Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 148

Chapter 148: Sky High Price
“This is called oyster sauce. It is made using my family’s secret recipe.” Lu Jueyu said with a smile.

Houzi looked at the oyster sauce thoughtfully and asked, “How much do you plan to sell it for?”

“Brother Houzi, I will be honest with you. To make these five bottles of sauce, I need a lot of oysters and other condiments. So, I will sell a bottle for 80 yuan. Apart from these, I don’t have any more oyster sauce.” Lu Jueyu charged a high price to make a room in case Houzi wanted to bargain.

Houzi was taken aback by the price and said, “The price is too high. I’m afraid I won’t be able to sell it.”

“Oysters themselves are a rare item. It took me a lot of effort and money to get the raw materials from the coastal city. The lowest I can offer is 75 yuan a bottle. Below this, I would rather eat it by myself.” Lu Jueyu said calmly but firmly.

Houzi thought for a while before he nodded and said, “Alright. How about the other goods?”

“We can price according to the market price for meat and eggs. White rice is 15 yuan per pound. Wild honey is 50 yuan per jar, 350 grams per jar. As for jujube cakes and dumplings, I will let Brother Houzi decide the price.” Lu Jueyu said. As she spoke, she opened the bamboo basket and showed the contents to Houzi.

Houzi knew at a glance that the jujube cakes and dumplings must taste good. He nodded and said, “The current price of lean meat is 12 yuan per kilogram, and the price of fat meat is 18 yuan per kilogram. Eggs are 12 cents each, and beef jerky is 25 yuan per kilogram. Jujube cake, I will give you 50 cents for a piece. Dumplings are 30 cents each.”

Lu Jueyu calculated it and said, “Then we will go according to your price.”

Houzi motioned to his assistant to move the things and said, “A total of one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six yuan.”

Li Chenmo was stunned when he heard the price. He knew that his wife’s goods were of high quality, but he didn’t expect Houzi to agree to the sky-high price. When he sold wild boar meat and mushrooms to the black market, he could earn at most a few hundred yuan from one transaction. He never expected the most expensive item would turn out to be oyster sauce.

After counting the money, Houzi handed it to Lu Jueyu and said, “I’ve got what you want. Do you want to take it away today?”

Looking at the money, Lu Jueyu did not take it and said, “Brother Houzi, I want to use the money to buy jade and antiques.”

Houzi was surprised that she wanted those forbidden items. He had so many of these things that it gave him a headache just looking at them. Not only is it hard to find a place to hide it, it’s also hard to sell. Since she wants to buy it, of course Houzi is happy.

“I didn’t expect my sister-in-law to have such interest. Please follow me.” Houzi said, taking her to the room where he stored the jade and antiques.

After entering the room, Houzi opened several wooden boxes and said, “Sister-in-law, take a look and choose.”

Lu Jueyu nodded to him and went to look at the box. Inside the box, in addition to vases, paintings, and porcelains, there are also boxes of jade. Although she didn’t know much about paintings, she still knew some famous paintings and porcelains from her previous life. She opened the painting one by one and found that it was well preserved.

Some of the paintings are by famous painters from the Qing Dynasty. There are even some cultural relics from the Song and Ming Dynasties that have become historical relics in modern times which she saw in the museums. Although she didn’t know if there would be counterfeits mixed in, she was willing to bet on it. After all, these things are considered dangerous and useless in this era. Therefore, the possibility of her buying a counterfeit is very low.

After choosing the painting, she looked at the vase and porcelains. Most of the porcelain is the famous white and blue porcelain and celadon, and there are also some Ming Dynasty white porcelain. She carefully examined one piece of porcelain after another, and then took out a few pieces that were actually considered a counterfeit of blue and white porcelain.

After dealing with the antiques, she took out the small box from the wooden box and opened it. It contains a lot of jade. One look at these jade and she knew they were of good quality. After she inspected all the jades, she said, “Except those next to me, I want all of the rest.”

Houzi was surprised that she wanted to buy so much and said, “We can send it to your place for you.”

Li Chenmo shook his head and said, “No need to bother you. We will transport it ourselves.”

After that, Li Chenmo put the jadeite and the painting into the bamboo basket and covered it with leaves. Houzi glanced at them and said, “If you use a bamboo basket to transport it, it may take several days to transport it.”

“It doesn’t matter. We’ll get the rest when we come again.” Li Chenmo said calmly.

Before Houzi could say anything else, Lu Jueyu asked, “Brother Houzi, how is the bicycle? Is there any news?”

After hearing her words, Houzi remembered that he had received the bicycle last night and said, “The bicycle arrived last night. Do you want to check it?”

“Husband, you know this better than me. You should go check it out.” Lu Jueyu squeezed Li Chenmo’s palm and said.

Understanding what she wanted to do, Li Chenmo nodded and said, “Wait for me here.”

“Alright.”

Houzi took Li Chenmo to another room to check the bicycle, while the assistant went to store the meat and other items they bought from Lu Jueyu.