I sold snacks in ancient times

The bullock cart swayed on the rugged mountain road. After an unknown period of time, he felt that the road under his feet became much smoother. Qi Yongfan lifted the curtain and looked out.

The second aunt who lived next door to Liu Yuanzi was surnamed Xu, and the others in the car called her Aunt Xu.She caught a glimpse of Qi Yongfan's movements and said loudly, "We'll be in town soon."

indeed so.The outside is no longer a desolate mountain view, but a row of single-family bungalows.After a while, there was a noise.The driver was driving slowly, and from time to time he shouted words such as "Give way".

Aunt Xu looked happy, and told everyone with a smile: "I will stop in front of my butcher shop later, and the return journey will be before dark, just wait here for me."

Everyone in the car nodded.

This ox cart belongs to Aunt Xu's family, and the driver is her youngest son.Lianhua villagers are generally poor, but she is a rare wealthy family in the village.

Aunt Xu's eldest daughter married a butcher in Nanshan Town a few years ago, and since then, the family has lived a prosperous life.Not to mention that there is meat every day, at least there is some oil and meat every day, which makes the neighbors envious.

After getting out of the car, Liu Yuanzi handed Aunt Xu six copper coins as fare for the return trip.

Looking at this scene, Qi Yongfan secretly made a note in his heart that he already owed Liu Yuanzi six cents.

One copper plate equals one penny.One thousand Wen is equal to one tael of silver.

This is the currency value that Qi Yongfan learned from Liu Yuanzi.

Probably because of the war or the unrest in the world, food prices have skyrocketed recently.White flour steamed buns, which could have been bought for a penny, may not be available for three pennies now.

He came all the way to the town's commercial market to inquire about the prices of goods, and by the way, observe the degree of commercial development in this world, so as to price his own goods.

Liu Yuanzi waved his hand in front of him, "My lord, where are you going? There is a market in front of the vegetable market. I want to go and have a look and buy something to go back."

Qi Yongfan pondered for a while, and said, "I'll go with you."

He is not familiar with this street at all, and he is afraid that he will get lost later.

"Look, it's just ahead. There is only a market every seven days in the town, but it's very lively..."

This commercial street is located near the temple, and the so-called market is called the temple fair market.Merchants gather, miscellaneous department stores, and small stalls and hawkers of various categories gather here.

Although it is only a small town, villagers from all villages will come here specially, and the flow of people is extremely high.

The streets and alleys are full of groceries hawkers called Baiduan, and there are endless shops of all sizes.

They were standing at the door of "Chen Ji Butcher's Shop". There were scarlet sausages hanging in the shop, and a large piece of greasy fat meat was placed on the chopping board.Standing in front of the board, a sturdy man with a butcher's knife in his hand should be Mrs. Xu's butcher's son-in-law.

The burly man with a black beard shouted: "Pork is one hundred yuan a catty. Buy two catties and get a tael of meat and bones, and pig intestines are eighty yuan a catty..."

Directly opposite the butcher's shop is a restaurant with a constant stream of customers, and it seems that the business is good.Next door was a rice store, Liu Yuanzi said he wanted to buy rice, so he went in and asked the store for the price.

The shopkeeper said unceremoniously: "A bucket of old rice costs 20 Wen, and a bucket of new rice costs 35 Wen."

Liu Yuanzi touched the old rice, there was a lot of moldy and bad rice mixed in, and the quality was uneven.She shook her head at Qi Yongfan, walked out of the rice shop, and muttered: "This shopkeeper is so heartless, let's go to another place to look."

Walking all the way, Qi Yongfan found that there were several bookstores and calligraphy and painting shops next to him, which was a little strange, so he asked Liu Yuanzi.

She said disapprovingly: "The only private school in the town is behind the Chen Ji Butcher's Shop. The teacher teaches well, and there are many students sent to study. If things go on like this, many bookstores will be opened here."

It seems that the industry and commerce in this world have developed quite well, basically equivalent to the level of the late Ming and Qing Dynasties.Where the market is most prosperous, merchants come and go all night long.

When Qi Yongfan saw this scene for the first time, he couldn't help looking around, and occasionally stopped to watch when he saw something new, causing Liu Yuanzi to look back for him frequently.

"Vegetables—fresh vegetables just dug up this morning, 6 Wen per catty!"

"Winter bamboo shoots are on sale! Winter bamboo shoots cost 20 cents a catty!"

"Heavily salted and delicious salted fish only costs 50 Wen per catty!"

He also saw an old man selling charcoal with a load of 464 Wen, and many people rushed to buy it.

Liu Yuanzi saw that green vegetables were cheap, so he went to the vendor to pick up a catty, and put it in the bamboo basket he carried with him.Then she went to several rice shops, and finally shopped around and bought five catties of old rice, which cost 100 Wen.

After this visit, it was noon soon, and the two bought two steamed buns at a bun shop, wrapped them in lotus leaves, and ate them with hot soup.

Liu Yuanzi settled the accounts with his fingers while eating, "A steamed bun costs three cents, and hot soup costs two cents, so the total cost..."

