Chapter 63(1/2)
At dawn, Leng Yingchun made wild vegetable steamed buns. She tasted one and it tasted pretty good.
So I packed it up with confidence, and also brought a pot, water, wooden boards, wooden shelves and firewood to heat up the buns when I planned to sell them.
When everything was ready, Leng Yingchun called Qin Xiaoxiao.
Qin Xiaoxiao wanted to continue sleeping, but she had to get up when she thought of how she had asked Leng Yingchun to wake her up last night.
Leng Yinghuan jumped off the roof. He liked to practice martial arts on it, it was spacious and comfortable.
After breakfast, they got on the carriage and prepared to go to Lucheng.
Since the carriage contained too much stuff and could not accommodate the whole family, Leng Yingchun asked Leng Zhengsheng to stay at home.
Leng Zhengsheng agreed without wanting to see anyone else.
The three of them went to Lucheng with great interest and found an empty space in the market to stop the carriage.
When the spring comes, we separate the wooden boards, fix the pot, light a fire underneath, and steam the vegetable buns inside.
Qin Xiaoxiao put the garlic loach aside and sat down.
Leng Yinghuan arranged the agricultural products and sat with Qin Xiaoxiao watching the people coming and going.
Qin Xiaoxiao listened to the shouts around her and didn't know what to do, so she looked at Leng Yinghuan and said, "Shout!"
"I don't know how to shout!" Leng Yinghuan couldn't shout.
"I don't know how! Yingchun, what should I do?" Qin Xiaoxiao looked at Leng Yingchun asking for help.
"It's okay, I'll come!" Leng Yingchun cheered and shouted to everyone.
"Come, come, take a look, take a look, freshly baked wild vegetable buns, sold at a cheap price, sold at a cheap price, purely handmade, genuine garlic loach, crunchy and crispy, no deception!"
This shout attracted a lot of people.
The first thing that attracted them was the garlic loach.
"You can have a taste and buy it if it suits you!" Leng Yingchun generously gave each of the onlookers a loach.
They tasted it and found that it was quite delicious, but their wallets didn't allow it, so they left most of it.
"Stop!" Qin Xiaoxiao wanted to stop them, but was pushed aside by them.
"Hmph, being greedy and not buying is too much!" Qin Xiaoxiao waved her hands and stamped her feet coquettishly.
"Businesses cannot be done without righteousness, so let's try to be familiar with them first!" Leng Yingchun was very optimistic.
Fortunately, the garlic loach was quickly picked up by the chef of a teahouse on the street, and he bought it for five taels of silver without even negotiating the price.
After selling out the garlic loach, Leng Yingchun started selling agricultural products based on what he heard in the past.
"Take a look, there's a big sale on agricultural products all over the place, every coin is a coin, you can't buy it and suffer a loss, you can't be cheated!"
"Xueyun, you are so good at shouting!" Qin Xiaoxiao admired Leng Yingchun's ability to adapt to situations, but she just couldn't say those words.
Just when everyone thought there would be many people buying handmade agricultural products, the onlookers just took a look and left.
I have no desire to buy at all.
"Hey, don't leave. Take another look. My uncle compiled these himself and spent a lot of time!"
Qin Xiaoxiao watched the people leave and chased after them, trying to use words to persuade them to stop for a while. She believed they could reach a deal if they just took another look.
But the people didn't buy it at all.
Some people thought that the compilation was not good-looking, so Leng Yingchun picked it up and observed it carefully. The outline was clear, exquisite and detailed. Although it was not as good as a piece of art, it was not much worse, and it could not be said to be ugly.
Some people said the price was too expensive, so Qin Xiaoxiao wanted to ask. A basket is worth a copper plate, which is the lowest price in history. How expensive can it be?
"Stop fussing, let's take it back!" Leng Yinghuan went to sort out the agricultural products.
Looking at the people drifting away, Qin Xiaoxiao sat down frustrated and looked at Leng Yingchun pitifully, "No one wants me, what should I do?"
"It doesn't matter, it means the market is not here!" Leng Yingchun was very optimistic, "When the wild vegetable buns are sold out, we will walk around and we can always sell some."
"Okay!" Qin Xiaoxiao was slightly pleased and followed Leng Yinghuan to sort out the agricultural products.
Seeing the uninterested people coming and going, Leng Yingchun determinedly set the price of the wild vegetable steamed buns at a very low price, which was equivalent to half selling and half giving away. This also attracted some people who were greedy for cheap, and they were sold out before noon.
After counting carefully, there were only thirty copper coins. Leng Yingchun couldn't laugh or cry. She must have been the worst deal in history.
"Yingchun, with this kind of deal, we will all suffer from the northwest wind!" Qin Xiaoxiao became bored when she saw such a small amount of money.
"Everything is difficult at the beginning. 'As long as you work hard, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle.' We bravely took the first step and took it step by step. We will definitely make progress in the future." Leng Yingchun likes this kind of challenge.
Qin Xiaoxiao is not as optimistic as Leng Yingchun, she just wants to make big money.
Leng Yingchun didn't comfort Qin Xiaoxiao too much. Her focus was on the rice fields, and business was just a side job. It didn't matter if she couldn't make big waves. It would be nice to make a little money.
"Yingchun, where are we going now?" Leng Yinghuan had already packed everything and put it in the carriage.
"Let's go to the ferry!" Leng Yingchun had an idea in mind.
"Yingchun, what are we doing there?" Qin Xiaoxiao disapproved of Leng Yingchun's luck-taking approach.
