webnovelfull Chapter 199 Exploration
Chapter 199 Exploration
The old vendor seemed to have remembered something and simply gave up the argument. He smiled bitterly and started to sweep up the melon seed shells that the man who called himself Mr. Jin had just spit out.
"Madam, do you want to go to my stall and have a look? There are many varieties, they are big, and the prices are more reasonable." Grandpa Jin put the remaining melon seeds in his arms.
"Oh? Let's go and take a look." Wen Jiu followed him and looked back at the old vendor who was hunched over and sweeping the floor...
"Madam, look." Mr. Jin raised his hand and pointed at his own stall. The distance was so close, about ten meters. It seemed that he saw them coming and was ready to steal customers.
Wen Jiu immediately covered her nose with her hands. The smell was so strong that it almost made her head explode.
"Madam, please forgive me. It's because the people below didn't throw away the rotten fish and shrimp." He turned around and said to the person next to him, "Why don't you go quickly?"
"I see the types of goods here are similar to his. How do you calculate the price?" Wen Jiu asked in a low voice.
"If you want more, Madam, it's three cents a pound. Look how big this black fish is." Mr. Jin had someone fish out the black fish. It was as big as a muscular man's arm. Could it be a hormone fish? But that was impossible. After all, in this dynasty, it was someone who fed it.
“Is this farmed or wild?”
"This is not farmed, we caught it in the wild, and it almost got away with us," Mr. Jin boasted smugly.
Wen Jiu saw the problem. All wild fish are completely different from farmed ones. One is active and rebellious, while the other is as quiet as a chicken. It's like wild cats and domestic cats.
This fish is clearly like a landowner. It only wagged its tail when it was salvaged. Is it too fat to move?
Wen Jiu smiled and asked about the price of shrimp. It was eight cents, which was more expensive than pork here. She hadn't figured out the prices here for several years. She only knew the individual prices in Beijing when she was in Beijing for a short time. Bai Zhi told her everything else. Compared with Beijing, this place can really be described as cheap.
The shrimps here are half dead, making it hard for people to buy them...
Wen Jiu looked at the pile of things on the ground that had not been cleaned up yet and asked, "Are you selling this?"
Mr. Jin looked at this wealthy man in disbelief and said, "Sell it, take it all for 20 cents." He simply said a number. He was also afraid that the lady would ask out of curiosity and finally not want it. If she asked again, then 10 cents, or even 5 cents would be fine...
"Okay, pack it up for me. I only want this stone-like thing, not the seaweed," Wen Jiu said to Jin Ye, and asked the servant to give him the money.
"Send the goods to Madam's car and come back. Madam, the goods are not refundable once they are out. Please take care and come back next time."
Wenjiu asked Su Jinmu to take the two deliverymen to the carriage. Wenjiu took Su Jinyu to look at the stalls along the way. When they asked for prices, they were all indifferent. So they simply went to the old vendor again.
"Brother, it seems that the guy called Mr. Jin at the dock is in control of something, or it is the person behind him that makes these people afraid..." Wen Jiu whispered
"Yes, there are people selling things in frames at the dock, but they are all martial artists, so we can't get in on the boat. Let's not just go in, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Su Jinyu looked carefully.
Wen Jiu took him back to the old merchant.
"Boss, I want four big sea bass, four big black carp, and five big crucian carp. How much do you sell your shrimp for?" The old vendor came up to him with a smile as the wine was being warmed.
"Shrimp costs ten cents, but they are all alive. We picked out the dead shrimp and ate them ourselves." The old vendor took out the homemade net bags and showed them to Wen Jiu.
The shrimps jumped out of their cages one by one, jumping around, proving their vitality. In the end, they were picked up by Su Jinyu.
"Then give me another 20 kilograms of shrimp." Wen Jiu calculated that this was about the amount.
"Wine... Madam, will you buy too much and not be able to finish it all?" Su Jinyu reminded that shrimps don't live as long as fish.
"Don't worry, we can finish it. There are many people in the house." Wen Jiu said gently
Wen Jiu was planning to buy something from him, but unfortunately there was no progress.
"Dad, I'll deliver the goods first. I'll come over to help you sort them after I finish cooking for Yaer." The young man was tall and strong.
"Okay, I'll sort them first. You wait a moment and help this lady get the things she needs onto the carriage. Then go back and take a rest before coming back." The old vendor quickly handed over some tea.
"Okay, Dad."
"Can I see your unsorted goods?" Wen Jiu thought so too. This old vendor was so clean that maybe he threw away all the goods he didn't want.
"Yes" the young man opened several barrels
"Why is there this thing again? It's always hard to clean. Madam, you'd better be careful. This thing is very broken. It will spray out liquid like ink and it's hard to clean." The old vendor quickly blocked the warm wine to prevent this thing from disrupting the transaction.
Su Jinyu heard this and quickly pulled Wenjiu behind him. Wenjiu patted his shoulder and said to them, "This one doesn't spray ink. This is an octopus. You can see that its absorption ability is very strong. It is usually very difficult to pull it out. The ink spraying one is a way of self-protection when encountering danger. Can you buy these two for me?"
"Is this edible?" The young man didn't understand how he could eat the black liquid.
And the one with eight claws, it’s nailed there and can’t be pulled out, how do you eat it?
"Yes, I am going to open a restaurant. I need fish, shrimp and seafood all the time. Can you help me catch more? Then you can send them to me directly without sorting them. I will see if I need any. If I do, please remember the daily order quantity I give you. Can you handle it?" Wen Jiu looked at the stunned old merchant and the young man, seeming to be unconvinced.
"Madam, are you telling the truth?" The old merchant wiped away his tears of excitement and confirmed.
"Yes, I will come over to sign the contract with you once I have prepared the restaurant. Of course, we can discuss these in detail at that time. It should be in the next few days." Wen Jiu smiled
At this time, the old vendor said that his surname was Deng, and he could be called Lao Deng. The young man was his son-in-law Li Wei, and his daughter was seriously ill and recuperating at home. If they really cooperated, he would be quiet and diligent and complete the order.
Wen Jiu roughly guessed that they probably needed money to treat his daughter. Even if she bought so many seafood, she still needed them. At least she had never met them in person. She was not so compassionate...
"Then please weigh it and calculate the money, Uncle Deng." Wen Jiu smiled, looked at the things that were needed, and bought some snails, octopus, and squid.
I also told Li Wei that I would take all the things she wanted as long as they were fished out. I would have someone send the address of the restaurant to you later, and you can just deliver it to them when the time comes.
The young man nodded in agreement
20 jin of shrimps for 200 wen, 4 black fish for 40 jin for 160 wen, 4 sea bass for 12 jin for 48 wen, 5 crucian carps for 25 jin for 100 wen, a total of 508 wen, just give 500 wen.
The kind-hearted old Deng did not count the name that Wen Jiu wanted, because if the lady didn't want them, it would be lost, so he might as well do her a favor.
Wen Jiu gave him one or two taels of shrimp. When Lao Deng wanted to change the money, Wen Jiu said slowly, "Uncle Deng, I know what you mean, but we will continue to do business for a long time. Do you want to keep giving them away? These are more expensive than shrimps. You will lose money if I give you this money. I will set a price for Li Wei's salvage in the future. How about you guys take a look?"
"Hey, good"
"Wei'er, help my wife get to the carriage." Old Deng looked at the nobleman with gratitude.
She is rich and elegant, and her temperament and figure are rarely seen at this pier. She will definitely be a wealthy and noble person in the future...