Su Ruyi walked around the market and asked about the prices of vegetables.
The market sells all seasonal vegetables, with eggplants and beans in abundance, and they are cheap.
Eggplants cost two cents a pound.
Beans cost a penny a pound.
Tomatoes and peppers are more expensive.
Tomatoes cost three cents a pound.
A pound of chili pepper costs four cents.
I didn’t see radish or cabbage at all, they are autumn and winter vegetables.
After Su Ruyi asked about the price, she bought two new baskets, which cost her twenty pence.
She had no intention of selling vegetables in the market.
Last time I walked around the town, after leaving the market, I went straight to an uninhabited alley, opened up the space, and picked out a large basket of crisp, tender and fresh vegetables.
There is Chinese cabbage at the bottom of the basket, and lettuce and large white radish are placed on top of the cabbage.
Further up are tomatoes that are so red they are about to burst, thick green peppers, and plump green beans.
Su Ruyi carried two baskets of vegetables and hawked them while walking in the residential area.
"Selling fresh vegetables at a cheap price——"
Although it is just a town, there are also rich and poor people. The houses of rich people have taller walls and taller and more beautiful courtyard doors.
When Su Ruyi walked to the door of such a house, she would deliberately stay a little longer.
After calling for a while, no one came out to ask. I don't know if there is no one at home because everyone has gone to work, or if they have gone to the market early to buy vegetables and no longer need them.
Su Ruyi changed her mind and shouted: "Selling radish and cabbage——"
I just noticed at the market that the vegetables sold by the vendors were the same as before. They were seasonal vegetables. I think some people must have been tired of eating them.
Radish and cabbage are winter vegetables. They are planted in autumn and harvested in early winter.
Every household will stock up on these two kinds of vegetables before winter comes. Eating these two kinds of vegetables over and over throughout the harsh winter can turn a person's face blue and make him want to vomit from the smell.
But now in the middle of summer, it is not easy to eat radish and cabbage.
She just shouted twice and was about to walk past a house.
The door creaked open.
An old woman came out.
"Who called selling cabbage?"
When Su Ruyi knew that business was coming to her door, she quickly shouted: "Auntie, it's me!"
Then he picked two baskets of vegetables back to the door of the house.
This aunt comes from a good family and only has two patches on her body.
"Why are there cabbages for sale now?"
While the aunt was talking, she stretched out her hand and pulled the vegetables on the surface.
"It's down there. Auntie, if you want to buy it, I'll get it for you."
"Take one and show it to me. Cabbage stew is the best!"
Su Ruyi put the tomatoes, peppers and beans on the basket on the ground, and took out the radish and lettuce.
The aunt's eyes lit up: "You also have lettuce here. I like this dish too. How do you sell it?"
Lettuce is a seasonal vegetable in spring, but it is basically missing now.
"Five pennies a piece."
"Here's one. Oh, your radish is not bad, it's big and fresh."
The master's attention was attracted by radish again, and he grabbed a big white radish. The radish and cherry blossoms were still fresh.
"Carrots are good, and radish stewed with bones is the most nourishing. It just so happened that my daughter-in-law gave birth to a fat boy, so I stewed radish bone soup for her! How to sell it?"
"Two cents each."
"I want two!"
Su Ruyi smiled brightly: "Okay, Auntie, I'll pick the big one for you!"
He reached out and took out the cabbage from the bottom of the basket: "Auntie, this is the cabbage you want."
The Chinese cabbage produced by Space is large, with white stalks and green leaves, which is pleasing to the eye.
"This cabbage is so good! It's better than the cabbage I bought last winter! Why did the cabbage come out so early this year?"
On impulse, the aunt began to think about stocking up on winter vegetables, but she immediately realized that it was not even August yet, so what kind of winter vegetables could she stock up on? This cabbage is afraid of heat but not cold. It can't be tolerated in this weather.
"We grow it ourselves, but other people haven't started growing it yet."
Su Ruyi said.
Didn’t I just plant the seeds at home?
Ancient people were not as developed as modern people. They could grow various off-season vegetables in greenhouses. The ancients sow seeds in accordance with the seasons, and they were particular about what crops to plant in each season.
The aunt didn't think much about it, she just felt that she had some abilities.
"Why don't you sell in the market? If you want to sell in the market, I will go to you every day to buy."
The aunt bent down and looked through other vegetables, beans, peppers, and tomatoes. Everything was growing well and fresh.
"I like to carry a load and sell on the go."
The aunt laughed: "You are so stupid. Aren't you tired from carrying two big baskets of vegetables with your body? It will save you energy to just sit there and wait!"
Su Ruyi smiled and said nothing.
Of course she also knew that sitting and waiting would save energy, but she couldn't.
What would she do if someone from the same village met her while selling vegetables in the market?
Sooner or later something will go wrong.
So this is the only way to go.
"How to sell cabbage?"
"Five cents a pop."
"It's not cheap! I only bought it for two or three cents a tree last year..."
Su Ruyi said: "The price is indeed higher now than that time. It is not easy for our family to grow cabbage at this time, so the price is naturally higher."
"That's right. Then give me a cabbage, two radishes, and a lettuce. How much is the total?"
"Eleven cents."
Su Ruyi blurted out.
The aunt was just starting to calculate in her mind and said with a smile: "You little lady can calculate so fast!"
When she was paying, the aunt's eyes fell on her hands and asked, "What's wrong with your hands?"
Su Ruyi was a little embarrassed and looked at her brown hands. They looked very dirty. Most people would feel uncomfortable seeing them.
"Auntie, this is not dirty. I peeled two walnuts two days ago and my hands looked like this."
"Walnuts, they're so good. Do you sell them?"
"No, but there are walnut trees on our mountain, but they are hard to find."
"Then if you find it next time, keep some for me. Our elderly people like to eat it."
"Okay, definitely."
After the first one was opened, everything went smoothly thereafter. By noon, both baskets of vegetables were sold out.
Su Ru thought it was still early, so she sneaked into the space to get some food.
The second trip was sold out and it was almost time to go back.
She didn't forget to tell Dalang that she wanted to bring sugar back with her in the morning, so she went to find a place that sold sugar and bought a small bag of maltose and some brown sugar.
Sugar is very expensive, two small bags cost 15 cents.
She earned a total of 115 Wen from selling vegetables, plus the remaining three Wen from selling mushrooms, it was 118 Wen.
Excluding two packets of sugar, 103 Wen.
Holding these copper coins in my hands, I feel very satisfied and a bit reluctant to spend them!
But she is very sensible, and she spends the money she earns. The more she tries to make money, the less money she makes.
So I turned around and replaced the copper plates with brown rice, and also bought some cracked corn to feed the chickens.
Suddenly there was no money left.
Carrying the rice bag.
go home.
