Li Yuan never thought that buying Zhou Caijing's house would cause such misunderstandings among people in Lijia'ao.
I'm afraid no matter how she explains it, people won't believe it.
When Brother Xie comes back, ask him what he will do with this money then!
With this in mind, Li Yuan did not refute, but directly hung her purse on her waist.
By the time they arrived at the living room, Liu Dong's family had already prepared the dishes.
Because some of the vegetables provided by Li Yuan are grown with diluted spiritual spring water, and there is space to produce them, as well as seasonal vegetables that were harvested at the beginning.
Although the same people will be mixed together, Liu Dongjia has a sharp eye.
When inspecting the dishes, these three categories were pointed out directly.
Dishes diluted with Lingquan water are priced the highest.
Space output comes second.
The seasonal vegetables collected before are the cheapest.
Of course, even if it's the cheapest, it's still thirty times as expensive as before.
Take green vegetables for example. When they were in season in the past, they cost two pounds per penny in Beijing.
Now Li Yuan's price is fifteen cents per catty.
What the space produced was twenty coins.
After dilution with Lingquan water, it was twenty-five cents.
The same dish can cost ten cents per catty.
Of course, anyone with eyes can also see the difference when these three dishes are put together.
Planted in Lingquan water, it is especially watery and green.
The seasonal vegetables bought outside are small in size and relatively dull in color.
What the space produces is somewhere in between.
Zhou Caijing didn't know how much vegetables Li Yuan's greenhouse could produce in a day.
But the price of the dishes given by Liu Dong's family was generous, and she was quite satisfied with it.
No, after Li Yuan and others came in, she pointed at the green vegetables and explained the difference and price.
Li Jun and Wang Can took a look at the dishes placed together and knew why they were different.
Li Zheng, who didn't understand anything, couldn't help but take a breath after hearing the price.
Darling, why are the dishes in Beijing more expensive than meat?
Is this eating food or money?
His wife had also sent letters to Lijiaao before.
He remembered that his father took one of Yuan Niang's dividends.
The price of this vegetable is so high, I am afraid that if it is finished in one winter, the family will have to save hundreds of taels, not the one or two hundred taels that Xuejiao said!
The vegetables Li Yuan brought out were not just green vegetables, she took some of everything.
Among them, the most expensive one is probably the chayote, which is not available in this era.
Not even Zhou Caijing, Liu Dong's family, who specializes in supplying fresh winter vegetables to wealthy families in the capital, has never seen this thing before.
The price he offered for chayote was one hundred cents per catty.
Of course, after Zhou Caijing finished talking about the price, he also made a request.
"Ms. Li, I gave this price because I have never seen this kind of dish. I guess you are the only one in the entire Yun Kingdom. I don't know how to make this dish and how it will taste after it is made. I think Is it convenient for you now to ask your servants to make this dish and let me try it?"
Wang Can on the side was stunned when he found out that chayote cost 100 yuan per catty.
She knew that this thing weighed on the scale, and two or three big ones weighed one pound.
She was a little excited. When Liu Dongjia finished speaking, she looked at Li Yuan with bright eyes.
"Sister, Brother Junzi, Third Brother, and I have been here all the way and haven't eaten yet. How about I go cook and ask this Liu Dong's family to have a taste?"
When Li Yuan heard that they hadn't eaten yet, she nodded immediately.
"Okay, I just happen to have steamed buns at home, so you don't need to stew the rice, just stir-fry some vegetables."
Li Yuan said, looked at Liu Dongjia, and said: "This dish is called chayote, or luffa. It can be sliced and fried, or cut into shreds and served cold, or it can be stir-fried with fried shrimp skin. In short, the taste is quite good." Not bad. But I don’t grow much. There are no crops in the greenhouse over at Zhuangzi, so I can’t supply them in large quantities. I got this vegetable by accident, and it’s nowhere else but mine. One pound per pound, I think the price It can be higher, what do Liu Dongjia think?"
Liu Dongjia did not expect that Li Yuan thought that one hundred cents was too low. He thought that if this thing was really that rare and tasted good, the price could indeed be raised a little more.
However, it was impossible for him to respond immediately, so he said: "Ms. Li, one hundred cents per catty is not cheap anymore! Even if the beef is sold outside, it will not cost fifty cents per catty."
Cattle in the Yun Kingdom cannot be slaughtered at will, so they are difficult to buy and the price is very expensive.
Pork costs more than ten cents per kilogram, beef doubles that, and due to scarcity, it can usually be sold for forty-five cents.
In this way, one pound of chayote can buy more than two pounds of beef?
Li Yuan pushed the chayote to Li Jun and looked at Aunt Ou, who regarded herself as a maid, carrying a pot of tea and pouring tea for everyone.
"Mother Ou, take Junzi and Canniang to the kitchen."
Aunt Ou nodded and left with Li Jun and Wang Can. Only then did Li Yuan look at Liu Dong's house.
"Liu Dongjia, that's not what you said. I heard that before watermelons appeared, the most expensive fruit sold in the capital was lychees that were quickly delivered from Baning Mansion in Lingnan. It is said that a pound of lychees can be sold for ten A few twenty taels of silver is beyond the reach of ordinary people, and like beef, the supply exceeds demand."
"However, after the emergence of watermelons, it is said that one can be sold for thirty or fifty taels. Although watermelons are heavy, in terms of weight, they are definitely not as high as lychees. But the same is true, because there is only one, and you have to eat it after opening it, otherwise you will leave it alone They go bad faster than lychees. So, in my opinion, watermelons are more expensive after all, because there is only one, but there are many lychees per pound. As for why watermelons are so expensive, it is nothing more than scarcity. It’s expensive.”
"Nowadays, my chayote is as rare as watermelon. In addition, in this winter, not to mention such rare chayote, in addition to radish and cabbage, other vegetables, if you want to eat, the price They are dozens of times more than usual. Therefore, if a pound is less than 200 yuan, I would rather keep it for myself than sell it."
Liu Dong's family didn't expect that Li Yuan was so familiar with these things. After hearing her words about "rare things are more valuable" and thinking about her saying that the quantity is not much, he felt a little moved.
Finally, he thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay! As long as the taste is really good, two hundred coins is two hundred coins. However, you have to guarantee that it will not be available anywhere else except here."
"Of course, at least until I don't plant it on a large scale, no one else will! If you don't believe it, we can write it down in black and white. When the time comes, we can compensate whatever we need."
Li Yuan said, thinking that it was already mid-November and the twelfth lunar month was coming soon.
Entering the twelfth lunar month is equivalent to celebrating the new year.
By then, the red, fragrant and creamy strawberries will sell better.
But now, she can't sell this thing, it's best to use Zhou Caijing's relationship.
Thinking about this, when she said at Liu Dong's house that she would sign the contract later, she said, "Okay, these contracts will be clearly written later. Liu Dong's house, you sit here for a while, and I will go to the kitchen to take a look."
