Married the Tough Guy After Transmigrating-Chapter 104 - : Weighing and Collecting Vegetables

Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Weighing and Collecting Vegetables

“Daughter, are you thirsty? Do you want some water?” Mrs. Xu carried a steaming cup of water to Xu Ying.

Xu Ying felt a bit thirsty indeed and took the cup, but her hand froze mid-air, thinking she still needed to tally the scarves.

“Mom, I’m not thirsty, let’s collect the vegetables first!” Xu Ying said, and then glanced at Xu Jing: “Let’s start.”

As soon as Xu Jing shouted “start,” the aunty in the front of the line placed her two largest cabbages on the scale.

“Two cabbages, eight pounds.” These had been stripped of their outer leaves, leaving only the untouched cabbage leaves.

Xu shouted, and Xu Jing hastily noted it down: eight pounds of cabbage, twenty cents.

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“Green vegetables, fifteen pounds.”

Xu Jing wrote quickly, noting fifteen pounds of greens at two cents per pound, totaling thirty cents.

“One big yellow fish, three pounds.”

The big yellow fish was forty cents a pound, so three pounds came to one yuan and twenty cents.

Xu Jing calculated the price speedily, coming to a total of one yuan and seventy cents.

“Aunty Zhang from the Zhang Family, that’s one yuan and seventy cents.”

Aunty Zhang from the Zhang Family pocketed the money with a smile so wide she couldn’t close her mouth— one yuan and seventy in a day meant over fifty in a month.

That was even more than what a regular worker made.

The villagers, hearing how much Aunty Zhang had made, congratulated her.

Next was the second family, Sun Dcao’s family. They didn’t have many vegetables, but they had plenty of mushrooms and earned five yuan, making her the happiest.

Seeing Mrs. Xu, she seemed much more agreeable and began to flatter, “Sister-in-law, if you ask me, you’re the talented one, raising such great children.

They’re good-looking and capable, especially your daughter; she’s even more amazing than an immortal.”

Mrs. Xu was overjoyed, but she tried to downplay it, “Sun Dcao, do you know what you’re saying? Don’t spout nonsense. We can’t indulge in feudal superstition. My daughter is smart—that doesn’t make her an immortal.”

Sun Dcao also became somewhat flustered and hurriedly explained, “I meant Xu Ying is smart, smarter than immortals, not that she is one. Isn’t she amazing?

Without her, would all of us be earning so much money? It’s almost the New Year, and thanks to Xu Ying, isn’t every household in our village going to slaughter a few more pounds of meat?”

Mrs. Xu couldn’t help but beam with pride at those words, yet she remained modest, “Da Cao, she’s not as amazing as you say. My daughter simply saw her father worrying about everyone’s livelihood every day.

That’s what led her to rack her brains for this idea. She was even scared the leaders wouldn’t agree, but who knew that our Director Sun is a considerate leader who cares for the people? He agreed right away.

As soon as he heard about this initiative, he immediately went to the county town to discuss it with the suppliers of my daughter’s restaurant.”

“Da Cao, step aside for now, let us finish weighing. Hurry, so we don’t delay the restaurant’s business hours.”

Hearing this, Sun Dcao quickly stepped to the side.

Then the next household followed. Of the hundred or so households in Xujia Village, none earned less than one yuan, with the Huo Family earning the most. People said Huo Chen’s family was poor, but after this, no one dared say that again.

Huo Chen sold his goods for eleven dollars. If it were like this every day, he’d earn several hundred in a month.

Suddenly, everyone looked at Huo Chen with shining eyes.

After Huo Chen finished selling his goods, he glanced at Xu Ying, and the two exchanged looks, knowing what was going on.

Xu Ying saw that all the goods had been sorted out. After giving Xu Jing some additional instructions regarding the tally sheets for other villages, she told Mrs. Xu and headed back to the county town.

As soon as she left, Huo Chen also headed to the county town.

