RPAGF Chapter 32 Green Organic Food
Chapter 32 Green Organic Food
"Shopkeeper, let me see your beans first," Tian Tian said.
The shopkeeper immediately arranged for a waiter to fetch the beans.
Taking the opportunity, Tian Xiang pulled Tian Tian aside and whispered, "Tian Tian, do we really need to buy so much?"
"Didn't you say that sooner or later someone else would make bean curd skin?"
Tian Tian put her ear over Tian Xiang's ear and said, "Big sister, even if it's going to be done sooner or later, it won't be that quick."
"I expect it will be after the new year before someone can make it."
Tian Xiang muttered, "Are you so sure?"
Tian Tian said helplessly, "Big sister, we only supply the bean curd sheets to Fulai Restaurant now. The people who eat at Fulai Restaurant are all traveling merchants and wealthy people from the county."
"Ordinary families wouldn't spend so much money to eat at a restaurant."
"People going out to eat wouldn't think of making bean curd sheets..."
Tian Xiang was somewhat puzzled.
Tian Tian looked at Zhang Fusheng, "Uncle Zhang, have you heard that the Fulai Restaurant in the county town has a new ingredient..."
"Soybean curd skin?!" Zhang Fusheng knew exactly what it was.
When it comes to things he knows, Zhang Fusheng is very forthcoming.
"I heard from those merchants that this bean curd skin is very delicious. They want to eat it again and again. Even after leaving Baishi County, they still miss it. Whenever they come to Yunzhou Prefecture, they want to come to Baishi County to try it."
"Recently, there have been more merchants coming to Baishi County than before, and they are said to be from Xiushui County and Songxi County."
Tian Tian then asked, "Have you heard what that thing looks like?"
Zhang Fusheng shook his head, "I haven't heard of that, I've only heard what it looks like when cooked as a dish."
"They say... it's crispy when fried, soft and sticky when stewed, and it takes on the flavor of whatever you cook it with."
"Its name is also strange, it's called 'bean curd skin'."
"Beans are beans, how can beans have oil? And you call it 'oil skin'..."
He clicked his tongue and shook his head. "I don't know what it is."
"I wonder who came up with this."
"Fulai Restaurant relies on this, and its business has been booming lately."
"Chu Xing Restaurant and Bai Wei Restaurant are extremely envious. I even saw their young owners loitering around Fu Lai Restaurant."
When it comes to the young owners of the restaurants, Zhang Fusheng has even more to say.
“The original owners of these three restaurants in our county are all getting old, and it’s time to hand them over to the young owners.”
"Judging from the current situation, the young master of Fulai Restaurant is the one who is truly capable."
Tian Xiang secretly glanced at Tian Tian. Tian Tian deliberately asked Uncle Zhang, which was to tell her that ordinary people nowadays only know about bean curd skin, but don't know what it actually is.
"Girl, come and take a look."
The shopkeeper beckoned Tian Tian over.
Tian Tian took the beans and examined them carefully.
Compared to modern beans, the beans from this era were relatively small and very uneven in size.
The yield was also low, only about 80 jin per mu, while the yield of modern soybeans is about 800 jin per mu.
The yield of soybeans is also not as good as that of modern soybeans.
But the beans of this era are truly green and organic food.
Green and organic food...
Tian Tian had a sudden thought: in modern times, everything emphasizes being green and organic, and anything with these two words is expensive.
She couldn't help but think...
If you sell beans from this era to the system, and then buy modern beans from the system...
Tian Tian turned her back to the shopkeeper and the others, seemingly walking towards the light at the door.
In reality, she accessed the system.
"System detection: Mature soybeans, green organic food, 20 wen per jin, totaling 5 qian, totaling 1 wen."
really!
Green and organic food!
Twenty coins a pound!
Two thousand catties of beans, costing four taels, were sold to the system for forty taels, a tenfold increase!
Then buy two thousand catties of beans from the system, at five coins per catty, which is ten taels.
This exchange is a win...
Twenty-six taels!
Buy, buy, buy! What are you waiting for?!
"Shopkeeper, we'll take both of these two thousand catties."
Can you handle the delivery?
The oxcart can only carry 500 catties of beans; 2,000 catties is too much.
The shopkeeper nodded with a smile, "Delivery, delivery."
"We are in Baishi County."
"Baishi County...Baishi County?!" The shopkeeper was stunned. "Miss, Baishi County is too far. We usually only deliver to Songxi County."
“I can add shipping costs.”
The shopkeeper quickly fiddled with the abacus, "Let me calculate it."
“Our home is in Qingliu Village, under Baishi County. It takes two hours to get there from Baishi County,” Tian Tian told him honestly.
The shopkeeper quickly calculated, "Then... we'll have to add a hundred coins."
Of the two thousand catties of beans, Zhang Fusheng transported five hundred catties. The rest would require three oxcarts to carry the goods back empty. One hundred coins was not much.
"Shopkeeper, I still need to buy beans from other grain shops. Since you're delivering here, I'll have them deliver all the beans here. You can arrange for a truck to deliver them all together. I'll cover all the extra shipping costs."
The shopkeeper did not object to Tian Tian's suggestion; this was a normal practice.
"Okay, girl, go see how much you can buy first, and then come back to pay the shipping fee."
After leaving the Fengnian Grain Shop, they headed straight for the other grain shops.
The remaining four grain shops managed to gather a thousand catties of beans.
Tian Tian had made an appointment with them to deliver the beans to Fengnian Grain Shop.
He gave out six taels of silver in several installments and then returned to the Fengnian Grain Shop to pay several hundred coins for shipping.
After finishing all this, it was already Shenshizhong, which is around 4 pm.
Calculating the time, it was already past midnight when we arrived at the village, which is 11 p.m.
"Let's go back," Tian Xiang decided after a moment's thought.
“If I stay in Songxi County, where I’m unfamiliar with the place, I’m afraid something might happen.”
Tian Xiang's concerns are valid.
Zhang Fusheng looked up at the sky and said, "If we want to go back, we need to set off quickly."
"If we leave at this time, the city gates of Baishi County will definitely be closed. If we go around, it will be at least past 1 AM."
It was already 1 a.m.
“I know a shortcut that will allow me to get back to the village half an hour earlier, before 9 PM.”
Hai Shi is 10 PM.
If you calculate it that way, it's an hour and a half early, a full three hours.
“It’s just that the path is remote. If you’re afraid, we should take the main road.”
Zhang Fusheng's words contained two layers of concern.
On the one hand, the path is remote and there is a possibility of encountering bad people.
On the other hand, he is a man, which also poses a danger to Tian Xiang and Tian Tian.
If the two girls don't trust him, they'll definitely be scared if he insists on taking the back path.
Tian Tian looked at Tian Xiang, "Big sister, what do you think?"
"Let's set off first, we'll talk about it on the way," Tian Xiang decided immediately.
The oxcart was carrying 500 jin of beans, and Tian Tian and Tian Xiang could only sit behind Zhang Fusheng, with two bags of beans between them.
After walking for about two hours, we were still half an hour away from Baishi County.
"That path is just ahead," Zhang Fusheng pointed in a direction.
It's already past 8 o'clock, and the sky is dark, but fortunately the moonlight is bright.
Tian Xiang looked towards the path...
The path was slightly narrower than the one they were walking on, but it didn't look scary at all.
"Sweetie, how about we take the back path?"