Chapter 1258

Matthew found it utterly ridiculous. The retail price of ginger was 9.20 dollars a pound, but he was offering it for just three dollars. This was far below the market price, barely a third of it. Landon accused him of disrupting the market. Matthew couldn't help but retort, "I've seen people inflate prices to disrupt the market. I've never seen someone drop prices and get accused of the same. Care to explain that logic?" The market saw three types of customers throughout the day. The first were small vegetable vendors who arrived before dawn to stock up on produce. By now, as the sun was starting to rise, the small vendors had already taken their goods and left. Next came the restaurant owners, buying fresh ingredients for their kitchens. Finally, there were individual shoppers, regular people picking up vegetables for their homes. At that moment, the first group of customers had already left, and the second group hadn't arrived yet. During this gap, a lot of wholesalers gathered