang."

In ancient times, it was 16 taels a catty, and one-third of sixteen is not easy to weigh, so we should be more generous and directly weigh six taels.

Seeing Du Jinning's generosity, the uncle felt very at ease.

Six taels of dried tofu is indeed a large handful, which is full of weight and looks very cost-effective.Others who were still hesitating also bought one after another: "Girl, give me ten Wenqian."

"I want five cents, okay?"

"Okay, of course no problem." Du Jinning smiled.Seeing that the free dried tofu in the lotus leaf in my hand was gone, I put down the lotus leaf, asked another stall owner to borrow a scale, and helped me to weigh it.

Chinese people have the mentality of following the crowd. In the past, no one cared about the ugly yellow-brown dried tofu, and everyone didn't even look at it.But this time, seeing a group of people seeming to be scrambling for something, the passers-by also came over curiously and asked, "What's for sale here?"

Du Jinning is quick-witted. People here call dried tofu, and help Du Fangling calculate the money there, but he can still find time to answer questions from passers-by: "Dried tofu, secret-made dried tofu, salty and refreshing, and a big bag of ten coins. . May I ask sister-in-law if you want a copy?"

Just like that, while Du Fanghui was stunned, they stood for half a day without selling a piece of dried tofu, and it was sold out within two quarters of an hour—the reason why it took so long was because Du Fangling and Du Jinning were busy. But come, customers need to wait, line up one by one to weigh and pay.

"These are no longer for sale, these are no longer for sale. If you need them, please visit this place tomorrow." Seeing that there were twenty or thirty slices of dried tofu left, Du Jinning quickly stopped.

"Why not sell it?" Not only the people who bought dried tofu couldn't figure it out, even sister Du Fangling couldn't figure it out either.

"The two stall owners generously lent us the name just now, so we naturally have to save some dried tofu as a thank you." Du Jinning politely explained to the customer, "I really ask for your understanding. All uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law will come back tomorrow."

"This little brother is sensible."

Du Jinning's approach also won the favor of some people. He pointed to the water tofu and said, "Forget it, then give me two pieces of water tofu."

As a result, the Du family's water tofu sold a lot after a while.

The stall owner on the right is a woman in her thirties who also sells water tofu, and also sells some dry goods such as mushrooms and fungus.Seeing that Du Fangling came over to thank you with some dried tofu, she waved her hands again and again: "It's just a scale, and there is no loss. How can you accept your dried tofu? Take it back quickly."

Du Jinning had a good impression of her.The colleagues are enemies. Just now, the stall owners on both sides are all selling tofu, but only this aunt borrowed the name without saying a word, and she made excuses to shirk the others, so she ran to a place a little further away to find them. Borrowed by the butcher shop.

"Auntie, don't refuse, take it, and you can try our dried tofu too. We were rude when we borrowed things just now, so you should be polite now." She raised her voice.

The woman had no choice but to collect the dried beans, but grabbed a handful of dried shiitake mushrooms and gave them to Du Fangling: "It's the most delicious to stew chicken together during Chinese New Year."

Du Fangling couldn't refuse, so he had to accept the mushrooms.

There were four or five pieces of water tofu left in the dustpan. According to Du Jinning, don't wait, just take it home and eat it yourself.But Du Fangling and Du Fanghui refused, saying: "Anyway, it's still early, let's wait a little longer, you go back first."

Du Jinning came to the market, in addition to seeing how the two sisters' business was doing, he also had another purpose, which was to buy spices.

Because the teahouse hadn't opened yet, and she didn't know what the future of the dried tofu would be, and it cost money to invest in the teahouse, she didn't dare to buy more of this spice last time.Now that the dried tofu business is looking good, she is also confident in the sales at the teahouse, so she naturally has to buy more.Furthermore, sooner or later, this dried bean curd will attract the attention of interested people. When she goes to buy spices, it will be easy for people to figure out the way.Before everyone could react, she had to stock up on some spices.

