After loading the cabbage, Chen Xiaobei drove the carriage with Chen Xiaowen, and the two of them rushed to the county town leisurely.
Chen Xiaowen seemed to be very interested. Along the way, he kept asking about Chen Xiaobei's trip to Wannian City. Thinking about it, such a big kid has never been to such a far place. Maybe for everyone, the capital is definitely It's a desirable place.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiaobei said to him, "I will take you with me next time I go to the capital."
While talking, the two of them had already arrived at the county town. After entering, they went straight to the vegetable market.
The vegetable market is getting more and more deserted. Come to think of it, it's already early winter. In this era, there are almost no vegetables to sell.
In the huge vegetable market, only Lao Suntou, who sells winter melons, is guarding the entrance of the market. There are dozens of winter melons on the carriage. He is leaning against the wall, basking in the sun leisurely.
Seeing that it was Chen Xiaobei who was coming, Lao Suntou extended his hand to greet him warmly.
"Chen Lichang, why do you have time to sell vegetables?"
Chen Xiaobei walked forward with a smile, grabbed a handful of peanuts from his pocket, and handed them to Old Sun, "Old Sun, I have grown some cabbages and radishes at home, and I have to exchange them for two cents."
After hearing what he said, Lao Suntou squinted and smiled, pointing at Chen Xiaowen who was busy there, "You got the cabbage early. It will take half a month for other people's cabbage to be on the market?"
"In the past, a cabbage could be sold for one penny. Now that it is on the market, it can be sold for at least two pence."
When I heard the price, it was not bad. One cabbage cost two cents, and these one hundred cabbages cost two hundred cents.
For example, on today's trip, three or four village protection team members worked for him for about half an hour. Each of them was paid a few copper coins, and Chen Xiaowen could give him ten or twenty.
In this way, the big head is still with you.
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Don't say two cents is just one cent, it's worth it. This thing is so easy to grow. After I planted it this year, I just watered it a few times."
Perhaps he found a resonance, Lao Suntou also smiled and said, "Yes, just like my winter melon, the weather is good, so you just sow the seeds and wait to pick the fruits."
As he was talking, people soon came to buy cabbage. The first one to come was actually Cao Yuanxiang, Butler Cao from Zhao Yi's house.
Fortunately, Chen Xiaobei and Lao Sun were leaning against the corner and chatting. Cao Yuanxiang didn't pay attention. He just saw Chen Xiaowen selling cabbage, so he walked up and asked in a deep voice, "How do you sell cabbage?"
Chen Xiaowen hesitated for a moment and looked at Chen Xiaobei in the distance.
Chen Xiaobei listened one by one and quickly stretched out his hand to gesture to him. Chen Xiaobei means two cents a piece. But it was obvious that Chen Xiaowen misunderstood what Chen Xiaobei meant. He stretched out two fingers and said, "Two pennies a pound!"
When he heard the price, Cao Yuanxiang was shocked, "Why is this cabbage so expensive this year?"
But when I thought about it again, there were no other dishes on the market.
Cao Yuanxiang had no choice but to sigh, "It doesn't matter, I'll take your cart of cabbage to Zhao's house."
Chen Xiaowen seemed very excited when he heard this, and drove the carriage and left with Cao Yuanxiang.
Seeing him walking away, Chen Xiaobei and Lao Suntou looked at each other.
Lao Suntou said with approval, "You're not an easy boy. In the blink of an eye, the price has been several times higher."
In fact, Chen Xiaobei felt a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he should be able to understand. Lao Suntou sells winter melons here every day. I guess Butler Cao bought a lot of them. Now that a cabbage seller has come, it's okay. It's a change of taste. After all, it will be at least half a month before other cabbages are on the market. I have also benefited from the high temperature of Spring.
After a short effort, Chen Xiaowen came back and looked very excited after seeing Chen Xiaobei, "Brother Xiaobei, everything is sold out. Look..."
Chen Xiaobei waved to Lao Suntou and jumped on the carriage, "We'll go back after the goods are sold out."
After the carriage had gone some distance, Chen Xiaowen took out a piece of silver.
"A cart of cabbage was sold for more than two taels of silver. Butler Cao gave him ten taels in one go and said he would send him a few more carts."
Chen Xiaobei nodded, of course he couldn't be polite when he met such a person who was taken advantage of. "Okay, we will send it to him tomorrow. By the way, you have done a great job today. I will share these ten taels of silver with you when you get back." half."
Chen Xiaowen looked at Chen Xiaobei in disbelief, and Chen Xiaobei chuckled, "Just now, Uncle Sun told me that cabbage cost only two cents a piece in previous years. I wanted to make a gesture to you, but I didn't expect you to understand. wrong."
Hearing this, Chen Xiaowen touched his head in surprise, "Well, well, if you tell me this, Butler Cao has spent his money in vain."
Chen Xiaobei thought of the unfair treatment Feng Xiaoyue suffered at Zhao Yi's house again. He smiled slightly and said, "The Zhao Yi family's money is not clean anyway, so it's okay to earn more from him."
As they talked, the two walked forward and were about to see the butcher shop in front of them. Chen Xiaobei stopped the carriage, went in and cut three portions of pork, each portion weighing about two kilograms.
Chen Xiaobei put one copy in front of Chen Xiaowen, "This one is for you. I have to give another copy to Brother Dachun when I get this one, and I'll keep it myself."
Seeing that Chen Xiaowen didn't seem to understand, Chen Xiaobei smiled slightly and said, "You will have to know about this sooner or later. I might as well tell you first that Brother Dachun is going to propose marriage to Sister-in-law Qiumei. You can't go empty-handed."
When he mentioned this, Chen Xiaobei suddenly slapped his head and looked at Chen Xiaowen and said, "By the way, how are you and Mudan!"
Hearing this, Chen Xiaowen's expression became a little gloomy, "Oh, forget it, I have been to Mudan's house, but Mudan's father said that there are many handsome young men from ten miles and eight villages coming to propose marriage, and he doesn't like me at all. "
Chen Xiaobei nodded, as he expected.
Whoever it was, he had a beautiful girl at home, so he had to choose a handsome uncle.
"Well, if you say that, I'm afraid you and Mudan won't get along. By the way, have you ever asked Mudan what it means?"
"Well, Mudan didn't say anything. After all, we are somewhat distant relatives. We played together several times when we were children. I told Mudan about this, but she can't make the decision and has to listen to her father."
"Oh, let's talk about it, you and Mudan are childhood sweethearts." Chen Xiaobei said in a teasing way, but he didn't expect Chen Xiaowen to be serious.
"I can't say that we are childhood sweethearts, but we are somewhat familiar with each other. Apart from anything else, if Mu Dan really gets married, my parents will definitely love her like their own eyes. How can she be wronged?"
Chen Xiaobei admitted this.
But it's obvious that Chen Xiaowen's current conditions cannot catch the eye of Mudan's father, Cui Dahe.
