Chapter 694: Farmers and Merchants Come to Purchase

It was the first time that He Xiyan saw such a scene. Before, Chen Jiahang came alone. She was locked up at home for more than two months and had no way to go out. Later, she went on a hunger strike for two days. Chen Jiahang was scared and cried, so he had to let her move freely.

She looked at a sign brought by the farmers and merchants, which listed the purchase prices of various agricultural products:

Local chicken: 8 yuan/jin

Local duck: 6.5 yuan/jin

Bacon: 7 yuan/jin

Local eggs: 0.3 yuan/piece

Local duck eggs: 0.4 yuan/piece

Dried chili: 4.5 yuan/jin

Dried fish pieces (male fish or grass carp): 6 yuan/jin

Fire-cooked fish: 7 yuan/jin

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What a low price, so cheap?

He Xiyan looked at the price list and couldn't help sighing deeply. She really felt that the villagers living here were a little pitiful. The selling price of these agricultural products in the market in the city was at least four times the purchase price, and some even reached five or six times.

The money was earned by the middlemen. The farmers here worked hard, but in the end they only had a little meager income. But they had no other options. They had no knowledge and culture, and could only read a few characters at most. They didn't know how to sell what they produced. In addition, the transportation here was inconvenient and far away from the city. They lived in the mountains all year round and didn't know the outside world.

"This is ours. There are 8 old hens and 70 native eggs. Please count them for me." A woman in her 50s squeezed into the crowd. She seemed very domineering and pushed away the other villagers who were blocking her.

Then she waved her hand and signaled her son to drag all the things over.

Her actions quickly aroused the dissatisfaction of some people, and everyone was queuing up.

"Oh, Sister Li, are you going to sell all the chickens in your home? Why don't you leave a few for your new daughter-in-law?" A woman joked.

Wang Zhi's family has become famous recently. It is said that the daughter-in-law they bought has run away many times. After being caught, she was locked up at home and was crazy.

Sister Li's face was frowned, and she looked very unhappy. "Why do you care so much?" She said angrily, glaring at this nosy woman fiercely.

The farmer quickly calculated the money for Wang Zhi's family. Eight chickens cost 27 jins for 216 yuan, and 70 local eggs cost 210 yuan. She sold them for a total of 426 yuan.

Mrs. Li counted the money over and over again, and after making sure there was no mistake, she put all the money into her own pocket, not giving a cent to her son Wang Zhi.

It was Chen Jiahang's turn. Because he couldn't speak, he just put all the things he brought in front of the farmer, which were 35 bottles of chopped pepper sauce and five jin of dried fish.

He Xiyan was standing next to him. She walked to the farmer, looked at this businessman who seemed to be very good at calculating, leaned down, and smiled at the man in front of her.

"Brother, can you give me a more reasonable price?" She smiled.

The farmer's name is Liu Mingdong. He has been engaged in the business of local specialties for more than ten years. He has several stores in the county and provincial capital. It was the first time that Liu Mingdong saw a girl bargaining. After all, in this rural area, there are few merchants who come down to buy, so he can keep the price very low.

He looked at the girl with some doubt. She was fair and clean, and didn't look like a country girl at all. She spoke standard Mandarin, unlike the villagers who spoke the local dialect or plastic Mandarin.