I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 62 Return to before liberation overnight 2
Baoyu counted on his fingers. It was a rush day in Qingshui Town. Today is the beginning of July. Isn't it a market day?
"Yes, sister, why are you asking this?"

Zhou Chenyu watched everyone rushing towards the city. There must be a lot of people wandering around in the market. The weather was hot and I was very thirsty after half a day of shopping. Isn't the candy business about to start?

She tightened Baoyu's arm and quickened her pace, "Let's go into the city and rent a stall to sell sugar water."

The two of them arrived at the city gate from dawn until the morning fog and dew had dissipated.

Zhou Chenyu looked at the officials under the city gate, recalling the memory of yesterday. He was about to enter the city, and it would be too late if he didn't pretend to be lame.

Baoyu wiped the sweat from his face with a free hand and saw his sister limping, "Sister, what's wrong with your feet?"

Seeing his worried look, Zhou Chenyu decided that it would be better to do less than to do more, so he told everything about how he deceived Yang Xi yesterday.

"Sister, how dare you lie to Team Leader Yang?" Baoyu exclaimed, Zhou Chenyu quickly covered his big mouth, raised his lips and smiled: "If I don't pretend to be lame, how can he talk to me? This is a tactic, OK?"

"Sister, this is a lie after all. If Team Leader Yang finds out, what will you do?" Baoyu frowned anxiously.

Zhou Chenyu stuffed some leaves into the soles of his shoes and was proud of his flawless acting skills. "We'll wait until he finds out."

When they arrive at the city gate, the vendors speed up and rush in. The earlier they go, the more cost-effective seats they can get.

Selling sugar water is different from selling dustpans, bamboo shoots and summer solstice mushrooms. The latter can move at any time to find customers as long as it does not interfere with other people's land.

To sell sugar water, tables and chairs need to be set up, and there must be a fixed location.

In Qingshui Town, apart from the fixed storefronts on both sides of the street, mobile vendors who want to have a place to do long-term business have to rent a stall at the market department.

According to the quality of the stall location, it is divided into upper, middle and lower parts. The higher the location, the more customers it sees, and the higher the rent, which ranges from one hundred to several hundred cash.

What they do by selling sugar water is a small business, and they can only earn a few hundred pennies a day at most. After excluding the material and labor costs, the profit is even less.

Zhou Chenyu asked Baoyu to rent a medium-priced stall. Baoyu took the money and went to the market without saying a word.

She stayed outside the door and waited, waiting for a man to come over, "Girl, I look at you as a stranger, but are you here to rent a place in the market?"

Zhou Chenyu saw that he was well dressed but had a traitorous look on his face. She became wary and asked, "What does it have to do with you?"

The man looked around, came closer and whispered: "Girl, I have a few good positions, which are only thirty cents more expensive than the market department. I think I am destined to you, and I can sell them for ten cents cheaper." I’ll give it to you, no one else can get this price.”

"There are still ticket scalpers these days, all trying to earn the middleman's price difference." Zhou Chenyu complained.

The man couldn't understand what she was mumbling, but he still promoted tirelessly, "Girl, as long as you spend an extra twenty cents, you can easily get the position. It saves effort and time, how great is it?"

"It seems so." Zhou Chenyu responded. The man thought there was a trick and spoke even harder. But not long after, Zhou Chenyu said two decisive words: "But I have no money. Brother, since we are destined to meet each other, how about you Give me one as a gift?"

When the man heard this sentence, he immediately changed his face like a fly in his mouth, "Huh, delusion." Zhou Chenyu looked at his figure who flung his sleeves angrily and left, raised his eyebrows and laughed: "Sincerity is always the last resort. ah."

After sending away the scalpers, Baoyu ran back sweating profusely. They went neither early nor late, and their positions in the queue were neither good nor bad.

Zhou Chenyu didn't know if this was the right choice, but in business, there was no way he could make a lot of money right away. Events always spiraled upward.

They followed the crowd into the market and found the place they rented.

Zhou Chenyu and Baoyu arranged the tables, chairs, benches, and sugar water neatly. It was still early, and there were only vendors doing business in the market. They had not seen a single buyer, let alone anyone who came to drink sugar water early in the morning.

Zhou Chenyu sat down with the buns made by Li Xiuju and ate them while observing the market. Before, every time he came to buy something, he would come and go in a hurry, without having time to take a closer look.

The entire market area seems to be about the size of three football fields. The items on display are all the local products. The meat stalls sell chicken, duck, fish, sheep, beef and pork. The vegetable stalls sell green and fresh vegetables and fruits, as well as food. There are pancake stalls, fragrant steamer buns, cakes and preserves selling dried fruits and other snacks, as well as some daily necessities. It can be said that everything related to food, clothing, housing and transportation is available.

The two siblings slowly finished eating the buns, and other stalls gradually started to become lively, with the sounds of bargaining coming and going.

Baoyu was jealous and anxious, "Sister, when we were outside the city, several bowls of sugar water were sold at this time. Why is there no news today?"

Zhou Chenyu sat on a small bench and stared at the customers, "Those outside the city are full of pedestrians and people working in the fields. They must be thirsty quickly. The people shopping here are taking their time. After walking for a while, How can you think about eating? If you don’t believe it, look at those food stalls. Business is as bleak as ours."

Baoyu looked at the food stalls around him. Some people were already busy swatting flies and mosquitoes. He rubbed his head in annoyance, "Sister, it's true. Why didn't I think of this?"

Zhou Chenyu looked at his dull look, it would be nice not to be deceived, "Learn more from now on."

After waiting for an hour, it got a little warmer, and the candy shop finally welcomed its first customer.

An older lady carried a basket of purchased items and wandered around the eating area near the candy store. She looked at one store and then walked to another, but she still had no intention of eating.

Seeing that her face was red and the clothes on her back were a little wet, Zhou Chenyu smiled and said, "Sister, would you like some sugar water? Our mung bean and taro ball sugar water will quench your thirst and fill your stomach. A bowl costs three pennies."

When the eldest sister heard the word thirsty, she immediately became interested, "What are you talking about? Is it glutinous rice cake?"

Zhou Chenyu suppressed his excitement, "These are taro balls made at home, not glutinous rice cakes. They taste smoother and stickier than glutinous rice cakes."

Baoyu quickly scooped up a spoonful and handed it to the woman, "If you don't believe me, you can try it."

"Really? Then I'm welcome." The woman took a sip and raised her eyebrows. The taste was exactly as she said. She immediately waved her hand, put the things on the table, and responded cheerfully: "Girl, Bring me a bowl."

"Okay." Zhou Chenyu personally brought the sugar water over, and another woman came straight to the sugar water shop. She thought it was a new customer and was ready to welcome him. When she heard the man happily called "old sister".

That expression and tone were exactly the same as the annoying way Baoyu called her sister behind her.

(End of this chapter)