"Hey..." Father Zhou sighed, knowing that the man opposite him was speaking in anger.
He had said such angry words many times, but in the end he still couldn't let go of the tea trees left by his ancestors, let alone the craftsmanship he had practiced since childhood.
If this tea is left at home and becomes moldy and smelly, then their work at the end of the year will really be in vain. After selling it, it will be sold at the lowest price.
"The Shen's Tea Shop on East Street collects tea leaves. Top-grade tea costs fifty cents per catty, and ordinary tea costs thirty cents per catty." A little beggar in rags ran down the street with a big bun in his hand.
while shouting.
Hearing the shouting, the old man who was carrying tea and preparing to go home stopped.
"Baby, wait a minute." Father Zhou quickly stopped the beggar running past him.
"What's wrong?" the little beggar took a bite of the bun and looked at Father Zhou and asked.
"Is what you just yelled true?" asked Father Zhou.
The little beggar said: "Of course it is true. Those who sell tea on the street have gone to Shen's Tea Shop on East Street to sell tea. You should go there too!"
After the little beggar finished speaking, he jumped away and ran away, shouting: "The Shen Family Tea Shop on East Street collects tea leaves..."
Father Zhou is very excited now. Someone actually offered 50 yuan to buy the tea. This is a great thing for their tea farmers!
But he was afraid that the little beggar was shouting randomly, so as not to be happy in vain, so he tried to calm himself down, looked at the old man opposite and said, "Brother, should we go to East Street and have a look?"
The old man nodded, so the two of them arrived at the owner's house. As soon as they reached the end of the street, they saw a long queue forming from the middle of the street to the end of the street.
Everyone standing in line has a few linen bags or large baskets next to them.
Father Zhou and the old man lined up at the end of the queue, patted the young man in front on the shoulder and asked: "Little brother, is this the Shen Family Tea Shop collecting tea leaves?"
The young man in front turned his head with a joyful smile on his face, showing his white teeth and said: "That's right! The top-grade tea costs fifty cents per catty, and the ordinary tea costs thirty cents. How much do you charge?"
"Not only does Shen's Tea Shop charge it, but Yun's Tea Shop also charges it, and it's the same price!" The middle-aged man in front of the young man also turned around and said with a smile.
Father Zhou and the old man looked at each other, slapping their thighs happily, with tears flashing in their eyes. They had been tending tea trees for decades, but this was the first time they sold them at this price!
Father Zhou said happily: "My family has two hundred kilograms of high-grade tea and three hundred kilograms of ordinary tea. How much silver can it be sold for at this price?"
The middle-aged man in front of the queue knew some arithmetic, so he did the math and said, "I can sell it for almost twenty taels!"
When Father Zhou heard this, he smiled so much that the corners of his mouth almost reached the back of his head, and he said happily: "It's not bad."
There are eight people in his family. In previous years, with the money earned from growing tea and doing odd jobs outside, he would have earned more than ten taels of silver throughout the year, which was enough, but this year he could earn almost 20 taels from selling tea alone.
Not only is it not bad, it is simply wonderful.
"Oops! All I bring are high-grade teas for sale, and ordinary teas are kept at home! There is a queue here again, how can I deal with this?" Father Zhou said anxiously. He had known earlier that he should have agreed to let his eldest grandson today.
If you come with him to sell tea, you can queue up alone and go back alone to ask your family to bring all the tea.
The young man in front said: "It's okay. The people in the tea shop said that the tea leaves will be received until the end of the month! The price will remain unchanged."
After hearing this, Mr. Zhou felt relieved. Several more tea sellers came later. After asking Mr. Zhou and the others, he was happy and curious and asked: "What is the Shen Family Tea Company and the Yun Family Tea Company?"
Why are you willing to pay such a high price to accept the tea leaves from us?"
The price of ordinary tea is directly more than double the price of high-quality tea sold by tea merchants from other places.
The young man at the front said angrily: "Why? Of course it is so that our tea farmers in Jiangzhou will no longer be bullied by those foreign tea merchants who lower prices!"