Rebirth in the 80s: The Scholar Wife is Cute
Chapter 195 Going to Imperial View Garden

Chapter 195: Chapter 195 Going to Imperial View Garden

Lu Siyuan reached out and dusted the white frost off Shen Mianmian’s head. "Once we’ve made some money, I’ll buy you a hat first. I see that the wool hats the young girls in the city wear are especially warm."

"You should buy yourself a pair of gloves first!" Shen Mianmian pointed with her chin to his red, chapped hands, noticing several red blisters that seemed to herald the onset of frostbite.

"I’ll warm them up at night, apply some clam oil, and they’ll be fine."

Lu Siyuan didn’t mind too much; he got frostbite every year, but it always healed by the following spring.

"Hey! Why did you two come so early?" A few older women noticed them standing by the ox-cart from a distance and cheerfully jogged over.

"We’ve just arrived."

Shen Mianmian and Lu Siyuan hurriedly greeted the women and helped them pick winter melons, grateful that all four of them were easy to talk to. In no time, they selected four big melons.

One very observant woman noticed the dried bamboo shoots and broad bean paste on the ox-cart.

Upon learning that the dried shoots were one yuan and twenty cents per pound, they all found it expensive, more so than meat. However, they also knew that these were wild and required more effort to produce. Even the non-wild variety in the market sold for one yuan and thirty cents.

In the end, each woman bought a pound of broad bean paste.

After tidying up a bit, just as the two of them were ready to leave, another woman stopped them. She kindly advised Shen Mianmian.

"Young girl, your dried bamboo shoots might not sell well even at the entrance of the vegetable market. Let me tell you, if you really want to sell them, go to the south to Imperial View Garden. The people living there are rich and enjoy eating these wild delicacies. You can sell your goods for one yuan and fifty cents each, and they won’t think it’s too expensive."

On the contrary, if the price is too low, others might suspect that there is something wrong with the quality.

Shen Mianmian’s eyes lit up. "Thank you, madam."

She knew of the Imperial View Garden, where all the residents were wealthy.

In a previous life, she had worked as a nanny for a family there. The family had been very kind, and she wondered if they still lived there.

After saying goodbye to the older women, they went to the entrance of the vegetable market. The winter melons and broad bean paste sold quickly. In just over an hour, they had sold almost everything, but the dried bamboo shoots attracted many onlookers with few buyers.

Shen Mianmian was not in a hurry. Eventually, seeing that no one was buying, she simply packed away the bamboo shoots.

"Do you really plan to sell at the entrance of Imperial View Garden?" Lu Siyuan could see through Shen Mianmian’s thoughts immediately. When the woman mentioned Imperial View Garden, Shen Mianmian’s eyes shone so brightly, he knew the girl was tempted.

"What else can we do?" Shen Mianmian pursed her lips. "Most of our capital is tied up in these bamboo shoots. If we can’t sell them, we’re going to lose money."

Besides, they were not selling well here, so why not try their luck there?

"Do rich people eat this?" Lu Siyuan expressed his doubts.

But he wasn’t worried about the bamboo shoots not selling. As long as the price was right, it would not be hard to sell a few pounds.

"Rich people need to eat too," Shen Mianmian replied nonchalantly.

Half an hour later, the last of the broad bean paste was sold, and Shen Mianmian placed the jars back on the cart before nimbly climbing onto the ox-cart herself.

"Let’s go, we’ll head to Imperial View Garden now."

It was approaching noon, the perfect time when everyone went home to cook, an ideal time for selling.

Without a word, Lu Siyuan drove the ox-cart towards their destination.

He didn’t know why, but despite Shen Mianmian being younger, he always felt she had more ideas than him, and he found himself willing to listen to whatever she said.

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