A businesswoman with a sharp edge, a genius cultivator

Chapter 21 Selling Grapes

The light of the kerosene lamp shone into the eyes, and Zixi slowly opened them, meeting the worried eyes of Ye Niang, Ye Daddy and Yun Ya.

"Zixi, how are you? What's wrong?" Yun Ya was very worried. He just went out to go to the bathroom, but when he saw Zixi lying unconscious in the yard, he hurriedly brought her back.

"No..." Zixi shook her head lightly, her head was still a little heavy, as if she had exhausted her mental strength.

Does it take mental energy to make plants mature?Zixi's heart skipped a beat, this sky-defying ability really comes at a price.

"It's fine if you wake up, it's fine if you wake up." Ye Niang wiped the tears from her eyes.

Yun Ya nodded, then remembered something and exclaimed, "By the way, what happened to that vine in the yard? It was just a thin sour grape before, how did it grow into such a big one all of a sudden? And that The fruit is very sweet!"

Zixi's eyelids jumped and he didn't speak. Father Ye and Niang Ye looked at each other and shook their heads, expressing that they didn't know.

There was a moment of silence in the room, and Zixi said softly, "The grapes have grown fruit?"

"Yeah, I saw you lying on the ground, and the grape has grown into a big one, and the fruit on it is very sweet and big." Yun Ya thought about it and couldn't figure out the reason for this. thing.

"Maybe it was given to us by God. Since those fruits are very sweet and big, we can pick them and sell them for money. There are many wealthy people in the town who like to eat them." Zixi said slowly.

"That's right!" Yun Ya clapped his hands and shouted, "Zixi's head is still quick, such grapes are very scarce even in those official lords' homes, if they are sold for money, they must be very popular!"

"Then get up and pick tomorrow morning." Zixi smiled slightly.

After persuading the excited three to go to bed, the room became quiet again. Zi Xi yawned and was about to lie down on the bed when the little white fox in the iron cage suddenly raised his head and looked at her with a pair of lively and lovely eyes.

"Don't worry, little guy, your leg injury is a bit serious, and when your leg injury recovers, I'll let you go back to the mountain." Zixi patted the cage lightly and said.

Foxes are spiritual animals, so it is best not to have any grudges if possible.

The little white fox seemed to understand Zixi's words and tilted his head, then buried his head and went back to sleep.

Zixi smiled slightly and went to bed.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Ye Niang and Yun Ya had already woken up, and when they heard the sound, Zixi also quickly got up.

"How should these grapes be stored? Will it be damaged?" Ye Niang worried while holding a bunch of round and crystal-clear grapes.

"I don't know about that either." Yun Ya scratched his head.

"Mat it with rags, I have rags here." Zixi said, taking out the rotten clothes she sorted out and cutting them into small pieces for cushioning.

"Zixi, these clothes can still be worn after changing..." Ye Niang felt a little distressed, thinking that she had spent a long time saving money for these rags.

"Now we don't lack this little money, not to mention that grapes are worthless if they are damaged. Yun Ya, you can pick grapes. Put a bunch of grapes in a rag, just like this." Zi Xi first demonstrated, Yun Ya and Ye Niang followed suit, and soon two large baskets of grapes were placed heavily in front of them.

"Huh." Zixi exhaled, "Okay, let's pick so much today, let's go to town."

"Okay." Yun Ya nodded, quickly pulled out the ox cart, carried the grapes in front of him onto the cart, bid farewell to Ye Niang, and drove the ox cart to the town.

The bullock cart is always faster than the legs. When I came to Liuxi Town, the morning market was still there, and I found a place to move a basket of grapes. Zixi began to yell, "Grapes are sold, grapes are sold , one bunch of five Wen coins, two bunches of nine Wen coins, three bunches of Thirteen Wen coins! Take a look, these fresh and plump grapes are sweet and delicious."

"Uh, why are there two strings of nine coins and three strings of thirteen coins?" Yun Ya didn't understand, and he had never seen such a sales method.

"In this way, is it more cost-effective to buy two strings than one string? Is it more cost-effective to buy three strings than two strings? Would you rather buy one string, or buy more?" Zi Xi smiled and said, Yun Ya suddenly realized that Zixi had already thought of a countermeasure!
A bunch of grapes worth a few pennies, even ordinary people can afford it, of course, the former Zixi family was an exception.

Soon, the large, round appearance of these grapes attracted people to look at them.

"Two strings of nine coins, give me two strings."

"Okay." Zixi replied with a smile, and started the busy sales work.

She also specially took out a bunch to give people a taste of two, and most of the people who tasted it would buy them. For a while, the small stall was full of people, and everyone who was selling other things next to them became jealous.

Looking at the few fragments of grapes left on the bottom, Zixi let out a long breath, "It's not in vain to be so tired today, and the effect is not bad." Her throat was almost hoarse.

