Zhou Wulang and his friends didn't even have a scale, so in the end the woman had to fetch a scale from the kitchen to weigh the food.
They dug up a lot of yam from this bush, and since they had just been dug up, they were very heavy, weighing a total of 25.6 jin.
Manbao was very generous and said that he would give them the six taels as well.
The lady glanced at Zhou Wulang and saw that he had no objection. She knew that this girl could make the decision , so she smiled, counted the money and gave it to them, saying, "Next time if you have more yams, send them to our house. The old lady in our house loves to eat yam cakes, so she will accept them no matter how much."
Zhou Wulang happily agreed, thinking that selling the medicine to wealthy families would be even more profitable.
Manbao also thought so, and he still suspected in his heart that the seemingly amiable shopkeeper was a liar.
The system said: "Host, the price given by Manager Zheng is reasonable."
Manbao asked, "Isn't the price given by the Fu family unreasonable?"
The system said: "It's reasonable. Not to mention twenty cents, even fifty cents, as long as you can sell it, it's reasonable."
The system said: "Yam can be grown, but it is not cultivated artificially in your area, so dried yam can be bought from the medicine shop, but raw yam is not easy to find."
"And Jishitang buys medicine for business. They also do business in medicinal materials. When they buy medicinal materials from you, in addition to using them themselves, they can also resell them to other medicine shops or upper-level medicine shops," the system said. "The proportion of dried yam in the prescription is usually two or three qian. I scanned it at the medicine shop. Their price is one qian of yam for one penny."
Manbao sat on the cart and counted with his fingers: one catty is sixteen taels, one tael is ten coins, and one coin is one penny...
As Manbao kept counting, his eyes gradually widened. A pound of dried yam cost 20 wen, but Shopkeeper Zheng sold it for 160 wen.
Manbao couldn't help but mutter: "Swindler!"
Zhou Wulang, who had just finished a candy deal with Qiuyue, heard this and immediately covered her mouth and whispered, "My little ancestor, how can you say that about your own brother? I have spared her several candies, how can I be treacherous?"
Manbao pulled his hand away and said, "I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about Manager Zheng."
Zhou Wulang thought about it and nodded, "He is quite cunning. The raw ones are already 20 cents, and he also charges us 20 cents for the raw ones. I won't sell to him next time."
Zhou Wulang felt sorry for the yam he had given away and said, "You shouldn't have given him the yam just now. It would have been better to sell it. One yam weighs more than a pound."
Manbao turned his back to him and stopped talking.
Zhou Wulang didn't mind, he carried her to the cart and sat her down, he said happily: "Never mind, today is a good harvest anyway, Manbao, let's go buy some meat, buy more."
Manbao ignored him and was still talking to Koko in his mind.
The system reminded her when Manbao said that Manager Zheng was a profiteer, "Think about the book in your arms."
So Manbao is struggling, not knowing whether he should define Manager Zheng as a profiteer.
Seeing that she had had enough of the struggle, Ke Ke explained, "The prices of medicine sold by drugstores are basically the same, especially for large drugstores like Jishidiang, where the prices of medicines in various places are basically the same."
Manbao was puzzled, what next?
The system said: "The cost of transportation is very high. For example, if he wants to transport a batch of medicinal materials from here to Hebei Road, it will take about two months on the road. There must be escorts accompanying him, and food, drink, accommodation, and transportation all cost money. There are also wages for the workers, and the medicine shop must also make a profit..."
Manbao felt much better after doing the math.
The system said: "Of course, medicinal materials are still highly profitable, but the price he gives you is reasonable because this purchase price is the general purchase price. So host, for your own benefit, I suggest that in the future, these medicinal materials that can be used for daily diets do not need to be sent to the pharmacy. It is a good idea to sell them directly locally."
It also gave an example, "For example, Centella asiatica, although it is light, it is everywhere and sells for a good price. This is because this herb is basically purchased and consumed locally, and there is no transportation cost in the middle, so the price given is generous."
Manbao asked curiously, "What other medicinal herbs can be used in daily diet?"
Koko said: "This depends on the host to discover it himself."
Manbao rolled his eyes and felt that he should take Keke to the mountains for a walk when he had time.
Having found good things in the mountains twice in a row, he could not only earn points but also copper coins. In Manbao's eyes, the mountain is now a treasure mountain.
It seems that there are many treasures hidden inside.
Manbao made up his mind and began to hum a tuneless song.
Zhou Wulang pushed her to buy meat.
There are not many stalls selling meat in the market. People at this time do not like to eat pork. Mutton is the most popular meat. It is almost winter and the weather is getting cold, so more people eat mutton to warm their bodies.
Zhou Wulang led a group of children to the mutton stall, picked out a piece, and asked the stall owner to cut two kilograms for it.
Manbao was responsible for paying the money, using the fifty cents given by Zhou Dalang.
After buying the meat, everyone happily gathered together. They felt that the county town was not so attractive anymore. They wanted to go home and eat meat!
So they stopped shopping and pushed their carts quickly around the county town, looking for Zhou Dalang and his brother at the grain store.
There was no one in the grain shop, so the group turned around and went to the cloth shop not far away.
Manbao, Daya and Erya ran the fastest and rushed into the cloth shop, just then they saw Zhou Erlang bargaining with the owner while holding a ball of cotton.
Zhou Erlang was a little hesitant when he saw Manbao rushing in like a calf. Manbao had grown a little taller after this spring.
Maybe it's because she eats well, or maybe it's genetics, but she is already half a head taller than girls of the same age. The clothes that her mother just made smaller last year are now too small, and now part of her wrist is exposed. When she stretches her hand forward, half of her forearm is exposed. She doesn't think it's a big deal now, but she will freeze when the weather gets colder in a month.
Zhou Erlang gritted his teeth and said to the shopkeeper, "Add another pound and give me five feet of cloth."
The shopkeeper agreed with a smile, glanced at the child who rushed in, and said with a smile: "Your little lady is really good-looking."
Zhou Erlang smiled at each other and reached out to touch Manbao and Erya’s heads.
After buying the cloth and cotton, Zhou Erlang was reluctant to eat in the county town, so he asked a nearby store for some boiling water and soaked the cakes directly for them to eat.
Because Datou and his companions came in temporarily this morning and did not bring enough dry food, Qian gave them an extra handful of copper coins so that they could buy some food in the county town.
They didn't expect that selling the medicine would go so smoothly, and it was only a little after noon, so Zhou Dalang and Zhou Erlang tightened their belts and planned to go home first.
Buying food outside is not cheap.
Although they were dry biscuits that had been soaked, Manbao ate them with gusto. Seeing that her eldest and second brothers were just pouring water into their mouths but not eating anything, she slipped off the cart, turned around and ran to buy sesame cakes.
But she had just run two steps when Zhou Dalang grabbed her and said sternly, "Don't run. What if someone takes you away? Just sit still."