Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 23 Trading Books for Rice
Xiang Lai knew that rice sold in this era is divided into two types: those with shells and those that have been pounded. If there is rice, there must be rice.

So she asked a nearby guy loudly, "How much is your rice per catty, buddy?"

The guy glanced back at her but didn't answer. He turned his head and continued to bargain with the customer in front of him.

Chen Xianglai couldn't help but asked again, "Man, how much is a catty of rice?!"

This time her voice was raised higher, and everyone in Mihang heard her questioning, and they all stared at her in a daze.

Seeing that she interrupted him to sell rice, the guy yelled angrily, "What's it called? It's three hundred yuan a catty, you can afford it!"

Xianglai was stunned by his eating. She knew that rice was expensive, but she never expected it to be so expensive. Before buying medicine, if she really wanted to buy it, she would have been able to afford it, but now there are only seven taels of silver left, which is only enough Buy ten catties.

The family has three acres of land, even if the amount of seeds is planted normally, they have to prepare 45 catties of seeds, and it is not easy to buy ten catties of seeds.

Thinking of this, she had no choice but to go out, and at the same time, she turned her head and glared at the yelling guy, thinking: Don't worry, I'll see if I don't open a bigger rice store, I'll just crush you!

After going out, she stood on the street and looked to both sides, and sighed: "Sigh, I can't even buy rice seeds now, and I want to open the rice business, what can I open..."

She was standing by the side worrying, when someone came out from the rice bank again.

This person was a customer from the rice shop before, and it seemed that the business failed to be negotiated, so he came out alone.

Seeing Xianglai standing at the door, he said, "Oh, isn't this the brother who bought rice before?"

Xianglai turned around and said, "Oh, it's me, why, you want to buy rice too?"

The man said: "No, that thing is so expensive, most people can't eat it..."

As he said that, he turned around and looked at the rice store, leaned close to Xianglai and lowered his voice and said, "I just want to tell you that the Maosheng Grocery Store in the east of the city also sells rice, which is cheaper than theirs. This rice store is bigger. Bullying is not a place to invite people."

"Maosheng grocery store..."

Chen Xianglai repeated these words, his eyes lit up and said: "Big brother, I'll go and have a look."

The man was afraid of being heard by the people inside, so he waved at her and left.

Chen Xianglai inquired again about the location of Maosheng Grocery Store and looked for it.

The location of Maosheng Grocery Store is a bit remote, and the scale is not very large. The entire grocery store is about the same size as Hengwang Rice Store, but it sells a complete range of items, including almost everything related to basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation. Both horses and carriages are for sale.

Xianglai came in and took a look, and saw that some of the things in the store did not seem to be of the local style, but these were not the focus of her concern, all she wanted was rice, but after walking around, she couldn't find any in the store, so she looked for it. A more relaxed fellow asked, "Dude, do you have any rice here?"

This guy is not as snobbish as the guy from Hengwang Rice Shop. Although he looked at her for a moment, he put on a smiling face and said, "Yes, in the warehouse in the backyard, we don't have enough manpower or space. You can't pound rice to sell, only paddy."

Xiang Lai thought that the rice was just right, what he wanted was rice seeds, not rice.

So he said, "Take me to have a look."

The guy didn't ask her if she could afford it, but nodded and said, "Okay, come with me."

As he spoke, he led her around the packed goods, opened the back door and entered the backyard.

The backyard of Maosheng Grocery Store is another world-changing place. It is not only what people say, but also horses, vehicles, and even logs, planks, etc. are piled high. Everything you can name it will be found here.

Xiang Lai couldn't help being curious about the owner of this grocery store. This scale is not just as simple as selling a few small groceries. It kind of coincides with his own plans for the future. This guy is clearly trying to block his own money in advance... …

When she was thinking about it, the man had already taken her into the granary, pointed to a one-foot-square earthen warehouse in front of her and said, "We have high-quality Korean rice here, and the quality of the rice is much better than what they brought from the south." !"

"Koryo?" Xiang Lai wondered, wondering if the "Korea" he was talking about was the country of Korea?
Chen Xianglai was thinking about whether there is such a thing as Koryo in this world, the man had already grabbed a handful of rice and showed it to her, and said: "Look, this rice is full of fruit, not a single seed, buy it back and pound it yourself. You can get [-]% of the rice, which is much more cost-effective than buying ready-made rice.”

Xiang Lai thought to himself what kind of rice can produce [-]% of the rice. This guy's words are a bit mysterious, but this is a common problem of businessmen, so there is no need to argue with him, so he asked: "Then how much is your rice?" A catty?"

The guy said: "This is what our boss bought for us to eat. It's a bit of a selling point, and it doesn't count too much for you. It's 120 yuan a catty."

eat by yourself?Xianglai thought suspiciously: "This boss is really rich enough to get such expensive rice for his own consumption! But speaking of it, the price of his rice is much cheaper. Calculated, it is only one hundred fifty or sixty grains per catty, and as for the wages for pounding rice, the rice is so expensive that the wages can already be ignored."

While she was doing calculations here, the clerk asked again: "How is it, little brother, do you like this rice?"

Xianglai nodded and said, "Well, the rice is good rice, but... can it be cheaper?"

She really knew that the price of rice was low enough, but even so, the money in her hand was still not enough to buy the required quantity of rice seeds, so she had to try to negotiate the price again.

The man listened to her price, sprinkled the rice in his hand back into the warehouse, and said: "This price is set by our boss, not to mention the whole Songning County, even the whole Beiliao is the lowest. If you sincerely want to buy it, brother, don't talk about it." Don't embarrass us."

Chen Xianglai knew that if he continued to talk, he might turn the guy's face, and felt that he was here to make trouble.

But considering the seven taels of silver in his hand, no matter how he calculated, the rice seeds he bought were not enough to plant three acres of land.

After much deliberation, she asked helplessly: "Brother, the money in my hand is only enough to buy more than 20 catties, but I want to buy 45 catties, that...you can see if you can credit me for a part first, and the rest will wait for me." The money will be returned immediately!"

After she said this, the clerk was even more angry than listening to her bargaining, and said: "Little brother, why are you sincerely messing with me? You still need to pay on credit first, and I will pay you back when you have money?! You want a lifetime If I don’t have any money, I’ll pay it back? I don’t know you, do you think I can give you credit?!”

Xianglai thought that what he said was indeed a bit of a liar, and quickly changed his words: "Then can you exchange things?"

(End of this chapter)