peasant girl wedding

Chapter 77
On this day, Qin An sent Manager Zhang to come over ahead of time to talk to Tong Zhixin about collecting mushrooms, and immediately, Tong Zhixin informed the young man Tong Zhi'er had arranged for him a while ago.

Before dawn, five or six poor teenagers gathered outside Tong Zhi'er's house.The Tong family prepared a bowl of porridge and a bowl of pickles for each of them. If they want to work, they must be full.

After everyone finished their breakfast, Tong Zhi'er told them the things they need to pay attention to, and then let them follow Tong Zhixin into the forest.

"Second Sister, I'm going." Tong Zhu'er wiped her mouth and jumped off the chair.

Tong Duo'er nodded, she had already told Tong Zhu'er about supervising other people's mushroom picking.In the past few days, when Tong Zhu'er was feeding the chickens and ducklings, Tong Zhi'er had been secretly observing her, and found that she was careful and sensitive, and could always take good care of the chickens and ducks. Nothing will happen to her.

After watching the group enter the forest, Tong Zhi'er went into the house to help Fang Cuiwei tidy up.

In the woods, several teenagers looked around nervously, their eyes straight.

Tong Zhixin looked at them secretly, but didn't say anything.

"Okay, let's start now." Tong Zhixin said when he walked to the new mushroom picking place.

The teenagers nodded and squatted down, the alert look on their faces still undiminished.Because they had to pay attention to whether there would be ferocious beasts around, the movements of several people were not very fast.

By noon, a group of people barely managed to pick up ten catties, plus the thirty catties picked by Tong Zhixin, there was still a shortfall of twenty catties.

"Hurry up, let's go out after picking three catties each." Tong Zhixin shouted.

Everyone was relieved to be able to get out the three words, and their hands speeded up. This time, it took half an hour to finish the three catties of mushrooms.

When Tong Zhixin said that they could go out, the walking distance of the few people was more than twice as fast as when they entered the forest.

"Everyone, come and drink some water," Fang Cuiwei hurriedly brought over the prepared tea with Tong Duo'er when he saw the crowd coming out. The teenagers looked at the virtuous and gentle Tong Duo'er, their dark faces flushed slightly.

Tong Zhi'er moved out a bench, put a pen made of paper and charcoal on it, went into the room and took out the scale that Tong Zhixin bought home.

After Tong Zhixin took a sip of water, he put the mushrooms picked by several people on the scale and weighed them one by one, while Tong Zhier took notes.It was about the same as he estimated. The average amount of mushrooms picked by each person was about [-] catties. Adding what he picked, it was just enough to make up the [-] catties of mushrooms that were sent to a restaurant.

Asking with Tong Zhu'er that no one has damaged the little mushroom, Tong Zhi'er said, "Thank you for your hard work. This is based on the money you get for the mushrooms you pick. Count them up." She handed out the money to several juvenile.

A catty of mushrooms costs [-] Wen, holding [-] Wen copper coins, a few teenagers couldn't believe it, they pinched their faces, and the pain hit them, they were sure it was true, they really made money .

Gratefully looking at Tong Zhixin's family, the teenagers said they would come to help next time, so they hid the copper coins and hurried back to their home.

Tong Zhixin combined all the mushrooms into two big bags, rested for a while, wiped off the sweat from his forehead, and said, "I sent the things to Shopkeeper Qin."

"Father, I'll go with you."

Tong Zhixin nodded, carrying two big bags of mushrooms on his shoulder pole and headed for the county.

"Mother, eldest sister, Pearl, do you have anything to bring?"

"There's nothing to bring, Zhi'er, you and your father should go back early." Fang Cuiwei said.

Tong Zhi'er replied "Yes", and trotted to keep up with Tong Zhixin.

When they reached the entrance of the village, Tong Zhi'er ran up to Tong Zhixin, raised his head and said, "Father, let's go in a carriage."

"No need this time, I'll just carry it." Tong Zhixin meant that the mushrooms were freshly picked, so don't worry so much, and save money and carry them by yourself.

"Father, let's send the fresh ones, and the guests in one restaurant will also eat fresher ones. Maybe the shopkeeper Qin will raise the price then?"

Hearing what Tong Zhi'er said, Tong Zhixin was also a little moved. If Qin An was willing to raise the price, it would be great.

"Ah."

After talking about Tong Zhixin, Tong Zhi'er happily stopped a passing carriage, the two got on the carriage, and arrived at the county in less than half an hour.

Because of the market, the county is very lively today, and the carriage was blocked by crowds of people coming and going at the gate of the county.

Tong Zhixin got out of the carriage with two big bags of mushrooms on his shoulders, and squeezed away from the crowd with difficulty while protecting the mushrooms. After a long time, he finally arrived at a restaurant.

The kid in the lobby had sharp eyes, and immediately walked over, leading Tong Zhixin and Tong Zhi'er to the back door, explaining as he walked, "There are too many people in the shop, let's walk faster from the back."

Tong Zhixin nodded, expressing his understanding.

Entering the back door of the restaurant, there is a large yard. In a corner of the yard, fresh vegetables that have just been purchased are piled up.

The waiter asked Tong Zhixin and Tong Zhi'er to wait here, and ran to call Manager Zhang over.

"Guan Zhang," Tong Zhixin said when he saw him approaching.

