Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 163 Selling Vegetables

Hou Minyou looked at his elder brother who was wrapped tightly with surprise and joy, while Hou Yangmin looked at his younger brother who looked like a beggar with both joy and sadness.

"Brother, where are you going?" Hou Minyou asked first.

"What else can I do? Go find you, my bastard. I heard from fellow villagers who fled from the Central Plains to Qin Province that people have been eating each other in their hometowns, and many townships have been destroyed by refugees.

I was really worried about you. It just so happened that the Yanhuang League passed by our hometown, so I followed them here.

Luckily, you two also met on the road in the Yanhuang League car, otherwise I would have to go back and forth to find you when I got home." Hou Yangmin grabbed his brother's shoulders and laughed happily.

"By the way, Minyou, how did you get on the Yanhuang Alliance's car?" Hou Yangmin asked happily.

"Ha ha!"

"Brother Yangmin, this is just fate!

Manager Han and Steward Su from Jinyintang happened to be doing business in your hometown, Hedi Township, and saw a sister-in-law named Li selling her daughter.

The child’s surname is Hou and his hometown is Nanjiagou Village, which happens to be the name of your village.

They are also regular customers of your stall. They asked out of curiosity and found out that they are your brother’s family.

Although they were not sure whether their identities were true or false, Manager Han and Deacon Su brought Brother Gui and his family back based on the principle of not missing them.

Now it seems that the person is right, which is really cause for celebration! "The host on the side smiled and explained the reason.

"Master Wang, thank you so much. Here is a hundred dollars as a thank-you gift from me to you all. Please don't refuse it." Hou Yangmin took out a handful of dollars from his pocket and handed it to the leader of the fleet.

"Brother Yangmin, what are you doing? Don't you say that Brother Hou is the leader's friend?

The brothers often go to your stall to eat, and you provide us with wine and give us a lot of meat, so the brothers have to help us.

You can take back the money! If you want to thank us, just treat us brothers to a meal at your stewed pork stall when we return." Wang Xiangzhu refused directly with a frown, and Manager Han and Steward Su also waved their hands.

They still want to gain Hou Xiaoge's favor, so how can they accept money? This is like picking up sesame seeds and missing watermelons!

After some tug of war, Hou Yangmin had no choice but to put the money back into his pocket.

However, Hou Yangmin promised to make a few pots of stewed meat to thank the entire convoy after returning, which drew cheers from the escorting disciples of the Yanhuang League.

Now that he had found the person, Hou Yangmin naturally had no chance of going to the Central Plains again, so he got on the carriage directly back to Qin Province.

……

Hou Xiaoge felt very comfortable during this period. The weather in the space was like spring all year round, and there were people to serve him food and drink.

This life is so wonderful, who understands it!

Farming, fishing, and counting gold in the space every day, life is so comfortable.

Of course, Hou Xiaoge would practice martial arts for three hours every day without fail. After all, having a chance to live forever was something worth striving for.

After several months of martial arts training, Hou Xiaoge has made some progress. It's a bit far-fetched to say that he is invulnerable to swords and guns, but ordinary people can no longer get close to him.

In addition, his body has been transformed by space and he is incredibly strong. Lifting a tripod is a piece of cake for him.

If Hou Xiaoge wasn't worried about not growing taller, he would have used a 300-pound stone mill to do weightlifting exercises every day.

"Master, we have harvested 2,000 dan of fruits and vegetables this time. They can be sold now." That day, Hou Xiaoge was eating egg custard with twenty eggs in a big bowl, and Ling'er came over with a smile to report.

"It's pretty fast! But then again, four days have already passed." Hou Xiaoge glanced at the leeks at the foot of the mountain with his mental power, and they were indeed ready to be harvested.

"Okay, prepare five hundred stones of eggs and I'll take them out with me. Make two beggar chickens in the evening and I'll come back to eat them." After Hou Xiaoge said this, he put his hands behind his back and left the space.

If someone were to ask what makes the most money in winter these days?

Answer: Off-season vegetables.

By December, whether it is ordinary people or high-ranking officials in the city, the green vegetables in their homes have basically been consumed, and the only vegetables left are cabbage and white radish.

For ordinary people, cabbage and white radish may be good things, but not for dignitaries, who only eat the best.

In fact, there are also greenhouse vegetables in this era, which people call greenhouses, and they have been around for thousands of years.

But the cost of a greenhouse is incredibly high, so it can only be supplied in small quantities to the uppermost classes, and ordinary wealthy people can only look at it.

In fact, if the Japanese pirates had not launched an aggressive war, vegetables from the south would have been shipped westwards and green vegetables would have been relatively cheap to eat.

After all, trains are available these days. Although they are slower, it is still possible to transport them in four or five days if they are well insulated.

But the bad thing was the war, as most of the South had been occupied by the Japanese.

The Longhai Line has now become a short-line train from Zhongyuan to Baoji. To the south, it is the territory of the Japanese. Even if the Japanese allow your government trains to enter, you dare not enter!

So in this era, there are only two ways to eat green vegetables: local greenhouses and air transportation.

That’s right, it’s air transportation, vegetables are airlifted from the south.

Although the war was raging, the lives of the upper-class masters and ladies were still full of debauchery, drinking and dancing.

Don't be stingy when it comes to luxury, and don't save money when it comes to spending, because you've made a contribution anyway.

Hou Xiaoge, transformed into Zhou Debiao, went to the Bell Tower Hotel and Xijing Guesthouse. The luxury there made even this country bumpkin from the future who had seen a certain amount of the world astounded.

A plate of stir-fried vegetables with only two or three bites costs three dollars, and a plate of cold cucumber salad with no more than one cucumber costs three dollars. (This is made up, don't believe it!)

Hou Xiaoge was very shocked by the price. He asked about it and the waiter said that it was naturally more expensive because it was airlifted from the south.

This answer made Hou Xiaoge suddenly realize that he ate fruits and vegetables in the space every day and saw them every day, but he actually forgot about this matter.

So after I came back and waited for the harvest of crops in the space, I directly planted 20 acres of green vegetables, especially leeks, which I planted 10 acres.

The most valuable vegetable for northerners in winter is leek, and leek and egg dumplings are something northerners cannot resist.

Hou Xiaoge wants to sell leeks and cut the leeks of these big capitalists.

The reason why there are not many, only two thousand stones, is that things are valuable because they are rare, and he doesn't want to flood the market.

"Master Han, how much does a pound of leeks cost in the market now?" When Hou Xiaoge arrived at the alliance, he began to inquire about the price of vegetables at Jinyintang.

“Alliance leader, off-season vegetables are very expensive in winter, and only a small number of greenhouses and air freight from the south can provide them.

The current market price of leeks is two yuan per pound, green vegetables are one yuan per pound, cucumbers are two yuan, and other vegetables are about the same." Han Fuheng replied.

"Okay, I've used a channel to transport 2,000 dan of vegetables from Southeast Asia by plane. It will arrive tonight, and I'll give it to you, Jin Yin Tang, to sell.

But I can't give you all the money from the sale this time. I want two-thirds of the profit. I have a loan due at home that needs to be repaid, so it would be best if I could get some US dollars." Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.

"Two thousand stones of green vegetables, my God! Alliance leader, you are so awesome.

Leave the sales to us at Jinyintang! We will definitely sell them at the best price." Han Fuheng jumped up from his chair in shock.