139 Novel Fruit
The other people in the town were a little anxious. They knew this servant. This servant’s Young Master was especially generous. Every time he bought something, he would buy everything directly.
But this time, they wanted to buy some for themselves to try. They did not want everything to be taken by that young master.
“No, no, sell it to us first. Don’t sell it to him directly!”
“It’s obvious that the rich Young Master doesn’t lack food. Our child is still waiting to eat the candied hawthorns. If I don’t manage to buy any, he’ll probably kick up a fuss.”
“That’s right, that’s right. I only ate one candied hawthorn last time. I brought the rest back, but the entire family fought to eat them. They even asked me to guard here. If I see you this time and don’t buy a stick, they’ll cause trouble again when I go back.”
“You can buy it after we’re done.”
Everyone spoke one after another, afraid that the servant would buy everything again.
The servant was speechless, but he could not offend these people. They were only here to look for delicacies, not to bully the good people.
Little Ah Yu said, “Uncle, please wait for us. We’ll sell the candied haws to everyone first. We’ll look for Big Brother Murong later.”
Little Ah Yu still remembered the Big Brother who had given her so much money.
In any case, those who were older than her were her elder brothers, those who were the same age as her father were her uncles, and those who were the same age as her grandfather were her grandpas.
The corresponding people were naturally her elder sisters, aunts, and grandmas. This was taught by Liu Shi.
When little kids like her went out. If her mouth was sweet, she would suffer less.
The servant said patiently, “Alright, I’ll wait for you.”
In any case, he had already waited for two days. It didn’t matter if he waited for a while more.
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when they saw that the servant was easy to talk to.
Ordinary people were most afraid of interacting with those rich people. Rich people always believed that everything could be resolved with money. Other people who did not have money could only swallow their anger.
Because of Old Madam w.a.n.g’s reminder, they did not make one or two hundred sticks in one go. They only made more than 80 sticks.
Nanhe Town had a market day every three days.
Last time, it was w.a.n.g Dalang, w.a.n.g Sanlang, and w.a.n.g Silang who accompanied Little Ah Yu. This time, w.a.n.g Dalang still came. The only changes were w.a.n.g Erlang and w.a.n.g Wulang. w.a.n.g Erlang came to help count the money, and w.a.n.g Wulang purely pushed aside the other two brothers to join in the fun.
“Three copper coins a stick, two sticks is six copper coins.”
“I took nine copper coins from you. Here are three sticks of candied haws. Please receive them!”
With w.a.n.g Erlang around, everyone’s minds were much clearer when they were settling the payment.
w.a.n.g Erlang was in charge of the accounts, and w.a.n.g Wulang was in charge of collecting the money. w.a.n.g Dalang took the goods and handed them to the person who had paid.
Little Ah Yu also wanted to help, but her brothers thought that there were too many people and they were afraid that she would be s.n.a.t.c.hed away, so they simply placed her in the middle of them and did not let her do anything.
There were only about 30 people surrounding them, but all the candied haws were quickly sold out.
The people who came to watch the commotion here and wanted to join in, only realized that everything had been sold out when they arrived.
Without the candied haws, there were still some wild fruits on the ground. Last time, not many people bought the wild fruits. This time, they prepared less, only about 10 catties.
“What is this? It looks quite delicious,” someone asked, pointing at the wild fruits on the ground.
“This is a red fruit. It costs one copper coin for five. Our candied haws are made with it,” w.a.n.g Wulang said quickly.
That person smiled. “Alright, then pack 10 for me.”
This person had grown up in town and had never been outside, so he naturally did not know that this was the kind of wild fruit outside.
Someone wanted to remind him that these were just ordinary wild fruits, but they felt that it was better not to disturb their business.
After this person finished buying the wild fruits, he casually wiped his sleeve and took a bite.
The sweet juice exploded and flew far away.
“Ah, this thing is so sweet. It tastes even better than melons!” That person’s eyes lit up, and he simply took out another five copper coins and asked them to pick out another five.
“Alright!”
The surrounding people who were originally watching were naturally moved when they saw this person buy so much at once and taste it.
To some people, one copper coin was not an insignificant amount. However, there were still a lot of people who could spare some copper coins in town, so they could take out one or two copper coins and buy the wild fruits of the w.a.n.g family’s stall.
Cai Niu who watched at the side was amazed.
“You’re really fast. It hasn’t been long since the stall was set up, but it’s actually sold out.” Cai Niu gave them a thumbs up. “You’re born to do business!”
The group of children blushed from the praise.
They also felt that they were very powerful.
The adults would definitely praise them when they returned, right?
When the servant beside them saw this, he secretly regretted it. If he had known earlier, he would not have dared to let those people buy it first. If he was not careful, everything would be sold out.
It was still their fault for bringing too little.
How could anyone bring so little goods to set up a stall?
“If you’re done selling, please follow me. Young Master is waiting anxiously.” The servant hurriedly went forward.
Only then did the w.a.n.g family pack up the things on the ground and pick up the straw mat to keep the ground clean before leaving.
It had to be said that two days ago, Murong Run did not care after receiving those fruits. He even asked the servants to deal with the candied haws.
He had no intention of eating it himself.
He did not like sweet food, especially candied hawthorns. It was so sweet that he could not stand it.
The servant ate two candied haws and felt that they tasted good, so he recommended one to Murong Run.
When Murong Run bit off one in his mouth, he felt that the candied haws were indeed too sweet, but the fruit inside was a little special.
Previously, they had bought all the fruits in the stall at once. Murong Run asked the servants to wash a few fruits. After washing them, he casually ate two. Murong Run felt that the taste of these fruits was really special.
When he tried the fruit by itself, he found that it was pure sweet and not sour at all. Instead, after making it into candied haws, there was a little bit of fruit sourness, but the sourness was not especially obvious.
“This thing is a little special. Are they unique to this place?” Murong Run asked.
The servant shook his head. “I’m not too sure either, but this fruit looks a little similar to the ones in the wilderness outside, except that they’re larger and look redder. Also, they taste much sweeter.”
Murong Run only sighed slightly. These fruits tasted good. On the second day, they decided to leave Nanhe Town. After walking for about ten miles, Murong Run remembered that there were still a few fruits that the little kid had given him.
It looked a little different from the fruits they had bought.
For some reason, Murong Run asked the servant to wash the fruits in the river beside him.
After eating a golden fruit, Murong Run’s eyes widened.
The taste of this fruit was completely different!
It was not just pure sweetness. The texture was indescribably smooth, but it was not repulsive.
Murong Run finished the other two fruits.
Without exception, the taste of the two fruits were all different, and the texture was also different.
One was soft, and the other was crunchy. They were clearly fruits, but they tasted like pastries.
The biggest difference was that these were novel fruits that Murong Run had never eaten before.
Perhaps Grandpa had never eaten it either.
“Turn around, turn around immediately. We have to find that stall!”