Chapter Thirty-Eight So It Was
No one was interested before, but now the hotel owner takes the initiative to buy it, and the surprise comes too quickly. This huge gap made Yunlin feel a little overwhelmed and was stunned for a moment.
The hotel owner looked at Yunlin and smiled and said, "Old man, I really want to buy it. Do you think...?"
"Ah... Oh, I have no other intentions, I just never thought that you would buy it by the boss. I didn't react for a while and made you laugh," Yunlin said at a loss.
At this time, he had a very rich expression, including the excitement of facing a sudden surprise, the shyness and restraint of the country people, and the confusion and at a loss about the next transaction.
After all, he had never experienced such a thing, especially the transaction of "valuable items" such as "honey".
The hotel owner was very calm and waved his hand gently, "I can't do it, I'm a junior, I can't bear to say what you call you, and I will make you live a long life. My little surname is Li, and I have a single name with Qiu. Just call me Xiao Li."
I have to say that the owner of this hotel is really a versatile person. He treats people like spring breeze. Even when facing poor country people like Yunlin, he does not have the slightest attitude of being superior to others.
I witnessed the clouds and scenery throughout the journey. I don’t know if the scholars in this world are both virtuous and talented or just a few such as the boss.
However, Yun Jing believed that most scholars in ancient society were like this. There is a saying that scholars are both virtuous and talented, with virtue first, and then talent.
Although Yunlin is very helpful to the attitude of the hotel owner Li Qiu, as a poor farmer, humility has already been engraved into his bones. At this time, he did not dare to be arrogant at all. Instead, he bent his waist unknowingly and said quickly: "The boss buys my honey and respects me, and we are not the seniors and juniors anymore... I... I think the boss knows the words and verbs, so why don't I call you Mr. Li?"
"Okay, senior, just be as you please. I wonder if this honey..." Li Qiu smiled and pointed to the 'honey' in Yunlin's hand, and changed the topic lightly.
He looked down at the bamboo tube containing maltose. Yunlin wanted to say something but stopped, and finally said the truth: "Mr. Li, I'm not sure about it. My little brother has never sold this item and does not understand the market, so you can give it a price?"
Yun Jing lowered his head to drink porridge, his mouth was so sizzling, but he was amused and laughed in his heart. He thought to himself, my grandfather, there is no such thing as you who negotiated business like this, so that people can bid, aren’t you waiting to be slaughtered?
But then again, Yun Jing knows that it is reasonable for his grandfather to be so. Even if he is like this, he can't pretend to be smart even if he wants to be smart.
Although Yunlin's remarks surprised Li Qiu a little, it was reasonable to think that honey was rare and Yunlin had never traded it.
After thinking about it, he looked at Yunlin seriously and said, "Old man, I don't suppress your price. We should do whatever we should do. I will buy it from you at the market price..."
Speaking of this, Li Qiu paused for a moment and continued, "I don't know the market this year. I only bought it last year. After all, this thing is rare. When I bought it last year, it was 16 taels of silver per kilogram, so I gave it to you at this price. However, considering that there are some impurities in your honey, it would be too much to have a little less price? So the price I finally gave was 15 taels of silver per kilogram to buy it from you. What do the old man think?"
"Ah?" Yun Lin was stunned when he heard Li Qiu's offer.
At this time, Yunlin felt dizzy. Li Qiu's offer was beyond his imagination. How much would it cost to buy his own "honey" for fifteen taels and five cents per kilogram?
And the "honey" in my hand is just made of a few kilograms of grain, and the price has increased by more than a hundred times?
The numbness of scalp is the most realistic portrayal of Yunlin at this moment. One is that he is shocked by the current price, and the other is that he is scared. If the method of making "honey" is known, he would not dare to imagine what a terrible disaster it would bring!
Li Qiu thought Yunlin disliked the price being low, so he explained with a smile: "Old man, I offer real price. If you don't believe it, you can go to other places to ask. There will definitely be no one who pays higher prices than me. I also open the door to do business and be honest. If you smash your own sign for these pounds of honey, it will be worth the loss."
"No, no, Mr. Li misunderstood. I don't think the price is low, but I didn't expect honey to be so valuable and unbearable for a while. I'm not afraid of you to make fun of it. I've never seen so much money at once after living for so many years." Yun Lin waved his hand and said embarrassedly.
To be honest, Yun Jing was extremely surprised at this moment. Although Li Qiu opened the door to do business, he was not so honest, right?
He doesn't understand the reason why he can save a little bit?
It’s not that Yun Jing doubted the authenticity of what he said, but he just couldn’t figure it out, so there must be some factors that he didn’t understand.
Li Qiu smiled with understanding and said, "Since that's the case, old man, have you promised to sell it to me at such a price?"
"Okay, okay, okay..." Yun Lin nodded immediately, excited and nervous. When he thought that a large amount of wealth would fall into his pocket, he was so light that he was so fluttering.
Then Li Qiu pointed to the bamboo tube containing maltose and asked, "I wonder how much honey do you have here? I can give you money."
"Well, I don't know the details at home, I don't know how much," Yun Lin immediately said embarrassedly.
Nodded, Li Qiu said, "If the old man can trust me, I will ask someone to weigh it. Because the honey is not sticky and it is not easy to weigh it. Your bamboo tube is quite large, but it is dry. I will calculate a pound of skin for you to avoid you from suffering losses. Then I will calculate one or two more honey for you?"
"Just take it to weigh it. As for one or two more, I can forget it. I can see that Mr. Li is a real person, how can I take advantage of you?" Yun Lin waved his hand and said.
Li Qiu nodded and said nothing. Then he turned around and called Xiaolin's waiter at the door to weigh the 'honey', and then said to Yunlin: "The old man has been too much, and I will not hide it. This hotel is just an industry for the younger generation. In addition, there are other industries in the town, and they have always paid attention to honest management, so I abide by my original intention and dare not be careless at all."
After hearing this, Yunlin suddenly realized, and then scraped his stomach and said a decent boastful word, and gave a thumbs up and said, "No wonder, boss, you can earn such a big business. It's enough to trade with integrity alone."
When he was talking, Yun Lin was secretly surprised and said, "It turns out that he is so rich. No wonder he bought the "honey" worth more than ten taels of silver per pound, without blinking."
Li Qiu was obviously very useful, but he smiled and said, "Business is not my hobby. Several of my shops are run by juniors. I occasionally go to various stores to check the accounts. Today, it just happened that I would meet the elderly, which was lucky. Otherwise, I would not miss this rare honey. In fact, what I like most is teaching and educating people. The director of the town school is not talented. The so-called virtue is not worthy of educating people. So, whether it is doing business or teaching, I have to set an example to avoid misleading people's children."
"So you are still a teacher!" Yunlin immediately became awe-inspiring after hearing Li Qiu's words, and the honorific title of "you" was once again spoken.
Obviously, Li Qiu, a real scholar, is still more useful than anything he has before.
It has to be said that the influence of scholars in this world is really beyond ordinary people's imagination.
Yun Jing, who was paying attention to the whole process but did not make any noise, suddenly realized in his heart.
I see.
The case has been solved!
No wonder Li Qiu is so friendly to others. It turns out that he is a scholar and a scholar who is a role model.
At this moment, through Li Qiu, Yun Jing has a relatively clear understanding of the scholars in this world.
People usually talk about scholars, not because they can simply read and write. I am afraid that it is more because scholars’ virtues are the biggest reason why people praise them so high.
Chapter completed!