Putting the bucket and backpack on the ground, he started shouting.
"Selling fish! Live fish costs six cents per catty, dead fish costs five cents per catty!"
As soon as this shout came out, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.
According to the market price, grass carp costs eight cents per catty, and even a dead fish costs fifteen cents per catty.
But now there are people selling it for five or six cents a pound?
Regardless of whether they were aunts or ladies who came out to buy vegetables at the morning market, or people from wealthy families or merchants who were shopping, everyone gathered around him at once.
"Is this live fish really worth six cents a pound?" A chubby middle-aged man wearing silk asked, pointing to the bucket full of live fish.
"Yes, I am a good boy, and all the live fish cost six cents a pound." Li Qiao replied with a smile.
He recognized who it was.
This is Shopkeeper Wang from Wangyue Tower in the county town. I have gone to Wangyue Tower for drinks several times, so I recognize this Shopkeeper Wang.
"Then I want this bucket. You can weigh it."
Shopkeeper Wang pointed to one of the big buckets and said.
The guy behind him had a bucket specially used to hold fish.
"Okay." Li Qiao's hands and feet were very fast: "The total is fifty-eight and a half kilograms. After erasing the fraction of half a kilogram, based on the six cents per catty, the total is three hundred and forty-eight cents."
Shopkeeper Wang nodded and had no objection to this number. He quickly counted out three hundred and forty-eight copper coins from his purse.
Li Qiao took the copper plate and said with a smile: "Let's go. Welcome to come back tomorrow."
"Are you coming tomorrow?" Shopkeeper Wang asked.
It was so cheap and it was a live fish, it was hard for him not to be tempted.
"I'll be here in the next few days." Li Qiao answered firmly, grabbing the coins.
This business without capital can bring in pretty good money.
"Okay. If there are still live fish tomorrow, then I want it." Shopkeeper Wang said and left with his waiter.
As soon as Shopkeeper Wang left, the other aunts and ladies who were waiting to buy fish, as well as the buyers, all started talking, asking Li Qiao to sell it to them first.
This young man not only set the price low, but also zeroed it out! There is no need to worry about selling this fish. They are afraid that they will not be able to buy it if they move too slowly.
"We all have a share, come one by one, don't worry. Even if you can't buy it today, there is still tomorrow. I will come again tomorrow."
Li Qiao had a gentle smile on her delicate face, holding a scale in one hand and catching fish in the other.
He is handsome, has a smile, and has a bookish air about him. Although he is selling fish at this time, this does not affect his outstanding temperament.
Everyone looked at him and lowered their voices involuntarily.
So, everything went smoothly next.
The live fish in the bucket and the dead fish in the basket were sold very fast. In less than half an hour, both the bucket and the basket were empty.
But his purse is full.
A total of 330 kilograms of fish, 280 kilograms of live fish, and 50 kilograms of dead fish, plus zeros, finally got a total of 1,905 copper coins.
Carrying a heavy bag of money, Li Qiao pushed the cart into the county town.
He went to the county town to buy things. He didn't have to pay a penny in tax, he could just go in directly.
After working all morning, he was already hungry. He first spent twenty cents to buy ten meat buns as big as his fist and without any meat, and then went to the blacksmith shop while eating.
He was going to hit some scythes.
The owner of the blacksmith shop is an old man in his fifties, surnamed Chen. After hearing Li Qiao's request, he directly stretched out five fingers: "One of your sickles can hold up two ordinary sickles, and the minimum is five hundred coins." money."
"No problem, I'll get three first. I want it urgently and I want to get it the day after tomorrow. I can pay for the expedited fee."
"If you want to rush, one hand will cost you twenty more cents. Three handfuls will cost you sixty cents, which is a total of one thousand five hundred and sixty cents. You pay half of the deposit first, which is seven hundred and eighty cents."
Old man Chen quickly gave the amount of money Li Qiao needed to pay at this time.
Li Qiao counted out 780 coins from the money bag, took the note that Old Man Chen had fingerprinted, and then pushed the cart away.
After deducting the money for the scythe, Li Qiao still had 325 copper coins left in his hand.
He started shopping for daily necessities.
For example, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, soap locust, etc.
He also bought the candy promised to Li Xiaolan.
However, the price of sugar shocked him.
Maltose actually costs 200 yuan per pound.
