Sweet Garden Sands

Chapter 19 Buying Rice [-]

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It's not too fast to go by bullock cart, but it's not as tiring as walking, and it takes more than half an hour to travel from Xiangshui Village to the town.

Because each family bought different things, Ke Shuisheng made an appointment with his two younger brothers and Ke Jiangshi to wait in the center of the street after buying good things.

Because Ke Baosheng wanted to go shopping near the mayor's house, Ke Shuisheng gave him the land deed and asked him to give it to the mayor to stamp.

The market in Xiangsang Town is not as bad as Ke Hanxue imagined. The market here is very large and lively.

At first, Ke Hanxue thought that this ancient market must be dirty and messy, unsightly, but when she arrived at this market, she realized how wrong she was.

The market in Xiangsang Town is not only orderly, but also looks good. Although it is not as tidy as in modern big cities, it does not have the stench that Ke Hanxue thought it was everywhere.

Behind Ke Hanxue and his father, he looked curiously at the quaint street.

There are vendors on both sides of the street, and the market center is a little further ahead. This market center is somewhat similar to a modern square, with a large circular open space in the middle, and shops around the open space. There are several parks in the open space. An ox cart and two horse-drawn carts.

Ke Shuisheng told Ke Hanxue that these cars are rented by people who buy a lot.

Ke Hanxue followed Ke Shuisheng into a grain and oil store. The owner of the grain and oil store saw a customer coming, and greeted him with a smile: "Guest officer, do you want to buy rice or oil?"

"Boss, how much is this rice per catty?" Ke Shuisheng asked with a smile.

"Buying rice, guest officer, come here and have a look. There are three prices for this rice. There are [-] Wen a catty, [-] Wen a catty, and [-] Wen a catty. Which price do you want, Guest Officer?"

"Uncle Boss, how much is your brown rice per catty?" Ke Hanxue walked to a cloth bag and took out a handful of brown rice and asked.

"This brown rice costs eight cents a catty!" Ke Hanxue asked about the brown rice, and the boss didn't mean to take it lightly, and still responded with a smile.

"Boss, if we buy more, can the price be lower?" Ke Hanxue also asked with a smile.

"Xue'er, let's buy rice instead of brown rice!" Ke Shuisheng whispered to his daughter, his family never had the habit of eating brown rice, and he was worried that if he bought brown rice, he would be scolded by his wife again.

"Father, our family has no money, so why buy rice?" Ke Hanxue secretly gave her father a wink while the boss was looking at Ke Shuisheng.

"Uncle Boss, can the price be lower?" Ke Hanxue asked again.

"How much do you want to buy?" It's not stupid to open a shop in the town, the boss wants to see how much they buy before talking about the price.

"Uncle Boss, if your price can be lower, I will buy more, if not less, I will buy less." Ke Hanxue blinked and smiled.

"You girl is really a ghost, isn't this cheating on me?" The boss said amusedly.

"Uncle Boss, I really want to buy it, how could I deceive you?" Ke Hanxue looked at the boss with big innocent eyes blinking.

"Haha, you girl is very interesting! Okay, since you have an uncle every mouthful, I'll make it cheaper for you, seven cents a catty, how about it?" The boss laughed heartily.

"Uncle, since I already call you uncle, you can give me six cents a catty!"

"You girl is too greedy!" The boss looked embarrassed.

After being told by the boss, Ke Shuisheng felt a little embarrassed. He was about to speak to persuade his daughter, but when he saw her winking at him, he had no choice but to shut his mouth tightly.

"Thank you uncle! I want ten catties!" Ke Hanxue said with a smile and handed a small cloth bag she brought to the boss. In modern times, this brown rice is a good thing!

"Hey, I'll be judged when I meet you girl!" The boss sighed.

"Uncle, small profits but quick turnover!" Ke Hanxue laughed.

The boss weighed the brown rice, and Ke Shuisheng was about to pay the bill. Ke Hanxue said again: "Uncle, let me weigh the medium rice for five catties, which is fifteen cents!"

"That's not acceptable! If you want fifteen cents a catty, you can only call this kind!" The boss said, pointing to a bag of low-quality rice.

"Uncle, I have already bought ten catties of brown rice from you, can't I get a discount? I want this kind of rice, fifteen cents per catty, if you don't agree, I will pack it myself?" Ke Hanxue pretended to put it in the bag medium rice.

"Hey, that's enough, that's enough, let me do it." The boss took another cloth bag from Ke Hanxue's hand, weighed her five catties of medium-sized rice, and muttered as he weighed it: "I just said that today I'm here. Why are the eyelids twitching non-stop, so I met you, a little bandit."

When Ke Shuisheng heard this, his face burned. He didn't know when his daughter became like a rascal?
Ke Hanxue grinned: "Uncle boss, don't worry, the little bandit will come to visit often in the future!"

"Farewell, I don't know how much I will lose when you come here?" The boss looked scared.

Ke Shuisheng bought some seasonings such as oil and salt from the boss. Because he didn't buy much, Ke Hanxue didn't bargain with the boss anymore.

Before walking out of the grain and oil store, Ke Hanxue waved to the boss again: "Uncle Boss, I wish you a prosperous business and abundant wealth! Goodbye."

"Hey, what a girl!" The boss couldn't help laughing.

As soon as Ke Shuisheng walked out of the grain and oil store, he reprimanded him with a straight face: "Xue'er, you lowered the price so low, the boss is not at a loss? Don't do this again in the future!"

"Father, you don't really think that the owner of the grain and oil store will sell us the brown rice and rice at a loss?" Ke Hanxue asked amusedly.

"The boss won't lose money if you lower the price like this?"

"Father, are you a fool or a kind person as the boss, selling things to us at a loss?" Ke Hanxue paused, and seeing that Ke Shuisheng was still struggling, he persuaded him again: "Father, don't worry, I promise The boss will not lose money, at most he will earn a little less."

Meeting such a solid-eyed father, Ke Hanxue really didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"You really won't lose money?" Ke Shuisheng was dubious.

"Really, I promise!"

"That's good!" Ke Shuisheng heaved a sigh of relief.

After buying the necessities of life, Ke Shuisheng bought three steamed buns for three Wen, kept one for himself, and gave the remaining two to Ke Hanxue.

"Let's eat, we don't have any money, so I'll buy you steamed buns this time, and next time when I have money, Dad will buy you meat buns!"

"Father, I'm not Hong'er, I'm not greedy!" Ke Hanxue smiled and took a bite of the steamed bun, feeling warm in her heart.

Although food and clothing are a problem here, Ke Hanxue is very satisfied with her family who cares and loves her.

Hearing his daughter mentioning his son, Ke Shuisheng said again: "Tomorrow you and your mother will go and bring Hong'er home. Your grandmother and eldest aunt are also busy, so it's not good to bother them all the time."

"Father, I'll tell mother when I get back." After eating one steamed bun, Ke Hanxue secretly put the other steamed bun into a small cloth bag, ready to take it back for grandma to eat.

(End of this chapter)