Chapter 66: He's a real lover!

At the moment, Gu Chen was standing next to Ji Pianran with a smile on his face, watching the affectionate actions of the mother and daughter.

The mushroom seller looked at Gu Chen helplessly, not knowing what to say.

'You're really good at bargaining. You should know that this is Chinese New Year's Eve. The mushrooms I dug from the mountains this morning are fresh, so of course they're a bit more expensive than usual.'

'If you want the oyster mushrooms, that's fine, but you want the shiitake mushrooms, which are definitely more expensive.'

To be honest, shiitake mushrooms are more expensive than oyster mushrooms anyway, and since it's the New Year, they're even more expensive.

The owner of the stall is not a vegetable seller, but he thought that since it's the 30th day of the lunar year and vegetable prices are high, he could make a bit of extra money, so he got up early in the morning and went to the mountains to dig for mushrooms.

A catty of shiitake mushrooms usually costs three yuan, but now it's the New Year, so it's six yuan!

It was because of this high price that he came out to be a vegetable seller for the day.

But because it was so expensive, Ji Bianran really felt bad about it.

Gu Chen, it's not easy to earn money. Besides, even if you have money, you shouldn't waste it like this!

Tang Tang is going to school soon, so what's going to happen in the future if you keep wasting money like this?

Gu Chen nodded when she heard her boss say this.

Then she looked at the mushrooms. Although the shiitake mushrooms were expensive, there weren't many left, just a couple of catties.

Moreover, the mushrooms didn't look very good, they were a bit small and didn't look very appealing.

No matter how she looked at them, she felt that something was wrong.

It didn't feel authentic.

The uglier something is, the more you dislike it, and the more you dislike it, the more you can't help but look at it twice.

Gu Chen frowned and looked at the mushrooms again.

Upon looking, she suddenly discovered the reason for the ugliness of the mushrooms: the stems were long and a bit thin.

However, the flesh of the mushroom head was a bit thicker than the mushrooms.

In short, the appearance was really unpleasant!

Gu Chen looked at these inferior mushrooms, and suddenly a scene from her past life that she had seen on the news came to mind.

A plate of matsutake mushrooms had been sold for several thousand yuan.

It was accompanied by a picture of fresh matsutake mushrooms.

And the matsutake mushrooms in that picture were exactly the same as the shiitake mushrooms on the mushroom stand.

Could it be that these things were not shiitake mushrooms, but matsutake mushrooms?

When he thought of this, his scalp exploded!

The boss saw that he hadn't spoken for a long time, so he just assumed that he didn't want them because they were too expensive. He looked around at the surrounding stalls.

There were already very few stalls left, and they were getting fewer and fewer.

He couldn't help but feel a little anxious. 'How about this, my friend, I'll sell them for 5 yuan a catty, what do you think?'

After saying that, he couldn't help but mutter, 'Hurry up and take them, and once you've taken them, I'll go home too. If I didn't think I could make some money today, I wouldn't have come out!'

He really didn't want to waste any more time here. It was cold, and everyone else was at home celebrating the New Year.

He wanted to go home too!

Gu Chen smiled, 'Oh? So this is your first time shopping for food?'

To be honest, he wasn't sure if this was a shiitake mushroom or a matsutake mushroom.

He wanted to ask, but he couldn't ask outright, in case the owner really didn't know.

On hearing this, the owner shrugged.

'That's right. To be honest with you, I drive a tractor. My wife just saw other people buying food and got jealous, so she forced me to come out and join the fun, to earn a hundred or so yuan for the New Year.'

Hearing the boss say this, Gu Chen's doubts were confirmed.

No wonder, it really was unknown.

It seems that there is a high possibility that this is matsutake.

You must know that matsutake is a naturally rare and precious edible fungus, and it is also a precious natural medicinal fungus!

He smiled at the boss.

'I'll take all of this. It's the New Year, let's not get into that. 20 yuan, I'll take it all!'

Hearing him say this, the boss's eyes lit up with excitement!

This is only a little over three catties, and twenty yuan. It sounds like this guy isn't going to bargain, but not only is he not going to bargain, it seems like he's even making a few extra cents?

'Okay, no problem!'

The boss cheerfully agreed, picked up the bag, and loaded all the mushrooms into it.

Ji Pianran tugged at Gu Chen's sleeve, but she didn't want to say anything.

She just sighed.

Gu Chen was a man, and she knew that men all had face to lose.

Gu Chen patted her hand.

'It's fine, it's the New Year, it's not easy for anyone.'

The boss packed all the matsutake mushrooms and handed them to Gu Chen, who handed over twenty yuan with a smile, before leaving with Ji Pianran and Tang Tang.

After buying the mushrooms, Gu Chen took his daughter-in-law and daughter for a stroll.

They bought some spare ribs, carp, lamb and other things, as well as a lot of fruit, such as apples, oranges and bananas.

And Gu Chen was very proactive, not giving Ji Pianran the chance to bargain at all.

The vendors in the market were about to go home at this time, and they were very happy to meet a customer who paid quickly and didn't bargain.

Of course, Gu Chen wasn't here to be a fool.

He guessed that the price was about right, so he paid immediately.

If someone tried to take advantage of him because they thought he didn't know any better and asked for an extortionate price, he wouldn't even look at them and would just walk away.

He was here to buy food, not to argue, and it was the Chinese New Year, so there was no point getting angry over a few cents.

Ji Pianran felt both distressed and helpless as he walked along.

Gu Chen wasn't even giving him a chance to show himself off!

Thirty yuan for a little bit of spare ribs, that's robbery!

Although it was already noon.

It was still a little cold.

Gu Chen was walking in front, carrying a lot of things in his hands and holding Tantan in the other.

He wasn't cold at all, but was even a little warm.

However, Ji Pianran, who was following behind, felt colder and colder as they walked.

Her fingers felt like they were going to freeze, so she couldn't help but put her hands near her mouth and blow on them.

There were a lot of people around, and Gu Chen was afraid that Ji Pianran would get lost. So when she turned around, she happened to see Ji Pianran rubbing her hands together while blowing on them.

Seeing her reddened fingertips, Gu Chen couldn't help feeling distressed.

Just then, there were some fried chestnuts for sale, so Gu Chen didn't think twice and walked over with Tang Tang in her arms.

'Two orders of chestnuts, please!'

The owner beamed, 'Sure!'

He then ladled two spoonsful of the hot, sweet-scented roasted chestnuts from the pot into two paper bags, one for each.

He weighed them on the scale.

He beamed with satisfaction, 'Look at my hands, they're like scales. Look, two bags, exactly the same, both half a catty, that's eight taels in total.'

On hearing the price, Ji Pianran shook her head helplessly again. This person, after buying so much, doesn't seem to have finished eating yet?

And he bought two bags of chestnuts. I wonder if things are expensive today!

She hurried up the stairs.

'Hey you.'

Before Ji Pianran could finish speaking, she saw Gu Chen smilingly holding two bags of fried chestnuts. First, he stuffed one bag into his left pocket, and then the other into his right.

He smiled tenderly at him.

'Put your hands in your pockets, it's warm!'