Chapter 8: Discovering Treasure

What did she see on the wall behind the counter?

She saw an ear of corn, golden corn.

And it was just casually hanging on the wall as a decoration, it looked like it wasn’t valued at all.

Little corn, sister is here, come into sister’s arms, let you shine brightly.

Nothing in this shop can outshine your brilliance!

Gu Wanning was a graduate of agriculture, so she knew that the yield per mu of wheat and rice, under the same conditions, was only half that of corn.

Although corn is a coarse grain, it is highly productive and can feed more people.

Although she hadn’t found potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are even more productive, but finding corn was definitely a blessing from heaven.

Gu Wanning suppressed her excitement, fearing that she would show too much desire and be taken advantage of and charged an exorbitant price, so she pretended to be casual and walked over.

The shop assistant was well-trained, he greeted her with a smile, “Madam, what would you like to see?”

“There’s nothing I want to see,” Gu Wanning said arrogantly, as if she was just casually pointing at the corn, “That little thing, it’s kind of interesting.”

“Madam has good taste, it’s a lucky charm from overseas, hanging it at home can ward off evil spirits.”

Gu Wanning: “…”

I’m illiterate, but you can’t treat me like a fool.

She didn’t believe that these people didn’t know that corn was for eating.

They were clearly trying to cheat her because she was stupid and had money.

Forget it, she had over thirty taels after all, she was too lazy to argue with him too much, it was good enough.

So Gu Wanning took out her pouch and said, “Okay, how much is it?”

“One hundred taels of silver.”

“Too much?”

Gu Wanning paused, her eyes widened instantly.

“Are you trying to take advantage of me because you see that I want it?”

The shop assistant smiled apologetically, “Madam, you’re joking, our shop is honest and trustworthy, we don’t cheat anyone, you can see for yourself.”

He pointed to the wall, below the corn, there was indeed a sign that said one hundred taels.

Good heavens, good heavens.

Gu Wanning was knocked off her feet by this crazy price.

One hundred taels of silver, she would have to save for ten months without eating or drinking, just to buy a lucky charm to hang up and ward off evil spirits?

Does she deserve it?

“Give me a real price.” She really wanted it, so she lowered her voice, “Give me a real price.”

The shop assistant was professional, he didn’t show any contempt, but he insisted, “This, our shop really has a fixed price, we don’t bargain.”

Gu Wanning had a lump in her chest, she couldn’t breathe in or out.

“Then can you sell it by the piece?”

Calculate the proportion, she could buy 30% of the seeds, that would be at least dozens of seeds, enough.

“That’s not possible, Madam. Why don’t you go to another shop and have a look?” The shop assistant said with difficulty.

“Besides your shop, is there anyone else selling this?”

Yes, rare things are expensive, but your boss’s pricing is really outrageous!

It’s going to kill me!

“I’m afraid not.”

“Then, you only have this one?”

Can I go back and save up money, will it be in time?

“Just this one, it sells very quickly, Madam, if you like it, make a decision early.”

Gu Wanning was so angry that her liver hurt, but she was helpless, she couldn’t force them to sell it to her.

She wanted to leave a deposit, but if she came back to buy it a year later, the other party might not be willing, and the seeds would have a lower germination rate after a long time.

In the end, she gritted her teeth and decided to go back and pawn the bird’s nest and cordyceps!

One hundred taels, one hundred taels!

Because she was thinking about raising money, Gu Wanning even resisted the smell of roasted meat outside.

Now she had to split every penny in two, after seeing the corn, her goal had changed from filling the hole to starting a business!

For her business to go smoothly, she had to hold back now.

Women, don’t cause trouble, if you want to cause trouble, cause trouble in your career!

The meaning of starting a business is not just about making money.

Even in terms of choosing a partner, if you don’t have a career, men can easily criticize you for being a woman, use the three obediences and four virtues, and all kinds of rules to oppress you.

But if you have a career, you can make him work his ass off, he can only say that you’re not like a woman, but you don’t have to bear any other accusations about being a woman.

Gu Wanning saw this very clearly in her previous life.

If you say that women are inferior to men, then it’s probably because they are impulsive, they don’t calculate like men, they are not as realistic as men.

Relatives are the same, you have to have the ability to be looked up to.

After getting the silver from the pawnshop, she hurried back to buy the corn.

But when she passed by the brothel, she was stopped by a young man who was soliciting customers.

“Madam, Master Jiang is performing today, and there are the best seats, would you like to come in and listen?”

“No.”

No money!

Don’t come to me for anything that costs more than a copper coin.

The young man was stunned for a moment, then he said, “Master Jiang is very difficult to see perform…”

“I’m also very difficult to see in a brothel.” Gu Wanning said expressionlessly, “I pay to see him, he sees me for free?”

The young man didn’t expect her to say that, he was stunned there.

Gu Wanning had already left with Er’ya.

Er’ya whispered, “Madam, you don’t even support Master Jiang’s performance anymore, you used to love him the most.”

“I don’t like anyone who takes money out of my pocket.”

Don’t let anyone stop me from making money to buy corn.

Once the corn experiment is successful, she can sell it at a high price this year, and harvest a wave of rich people.

Not one hundred taels, not eighty taels, she will sell it for fifty taels each!

This thing is also highly productive, if she presents it to the Emperor, and it is promoted, she will gain both fame and fortune, maybe she will even be summoned by the Emperor…

If the Emperor asks her what she wants, maybe she can successfully get a divorce.

Thinking about this, Gu Wanning could even laugh out loud.

“Gurgling…” Her stomach started to growl.

Er’ya also heard it, she said, “Madam, why don’t we have a bowl of noodles before we go back?”

“No. I’ll wait to eat the public food when I get back!”

Er’ya: “…”

Madam must be crazy, she spent so much money on useless things, she can’t even afford a bowl of noodles.

Gu Wanning said: Save where you should save, spend where you should spend, ride a bicycle to the bar.

That’s not corn, it’s white silver, it’s her career!

Gu Wanning got her precious corn as she wished, she pressed the brocade box containing the corn tightly against her chest, she couldn’t help but smile.

Baby, my big baby!

Er’ya: She’s really crazy.

At the same time, Gao Lan was lowering his head and reporting today’s events to Xu Weibei.

“Madam pawned the tonics that the Great Princess gave her, and then bought something…”

There were too many things he wanted to say, he didn’t know where to start.

Xu Weibei was so angry that he was grinding his teeth.

Grandmother was so kind to her, but she treated her kindness like a donkey’s liver and lungs!

“What did she buy?”

“Corn.”

Xu Weibei: “…”

It’s just a plant from the Western Regions.

Oranges grown in Huainan are oranges, but grown in Huaibei, they become pomelos.

Coming to the Central Plains, that corn is worthless, so it can only be used as a decoration to ward off evil spirits, the quantity is controlled, to fool fools, one fool is one fool.

After Xu Weibei returned, the shopkeeper of the shop selling goods from the north and south came to report the accounts, he flipped through the inventory records, he clearly remembered that there were still several sacks of corn.

He wanted to sell it in limited quantities, and he estimated that many of them would end up being cheap for the rats.

As a result, Gu Wanning spent a lot of money to buy this thing.

Bad, Xu Weibei couldn’t bear it;

Stupid, he couldn’t bear it even more.

So now he was extremely disgusted with this bad and stupid Gu Wanning, he couldn’t wait to kick her out of the mansion.