Rebirth: Living in Wilderness with My Superpower
Chapter 382: The Loss-Making Boss

Chapter 382: Chapter 382: The Loss-Making Boss

Because most of the grain in the market had been requisitioned for the army, there was very little left for the common people to buy and sell, and many hadn’t eaten rice in a long time.

So upon seeing the paddy, not only the shoppers but even the vendors couldn’t wait to come over and ask how much the rice was selling for.

The two hadn’t expected rice to be so popular; they had just decided on a whim and hadn’t researched the market prices, so they casually mentioned a price they thought was reasonable.

Fifteen copper coins per sheng.

Upon hearing this, the villagers didn’t hesitate at all and quickly paid the money.

Seeing their own rice so popular, Li Wenli and Bai Junjun exchanged a perplexed look.

Bai Junjun whispered, "Did we price it too low?"

"I don’t think so," Li Wenli considered for a moment and then seriously replied.

In the original owner’s memory, rice was twelve copper coins per sheng, so actually, Bai Junjun had raised the price by three coins.

Food prices don’t rise very often, do they?

The two business novices had never done business before and found their first venture quite interesting.

They busied themselves collecting money and giving out rice, quickly selling off all the paddy.

One sack was roughly one hundred and twenty catties, one sheng of rice was 1.25 catties, which meant that today they had earned fifteen hundred copper coins and a tael and a half of silver.

Looking at the money, they felt both amused and heartbroken.

Indeed, the farmers are at the very bottom of the food chain.

They had worked hard for several seasons, and yet, this was all they got in the end.

The earnings were in no way proportional to the effort.

At that time, the County Magistrate, having prepared a little booklet of rewards, began searching all over the streets for Bai Junjun and his companion, finally spotting them in this market.

"My young heroes, isn’t doing business here a waste of your talents?"

Seeing the two counting copper coins, the County Magistrate felt pained.

"You guys could be catching a few Black Spiders instead of earning these few coins here; after all, one is worth ten taels."

"We’re just experiencing different aspects of life," they earnestly replied.

"..." The County Magistrate was speechless.

Watching them happily stuffing more than a thousand copper coins into their pockets, the County Magistrate became curious.

"What were you selling just now?"

Bai Junjun happily said, "We were selling rice."

"Selling rice??? How much?" the County Magistrate asked instinctively.

"Fifteen copper coins per sheng," Bai Junjun happily answered, "I didn’t expect the villagers to be so supportive, it sold out instantly."

"..." The County Magistrate fell silent.

He didn’t have the heart to tell them that the current price of paddy in the rice shops was two hundred copper coins per sheng, and there they were, happy with their fifteen.

Just then, an even more outrageous scene unfolded.

The owner of the Dai County Rice Shop, having heard that someone at the market was selling paddy for fifteen copper coins per sheng and undercutting his prices, stormed over in a rage.

As he approached, he cursed, "Which shameless jerk is undercutting your Boss Qiu here!"

As his words ended, the rice shop owner walked into the crowd.

However, seeing the County Magistrate among the crowd, his voice was suddenly choked.

"County... County Magistrate..."

The County Magistrate squinted at him, "Who are you cursing?"

"No... no, you misunderstood, County Magistrate. I was just... I was just told that someone here was maliciously undercutting grain prices, so I came to check."

If Bai Junjun and Li Wenli were unaware of the market rates before, they certainly knew now.

It turned out that even with a three coin increase, it was still too cheap, and by the looks of it, quite a lot cheaper.

The two suddenly couldn’t smile anymore.

Damn...