Manager Zhang smiled slightly, looked at the fresh mushrooms in the opened pocket, and was very satisfied.He quickly asked people to pass the scale, and then took out the silver that he had prepared long ago from his pocket.

"Guard Zhang, is your shopkeeper there?"

"Yes, Miss Zhi'er, is there something wrong?"

Tong Zhier nodded.

"The shopkeeper is settling accounts in the study right now, Miss Zhi'er follow me."

"Father, wait for me here for a while, I will be back soon."

Tong Zhier turned his head to tell Tong Zhixin, and followed Guanshi Zhang through the yard around the winding corridors, and finally stopped in front of a house.

Guanshi Zhang knocked on the door and entered the house, and reported to Qin An.

"Miss Zhi'er, come in——"

A pleasant male voice came from the room.

Tong Zhi'er subconsciously straightened her hair and went into the room.

"I'm bothering shopkeeper Qin."

Qin An came up from behind the desk and said with a smile, "Sit."

"Thank you," Tong Zhi'er sat down, and said straight to the point: "Master Qin, the mushrooms delivered by our family today are fresher than before. Do you think the price should be changed?"

Qin An looked at Guanshi Zhang.

Guanshi Zhang leaned over and whispered in Qin An's ear: "The mushrooms delivered today are really fresh."

Qin An turned his head to look at Tong Zhi'er, and frowned, "The price I gave the girl for a tael of silver and a catty of mushrooms was already a high price, how about this, your family will send mushrooms in the future, and I will ask Manager Zhang to send someone to pick them up." Can become?"

"I appreciate the kindness of shopkeeper Qin. My father said that I will buy a cart to go back later, and then there will be a cart to deliver mushrooms. I just saw it today. The business of a restaurant is very prosperous. This Although it is not due to the mushrooms provided by my family, it is also inseparable from my family. Now my family has sent fresher mushrooms as soon as possible, so it is really unreasonable for you to raise a price..."

Qin An couldn't help laughing, "According to what you're saying, if I don't raise the price for you, I'll be black-hearted?"

Tong Zhi'er also laughed, she smiled cleanly and beautifully, and shook her head gently, "I don't mean that, but the price agreed at the beginning is for the mushrooms that have been stored overnight. It was picked on the same day, and the taste is inferior to freshly picked ones. From now on, my mushrooms will be picked on the same day and delivered on the same day to ensure that the mushrooms in one restaurant are fresh. By then, the number of customers will only be more than it is now. For Well, shouldn't shopkeeper Qin raise the price?"

"Papa papa," Qin An stood up, and took a few steps towards Tong Zhi'er, "What a smart girl with a sharp tongue, okay, I will raise the price as you said."

Tong Zhi'er jumped up in surprise, got up, and looked at Qin An excitedly.

"That's five hundred cash more than the original catty."

That is one catty one tael and a half silver.

This result greatly exceeded Tong Zhi'er's expectations. She originally planned to add one or two hundred Wen to Qin An, just to make up for the expenses of hiring people.Unexpectedly, Qin An exported five hundred wen.

Seeing Tong Zhi'er's silent appearance, Qin An frowned, "Not satisfied?"

"No, no, no," Tong Zhi'er waved his hands again and again, "It's because Shopkeeper Qin gave you more, I didn't realize it for a while."

Qin An chuckled, "I'll give you more, aren't you happy?"

The tone of his speech made Tong Zhi'er stunned, before he had time to think, Qin An said again, "If Miss Zhi'er has nothing else to do, I will just go about my own affairs."

Tong Zhi'er nodded again and again, apologized for disturbing her again, and returned to the backyard in a daze.

"Zhi'er, how's it going?" Tong Zhixin saw Tong Zhi'er approaching, and walked over immediately.

Tong Zhi'er bared her teeth.

At this time, Manager Zhang took out another 50 taels of silver from his pocket and gave it to Tong Zhixin.

After the extra money came, Tong Zhixin was also in a trance for a while, and the father and daughter left the restaurant all the way in a daze.

After Tong Zhi'er left, Guanshi Zhang thought about it and went to the study.

"Shopkeeper, isn't the money given here a bit too much?"

Without raising his head, Qin An fiddled with the abacus with one hand, "Didn't you also say that the mushrooms they sent were very fresh?"

"It's very fresh, but the price given by the shopkeeper is a bit high," Tong's family sent wet mushrooms, not dried ones, and they were not light.

"Their mushrooms are worth the price."

Qin An said so, Zhang Guanshi couldn't say anything more, after all, the boss also had his own considerations in his heart.

.........

"Zhi'er, isn't this the way to go home?" Tong Zhixin came here for a long time, and finally recovered from his dizziness.

"Father, let's go buy a cart. It will be more convenient for you to deliver mushrooms, and our family can also consign things."

What Tong Zhi'er said was reasonable, and they both got extra money today, Tong Zhixin didn't object.

The two entered the market selling various vehicles. After careful comparison and asking about the prices, Tong Zhixin chose a trolley that cost one tael of silver. The workmanship and wood used were of high quality.

"Zhi'er, go up." Tong Zhixin pushed the cart around a corner and said with a wide smile.

Tong Zhi'er got on the cart and said: "Father, the family is not in a hurry now, let's wait for Ah Fu to come home together."

(End of this chapter)