Just as he was talking, Wang Ergou happily pushed his family's cart, humming that he couldn't find the tune, and soon came to Yu's melon field.
Looking at the watermelons piled up on the ground, Wang Er Gouzi showed his jagged teeth happily, and said with a smile, "Oh! I thought I came early. I didn't expect you to be much earlier than me! What's the matter?" It's something I can do, just tell me... By the way, this is my watermelon credit yesterday, a total of fifty-four taels, right!"
Yu Xiaocao took the money and returned his IOU to him. Seeing how happy he was that he couldn't find Bei, she asked with a smile, "Is the business good yesterday? I hope you are happy!"
Wang Ergou narrowed his eyes with a smile, and nodded again and again: "Lucky yesterday, a ship of the official family docked, and the steward who came to pick up the ship almost wrapped up my twenty or so watermelons. Hehe I made a net profit of more than 30 taels from their family alone! The remaining few were sold out in no time!"
Yesterday, it was Wang Ergou's first business in more than 30 years. His wife was worried, so she followed her to the pier with her belly still not too obvious.
At the beginning, most of the docks were cargo ships. Except for a well-informed steward who recognized watermelons, the others at most gathered around to take a look curiously. When they asked how much the price would be, they gave up the idea.
No business came to the door for a long time, Wang Ergou was a little anxious, and wanted to go to the town to sell instead. Ergou's daughter-in-law stopped him, and said: "How can business be successful without a certainty? Look at Xiaolian over there, doesn't she only get busy after dinner? Wait and see, Xiaocao said, as long as the market is opened, You won't have to worry about it in the future. What you lack is that patience!"
Wang Ergou didn't want his wife to run around with him, so he suppressed the anxiety in his heart and yelled at the passers-by: "Watermelon, big and sweet watermelon! No sweet, no money!!"
The hard work paid off, and his watermelon opened in a short time! The one I bought was the manager of "Qingyao Commercial Firm", one of the four major commercial firms. The chief steward has traveled far and wide and has seen a lot of knowledge. He was surprised to see that there are watermelons for sale in this season. He tried to buy one, opened it and tasted it on the spot, he was stunned by the sweet taste.
Originally, he planned to lower the price and wrap up all the watermelons, but Wang Ergou was reluctant to part with the profits, and the chief manager brought back too many goods this time, and there was really no room for watermelons. He had no choice but to give up, but he still bought two more, ready to take them back for his master to taste.
Everything is difficult at the beginning. After the watermelon market opened, Wang Ergou thought happily with the fifteen taels of silver he just got. If this continues, the cost can be recovered by selling a dozen watermelons, and the remaining ten or so are purely earned...
At this moment, an official ship stopped and docked! It is said that a high official from the south brought his family back to Beijing to report on his duties! The Ming Dynasty had less strict requirements for women, so the family members who had been on the boat for nearly a month walked around to breathe fresh air as soon as they landed.
The official's six-year-old daughter heard Wang Ergou's yelling at the top of her throat, so she came to him accompanied by a maid, looked curiously at the big and round watermelon on the wheelbarrow, and pouted. mouth, said: "You are lying, the watermelon is not that big! The watermelon I have eaten is only this big!"
The little loli compared the size with her hands, and stared at her big round eyes, looking innocent and cute. Wang Ergou couldn't help but think of the child in his wife's belly. If it was a girl, would it be so beautiful? (If you think too much, as long as you have the virtues, if the girl follows you, that is the scene of the car accident!)
Wang Ergou bent down patiently, squeezed out the most kind smile, and said softly: "Miss, what I sell is a big watermelon! It's big, sweet and juicy, definitely not deceiving!"
Little Lolita thought about it seriously, and said crisply: "Then I have to taste it first before paying. You just said that if it's not sweet, you don't need money!"
Wang Ergou scratched his head, reluctantly picked the smallest watermelon from the cart, wiped the knife he brought over with a new cotton cloth, and then opened the watermelon. The maid saw that the cotton cloth was quite clean, so she didn't say anything.
Little Lolita took a bite of the watermelon gracefully, and immediately cried out: "Wow! It's really sweet!! It's delicious!! Xiaomei, pay! Can you—can you help me deliver the watermelon over there? I I want my mother and brothers to try it too!"
"Okay!" Wang Ergou collected three taels of silver, picked up the remaining half of the unopened watermelon in one hand, and picked up the leftovers of the little loli, and followed the little girl towards the pier .
Little Lolita's brothers, seeing the bright red flesh, were both surprised and curious, so they couldn't help but took a piece and tasted it. The watermelon watered with Lingshi water has absolutely no taste. Rao is an official family member who has eaten watermelon countless times, and has never eaten such a delicious watermelon.
Seeing that his wife, concubines and children were having a good time, little Luoli's father waved his hand and bought fifteen large watermelons from Wang Ergou. In this season, watermelon is definitely a rare item, and it is also very attractive as a gift!
In this way, more than half of the watermelons brought by Wang Ergou went away in one go! Later, several passenger ships came one after another, and the few watermelons he had left were also sold out. After careful calculation, more than 20 watermelons were sold for nearly one hundred taels of silver, and the profit alone was more than forty taels!
