The story of the struggle of the poor girl who crossed

Chapter 25 Deal
Mrs. Chang quickly looked at her son and granddaughter, and found that the eyes of the two were still clear and bright, and she felt relieved: "Mai Xiang's mother, calm down, they are all fine, there is no evil spirit!"

Mai Xiang put the back basket on the ground, took out the stone from the back basket, and placed it on the ground: "Mother, grandma, this stone has patterns, just like a beautiful landscape painting. Moreover, the shape is peculiar, and the texture is like that. Ordinary gemstones. Many rich and noble families like to place such stones, if you take them to the county town, you will definitely be able to sell them for a good price!"

Mrs. Chang came forward to look, her eyes lit up immediately, and she said approvingly: "Well, this stone is really beautiful, and it can be used as a very good decoration. Madam Mai Xiang, don't act like you have seen a ghost, Mai Xiang. This child Xiang was enlightened by the gods! My wife believed what she said!"

When he was in the mountains, Mai Xiang put the stones in the stream and washed them carefully.In Chang's view, these two stones might really sell for a good price.

Of course, in her mind, a good price was just one or two taels.However, in Mai Xiang's heart, it must be at least ten taels or more.This thing is rare, and rarity is the most precious thing. Mai Xiang is very confident in her vision.

After a day's rest, Mai Xiang and Liang Gaoshan went to the county town to try their luck with the rocks on their backs.It was Liang Gaoshan's idea to try his luck.

Mai Xiang took her father and went to the only place selling bonsai in the county. Liang Gaoshan stopped far away, hesitantly said: "Mai Xiang, it's better not to go, so as not to be chased away."

Mai Xiang's attitude is very firm: "Daddy, you don't have to worry, just go up and ask. It's good if people are willing to buy it, but if they don't want to buy it, let's go!"

Anyway, no one in this county knew him, so even if he was driven away, there was nothing to be ashamed of.Besides, my family is poor now, if I can't sell this stone today, I might have to sell a cow.

"Okay." Liang Gaoshan had no choice but to compromise.

The father and daughter walked to the bonsai specialty store.

Liang Gaoshan was pleasantly surprised to find that there were a few strange stones placed in this shop, which didn't look as good as his own stones.

He couldn't help looking at his daughter in surprise, and Mai Xiang nodded to him, smiling to comfort him.

The shopkeeper of the shop is a young man in his early twenties, looking at Mai Xiang and Liang Gaoshan kindly: "Guest officer, what do you need? I have bonsai here, strange stones, and flowers for sale."

Mai Xiang hurriedly stepped forward and put the basket on the ground: "Shopkeeper, we have two strange stones, I wonder if you will take them?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Let me see, if it's good, I will accept it."

When Liang Gaoshan heard this, he quickly put down the basket, moved out the stone, and put it on the ground.

The shopkeeper looked at the two stones and couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "Well, not bad! Uncle, how much do you plan to sell?"

Mai Xiang hurriedly replied: "Shopkeeper, we are not familiar with the market, so please make a price first!"

The shopkeeper pondered for a while: "Okay, how about I give five taels of silver for a stone?"

Mai Xiang: "Shopkeeper, we found these two stones from the mountain stream in the deep mountains and old forests. It is really not easy to carry them home. Five taels of silver is too little. This is good, two stones, you have a total Give 15 taels!"

The shopkeeper countered the price, after some haggling, the deal was finally settled at 13 taels.

The shopkeeper gave the money to Liang Gaoshan, and said enthusiastically, "You two, please go slowly. If you have such a stone in the future, please remember to send it here! As long as it is good, I will accept it!"

After walking far away, Liang Gaoshan was still in a trance, feeling as if he was in a dream.

Hey, God, stones can really be sold for money, isn't this a dream?
He couldn't help pinching himself hard, grinning in pain.Immediately, he smiled happily.

Mai Xiang shook her head and smiled: "Daddy, we have money now, so let's go to the pharmacy and see if there are cinnamon and tangerine peels for sale!"

"Okay, just listen to my daughter. As long as it doesn't exceed five taels of silver, daddy will agree to you!" With money in his hand, Liang Gaoshan was very confident.

Mai Xiang felt warm in her heart: "Daddy, I can just buy a little, probably at most one or two silver." A little bit of words is enough.

Buying cinnamon was not very smooth, the two traveled all over the pharmacies in the county, and finally bought cinnamon.Cinnamon and tangerine peel cost a little more than half a tael.

Back home, Mai Xiang started to tinker with braised pork. After ten days of tossing, she finally made a good-tasting braised pork.She took a sip and felt that it should be a success, so she hurriedly shouted: "Grandma, parents, come and taste it!"

After taking a bite, Chang said approvingly: "Well, it's not bad. It tastes very good. I've never eaten such a delicious thing! Don't mess with it, you can sell it!"

Fahrenheit also nodded: "Well, it's really delicious!"

Mai Xiang was very happy: "Daddy, you will go to the county with me tomorrow and sell the recipe for stewed pork!"

Liang Gaoshan smiled honestly: "Okay, Daddy will accompany you tomorrow!"

Mai Xiang: "Call Uncle Ueda Sheng and Uncle Maolin!" The stewed meat recipe will cost at least 100 taels of silver, and if you call two people at most, she is worried that someone will rob her.

Liang Gaoshan nodded again and again: "Well, Dad, go and tell them right now."

The seller's process was not so smooth.Mai Xiang and his party of four walked from the street to the end of the street, contacted more than a dozen restaurants and restaurants, but did not sell the prescription.Those shopkeepers either ignored them at all, or the loan they offered was too low.

