Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 606 - 604

Chapter 606: 604

During the days around the white dew period, walnuts fell from the trees.

In the early lunar August, many wealthy families sent their servants to the fields to pick green-skinned walnuts.

Xiao’er’s house steward also sent quite a few people into the mountain to pick walnuts.

The walnut trees in Xiao’er’s villa could already bear fruit, but Xiao’er had been waiting.

To set up a stall and sell them once those who went to the mountains to pick wild fruits came back.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, many teams that went to pick green-skinned walnuts successively returned.

It is said that without comparison there is no harm. This is the first year of betting on green-skinned walnuts. If she sets the price of walnuts too high, everyone will probably feel they are not worth the lofty price of such a small wild fruit and be unwilling to buy, especially since they already sent people up the mountain to pick them.

With so many people picking from the mountains, would there still be trouble finding buyers?

When Xiao’er received the news that the teams picking green-skinned walnuts in the wilderness were returning one after another, she quickly ordered the people in the villa to pick the walnuts.

She also notified Du Yijin to pick the walnuts in her villa. Some of the walnut trees in Du Yijin’s villa were mature trees from Xiao’er’s spatial realm she sold to her, which were excellent varieties and bore fruit in their first year after planting.

After the green-skinned walnuts from the villa arrived at the residence, Xiao’er personally led the maids to classify the green-skinned walnuts of different qualities.

Xiao’er said to Gu Rou’er: "Tonight you can tell Madam that the Lady of Rui’an County is preparing to present a pair of green-skinned walnuts to the Sixth Prince to give to the Emperor, and mention that playing with walnuts is beneficial for the body. During the process of playing with walnuts, by using their sharp edges and corners, the methods of kneading, rubbing, pressing, pricking, pinching, scraping, and rolling can be used to stimulate the acupoints on the palms of their hands, stimulate the reflex zones on hands, to achieving the effects of soothing, activating circulation, dispersing blood stasis and strengthening the body."

"Can it just be said like this?" Gu Rou’er is somewhat puzzled, what’s special about sending green-skinned fruit? Does giving a pair to the emperor have some special significance?

"Just this is enough." Xiao’er didn’t explain much.

Just like this is enough to make those in the know understand. The emperor suffers from hemiplegia, and it would be beneficial for him to play with a pair of walnuts.

Although Gu Rou’er doesn’t understand the deeper implications, she wisely refrained from asking further.

The next day on Wenwan Street, Xiao’er and Du Yijin, both dressed as men, each set up a stall. Together they began selling green-skinned walnuts alongside the maids who were also dressed as men.

In front of them were three baskets of walnuts, divided into premium, special, and top-grade to sell.

Each walnut ranged in price from 500 coins to ten taels.

However, Xiao’er sold all of the top-quality walnuts from her spatial realm in the supermarket. Their prices were sky-high, but they weren’t on sale now. They would not go on sale until the price of green-skinned walnuts was inflated.

Having waited so long for the green-skinned walnuts to hit the markets, literary gentlemen successively appeared on Wenwan Street today.

Many stalls were filled with people dressed as scholars.

Du Yijin looked at the bustling market in front of other people’s stalls and the barrenness in front of their two stalls. She was a little eager, saying, "Rui’an, did we set the price of our green-skinned walnuts too high? Those who asked about the price all shook their heads and left."

Xiao’er shook her head, "Don’t worry, this price is not high. Tomorrow, I plan to raise it a bit more. Just wait, someone will buy it later."

After waiting a while longer, the two brothers Jingrui and Jinghao came over.

They walked to the front of Xiao’er’s stall and asked, "How are these three baskets of green-skinned walnuts sold?"

Xiao’er smiled and said, "This premium green-skinned walnut sells for 500 coins each, this special green-skinned walnut sells for five taels of silver each, and this top-grade green-skinned walnut sells for ten taels of silver each!"

"Such a wild fruit is so expensive, is it made of gold?" Jinghao deliberately spoke loudly.

Xiao’er didn’t mind, she continued to smile and said, "The price is actually not expensive. Sir, you can ask the gentlemen at the next stall. They have already bought several pairs of green-skinned walnuts, but have they found a satisfying pair? I’ve been observing from the sidelines, and he has already bought more than a dozen pairs of green-skinned walnuts. At 100 coins a pair, he has already spent over a thousand coins! Although my green-skinned walnut sells for 500 coins each, I can guarantee that my premium green-skinned walnut, when opened, is absolutely better than his best one! If you calculate it this way, it is actually more cost-effective than the ones selling for fifty coins each."

Jingrui and Jinghao looked at the other people at the stalls as they spoke, and sure enough, many people were already holding several pairs of peeled walnuts and watching them pair up.

"Big brother, shall we buy a pair to try?" Jinghao looked eagerly at the basket of walnuts and spoke.

Jingrui nodded, "Then let’s try a pair."

The two brothers selected a desirable pair from the premium grade basket after picking and choosing for a long time.

The two didn’t hand it to the stall attendant played by Zhao Yong to peel, but they took out their own knife and began to peel them.

"Someone actually buys such expensive wild fruits? Is that person a fool?" said a man dressed as a scholar.

"Not a fool, just too much money with nowhere to spend! Just look at their outfits, you can tell they are either wealthy or noble!" Scholar B spoke.

"What fools! Those are the sons of Marquis Shengping. I heard that the older one was a scholar’s exam laureate at the age of thirteen!" Scholar C rolled his eyes at the ignorant person.

"And he was on the list of successful candidates!" Scholar D chimed in.

Other people simultaneously echoed.

"Really? Why would such a smart person spend so much money on wild fruit." The scholar who spoke first clearly didn’t believe it.

"I heard that Marquis Shengping’s eldest son has been running around a lot in the past two years, managing the family’s business. Maybe he has really cultivated a sharp eye. Let’s go and see what’s so expensive about those walnuts." Scholar D led the way and walked over after he finished speaking.

The others heard this and quickly followed. They had picked walnuts for a long time, and had opened several pairs but none satisfied them, they were somewhat dispirited.

Jingrui and Jinghao each peeled a walnut skin.

Jingrui and Jinghao made identical movements, lightly cutting into the green skin with their knives, not daring to go too deep, then breaking in one direction, allowing the fruit skin to naturally peel back under the force of the blade, a crisp sound rang out, the green skin naturally split, and then they continued to peel off the skin with the above method. After about half an hour, the green skin was peeled off, just because they were afraid of damaging the walnut, the green skin wasn’t completely peeled.

Xiao’er handed them an iron brush: "Use this iron brush to brush it, brush along the grain, don’t use too much force to avoid hurting the walnut."

The two thanked her, took the brush and continued to peel the remaining skin.

Then Xiao’er handed the two a pig hair brush: "Use this hair brush to hard brush the rest."

The two took it and really brushed hard, brushing off the fruit skin residue and washing it off in a bucket of clean water by side.

By this time, the general texture and outline of the walnut were revealed.

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