Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 607 - 605

Chapter 607: 605

Xiao’er handed another hook needle to each of them to deal with the tiny green skin that was left.

The onlookers looked at the walnut in their hands and then at their own pair of walnuts! It was indeed better than any of the dozen or so they had opened themselves!

Good goods are indeed not cheap, and cheap goods are not good!

The spectators were not calm anymore, they began to urge Jingrui and the others to quickly pick out the remaining tiny green skin.

They wanted to see just how good this walnut was!

Some of the quicker ones could not wait and went straight to the basket to pick out green-skinned walnuts. Only then did they realize that these baskets of green-skinned walnuts looked really big and good!

Now they gained some experience - the bigger the green-skinned walnut, the better.

Xiao’er occasionally gave some advice on the side.

Some people also believed Xiao’er. Following Xiao’er’s guidance, they hastily selected a pair and immediately asked Zhao Yong to help them peel one while they personally peeled the other.

He initially wanted to peel it himself, but he was so expectant that he couldn’t wait for a single quarter of an hour.

Zhao Yong was quick to remove the skin, and the walnut was cleaned up in less than half an hour in his hands.

The man gave Zhao Yong the walnut he was holding to continue peeling, and he himself held the newly acquired walnut and compared it with the one in Jingrui’s hand. Surprisingly, the walnuts he peeled looked even better than Jingrui’s, it looked like a meatball! It was very lively.

Everyone else came around to have a look, and then their hearts were filled with excitement.

One person was so excited that he immediately said, "I’ll buy this walnut for five taels of silver!"

"I’ll pay ten taels!" another person said, quickly quoting a higher price upon hearing this.

The owner of the walnut quickly put away the walnut in his hand, "Not for sale!"

Zhao Yong quickly cleaned off another walnut.

"Another meatball!" someone exclaimed when they saw this!

Zhao Yong handed the walnut to the man from earlier, "Sir, your walnut."

The owner of the walnut quickly took the walnut and pulled out the meatball from earlier. He compared the two walnuts together.

Many people leaned over to have a look.

When they saw this, their hearts were even more excited - the two "meatballs" looked just like identical twins!

Their luck was astronomical!

"My God, these twins are so alike!"

"They’re almost identical! That’s amazing!"

"No one can top this luck."

"Sir, fifty taels of silver, I’ll buy them!"

"Sixty taels!" a merchant’s son said with a wave of his hand.

"How can you be so dishonest? I clearly made the offer first."

"How am I dishonest? You offer such a small price and don’t allow others to offer more, that’s being dishonest."

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The owner of the "meatball" walnuts spoke, "Both of you, there’s no need to argue. I won’t sell this pair of walnuts! Wait a bit, I’ll buy two more pairs of green-skinned walnuts. I’ll sell one pair for fifty taels to you, and one pair for sixty taels to you!"

Upon hearing his words, both men couldn’t help but scoff in unison, "Buy again and open, can’t we buy our own green-skinned walnuts? Why do we need you to buy!"

Fifty to sixty taels of silver could buy so many pairs of green-skinned walnuts! With so many green-skinned walnuts, they didn’t believe they couldn’t open better ones.

Xiao’er couldn’t help but chuckle, the owner of the "meatball" walnuts seemed to have high emotional intelligence, defusing the argument in a few words.

So, they wanted to pick some from the premium basket, but found that the area was already crowded.

After all, these people had just spent over a tael of silver and bought a bunch of damaged goods.

Now, the ones here were 500 coins each, and a pair of "meatball" walnuts came out for just over a tael. Only a fool would continue to spend money buying damaged goods.

They glanced at the two baskets next to them, hesitated for a moment, and the merchant’s son decided to take a gamble. He spent twenty taels, and under Xiao’er’s guidance, picked two green-skinned walnuts and opened a pair of tiger head walnuts!

He was so happy that he laughed loudly three times.

In the world of walnut collectors, tiger head walnuts belong to the high-grade category.

Gazing at the fierce pair of walnuts, the merchant’s son couldn’t stop playing with them.

Everyone on the street gathered around, and began picking walnuts at their stall.

Other vendors who had previously mocked them as fools for selling walnuts at sky-high prices! Who would be foolish enough to buy!

Little did they know that now almost every collector on the street was fooled!

Yang Liu carefully protected Xiao’er, while Yang Mei was in charge of collecting the silver.

The walnuts priced at 500 coins each were quickly sold out.

Some people from wealthy backgrounds also followed suit and directly bought the walnuts priced at five taels each.

Once they opened them, they were not disappointed! It was another pair of meatball-like walnuts and they were significantly larger than the ones priced at 500 coins. Indeed, you get what you pay for!

Everyone no longer questioned the issue of the walnuts being too expensive at five taels or ten taels.

Going to the other two baskets to pick walnuts, it was indeed the more expensive the better!

So, more and more people bought the walnuts! And they were all picking from the basket priced at ten taels.

For the first time, Du Yijin realized what it felt like to be collecting so much money that her hand became soft.

Soon, the walnuts in front of Xiao’er and Du Yijin were all sold.

Many people got the walnuts they were satisfied with and left with joyful faces.

Those who didn’t get any were anxious: "All sold? Is there so little?"

"Yes, why don’t they bring out more to sell! I’ve been in line for so long, and they’re sold out when it’s my turn!"

Xiao’er smiled and explained to them, "Because we don’t want everyone to waste too much money, the walnuts we picked are all carefully selected before we sell them, so the quantity is relatively small. And, since we need to select useful walnuts from dozens of baskets, and we also have to hire people to pick and select them, the cost is high, which is why we sell at a higher price. Actually, we didn’t make much profit, so thank you all for your support and understanding. For those who didn’t get any, please come early tomorrow! We will continue to sell tomorrow."

Xiao’er was ruthless when she swindled people. Du Yijin and Yang Liu lowered their heads in embarrassment, blushing!

Upon hearing this, everyone praised Xiao’er and her team as kind people and pledged to come again tomorrow!

Having sold all their walnuts, Xiao’er and Du Yijin walked towards the carriage.

"Rui’an, I didn’t expect our walnuts to sell so well! Even at such a high price, people were buying! I was just hoping to earn ten taels of silver, but I think we made over a thousand taels this time."

Xiao’er laughed in response, "Our walnuts are different from others. They are carefully taken care of by our villa’s people, so the quality is naturally different from the wild ones, so of course, they should be sold at a higher price."

The farming methods in ancient times differed from modern times. Ancient farming was about providing appropriate fertilizers and care under the natural growth conditions of the plants. The things grown naturally are better than those in the wild! Whereas, in modern times, wild things are often more expensive than farmed ones because many of the farmed things are enlarged by pesticides, chemical fertilizers, and growth promoters.