sjar Chapter 136 Selling sweet potatoes
Chapter 136 Selling sweet potatoes
The woman is responsible for cooking, and the man is responsible for carrying the sweet potatoes to Lao Su's house.
When there was a knock on the door, Su Ziling and the others had not gotten up yet. Only Su's mother got up and lit a fire in the kitchen.
"Third uncle, fourth uncle, A Yuan, why are you so early?"
The two old men smiled and said, "I couldn't sleep anyway, and I was afraid that you would wait to use it, so I thought I'd send it over first."
"Where should I put this? We will pile it up for you at once, so that you don't have to worry about it again." Several uncles and uncles stood in the yard carrying burdens.
Mother Su looked around and said, "You guys leave it alone, I'll ask my dad."
After Su's mother finished speaking, Mr. Su had already come out, "Third brother, you guys are so early."
"Brother, look where you put the sweet potatoes. We piled them all at once."
"Don't worry, come in and have a cup of tea." Mr. Su went to fetch water to wash up. The two uncles took several uncles into the kitchen, and Mother Su made a pot of tea.
Hearing the commotion in the courtyard, people from the old Su family also got up one after another.
Mr. Su told Father Su, "Go and take out the scale, weigh it all at once, and settle the payment later."
There was no pen and paper at home, so Su Ziling took a piece of charcoal and wrote it down on a stone.
Hearing the commotion, Liu Guilan and his wife also came over to help pound the leaves. Suddenly there were two scenes in the yard. Half of them were sitting at the door of the kitchen pounding leaves, and the other half were weighing sweet potatoes in a corner of the yard.
Two uncles, one sold 500 jins, the other sold 600 jins, totaling 1,100 jins.
According to one and a half cents per catty, one family is worth 750 cents, and one family is worth 900 cents.
Holding the heavy copper coins, the people from both families were all smiling. Many people along the way saw it and couldn't help but ask, "What, did you pick up the money? Are you smiling so happily?"
Isn't it just picking up money? I heard that they sold hundreds of kilograms of sweet potatoes for one and a half cents per kilogram. Everyone was shocked.
Two days ago, they heard that Lao Su's family wanted to buy sweet potatoes, but they never saw anyone selling them, and they didn't hear any mention of them later. They thought it was a fake, but who knew someone was actually selling them.
"Really, fake, you are brothers, don't basket us!" Many people couldn't believe it. They were all from the village. Who didn't have hundreds of kilograms of sweet potatoes at home? Those who were more diligent would plant them twice. , planted once in the open space, and planted another crop of corn flowers under the corn tree.
Just like Lao San Lao Si's family, they planted more than 1,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes after planting them twice. Although they still can't eat white rice and flour, they can eat as many sweet potatoes as they want.
"Why are we lying to you? We have been picking them all morning. If you don't believe it, ask yourself. These sweet potatoes are still piled in their yard."
After leaving these words, the two old Su family members went home without looking back.
Let's go back to eat. We have to go to the county town today. We have to hurry up and we can't let people wait.
Everyone's steps were windy and their bodies were full of strength.
Suddenly, many families in the village started to get ready to save enough for their own food, and then see if there was any extra. If there was any, they quickly washed it, dried it, and sent it to Lao Su's house when it was dry.
People who don’t have extra at home feel regretful. If they had known better, they would have had more.
The fourth uncle and Mrs. Li came to Lao Su's house in advance to wait. It was obvious that both of them were very excited and fancy this opportunity. They also changed into clean clothes and combed their hair meticulously.
When they arrived, there were many pots of tofu in the yard, green and green, and the buckets were placed aside.
Su Ziling and the others were eating, and Liu Guilan and his wife came here after eating, and now they were cutting tofu and putting it in buckets.
The fourth uncle watched for a while, then took Li and started paddling along.
At the end of Chenshi (9:00), we set off on time.
Su Zizhong and Ji Yunchu went to sell in the mountain col. There were no steamed buns today, so they sold sweet potato powder and tofu, and they didn't bring mushroom sauce.
Su Ziling, Father Su, Mr. Su, the third uncle and the third aunt, Liu Guilan and his wife, the fourth uncle and the others, there are nine people in total.
Each person picked up a load of tofu, which was the most in history.
After leaving the forest, they reached the main road. Su Ziling went to call Old Uncle Li. By the way, she also found an old man in their village who owned an ox cart, and found two ox carts at once.
I haven't been out selling tofu for three or four days. When I heard Su Ziling calling Uncle Li, the ladies at home in the village came out to buy tofu with their basins in hand.
You had four bowls and I had five bowls. It took only a short time to finish two buckets. Seeing the excitement, the fourth uncle and Mrs. Li on the side were so frightened that they were speechless.
After the tofu buyers dispersed, Su Ziling took Bai Wei, her fourth uncle and Mrs. Li, got on the bullock cart and headed to the county.
There were many people going there today, so Su Ziling didn't let Su's father wait at the roadside, and asked him to go back with the old man and the others with two empty buckets to look for fungi.
Mr. Su also stopped by to take a look at the tea leaves, thinking that it had rained a lot and it had been sunny for two days, so it was probably time for them to sprout.
There were also some particularly difficult places on the road. Su Ziling and the others came down where there was a pool, and even helped push the bullock cart.
Where there is no water, you have to ride a bullock cart.
Old Man Li drove the oxcart leisurely, "Qing Yatou, is there a new person this time?"
He was talking about the fourth uncle and aunt over there.
"Yes, my aunt and uncle will come over to sell it in the future. We will probably rent the oxcart for a long time. Uncle Li, do you think the long-term rental can be cheaper?" Su Ziling asked with a smile.
Su Ziling was originally calculated on a daily basis, and she would get paid every day she came. If she didn't come, she would have no money. During the market, Old Man Li sent people to the county, and a trip cost almost fifty yuan. When he thought that Su Ziling had been paying, he told the old man. The price was set at thirty cents a day.
Mr. Li carefully calculated it. If calculated on a monthly basis, it would be settled once a month, so no matter how many days you come, you will get the money.
Like Su Ziling, although they were given a lot, they didn't come every day. Sometimes they couldn't come because of something, sometimes it was raining and they couldn't come, so in a month, the amount was more than 600 yuan.
Calculating it on a monthly basis... Old Man Li thought for a while. If they didn't rent, the cattle would be idle at ordinary times. They would only earn forty or fifty cash on the market day, which would only be two or three hundred cash in a month.
After such a calculation, he seemed to have no reason not to agree, "Okay, how about I calculate 650 yuan a month for you?"
"Okay! Thanks a lot, Uncle Li!" Su Ziling agreed with a smile. This averaged less than twenty-two cents a day, which was much more cost-effective.
Su Ziling said to Old Man Li again: "Old man, let me discuss something with you again!"
Old Man Li burst out laughing, "Tell me, girl, what's the matter with you?"
"My aunt and uncle are two families, so there will be a lot of tofu. One ox cart is not enough. When you go back to the village, can you help and ask for another ox cart? He doesn't have to wait for us to sell out like you. He just needs to put the tofu You can return after sending it to the county, so the money he needs is less, three hundred cash a month. Please help and ask if anyone is willing."