peasant girl wedding

Chapter 84 Market
On the tenth day of June, the busiest market day in the county, Tong Zhixin's family of six went out before dawn.

Tong Zhixin pushed the cart, and there were mushrooms picked yesterday, Fang Cuiwei and several children on the cart.Along the way, many people greeted Tong Zhixin and others. Today is the market day. People in the village get up very early, bring their own things to sell, or come to the county to buy things in a basket with money on their backs. .

Tong Zhixin pushed the cart to a restaurant.

It was early in the morning, and there were many people eating breakfast in a restaurant.

Seeing Tong Zhixin approaching, Guanshi Zhang quickly greeted him.

"Guard Zhang, I brought the last mushroom." Tong Zhixin pointed to the mushroom on the cart and said, he moved the mushroom off the cart and opened it for Zhang Guanshi to have a look.

Steward Zhang glanced at it, but did not pull it with his hands, with a satisfied smile on his face.

After cooperating with Tong Zhixin for so long, Guanshi Zhang can trust Tong Zhixin's character.After passing the scale, Manager Zhang took out the money from the account room and handed it to Tong Zhixin.

"Boss Tong, you have worked hard these days, let's cooperate again next year."

"Hey," Tong Zhixin nodded repeatedly, took the money, and pushed the cart to leave.

"Miss Zhi'er, wait—"

As soon as Guanshi Zhang spoke, the members of the Tong family were stunned.In an instant, the twelve brushed eyes turned around.

The smile on Zhang Guanshi's face did not change, he stepped forward and said, "Miss Zhi'er, if you want to buy land, our shopkeeper wants me to give this to you."

Guanshi Zhang handed over a notebook to Tong Zhi'er.

"Thank you."

Tong Zhi'er flipped through the book, raised his head, and said to Guanshi Zhang very gratefully.

Manager Zhang cupped his fists, turned around and entered the restaurant.

"Zhi'er, what is this?" Fang Cuiwei asked curiously.

Tong Zhi'er carefully stuffed the book into his arms and put it away, squinting his eyes and smiling, "It's very good stuff. Father, mother, let's find a place to display the things."

He often came to the county to deliver mushrooms. Tong Zhixin knew which place had the most people and which place had the best business. He walked to the rouge shop and the jewelry stall and stopped the cart.

Fang Cuiwei and the others got out of the car, spread a clean and thick cloth on the ground, and spread the dried mushrooms they brought on top of the cloth.

As one of the biggest market days of the year, the people who come to the market today are completely different from those who come to the market on weekdays. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are huge crowds.And because of the reputation of the restaurant, even more people came today.

Tong Zhi'er was quick-witted, wrote big characters with Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu, and posted them in conspicuous places in the county.

"Dried mushrooms cost five taels of silver for a catty, and nine taels of silver for a catty. It's cheaper to buy more." A literate person read aloud.

Someone was moved and asked, "Where are you selling this?"

"Wait, let me take a look," the literate person responded, turned his head to look at the posted advertisement, and then read: "Beside the rouge shop and jewelry shop on Zhongzheng Street."

"Hurry up, hurry up, let's go quickly, these dried mushrooms sell for nine taels of silver and two catties, and there are more discounts if you buy more, let's go quickly."

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"Zhier, Zhuer, Ah Fu, drink some water."

Seeing that the three of them were covered with sweat, Tong Duo'er quickly unscrewed the cold water brought from home and handed it over.

After taking a sip, Tong Zhi'er saw a few girls dressed as maids from a rich family almost running over.

"You guys sell nine taels of silver and two catties of dried mushrooms here?" A girl in purple rushed to the front and asked panting.

Tong Zhi'er quickly handed the kettle to Tong Duo'er's hand, cheered up, and said with a smile: "It's from us, the girl wants a few catties of dried mushrooms, and if you buy more, we will give the girl more benefits." Much more."

"Success, give me five catties of dried mushrooms." The girl in purple laughed heartily.

"Okay, girl, please wait," Tong Zhi'er grabbed the dried mushrooms into a cloth bag, and asked Tong Zhixin to weigh them when he felt enough.

"Girl, here, five catties of dried mushrooms, a total of 22 taels of silver."

"Here," the girl in purple was quite satisfied with the price, and readily took the silver from her purse to Tong Zhi'er.

Tong Zhi'er happily took it, smiled and said to the girl: "Miss, please go."

"It's only 22 taels of silver for five catties of dried mushrooms. It's a bargain. I bought five taels from a businessman from the south last year, but it cost a full 30 taels of silver. It's too affordable. Girl, give me five taels too." catty."

"Hey..." Tong Zhi'er grinned and bared her teeth, happily pretending to her.

"Give me five catties, too."

"Weigh me a catty."

.........

The girls in the back also followed suit.

Tong Duo'er, Tong Zhu'er, Tong Zhaofu, Fang Cuiwei and Tong Zhixin were all busy.

From setting up the stall to now, in the blink of an eye, all the fifteen catties of dried mushrooms brought in were sold out.

Tong Zhi'er asked Tong Zhixin to carry the money, and the family cleaned up the stall and went to the bank for bank notes, and exchanged the money for bank notes.

