80s: The Farmer’s Wife Is The Boss

Chapter 10, selling vegetables

When they arrived at the bottom of the mountain, they found the carriage they had agreed on last night and put the load on it.

"Ancheng, who else hasn't arrived yet?" Aunt Mei Lian helped Mei Xue put the load on it, then walked to the front of the carriage and asked.

He Ancheng is the grandson of the village chief. He is about the same age as his own son, only fourteen or fifteen years old.

"Auntie, you are here, come in quickly and sit down. I have sent my third sister-in-law, who will be here soon." He Ancheng greeted Aunt Mei Lian into the house where the horses were kept.

But there was Mei Xue outside, so how could Aunt Mei Lian go in? "Goodbye, Xiaoxue is still outside. Let's just sit in the car. Your third sister-in-law will be here soon, right?"

"Well, look, we are crossing the stream." He Ancheng had sharp eyes, and he could see people in the distance clearly even with numb eyes.

Aunt Mei Lian glanced at her and said, "If that's the case, I won't enter the house."

After He Ancheng's third sister-in-law arrived, she also walked out of the stable.

 Mainly because everyone is carrying loads, a carriage can only carry so much cargo, and with the rain, He'an Cheng's family is worried about letting him haul too many people to follow the cargo.

 Afraid of something happening.

Along the way, everyone wore raincoats and braved the rain as they headed to the town.

It took about two hours for them to arrive in the town. It was already broad daylight, but because of the rain, everyone on the street was wearing raincoats and holding umbrellas.

 I arrived late, and the better stalls were occupied by people from the town, as well as those who came early.

Aunt Mei Lian walked in front carrying a load, looking around to see if there was any space for her to set up a stall.

Mei Xue was not far behind her, but there was nothing she could do. This was her first time at the stall, and she didn’t understand many things.

 You can only follow Aunt Mei Lian.

I walked to the end of a street and saw an empty stall. It was not big enough and could only fit one person's stall.

Aunt Mei Lian might have been anxious, so she walked over without thinking to see that her burden was put down.

With a smile on his face, he was about to take out the things.

　At this moment, she saw Mei Xue parked in front of her stall, and then she realized that she was not alone today.

"Xiaoxue, why don't we each place half of it." There is obviously no space here for Mei Xue to place more.

Mei Xue saw Aunt Mei Lian's embarrassed face, and she was also a little embarrassed, but after all, she had seen the world.

“Forget it, Aunt Meilian, just put it here, I’ll go and look at other places.” The festival is a day when all the villagers around the town go out to sell their goods.

If you want a better stall, you really need to get up early to secure a spot.

 If you come late, there will be no place to move.

 At least there is no space for the vegetable seller.

“There is no land outside, and you have no place to move, so just come here.” Aunt Mei Lian took action and grabbed Mei Xue’s burden.

How could Mei Xue's strength allow Aunt Mei Lian to **** her away? She half-turned around and said, "It's okay. I'll go find Auntie at the parking lot after everything is sold out." After saying that, Mei Xue walked out.

Aunt Mei Lian felt a little embarrassed, but she couldn't help but couldn't control Mei Xue.

He could only shout behind her, asking her to find the location and tell her later.

Mei Xue responded and disappeared into the crowd.

 The town is quite large in area, extending in all directions, and it is very lively with people coming and going.

 The rain began to gradually lighten up, and Mei Xue became a little anxious.

In the end, she had no choice but to go to the local meat shop. She saw that there were a lot of vacancies here, but the surrounding area was full of meat sellers.

Meixue had no choice but to find the boss from last time and put down the burden beside him.

The boss was also a sharp-eyed man. As soon as Dixue put down his burden and raised his face, the boss recognized him.

 “It’s you, big girl, why did you come here to pick vegetables to sell?” It’s not easy to sell vegetables here.

The boss didn't say the last sentence, but you could tell what it meant by looking at his eyes.

“Hello boss, it’s raining too much today, so it’s very slow to go out. No, there’s no place to sell vegetables, so we have to find an open space and see how much we can sell.”

Mei Xue said to the pork boss with a smile on her face.

Just then, the pork boss’s wife came out of the house. "What's going on?" She thought the man was from the vegetable seller, so she asked.

 The boss immediately explained to his mother-in-law, as if he was afraid that her mother-in-law would misunderstand.

　It seems that the two of them have a very good relationship.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhu laughed and said, "Sister, it's not easy to sell vegetables here. Everyone is used to going there to buy vegetables. Do you want to go over and look for it?" the proprietress kindly advised.

Meixue shook her head: "Thank you, boss and madam, there really isn't any space over there. No, I managed to find everything here. I'll take whatever I can sell for it."

  She is not the original owner after all, and she doesn’t pay much attention to this vegetable seller. Of course, even if she is the original owner, she is inferior to Mei Xue.

After hearing this, the wife of the boss looked at the vegetables in the little girl’s load. They looked really good.

“This is early corn, right? It’s all packed? Is there any starch?” The boss lady looked like she was a master and knew corn very well.

Mei Xue smiled and took out a stick of corn from the burden: "Boss, try it." People in the village are accustomed to taking a bite of it raw to taste whether it is sweet or not.

The boss is not from the city. He was able to establish himself here because he climbed out of the village.

There was no pretense at all. He took it and took a bite. After the sweet syrup burst out of his mouth, he was so happy that he said, "Good stuff. Sister, give me ten sticks. My mother-in-law loves this."

Mei Xue smiled, no, business is coming.

“Okay, I’ll pick some big ones for you.” Mei Xue moved quickly, turned over a few times, and selected ten corns out of dozens.

He didn’t use his own scale and put it directly on the pork chopping board. “Boss, please weigh me. My scales and other things are still underneath.”

Of course, it is more secure to use your own scale. The pork boss put the corn on the scale pan, lifted the scale, and pulled the scale back.

 It stopped only when it was raised high and couldn't fall down.

 “Six pounds and two taels, and it’s curled up.” Maybe it’s a habit, the boss’s hand is very steady.

"Even if it's six pounds, boss lady, just give me one yuan and twenty cents." When she went out, grandma told Mei Xue the price.

At present, corn is considered a rare commodity and can still be sold for 20 cents, but it has only been sold a few times.

At most, after the next big market, there will be no need to sell the early corn, because by this time, every household’s corn will be pulped and ready to eat.

When she heard that it was two cents per pound, the landlady frowned, feeling that it was expensive, but she also knew that it was a rare product and the price was reasonable.

He counted out one dollar and twenty cents from his stall and put it in Mei Xue's hand, "Here, count it."

Mei Xue took the money, glanced at it, counted it, and put it directly into her pocket, "Thank you, boss lady."

Mei Xue was originally a food protector, so she didn’t know that when selling things, she had to pay for her food. After receiving the money and corn, she started to sort out her own vegetables.

There weren’t many vegetables today, so I picked a load of peppers, corns and some eggplants.

 The total weight is only about forty or fifty kilograms.

 (End of this chapter)