"I don't have a clue anyway, so I might as well go take a look. The last time I picked up Xiu Gu, my stay was too short and I wasn't paying attention. I might have missed something."
Leng Yingchun put out the firewood, put the planks and pots into the carriage, and let Leng Yinghuan drive the carriage to the ferry.
As they walked forward, they saw many fishermen carrying various baskets filled with fish from the fishing boats. Some of them were in tatters and were mended with vines and used again.
Leng Yingchun looked at the similar baskets on the carriage and felt that it was selling. He asked Leng Yinghuan to stop the carriage, walked to one of the fishing boats, and chatted with a friendly-looking uncle.
The uncle saw that Leng Yingchun still looked like a child. He thought of the children at home and was very kind to her, so he chatted with her for a while.
After learning that she was selling the baskets knitted by her uncle, she bought a few of them as a reward and reminded her to go to Lucheng Grocery Store, where they bought a large amount of sundries and there was no telling if they could sell them at a good price.
After Leng Yingchun thanked him profusely, he took the two of them back to Lucheng, asked someone to ask, and went straight to the grocery store.
It was a street-facing shop filled with various items. A slender bamboo pole raised a sign above the shop door: Hundred Things Shop!
The store owner is a little old man, known as Shen Wanwan, with a pair of shrewd little eyes flashing with calculations. When he heard that Leng Yingchun wanted to sell agricultural products, he became interested and said, "Little girl, I have seen the goods and found that they are suitable. The price is easy to discuss."
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He had already noticed the agricultural products in the carriage and was mentally calculating how much money to give.
Leng Yingchun paid careful attention to his expression when pointing to the carriage, knowing that he was quite satisfied with those things and was thinking about how to price them.
Shen Wanwan walked over and took a look. The agricultural products were delicate and solid, of medium quality. He immediately walked over with a smile on his face and said, "Take it!"
Leng Yingchun was heartbroken when it came to the price. Shen Wanwan's wise eyes flashed and he offered to buy them all for a drop of money.
In the end, after careful consideration, Leng Yingchun decided to sell.
Shen Wanwan readily gave the money and received the goods quickly, and told Leng Yingchun to send them if they had any more goods. The more the better.
Leng Yingchun didn't agree immediately. She felt that there must be more than just a grocery store, and maybe she could sell it to a salesman in the future.
Shen Wanwan didn't force himself, there were plenty of people to deliver the goods to him!
After leaving the grocery store, Qin Xiaoxiao begged Leng Yingchun to take a walk around Lucheng to see if he could meet Fang Yang.
According to Qin Xiaoxiao's wishes, the first place they went to was Li's Mansion.
Qin Xiaoxiao kept banging on the door, "Fang Yang, Fang Yang, come out quickly, we are here to see you."
Leng Yingchun looked at Qin Xiaoxiao quietly with her hands behind her back. She understood how deep Qin Xiaoxiao's feelings were for Fang Yang.
Leng Yinghuan folded her arms and leaned impatiently in front of the carriage, "Yingchun, don't you think it's too much for Xiaoxiao to be in Fang Yang?"
"She really treats Fang Yang as a close sister, but it's a pity that Fang Yang doesn't take her seriously." Leng Yingchun walked over to support Qin Xiaoxiao, "Stop knocking, Fang Yang has moved away, she should have Your own affairs will never appear in front of us again."
Qin Xiaoxiao buried Leng Yingchun's suspicion, "Where did Fang Yang go? Let's go to other places to see if we can meet her? I don't think she will be happy with that old man."
Leng Yingchun held Qin Xiaoxiao's shoulders, "Xiaoxiao, listen to me, Fang Yang has her own life, can we just leave her alone?"
"She is our sworn sister, we must make sure she returns from her lost ways!" Qin Xiaoxiao grabbed Leng Yingchun's shoulders, "Let's go find the master and ask him to issue a reward. We will pay for it, and we must find Fang Yang. Already."
"Xiaoxiao, Master is very busy, how can he have time to take care of you?" Leng Yinghuan couldn't bear it anymore and ran over, "To tell you the truth, Fang Yang is..."
"Huanhuan!" Leng Yingchun stopped Leng Yinghuan from continuing. She felt there was no need to let Qin Xiaoxiao know Fang Yang's true face.
Even if he said it, Qin Xiaoxiao might not believe it.
Leng Yinghuan hummed and returned to the carriage. He would never say anything about Fang Yang again.
"Xiaoxiao, Fang Yang is such an adult, nothing will happen. Let's go home first." Leng Yingchun helped the sad Qin Xiaoxiao get into the carriage.
Qin Xiaoxiao calmed down, probably because she was too tired, and fell asleep in Leng Yingchun's arms after a while.
Leng Yingchun opened the car curtain and looked around, also looking for Fang Yang's shadow.
She even suspected that Fang Yang's departure might be related to the border emergency.
A dignified princess has no right to make independent choices in national affairs and is likely to become a victim of marriage between countries.
She sympathizes with Fang Yang for being reduced to a political tool, and hopes that Fang Yang can escape the fate of getting married.
"Welcoming the Spring Festival, the young men recruited by the government have gathered there, and the county magistrate and the master are talking to boost morale." Leng Yinghuan stopped the carriage.
Leng Yingchun looked around and saw many smiling young people standing in the open space in front of the county government office.
They may think that by going to the battlefield, they can bring income to their families and change their distressed family.
To be continued...