Chapter 10 Make money, go shopping
Gu Shuixiu thought about it and smiled deeper on her face. Dong Chenghu gave her courage and spoke a lot harder. "Customer, how are you planning to buy it? If you only buy pork, it will cost 35 cents per pound. If you want to buy a whole pig, it will cost 30 cents per pound."
Dong Chenghu was completely stunned when he heard this. Why did Shui Xiu say the price so high? Will it scare people away? The man in Jinyi frowned. Dong Chenghu thought to himself, it's over, it seems that he scared people away.
"It costs 45 cents per pound for such a big mountain pig in Tianranju. It is indeed not expensive, but how can I be sure that this mountain pig is fresh?"
The man in Jinyi's words made Gu Shuixiu see Yinzi wave in front of her, and immediately asked Dong Chenghu to cut a big hole in the scene.
"Keep, this pig has been dead for less than a day. You see that the blood in the pig's body is still bright and has not solidified. If this is not new, we have nothing to do.
What's more, we hunted and sent it out immediately, without delaying for a moment, just to earn more hard money and ensure that we won't cheat you."
The man in brocade squinted his eyes and looked at Gu Shuixiu, nodding in admiration, "The girl is really smart. She has to buy this pig for the hard money of the girl. Can you help me deliver the pig to the mansion?"
Dong Chenghu nodded suddenly, "No problem, we'll give it to you now."
Gu Shuixiu and Dong Chenghu happily followed the man in brocade clothes. Before leaving, they did not forget to give the aunt five pieces of copper coins, thanking her for her help.
The aunt wanted to refuse, but Gu Shuixiu ran away. The vendor next to her said enviously: "It turns out that kindness will be rewarded. In this time, five more copper plates will be added. You can cut some meat and go back to improve the food."
Gu Shuixiu and his wife followed the middle-aged man to turn several streets and finally entered a quiet alley.
The middle-aged man stopped at a back door and slapped twice. A middle-aged woman opened the door vigilantly. Seeing that it was the middle-aged man, she immediately said respectfully: "Butler Zhang, you are back, come in quickly."
Dong Chenghu followed behind him with a wild boar. The middle-aged woman looked at Gu Shuixiu and his wife, and a hint of contempt flashed in her eyes.
"At this time, you can just carry the wild mountain boar in and put it in. This is nine taels of silver, you can collect it. Next time if there is such wild game, I will send it here. I will remind Aunt Li, who is guarding the door, that she will bring you to see me."
Butler Zhang politely sent Dong Chenghu and his wife out.
Aunt Li asked in confusion: "Butler Zhang, this poor couple is not worth your personal gift, you are too proud of them."
Aunt Li wanted to say something, but received a stern warning from Butler Zhang.
"Be careful that disaster comes from the mouth. You are not qualified to discuss what I do. Beware me in the future. If this couple comes to sell wild game again, go and notify me. If they are neglected, you don't have to stay in the Zhang Mansion."
Aunt Li was shocked and quickly admitted her mistake and did not dare to say anything else.
Gu Shuixiu was in a very good mood with Jiuliangjin, and she started humming songs when she walked.
Dong Chenghu had not yet come back from the huge surprise, his face was a little slight, "This Linhai County is indeed different from our place. I just thought that Butler Zhang would think we were expensive, but they thought it was cheap. Do rich people nowadays don't regard money as money?"
Dong Chenghu looked puzzled.
"This is not something we should worry about. It is the first time I have seen so much money when I grow up. Let's go and buy things quickly?"
Dong Chenghu followed the excited Gu Shuixiu, "Shuixiu, I'm not giving you thirty taels, why haven't you seen so much money?"
"That's different. Those thirty taels were saved by you with great effort. These nine taels of silver are half my credit, different." Gu Shuixiu pouted and said seriously.
Dong Chenghu murmured, "It's not all yours." Worried that Gu Shuixiu would hear it, he quickly took her to the street to buy things.
Although the two made a lot of money, Linhai County's things were also more expensive. The two ran several shops in the streets and alleys, and finally bought a relatively cost-effective iron pot and kitchen knife in a small iron shop deep in the alley.
Gu Shuixiu saw that although the shop was small, it was a sparrow, even axes and hoes, and immediately asked Dong Chenghu to buy another hoe, a sickle, a machete, and a sharp knife, which could be used to defend himself.
The iron pot costs 800 papers, the kitchen knife costs 500 papers, the hoe costs 500 papers, the sickle costs 200 papers, the machete costs 200 papers, and the knife costs 100 papers. In this way, two or three hundred papers were gone at once. Gu Shuixiu's hands were shaking when she paid the money, and she sighed in her heart, "The money is really not enough to spend."
After leaving the blacksmith shop, the two went to the grocery store and bought some lard, salt, sugar, wine, kerosene lamps, clay pots, bowls and chopsticks, and simple toiletries. The grocery store also sells pancreas for bathing.
When Dong Chenghu saw that Gu Shuixiu had been studying the pancreas, she thought she liked it, so she generously bought two.
Gu Shuixiu felt a little fucked and wanted to scold Dong Chenghu for being a loser. Seeing Dong Chenghu smiling, she swallowed the words again.
The work was so happy that my eyes narrowed into a line. This piece of pancreas was not cheap, it cost 150 cents. Unexpectedly, these two people were so poor that they could afford such expensive items.
After leaving the grocery store, Gu Shuixiu went to another seven hundred cents. Now she spent three taels of silver.
Gu Shuixiu thought of buying clothes and food, so she grabbed her purse in an instant.
"Chenghu, we have to buy grain and bowls and chopsticks later. I want to buy some more seeds. Maybe we can also open fields in our place, so we always have to try it. There are also clothes and bedding, all of which have to be rebuilt. In this way, we don't know if the money is enough, so we can't spend all the money. We always have to save some emergency use..."
Gu Shuixiu chanted in Dong Chenghu's ears for a long time. Dong Chenghu was not impatient, but instead listened with relish. He cherished this breath of life very much.
"It's okay, if the money is not enough, I will go hunting and change the money." With this precedent, Dong Chenghu found that he suddenly became clear and his heart became more and more clear, and he was more sure that Gu Shuixiu could live a good life.
The two of them walked around for a few times and finally asked about a more civilian cloth shop.
The waiter in the store did not show any disgust when he saw Gu Shuixiu and the others. Instead, he treated them enthusiastically.
"Customer, I don't know what you want to buy? We are now selling a batch of damp cotton cloth at a low price. Do you want to take a look? If you don't like it, we also have new linen cloth, and the color and texture are the first ones in our Linhai County."
When the children see Gu Shuixiu and his wife are not wearing well, they try to recommend cheap and durable fabrics to them.
Chapter completed!