Chapter 39 Encounter on the street
More than 3500 kilograms of chestnuts were purchased in just one day.
Most of the villagers in Yunfeng Village earned a little money by selling chestnuts and went home, and everyone was very happy.
There are also more than a dozen families who cut down their chestnut trees a long time ago because they thought chestnuts were worthless, and they are regretting it now.
From the same village, Aunt Li and Jiang Lin's family did not come to sell chestnuts. It was because Jiang Lin's family broke off the engagement with Qianhuan. Jiang Lin's mother was also a proud person, and she could not lower her head to come and sell chestnuts.
Aunt Li had always been at odds with Liang Laoer's family. They had a quarrel last time because Qianhuan broke off the engagement. She really couldn't bring herself to come to Liang Laoer's house to sell things.
Aunt Li couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If she had known earlier, she would have controlled her mouth and shouldn't have fallen out with Liang Laoer's family.
Nowadays, the villagers make some money from selling chestnuts, and they all go to buy meat to improve the meals for their children. When it comes to cooking time, she can even smell the aroma of meat coming from the house next door.
Her youngest son pulled at the corner of her clothes, swallowed his saliva, and said coquettishly: "Mom, I want to eat meat too."
"Eat, eat, eat. All you do is eat. Why don't you learn from Qianhuan and also find ways to make money?" Aunt Li vented her anger on her son.
"Wow... I don't care. I just want to eat meat. I just want to eat meat..."
"If you don't have money to buy meat, go find your grandma if you want to eat meat." Aunt Li said impatiently.
Zhu sold more than 200 kilograms of chestnuts at Liang Laoer's house and earned more than 200 coins. After she returned home, she immediately complained to Liang Laotai.
"Mom, you don't know how much Qianhuan doesn't take us seriously. After all, the eldest brother is her uncle, and I am her aunt, but she actually made us line up like everyone else."
"This damn girl has grown so independent that she doesn't even know how to respect her elders." Old Mrs. Liang was also very angry when she heard this.
"that is……"
The two of them kept talking back and forth, all about criticizing Qianhua. They didn't even think about who the family relied on to earn more than 200 copper coins.
Others would be grateful for the money they made from selling chestnuts, but these two people hated her family.
"Dad, Mom, the chestnuts have been purchased and we can open the stall tomorrow. Let's get ready now. I'll fry another 5 kilograms of chestnuts and send them to the village head grandfather's house later."
"Okay." The couple responded in unison.
The family of three got busy. Qianhuan went to the kitchen and fried five pounds of sugar-roasted chestnuts and sent them to the headman's house.
When the little grandson of the village head saw Qianhuan bringing chestnuts, he ran over happily immediately. He opened the oil paper package and started peeling and eating.
"Kid, no one is trying to snatch the food from you, so eat slowly!" Old Mrs. Hu looked at her little grandson lovingly.
"Grandma, these sugar-roasted chestnuts are so delicious." Xiao Yuanzi praised sincerely while eating.
"Thank you so much, Qianhua. My little Yuanzi loves the sugar-roasted chestnuts you make."
"Grandma Hu, you're welcome. Grandpa Lizheng has helped my family a lot. If you want to eat more after dinner, just come to my house and let me know. I'll bring it to you when I'm free."
The two exchanged a few more pleasantries and then Qianhuan went home.
The headman's family later learned that they sold sugar-roasted chestnuts for 10 wen per jin in the county town, and 50 jin was 100 wen. Qianhua sent chestnuts to his family twice, which was equivalent to giving wen. They also remembered this favor.
Because she was buying chestnuts at home and had a day off from setting up her stall, Qianhuan thought that she could take 200 kilograms of chestnuts to the county town the next day to try and see if she could sell them all.
As she expected, because there was a day off, people who wanted to eat chestnuts were unable to do so. So the next day business was extremely booming and all 200 kilograms of chestnuts were sold out.
After earning some money and returning home, Qianhuan immediately asked Liu to take 500 copper coins and deliver them to several families who had purchased chestnuts on credit.
The villagers didn't expect that Liang Laoer's family would be so trustworthy. They said they would give the money the next day, and they really delivered it the next day.
When they left the chestnuts at Liang Laoer's house yesterday, they were still a little skeptical. Now that they received the money, they naturally believed in the character of the couple.
The families who received the money were very happy and asked Liu enthusiastically: "Do you still buy chestnuts? I have a few chestnut trees planted on my mountain. If you still want them, I will go and pick them down immediately."
Liu replied one by one: "We don't need it for now. If we need to purchase it later, we will let the head of the village inform everyone."
Qianhuan's family of three go out early and come back late every day. Seeing that the stall business is good, they are all busy making money with great enthusiasm.
