abcnovels
Chapter 920: Happy shopping
Chapter 920: Happy shopping
Chapter 920: Happy shopping
Chen Mi looked at Yu Dong when he saw the latter nod her head, he sighed and then replied to the young mer, "It's two taels half a catty, if you want a catty then you will have to pay four taels."
" Are you trying to rob us? How can tomatoes be so expensive?" Song Zhi recoiled as he looked at the big tomatoes which were sitting in a delicate wicker basket and were stacked nicely making them look alluring. If it was two taels a catty, he would have thought of buying them buy four taels for a catty, it was too much!
Song Zhi looked at the tomatoes and then spoke in an unconvinced voice, " The vegetable vendors sell their tomatoes for less than five hundred copper coins for a catty and you are selling a catty for four taels? Are you trying to fool me? I might look like I am young and a country bumpkin but I am not that easy to fool! You all have gone crazy if you think you can sell tomatoes at that price." He then turned to look at the young girl who was looking at the ripe red tomatoes with saliva trickling down from the corner of her mouth and then said,
" Little Yating, let's go. I will take you to the main market and then buy you some tomatoes, I don't think that I cannot find any!"
But the little girl shook her head and pointed at those tomatoes which were so big that she couldn't even hold them in both of her hands and insisted while crying. She pulled Song Zhi's pants and then sobbed, " Daddy Zhi, buy me those tomatoes… they are so big and juicy… I don't …I have never seen a tomato that big, buy it for me! Wahhh!"
Seeing that the child was crying, Yu Dong picked up the small plate on which she had sliced the tomatoes and then brought it in front of the small girl. She was not offended by what the mer said because she knew that her price was indeed a lot higher than the rest of the vendors but she was delivering quality vegetables at a decent price, in fact if someone was to ask her, she would tell them that even four taels was not enough for these vegetables which were infused with her spiritual energy.
But she knew that this price might be unacceptable for many people in the town which was why Yu Dong came up with the idea of handing out free samples.
" Little girl, there is no need to cry ..here, I will let you taste some," her voice was amiable which made the little girl stop crying as she looked at the bowl which was full of sliced tomatoes.
Song Zhi was still suspicious, he had seen many unscrupulous vendors which was why he pulled Xie Yating behind him and then looked at Yu Dong with dubious eyes and asked, " You are selling these tomatoes for such a high price, so why are you letting my child eat? I am telling you I will not give you a cent!"
" Young master, you seem to have misunderstood me," Yu Dong stood up politely and then pointed at the board which was sitting on the free sample stand. " These are free samples, if you don't believe me then you can take a bite yourself. I will still not ask you to buy anything if you don't want to buy."
As for whether or not this mer would be able to walk away without buying it will depend on his willpower.
Seeing Yu Dong act so polite and calm in the face of his scolding Song Zhi felt like he was being a tad bit too judgmental which was why he lowered his head and nodded at Xie Yating giving her permission to eat. It wasn't that he wanted to be this careful but he had just gotten married to an official as her mer concubine, he was afraid that if he made a mistake with Xie Yating who was the daughter of the official husband, he will suffer the wrath of both his wife and the official husband.
And thus couldn't help but be careful.
Usually, he would send servants to bring vegetables but under such circumstances where getting food was really hard many servants started to steal from the kitchen because of this his wife fired many servants leaving the responsibilities of the kitchen as well as cooking on his head.
When Xie Yating saw that her, Daddy Song had allowed her to eat she took the biggest slice of the tomatoes and then bit it into it. As Xie Yating munched on the tomatoes she turned to look at her daddy and praised honestly, " Daddy Zhi, these tomatoes are really delicious! Why don't you try one?"
As she spoke Xie Yating picked up a slice of tomato for Song Zhi to taste seeing this Song Zhi wanted to tell her that she should put the slice back. Who knows, maybe only the first bite was free but the second one might not be free.
Yu Dong knew what was going on in the head of the mer which was she patiently said, " There is no need to worry about paying, young master. Like I said this is a free sample, you can eat it as much as you want without any worry."
Of course, Song Zhi did not believe her. He thought that Yu Dong was just trying to push him into a trap but when he saw tears in Xie Yating's eyes, he couldn't bear to reject her.
Fine, he would eat a bite and if this woman tried to scam him then he will take her to Yamen.
In fact, it wasn't as if he was lacking this bit of money. With such a situation taking place in the town, the officials had a lot of money stored in their treasury but unfortunately for them, they had nowhere to spend it. The grains which were being sold by the grain shop owners had long stopped selling and the vegetable vendors were only selling a bit of their vegetables since they wanted to save the majority of those vegetables for themselves.
Only this shop was being so generous as to offer free samples. So why not take a bite?
-----------------------