Destiny Koi, I'm cheating after rebirth

This girl, looking at her thin body that could be blown away by the wind, he suddenly remembered that his sister was quite picky about food, so he thought about how to get her to eat more so that she could gain weight.

If Gu Qingzhi knew that her brother wanted to fatten her up, she would probably have a quarrel with him. It's true that men and women have different aesthetic tastes.

But in the end, Gu Qingzhi still didn't finish eating. She really tried her best. The meat wontons tasted delicious at first, but she couldn't eat more than a few. It was too greasy.

She could only look at Gu Yan eagerly and whispered coquettishly, "Brother, Qingqing really can't eat anymore."

Gu Yan had finished eating. He had actually been paying attention to her the whole time and knew that she really couldn't eat anymore. Normally, his sister had a small appetite at home, so he took her bowl and finished the remaining wontons in no time.

Gu Qingzhi was stunned, her brother's eating style was so fast that he devoured the food, but although he ate fast, he didn't look rude at all, and strangely, he looked elegant. She shook her head, thinking she was really crazy, she stared at her brother eating and yet she saw elegance in him!

"Auntie, please settle the bill." Gu Yan was busy eating and thinking about where to go first, so he didn't notice Gu Qingzhi's slightly strange expression.

"Thank you for your patronage. Two large bowls of wontons cost 20 cents in total." After the old lady said this, Gu Yan took out his purse, counted out 20 cents and handed it over.

"Okay, young man, are you still selling fruit today?" After taking the 20 cents, the old lady noticed a large backpack at Gu Yan's feet.

Gu Yan was a little surprised, but he still answered truthfully, "Auntie, I still sell it."

The old lady was delighted when she heard this and quickly asked, "Do you still have wild grapes and persimmons?"

"My daughter-in-law has been suffering from morning sickness lately and can't eat anything. She really liked the grapes I bought yesterday."

Gu Yan didn't expect that there would be business coming to his door, so he nodded and said, "We have everything. How much do you want, ma'am?"

"Then, shall we keep the same price as yesterday?"

Seeing Gu Yan nodded, the old lady counted on her fingers and finally asked for 5 bunches of wild grapes and 12 persimmons.

Gu Yan was prepared this time. He took out a woven hemp bag and packed the fruits that the old lady bought into it.

This hemp net bag was woven by him using the twisted hemp on the ox cart on the way here just now.

When Gu Qingzhi heard the old lady mention that there was a pregnant woman at home, she remembered what was said in the medical book and said, "Auntie, pregnant women should eat persimmons in moderation. Eating too much is not good for the body, and don't eat them on an empty stomach."

When the old lady heard this, she quickly said she had taken note of it.

Fortunately, she thought that there were not many persimmons, so everyone in the family could try them. Moreover, her daughter-in-law ate the grapes first, so she planned to save the persimmons for today.

She saw that there were still a lot of wild grapes and persimmons in Gu Yan's backpack, so she asked, "Young Master, are you planning to sell these?"

Gu Yan replied, "Yes, ma'am, we plan to go to the market in front later."

The old lady nodded, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but say,

"I bought some fruit from you yesterday and happened to run into an old customer eating wontons at my stall. When he saw the quality of the fruit I bought, he kept asking me where I bought such fresh fruit and told me to tell him if I ran into you again."

The old lady paused for a moment and continued, "From what he said, he probably wants to buy some fruit from you. He opened a fruit shop at the corner in front, which is also the largest fruit stand in the area. Moreover, his business has expanded to the state capital. If you are interested, you can go and take a look."

After hearing what the old lady said, the two looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes. It's really like someone will give you a pillow when you are sleepy!

What a blessing.

However, Gu Yan still asked the old lady about the situation of the individual stalls in the market.

After all, he has never set up a stall here, so he doesn't know what the specific situation is.

When it comes to this matter, the old lady obviously has something to say, "It's not easy to run a street stall in the market."

"Not to mention that the variety is not as complete as that sold in the store, the daily cost is not low."

Gu Qingzhi was puzzled. Fees, what fees?

The old lady looked around and lowered her voice deliberately. "If we sell fruit, it won't be worth it. How much can the fruit sell for? But I have to pay 100 coins for protection alone!"

What? 100 coins for protection? Gu Qingzhi was shocked. Where did this come from?

The old lady sighed, "It's been like this for many years. People from this gang collect protection fees, so others dare not touch your stall. Otherwise, they will come to your door to cause trouble from time to time. Young lady, why do you think there are so few individual stalls in the market?"

Gu Qingzhi was furious when she heard this, "Doesn't the government care about this?"

The old lady waved her hands and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. When the government officials are around, they behave themselves. When they're not, they'll just push your stall. The government officials also have things to do, so how can they keep an eye on you all the time? Over time, everyone has tacitly accepted this rule and honestly paid 100 coins for protection, just like hiring a bodyguard."

Gu Qingzhi asked curiously, "Are you going to hand over your stall too, Auntie?"

The old lady smiled bitterly and said, "Why not? But this is a fixed stall, I pay monthly, it's less than the daily payment, just this amount a month."

The old lady raised two fingers.

Gu Qingzhi took a breath. Two strings of cash! That's not a small amount.

A large bowl of meat wontons costs 10 wen, and two guan would buy 200 bowls, and that's not counting the cost.

Gu Yan was silent for a moment. He had heard of this before, but 100 Wen was still a bit high for ordinary people. This is why everyone likes to sell things to pawnshops now. Even if the price charged by the pawnshops is lower, at least they don't have to pay protection fees. No matter how much they sell, it is theirs.

It seems that I can give up the idea of ​​selling goods in the market.

100 Wen, if I sell wild grapes, how many kilograms would I have to sell?

However, I can go check out the fruit shop that the wonton lady mentioned later.

It would be best if the talks could be concluded. If not, we can think of other ways. Anyway, the Zhao family’s business is already going well now, and the situation is much better than before.

The old lady said enthusiastically, "If you go, just look for the shopkeeper Zheng and tell him that it was the old lady Le from the wonton stand in front who introduced it to you, and he will understand."

The two of them paid for the fruit, thanked the old lady, and turned to walk towards the fruit shop she mentioned.

Looking at the brother and sister holding hands, the old lady smiled and said to herself, "This brother really loves his sister. He holds her hand and never lets go."

"Brother, shall we go to that fruit stand?" Gu Qingzhi looked up at her brother. Only then did she realize that her brother was much taller than her. Hmm, why did it feel like her brother had grown taller again?