Chapter 924 The plight of a lonely old mer
The taste was exotic and nice but more importantly, it revived his appetite, this was something that Qiao Nan did not expect to happen. Ever since he was poisoned by the mer concubine, his body had only gotten weaker as he developed a fear of food itself. Even if he was to push himself to eat something, he would end up vomiting everything out.
This was something that annoyed both him and his wife. But the psychological barrier was too big for Qiao Nan to completely let go, however after eating the vegetables which were being sold by this store, Qiao Nan felt like he could finally eat something.
" Big brother, your total is twenty taels," Chen Mi packed the order quickly and then handed the bill as well as the stamp card which their shop was distributing and then handed it to Qiao Nan. " But because today is the new year, I will add two extra tomatoes for you. We will look forward to your return."
Qiao Nan liked Chen Mi's straightforward way of dealing with customers, he did not mince his words and was speaking politely which made him quite satisfied as he nodded his head and then said, " As long as all your vegetables are as good as these tomatoes and cucumbers, I will come back for sure."
" Don't worry, I promise that you will not find anything to complain about. All our vegetables are high quality and we never make any compromise with the quality of our product," Ye Liu promised as he spoke to Qiao Nan.
As soon as Qiao Nan was done with his purchase, some other mers came forward to join in the fun and brought something but mostly there were also some freeloaders who came to take a bite of the free samples before leaving without buying anything.
Though Chen Mi was upset with the actions of those freeloaders, he did not say anything given that they were doing business and it will unwise of him to fight in front of others. Thus, instead of paying attention to the freeloaders, he focused all his attention on those who came to buy something from them.
Due to the constant crowd which never lessened, the people who were walking on the streets were attracted to Yu Dong's shop. Even if they did not wish to buy something the hustle and bustle of the crowd made them attracted to the things which were being sold by the shop.
" What are they selling?"
" I think they are selling vegetables."
" What? Such a big crowd for buying vegetables? Are they selling vegetables embedded with gold or pearls or something?"
" You don't know anything, I heard from the people who bought vegetables from this shop that they are selling really high-quality vegetables but it's just so unfortunate that they are selling them at a high price."
" What is the price?"
" Half a catty of tomatoes for two taels!"
" What? That's too much."
" But they taste unreal! I just took a bite of the free sample and I have to admit that the taste of those tomatoes is really good! I am going back to get some money, even if I buy only two tomatoes, I still want my family to try some with me."
" Fine then I will buy some too!"
Soon the tomatoes and cucumbers were sold, seeing this Yu Dong put out a lettuce salad along with some cabbage leaves added to it as well.
As soon as the tomatoes and cucumbers were gone, Chen Mi turned to look at Yu Dong and asked, " Why don't we bring the stock of tomatoes and cucumbers out?"
" We cannot do that, if we put up the stock of tomatoes and cucumbers again then people will only buy those. We also have to sell these greens and bell peppers, Mi."
Yu Dong patiently explained as she turned to look at the baskets of vegetables which were yet to be sold.
Seeing the remaining stock of vegetables lying in the basket like this, Chen Mi was a bit worried as he asked, " Wife, will these vegetables be sold?"
" Don't worry, as long as we continue to sell them they will certainly sell well," Yu Dong said as she turned to look at the store which still had some vegetables left. She was already happy with the amount of vegetables sold since this was their first day and there were not many shoppers on the streets, selling this many vegetables was still better than nothing.
While the four of them were talking, an old mer walked inside the store. Behind him was a young mer who was carrying a shopping bag. When the two of them saw that having such a hard time even getting a single piece of garlic to cook.
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Yu Dong looked at the hunchback mer and nodded, " Yes Grandpa. I am selling these Yu Dong was selling vegetables they could not help but walk inside the store as they looked at the fresh vegetables.
" Miss, are you selling these vegetables?" The old mer asked as he looked at the colourful vegetables which were stacked nicely on the wicker baskets. He could not believe that someone would be willing to sell these vegetables when they were already having such a hard time even getting a single piece of garlic to cook.
Yu Dong looked at the hunchback mer and nodded, " Yes Grandpa. I am selling these vegetables would you like to take a look?"
" Sure," the old mer nodded as he staggered a few steps forward behind him the mer was following closely as he was worried that his master might fall if he was not paying attention to him. " Your vegetables are indeed fresher than the rest, they even look bigger than most. How much are you selling them for?"
" The lettuce is six taels a head, cabbage three taels a head and bell peppers are three taels half a catty," as Chen Mi recited the cost of each vegetable, the old mer's brows scrunched up as he said, " This is really expensive why are you selling your vegetables at such a high price?"
" Grandpa, I assure you that our family's vegetables are indeed worth the price, if you don't believe me take a few and you will see," Yu Dong answered.
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Yu Dong was not going to budge on the price because she was not only selling good quality vegetables, but she was also selling medicines for small ailments in the form of these vegetables. She was very well aware of how much the price of her vegetables was, if not for the fact that she wanted to attract the attention of the people of the town, she would have set the price even higher!
In her heart, she still felt that the price which she had set for these vegetables was quite low.
The old mer's brows furrowed. It wasn't that he did not have this bit of money, his daughter was a big official and her granddaughter was an elementary scholar. He had enough money to buy these vegetables but that did not mean that he was going to waste the money by buying something which was not good.
What was more, this was something that he was going to eat alone anyway. Even though he had a daughter and granddaughter as well as a great-granddaughter, they were all busy with their own thing. Her wife had long left him and ever since then, each family ate on their own, neither his daughters come to see him nor did his granddaughters. He wished to eat with them but they saw him as baggage since he was getting old and could not eat properly, sometimes he would even spill his food on the table which was why his daughters did not like eating with him.
They thought he was too unsightly when he ate.
Which was why he only ate with Little Tian, his servant who was hired by his daughters to take care of him.
Since he was eating alone, the old mer was craving something simple than something lavish like chicken and meat. This was the reason why he came to try his luck but he did not expect to really find a store which was selling vegetables, its just his luck that he was getting scammed.
Ye Liu saw that the old mer was doubting them, he immediately picked up the bowl which was sitting on the table on the side and then brought it in front of the old mer and said, " Old Master why don't you take a bite of this cabbage leaf? If it does not taste juicy, crispy and sweet then you don't need to buy it."
The mer servant who was following the old mer glared at Ye Liu for offering raw vegetables to his master but before he could say anything he heard Yu Dong say, " We have cleaned the ones which are set aside for tasting, you don't have to worry."
The old mer hesitated when he heard Ye Liu's words but he still took hold of the leaf which Ye Liu was handing him before he bit it off and then chewed it softly and soon his eyes widened.
" You are right, this is indeed good," the old mer nodded as he finished the rest of the leaf. " Though it's expensive it's indeed worth it, fine give me a head of lettuce, cabbage and some eggplants and spinach as well. Add some chillies as well." Since the cabbage was tasting good then surely the rest of the vegetables are going to taste good as well!
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