Agriculturist businesswoman reborn in the countryside

Chapter 9 Bargaining
After saying goodbye to Li Xin, Tang Mai walked back to the kitchen. He didn't see Li Xin holding the jade pendant in his hand, his eyes narrowed into crescents. Empress Yu, who was worthless, almost vomited blood, and at the same time scolding Li Xin as a prodigal son, she was actually interested in the little girl who cheated his son.

After staying at the landowner's house for a day and earning a lunch, Lian Xiulan left with Tang Mai in the evening.

The wages of the landlord's family were settled on the same day. After working for a day, Lian Xiulan got seven copper coins. Although the highest salary was ten copper coins, seven was quite a lot for Lian Xiulan.

"Mai'er, are you tired? If you are tired, lie on your mother and sleep for a while, we are going to the town to buy some grain." Seven copper coins can buy a small bag of sorghum. Tang Mai hugged her.

In the end, Tang Mai took two steps back, looked at Lian Xiulan and shook his head, "Mother, I'm not tired, you are the one who is tired, I can walk by myself, let's go buy food." He took Lian Xiulan's hand, looked at her and smiled.

Even Xiulan felt sad for a while, but she couldn't resist Tang Mai, so she could only lead her along.

The landlord’s house is more than ten miles away from the town. The mother and daughter arrived at the town from sunset to nightfall. Pedestrians hurried past on the street.

Tang Mai followed Lian Xiulan, observed the situation in the town, the layout of the shops, and the pedestrians, and found that one of the streets was particularly lively in the quiet night.

The two went to a rice store, Lian Xiulan looked at the price of rice, thirty copper coins a catty, Tang Mai loves rice, but she can't afford it now.

Tang Mai looked back and saw Lian Xiulan's downcast eyes. Her mother was actually very beautiful, with big eyes, a high nose bridge, and a good proportion of facial features. If she hadn't been exposed to the sun all year round, her skin would be dry and she couldn't eat enough. You'll look better if you're skinny.

Following Lian Xiulan's line of sight, Tang Mai saw the price of rice. Thirty copper coins could buy three catties of sorghum. She really enjoyed it before.

"Hey, isn't this the daughter-in-law of the boss of the Tang family?" A middle-aged man in front of the counter of the rice store who was doing the accounting noticed someone, raised his head, and said with a gentle smile, "What do you want to buy?"

"Uncle, we want to buy sorghum." Seeing Lian Xiulan staring at Mi, Tang Mai hurriedly said, she didn't want her mother to spend all the money on her.

"Hey, what a cute little girl." The owner of the rice shop heard the voice, and then saw Tang Mai who was blocked by the counter.

Hearing this, Tang Mai showed the cutest smiling face, "Uncle, we only have seven copper coins, can you give us a little cheaper?"

Tang Mai has always had a good eye for seeing people. In her previous life, she personally selected the shopkeepers of her shops. She could tell at a glance what kind of person and personality she was. man.

The shopkeeper in front of him should be a good person, but as expected, the shopkeeper saw that Tang Mai would actually bargain, and immediately smiled, "Okay, for the sake of you little girl, I'll give you some praise!"

As he said that, he took out the weight and sorghum, and gave him an extra three copper coins.

"Thank you, Uncle." Before Lian Xiulan could react, Tang Mai bowed to the shopkeeper and thanked her. You girl is amazing."

It was not even Xiulan's answer, nor was it not, until Tang Mai tugged at her sleeve, "Mom, we haven't paid uncle yet."

"Here, Shopkeeper Fang, I..."

"Take it, the extra sorghum, even if I gave it to your daughter, it's not worth a lot of money."

"Mother, Uncle is a good person. Uncle gave it as a gift. If you don't want it, Uncle will be unhappy." While Tang Mai was flattering, he persuaded Lian Xiulan in a childlike way.

After hearing what Tang Mai said, Lian Xiulan thought about the situation at home, so she had no choice but to take the sorghum and thank the shopkeeper Fang.

"Goodbye, Uncle." Before leaving, Tang Mai did not forget to say goodbye.

She believes that there are still many opportunities to cooperate with Shopkeeper Fang in the future, and it is necessary to build a good relationship.

"Alright, be careful on the road." Shopkeeper Fang smiled happily.

Leaving the rice shop, Tang Mai followed Lian Xiulan to go home, already thinking about it, the town is not too far from their village, it takes about half an hour to walk there, if there is a carriage, it will only take half a stick of incense .

Along the way, she observed that there were three steamed stuffed bun shops and one inn in the town, and one of the streets was supposed to be dedicated to hawkers. On the busiest street at night, she could smell the smell of powder, so it should be the location of the brothel.

The overall production level of Longlin County is not high. The poor have to sell their sons and daughters, but there are also rich ones. In this gap between the rich and the poor, the entertainment in Longlin County has developed extremely rapidly, especially the inn. , restaurants, and brothels, after more than ten years, they are all well-known in the entire Tianlong Kingdom.

"Mother, when will we go to the market in our town?" Tang Mai raised his head and looked at Lian Xiulan curiously with a general blueprint in his mind.

"What's the matter? Mai'er wants to go to the market? Tomorrow is the time to go to the market. Or, after tomorrow's mother finishes her work, she will take you there?" Lian Xiulan stopped and tightened Tang Mai's thin clothes tight.

"No, mother, let's go home." Tang Mai narrowed his eyes and smiled. There must be a lot of people going to the market tomorrow. How about earning some money first?

Even Xiulan didn't doubt what Tang Mai said. After all, in her eyes, Tang Mai was just a five-year-old child. Although these two days, she felt a little strange that he was sensible and well-behaved.

When the two arrived home, the night was already a bit cold, and an oil lamp was lit in the room.

As soon as Tang Mai arrived at the door of the house, he called out to the inside, "Father, eldest sister, brother, Guoer, we are back."

"I'm back." Tang Yuanshan came out quickly, took the sorghum from Lian Xiulan's hand, and picked up Tang Mai.

Tang Mai didn't mind either, this was her father, not someone else, but her father's expression seemed to be a little off, and there were blood-stained scratches on his face.

What happened?
After entering the room, Tang Mi, Tang Ke, and Tang Guo were all silent. Tang Mai knew that something must have happened today.

"My child's father, what's wrong with your face?" After Lian Xiulan walked in, she also noticed the marks on Tang Yuanshan's face, and she exclaimed immediately.

"Mother..." Tang Guo suddenly ran in front of Lian Xiulan, hugged Lian Xiulan's leg, and began to cry.

Tang Mi also stood aside with red eyes, his head bowed.

Tang Ke's face was cold, and his displeasure was clearly evident on that face that was exactly the same as Tang Mai's.

(End of this chapter)