After the money was exchanged for bank notes, it was much easier for Tong Zhixin to carry it with him.

"I really didn't expect these dried mushrooms to sell so quickly. At first, when Zhi'er set the price, I was afraid that no one would buy it..." Fang Cui said with a slight smile.

Tong Zhi'er looked up at her, "There are several big families living in our county, and one restaurant is well-known, so there are more dignitaries who come here, mother, who just came to our place to buy dried mushrooms, except for two. The one catty is from the village, and the others are girls from good backgrounds. They are often in charge of purchasing. They can also tell that the quality of our dried mushrooms is good, and the price is also fair. Naturally, they are willing to buy it. .”

Not only happy, but after Tong Zhi'er sold out all the dried mushrooms, there were also some people who came later and were very frustrated because they didn't get any dried mushrooms.

Tong Zhixin was carrying 68 taels of silver bills, and the 75 taels of silver given by Zhang Zhang. Tong Zhixin looked around anxiously, fearing that someone would come and rob him.

When selling dried mushrooms just now, many people were jealous.

"Father, let's go to Yifang Restaurant again. I have something I want to talk to Guanshi Zhang." Seeing Tong Zhixin's worry, Tong Zhi'er said.

Tong Zhixin nodded, assuming that Tong Zhi'er had something else to say to Guanshi Zhang.

"Miss Zhi'er, Boss Tong..."

"Guard Zhang, we carry more than 100 taels of silver bills with us, and it is not convenient to go to the market. I wonder if we can put the 100 taels of silver bills here first?"

"Zhi'er..." Unexpectedly, Tong Zhi'er came to Yifang Restaurant for such a thing, Tong Zhixin looked at Guanshi Zhang with some shame.Although he was familiar with Steward Zhang, it was not to the extent that he could keep money.It's not that Tong Zhixin can't trust Zhang Guanshi, but that this is too much trouble for Zhang Guanshi.He has to take care of the entire restaurant, and also their silver, and takes risks for this.

"Miss Zhi'er can trust me. I will keep your 100 taels of silver bills here. When you want to go back, come here and get them from me."

"Guard Zhang, this, this is really causing you trouble."

Guanshi Zhang smiled, looked at Tong Zhi'er's face, and said meaningfully: "This is what it should be..."

Now that the silver has a custodian, Tong Zhi's confidence has fallen to the ground, and only then does he have the desire to go shopping with the big guys.

"Duo'er, which one do you like, pick one." Fang Cuiwei came to the jewelry booth and asked Tong Duo'er.

Tong Duo'er took a look and chose a silver hairpin decorated with butterflies.

"Zhi'er, Zhu'er, which one do you like?"

"Mother, are you going to buy something for us?" Tong Zhi'er blinked.

Fang Cuiwei raised her chin proudly. Ever since she started selling mushrooms at home, she also had money in her hands. Every time she sold mushrooms, she would get two taels of silver for herself. The same was true for everyone else. However, Tong Zhixin, the hardest One tael more silver than them.

"Zhu'er, pick the most expensive one, but mother has spoken, mother will buy it for us." Tong Zhi'er winked at Tong Zhu'er.

Tong Zhu'er responded in a very polite manner: "Okay, second sister, we can't be like the eldest sister who only knows how to save money for mother. You must know that mother's purse is also very bulging. Boss, I want this The hair tie, and this..."

"Okay," the boss grinned his yellow teeth, his face was full of creases, he could make a lot of money today.Quickly wrapping Tong Zhu'er up, he stared at the area where Tong Zhi'er's eyes focused.Obediently, this girl is the most expensive jewelry he has here.

The boss's enthusiasm reached the highest point at once, and he served Tong Zhi'er attentively.

"Young lady's vision is really good. This peach hairpin is the best hairpin I have here, and it matches the young lady very well."

Tong Zhi'er held a wooden peach hairpin in his hand, the body of the hairpin was polished very smooth, and it felt good to the touch.

"How do you sell this peach hairpin?"

The boss stretched out five fingers, "This hairpin sells for five taels of silver."

Tong Zhi'er frowned tightly, "Five taels?"

"Girl, my hairpin is made of agarwood. You can tell me the price of agarwood if you inquire about it. You can tell the workmanship of my hairpin. Five taels of silver. I don't make much money from you at this price." silver."

"Three taels of silver."

"Oh, girl, I can't even earn back three taels of money, you pay back too hard..." The boss looked at Tong Zhi'er depressedly with a bitter face.

"Although agarwood is rare and expensive, such a hairpin doesn't cost much wood. Is this cost... Naturally, it is not as good as the whole agarwood. Alright."

"...Hey, girl, you are really embarrassing me..."

Tong Zhi'er put down the hairpin, Fang Cuiwei said: "Mother, let's buy it at another place."

Saying that, she dragged Fang Cuiwei to another stall.

How could the boss be willing to get the silver he was about to get? He flew away with wings, and Dang even said anxiously: "Girl, just three taels of silver. I will suffer a little bit, so I will treat it as a friend of the girl."

Tong Zhi'er turned her head, seeing the pained look on the boss's face, she couldn't help but chuckle, the boss' performance skills are really not bad.

(End of this chapter)