Joe's Farming

Gu Feng smiled happily and asked the waiter when paying the bill: "Where can I buy beef in the city? My husband likes it, I want to buy a few pounds to take back."

The shop assistant looked at Qiao Yu, and Qiao Yu smiled embarrassedly. Her husband was too brave. What if the beef was from her special supply channel?

Unexpectedly, the waiter took one look at Qiao Yu and understood what she said: "So it's for my husband. There are two markets in the city. The one on the west sells beef and mutton. But you have to go early, otherwise there will be no good meat left."

Qiao Yu looked at her husband happily. That was great! He wanted to eat braised beef, braised beef brisket and fried steak!

But can the steak here be fried? Will it be as tough as the grass-fed steak on some platforms?

Gu Feng reached out and took the hand of his husband who was daydreaming, and thanked the waiter.

Qiao Yu came back to his senses and laughed, "Brother Gu, you are so nice to me."

After eating and drinking, the two of them walked around the street looking for a fur shop. The streets of the city are much wider than those of Taoyuan Town, and there are more types of shops beside them. After walking for half an hour, they finally came to a street specializing in furs and winter clothes.

Gu Feng first took Qiao Yu into the first store.

The shopkeeper didn't want to bother with them when he saw how they were dressed. He raised his eyelids and said perfunctorily, "Pick whatever you want. If you like something, you can't try it on. You have to pay for it."

Qiao Yu almost laughed out of anger. Seeing the shopkeeper's contempt for others, Gu Feng was a little angry and wanted to take her husband away. However, Qiao Yu pulled him back. Qiao Yu smiled at the shopkeeper's politeness and asked, "Boss, my husband is a hunter. He hunted several foxes with beautiful fur a few days ago. I want to ask if your store will accept them?"

When the shopkeeper heard that you were here to sell fox fur, his eyes lit up immediately. He was in need of nice fox fur recently. He immediately came forward with a smile on his face and said, "Great! Why don't you take it out and have a look?"

Gu Feng was not very willing, but since his husband had spoken, he took out the tanned fox skin from the package on his back.

Two are fiery red, three are grayish white, and one is silver.

The shopkeeper's mouth was grinning from ear to ear. Every fox fur was shiny, soft and warm to the touch. They were all top-quality goods.

"I want all six fox skins. How much do you want?" The shopkeeper slightly restrained the smile on his face and asked seriously.

Qiao Yu continued with a smile, "Boss, you are too kind. My husband and I are unfamiliar with this place, so we don't know how much is appropriate. How about you give us a price? If it's appropriate, we will sell it."

When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes sparkled, and he slowly frowned: "To be honest, although these furs are of good quality, except for the red one which is in pairs, the gray and silver ones are all single pieces, which are not easy to sell! How about this, I see that this young man looks kind, so I won't lower the price. How about twenty taels per piece?"

Qiao Yu immediately put away the smile on his face: "The shopkeeper is taking advantage of us two because we don't know how to do business. Red foxes and silver foxes are hard to hunt, so why are the prices the same as the gray and white ones? Brother Gu, let's go! We won't sell him anymore."

As they were about to collect the fox skins, the shopkeeper would never let them go. Fox skins were in great demand, and they were in short supply every winter. Silver fox and red fox were especially rare, and the high officials would buy them for a hundred taels each.

The shopkeeper quickly stopped Qiao Yu and Gu Feng and said, "Gentlemen, I misremembered it. Since you are knowledgeable, please name a price."

Qiao Yu snorted coldly: "Red fox skin is one hundred taels each, silver fox is two hundred taels each, and gray-white one is fifty taels each. If you think it's ok, buy it. If not, we'll leave." Qiao Yu deliberately exaggerated at this time. He had no intention of selling to this snob.

When the shopkeeper heard that the price was too high, almost equal to the price he offered, he frowned and said, "This is really too high. I will lose money if I can't sell it. How about this? Red fox skin is fifty taels each, silver fox skin is one hundred taels, and the remaining three are a total of one hundred taels. You two, this is really the highest price I can offer."

Qiao Yu and Gu Feng looked at each other. Wow, this fox fur is so valuable. No wonder her husband was willing to go up the mountain even when being scolded.

However, Qiao Yu didn't show any sign of excitement when she heard this. She slowly repacked the items and said, "Sorry, the price you offered is too low. We won't sell it to you."

After packing, she put her arm around Gu Feng and went out without looking back.

The shopkeeper shouted from behind: "Fifty taels! I'll add another fifty taels!..."

Qiao Yu seemed not to have heard it, and went into another fur shop diagonally opposite with Gu Feng.

The shopkeeper is a weak scholar who doesn't look like a businessman at all. Although the shop sells furs, the display is very orderly. There is also a pot of Oncidium on the counter. The yellow flowers are in full bloom, adding a touch of elegance to the shop.

The shopkeeper saw the two men being chased out of the shop opposite and roughly guessed that they were here to sell furs. He asked them politely, "Are you here to sell furs?"

Gu Feng and Qiao Yu nodded. Qiao Yu had a better impression of the shopkeeper, so he immediately opened the package in his arms and said, "Boss, can you give me an estimate of the price?"

Seeing that the husband had the final say in this couple, the shopkeeper couldn't help but look at Qiao Yu a few more times before carefully examining the fur, nodding from time to time as he looked at it: "Not bad, it's the best quality I've seen this year. Please sit down and have some tea first."

The shopkeeper asked the waiter to serve tea to the two of them, and he went to the storehouse to get a few more fox skins. Qiao Yu was not afraid of being cheated, so he drank it in one gulp. Although he couldn't tell what kind of tea it was, it tasted much better than what he had bought in town before.

After Qiao Yu finished drinking, he saw that the shopkeeper was still comparing, so he asked, "Shopkeeper, have you estimated the price?"

The shopkeeper stopped and nodded: "Since you two have been to other shops just now, I believe you have a rough idea. The price I offer will definitely be more than the previous one. A total of four hundred and fifty taels, what do you think?"

Qiao Yu's eyes lit up when he heard this! This is a full 100 taels more than the previous one!

However, Qiao Yu still had to ask her husband's opinion, so she looked at Gu Feng. Gu Feng also felt that the price was much better than he expected, so he nodded. But before Qiao Yu agreed, Gu Feng took out a piece of snow-white fox skin from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper, who had always been reserved, immediately said in surprise: "The best snow fox fur, the color is the same as white snow, I can offer two hundred taels per piece."

Gu Feng quickly shook his head: "I want the store to make me that kind of scarf. How much is it?" Gu Feng pointed to a pink scarf placed at the door. It was made of dyed rabbit hair and was very popular among the ladies and boys in the city.

"Ah?" The shopkeeper thought he had heard wrongly.

Gu Feng repeated it, and then added: "I want to give it to my husband."

Qiao Yu was shocked at how expensive the snow fox fur was, but the next moment she realized that this was a gift from Gu Feng. She pulled Gu Feng over and whispered, "Husband, two hundred taels! I don't need such an expensive gift."

Gu Feng gently patted his husband's head: "Be good, your husband loves you."

Qiao Yu blushed immediately. What kind of cheesy love talk is this? It's so embarrassing.