Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 144 Iron is more expensive than copper
Hearing the price quoted by Liu Ya, the middle-aged man frowned.But he didn't leave right away, he was still squatting there looking at these things, maybe he was thinking about negotiating the price.

The reason why Liu Ya asked for 180 Wen was not to take advantage of the fire and rob him. When he saw that someone wanted to buy it, he quoted a high price.That's because after Liu Ya took all these things back, she and Xiao Shu'er calculated the prices of these things.

At that time, Xiao Shu'er said that this set of cooking utensils is a good thing.Because iron can make weapons, it is limited.The iron used to make an iron pot can make at least two large knives, and several gun heads can be made, so iron utensils are more expensive than brass utensils, and the price is really expensive.

The middle-aged man must also understand this truth, so he squatted there without saying a word.

Liu Ya knows that 180 Wen is not an ordinary price.At least enough for their family's living expenses for several days.People need to think more about it, so she didn't urge her.

The middle-aged man thought for a while, then stood up and said: "The price is reasonable, but my family also spent a lot of money on the bride-to-be, so I can save some if I can. See if you can do it again." Make it cheaper, tell me the real price, I will go back and talk to my mother-in-law now. If she says yes, I will give you the money back. If you really can’t afford it, I will come back and tell you."

Liu Ya thought for a while, and said: "Uncle, you buy it sincerely, and I sell it sincerely. It can only be cheaper by ten yuan, and 170 yuan is the least. Go home and ask your aunt."

"Then wait, I'll come back and ask." The middle-aged man said, picked up the pole and prepared to leave.

Liu Ya immediately added another sentence: "Uncle, if there are unused things at home, you can exchange them. As long as I like it, I will give you a higher price, so you don't need to take money ."

"Can it still be like this?" The middle-aged man nodded, turned and left.

Liu Ya now had to wait for the middle-aged man to come back, and also for the woman who bought the curtains, so she simply left her things alone and sat on the cart to drink water.

Just after drinking a few sips of water, the woman who wanted to buy curtains came back.Holding a blue cloth bag in his hand, the shape of the bag should be a book.

"Little girl, your name is Ya'er, right? I brought the book, see if I can change your curtains." The woman said, and handed the blue cloth bag in her hand to Liu Ya.

Liu Ya took it, opened the blue cloth bag, and saw three books inside.They are "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Classic" and a "Poetry Draft".

Liu Ya first flipped through the "Three Character Classics" and "Thousand Character Classics". The content was the same as what she read in modern times, except that they were all hand-written and bound, not engraved or letterpressed.These two books are really useful, because Xiao Shu'er is just learning the "Three Character Classic". If he is asked to learn more characters, "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" are must for children who are beginners in ancient Chinese.

Then I opened the "Poetry Draft", and the poems in it were not written by Li Bai or Du Fu, nor were they the Tang and Song poems that have been handed down for a long time, but some miscellaneous poems written by some literati.There are five-character poems, seven-character poems, and ancient poems and words.But Liu Ya read a few poems roughly, and felt that they were far from those good lines in Tang poetry and Song Ci.

Liu Ya has never had the opportunity to go to this ancient bookstore. She only knows that what she travels through is not the country and dynasty recorded in Chinese history, but a cloud kingdom with an overhead history.So she doesn't know if there are Tang poems and Song Ci here.

But if the literati here all write poems like this, and they haven't read the quatrains of "Poem Immortal" and "Poet Sage", then they have a lot of room for development.

With such an idea in mind, Liu Ya decided to go to the bookstore whenever she had the chance to discover the differences and similarities between the culture of this dynasty and the Chinese history she experienced.

Liu Ya was lost in thought, and the woman became anxious, so she called Liu Ya and asked, "Miss Ya'er, can you see if this book can be exchanged?"

"Oh, yes, I can, that is, I only need these two books, and the other one is useless to me, so you can take it back." Liu Ya said that the two books left were "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic".As for the "Poetry Draft", the poems in it are not as charming as Liu Ya's memorized "Moonlight Before the Bed", so it's better not to read it, lest the brain be teased.

Hearing that Liu Ya only wanted two of them, the woman curled her lips and said: "It's useless for me to keep this one, you can take them all. I really like those two curtains, you Just treat it as cheaper for me, okay?"

When the woman said this, Liu Ya smiled, put the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" in her luggage, handed back the "Poetry Draft" and said: "Sister-in-law, you misunderstood, I just said If you want these two books, it means that these two books can already be exchanged for the two curtains. Take this book back, maybe you can exchange it for something in the future?"

"What? That is to say, the two books you took can be worth 35 coins?" The woman's eyes lit up, and she looked at Liu Ya shrewdly, probably wondering if she was at a loss?
People, that's the way it is, when you give her a bargain, she feels panicked at a loss.You have to hold on to one price, and the ones she wears are cheaper, so you can feel at ease if you buy them reluctantly.

Of course Liu Ya could see what this woman was thinking, so she smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, let me tell you the truth. Your two books are manuscripts, but they are not written by famous masters, and the handwriting is not very good. And the content is not a great university question, it is a book for children who are just learning to read. It just so happens that my younger brother is learning to read, so I took it back to show him. If you don’t believe me, you can ask someone who can read. Ask, to see if I have lied to you. If you are not at ease, then take the book back."

After finishing speaking, Liu Ya was about to take out the book from the bag.

The woman naturally understood, not to mention that the book had probably been in her home for many years, and it was indeed useless, so it was used to change the curtains.Now I am afraid that Liu Ya will regret it again, so I won't change with her, so I hurriedly said: "Okay, I trust you, let's change."

Liu Ya nodded, and handed her the two curtains she had chosen earlier.

The woman took the curtain and looked at the book left in her hand. She probably wanted to pretend to be generous, so she handed the book and said, "Okay, we have agreed to exchange three books for two." A curtain, I can’t take advantage of your little girl. Even if this book is given to you, take it back and show it to your brother.”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Liu Ya to refuse again, he put the book directly on the bag in Liu Ya's hand, took the curtains and left.

(End of this chapter)