Old Wu sighed, "Little brother, you are unlucky. These days, Butler Cao comes to buy groceries every day, but today I don't know why..."
Chen Xiaobei was even more depressed. Could it be that in such a large county, no one else except Butler Cao knew the goods? I don’t know how rare a pheasant is!
At this moment, three women came slowly from a distance.
Among these three women, the middle one was wearing silk clothes. The lake blue silk was worn on her body, and she looked a bit fairy-like.
The two next to them must be maids, their clothes are made of ordinary fabrics, and their gestures are quite respectful to the woman in the middle.
The three of them chatted and laughed before arriving at Lao Wu's vegetable stall.
Old Wu obviously knew her and greeted her warmly, "Oh, Miss Liu, you will come out to buy groceries in person today."
Miss Liu just smiled lightly and nodded, "Yes, I just have free time today, so I came to the street to take a look."
Chen Xiaobei thought about it. He looked like a wealthy family. Would he be interested in his pheasants?
Thinking of this, he gently pinched the thigh of one of the pheasants.
The pheasant had been flapping after being caught last night. It had been basking in the sun all morning today. It was exhausted and comfortable. The pheasant was frightened by his pinch and started flapping again.
Sure enough, the movement here immediately attracted the attention of the three masters and servants. Miss Liu looked over here, with a hint of joy in her eyes.
"Oh, this pheasant is so beautiful. Look at the tail, it's so colorful."
A long-haired maid next to her came forward and said, "Brother, how do you sell this pheasant?"
With yesterday's experience, Chen Xiaobei held out four fingers without hesitation, "Four hundred coins."
Upon hearing the price, the maid stuck out her tongue.
He turned back to Miss Liu and said, "The price is ridiculously high. A pheasant actually costs 400 yuan."
Miss Liu frowned slightly, "It's expensive, but this live pheasant is indeed a rarity. It's a little bit of my kindness to send it to the Prince's Mansion."
As she spoke, she picked a few dishes, then walked to Chen Xiaobei and squatted down, carefully looking at the five pheasants on the ground.
"I want them all, can you deliver them to my house?"
Yes, why can't we do such a good thing?
Chen Xiaobei nodded, "Miss Liu, tell me, where do you live? I'll send it to you."
Next to him was still the long-haired maid, who couldn't help but pout, "You actually don't know where our Liu family lives."
The maid's words were full of pride, but Chen Xiaobei was a little confused. Fortunately, at this time, Lao Wu, who was buying vegetables, spoke.
"Little brother, you really have no discernment. Who in the county doesn't know about the Liu family? I'll take you there later."
Miss Liu nodded, "This will help you." After saying that, she took the two maids and left. Damn it, I didn’t counter-offer, I deliberately overpaid, and as a result, I met a happy person.
When she walked away, Chen Xiaobei asked in confusion, "Brother Wu, where does this Miss Liu come from?"
"This Miss Liu's name is Liu Rumei. She belongs to a wealthy family in the capital. She comes to us just to relax."
As he said that, he pointed to the pile of dishes on the vegetable stall, "Ah, she has chosen these. I will have to deliver the dishes later, so you can just come with me."
Hearing what Lao Wu said, Chen Xiaobei sighed with emotion. At this time, trust between people is so simple.
Old Wu is not worried at all. What if he doesn't accept the payment after sending it over?
The Liu family's house in the county town is indeed luxurious. The nearly three-foot-high gate alone is enough to tower over most other houses in Qingniu County.
There were two guards at the gate. Seeing Lao Wu and Chen Xiaobei coming, they stepped forward to ask why.
"You wait." A guard turned around and entered the house. With little effort, two people followed the guard out.
Walking in front was a middle-aged man. This man's clothes were also made of silk, but the quality didn't look that fine.
Behind the man was his subordinate, carrying a cloth bag in his hand.
As soon as he saw him coming out, Old Wu stepped forward with a smile, "Little Wu Zhong, I have met Butler Liu."
Chen Xiaobei also quickly followed suit and stepped forward to salute Butler Liu.
Butler Liu smiled and nodded, "Did my lady buy these?"
"Yes, yes, my dish costs thirty yuan in total." Old Wu replied respectfully.
Butler Liu waved to the man behind him, who then counted thirty copper coins from the bag and handed it to Old Wu's hand.
Butler Liu then looked at Chen Xiaobei, "How big a pheasant are you?"
Chen Xiaobei laughed along with him, "I negotiated with Miss Liu for 400 coins each, so the total for five coins is 2,000 coins."
Upon hearing the price, Butler Liu frowned slightly, but still waved his hand and asked someone to bring the money to Chen Xiaobei.
Two thousand coins, that is exactly two taels of silver, but Butler Liu asked someone to give him one tael of silver and a thousand copper coins.
Holding this heavy copper plate and silver, Chen Xiaobei felt that a stone in his heart fell to the ground, and he could settle things with Chen Ermao.
Just as he turned around to leave, Butler Liu said in a deep voice, "This little brother, please stay."
Chen Xiaobei turned to look at this man and asked doubtfully, "Do you have any other instructions from Butler Liu?"
Butler Liu went straight to the point, "Little brother, did you catch this pheasant from Qingniu Mountain in the south?"
Chen Xiaobei nodded, "Exactly, my home is at the foot of Qingniu Mountain."
"Okay, if there are any other living animals, feel free to bring them to me. I also heard that there are wolves on your Qingniu Mountain. If you can get me a live wolf, at least I can give you a hundred and ten taels of silver. .”
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaobei was speechless for a while. Rich people really know how to play.
Even buying a live wolf, I haven’t lived enough yet.
But the man in front of him was his own God of Wealth, so Chen Xiaobei had to agree with a smile on his face.
"Okay, don't worry, if I catch a live wolf, I will definitely bring it to you."
After saying goodbye to Lao Wu, Chen Xiaobei ran to the grocery store and bought a set of pots and pans.
In this day and age, iron pots like iron pots are also very expensive, with a pot costing ten cents.
A strong worker has to work for two days to buy a pot. I don't know whether I should be happy or happy about such a price?
In addition to this, he also bought another catty of fat meat.
Buying fat meat is not just for eating, but for refining oil.
This kind of animal fat is a good thing to replenish your physical strength.
Returning to Hetou Village happily, he did not take the main road, but went directly around the river.
He didn't want other people in the village to see that he had bought so many possessions.
Otherwise, I would definitely be on the headlines in Hetou Village today.
This time he still cut off a little fat and took it to Dachun's house to pick up Chen Qiaoer.
When the second aunt saw Fatty, she was so happy that she grinned to the back of her head, "Xiaobei, why are you so polite to me?"
"That's right, Second Aunt, then I'll take Qiao'er back."
Chen Qiaoer was so excited when she saw that her home had a new iron pot, she jumped up and down in the yard.
At this moment, Chen Ermao's voice came from the door again, "Brother Xiaobei, I heard that a new property has been added."
