Scholar's Sweetheart

The lead carriage was driven by Zhu San. When he saw Soong Xintong, he acted as if he was looking at a family member. "Miss Soong, you've waited for a long time."

Soong Xintong held a handful of pumpkin cabbage in her hand, looking at him with glee. "Come in quickly, have a seat. I've poured you all some tea. I've been waiting for your arrival."

"That's great. I'm thirsty." Manager Soong's clear voice came from the carriage. He opened the curtain and got off the carriage. He cupped his hands towards Soong Xintong, "Miss Soong, long time no see."

"Manager Soong is here too, please come in the yard." Soong Xintong hurriedly set up the bench and poured each of them a bowl of water. "We only have this kind of coarse tea at home. Please don't mind it, Manager."

"I don't mind, I don't mind. This Honeysuckle Tea is better than any other mountain tea." Manager Soong gulped down a bowl of wine. It seemed that he was really thirsty. After putting down the tea bowl, he looked at the tip of the pumpkin in Soong Xintong's hand and was surprised. "Isn't this the vine of a pumpkin?"

"Yes." Soong Xintong nodded.

"Then why did you pick it? Don't we have to rely on it to produce pumpkins? " Zhu San asked in surprise.

Soong Xintong said, "The growth is too good. I'll get some to eat." The empty space next to the house was covered with pumpkin seedlings. Soong Xintong saw that it was too dense for her to produce, so she might as well pick some of them.

"You can still eat this?" Manager Soong was interested.

"Sure, just tear off this outer layer of skin." Soong Xintong used the tip of a pumpkin as a demonstration. "When you're washing them, just rub them a few more times and remove the fur." This was all thanks to Soong Xintong's grandmother, who often cooked this dish to eat as a child.

"You can even eat like this?" Zhu San obviously didn't expect it.

"Then it still doesn't taste good?" Manager Soong asked.

Soong Xintong handed all the tip of the pumpkin to Manager Soong, "Shopkeeper, why don't you go back and try to stir-fry it?"

Manager Soong looked at the tip of the pumpkin, "This is too little."

"It's not a small amount. So much that I can make a big plate." Soong Xintong gestured at the size of the plate.

"Alright then." Manager Soong glanced at the workers with broken ears and then looked elsewhere. Suddenly, he saw the monkey mushrooms that were placed under the eaves. Manager Soong felt very regretful and said, "Hey, why did Miss Soong get rid of the monkey mushrooms?"

"We can't stew the chicken at home, so we'll first dry it in the sun. We'll stew it when we have the chicken!" Soong Xintong said.

Manager Soong: "..." How could this be a reason?

Manager Soong picked up the monkey mushrooms and looked at them. He found that they were still wet and not dried, "Miss Soong, can I have a discussion with you?"

"Discuss what?" Soong Xintong asked.

"Sell them to me along with the fir fungus." Manager Soong said.

Soong Xintong thought for a moment. "How much does Manager Soong intend to pay?"

"How about 10 taels of silver if I don't treat you unfairly?" Manager Soong said.

Soong Xintong smiled, "I have at least 15 catties here. Isn't Manager Soong joking?" "I've heard that the Monkey Mushrooms on the market can be sold for seven to two hundred kilograms."

"But you've already been exposed to the sun." Manager Soong said.

Soong Xintong smiled. "It's alright. I'll just keep it for myself."

"Sigh." Manager Soong was angered, but he also knew that he couldn't fool her, "Then let me tell you the price. Your monkey-head mushroom costs seven taels a catty, and this chicken fir fungus costs two taels a catty. This price is definitely fair."

"Alright." Soong Xintong did not expect to be able to sell it at such a high price, "Then let me weigh it on you, Manager Soong."

"Alright." Manager Soong was very happy to be able to buy these treasures. Yesterday, his boss told him that he wanted to eat the Hericium Hericium, but he couldn't get it on the market no matter what, "If you still have any more, you must sell it to me in the future."

"Sure, but won't a fresh price have to be a bit more expensive?" Soong Xintong asked.

Manager Soong did not lie to her, "Of course."

"Alright, if there are any, I will personally send them to the restaurant." Soong Xintong said with a smile.

"Shopkeeper, it has already been weighed. One for two thousand two hundred pounds." The accountant ran over.

"Sister, there's more in the room." No one knew when Big Treasure ran over, but he pulled on Soong Xintong's sleeve to remind her.

"Oh, oh, oh, right, there's still some left in the room. I forgot to move out." Soong Xintong quickly said to Zhu San and the others, "Please follow me to the house."

After adding the number, the accountant reported again, "A total of 2,450 jin."

Manager Soong nodded, "Just a little bit of the silver."

"Alright, I'll go and calculate it right away." The accountant said.

Soong Xintong looked at Manager Soong, who was being carried into the car with a smile, "Manager Soong, do you want me to do that in the future?"

"Of course we do, but we might have to go down in numbers later on." Manager Soong stroked his beard, "I came here today on purpose to tell you about this matter. The restaurants in the county have gradually started to decline. As for the other restaurants, they are fine, so I ask Miss Soong to prepare them."

All this was within Soong Xintong's expectations. "Then, should we prepare a little for the future?"

"Another two thousand pounds, I guess. If I get any more, it'll be hard to sell." Manager Soong was quite frank.

"I see." Soong Xintong nodded.

The accountant said, "Manager, there is a total of 17 taels of 150 taels of paper."

"Plus two catties of basilisk, seven catties of chicken fir, for a total of twenty-eight taels of silver."

Manager Soong looked at Soong Xintong, "Miss Soong, is this number right?"

Soong Xintong raised her brows expressionlessly, but deep inside, she was overjoyed. She nodded her head indifferently, "That's right."

The cashier slapped the abacus. "I'll give you 45 taels of silver for a total of 150 taels of silver."

"Miss, please keep it properly."

Soong Xintong took the heavy purse and was extremely happy. "Thank you, Manager Soong."

"It's a fair trade, what's there to thank?" Manager Soong looked at Soong Xintong's neither arrogant nor impetuous appearance and nodded slightly, "Then I will take my leave first."

"Manager Soong, take care." Soong Xintong said.

At this moment, Xie Yi and the others came back with buckets full of fish. Goudan shouted with a joyful expression, "Sister Xintong, we have caught a lot of big fish."

Soong Xintong looked into the large bucket and found at least seven to five catties of fish inside. "That much?"

"Shopkeeper, this fish is really fresh." Zhu San couldn't help but say as he looked at the fish that was still alive and kicking.

Manager Soong looked at the fish in the bucket. It was indeed fresh. "Miss Soong, why don't you sell them to me?"

"No, we want to eat." Goudan had been greedy for a long time. How could he sell the fish to someone else?

Grandma Qiu, who had just come out from the kitchen, could not help but scold Goudan. Then, she looked at Soong Xintong: "How about we sell them all to the shopkeeper and fish them out again?"

Soong Xintong looked at Xie Yi and Xie Hao.

Xie Yi shook his head, "Then just give it to the shopkeeper."

Manager Soong couldn't help but laugh, "No need, just make sure I get four of them. I'll give the workers a tooth sacrifice when we get back."

"Fine." Xie Yi immediately nodded.

Soon, he weighed the fish. The four fish weighed a total of twenty-three catties, and ten catties for a total of two hundred and thirty gold coins.