Chapter 172: Selling More and More Vegetables

According to the program team’s advance planning, exactly five spots were arranged in the vegetable market for the cubs to set up their stalls.

Carrying her vegetable basket, Emma, having the lightest load, successfully arrived at her stall first at top speed.

“Little girl, what are you selling here?”

Almost as soon as Emma sat down, a customer nearby curiously started asking.

“I am selling green beans, Auntie.”

Emma looked up at this auntie and said firmly.

“Then give me some? How do you sell these green beans?”

The auntie asked with a smile.

Seeing that Emma was about to successfully make her first sale, everyone in the working group not far away got excited.

Actually, before the little friends prepared to sell their goods, everyone more or less made some predictions about who could sell the fastest and best, and among them, Emma undoubtedly had the highest votes.

After all, Lin Yujia was afraid of fish, Gu Duanduan’s meat could easily spoil, Pei Shuo’s chicken was an even bigger problem. Xueyan’s potatoes were although not bad, the little guy clearly had the weakest physical strength, and just carrying the potatoes was strenuous and exhausting.

What no one expected was that the little princess Emma actually stumbled on the issue of pricing. It was only when she was about to sell that Emma realized she simply didn’t know exactly how much the green beans should be sold for.

The little girl thought for a long time, and came up with what she thought was a super invincible cheap price:

“Is ten yuan for one bean okay, Auntie?”

Unexpectedly, this price instantly scared this auntie.

“Oh my, oh my, ten yuan for one green bean!? Little girl, what kind of golden beans are you selling, can’t afford it, can’t afford it!” The auntie carried her vegetable basket and disappeared at the speed of light before Emma could keep her and explain.

While disappearing, she was still muttering to herself, so young and so beautiful, why does she like to be a profiteer?

This left Emma holding up a green bean and standing blankly in place, not expecting this auntie to run like lightning!

One could imagine that post-production here would definitely add a few lines of cartoon subtitles.

Meanwhile, on the other side, little friends Gu Duanduan and Lin Yujia successively encountered similar problems.

Lin Yujia, this little boiling kettle, actually dared to set a price. For the first time, he directly stretched out ten fingers, letting customers guess the price.

Customers thought it was a fixed price of 10 yuan for one fish, causing quite a few uncles and aunties around who noticed the commotion to eagerly try and snatch the fish.

At first glance, this young little guy clearly didn’t know market prices. Setting the price low without knowing, and the adults at home weren’t paying attention either.

“No, no, no, it’s 100 yuan, Uncle! These are my fairy little fish No. 2 and No. 3—!”

As a result, after Lin Yujia super proudly stated his true price, all the customers who thought they could take advantage dispersed in a hubbub.

“Hey, hey, do you guys all not want the fairy little fish??”

Lin Yujia instantly panicked.

Only a kind-hearted auntie looked smilingly at Lin Yujia’s fish:

“Little guy, although your two crucian carps are indeed fat and fresh, one hundred yuan is enough for many families to buy vegetables for three meals a day, so certainly no one is willing to buy them.”

This kind reminder made Lin Yujia, standing in place, ponder for a long time.

So, one hundred yuan can actually buy a whole day’s worth of vegetables?

Then was the price of the newest transforming toy car he wanted his dad to buy for him also a bit too expensive?

The little guy experiencing selling vegetables for the first time gradually started to have fuzzy thoughts about “market prices”.

As Director Guo expected, the first major hurdle these pampered little guys encountered was pricing!

However, the cameramen squatting in advance at the other two stalls were a bit anxious not seeing the figures of the two little friends, Xueyan and Pei Shuo, for a long time.

Strange, where are they?

【They are on the way! You guys don’t just guard the stalls! Cameramen at spots No. 12 and No. 13 both come towards the six o’clock direction!】

In the work walkie-talkie, the latest reminder suddenly came through.

It turned out that from the beginning, Xueyan didn’t plan to run to his stall right away.

Because in kindergarten, he was super bad at running. Compared to the tall and lively little friend Emma in running, he would definitely be in last place.

So, the little guy, holding his basket of potatoes, wasn’t in a hurry to start selling vegetables. Instead, he looked around and tried hard to stand on tiptoe to size up and observe in front of each stall one by one.

This made the accompanying staff on the side curious and confused. They thought, could it be that Lu Li’s Xueyan didn’t hear the task clearly? Did he think they were just playing in the vegetable market today?

