625 A Basket of Cherries
But now, he was nervous and anxious. He had thought of a lot of words to please Lin Yuelan, but he couldn’t say a single word. They all disappeared.
Why was she so easy to talk to all of a sudden?
Lin Yuelan knew what Zhou wencai was thinking in his heart when she saw his expression.
She immediately smiled and asked, ” what? Looking at big brother Zhou’s expression, is it so strange that I gave two baskets of cherries to your father, Lord Zhou, as a favor? If you think that’s wrong, then please leave…”
“Hey, don’t, don’t, please don’t.” Zhou Wencai reacted and immediately stopped her. “sister Yue Lan, you’re being so generous for a moment, but I didn’t manage to react in time, did I? ” As soon as he said this, he immediately covered his mouth and thought to himself, ‘oh no, I was in a hurry and actually told the truth.’ In other words, he was saying that Lin yuelan was stingy.
As Zhou Wencai looked at Lin yuelan’s expression, he anxiously explained, ” Oh, I didn’t mean that you weren’t generous…” After saying that, he nearly slapped himself twice. It was fine if he didn’t explain, but the more he did, the more he made things worse.
He covered his mouth and eyes, carefully looking at Lin Yuelan’s face. As expected, her face was getting darker and darker.
Lin Yuelan’s face darkened for a moment before she regained her calm expression. She smiled at Zhou wencai with an unknown meaning and said, ” Oh, so in brother Zhou’s eyes, I am such a petty person. Since that’s the case, then this young lady will not gift these two baskets of cherries…”
Zhou Wencai immediately stopped her. “hey, don’t. Sister Yuelan, don’t. Then,” with an apologetic look, he said, ” Brother Zhou is in the wrong, alright? Please don’t take these cherries back.”
Lin Yuelan immediately smiled and asked, ” big brother Zhou, who said I was going to take these two baskets of cherries back? I only said that I wouldn’t give them to you, not that I wouldn’t sell them to you.”
At this moment, Zhou Wencai was slightly stunned.
“How about this? As for me, these cherries are sold to others for at least 300 taels a catty. However, since you’re so familiar with me, I’ll sell them to you at 250 taels.” Lin Yuelan took advantage of Zhou Wencai’s daze and continued, ” one basket is five catties, so two baskets are ten catties. It’ll cost a total of 2500 taels of silver. Brother Zhou, do you want to give me cash now, or deduct the dividends from the restaurant’s profits, or do you want to buy them on credit? ”
Lin Yuelan said a lot of things before Zhou Wencai reacted. He kept hearing her say, ” you have to pay 2500 taels of silver.”
‘Holy shit, this is daylight robbery.’
It was only two baskets of cherries, yet they cost 2500 taels of silver.
But then again, these cherries were only sold in An Ding County. If they were sold in Zhou Shan city or the capital, even if they were sold for 300 taels a catty, even the officials and nobles would fight for it.
With this in mind, Zhou Wencai’s heart felt slightly balanced. He even found it a pity that Lin Yuelan was only selling these things in the corner of the mountain. If she were to sell them in Beijing, she would be rich.
However, he could have gotten these cherries for free. In the blink of an eye, he was going to spend a lot of money to buy them.
Zhou Wencai said in a fawning manner, ” sister Yue Lan, with our friendship, talking about money will hurt our feelings, don’t you think? Why don’t you give it to big brother Zhou? Don’t worry. Big brother Zhou will definitely remember your favor.”
Talking about money would hurt feelings!
Why did these words sound so familiar?
Lin Yuelan frowned slightly, but then she remembered.
These words were from the first time she met Jiang Zhennan and Guo Bing. At that time, Guo Bing also wanted to save some money, so he used feelings to avoid talking about money.
Now that she heard these familiar words again, Lin yuelan suddenly began to miss Jiang Zhennan and the others.
They had been away for a month, and she did not know what their current situation was. If she had the time, she would ask Little Green to ask its friends to find out.
Zhou Wencai was a little puzzled by Lin yuelan’s expression. When he saw her confused expression, he immediately muttered inwardly, ‘did I say something wrong? Why is sister Yuelan’s expression so strange?’
