Dressed as a vicious stepmother, the whole family is full of wealth

Chapter 42, teach them
Mrs. Zhou saw the woman in front of her, dressed in brocade and fluttering, her body was elegantly decorated with jade, and the crystal jade hairpin on her headdress was entwined with gold threads. She raised her hand and chewed a chestnut lightly. It's beautiful, isn't this the woman from a rich family?
The appearance is not too beautiful, but the posture of this action is too good-looking, anyway, she looks comfortable.

"Miss, my mother carefully selected all the chestnuts in my house. None of them are bad, and they were just roasted early in the morning. They are still warm when you touch them!" Mrs. Zhou said patiently.

The servant girl smiled and said, "Miss, if you like it, can you buy two catties and try it first?"

The young lady frowned gently, with a gentle look, but such a frown made people's hearts melt.

"Well...then let's have some more, it happens that my mother has been thinking about this chestnut for the past two days!" The young lady tilted her head and said softly.

The maid looked at Mrs. Zhou and asked, "How much is a catty of your chestnuts?"

Seeing them asking about the price, Xiao Qing came up with two steps and said with a smile: "Miss, our chestnuts are not expensive, the price is the same as in previous years, fifteen cents a catty, this big bowl is a catty."

Zhou was taken aback, fifteen words?
She could only smile and say, "Yes, yes, it's fifteen cents a catty! It's the same price as last year."

After speaking, Zhou felt guilty. She remembered that the boiled chestnuts last year were not so expensive!
Qiao Yu behind him looked at her mother and sister-in-law in surprise, fifteen cents a catty?Although these chestnuts are delicious, can they be sold so expensive?
Seeing that the young lady was thinking about it, Xiao Qing didn't give her time to have other thoughts: "Miss, there have been severe droughts in recent years, and such good chestnuts are rarely grown on Yaoshan Mountain. This year is the price, and next year. If you pay twice the price, you may not have this mouthful of chestnuts to eat. There are fewer and fewer of these chestnuts. I don’t know if the drought will ease next year, but there must be fewer and fewer chestnuts. At this price, our family Not a penny has been raised."

She did not rise. In the past, people ate boiled chestnuts, which cost eight cents a catty. Hers were fried with sugar. Is sugar affordable by ordinary people?What's more, she put a catty of sugar.

That's the price she asked for!
The young lady was moved by Xiao Qing's two words. This year, there has been a severe drought, and the food in the fields has become less and less. The pomegranates and pears on the mountain, as well as those other mountain fruits, have appeared more and more in the county in the past two years. Less, this chestnut, although more expensive, tastes very fragrant and delicious, better than the taste in memory, more sweet and fragrant, so fragrant that she couldn't help but want to eat a few more.

Now during the severe drought, some things will disappear after eating, besides, my mother has been talking about these chestnuts these days, if my mother can eat such delicious chestnuts, won't she be so sad?
"Yes, you're right, well, give me three or four catties!"

Xiao Qing smiled and bent down to fill her with chestnuts. Mrs. Zhou took the sewn sack with a wink: "Miss, do you think four catties will be enough? Four catties will give you two taels more?"

The little maid said with a smile: "I didn't see it, your sister-in-law is quite good at doing business!"

Xiao Qing smiled kindly: "Look at how sweet the little girl's mouth is, it's a pity, sister-in-law, I'm just a peasant woman, I can't get on the big stage, I can only sell some mountain products to fill the household, unlike your lady, look In the future, you will be a very rich and powerful person."

The little maid saw that Xiao Qing was very good at talking, pleasant to listen to, and pleasing to smile. Her young lady was very nice. She looked proud and accepted more than four catties of chestnuts, and paid sixty Wen to Xiao Qing. Qing: "If sister-in-law tastes good, I will come to buy your chestnuts in the future!"

Xiao Qing bent down to get the winter dates next to the chestnuts, and went up to grab a few winter dates for the little maid: "Our family not only sells chestnuts, but the taste of the winter dates is also excellent. You and your lady are free to take these dates on the road To eat, they are all washed and eaten, if you think the taste is good, you will often come to this stall in the future.”

The little maid took a few jujubes and hugged chestnuts, thinking it was worth sixty coins!With so many things, and meeting such a talking woman, it's worth the money!

"Miss, I'll eat it for you!" The maid handed some jujubes to the young lady.

After the lady picked it up, she said goodbye to several people with a smile.

Xiao Qing watched the two leave, looked down at the money in her hand, she smiled and turned around and gave the sixty Wen money to Zhou Shi.

"I will keep this money for you, and you can give change to the guests later!"

Zhou Shi and Qiao Yu stared wide-eyed, watching their mother's one set of rhetoric, but they didn't expect her to say a few words, easily earning sixty coins, and she felt very contented happily. leave.

"Mother, you are really good. In previous years, the most expensive Yaoshan chestnuts were boiled and sold for only eight yuan. Your sugar-fried chestnuts cost fifteen yuan?"

Xiao Qing said with a smile: "Things are rare and expensive, not to mention that it is fried with brown sugar, it must be more expensive than boiled ones, I think fifteen cents is still less."

Mrs. Zhou sounds like...that's the truth!But I feel something is wrong.

Xiao Qing smiled and personally taught them how to sell dates and chestnuts, then pulled them aside and whispered, "You two remember, I brought two big big bowls, this big big big bowl is for serving For jujubes, a large bowl is one catty, a smaller one is for chestnuts, and a bowl is also one catty, half a catty of chestnuts is not sold, and half a catty of winter dates is sold, remember?"

Mrs. Zhou listened to the words and nodded: "Yes, mother, I wrote it down."

Xiao Qing lowered his voice and instructed specifically: "Chestnuts cost fifteen Wen a catty, winter dates cost five Wen a catty, and winter dates cost three Wen for half a catty! If you buy more than three catties of chestnuts and dates, you can send one or two to others. It doesn't matter if you take two, but if you want to show it, it's distressing, angry, and makes people feel that you're taking advantage! Remember?"

Qiao Yu and Zhou Shi nodded repeatedly, repeating these few words of their mother back and forth.

Seeing the seriousness of the two, Xiao Qing felt relieved and wanted to sell these to them.

She still has a lot of things to do. She will go to the gold and silver jewelry store in the morning to exchange those gold lumps for silver. She also needs to buy food for the children. cloth.

Xiao Qing deliberately wore a very clean linen dress today, his hair was combed neatly, and a wooden hairpin was pinned to his head. Although simple, he looked like a little woman in the county town, with a round face A little bit, but her skin is good, white and tender, looking carefully, she looks like a woman raised by a dilapidated rich family.

She walked from stall street to Fugui street.

There are more clothing and jewelry sellers here, more food and cakes, and most restaurants and inns are also here.

She found a Jinyufang in the memory of the original owner, which should be the largest jewelry store in Yaoshan County.

I heard that the jewelry styles here are unique and novel. Only his shop in Yaoshan County can customize gold, silver and jade jewelry, so their guests are almost not Bohou, but the state capital and rich people from the county come here.

(End of this chapter)