Qi Yongfan: "10 Wen."

Liu Yuanzi looked up at him, "You are so quick at arithmetic."

Qi Yongfan: "..."

Even kindergarten children can do this kind of arithmetic!

He couldn't help being a little sad, and he was in debt of 5 Wen.It seems that making money is imminent.

Of course, chewing the tasteless steamed buns can't fill your stomach.Fortunately, he brought a bag of Panpan buns with him, and shared them with Liu Yuanzi.

Liu Yuanzi advised him not to finish eating all at once, "You can try to sell a few first, and you can earn some travel expenses."

Qi Yongfan seemed to make some sense when he thought about it. With so many roadside stalls outside, it shouldn't be a big problem to add him.Counting the remaining bread in the cloth bag, there are four more.

He got up in the morning to unpack and throw away the plastic wrapping outside the bread, and put each one in a soft white paper and put them in a cloth bag.Even though the bumps along the way are still in good condition, it looks much better than steamed buns.

Walking out of the steamed stuffed bun shop, Qi Yongfan found a shady place on the corner of the street and sat down.He borrowed Liu Yuanzi's bamboo basket and spread out the four small buns on it.

There is less traffic here, but the advantage is that it is clean, and no one will trouble them.After all, the stalls on the street have to pay.

Liu Yuanzi helped him sell along the street, the girl's voice sounded soft and soft, "Bread is on sale! Soft and delicious bread! The last four! Clearance sale!"

These words were taught by Qi Yongfan, and they were particularly eye-catching among the vendors at the stalls, which made people feel refreshed.

A stooped old man passed by here, squinted at the white and tender pastries in the basket, and asked, "Is this called bread?"

"Hmm." Qi Yongfan introduced: "The special product from my hometown is soft and delicious, especially delicious. Would you like to buy one and try it?"

"How to sell?"

Qi Yongfan said: "15 papers each."

The old man left without looking back, and he could vaguely hear him yelling: "Kill the pig, this price is enough to buy two big meat buns."

The first customer was scared off by the high price.Qi Yongfan was unmoved, but Liu Yuanzi became anxious and said: "15 Wen is indeed too expensive, why not lower it?"

Qi Yongfan shook his head.Rare things are expensive, he is not afraid that no one will buy them, it's just that people will not know the goods for a while.

After a while, they soon welcomed a second customer.

He is a young man who looks like a scholar.Attracted by Liu Yuanzi's cries, he stopped in front of the stall, pointed to the basket and said, "What is this?"

"Bread..." Qi Yongfan patiently explained again.

Hearing the price, the young man obviously hesitated, but he still paid for it.He is well-dressed, probably a scholar, and he is not stingy with using this little money to try new things.

When the young man got the bread wrapped in soft paper, he opened the paper curiously, looked at it, and said with emotion: "It's a waste of money! Use such fine thin paper to pack food."

After a rough touch, he felt that the quality of this paper was much better than the paper he usually bought in bookstores to practice calligraphy.

Qi Yongfan smiled slightly: "So it's worth 15 Wen."

"That's true."

He wrapped the bread and put it in his arms, turned and left.

……

The other three loaves quickly sold out as well.

Qi Yongfan is counting the copper plates, there are 60 in total.The clinking of a pile of steel coins made him feel rich, so he counted 15 of them and handed them to Liu Yuanzi.

She quickly waved her hand, "It's too much, only 11 Wen."

Qi Yongfan smiled and said, "The rest will be your reward for helping me sell things today."

The sun was about to set, and they got up and headed towards Chen Kee's butcher's shop.After walking a few steps, I heard someone shouting panting behind me: "Wait, wait a minute! Bread seller!"

Qi Yongfan stopped and looked back, only to see the young man who looked like a scholar standing at the end of the alley, bent down and waved to him: "Is there any more bread? I bought it all!"

He shook his head, thought for a while, and replied: "It's sold out today, and there will be more tomorrow, and it's here."

The young man was quite disappointed, but he still stepped forward and pulled Qi Yongfan to explain that he would order five loaves of bread tomorrow.

On the way back, Liu Yuanzi jumped up and said, "Let me just say it! Mr. Qi, everyone loves bread!"

Qi Yongfan smiled and said, "I'll give you a bag when I go back."

"This..." After learning the price of 'bread', Liu Yuanzi wished he could spit back everything he ate.There are 12 small breads in a bag, which add up to 180 Wen...

This number made her a little dizzy, and she stammered: "Mr. Qi... can I sell this bag of bread with you tomorrow?"

"Yes." Qi Yongfan touched her head with a smile, and said: "I will exchange a few catties of good rice and go home to steam white rice for grandma, she will be very happy."

"Thank you, Mr. Qi!" Liu Yuanzi said gratefully.

"Don't call me Mr. Qi, I'm older than you, and you can call me Big Brother Qi from now on."

After Qi Yongfan said this sentence, he realized that he had become more and more literary since he came to ancient times.

But that's a good thing.Proof that he is blending into this world.

The author has something to say: I don’t know if everyone knows about Panpan buns haha, I feel that few people eat them now.