My Sisters Excel in Both Literary and Martial Arts - Chapter 8

[Chapter 8 Business Opportunities Emerge]

“Brother, how do you sell this melon?”

The man put down the rind of the melon, looked up, and found that standing in front of him was a young man in a brocade robe, followed by someone who was obviously a follower. The big man stood up immediately.

The smile was a bit flattering, “Young Master, you have good taste! My watermelon is a big, thin-skinned, sweet and juicy, and very delicious!”

“Well, how much does it cost per pound?”

“My watermelon is not only delicious, but also very cold!

“How much does this melon cost?”

Jing

Zhe wanted to ask, “Are you from Dunhuang? Why are there so many murals?”

“Um…five cents a pound!”

“Okay, then pick one for me!”

“…”

This guy was a little confused, because in the past few days, he encountered too many people who refused to buy because they were too expensive, or they just cut them off after asking the price .

As a person, he was not used to it going so smoothly like today.

“Young Master is a cheerful man! I’ll go to the house and get melons for you right now!”

“Wait!”

The boy was stopped before he could turn around. He glanced over and saw that the person who was speaking was the rather muscular follower.

“Other people’s melons only cost two cents a pound. Why are they so expensive at yours?”

Watermelons are also grown on Mang Mountain. If they can’t be eaten, Lu Li will ask Hanhan and the others to bring them down the mountain to sell them, so Hanhan is very interested in watermelons. The price is quite understandable.

“Two cents?”

The clerk sneered and said disdainfully: “You are talking about the year of the monkey and the horse month! Three days ago, the price of this melon increased to five cents! I am not afraid to tell you that from now on, I am the only one selling melons in the city. , If you don’t buy it at my house, you won’t be able to eat melons in the city!”

Jing Zhe thought about it, there were many people selling other fruits along the way, but they seemed to be the only ones selling watermelon.

So he smiled and said: “Brother, please don’t be as familiar as the boy. It’s just that we just came from out of town and are not familiar with the city, so he asked like this.”

When the boy heard that they were outsiders, there was only a little respect left on his face. Also disappeared.

“Let me tell you, our young master’s family is the eldest son of the new magistrate of Yongzhou, Lin Wenyao! Governor Lin rushed here from Jingzhou to take office three days ago, and all the watermelons in this city were collected by our young master’s family! From now on, you can only buy melons from my family! “

Jing Zhe nodded. The dog officer Lu Li and the others wanted to rob three days ago should be the new Magistrate Lin.

Judging from his son’s behavior, there is no problem in calling him Dog Official.

“Then please help me pick one for us!”

The weather was already hot, and after standing under the sun for a long time, Jing Zhe felt smoke rising from his throat. Even if it was more expensive, he didn’t want to wait any longer.

The boy looked at them and went into the house to get the melon.

“Young village leader, you shouldn’t buy this melon! That dog official’s son is really not a good thing!”

“Shh.”

Jing Zhe looked around and told Hanhan to shut up.

This city is the territory of the prefect. If anyone hears about it, everyone will have to go in, let alone making money.

“Here comes the melon!”

Within a moment, the waiter came out with a big melon in his arms.

“Sir, do you want to take this melon away or open it?”

“Open it and eat it!”

“Come on!”

the waiter ordered. He raised his knife on the table and cut the watermelon into several slices. What was surprising was that when the melon was first cut, a cool air filled with white mist came out.

Seeing Jing Zhe’s doubts, the waiter became even more interested, “My watermelons are expensive not only because we are the only ones selling melons in the city, but also because our young boss has an ice cellar at his house. The watermelons will be cold if they are left in it for a day and taken out.” Very!”

Staring at the white gas coming out of the watermelon, Jing Zhe seemed to have thought of something, grinned, and reached out to pick up the melon.

Before it even touched the melon, the waiter blocked it with his hand.

“Young master, if you want to eat the melon, you should pay the bill first.”

“Hanhan, pay the bill.”

Jing Zhe didn’t care, “How much is it?”

“This melon weighs ten pounds, a total of one hundred Wen!”

“…”

This Next, Jing Zhe retracted his hand.

“Brother, did you calculate it wrong?”

One pound is five cents. Ten pounds is not only fifty cents?

Why did it suddenly double?

“That’s right, one pound is ten cents. Ten pounds is not one hundred cents?”

“You just said one pound is five cents!”

Hanhan, who was standing behind Jing Zhe, was furious and glared at the waiter and said fiercely.

Five coins are too expensive for him, let alone ten coins?

The clerk was not afraid of him and sneered: “Five cents was the price just now, and now it’s ten cents!”

“Then I won’t go to the head office?”

Jing Zhe didn’t accept this method of raising prices on the ground.

“Haha, no!”

As if he had recognized their identity as outsiders, the waiter greeted into the room, and four or five strong men came out in an instant, surrounding Jing Zhe and Hanhan.

“This melon has been cut for you. Whether you eat it or not, I don’t care. But the money must be kept!”

The man said coldly, holding his hands on his chest.

“You——”

Hanhan has been a bandit for several years. When has he ever suffered such injustice?

Step forward and prepare to take action.

“Hanhan!”

Jing Zhe quickly grabbed him and whispered, “Don’t cause trouble! This is the city!”

Hanhan finally held back, staring at the guy with eyes like knives.

When the guy saw this, he became even more arrogant.

“You know what you are doing! If you dare not pay, I will beat you until you can’t walk today! Don’t glare at me, the beating will be in vain! Our young master’s family is the prefect’s son, it’s useless even if you go to the official!”

Jing Zhe didn’t want to talk nonsense to him anymore, so he asked Hanhan to pay a hundred cash. The two of them took the melon and walked out under the ridicule of the clerks and men.

…

“How dare this bitch extort our money!”

“If the young village leader doesn’t hold me back, I’ll blow his head off with a hammer!”

“Tell the village master to come to the city and kidnap this dog official back!

” On the way, Hanhan gritted his teeth and cursed.

“Eat the melon, eat the melon!”

Jing Zhe didn’t answer and just ate the melon.

He tasted it and found that the melon was indeed cool. It was indeed refreshing to eat in such hot weather, but it did not achieve the icing effect that Jing Zhe was familiar with.

“Sir, are you still in the mood to eat?”

Seeing Jing Zhe eating melon heartlessly, Hanhan was a little speechless?

Is this really the village master’s younger brother?

Too unlikeable, right?

If someone dares to blackmail the leader of the village like this, the leader of the village will blow their heads off without saying a word, so what if they are in the city? The village leader wants to leave, who can stop her?

“You don’t want to eat? Can I eat it for you?”

Jing Zhe stared at the two pieces of melon in Hanhan’s hand, his eyes shining.

“I -“

After a moment of silence, Hanhan raised the watermelon in his hand and started to devour it.

After he finished eating, Jing Zhe asked him, “Do you want to teach them a lesson?”

Hanhan nodded crazily.

“I’ve thought of a way.”

“What way?”

Hanhan looked forward to it.

“Well, is there anyone selling firecrackers in the city?”

“…”

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(End of this chapter)