“Little guy, what are you looking at? Did you get separated from your family? How come you’re wandering the vegetable market alone?”

From the perspective of the stall owners, it was a soft goose-yellow square bandana poking its head around and appearing in front of them, making people want to bend down and strike up a conversation.

So, in the next second, Xueyan would look up at the uncles and aunties in front of him, and smilingly say:

“I didn’t get separated from my family, Uncle/Auntie, because I also came to sell vegetables today.”

Stall owners: !!!

Let’s not even talk about the face-value critical strike brought by looking up and making eye contact, just this little guy’s soft and polite speaking voice was completely out of tune with the noisy environment of the vegetable market.

Making a group of rough-voiced stall owners also couldn’t help but start pinching their voices along with him.

“Oh my, little friend, you are also selling vegetables? Doesn’t that make you in the same trade as Uncle? Then what vegetables are you selling today?”

The burly man in front of him forcefully pinched his voice and struck up a conversation with Xueyan.

“I am selling potatoes, Uncle, these are my potatoes.”

Xueyan was also very happy to share, and turned around to show his basket to the stall owner uncle.

“Oh my, just selling potatoes is a bit monotonous, do you want some other things? [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] You are about the same age as my son, that stinky brat of our family is still sleeping heavily right now.”

The cheerful stall owner uncle looking at Xueyan in front of him thought of his own son.

The man turned around and weighed a few vegetables from the stall, and jokingly said to Xueyan:

“If you can accurately recognize what vegetables these are, Uncle will randomly give you some vegetables as a gift, how about it?”

This made Xueyan widen his eyes slightly, not expecting there could be such an unexpected challenge?

The cameramen around even raised their lenses, thinking to themselves that this stall owner’s overwhelming wealth was also coming. After the program officially broadcasts, without even thinking, this stall will definitely be popular for a few days.

However, in order to tease Xueyan, the stall owner clearly chose vegetables that were a bit hard to recognize. Some names even had rare characters. Adults who usually don’t cook or do farm work might not necessarily be able to recognize them all at once.

Causing the staff on the side to also sweat for Xueyan, thinking to themselves that this free vegetable is also not easy to get.

Just based on Lu Li’s doting attitude since recording the program, holding Xueyan and absolutely not letting him walk, one could imagine the little guy’s usual status at home. The probability of him actually recognizing all these vegetables is really not high.

However, Director Guo noticed the expression of the stall owner staring at Xueyan and smiling the whole time, and inexplicably felt that even if Xueyan didn’t recognize a single one, this guy would probably still find a reason to forcefully give some vegetables to the little guy in the end.

“Hmm… this is yellow chives, this is water spinach, this is cowpea… and this is garland chrysanthemum.”

The result that shocked everyone present was that Xueyan actually recognized all of them without hesitation!?

He even recognized them quickly and well!

After reciting all the vegetables in one breath, he looked up and smiled shyly at the stall owner uncle.

“Oh my, my heavens, you little golden nugget from the city are amazing, actually truly recognized all of them!?”

The stall owner uncle was shocked, and several vendors beside him couldn’t help but beam with smiles watching this scene.

After all, everyone in the vegetable market could also notice that the little guy was clearly not a child of a local family. Otherwise, growing into this appearance like in a painting, every household in the nearby villages and towns would definitely have known him long ago.

The delicate skin and tender flesh appearance even more so didn’t look like someone who would come to the vegetable market stall to sell vegetables every day.

“Uncle, I am not a little golden nugget from the city…”

Unexpectedly, Xueyan softly rebutted the stall owner uncle’s teasing.

“Oh? [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] Then what are you?”

The stall owner uncle smiled, just feeling this little munchkin was cute no matter how they chatted.

“I am just Lu Xueyan. The Xue from snowy days, the Yan from promises.”

Xueyan looked up, stared at the stall owner uncle, and smilingly recited his own name.

For a time, it forcefully stunned the entire venue with cuteness so much that no one spoke for a few seconds.

A few minutes later, the completely cuteness-struck stall owner uncle carried a full plastic bag of vegetables and was about to stuff it into Xueyan’s potato basket. Before leaving, looking at Xueyan beside him, he subconsciously opened his arms wanting to give a hug.

