Getting Rich is Hard? My Supermarket Connects Time! - Chapter 010

Getting Rich is Hard? My Supermarket Connects Time!
Chapter 010 – Transfer goods from across the entire city (2)

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The only mismatch was: the style of this “Daliang Tongbao”* and the inscription on the previous silver ingot’s mint—he had never seen either.

*-Daliang:  The dynasty Fu Chen’an is from is called Daliang.
-Tongbao: A traditional inscription found on many Chinese coins, especially from imperial times.
Daliang Tongbao: Copper coin (or sometimes other metal) issued by the Daliang dynasty.

But never having seen it didn’t mean it was fake. It could simply be something unrecorded in historical documents, or extremely rare in existence.

Xiao Yingchun patiently waited for him to finish examining, and then heard Dai Wangnian quote a price of 2,000 yuan per coin.

Dai Wangnian’s tone and expression were very sincere, “The Daliang Tongbao commonly seen on the market is usually 1,000 yuan each. But the style of yours is completely unseen, so it’s worth more. But it shows some signs of wear.… so I can only offer you 2,000 yuan each. Would you be willing to part with them?”

Xiao Yingchun thought about the large handful of these copper coins still in her safe at home and readily nodded.

“Deal.”

Dai Wangnian was instantly delighted and quickly asked Dai Hengxin to pay her.

Just earlier, Dai Hengxin had sharp eyes and spotted something in her bag wrapped in tissue paper.

After paying, he probed a little.

“Miss Xiao, do you have any more good items you can show us?”

Xiao Yingchun thought for a moment and then took out a wad of tissue paper and placed it on the coffee table.

After three successful transactions, both Dai Wangnian and Dai Hengxin were cautious. Exchanging a glance, Dai Wangnian carefully unwrapped the tissue paper.

When a bright golden ingot appeared before their eyes, the two of them were still shocked and widened their eyes, “Is this… a gold ingot?!”

Xiao Yingchun nodded.

Dai Wangnian was extremely excited: Gold ingots were different from silver ingots.

-gold ingots

Even in ancient times, ordinary people didn’t use gold ingots for transactions—they rarely circulated in the market.

As he instructed Dai Hengxin to bring a scale, he carefully picked it up and examined it…

After examining it closely, he weighed it—362 grams.

It was indeed a ten-tael gold ingot.

Dai Wangnian became excited and took it upon himself to be Xiao Yingchun’s teacher.

“In ancient times, one jin was sixteen liang, so one liang was about 31 to 36 grams…”

As Dai Wangnian explained, Xiao Yingchun kept nodding.

Finally, Dai Wangnian stopped talking, “Are you planning to sell this thing too?”

Xiao Yingchun nodded and said seriously, “I urgently need money, there’s no other way.”

Dai Wangnian didn’t question whether the reason was true or not. He pulled Dai Hengxin aside to discuss, then came back and asked, “This gold ingot, is 800,000 okay?”

Xiao Yingchun was stunned: 800,000?

She nodded decisively and agreed, then took out another one, “I have two.”

Dai Wangnian and Dai Hengxin: “……”

After Xiao Yingchun left, Dai Hengxin sighed and said helplessly, “Uncle, this is a pawn shop, you can’t offer market prices.”

If Dai Hengxin had made the offer, one ingot would at most fetch 600,000.

That’s the market rate for a ten-tael gold ingot.

But Dai Wangnian looked very serious, “The inscription on this gold ingot has never been seen before. It might be from a previously unknown dynasty.”

“Even if it’s also a ten-tael ingot, the price can vary tenfold. I’m already offering low—you can’t take advantage of her ignorance.”

“What’s more, this young lady definitely has other good things at home. Aren’t you afraid she’ll wise up and go sell to someone else next time?”

Dai Hengxin wanted to say no pawn shop would ever offer 800,000 for one ingot—offering 600,000 was already generous.

But thinking of his uncle’s scholarly integrity, he tactfully stayed quiet.

As soon as Xiao Yingchun left the pawn shop, she called Uncle Liang, the wholesale store owner, to place her order.

Mineral water wasn’t a problem—it could be delivered at any time.

The issue was the compressed biscuits.

Fulfilling a 5,000-box order in one day would probably require mobilizing stock from the entire city, maybe even from other cities.

Fortunately, Xiao Yingchun was prepared, so she loosened the requirements: brand doesn’t matter, packaging doesn’t matter, as long as it adds up to 5,000 boxes of compressed biscuits.

After getting a firm promise from the store owner, Xiao Yingchun finally relaxed and began thinking about the next step of her plan.

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