“The goods are all in this room. I’ve collected these from my colleagues and other friends. What price can you give me?” Xu Ying gestured to the items on the ground as she asked.

Huo Chen went to check the goods and his eyes lit up, recognizing these were all top-quality items. The black market was already expensive, and these could fetch a good sum of money.

“If we don’t need a ration coupon, flour is one yuan per half kilogram, rice is one yuan and thirty cents, pork is two yuan, and a half kilogram of hen is two and a half yuan,” Huo Chen quoted a price that was already quite steep.

Around here, people ate more noodle-based dishes, so rice was a bit more expensive.

Xu Ying was quite satisfied with the price. She had fifty half-kilograms of flour at one yuan each, totalling fifty yuan, and thirty-five half-kilograms of rice, which came to 45 yuan and fifty cents.

Ten half-kilograms of pork would be twenty yuan, and she had two hens, each fattened to about five half-kilograms, totalling twenty-five yuan for ten.

Huo Chen quickly calculated and handed over the money to Xu Ying, which came to 145 yuan and fifty cents in total. Xu Ying took the money, and her eyes, visible outside her disguise, crinkled with a smile.

Seeing her happy, the corners of Huo Chen’s mouth lifted slightly. “I’ll be leaving first.”

“Mmm, take care!” Xu Ying managed to express some rare concern, having earned so much money.

Huo Chen was pleased as if he had tasted honey. “I know. Can I leave the items here and pick them up later?”

Xu Ying nodded, thinking that he found it inconvenient to carry the goods during the day. “Sure, come after seven o’clock tonight then. I’ll be out this afternoon and won’t be around.”

Huo Chen seemed somewhat displeased at this and left quietly after giving a muffled acknowledgment.

Xu Ying didn’t understand why he suddenly seemed angry. Watching him leave, she turned around and added the money to her previous earnings, having now once again accumulated over 200 yuan.

The salary would be paid the day after tomorrow, bringing her total just over 300 yuan.

There were still plenty of resources in her space if she could sell them all, they would be worth several thousand yuan at least.

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As she watched Huo Chen walk away, Xu Ying changed her disguise, putting on clothes similar to what old ladies would wear and wrapped herself up tightly before heading out.

Relying solely on Huo Chen wasn’t enough; she had to venture out herself to test the waters.

Otherwise, if she depended on Huo Chen and didn’t dare to sell to him frequently, the source of her goods would surely arouse his suspicion.

Xu Ying had never been to the black market, so she could only try her luck in some secluded corners.

The black market vendors certainly wouldn’t dare to operate openly on the streets; that would be asking to get caught.

Carrying a large basket, she wandered about. On her journey, she encountered several people, but she couldn’t tell which of them wouldn’t report her.

What if she walked right into a trap set by those involved in the business?

“Old lady, do you have goods to sell?” a familiar voice called out, and Xu Ying turned around to find it was Wu Qingsong.

Xu Ying was delighted; this guy often followed Huo Chen, so he must also be involved in the business.

Altering her voice to sound weathered, she hunched over and spoke slowly, “Young man, my family’s child is sick and needs expensive medicine.

We had no choice, if you want it, I’ll sell it to you.”

Wu Qingsong glanced at her basket, which looked too small to hold much, and suddenly regretted stopping her.

But seeing the sadness in the old lady’s eyes, he couldn’t bear it. “What do you have?”

“I have five chickens, each one plump. Also, two hundred half-kilograms of flour, two hundred half-kilograms of rice, twenty ducks, and one hundred half-kilograms of pork,” Xu Ying said, coughing a few times, looking like she was on her last legs.

Wu Qingsong’s eyes widened at the mention of so much. He thought he should go back and discuss it with his brother.

There was just too much.

Upon hearing this, Xu Ying became displeased. “If you don’t want them, I’ll look elsewhere. I need the money urgently for treatment.”

“You haven’t quoted a price yet. If it’s right, I’ll take it,” Wu Qingsong called out in a hurry.