Space farmer girl: I hoarded food and raised cubs in ancient times

Chapter 13 13 Still want to continue to be a fool

"Is this an apple?!" Manager Zhao focused his attention on the apple first and reached out to pick it up.

Shen Shuangshuang handed the basket forward to make it easier for Manager Zhao to take it.

"Yes." He replied with a smile.

Manager Zhao held the apple in his hand, his eyes filled with wonder.

"This fruit looks so good!" he praised.

The apple trees on the village were brought from other places by my friends.

It took a lot of effort this year to bear fruits, but the fruits are green and small, and the taste is said to be very poor.

This fruit is actually bigger and redder than the ones brought by my friend before.

"How much do you have? How are you going to sell it?" Soon, Manager Zhao asked Shen Shuangshuang.

Shen Shuangshuang saw that Manager Zhao had a "soft spot" for Apple and guessed that Apple's value should be higher.

After hesitating for a moment, he made no offer.

"I still have a lot of these fruits at home. If you like them, steward, give me an honest price and I will give them to you in the future." Shen Shuangshuang said.

For a big family, more people consume more money.

Besides, it’s great to give the fruit as a gift. It’s not too much to buy a few dozen kilograms.

Manager Zhao looked at Shen Shuangshuang and saw Shen Shuangshuang smiling brightly at him, knowing that this little lady was not easy to fool.

After looking at Shen Shuangshuang's cart and the baskets of fruits on the cart, he finally spoke.

"Apples cost fifteen cents a pound, grapes ten cents, and pears four cents."

Shen Shuang looked stunned.

"Okay! How much do you want?" He responded.

My mother-in-law said before that the most expensive pork fat is only [-] cents a pound, and pig fat is [-] cents a pound.

The price of apples is comparable to that of pork, and she is very satisfied.

As for grapes and pears, the prices are actually not low.After all, it only costs a penny to wait for the oxcart at the official road at the entrance of the village and take the oxcart to the town.

"I want all the apples. Twenty catties of grapes and five catties of pears," said Manager Zhao.

Shen Shuang's eyes lit up.

"Okay! I'll weigh you now!" He said quickly.

Manager Zhao agreed with a smile and ordered the cook to go back to the yard to get the containers.

The cook came to her senses and turned around to leave.

Before leaving, he glanced into Shen Shuangshuang's fruit basket several times.

Darling, she got such a big fruit for fifteen cents per catty.I guess there are four or five taels...

After the cook and a few people brought the containers, Shen Shuangshuang started weighing the fruits.

The total amount is 55 jins of apples, [-] jins of grapes, and [-] jins of pears.

Manager Zhao took out a small abacus from his arms at some point and started playing with it.

"The total is one tael of silver and 45 cents." The result was quickly calculated.

Shen Shuangshuang took out a small notebook from his pocket, made calculations in person, and found that the amount was correct.

"Yes, thank you, Manager Zhao!" He put away his notebook and said to Manager Zhao.

Manager Zhao put away his curiosity about Shen Shuangshuang's little book and didn't believe that Zhao Shuangshuang would figure out the result so quickly.

"Here you money." He said while taking money out of his pocket.

One tael of broken silver, plus 45 copper plates.

Shen Shuangshuang took it with both hands and thanked him again.

Manager Zhao then ordered his servants to carry the purchased fruits to the backyard.

"You said, do you still have these fruits at home?" He came forward again and asked Shen Shuangshuang.

"Yes, yes!" Shen Shuangshuang said quickly.

"You can come again in three days," said Manager Zhao.

If the masters and ladies are satisfied with this batch of fruits, they will definitely want more in the future. "Sure!" Shen Shuangshuang responded immediately.

Then he said goodbye to Manager Zhao and continued to sell fruit door-to-door with his cart.

Next, in the same alley, Shen Shuangshuang stopped selling apples.

It wasn't until we reached another alley that we took out the remaining apples and sold them.

Along the way, the three types of fruits received similar prices.

Apples cost between fourteen and twenty cents, grapes between nine and twelve cents, and pears between three and five cents.

Every time Shen Shuangshuang makes a transaction, he will write down the transaction price and address afterwards, and ask the owner if he wants more fruit next time, so that he can continue to come to the door next time.

These wealthy households purchase large quantities, and most of them are willing to make a second purchase in a few days.

In the end, it only took Shen Shuangshuang more than an hour to sell all the fruits.

The sun was already getting brighter at this time.

Shen Shuangshuang put the basket, the basket, and the cart back into the space, and quickly headed to the West Market with the basket on his back.

When we arrived at the West Market, the vegetable market was almost gone.

The meat stalls in the meat selling area have also collected a lot, and there are not many stalls with meat left, and most of the ones left are bones and lean meat.

Shen Shuangshuang regretted not coming earlier to grab the pig fat. In desperation, she could only buy some bones and lean meat.

After buying the meat, Shen Shuangshuang went to the grocery store to buy oil lamps and lamp oil.

Then, according to the list I made before, I started to make big purchases.

By the time I bought everything, it was already noon.

Seeing a steamed bun shop on the roadside, thinking that her mother-in-law and son must have nothing to eat at home, Shen Shuangshuang went to buy three large bags of steamed buns.

When passing by a pastry shop, I bought some more pastries and then walked quickly towards the west city gate.

There were heavy goods in the basket, and Shen Shuangshuang was both tired and happy.

After leaving the city gate, Shen Shuangshuang chose to ride an ox cart.

There is an ox cart waiting for guests not far outside the city gate. Once the guests are full, they will be sent off along the official road.

Dahe Village follows the official road and takes a bus back, which only costs a copper coin.

After Shen Shuangshuang paid to get on the bullock cart, the old man who drove the cart set off soon.

Because it was too late at this time, there were only three passengers in the car, including Shen Shuangshuang.

"Sister, which one in Dahe Village do you belong to?" A middle-aged woman asked after seeing Shen Shuangshuang buying a lot of things.

"From the Li family." Shen Shuangshuang replied.Dahe Village is a big village, and there are many families named Li.

"Sister, which village are you from?" Shen Shuangshuang asked with a smile.Take the opportunity to change the subject.

When the middle-aged woman reported her village and said she knew someone in Dahe Village, Shen Shuangshuang immediately asked the middle-aged woman about the situation in the village, and then changed the topic again.

In this way, when Shen Shuangshuang got off the bus, no one in the car could ask for any other news about her.

After saying goodbye to the two women in the car and turning around, Shen Shuangshuang put away the smile on her face.

The fool's identity is very useful, she is not ready to reveal her identity yet...

On the way back to the village, Shen Shuangshuang was extra careful.

In addition to the fact that the sun was shining brightly at this time, most people in the village had gone home, and the Shen family was at the edge of the village, so no one really saw Shen Shuangshuang.

As soon as Shen Shuangshuang entered the yard, she saw her son running towards her yelling.

"Mom! Mom is back!" The little carrot head was very happy to see Shen Shuangshuang. He rushed over and threw himself into Shen Shuangshuang's arms.

Shen Shuangshuang didn't care that he was tired, picked up Li Ling, and walked to Shen's room despite the scorching heat.

"Both are back?" Shen asked happily when she heard the movement.

"Well, I'm back, mother." Shen Shuangshuang responded.

Enter the door, put down Li Ling, and then the backpack.

"Mom, you must be hungry. Eat some steamed buns to cushion your stomach." As he said that, he took out two large bags of steamed buns from his backpack.

He handed one package to Shen, then took a bun from another package and gave it to Li Ling to eat.

(End of this chapter)