"Zixi, you are really amazing." Yun Ya didn't know what words to use to describe Zixi, and it took him a long time to come up with such a sentence.

"Pfft." Seeing his dumbfounded look, Zi Xi laughed, "Pack up your things and go back."

The two got to work, put away the baskets and prepared to go back, when a surprised voice came from behind, "Hey, are these grapes sold out? I said I would buy some more."

"It's sold out. If you want, come earlier tomorrow. Our grapes are big and good." Zixi turned her head and saw a woman dressed as a servant of a wealthy family.

"What a pity, alright, alright." The man nodded and turned to leave.

The two of Zixi returned with a full load, feeling a little happy in their hearts.

"One, two, three, four, five... 980 one! Zixi, we sold 980 pennies today!" Yun Ya was shocked. He had never sold so much money from hunting before. With the income of this money, what clothes? They can have any kind of rice.

"I just said that you have the strength to work after eating rice, don't you?" Zixi laughed, went to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables, and then returned home.

Hearing the noise, Ye Niang from inside came out. She was not worried about letting Zixi follow her to sell, after all, she was a girl who didn't know much about anything, but when she saw that it was more than she thought. When she bought the copper coins, she couldn't help being shocked again. This daughter is no longer the stupid and ignorant daughter she was back then.

Soon a meal came out under Zixi's hands. With the taste of rice for the first time, the three of them no longer rejected Zixi's generous use of vegetables and meals, and they all ate deliciously.

The grapes in the yard hang quietly, and new grapes grow on the side that has been picked. Although they are not yet ripe, there are already piles of money hanging on the vines.

Ye Niang also worked hard to fertilize and water it, this job was much easier than carrying the house alone.

"I'll sell this half tomorrow." Zixi thought to herself.

Father Ye suddenly said from behind, "Zixi, you can help me bring some bamboo back tomorrow, I'm free and I'm free, I can weave some bamboo strips and sell them."

Zixi turned her head, and Ye Niang used the small cart to push Ye Daddy out for a walk.

"Okay, but Dad still needs to rest a lot, don't get tired." Zixi responded, knowing that it doesn't feel good to be idle when others are busy, and she didn't refuse.

"I know." Father Ye nodded.

"Yun Ya, let's go to the mountain." Seeing that it was still early in the day, Zi Xi approached Yun Ya and said.

"What are you going to do?" Yun Ya raised an eyebrow and asked.

"I remember that there is a place in the back mountain where there is wood. Let's go and have a look and get some back. I want to make a wheelchair for dad." Zixi said.

"Wheelchair? What is that?" Yun Ya blinked in confusion.

"I'll tell you on the way." Zixi smiled mysteriously.

After getting the wood back, Zixi started to draw the drawings, and drew the wheelchair bit by bit. In this era, there is no electric drive, so the wheels can only be driven by the rotation of the shaft and wheels, and two more movable pulleys are added. With just one hand, you can easily move the wheelchair around.

Yun Ya was dubious, but seeing Zixi was very interested, he followed the instructions and did not go to bed until late at night.

The next day was still sunny. After picking grapes, Zixi and Yunya also went to sell them, but obviously today's business was not as good as yesterday's.

In other words, these grapes are not food crops, not everyone needs them, not to mention that they are expensive to buy for a long time, ordinary people just buy a little to try something new, and it is impossible to buy again today if they bought it yesterday.

The two baskets of grapes are still barely sold, but it is estimated that it will be even harder to sell tomorrow.

On the way back, Zixi frowned, this is not the answer.

After a busy day, I came back to move the bamboo that Father Ye wanted, and continued to tinker with the wheelchair for Father Ye. All the structural parts have been made, and the only thing left is to install it.

But they had to pick grapes tomorrow morning, so the two went back to sleep earlier.

At this moment, Zixi has been able to flexibly use the ability to grow plants, half of which are still in the stage of green grapes, and the other half are already ripe purple grapes.

Although Father Ye and the others felt strange, the family relied on the grapes for a living, and this kind of growth was more conducive for them to pick and sell them, so they didn't have too much entanglement.

"Yun Ya, you are selling these grapes today, I'll go shopping elsewhere." Moving one of the baskets of grapes from the ox cart, Zixi drove the ox cart to the shops in the town.

"Is this girl here to buy some fruit?" Zixi walked into a fruit shop, and the shopkeeper greeted her.

"I'm not here to buy fruit, I'm here to sell fruit. I have good grapes here, and I can provide you with supply..."

"Go, go, go! Where did the hawker come from? The fruits in my store are all top-quality. Who cares about your supply?" The boss looked at Zixi contemptuously. He thought it was a customer who finally came to the door, but unexpectedly it was peers.

In the past two days, a lot of business has been robbed by those who come to sell grapes from nowhere.

Zixi frowned, feeling very upset to be interrupted, you know?
(End of this chapter)