Chapter 43: Too Honest
Although he said so, he didn't force him to put it down. Erdan was even more unwilling to put it down and followed Shen Sisi in a hurry, muttering to himself as he picked up two frames and brought them back to peel off the fluff, which could be worth a few catties...
When they arrived at the mountain, as soon as they saw the chestnut tree, everyone's eyes turned green and scattered to pick up the fallen chestnuts. The two dogs even hugged a tree trunk and shook it hard, hoping to shake off some chestnuts, but the chestnut trees in the mountains were all tall and sturdy, and no matter how hard he shook, they didn't budge. He could only helplessly gaze at the unripe burrs on the tree and sigh. In the end, he reluctantly continued to pick up chestnuts.
Dabao slowly walked over to Shen Sisi's side, with an expression that seemed to be wanting to say something but hesitating. Shen Sisi was speechless, and here we go again...
"Tuni......" Actually, Da Bao was also very entangled. He now knew that Tuni had her own reasons for doing things, but he couldn't understand them. Not asking would only make him more confused, so after hesitating again and again, he finally came forward.
"What do you want to ask? Just ask!" Shen Sisi said helplessly.
"One jin is divided into one wen, isn't that too much?! Originally five wens for one jin, relying on white to become four wens, and there's still loss, cost, plus the human feelings sent out, how can we afford to lose money?!" Da Bao said anxiously.
"Big Treasure, when will these chestnuts go on sale?"
"Ah?" Da Bao was a bit stunned, but still honestly said: "It's almost there, at most half a month..."
"Then you tell me, after we go public, will we still have chestnuts to sell?!" Shen Sisi continued to say worriedly.
Dà bǎo lǎo shí de yáo yáo tóu.
Translation:
Big treasure shook his head honestly.
Shen Sisi turned around and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "You're just too honest. Let's say, if we don't take advantage of now to pick up the chestnuts, later there won't be any left to pick. There are many people in the village, and now they all know that chestnuts can make money. If we don't finish picking them now, by next time there will be nothing left..."
Dabao blinked his eyes and stared at her blankly.
"But our manpower is not enough, relying on you and Er Bao San Bao, we still have to sell chestnuts and pick up the monkey year horse month, right? You say, is it?! Shen Si Si looked at him still in a daze, helplessly said: "...Understood?!"
Dabao thought for a moment, then thought again and said: "But giving them one piece of money is really too much, let them help pick it up, can't they just have some meat soup to drink?!"
He muttered to himself, staring at Shen Si in silence. "If it were you, would you still give me the chestnuts?! They'd definitely all go to self-roast and sell themselves! One copper coin is really not a lot, if they just stir-fry casually, as long as it's not hard to eat, two copper coins can be sold, right?! Do you understand?!"
Dà bǎo (Big Treasure) paused for a moment, thought about it, and then nodded his head, "......I kind of understand now."
Shen Sisi became even more melancholic and hesitated before saying: "......Dabao, you're really...too honest."
Dabao's face was twisted together, thinking about it and not knowing whether Shen Sisi was praising him or scolding him, only her tone was really too strange.
The sound of it is extremely eerie, and if you listen to it at night, the trailing tones are so much like a ghost that they can scare people out of their wits.
Four pieces for one catty, it's not a loss actually. Da Bao accepted five pieces, but now he is short of one piece and this honest man really can't bear it. It's no wonder, people in this era have been living a hard life and seen little money, unlike the prosperous times when one or two yuan are nothing, nor can they think of thin profits and large sales volume, as well as scale operation, so naturally they are very entangled.
