freenovelworld Chapter 921 Can be sold
Chapter 921 Can be sold
"What? Eight hundred and ninety-nine coins? Are you robbing me? Is your fruit inlaid with gold or covered with silver? If you want money so much, why don't you just rob people on the street?" The woman pointed at the boy and cursed.
The whole family frowned and thought that if it was expensive, they would just not buy it. Why were they cursing?
The two young men hurriedly found a basket and placed it on top of the raspberry basket, fearing that their saliva would spray on it.
He said in a gentle voice, "Madam, we don't have much fruit here, only this much every day, so we sell it at a higher price."
One does not spoil her, "If you think it's too expensive, just go away. Why are you cursing? These fruits of mine are stained with your saliva. If you keep cursing, you have to buy these fruits for me, otherwise you will let others eat your saliva?"
Isn’t this just a disguised way of saying that if people can’t afford it, just walk away?
The woman couldn't take it anymore. She stepped back with her basket on her back, her hands on her hips, and shouted at the top of her voice: "Everyone, come and have a look. This shop is trying to rob people. They charge one string of silver for one pound of fruit. This is not a shop run by ordinary people. It's simply run by bandits. Come and have a look. One pound of fruit costs one tael of silver. They are shameless enough to rob people. No wonder we can't sell our products..."
Zhou Guo couldn't help but laughed softly.
The whole family looked over and said, "What are you laughing at? People are cursing at you!"
Li rolled up his sleeves and said, "No, I have to go out."
Wu Ya stuffed Xiaohua into Xu's arms and was about to go out. If they really wanted to quarrel, she was not afraid of anyone. It was just a competition of who could speak louder. Her life had been getting better and better over the years, and her voice had also been getting louder and louder.
Zhou Guo hurriedly whispered to stop him, "Don't worry, don't worry, let's wait and see."
Li was anxious, "What are you waiting for? Didn't you hear what they said about us? They said we were shameless and that we were bandits robbing money. We deserved that we couldn't sell our products."
Seeing that more and more people were arguing, Zhou Mai and the others also reacted and whispered, "Mom, stop arguing. Look, more and more people are coming."
"Huh?" The two men looked up and saw that there were more and more people. After hearing what the woman said, they stretched their necks to look inside.
"What kind of fruit is it that can be sold at such a high price? Let's take a look."
"Sir, we don't want one jin of fruit. It's eight hundred and ninety-nine coins per jin." The waiter moved a basket aside for them to see.
Many people don’t recognize him, but there are also some who do.
"Oh, isn't this ground berry? There are actually ground berries for sale here. I ate them many years ago. Eight hundred and ninety-nine coins... Tsk, it's a bit expensive..."
The woman looked at the two boys smugly and said arrogantly, "Well, I told you, nine hundred coins per pound, who wouldn't say it's expensive? I don't think you can sell even one of these fruits a day, and by the time they go bad, the price will have to be lowered, and we won't want them by then."
The two guys looked at each other and one of them said, "It's not that we sell it expensively, it's just that things are rare and expensive. This thing is hard to grow, and we have to work hard to grow dozens of acres of land to pick this much at a time. Our boss said that if we can't sell these, we will keep them for ourselves. If you want to wait for us to lower the price, you won't be able to wait."
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice said, "Give me a basket."
A group of people looked over.
I saw a well-dressed old man with gray hair and a vigorous spirit.
"Okay." The two boys hurriedly ushered the man in. "Sir, please come in and take a look. You can choose which basket you want."
The old man stepped forward with a smile.
Everyone forgot to speak, and the woman who had been making a fuss at the beginning was even more stunned.
She didn't expect that there was actually someone in this world who would buy this pound of fruit for nine hundred coins.
That's not nine cents, not ninety cents, but nine hundred cents. It's enough for a family to use for several months. How could anyone buy such an expensive thing?
Such a small amount can be finished in just a few bites, how can it be cost-effective?
Not to mention her, even the Li family members were extremely surprised.
Wu Ya whispered, "I didn't expect that someone would actually buy such an expensive fruit?"
Zhou Mai smiled, "This lady really helped a lot. She attracted half the people on the street to come over. The effect was better than what we achieved by selling fruits for several days."
Zhou Mi said: "But I think what she said is right, it is indeed a bit expensive!"
One pound costs nine hundred wen. If he wants to eat it himself, he may not be willing to buy it. But if his family wants to eat it, he can still buy a few pounds to try.
The old man hissed, "Don't talk, just look."
Everyone stared and saw the old man look around and pick up a basket.
The boy first took out an empty basket and weighed it, then weighed the basket and the fruit together. After subtracting the weight of the basket, the remaining weight was the weight of the fruit.
"Master, please take a look. This basket of fruit weighs four catties and three ounces, which is three strings of eight hundred and sixty-five coins. Rounding off the difference, you only need to pay three strings of eight hundred and sixty coins, and the basket will be yours."
The old man took out the money and walked home happily carrying a basket of red fruits.
The remaining people looked at each other.
Then someone else said, "Then I'll buy half a pound to try. Will you sell it for half a pound? Several of my children have never eaten this."
"of course can."
The woman was so angry that she rolled her eyes and said, "You are all being taken advantage of!" and walked away angrily.
Although a few people bought a few half-pound pieces, most of those who gathered around could not afford it, so they left when they saw that there was nothing exciting to watch.
I lost six or seven pounds.
Li smiled and said, "Okay, it's getting late. You have to go to school tomorrow, so you have to go back as soon as possible."
I have checked the fruits and found that they can be sold. Although not many people are willing to buy them, there are not many fruits left.
Zhou Guo said, "Mom, let's eat first before going back. It's almost time for lunch."
Mrs. Li shook her head. "What kind of meal are we going to have? We can just buy some dry food to eat on the way. We don't have big appetites, so we can't eat much. It will take us until midnight to get back."
"Then I'll find two people to take you back." Zhou Guo turned around and asked Erpang to go to the escort agency to call for people. Although there are not so many refugees now, she still feels uneasy about her family walking on the road alone.
Zhou Gu said hurriedly, "Who needs a escort? We are not pushovers. Although we haven't learned much from you in these years, it won't be a problem to deal with two or three bad guys. And is there anyone else in the escort agency?"
Zhou Guo was speechless, and then she remembered that the escort agency had sent her to Nanhe.
The old man said, "I will go back with them."
Li said, "Sir, please stay here for a few more days."
The old man shook his head. "I'm going back. I've made an appointment with Old Zhang from the next village to go hunting in the mountains in a few days. He will collect herbs while I hunt, and I'll have company."
Zhou Guo said with a smile: "Master, thank you very much. Don't worry, I will be back in a few days."
The old man patted her shoulder and said, "Forget it, just work hard. You are going to open a snack shop again. You are in a hurry to make money. Why go back? I am having fun in the village. You don't have to worry about home."