Chapter 183 - Sell Sell Sell !
When Su Wan , Lin Jing and Lin Rui arrived at the town market , the market seemed to be bustling a lot more than their last visit .
Su Wan frowned and looked at the thick crowd of people in front of her and licked her lips " what's going on ? What day is today ? There are so many people in the market today , ah !"
" Don't know " said Lin Jing as he unloaded the vegetables baskets from the ox cart and hoisted it over his shoulders . Lin Rui too hoisted his own basket on his back , just like Su Wan he too was confused seeing so many people in the market . He usually didn't come to the town a lot , and only came when his brothers needed his help or if there was an exam in the academy thus , this was also his first time seeing the town market so lively .
Today when they arrived at the town market , there seemed to be a pack of vendors , small businesses and paddlers , all of them were grinning ear to ear and their heavy cart that were usually filled with goods were already half empty despite being so early in the morning .
Su Wan didn't know what was happening , nor did she bother to ask what was happening after all she was here to sell vegetables and if something serious really happened then Lin Yu and Lin Yan would already know about it , with the two of them working in the town , Su Wan wasn't worried about not finding out about the situation .
She and Lin Jing rented a stall while Lin Rui took out the vegetables that they brought with them . Their vegetables were fresh , and green thus the second they took them out , the vegetables already caught the attention of the crowd and they were surrounded by a group of people .
" Ah ! You are actually selling vegetables ! " the old matron who was the first to reach their stall immediately picked up the bok choy and exclaimed " this bok choy is so fresh , look at this and this leaf lettuce , its so tender ! I could just squeeze water out if this ! Oh my , oh my - this looks so appetising ! Hey , young girl , what is the price of these green vegetables ?"
.The old woman was wearing a fine blue cotton dress and her hair was tied with a green jade hairpin , it was clear that she came from a good family .
On the way to the town Su Wan has already decided the price of the vegetables , so she smiled politely and pointed at each vegetable as she told the price " the lettuce you are madam holding its twenty seven copper coins , as for the bok choy its eighteen copper coins per catty , and the spinach is fifteen copper coins a catty , while the chinese cabbage is seventeen copper coins each , - you can take a look madam , and decide which one do you want ?"
" This is too expensive !" the old woman was really happy to see that she was able to find a stall that was selling green vegetables in such cold weather but when she heard the price her face crumpled " Your vegetables are certainly not cheap , poor people might not be able to afford it at all !"
Su Wan smiled and then smilingly replied to the old lady " Madam , you already know that this weather is not at all suitable for planting vegetables . The weather is becoming chilly day by day , and in some villages it has already started to snow . In such a cold weather is it possible for vegetables to not freeze ? It took a great deal of our efforts to grow these vegetables , if not we wouldn't sell it at such a high price "
Su Wan knew that the price she set was really high and common people won't be able to afford it . But wasn't she poor too ? If she doesn't put on a thick face and sell these vegetables at a good price then her family won't be able to build a Kang bed before the snow starts falling in her village . When that happens how will they be able to survive ? So even if it was a little pricey , Su Wan has to think about her family as well . And these vegetables were only rare in winter because once the winter was gone , everyone will start selling them . So it was better to take advantage of the current hype and make profits !
Although the old woman genuinely thought that the vegetables were really expensive , she still needed to think about the current situations . With the current conditions , it was surprising enough that she was able to find a stall that was selling such a juicy and tender vegetables , if she didn't buy them now , then who knows maybe she will regret it later on ? There was also the matter of her sick grandson , her grandson has gotten sick after eating potatoes and meat . His stomach was upset and the doctor had told her to feed her grandson some leafy vegetables and porridge until her grandson's stomach was well enough to digest meat again .
Her grandson was the eldest child of the family and he was pampered by his father and grandfather a lot . Thus , after eating porridge for two days , their spoiled grandson - clearly announced that he wanted to eat green vegetables or he won't eat porridge !
Because her grandson has inherited his mother's temper , he really did what he said - he didn't eat anything for a day because of his stubbornness . And no matter how much their family members tried to reason it out with him , saying that none of the vegetable seeds had been planted yet at this time of the season, so there was no way they could find leafy vegetables.
However , her stubborn grandson refused to listen . In the end , she had to came to the town with the intention of buying vegetables - though the old woman was certain that she wouldn't find anything and was preparing to buy some garlic and return home . But who would have thought she would really find a stall selling green vegetables ! And from one look it was clear that this stall was selling all kind of spring vegetables .
Although , these vegetables were really just as expensive as meat . For the sake of her grandson , she gritted her teeth - she will buy these ! She didn't want her precious grandson to faint because of her stinginess to buy these pricey vegetables .