Sweet and warm little peasant woman

Chapter 12

Because she yelled more vigorously, and because she had hinted at the dinner, some people had already gathered around the booth.

"Girl, how do you sell this fish?"

Tong Xiaowu had checked it just now, and the fresh live fish in the morning cost [-] cents a catty, so the dead fish in the afternoon will naturally be cheaper.

"25 Wen a catty..."

"It's so expensive, it's cheaper, you're dead fish..."

"Although the dead fish were brought in today, if you want all three, I can give you two cents per catty cheaper." Tong Xiaowu looked at the dead fish on her stall and decided to get live fish next time. , That way you can sell a lot more money, this is all experience.

"I don't want that much, so how about it, is there any one together?" The elder brother shouted, and two people beside him extended their hands.

"Let's even out, three fish, one for each person."

Using the name of the lady next door, Tong Xiaowu took the money, tied the grass carp with a straw rope, and handed it to the three guests in front of him. The fish was quite big, and each fish was less than two catties. On average, , A fish also bought more than 30 Wen.

The three fish earned a total of [-] coins. Looking at the coins in his hand, Tong Xiaowu felt happy?This is her first time earning money. Although she doesn't earn much, the sense of accomplishment makes her feel that she is also a person who can support herself.

After thanking the elder sister at the booth next to her repeatedly, Tong Xiaowu left the booth, and she carried a bamboo basket to Yicaofang, the largest pharmacy in the town.

There is a sign outside the pharmacy: "Please use the back door when selling herbs."

Looks like this pharmacy will buy herbs.

Tong Xiaowu walked to the back door. Although the front door was deserted, the back door was very lively. Some peasant-looking people were standing at the back door with baskets on their backs, arguing:

"How can shopkeeper Wu do this? Polygala wasn't at this price yesterday. It's a full [-]% drop. Isn't that too much?"

"And my goji berries are also down by [-]%. What's the matter?"

"For so many years, shopkeeper Wu has not raised the price of medicinal materials in our hands, and it has been getting lower every year. This is too dark."

The drug boy who was standing at the door and weighed was unwilling when he heard this: "Sell if you want to sell, and get out if you don't want to sell, a bunch of mud legs, if it wasn't for our shopkeeper to help you and collect your medicinal materials, where did you get the income from? It’s okay to know how to be grateful, and to slander our shopkeeper.”

"Fuck off, leave if you don't want to sell, don't delay our business."

Next to the drug boy was an old man with a goatee and triangular eyes staring at people.

Many mountain people were pushed back a few steps, even so, these people did not leave.

Tong Xiaowu had just arrived and didn't know what to do, so she quietly asked a strong man next to her, "Brother, they have kicked everyone out, why don't you leave?"

The strong man looked back at her and sighed: "You don't know, in this town, only Yicaotang collects a large amount of medicinal materials, and the other Shengyi, Li Mazi Pharmacy, and Qiyue Pharmacy are not special. There are too many, they only take enough for their own use, and after Yicaotang’s medicinal herbs are processed, they will be sold to other places.”

"And..." The man lowered his voice a little: "If they put it on their blacklist, you won't be able to sell any medicinal materials to his family in the future."

No wonder these people were kicked out and refused to leave. It turned out that there was another reason for this.

"Sell it or not? If you sell it, hurry up. If you don't sell it, don't block the ones behind. By the way, that little girl, what did you pick?" The goatee stood on the steps and looked down on everyone. His eyes were on Tong Xiaowu.

She is the most worn out of this group of people, and she is the youngest, she is still a woman, so she should be easy to handle.

"Gastrodiae!"

Hearing these two words, the mountain people looked at me and I looked at you, and they all said they hadn’t heard of it, but the goatee looked shocked and walked over, "You said you have Gastrodia elata?"

"Yes!" Tong Xiaowu untied the basket, and tore off the weeds that covered it. There were five or six catties in it.

The goatee's eyes lit up all of a sudden, he swallowed his saliva, rolled his eyes and said, "Stay here and don't move, I'll go in and see the price..."

After the goatee left, all the people looked around Tong Xiaowu's pannier and talked a lot.

Not long after, the goatee came out with square steps, the fan in his hand was particularly stylish, seeing everyone talking about those Tianma, coughed his throat and said:
"You are not Gastrodia elata, this is the root of dali chrysanthemum, it is not worth much, three pennies a catty, sell it?"

Tong Xiaowu's chest was filled with anger in an instant, they were bullying the market, and even tricked her.

"How is it possible? Dali chrysanthemum? Isn't that passionflower? Passionflower is a perennial herb with gorgeous flowers and has the functions of ornamental and heat-clearing and detoxifying. Gastrodia elata is saprophytic, does not grow leaves, and the flowers it blooms are also ugly. Incomparable.

Moreover, the roots of the two plants are not the same at all, especially the fresh ones. Gastrodia elata is smooth and light in color, while the roots of Dali chrysanthemum are textured and dark in color.

You have been dealing with medicinal materials for so many years, can't you still not tell the real from the fake Gastrodia? "

Tong Xiaowu stared at the goatee, no wonder someone said just now that this store is black, bullying her young and daring to lie to her, she knows a lot more than him.

"If I say it's fake, it's fake!" Goatee yelled, fanning the fan faster, his eyes fixed on Tong Xiaowu's back basket:

"How about this? Seeing that you are young and ignorant, and your family is in trouble, I will give you an extra two pennies. Hurry up and get promoted? Come on, come on!"

"I won't sell it..." Tong Xiaowu hugged the basket tightly, "Since I am dali chrysanthemum, I won't sell it. I will plant it in the field at home and sell it when it blooms..."

After finishing speaking, Tong Xiaowu turned around and walked out of the alley. After walking a few steps, the drug boy beside the goatee chased him up, "Little girl, stay here, talk here!"

The drug boy directly let her into the front hall of Yicaotang: "Please come inside, the price is negotiable."

"I won't go in, just talk here if you have something to say." Tong Xiaowu doesn't have a good impression of their house now, and now she is asked to go to the front hall, so she won't go in. What if he framed her for stealing their Gastrodia elata?At that time, I can't even speak clearly.

There were people coming and going on the street, but they didn't dare to do anything.

"Well, one or two and one catty, what do you think?" Although Yaotong said polite words, he looked at Tong Xiaowu with disdain.

"Not for sale, I want to go home and plant in the field." Tong Xiaowu shook his head with firm eyes, as if he was so angry that he would not pay for his life.

Black shop, no matter how much money is given to her now, she will not sell it.

The drug boy clenched his fists, his teeth itching in anger: "This is the highest price, little girl, I advise you to think clearly, if you don't sell it, I will remember your appearance."

(End of this chapter)