Cane sugar is more expensive because there is no cane sugar produced locally and all the cane sugar sold is shipped from other places, so it costs 350 cash per pound.
The price was so expensive, but Li Qiao still spent a hundred cash to buy half a catty of maltose.
Before leaving, he went to the bun shop and bought thirty meat buns, which cost him sixty cents.
He put all the various items he bought on the cart, pushed the cart, and swayed toward Sanliu Village.
It was already evening when we arrived at Sanliu Village.
He went to Li Liang's house first.
Only Li Xiaolan was at home, while Li Liang, Wang Guihua, and Li Xiaolan's three brothers were all busy in the wheat field.
Li Qiao left half a catty of maltose and ten meat buns - the other twenty were his lunch and dinner, and then returned home.
After I got home, my whole body was really sore.
If he wasn't a superpower, he wouldn't be able to do this kind of work.
After cooking porridge and eating five steamed buns, he fell asleep quickly.
After sleeping for two hours, he got up at 11:30 in the night just like last night. He first ate the remaining five buns, then went to the river to catch fish and then went to the county town to sell them.
Today's business was still going well. Shopkeeper Wang came again. After selling all the fish, he had 1,900 copper coins in his pocket.
He pushed the cart into the county town, bought steamed buns and maltose, and headed back.
It was just five o'clock when we arrived at Sanliu Village.
He did not rest, but carried the basket on his back and followed the foot of the mountain, bypassing the village path, avoiding the villagers and going to the wasteland in the northwest corner.
As he thought, Tao Zhu was cutting wheat with a sickle.
However, Tao Zhu did not bend down to cut, but sat on the ground and waved the sickle.
Sitting down to cut wheat is not as fast as bending down, but Tao Zhu no longer bends down. There is only one possibility: he is too tired and can no longer bend down.
Li Qiao frowned and walked over quickly.
When he was still more than twenty meters away from Tao Zhu, he shouted: "Brother Zhu!"
Tao Zhu suddenly heard the sound, paused, and looked towards the source of the sound.
Seeing Li Qiao's slightly thin but slender figure, he couldn't help but tighten his hand holding the sickle. The day before yesterday, this man only said that he would not come again yesterday, and did not say anything about today.
It was getting dark at this time, and he thought that this person would not come today or even in the future...
Li Qiao quickly ran to Tao Zhu. He put down his backpack and took out five meat buns and two pieces of maltose wrapped in oil paper.
"Eat quickly. I'll cut the rest for you."
Tao Zhu did not pick it up, but looked at him with a pair of moist eyes.
"Eat it. Although it's cold, the buns still taste good." Li Qiao urged: "It's getting dark soon. I'll cut some for you."
"...No, just rest."
There were a lot of red bloodshot eyes in this man's eyes, which showed that he had not rested well.
Tao Zhu said: "Sit down and tell me about selling fish. I have never been to the county town before."
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Explain the price of maltose. Wheat and glutinous rice are needed to make maltose, but as for the ratio of wheat to glutinous rice, some say it is one to three, and some say one to ten. I have not done it myself, so I will take the middle number and calculate it according to one to eight. The price was set at two hundred cents per pound based on the cost.
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"I can cut wheat and talk about selling fish at the same time."
Li Qiao didn't notice Tao Zhu's thoughts and wanted to get the sickle.
"But I'm tired, I just want to sit." Tao Zhu simply put the sickle in his arms.
"...Okay." Li Qiao could only agree.
Only then did Tao Zhu take the buns and maltose.
"I'm very good at catching fish. Even in the dark, I can catch a lot by moonlight... I set the price low, live fish cost six cents per catty... I got 1,905 copper coins on the first day."
Upon hearing this number, Tao Zhu, who was quietly chewing on the buns, suddenly widened his eyes. Why did he also tell him how much money he earned?
Li Qiao's words continued: "After I closed the stall, I went into the county town and bought steamed buns, maltose..."
He also detailed his expenses.
While talking, he observed Tao Zhu's expression.
He felt a little uneasy.
He has always spent money lavishly and was generous to the people around him, but Tao Zhu was used to a tight life, and he was afraid that he would have differences with Tao Zhu in terms of consumption views.
Unexpectedly, after hearing what he said, Tao Zhu nodded slightly: "You are busy from early morning to morning, so you should eat more. Your eldest brother treats you more affectionately than his own son, so you should buy some steamed buns and candies."
"But why did you buy the sickle?"