It was just that the uncle noticed the little guy’s completely clean and fragrant appearance, and looking down at his own vegetable selling apron, he wanted to pull his hand back and forget it.

The family definitely spent a long time tidying him up, if he hugged him and got him dirty it would be bad instead.

Unexpectedly, after Xueyan noticed the uncle’s movement, he proactively opened his arms and rapidly hugged this uncle.

This uncle was stunned for a moment, then looked again at Xueyan in front of him, and for a time wished he could grin from ear to ear.

“Little guy, wishing you a speedy success in selling vegetables today!”

The uncle waved to say goodbye to Xueyan.

“Hmm! [Read on RanaTranslations🌸] I definitely will.”

Xueyan also nodded seriously, full of energy.

“Uncle Dong, that little guy seemed to have secretly stuffed some vegetables for you just now.”

It wasn’t until a stall owner beside him smilingly reminded this stall owner.

This uncle named Zhang Qingdong looked down, and only then discovered that the little guy had forcefully stuffed a pile of potatoes for him!

“Oh my, giving vegetables is what I wanted to give, and there’s only that pitiful small basket of potatoes in total, and he still returned so many potatoes to me? What kind of vegetable selling competition are you guys doing today?”

The uncle instantly became a bit worried, and subconsciously wanted to ask a staff member who hadn’t left yet on the side.

“Yes, it is a vegetable selling competition. The little friend who sells the best will have a reward, and the worst will have a little punishment. But it’s okay, actually it’s not a big problem.” The staff member smiled.

From the perspective of variety show camera shots, anyone with a bit of variety show sense could realize that the scene just now was undoubtedly a highlight shot of the second episode.

Even if he didn’t sell vegetables to get first place, it didn’t seem to matter so much anymore.

Looking at Xueyan’s departing figure, the stall owner actually stood in place and pondered, then turned around and went to make a phone call.

Meanwhile, on the other side, while Xueyan continued on his way, the staff on the side also temporarily inserted a small interview.

“Xueyan, how did you recognize so many vegetables? Was it because you observed along the way and just directly remembered them all? Or do they teach this kind of everyday life common sense in kindergarten or at home?”

Facing this question, Xueyan was rarely a bit shy.

Because he couldn’t possibly say, he indeed cheated a little bit?

Before, following behind Grandma, he just slowly got to know them all.

That’s why Xueyan specifically gave a few extra potatoes to that uncle.

A kind of little guilt of being a fish but being asked to participate in a swimming test, and getting a full mark prize because of it.

“Hmm, there’s also this.”

So Xueyan gently nodded, indicating that besides observing the vegetables along the way, he also combined it with the sign in front of him.

Everyone turned their heads and saw a huge electronic public notice board.

Vegetable Market Basket Project Price Notice Board—?

Besides listing all the vegetables, even the prices were all publicly displayed.

“Oh right, such a big sign is placed here, how come no one remembered they could look at this?”

If only they had looked a bit earlier, a pricing tragedy like 10 yuan for one green bean wouldn’t have occurred.

What does this show?

“It shows that blindly burying your head in hard work is not as good as first raising your head to look around and observe.”

Director Guo Rui behind the screen also smiled, never expecting the pricing problem of the local vegetable market to be solved like this.

However, Xueyan’s vegetable selling journey hadn’t officially begun yet, and the vegetables “selling” more and more was also an unprecedented difficulty.

Because that heroic-natured Uncle Zhang Qingdong clearly had very good interpersonal relations and a wide network in the entire vegetable market, so much so that very soon quite a few stall owners began to notice Xueyan carrying a basket of potatoes and conducting market research everywhere.

“Hey, little guy, do you want to come here and take a look?”

They even actively waved their hands to let Xueyan come over and stroll around.

At first, Xueyan would also enthusiastically respond to them one by one. Later on, he truly couldn’t do it anymore, and could only shake his head to express he really couldn’t carry them anymore.

Originally just a basket of potatoes, without knowing when, the inside had turned into a miniature vegetable market.

There were even stall owners who knew Xueyan would return vegetables if he found them stuffed, and directly without martial ethics stuffed one or two identical potatoes into the little guy’s basket.

“Why does it feel like there are even more.”

So much so that Xueyan, who finally arrived at his stall, counted his little potatoes and let out a confused murmur.

Could it be that he regressed in math class?