Chapter 39 Selling Fish
When they arrived in Ningcheng, they were going to buy food at the quarry. Liu said to Pei Zhan, "Just pick us up later."

Tao Zhen thanked her and left. Liu glared at Tao Zhen and turned away.

Mrs. Pei looked at Mrs. Liu and the others who were walking away, and asked, "Azhen, isn't this fish going to be sold in the vegetable market?"

Tao Zhen said: "Let's go to the restaurant to try it first."

Mrs. Pei also felt that it was reasonable. Pei Zhan drove the bullock cart and several people arrived at the door of a restaurant. Tao Zhen straightened his clothes. He originally wanted to go in by himself, but after thinking about it, he pulled Pei Zhan. Pei Zhan frowned. : "What are you pulling me for?"

"Selling face."

People are always very tolerant of beautiful people. If Pei Damei follows her, the success rate may be higher.

At this time, the business of the restaurant was pretty good. There were three or four tables of customers sitting below. Tao Zhen took a look and saw that they were all meat and no one ordered fish.

The waiter came over. This guy is the best at reading people. He knew at a glance that Tao Zhen and Pei Zhan had no money, but they had good temperaments, so he said politely: "Do you two want to eat?"

Tao Zhen smiled and said: "If you don't eat, we will sell fish!"

The waiter was stunned: "Fish?"

The waiter took a look at the five big fish, which were smooth and slippery. They looked really good. He remembered that someone had ordered fish two days ago, but there were none in the store for a while. The shopkeeper was worried.

The waiter hurriedly went to find the shopkeeper, who came over quickly. People doing business always bring their own smiles when they meet. The shopkeeper invited them into a private room and asked the waiter to pour them a cup of hot tea. Then he said: "Are you two here to sell fish?"

Tao Zhen asked the shopkeeper to look at the fish, and the shopkeeper was very satisfied: "We want this fish, are there more?"

Although Ningzhou is a place of exile, it is really a mixed bag of people, including princes and ministers, down-and-out young men, exiled prisoners, passing businessmen, etc.

Most of these people are not short of money. There is nothing good to eat in winter. Some people just want to eat fish. But where can the fish come from in this cold weather?There are also people who cut through the ice to get fish, but the results are not very satisfactory. The fish they find are either dead or small and have many spines, and the guests are unwilling to buy them.

Tao Zhen's few are big, fat and alive, and they look good.The shopkeeper gave him fifty cents a piece, but Tao Zhen frowned, looking dissatisfied.

The shopkeeper looked at the two people and knew that the person in charge was Tao Zhen.

Tao Zhen was actually not dissatisfied. Fifty coins was a lot. How much did Pei Zhan pay for a day of hard work?
She mentally calculated how much fifty cents was equivalent to modern money. The fish weighed four or five kilograms. In fact, fifty cents was about the same, right?

While she was thinking this, the shopkeeper added another five cents to her and said that if there were any fish in the future, she would just send them to him.

Tao Zhen didn't have any objections. It was easy to talk about small business.

"It's inconvenient for us to come here once!" Tao Zhen said: "The fish are all alive, and there aren't many left. One is less to eat than the other. We can put a water tank in the store to keep it. When guests come, let them know which one they like. Wouldn’t it be better to choose this for yourself?”

Tao Zhen gave a suggestion.

The shopkeeper thinks it's feasible, just put it in a tank, and the fish is really good, and you won't lose money if you keep it.

The shopkeeper happily paid for the five fish, a total of 270 and a half cents.

Tao Zhen went out with the money. When Mrs. Pei saw them coming out with empty buckets, she knew they had sold them.

"All sold?"

"Well, nearly three hundred yuan." Tao Zhen whispered: "Let's go to the silk shop first, and then the bookstore. After we get the money, we can have a good meal today."

Mrs. Pei nodded and said yes.

Sitting in the car, Pei Heng's face turned red from the cold and he couldn't help but laugh.

(End of this chapter)

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