Chapter Eleven: Selling wolf meat and meeting profiteers
When the children heard that Yi Mingxue was taking them to buy new clothes, their first reaction was that they couldn't believe it.
Although the eldest sister has indeed changed a lot in the past two days, her life now is better than she could have dreamed of in the past, and there is no way she dares to expect more.
Although Yi Changle was still angry, she was a girl after all. When she suddenly heard about buying new clothes, half of her body was stretched out.
But she soon thought of her eldest sister's face yesterday, her little face fell down again, and she said stubbornly.
"I'm not going! Don't go either! Be careful of being betrayed by her again."
"Third sister... please don't say that... be careful if the eldest sister hears you!" Yi Qingqing immediately raised his head and looked in the direction of the door.
"Hmph! A cat cries and a mouse shows mercy! The fifth child's legs are broken, how can he get there? She has to carry the meat, and you have to carry the sixth child. Is it possible for me and the fourth child to carry the fifth child away? I won't go through this.
So tired!"
After saying that, he lay back on the kang angrily, facing the wall and ignoring anyone.
Yi Qingqing couldn't talk to her, so he had to turn his attention to his two younger brothers.
Yi Yutang's eyes lit up when he heard that he was going out; but after hearing his third sister's words, he gradually returned to his gloomy state.
"I'm not going either, second sister! Thank you eldest sister for me."
"This..." Yi Qingqing was at a loss for a moment.
Only Yi Baoer jumped for joy when he heard that he was going to the town.
While tucking his two short legs into one trouser leg, he yelled at Yi Qingqing.
"Second sister, sister, hurry up, help me get dressed! Bao'er is going!"
There was no other way, so Yi Qingqing had to pack up Lao Liu and take him out.
Yi Mingxue was not surprised at all when she saw that only three of the five people came.
She found a backpack and put the wolf meat in it, spread two layers of banana leaves up and down, and covered it with a clean white cloth, and then she went out with her three younger siblings.
Their village is very poor and does not even have a decent oxcart, so they can only go to town on foot.
Fortunately, Yi Mingxue has been exercising these past few days, and she can clearly feel that her physical strength is improving rapidly.
The four siblings were talking and laughing, and after walking for less than an hour, they arrived at Fengyun Town.
Fengyun Town is not a prosperous town, there are only two streets in total.
But today happened to be the market, and the streets were crowded with vendors doing business and people coming to buy.
The three radish cubs had their six eyes widened, and they were even curious about the beggar squatting on the roadside.
Yi Mingxue didn't stick to them either. Curiosity is a child's nature.
She also bought a bunch of candied haws for each of them, which made the little ones very happy.
In their memories, they still had snacks several years ago when their grandma was still alive.
Yi Bao'er lay on Yi Qingqing's back, licking her own sugar dates, and said with vague joy, "It's great to have a sister, a big sister..."
Yi Mingxue suppressed the rising corners of her mouth and began to look for opportunities to sell wolf meat.
Liu Er told her yesterday that the price of wolf meat is more expensive than other meat, and there is more lean meat than fat meat.
These days, everyone is in need of meat, so ordinary people will naturally choose the more cost-effective pork and mutton.
Therefore, Yi Mingxue did not stop at the market at all, but went directly to the only restaurant in town - Yunlai Restaurant.
It was not lunch time at this time, and there was still an endless stream of diners at the entrance of the restaurant.
In contrast, the business of a cereal and porridge shop across the street was sluggish.
The two waiters at Yunlai Restaurant were busy greeting customers at the door, while the shopkeeper was crackling the abacus behind the counter.
As soon as Yi Mingxue and others stepped across the threshold, they were stopped by one of the waiters.
"Hey, hey, what are you doing?"
As he spoke, his beady eyes quickly scanned the clothes of several people, and he immediately tilted half of his mouth.
He said disgustedly, "You have to come to Yunlai Restaurant to beg for food? Is this a place where you bumpkins can come?"
As he said that, he wanted to push Yi Qingqing, who was carrying Lao Liu on his back.
Yi Mingxue grabbed his wrist and broke it with his backhand.
"Ah ah ah ah -" The waiter in the shop immediately burst into tears in pain.
Another person immediately came to help, but Yi Mingxue dodged directly.
The movements of several people quickly attracted the shopkeeper's attention.
"Where's the pig slaughter? It's like ghosts crying and wolves howling!" He was interrupted in the middle of the calculation, and his face didn't look good.
But he was obviously more thoughtful than the two waiters.
Although it was expected that Yi Mingxue was just a country girl, she used some brute strength to cause trouble everywhere.
But it's almost dinner time now, so if you send away a few troublemaking country bumpkins, you'll lose more than you gain if they bump into the distinguished guests.
So, he touched his beard and said, "Girl, what can't you say if you have something to say? You have to do it."
Yi Tianlei was an impatient person and immediately stood on tiptoes and retorted loudly, "They were the ones who pushed my second sister first!"
Yi Mingxue protected a few radish cubes behind her and said coldly:
"I originally planned to sell some wild goods..." But now, I don't want to sell anymore.
The shopkeeper looked into the basket on her back, and a shrewd look flashed in his eyes.
"Ah! This is a rare good thing! Girl, you have come to the right place!"
However, he changed the topic and said, "I dare say! Apart from my Yunlai Restaurant, there is no other restaurant in Fengyun Town that would want this thing from you."
Yi Mingxue frowned when she heard this.
Sure enough, I heard him continue, "After all, although this food is good, not many people can afford it, and ordinary restaurants dare not take the risk of losing money!"
"Let's do this. I'll take it as a favor to you. Ten cents a pound, whatever you have at home, I'll take it all! How about it?"
Yi Mingxue sneered in her heart, Ten coins per pound? Not even half the price of pork.
She threw the waiter on the ground with all her strength, "Who are you trying to deceive? Pork is thirty cents, mutton is fifty cents, mountain wolf meat costs eighty cents, and it's still expensive but not marketable! This Yunlai Restaurant is my home.
Black shop?”
"Don't pull me down, I don't want to sell it yet!" As he said this, he turned around and picked up his younger siblings, then turned around and left.
When the two waiters heard that she was here to sell wolf meat, their expressions immediately changed.
Seeing that the duck was about to fly away when he saw the beak, one of the store waiters anxiously approached the shopkeeper.
"Uncle, that is the best mountain wolf meat. Isn't Yuanwai Liu looking for this bite? We can't let this girl run away!"
The shopkeeper smiled contemptuously, "Humph, she will come back. I said no one in Yunlai Town dares to take her meat, no one dares! By then, not to mention ten coins per pound, five coins will be returned
It depends on my mood."
The waiter suddenly understood and praised the shopkeeper for his wisdom.
Although Yi Mingxue had already walked out of the restaurant, her hearing was very sensitive, and she could hear every word of the conversation between the two.
She couldn't help but twitch her nose and let out a cold laugh.
Immediately, she walked to the cereal porridge shop diagonally opposite Yunlai Food Store.
First, he put a handful of copper plates on the chopping board, and then said to the dejected boss inside.
"Brother, are you willing to make a deal with me?"
Chapter completed!