Wang Ergou has never seen so much money in his life! In the past, I was forced by my wife to do odd jobs. I worked so hard every day, at most dozens of pennies, and earning a tael of silver in a month was a lot. But today, he just yelled a few times, and earned a full forty taels of silver, which was worth the income of several years ago!
"Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law! Pinch me quickly, I'm not dreaming!!" Wang Ergou was so excited that tears filled his eyes, he carefully stuffed the money into his bosom with trembling hands, took his wife's hand and put it on his arm.
Ergou's daughter-in-law couldn't calm down either. With tears in her eyes, she patted the man lightly, and stroked his belly that was not too obvious. With this income, I will not have to worry about raising children in the future.
Ergou's daughter-in-law was born in a poor family, otherwise she would not have married someone like Wang Ergou. Hunger has always been the shadow of her childhood. There are eight brothers and sisters in her family, and only her two brothers and her survived.
After marriage, although the man is not in tune, he loves his wife. Although the life is a bit bitter, it is much better than when I was in my mother's house. I thought that this kind of hard life would never end, but they didn't expect the time to turn around. They got to know Yu Hai's family, and they took care of them many times, and even gave the couple a chance to make money.
Her child will no longer be like she was when she was a child, drink water and bear it when she is hungry, and endure it by herself when she is sick...
"Daughter-in-law! I'll cut off half a catty of meat to make up for you!" Wang Ergou now has money, and his waist is straighter than before.
Ergou's daughter-in-law glared at him, confiscated all the money, and said softly: "We still owe Brother Dahai and his family's melon money! The rest is not enough for melon batches tomorrow, so why don't you go to give it to me tomorrow?" You owe your face on credit?"
Wang Ergou chuckled, and said, "I'm planning to push more watermelons over tomorrow! I'm afraid the remaining money may not be enough to pay for melons... Why don't you just pay on credit again!"
Ergou's daughter-in-law shook her head and said, "It's because I met a big client today, otherwise I don't know when it will be sold! I think, tomorrow I will be called melons according to the money I earned today, and it's okay to earn less!"
Wang Ergou also knew the truth that "meal should be eaten bite by bite, and money should be earned bit by bit", so he listened to his wife's words: "Brother Dahai, let's weigh it according to forty taels of silver today! The big one weighs twenty taels, Twelve each of the medium and small ones…”
"Okay!" Yu Hai helped to weigh the watermelon, watched Er Gou handing over the money in a slightly shy manner, and said with a smile, "Yo! The business was good yesterday, and I made a lot of money!"
"Hey! Where is it! It's just a profit of more than 40 taels, which is incomparable to you, Brother Dahai! You pulled two full carts of watermelons over yesterday!" Wang Ergou suppressed the pride in his heart and smiled. But couldn't help showing it.
Liu Pei, who helped load the cart, saw that a cart could earn more than forty taels a day. If they loaded a carriage to Fucheng, wouldn't they be able to earn at least one hundred taels a trip? With such a calculation in mind, Liu Pei's heart became even more difficult to calm down.
At this moment, the Zhou family brought over the carriage that Xiaocao had borrowed. Liu Pei and Liu Han brothers discussed and decided to set off immediately to transport the watermelon to Fucheng overnight.
Xiaocao also felt that they were driving a carriage and transporting a load of watermelons, which would definitely not be as fast as her godfather's speed, so she asked the two uncles to set off first, and agreed on a place to meet her godfather tomorrow.
A few people quickly filled a cart of watermelons. They had to drive the carriage to Tanggu Town first, and then walked a long official road before arriving at Fucheng. If we set off now, it is estimated that it will be difficult to arrive before the gate of Fucheng is closed.
Xiaocao prepared dry food, water and some cold-resistant clothes for the two uncles. Although it is almost the end of spring, the nights in the north are still a bit cool. The uncles are likely to sleep in the open, so what if they don't wear warm clothes
The two cars of Xiaocao's family set off with the Liu Pei brothers. Xiaocao was driving the donkey cart, and Yu Hai was driving the carriage that his family had just bought a few days ago. Fortunately, the horses picked by Shao Zhou are good-natured and can be handled even by novices.
The melon shop opened yesterday, and Yu Hai stayed in the field to watch the melons, but was unable to witness the lively scene at that time. When Xiaocao came back and said, he felt itchy in his heart, and regretted not seeing the hot scene of Guapu with his own eyes. Today, I have to go to the town with whatever I say.
How to say, he is also the father of the owner of the shop, at least he is considered half the owner, right? If he doesn't help his daughter to check, he will feel uneasy. So, today Liu Shi was left to watch melons in the field during the day, and he came back to take over at night.
Those who went with the car were the eldest aunt Han who came to help, and the grandmother Yao who was fooled by Xiaocao to "see and see"...
When she arrived in the town, Xiaocao found many people gathered in front of her melon shop, thinking that something happened in the shop! After the melon shop closed yesterday, only Li Li was left alone in the shop to look after it. Fang Fangzhen and Wu Yun went to the pier, while Xiaocao returned to Dongshan Village. Could it be that the business was so good yesterday that it caught the attention of some people, so today you are looking for faults
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There is a performance on May Day, and I have to rehearse every day. I am exhausted! It’s been several days without code words, save the manuscript, it’s bottomed out again...