Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade

He regretted it deeply, why hadn’t he followed her into the mountains?

He said, "You only picked so little? Why didn’t you pick more?"

Qian Yixiu said, "There was only one tea tree, and I picked all of it, only this much." Seeing the pained expression on Shopkeeper Cui’s face, she added, "If Shopkeeper Cui doesn’t like it, it doesn’t matter, my grandpa said we could keep it to serve our guests at home."

Shopkeeper Cui replied, "Who said I don’t like it? I like it too much. It’s a pity, even though it’s good, there’s only so little."

Qian Yixiu naively smiled and said, "It’s not just this little. I also collected some tea seeds under the tea tree to take back and plant. If I plant a large garden, there will be plenty of tea."

Shopkeeper Cui was overjoyed. Now that he had the tea seeds, he didn’t need to search all over the mountains for tea trees. Laughing, he said, "I knew it, Yixiu is a smart girl, this is great. Sell all these tea seeds to me, I’ll give you a good price."

Qian Yixiu shook her head and said, "We don’t plan to sell the tea seeds," seeing Shopkeeper Cui getting anxious, she quickly added, "I said we won’t sell, but I didn’t say we won’t let Shopkeeper Cui plant them. Shopkeeper Cui can go back and process these tea leaves first. If you think the tea is worth cooperating with our family, then we can work together on planting."

After thinking for a moment, Shopkeeper Cui said, "That’s fine, I’ll take the tea leaves back for Master Huang to process. If it’s worthwhile, I won’t just pay you the money for these tea leaves at market price, we’ll also discuss the next steps. However, I must say the hard truth upfront, this isn’t my personal business, and if we cooperate, you won’t get any advantage in terms of shares. Selling the tea seeds directly would profit you much more than a partnership."

Qian Sangui was astonished to see Qian Yixiu negotiating terms with Shopkeeper Cui like this; he hadn’t expected the tea leaves to catch Shopkeeper Cui’s eye. His granddaughter could have sold half of the tea seeds to Shopkeeper Cui and kept the other half for themselves, yet she chose to use them as a bargaining chip for a partnership. He then realized why – his astute granddaughter was trying to use this opportunity to form a connection with the Duke Mansion and find a big tree to shelter under.