Shuiyun Inn.
This is the largest inn in Nanyang City. It is divided into upper, middle and lower third-class rooms. When they went there, there was only one middle-class room left, and the asking price for a night was one tael of silver.
There were three people sharing a room on the ship, but here we still had three people living together.
Cheng Wanwan had been sleeping in the same bed with her three sons for several months, so there was nothing she couldn't accept. She asked for two more quilts for an extra 500 Wen.
She slept on the bed, and the two boys made bunks on the floor.
It's not that she doesn't give up the bed for the children to sleep, but that in this era, elders are respected. If the two children sleep on the bed, she sleeps on the floor. When she returns to Dahe Village, she will be ready to face Zhao Dashan's storm. , Furthermore, these two children are not so ignorant.
The three of them didn't get a good rest on the boat. After checking into the inn, the first thing they did was to take a nap to replenish their energy.
After sleeping until noon, Cheng Wanwan washed her face and took her two children downstairs to eat.
Naturally, I don't dare to eat in the inn. The food here is too expensive. A bowl of vegetarian noodle soup costs twenty-five cents. This is simply a money grab.
The three of them went to the street to eat noodles. Noodles with pork pickles cost fifteen cents a bowl. There was very little pickle, but the noodles were very generous. Cheng Wanwan couldn't finish them, so he gave them to Zhao Ergou and Zhao Dawang. A chopstick.
"Ergou, Dawang, you two go sell cloth. I'll walk around Nanyang City and look for opportunities." Cheng Wanwan warned, "Remember your elder brother's words, don't be impatient and cause trouble. You must be careful when doing business. Stay calm, this is only the first day, there are still two days left, so take your time."
Zhao Ergou wrote down every word.
The two of them returned to the inn, moved half of the goods down and put them in the room, and took some of them to test the water first.
There are too many rich people in Nanyang City, so it is definitely not possible to sell coarse linen on the main street. There are many poor people on the dock, but they are all men. Generally speaking, grown men will not spend money to buy cloth.
He pushed the cart to an alley, where the poor people of Nanyang lived. There were often seven or eight families crowded into a yard.
This place is equivalent to the slums of Nanyang City. Because he is poor, there is a market for his cloth.
"Sell the cloth, it's cheap!"
"One foot of coarse cloth costs eight cents, buy ten feet and get one free!"
The coarse cloth from the cloth shop on the street also costs eight cents. You can buy as much as you want, and there are no extra gifts. As soon as he shouted, several women came over.
The women touched the coarse cloth. It was indeed the kind found in cloth shops. It was stain-resistant and wear-resistant. They poor people wore this all year round.
"Is it true that if you buy ten feet, you will get one free?"
"Of course." Zhao Ergou smiled warmly, "A few people can collect ten feet of cloth and give it away. Although one foot of cloth is not much, it can also be used to make shoe uppers or bibs for children. Don't give away free things. Isn’t that right?”
Several women were tempted. They were all poor people who made money by washing and sewing clothes for others. It was really difficult for them to spend 80 cents to buy cloth at once, so the two women each contributed 40 cents, and one of them paid 40 cents. If you can get five and a half feet, you can make a short-carded shirt for the man in the family. You can also make a dress for the child by sewing the rags at the corners...
Zhao Ergou and Zhao Dawang shouted and walked through this alley. They easily sold more than forty pieces of coarse cloth and fifteen feet of linen cloth. People here could not afford fine linen cloth.
Full of fighting spirit, the two returned to the inn, loaded all the coarse linen on the cart, and returned to the alley to continue shouting.
A prosperous city is supported by thousands of poor people at the bottom. Five hundred pieces of coarse cloth were sold out in one day, and the revenue was more than 150 taels of silver.
Zhao Ergou, who had been anxious for a long time, settled down at this moment.
Although there are still linen and fine linen that have not been sold, it does not matter, the cost has been earned back, and no matter what price the remaining goods are sold for, they will not lose money.
Things went very smoothly on the children's side, but Cheng Wanwan had no clues yet.
She walked around the street and finally chose a shop called Zhuo Muzhai. The name of the shop was very elegant, but it was actually a shop specializing in selling toiletries.
She walked in. There were a lot of products here. In addition to the common soap balls, soap powder, soapberry and other products, there were also original toothbrush and tooth powder for cleaning teeth, as well as dried petals of fragrant powder for bathing... In short, as long as Everything you need to clean your body is available in this shop.
Cheng Wanwan bought some toothbrushes and tooth powder. When paying the bill, she said warmly: "Shopkeeper, can we chat alone for a while?"
The shopkeeper sitting behind the counter raised his head and looked at Cheng Wanwan. He saw that she was dressed in linen clothes and did not even have a simple silver hairpin in her hair. The shopkeeper could guess Cheng Wanwan's identity at a glance. She was a woman from an ordinary family. , I'm afraid I can't even scrape together two taels of silver. There's nothing to talk about with such a person.
The shopkeeper flipped the abacus in his hand and said coldly: "It's a total of four hundred and fifty-six cents. If you buy it, you pay it. If you don't buy it, you put it back."
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
She finally understood what it meant to look down upon others.
"If I can't afford it, I won't buy it."
Cheng Wanwan put the things back and walked away.
The shopkeeper smiled proudly: "My eyes are still so vicious. Such poor people can't escape my eyes at all. Er Shuanzi, you should learn more!"
The young boy named Er Shuanzi immediately came over to help the shopkeeper hammer his shoulders: "I won't let this kind of person come in from now on. Can I afford to pay compensation if she touches something bad..."
Cheng Wanwan walked to the door of another similar shop, went in and asked, but the boy didn't recommend the shopkeeper to her at all.
It's not good that this city is too prosperous. There are snobs everywhere. Her linen clothes were the best new clothes in Dahe Village. But when she came to Nanyang City, she was just a bumpkin. No one looked down on her.
Since these people don't want the business that comes to her door, then let these people beg her in turn.
Cheng Wanwan slowly had an idea in his mind.
It was already getting late, so she bought some necessary things before returning to the inn.
When she returned to the room, she saw two boys, Zhao Ergou and Zhao Dawang, counting money. They were all copper plates, all over the table. When they were counted clearly, they were strung together with ropes and placed in a bag on the ground.
Cheng Wanwan quickly closed the door: "How much money did you make?"
Zhao Dawang said with a beaming expression: "A foot of coarse cloth costs eight cents, and all of it was sold out. I received more than one hundred and fifty taels of silver. I haven't counted the exact amount yet."
"There are still two hundred and eighty pieces of linen cloth and eighty-one pieces of fine linen cloth." Zhao Ergou said while holding the account book. "The purchase prices are two and five cents respectively. The market price is about twelve to twenty cents. If the price is lowered, we should be able to clear out all the inventory tomorrow.”
"Yes, well done." Cheng Wanwan sat down on the chair, "Dawang, go downstairs and buy some food on the street."
You should eat some rice at night after eating noodles at noon, otherwise you will feel unwell.
Zhao Dawang took the money and ran away.
Cheng Wanwan helped count the money together.
Zhao Ergou couldn't help but ask: "Mom, you took a walk around Nanyang City today. Did you find anything?"
Cheng Wanwan strung together a thousand copper plates and said with a smile: "You will sell cloth tomorrow morning. Regardless of whether it is sold out or not, put it aside first. In the afternoon, Dawang and I will help me sell soap."
Zhao Ergou grinned: "Okay!"
