Returning to the mountain village, starting with mushroom picking to get rich

"These mushrooms I have are the earliest termite mushrooms to hit the market this year, so the price is probably a bit low."

In Hongyan Town, Yang Lin slowly shook his head, refusing the high price offered by the restaurant owner.

"What, you're still not satisfied with 240 yuan per jin?"

"Young man, don't be too greedy."

Sensing that Yang Lin seemed inclined to raise the price, the owner of the Yingbin Hotel took the initiative, feigning a fierce demeanor in an attempt to coerce Yang Lin into making a deal.

"Yes, yes, it's 240 yuan per catty, which is much higher than the normal price of termite mushrooms."

Some onlookers who were reluctant to bid whispered among themselves.

Many people shook their heads, feeling that Yang Lin was greedy and insatiable, not satisfied even after receiving a high price.

Seeing that the atmosphere around him was turning in his favor, the owner of the welcoming hotel suddenly became confident.

"Dear neighbors, please give me some face and let me have this batch of termite mushrooms. I'll give you all a 20% discount later."

The restaurant owner urged Yang Lin on, then switched to a fawning tone and spoke to the people around him.

As they spoke, the restaurant owner's eyes unconsciously drifted towards the middle-aged man who had previously offered 150.

There are currently no other types of termite mushrooms on the market, but there are many people in Nanzhao who love to eat termite mushrooms.

Such a rare item, with a little publicity, will surely bring a lot of traffic to his restaurant.

As a restaurant owner, this batch of matsutake mushrooms can bring him a lot of profit; he has a great use for them.

If he hadn't arrived late and the other party hadn't made the first offer, he wouldn't have rushed to raise the price to 240, allowing the young mushroom seller to realize that his mushrooms were a rare commodity and start raising the price on the spot.

At this moment, he was afraid that others would compete with him for the same price.

The man was a wealthy man in town. If they fought over the price and it went up too high, even if he got the matsutake mushrooms, the restaurant's profits would probably be much lower.

"Since Boss Huang has spoken, I won't compete with you for it."

Seeing the hotel owner looking at him, the middle-aged man waved his hand, indicating that he should withdraw from the competition.

Most of the people around were just passing by out of curiosity; they were ordinary people from the town who couldn't afford the normally priced termite mushrooms, let alone the expensive ones.

Naturally, they wouldn't compete with the restaurant owner.

"Did you hear that, young man? I'll take your termite mushrooms. This price isn't low."

After no one else bid, the restaurant owner turned to Yang Lin again, his tone somewhat aggressive.

Wang Xiaoshan looked somewhat disappointed. He had thought the mushrooms could fetch more money, but the restaurant owner had no business ethics and had encouraged others to restrict prices.

Only Yang Lin remained unmoved.

"Boss Huang is a businessman, he should know better than me how much agricultural products that are put on the market early are worth."

Yang Lin spoke again from the crowd.

"A bunch of water spinach costs only two or three yuan per kilogram in the summer, but it's not uncommon for vegetables that come to market in early spring to sell for ten or eight yuan per kilogram."

"During the rainy season, the price of termite mushrooms is indeed around 100 yuan per kilogram, but the rainy season hasn't started yet."

"I'm so lucky to have found this termite mushroom. It might even be the only one of its kind on the market. Boss, just based on its uniqueness, it wouldn't be a problem to price it three or five times."

Upon hearing this, the restaurant owner's face immediately darkened.

I thought people from the remote mountains were unsophisticated and that I could easily win them over by raising the price a little.

I didn't expect this kid to be so shrewd; he's not easy to fool.

In other places, there may be a few scattered mushrooms.

But if he misses this opportunity, will he be able to find another one before the mushrooms officially hit the market?

"Name your price, how much do you want?" the restaurant owner asked.

Yang Lin held out his palm and gestured: "Six hundred per jin."

Upon hearing this, the people around him couldn't help but gasp.

Goodness, this young man in front of me really dares to ask for a price.

"Six hundred is too high, I can give you three hundred," the restaurant owner said, shaking his head as he tried to bargain.

"Five hundred and fifty."

"Three hundred and fifty."

"five hundred."

"Three hundred and eighty."

……

"Four hundred and twenty."

"make a deal."

After some haggling, Yang Lin and the restaurant owner reached an agreement.

He sold all the termite mushrooms he had to the restaurant owner for 420 yuan per jin (840 yuan per kilogram).

Soon, the restaurant owner took an electronic scale out of the store.

Yang Lin bought two 550ml bottles of mineral water from the convenience store next door.

One bottle was given to Wang Xiaosan, and the other was placed on the restaurant owner's electronic scale.

"Brother Lin, what are you doing?"

Seeing Yang Lin's actions, Wang Xiaoshan, who had just unscrewed the bottle cap and taken a sip of water, asked curiously.

"Check the scale."

Yang Lin explained to Wang Xiaoshan.

Normally, the density of water is one gram per milliliter, and the standard weight of one liter of water is two kilograms.

Five hundred and fifty milliliters of mineral water should weigh a total of five hundred and fifty grams.

That is, one jin and one liang.

Industrial products have their own standards, and even if we take into account the errors in bottles and water volume, the fluctuations will not be too large.

If the electronic scale reading is within this range, the scale can be considered to be working properly.

Conversely, if the weighing result differs too much from 1 jin and 1 liang, then there is a problem with the scale.

When Wang Xiaoshan heard about density, volume, and error range, he suddenly understood.

They all received nine years of compulsory education and graduated from junior high school, but Brother Lin is the real expert.

The electronic scale quickly displayed a reading of 0.554 kg.

Yang Lin then put the water that Wang Xiaosan had drunk from back on, and the reading showed 1.009 kg.

Both weighing results were within a reasonable range.

The scale is fine.

"Young man, I've been running this restaurant in town for over twenty years, and I've never cheated you on the weight or ruined my reputation. You can rest assured when I weigh your mushrooms."

After checking the scales twice, the restaurant owner said confidently.

"I'm sorry, boss, you must have found this amusing."

Yang Lin looked up and smiled, removed the bottled water, and began carefully placing the mushrooms one by one on the scale.

After all the mushrooms were placed, the numbers displayed on the electronic scale stabilized.

1.2243kg

Rounding up, we get 1.22 kilograms.

At a price of 840 yuan per kilogram, Yang Lin's batch of termite mushrooms totaled 1024.8 yuan.

"Forget the 0.8 cents, just give me the round number 1024."

Upon hearing this, the restaurant owner raised an eyebrow: "Young man, are you a programmer?"

Yang Lin shook his head: "No."

"So, how do you consider 1024 to be a round number? Rounded down to 1000, cash or QR code?"

"Okay, a thousand it is. Boss, you can pay however is convenient for you."

QR code payment first appeared in 13, and after several years of promotion, it has basically spread throughout the country.

Nanzhao Province is a major tourist destination. As the owner of the largest restaurant in the town, Mr. Huang has served many tourists from other places and is familiar with this payment method.

Yang Lin, who had been to Liang Province, naturally also had his own payment account.

The amount of one thousand yuan was quickly transferred to Yang Lin's account.

"You've already made a thousand yuan?"

At this moment, Wang Xiaoshan, who witnessed the entire transaction, was too surprised to speak.

I think the whole process from Yang Lin going up the mountain to now has been a whole day, right?

In one day, I picked up a thousand yuan.

That speed is simply enviable.

"When we get back to the village, should I go for a walk in the mountains?"