The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 71 - Good Explanation (2)_1

These vegetables are fresh, and they have an indescribable fragrance…”

That was the taste of fresh bamboo shoots.

Pei Qin, smiling, asked, “Well?

Shopkeeper!

We sell it for ten coins per catty at Landlord Chang’s house; if your restaurant buys it regularly, I can give you a better deal!”

Upon hearing this price, the Second Shopkeeper, upon inspecting the vegetables again, categorized them as expensive delicacies, “We’ll buy in large quantities, how much can you reduce the price for us, young girl?”

“We really don’t have much to offer!

You’ll just have to ration it out.

These aren’t grown on our farm; they’re foraged from the deep mountains and aren’t available after this season; they are also very hard to find.

It took us so many days just to find this little amount!

Nine coins per catty, if you want to buy, we will continue to sell to you whenever we forage more!” These shoots weren’t found everywhere; bamboo forests in the mountains were sparse and the shoots few in number, so they couldn’t be sold often.

Hearing that this item wasn’t easy to come by and was price-inelastic, the Second Shopkeeper didn’t hesitate and bought everything, including the bamboo rats they had caught.

The winter bamboo shoots weighed seventy-two catties, and the bamboo rats weighed fifty-six catties.

“Six hundred forty-eight wen for the winter bamboo shoots, five hundred sixty wen for the bamboo rats, a total of twenty-two taels of silver and eighteen wen,” Pei Qin flaunted her arithmetic skills.

The Second Shopkeeper watched her with a smile full of admiration.

“Little girl, your mental math is incredibly fast!

I didn’t expect someone as young as you, a girl, to be so sharp with numbers!”

“Being good at calculations means no losses!” Pei Qin chuckled in response.

The Second Shopkeeper, observing their clothing and complexions, saw that this learned family was so good at math yet so impoverished.

Wanting to create good karma, he said, “Young girl!

Here’s your money, a total of twenty-two taels of silver and eighteen wen.

Take good care of it.”

Pei Qin accepted the money, thanked him, and was about to leave with the hemp sack.

The Second Shopkeeper glanced at the dishes she had cooked and chuckled, “Seeing that you haven’t eaten yet, why don’t you have a simple meal here?

It’s just right with the dishes you’ve made!”

Pei Qin looked at the meat in the dishes, then at San Ya and Si Ya, and took out eight wen to give him.

“Mother taught us not to accept kindness without giving in return.

Here are eight wen; a bowl of hot soup will do for us!”

The Second Shopkeeper appreciated this even more.

“Then I’ll sell you this pot of soup, and I’ll throw in three buns for you as well!”

San Ya looked at Pei Qin with hopeful eyes.

Pei Qin readily agreed and called San Ya and Si Ya to eat.

Si Ya glanced at the other dishes and looked at Pei Qin with dissatisfaction.

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They were offered the dishes for free, yet she gave away eight wen and missed out on a few other dishes.

Pei Qin happily drank a large bowl of soup and ate a white flour bun; she wiped her mouth, stood up, and went outside to thank the Second Shopkeeper again, promising to bring more vegetables in a few days.

The three sisters left the restaurant and directly rode back to the mountain, picked up the two bamboo rats they had left behind, crossed the peak, and headed back to the village.

No sooner had they arrived home than they saw Pei Wenli waiting for them there.

Pei Qin started to smile.