Chapter 557 Growth (4)
According to the insider, although his family raised thousands of livestock, they were never willing to kill any of them for meat. Even when they offered sacrifices to their ancestors on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, he could not buy a piece of meat for the sacrifice. He only asked his son to borrow a pound of cooked meat from the butcher shop that bought his livestock and put it in a basin, and then put a few copper coins on a plate. He offered sacrifices to his ancestors in this way and prayed: "Drinking alcohol is harmful to the body. Please eat meat, ancestors. I borrowed the meat from the butcher shop. It is fragrant and edible. I was too busy to buy fruit, so I will use the money as fruit. "
After the sacrifice, he sent his son to send the meat back to the butcher shop.
What's worse, when his grandson died, his daughter-in-law dressed the dead baby and prepared to bury him, but he stripped the child's clothes off, wrapped the child in a straw mat, and sent the child to the grave. Before the burial, he also brought the child's straw mat back, fearing that it would be wasted!
After listening to the middleman's story, Caiwei felt like she had met the Chinese version of Grandet. This miser who only recognized money and not people, even his ancestors and descendants were not in his eyes. If there was no sufficient benefit, he would not easily sell the grain in his hands.
Sure enough, after meeting Li Tieji, Caiwei proposed to buy the grain he hoarded, but he refused it outright.
Caiwei had raised the price of grain to the highest. The original price of one stone of corn was four hundred coins, and Caiwei doubled it and offered a price of eight hundred coins, which was the same as the market price, but was flatly rejected by Li Gongji, who insisted on one or two taels of silver.
Caiwei never liked to be taken advantage of, and the price of eight hundred coins was the limit she could give, so the negotiation collapsed.
However, Caiwei did not intend to give up the grain he hoarded. Since he was unwilling to sell it, she had to rob it. Who dared to blackmail her, and she had a space artifact!
Seeing that the deal was not successful, the middleman did not delay and took Caiwei to the next buyer.
The owner of the second manor was a good person to talk to, but as soon as Caiwei entered the door, his lustful eyes were glued to Caiwei's face and he refused to leave. With his wretched look, you could guess what he was going to do with your heels.
Sure enough, when Caiwei mentioned that he wanted to buy his grain at a high price, he readily agreed, but only made an additional small request, that he would treat Caiwei to a meal alone in the evening.
Having lived two lives, Caiwei naturally knew the meaning of this meal, but she did not expose it, but only agreed with a smile, and also agreed to pay the money and deliver the goods after the meal.
After coming out, the middleman said to Caiwei sincerely: "Miss, this gentleman has no good intentions at first glance. In my opinion, it is better not to do this business."
Caiwei smiled and said: "Thank you for your concern, but since I have agreed, I have a way to deal with it, so don't worry!"
Seeing Caiwei like this, the middleman stopped persuading her and took her to another place.
Caiwei ran from noon to dark, and only bought 3,000 dan of grain. In ancient times, grain was measured by volume, for example, one liter equals 10 he, one dou equals 10 liters, and one dan equals 10 dou (in the past, it was called hu).
One dan of grain is enough for a soldier for a month, and 3,000 dan of grain is not a small difference for the monthly consumption of a 100,000-man army.
During the purchase process, the middleman was very dedicated, neither exaggerated nor biased. Therefore, in the end, even if the amount of 10,000 dan they agreed on in advance was not reached, Caiwei still picked a century-old ginseng with excellent appearance in the space and gave it to him.
After the middleman accepted it with gratitude, he said goodbye to Caiwei and left.