美滋滋

Ch57.1 - Broadcast

In the afternoon at the vegetable market, few people came to buy vegetables and the guests looked at the remaining 120 kg of sweet potatoes.

“Do we have to sell it on the street?” Zhang Kui suggested. 

“It is feasible. There aren’t many people at the vegetable market right now.” Xiang Zhen agreed with Zhang Kui’s proposal and the other guests were also eager to try.

Li Zhao finished eating the last mouthful of steamed bread. “However, if we set up a stall outside then we will be caught by the city’s management. The news in the entertainment section tomorrow will be that we occupied the road to do business and was fined by the city’s management. Other artists are in the news for being too handsome, too beautiful or good at acting. Wouldn’t it be shameful if we are arrested by the city’s management?”

“It is really shameful.” The guests of the show couldn’t imagine it at all.

“There are these sweet potatoes left. What are we going to do?” 

The moment he spoke, someone came over and asked, “Are you selling sweet potatoes?”

“Yes, we’re selling sweet potatoes.” Zhang Kui’s spirit came alive. “How much do you want to buy?”

“These potatoes are a bit small.”

“You can come over and pick.”

”If you make it cheaper then I’ll take all of them.”

Zhang Kui wanted to nod but Li Zhao stopped him from behind. “Boss, you want to buy sweet potatoes?”

“Yes.” The person who came was in his 30s or 40s, with a slightly bulging stomach and a purse hanging from his waist. He looked like a businessman.

“I am telling you the truth. In the entire market, our sweet potatoes are the cheapest.” Li Zhao bent over to pick up a sweet potato and broke it casually. “All of them have their roots and they’re soft and sweet. Boss, you look generous. How much jiao can you spare?” 

“In order to move these sweet potatoes out of the village, we got off at dawn and had to pay for the gas on the way here. Look at the real price.”

“The man replied, “Yesterday morning, I already bought some. It is already afternoon. I’ll give you 9 jiao for 500 grams.”

Hearing the words 9 jiao, the guests stood together and desperately hid the sign with the price on it behind them.

“Big Brother, you’re a nice guy.” Li Zhao smiled, his eyes curving. “I still have 120 kg here. You are so upright that I can’t let you suffer. I will get rid of the remaining 20 kg and you just have to pay for 100.” 

If it was like this, they could make four more yuan. (TL: There was actually a whole line on calculations but I’ve been converting their unit of measurement, catty to kilograms, so it wouldn’t make sense if I translated the line exactly)

It was four yuan, not four jiao. It was a huge sum of money.

“That isn’t okay. The entire street knows that I, Old Li, never takes advantage of people. “The middle-aged man took out 200 yuan from his bag and put it in Li Zhao’s hand. “Here’s the money. If you help me move the sweet potatoes to the car, you can keep the change!”