On this day, old man Xie from the Xie family fell ill, and Doctor Huang in the village was unable to cure him. So the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the Xie family took a ox cart to take him to the county clinic.
The villagers of Yunfeng Village usually stay in the village to do farm work. If they need to buy something, they go to the town. They rarely have the opportunity to go to the county town.
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family finally came to the county town, so she wanted to go for a walk in the city. It happened that the doctor in the clinic had already diagnosed the pulse of old man Xie and prescribed a prescription, and the medicine boy was helping to boil the medicine.
"Dad, the medicine boy is staying up late for our dad, and I'm just sitting there doing nothing. It's not easy for me to come to the county town, and I want to go for a walk on the street. Mom also asked me to bring some vinegar back for her." The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family was afraid that old man Xie would hear her, so she pulled her husband aside and whispered.
"Okay, go ahead. You have some money in your hand, right?" Boss Xie knew that his wife had rarely been to the county town, so it would be a good idea to let her go and take a look.
"Yes, my mother gave me twenty copper coins. I will go first then."
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family turned around and walked out of the clinic towards East Street. She looked around for most of the day, but apart from buying the vinegar that Mrs. Xie asked her to buy, she basically just looked and didn't buy anything.
Suddenly she saw a long queue at a stall in front of her. She ran over curiously and saw Liang Laoer and his family of three.
"Sister Liu, so your stall is set up here." The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family saw an acquaintance and happily ran up to say hello.
"Oh, it's Sister Xie. Why did you come to the county town today?" While busy wrapping chestnuts for customers, Liu smiled and replied to the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family.
"My father-in-law is feeling a little unwell today, so my husband and I took him to the county clinic for treatment. So I came to the street to stroll around and buy some things. Your stall is doing really good business, with such a long line." The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family said with envy.
"Well, our business is okay." Liu answered while busy.
At this time, a customer asked for a pound of chestnuts. Liu quickly picked out the chestnuts from the pot and weighed them, and Qianhuan helped to pack them with oil paper.
"Sir, your chestnuts are ready. They're 10 cents." Qianhuan handed the chestnuts to the customer, who immediately paid 10 cents.
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family was shocked. She asked in disbelief: "Sister Liu, your sugar-roasted chestnuts are sold for 10 coins per pound?"
"Yes, I put sugar in the chestnuts at home, and they are sold for 10 coins per pound. Sister Xie, would you like to take a few to try?"
"No, no, it's so expensive, you should keep it and sell it. You guys go ahead and do your work. I'll continue shopping."
Although the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family could not control her mouth, she was actually a nice person and not the kind of person who liked to take advantage of others. When she heard that the sugar-roasted chestnuts cost 10 coins per pound, she immediately waved her hand and said goodbye.
Seeing this, Liu just let her go. She was already very busy and had no time to chat.
By the time the eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family finished shopping and bought some small items and returned to the clinic, Old Man Xie had already finished his medicine, and they returned to Yunfeng Village.
The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family told the people in the village that she had met Liang Laoer's family selling sugar-roasted chestnuts in the county town and that they were charging 10 cents per pound.
Everyone was a little bit incredulous. "No way, are the sugar-roasted chestnuts from Lao Er's family so expensive? Are there people in the city who want them?"
"Yes, yes, business is very good. Everyone is lining up in long queues to buy." The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xie family said immediately.
"The people in this city are really rich. They are willing to eat chestnuts that cost 10 cents per pound." said one of the villagers.
"That's right. If it were me, I wouldn't even buy it for 10 cents a pound, let alone 5 cents."
Everyone was discussing this, and Aunt Li, who was at odds with Qianhuan's family, said, "The Liang family is really wicked. They buy chestnuts from the villagers for one cent per pound, fry them, and sell them in the city for 10 cents per pound. If you have chestnuts at home, it's best not to sell them to them. Even if you want to sell them, they have to give you a higher price, right?"
Aunt Li couldn't bring herself to go to Liang Laoer's house to sell chestnuts, so she started to incite everyone.
Some people thought it made sense, "Yes, they are really unfair. They earn so much, but they give us such a low price. They should pay us more for chestnuts next time."
"Yes, next time they buy chestnuts, we have to ask them to raise the price, otherwise we won't sell them to them."
When Aunt Li saw that everyone started to complain, she smiled complacently.
Qianhuan and her family of three were still busy in the city, and had no idea that people in the village were already dissatisfied with the price of purchasing chestnuts.
Before we knew it, the remaining half month of September had passed, and the more than 3500 kilograms of sugar-roasted chestnuts purchased by Qianhuan's family had been sold out.