There was more than one shop selling spices. Du Jinning was careful not to buy them all in one shop, but to separate them. He bought a few items in each shop and finally bought them all.

Holding the spices, she planned to say hello to her two sisters and go back, but when she approached the booth, she saw a thin woman in her forties cursing in front of Du Fangling from a distance, surrounded by a group of people Watch the fun.Her heart tightened, and she quickly ran over.

"... We are willing to lend you money because we miss your orphans and widows. But it's been a year since you paid back the money. How can you be like this? When we borrowed money, we agreed that we would pay it back within half a year. clear……"

Du Jinning squeezed into the crowd, only to realize that the woman was not scolding Du Fangling, but the woman who sold tofu and dried shiitake mushrooms on loan to them.

"Sister-in-law, it's not that we don't pay back the money. It's just that I got seriously ill half a year ago, used up all the money at home, and owed the medical expenses to the hospital. I couldn't come out to do things for the first two or three months, and I couldn't do anything. I didn't make much money, so... please allow a period of time, and I will definitely pay back the money when the time comes." Being chased for debts in public, the woman was very embarrassed and embarrassed, wiping her tears and blushing with the man. The woman explained.

"Repay the money, what do you have to pay it back?" The woman sneered, "You have to pay Brother Yuan to repair the new year, right? Are you here to pay back the money or borrow money? Let me tell you, as early as the New Year Pay back the money beforehand, otherwise I will come here every day to ask for debts, it depends on whether you have such a big face to do business here."

"Two months, I will definitely pay you back the money within two months, and I will never go to your house to borrow money in the future. You can rest assured." A male voice came from outside the crowd, and immediately after, a young man in a blue gown squeezed in.

Du Jinning's pupils shrank.

She knew the person who came, it was Xu Chengyuan, the one who was the notary when they made a bet with Liang Xiankuan that day.

Xu Chengyuan walked up to the woman selling tofu and stood still, calling: "Mother, let's go back."

The woman was ashamed to stay here any longer, and answered with a choked voice: "Okay." Wiping away her tears, she began to pack her things.

"Brother Yuan, you said this, and I didn't force you. If you have the backbone, you can earn money at home to support your family, and don't go to study in those old books. Your mother alone earns money to support you and pay for your education, boss." You don't feel ashamed to be alone." The thin woman didn't stay for long, and after saying this, she turned around and left.

"Brother Yuan, don't listen to your auntie. You...you have to read the book carefully, do you hear me?" The woman panicked, pulled Xu Chengyuan's arm, and said anxiously.

"Mother, although my aunt's words are not pleasant, they are the truth. I won't go to the academy to study after the new year. I know what my husband taught me, and it's the same at home. In the spring of next year, I will take the children's examination. "Xu Chengyuan said.

"Are you trying to force my mother to death? If you don't go to the academy, my mother will die." The woman grabbed the pole that Xu Chengyuan was about to put on her shoulder, "Before your father died, he repeatedly asked me to help you study... "

"I don't stop studying, I just don't go to the academy." Xu Chengyuan saw someone pointing fingers at him, obviously talking about his family, so he urged, "Mother, let's talk about it when we go home." As he spoke, he picked up the burden and dragged the woman out.

When he squeezed out of the crowd, seeing Du Jinning, he was obviously taken aback for a moment, then nodded slightly, and dragged his mother out.

When they were far away, Du Fangling sighed: "Really, there are bad relatives everywhere." Obviously, he missed his superb grandparents and second uncle.

Du Fanghui also felt sorry for her.

Du Jinning didn't feel much after seeing a lot of things in the past and this life. She greeted her two sisters and prepared to go home.

"Brother Ning, be careful on the road." Du Fangling thought that the incident just brought up bad memories, and told Du Jinning worriedly.

Du Jinning turned his head and smiled at her, and let passers-by with his things to leave the market.

Going out from the east gate, she was about to go out, when she heard someone calling her: "Du Jinning." Turning her head, she saw Xu Chengyuan hurried over from the side, and stopped in front of her.

(End of this chapter)