Xu Ling was smart and didn't quote the price himself. He couldn't help but use the prices in his previous life to estimate the prices here. From his point of view, it was worth selling such good-quality pears at a higher price.
But now that he is both a buyer and a seller, he naturally hopes to buy cheaply and sell at a high price.
Mrs. Li thought for a while, "I don't know what price I should give you. You are a kind-hearted person, and you are pitiful when you give Hutou those dates. We have too many pears here, and we can't sell them at a good price, but this Ship merchants from other places come to harvest the pears from the tree every year!"
"They gave me two cents per pound, you--" Mrs. Li hesitated. She wanted to give Xu Ling a cheaper price, but she couldn't bear to part with the extra money she could make. When the yield of this tree was high, it could produce up to Having hundreds or thousands of catties of pears can add a lot of income to the family! After thinking about it for a while, she continued: "You can also give me two cents!"
To be fair, the price is indeed low! Xu Ling has the great weapon of space, and things will not rot. If he has money, it will not be a problem to wrap these pears!
But he has no money!
Xu Ling couldn't help feeling a little melancholy. He looked at the other pear trees in the backyard and asked, "What about the pears on the other trees? How to sell them?"
Mrs. Li said: "One penny per catty."
Although the pears on other trees are not bad, they are no different from those of other people outside. At this price, she doesn't lose anything, and she doesn't make anything.
"But the pears on the other trees don't seem to be ripe either."
Xu Ling was also in trouble. He thought about it: "Are there as many pear trees in other places nearby as you have here?"
Mrs. Li shook her head, "Small, but there are some. Pears are not a rare thing."
The problem lies here, things are rare and valuable, and no matter how many good things there are, they are no longer rare.
Xu Ling was still unwilling to give up like this, so he simply asked Mrs. Li to give him a few more days. After three days, he would come back to buy pears. If he collected enough money, he would buy pears from that good pear tree.
If you are short of money, buy pears from other trees.
Mrs. Li agreed.
After leaving Lijiazhuang, Xu Ling walked back to the town on two legs. Although it was far away from home, there was not much difference in general, except that there were more hills and hills.
Xu Ling has been busy for most of the day. If there was a pedometer in this world, he would have walked at least 20,000 steps by now. The shoes that were fine when he went out are now worn out.
He was still starving to death, and he was reluctant to spend money on good food. In the end, he spent three yuan to buy two steamed buns, and ate the last few dates and the spring water in the space to satisfy his hunger.
Xu Ling was still thinking about how to make money. It was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, not to mention that she was not a clever woman. She had quite a lot of ideas in her mind, but when she finally thought about the reality, she had to give up.
In the end, Xu Ling stopped wasting time with his random thoughts and chose to go to the pier to carry his bags.
There is a dock in Qinghe Town, which is quite big. Shipping is a common thing here. Businessmen, travelers visiting friends and relatives, and poor workers making a living are all busy.
Xu Ling first went to the foreman and asked if he could find him a job.
As a result, when the foreman saw Xu Ling, he immediately said disdainfully: "With your small body, can you do it?"
Xu Ling is over 1.7 meters tall, which is not too short, but he is so skinny that he has all the ribs in his body. He has spent all the borrowed money on gambling. He relies on stealing to eat. If he cannot steal, he will starve. Such a lazy person can How fat is that?
Xu Ling sneered: "Foreman, don't look at me thin, I have plenty of strength."
The foreman didn't bother to talk to a desperate man like him. He directly stopped the worker carrying the bag and asked him to put the things down. Then he said to Xu Ling: "You try to move it."
Xu Ling took a full breath to move it, and almost broke his waist. Just like that, the package of unknown items only moved a little.
The foreman and the worker both laughed and told Xu Ling that the bag was filled with soil. The yellow mud kiln in Qinghe Town was good, and other places specially came here to buy yellow mud. A bag weighed more than a hundred kilograms.
Seeing that they were not bad-tempered, Xu Ling boldly asked how much they would pay for carrying them for the day.
The foreman said: "If you can do it, you can carry it more than ten times a day, which will cost you about a hundred cents!"
Sure enough, construction sites have been very profitable since ancient times, but the money is not that easy to earn. It is not like this work every day, and the more you work, the more you eat. These workers need to eat ten or twenty cents of food a day.
The man continued to carry the bag. Xu Ling took out a few red dates from the bag and handed it to the foreman. He first established a good relationship and then asked questions.
"Where is this boat of mud going to be transported? Can you take people with you? How much will it cost for someone like me to take the boat?"
The foreman was chewing crispy dates one by one. He was in a good mood and was willing to answer Xu Ling's questions: "This boat is going to Lingbao Town. It can be reached in half a day if you take a boat with the current. It can take people. There are people on it. , pull goods down below, if you want to get cheaper, go and tell the captain, it won’t cost much to sit in the warehouse below!”
Xu Ling quickly asked, "What kind of place is Lingbao Town?"
The foreman said: "It's a great place. There are many academies and temples, there are a lot of people, and there are flower boats and brothels everywhere. Anyway, it's much better than ours!"
Just as he was talking, he saw a man carrying something fell down. He didn't want to continue chatting with Xu Ling, so he quickly ran over to see the situation.
Xu Ling ran around again to find the bow of the ship. After asking, he learned that the ship would leave in two hours and would reach Lingbao Town in the middle of the night. He only needed to pay him fifteen cents to sit in the warehouse below.
Really cheap.
Xu Ling hurriedly ran back to the market, spent eight cents on a large woven basket, and then ran back to Lijiazhuang without stopping. Mrs. Li was surprised to see him leaving and returning so quickly.
Xu Ling didn't explain much. He only kept the money for the boat trip and left over 120 Wen to buy 70 kilograms of pears.
Seeing that he couldn't fit the basket, Mrs. Li found a cloth bag from home and lent it to him to put it in. The extra pears were a good addition.
Watching Xu Ling leave with a basket of pears and a bag of pears on his back, Mrs. Li couldn't help but shook her head and said, "This child can really endure hardships!"
If Xu Ling heard this, he would definitely retort, who would be willing to endure hardship if he could enjoy happiness!
Fortunately, when he left the village and went to a deserted place, he was able to put his things into the space and travel lightly. Xu Ling hurried back to the dock.
When he ran back, the ship was about to leave. Xu Ling quickly boarded the ship, paid the money, and was led to the cargo hold.
He was not the only one in the cargo hold, there were many poor people who looked like him, or workers carrying bags, resting and joking inside.
They bought food from near the pier for dinner to satisfy their hungry stomachs after a busy day.
Xu Ling heard that someone had bought braised pork dishes and a bottle of wine, and had a great time eating and drinking.
He swallowed, took out a pear from the baggage he carried with him, and took a big bite of it as if to vent his anger!
Damn it, these days I have either been eating dates or steamed buns and pears. He has been here for so long and has not eaten any meat except unpalatable fish!
When he gets rich, he wants to eat roast chicken! Eat roast duck! Chew the pork knuckle!
