Smallholder Farming Daily

Chapter 112

Shi Yazi also came along. In the past few days, he stayed in the shed by the side of the road every day, only to be watched by people and no one was buying, and he was a little bit listless. This time, he just came along to help.

Halfway along the road, I happened to meet Qian Tong and Erxi, a dozen or so people pulling four carts selling charcoal in the village, and Uncle Xiang was also there, and he wanted to follow along to settle accounts.It may be that the charcoal is not very easy to sell. They only sold two baskets after leaving two villages.

Qian Feng yelled loudly, "Brother, Erxi, Uncle Xiang! You can also go to the county town to sell, let's go with you. The country people are not willing to buy charcoal, so they can just set up firewood at home. In order to save money, they are not afraid of smoking. Eyes, people in the city still know how to live, and it doesn't feel expensive to buy a basket of charcoal for 25 Wen!"

Uncle Xiang discussed with them there for a while, and then immediately followed Qian Feng's team with a cart. As long as they could sell quickly, they were happy to travel long distances.

Because of the snow, the road is very difficult to walk, starting in the morning and not arriving until the afternoon.Originally, it was a day of biting cold and snow, but during the walk, everyone was sweating profusely. Qian Feng and the others who wore cotton gloves and hats all bought these and took them off.

As soon as they arrived in the city, Erxi, Qian Tong and the others yelled to sell charcoal, while Qian Feng led everyone to the stone shop at the South Gate.Before the cart was put down, the shopkeeper trotted up to greet him, "Master Qian Fang, you are finally here. I have been looking forward to you for several days."

Qian Feng was dazed, last time the old shopkeeper called him brat when he was angry, and little brother when he was polite, but this time he suddenly became Master Qianfang. Could it be a good thing to hear this address?
Qian Feng chuckled, "Shopkeeper Wu, what do you expect me to do, all the stones you collected from me are sold out?"

The old shopkeeper pulled Qian Feng, "Let's go in and have some hot tea first."

Qian Feng followed in, and said to the clerk, "Just like last time, boil a few more pots of hot water for my people."

The little guy also smiled, handed the tea to Qian Feng and hurried to boil the water.

As soon as the old shopkeeper sat down, he said, "Master Qian Fang, I still want to collect your marble this time, and I want to charge more after the New Year. The county magistrate has already sent someone to build a post station in Linzhuang. They said that it is just us These stones are not enough at all, and they say they want to build a large post station. I heard that Suzhou City is getting more and more prosperous, and many princes and officials in the capital want to come to Suzhou to have a look. Since there are so many nobles who want to live in a post station, but We can’t make it smaller, let alone make it worse.”

Seeing that Qian Feng's eyes were shining, he hurriedly said: "The officials of the county government have agreed with me to let me buy stones. They don't want to bother with this. Don't look for them, they don't want to." I'll take care of you."

Qian Feng smiled and shook his head, "Buyer Wu, don't worry, I've actually thought about it, I don't worry if I sell it to you, although you can earn a lot of money from it, don't I have no shop? I spend a lot of time outside in this winter I really suffer. I was thinking just now, our big deal is coming!"

The old shopkeeper squinted his eyes, "What big deal? It is estimated that it will cost about [-] cars to build a post station, which is enough for us to earn for two or three months. This is not a big deal."

Qian Feng took a sip of tea and said enthusiastically: "Didn't you just say that there will be many dignitaries resting at the post station, maybe there will be some princes. Let's get the good stone over quickly, if they see it , Maybe there will be many people in the capital rushing to buy it in the future.”

(End of this chapter)