Yu Xiaomei

It would seem that rushing early to the city is still a good thing for Mu Yuchen, even if one doesn't consider his hope to go home quickly. Since he's early, it also means that he managed to catch the wave of people going to their work.

If he rushes himself and quickly puts out his stall, it's still possible to start selling his chestnuts immediately.

Mu Yuchen looked around Liujia Wood Workshop and quickly went inside. Today, time is the most important thing for him.

Liu Jiahao looked at him and was a little puzzled. "Mister Mu, why are you rushing so much today?"

Although Shopkeeper Liu's relationship with Liu Xiaolan was pretty good, he still wouldn't call Mu Yuchen as his nephew. Not to mention that if he called him a little guy, he would feel weird himself.

Thinking of this, Liu Jiahao noticed that Liu Xiaolan wasn't here. Thinking that perhaps Mu Yuchen came alone early to prepare for the day, he asked, "Are you coming early in the morning to prepare for the day? When will little girl Liu come?"

Mu Yuchen had a dark look on his face. "Lady was hurt a little yesterday, so she stayed home today and won't come…"

Shopkeeper Liu thought of the little girl and was worried. "Hurt, what happened? Is she alright?"

"She's fine, just needs to stay home for some time and recuperate her wound." Thinking of something, Mu Yuchen added, "She should be as good as before after a few days…"

Liu Jiahao still wanted to ask for more details, but Mu Yuchen already ignored him and quickly went to the back room to prepare his stall.

Seeing this, Liu Jiahao followed after him and once they were inside, he pointed to the corned of the room. "Here's the first batch of the new small buckets, 100 of them as promised."

Mu Yuchen just nodded and ignored him.

Liu Jiahao was a little helpless, this guy in front of him really lacks communication skills. Thinking of this, he was even a little worried. How is he supposed to sell chestnuts today, wouldn't he make any trouble?

Just as he was about to go out, Mu Yuchen suddenly turned towards him and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, thank you for your help."

"No bother, Mister Mu. After all I'm just doing my job…" Well, at least now he could be a little less worried. Seems that this Mu Yuchen still has some basic culture.

If Mu Yuchen knew what Liu Jiahao thought, he would probably spit out. Who cares about this shopkeeper?

It's just that before leaving the house today, Liu Xiaolan was worried about him and repeatedly told him some things. How to be nice to other people, how to try to smile towards them and answer their questions and many other different things like that.

If not for this, how could he bother answering Shopkeeper Liu?

Without thinking anymore, Mu Yuchen quickly filled all the new buckets with chestnuts and pushed his stall outside Liujia Wood Workshop, preparing for today's sale.

Also, his lady told him clearly to first sell the old small buckets before giving out the new ones. After all, the new ones have a little more chestnuts in them and Liu Xiaolan shamelessly decided to increase their price by half.

Increasing prices is alright, but you still need to first sell out the old packaging, otherwise what should Mu Yuchen do if people complained to him? After all, it's not a good taste if you bought a new bucket for 150 copper coins, when another person after you could buy the old bucket of chestnuts for just 100 copper coins, and the diffrence in what they've got for their money wasn't big…

Once the stall was in position, Mu Yuchen put the old buckets with chestnuts on top of it and started shouting, "Fresh chestnuts, perfect for a quick snack. You can eat it on the way or take to work and eat later…"

Although most people passing by ignored him and his stall, there are still a few that have seen him here yesterday and know that what he's selling is not too bad, definitely different from the average chestnuts sold in the city.

Soon, Mu Yuchen had his first customer for the day.

Yu Xiaomei was the owner of a nearby shop, selling some clothing accessories. Usually during this time she didn't have too many clients, so she would walk around and look for some food to eat.

Although yesterday she also saw them selling, they were a little late and she has already bought some snacks from her usual stall. But today seeing Mu Yuchen again, Yu Xiaomei felt that it wasn't a bad idea to buy some.

After all, yesterday the people that bought them seemed satisfied. So why not buy one and check if it's to her taste? At worst she would lose a few copper coins, she can afford this small amount of money.

"Boy, how much are your chestnuts?" Yu Xiaomei asked.

Mu Yuchen remembered Liu Xiaolan's instruction and forced a smile on his face. "Miss, the chestnuts are 100 copper coins per bucket."

Yu Xiaomei looked at Mu Yuchen's face expression and smirked a little. As someone who deals with other people daily, how could she not see that he was forcing himself to smile?

But even if it's a forced smile, she still agrees with his way of doing things. At least he's polite and tries to give his best. "Boy, give me 2 buckets. I'll take some for later as well…"

Mu Yuchen looked at her hand and quietly took her silver coin before giving her the change. Liu Xiaolan already thought of similar situations to this one, so she explained to him how he should deal with customers without the exact amount of money.

What Mu Yuchen didn't know however, was the fact that Liu Xiaolan was shocked by his abilities as well. Let's not say that most people in ancient times are illiterate, but even counting properly is something that not many can do.