Liang Gaoshan couldn't help being discouraged: "Mai Xiang, let's go home."

Mai Xiang shook her head and looked at him eagerly: "Daddy, there was a restaurant before. Didn't the shopkeeper go out? Let's try again and see how lucky we are?"

"Okay!" As long as the daughter looked at him pitifully, Liang Gaoshan's heart would soften, and he subconsciously agreed.

That restaurant, called Haoyunlai Restaurant, is in the most prosperous part of the county.Mai Xiang and the others came to the restaurant, and the little guy who had served her before saw her, and smiled proactively: "This little sister, our shopkeeper is back!"

The shopkeeper is a middle-aged handsome man who looks very kind, not like a bad guy.

Mai Xiang had a good first impression of him, so she said respectfully: "Shopkeeper, excuse me, I have developed a new food, and I want to sell the recipe to Haoyunlai Restaurant, please give it a try taste."

"New food?" The shopkeeper raised his hand and said to the boy, "Go get a pair of bowls and chopsticks over here!"

Mai Xiang poured half a bowl of stewed pork into the bowl, and said respectfully, "Shopkeeper, this is called braised pork, please taste it."

The shopkeeper ate a piece of stewed pork, his eyes lit up immediately, he nodded and smiled and said, "Well, it's good, it's delicious!" Then he said to Mai Xiang: "Everyone, please go to the private room on the second floor, let's have a good talk."

Liang Gaoshan looked at his daughter nervously, and Mai Xiang smiled and said, "The shopkeeper, let me talk to you!" I don't want Tian Sheng and Mao Lin to know how much money they have.It's better to keep a low profile on this matter, so as not to be jealous by the villagers.

The shopkeeper glanced at Liang Gaoshan curiously, then smiled and said, "Alright, this girl, please go to the second floor!"

Sitting in the private room, the shopkeeper asked bluntly, "Little girl, how much do you plan to sell this stewed meat recipe?"

Mai Xiang smiled modestly and said, "Please ask the shopkeeper to make a price!"

The shopkeeper thought about it, and said to her, "How about 300 taels?"

Mai Xiang hesitated for a while, then nodded: "Okay, please give me two 100 taels of silver bills, five ten taels of silver ingots from the shopkeeper, and five taels of silver ingots for the rest."

"Okay, no problem!" The little girl was so forthright, she didn't haggle over the price, let alone opened her mouth like a lion, the shopkeeper couldn't help but nodded approvingly.

Mai Xiang said to shopkeeper Liang: "Shopkeeper, please ask someone to prepare a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. I will read and write for you, and I will tell you the secret recipe!"

Shopkeeper Liang opened the door, summoned a young man, and quickly prepared the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Mai Xiang said: "The secret recipe for stewed pork is..." He explained the steps he had figured out in detail, opened the cloth bag beside him as he spoke, and told shopkeeper Liang what is Angelica dahurica, What is grass fruit.

The shopkeeper Liang frowned slightly: "These things are not common! And what about the star anise, I have never seen it before."

Mai Xiang said: "I can provide you with these things. They can be found in deep mountains and old forests. I also planted some at home."

Shopkeeper Liang said: "That's good! I'll buy these spices for 30 taels of silver!" Such a big bag is going to be picked in the deep mountains and old forests, so it is naturally worth the price.

Mai Xiang nodded, and said straightforwardly: "Okay, let's take 30 taels!"

When shopkeeper Liang sent Mai Xiang downstairs, he nodded to Liang Gaoshan, Tian Sheng, and Mao Lin who were sitting in the lobby: "My surname is Liang. If you have any good prescriptions in the future, you are welcome to come to me!"

When Liang Gaoshan heard this, he immediately grinned: "Hey, our surname is Liang, and we are still in the same family as the shopkeeper!"

A gleam of joy flashed across Shopkeeper Liang's face, and he said with a smile, "Oh, so it's my family, this is fate!"

Liang Gaoshan smiled honestly: "Hey, it's fate!"

Mai Xiang couldn't help shaking her head, and interjected with a smile: "Hello, shopkeeper, my daughter has something to ask. If someone asks about this recipe, you can say that you figured it out yourself."

Shopkeeper Liang asked in surprise, "Why?"

Mai Xiang: "The little girl's family is just poor and doesn't want to cause trouble. If the family didn't need money urgently, the little girl wouldn't come to sell this recipe."

"Okay, I understand, you don't have to worry." Shopkeeper Liang suddenly realized, and quickly agreed.

Mai Xiang said again: "Uncle shopkeeper, my family bought a mountain and raised chickens and sheep on the mountain. When the chickens and sheep grow up in the future, if you are lucky, can you accept my chickens and sheep?"

Shopkeeper Liang: "Okay, just send it when the time comes. If it's really good, I can consider accepting it!"

Mai Xiang couldn't help cheering, and bowed deeply to the shopkeeper: "Thank you uncle shopkeeper, I promise, my sheep and chickens will be very good! When the time comes, if the ones delivered are not good, uncle shopkeeper will be fine." Reject!"

Shopkeeper Liang smiled: "Okay, I'll wait and see!"

On the way back, when she was about to reach Liangjia'ao, Mai Xiang took out a broken bag from the back basket.Inside the torn bag were the silver ingots given by Shopkeeper Liang.

Mai Xiang looked at Liang Gaoshan: "Daddy, the stewed pork recipe sold for a total of 100 taels of silver." She couldn't tell the truth, even Liang Gaoshan and his family, she planned to hide it.Too much money will cause panic to the family.

(End of this chapter)