Chapter 79 Selling Goods
On a cold winter morning, a bowl of steaming noodles was placed on the table, and the aroma of the food penetrated my nostrils.
Lin Zisu took a deep breath of the aroma, picked up the noodles with chopsticks, blew on them and stuffed them into her mouth. The smooth and tender noodles and the delicious soup made her intoxicated.
Lin Zisu was so delicious that she wanted to cry. This was the food that people should eat! What kind of food do you eat when you are on the road every day? It's just to keep you on hold!
After eating a mouthful of noodles and drinking a mouthful of delicious soup, my whole body feels comfortable from the inside out. My stomach and body are warm.
After finishing a bowl of mutton soup noodles, Lin Zisu looked up to see if others had finished eating.
They came out to sell goods, and came to have breakfast before the shop opened. More than ten people sat at two tables.
The noodle stall was run by a couple, and with so many people coming at once, they were so busy that they never took a smile off their faces.
Lin Zisu saw that there was an empty bowl in front of them and was concentrating on eating her second bowl.
Lin Youcai picked up the noodles and glanced at his daughter. "I'm done. Waiter, give me another bowl."
"Ah, I don't want it anymore." Lin Zisu shouted hurriedly.
Lin Xianwen: "Are you full?"
"I'm full, but dad, give me money." Lin Zisu took the ten cents given by her father and walked towards the bun shop next door.
I brought back three fragrant meat buns and put the bowl on the table. I sat down and picked up a big meat bun with chopsticks and blew on it. The meat soup filled my mouth with a bite, which was delicious and satisfying, except that it was a little hot.
Lin Zisu quickly blew on it and took a second bite. The softness of the dough and the deliciousness of the meat blended in her mouth, leaving her with an endless aftertaste.
In my previous life, I never thought that one day I would feel such happiness just by eating a bowl of noodles and a meat bun.
Especially on cold winter days, delicious food makes people feel extremely satisfied and warm.
After Lin Xianwen finished his second bowl of noodles, he reached out and grabbed a meat bun and started to eat it.
More than a dozen people eating breakfast really looked like they had escaped from a refugee camp. However, they were indeed refugees.
Lin Xianwen returned the bowl from the bun shop and bought a few buns for his eldest brother and nephew.
When paying for noodles, everyone was polite and said, "I'll pay, I'll pay..."
Lin Youcai said directly, "Each family should pay for their own meals. When you have a stable life in the future, no one will stop you from paying for meals. Don't be polite now."
After eating and drinking, everyone got on the mule cart and headed for a two-story shop not far away. In this era when most houses were one-story, two-story buildings were rare.
There are more than ten people here today, half of whom were not with us yesterday. Lin Youcai held up four fingers and said in a low voice, "We visited many shops yesterday and asked about the prices. Candles cost 4 or 300 coins each, and white wax was the most expensive."
Lin Zisu and Lin Xianwen gasped and opened their eyes wide in surprise. Others were not surprised at all. Although ordinary people could not afford candles, they still knew how much a candle cost.
Only the brother and sister were surprised, because they had no memories of their original bodies and were not from this era, so they didn't know many things. Their father also forgot to tell them last night.
The two siblings knew that in ancient times, ordinary people could not afford candles and used oil lamps. Oil lamps produced a lot of smoke, which could make the house fumed and easily blind the eyes. However, families who could afford oil lamps were considered to be well-off.
Candles are ridiculously expensive! Four hundred wen here is about 400 or 500 yuan in modern times. The expensive candles nowadays are the ones with carved patterns or scented candles, while ordinary white wax candles are only a few yuan.
Living standards and prices vary greatly from era to era.
Lin Youcai lowered his voice and said, "Don't say that we made this batch of candles ourselves. Just say that our family bought them before. Our hometown was hit by war, so we had to go to other places to seek refuge with relatives. It was too heavy to carry so many candles on a long journey, so we wanted to sell the candles for money. No matter what we say, don't say anything. If you have anything to say, go to the side and talk quietly."
"it is good."
On another mule cart, Butcher Zhao also reminded everyone not to say that the candles were made by ourselves.
After a while, the mule cart arrived in front of the shop, and the three big words "Baoyue Tower" came into view.
A servant came out from the door and said, "We made an appointment with your shopkeeper yesterday afternoon."
The servant bowed and said, "Please come in." He led the mule cart to the backyard, opened the side door, and let the two mule carts enter the yard.
The shopkeeper heard the noise and came out with a smile, "Everyone came quite early, have you had breakfast? There is hot tea and snacks in the house, come in and warm up."
Tao Mingyuan smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Manager Cao. We just had breakfast. We have brought the food with us. Manager Cao, please move."
Shopkeeper Cao was a tall, thin, middle-aged man who walked over, stroking his beard.
Lin Youfu opened the wooden box and saw the snow-white candles neatly stacked in the box.
Shopkeeper Cao picked up a white wax and said, "This is the first time I've seen a white wax of this size and length."
Lin Youcai: "Masters in different places are different, and the sizes of candles they make are different. What's important is the texture of the candle. The texture of my candles is snow-white and delicate, without impurities. Shopkeeper Cao can check them one by one."
Shopkeeper Cao didn't show it on his face, he just picked up a candle and examined it. The candle was of high quality, no doubt, but the size of the candle was different from usual, and the workmanship was a bit rough, the more he looked at it, the more it looked like it was made by a novice. He picked up a small box of flower candles next to it and examined it. It looked beautiful from a distance, but the workmanship was too rough when he looked closer.
Shopkeeper Cao: "Your candles..."
Lin Youcai: "Shopkeeper Cao has a keen eye and must have seen it. This is made by a novice craftsman. The workmanship is a little rough, but it does not affect the use. The quality of the candle is impeccable."
Manager Cao didn't say anything, but he thought to himself, "So that's how it is." It makes sense.
Tao Mingyuan: "Alas, I bought it for my own use. The workmanship is a little rough, but you can't tell unless you look closely. Who would have thought that this world would turn out like this... I have no choice but to sell it and exchange it for silver so that it is more convenient to carry with me."
Shopkeeper Cao nodded to show his understanding. The journey from north to south was long, and carrying so many candles on the road would not only take up space, but would also be heavy.
Manager Cao: "It's freezing cold, please come inside and talk."
Several servants came out of the house, carrying two wooden boxes of wax and a box of flower candles into the house.
Manager Cao: "What do you think of the price?"
Lin Youcai: "Okay, let's do it at the price we agreed on yesterday."
Last night, I went back and told Lin Lizheng about the situation. After discussing it, we all agreed to the price offered by Cao: 280 coins for a white candle and 2 taels of silver for a flower candle.
Shopkeeper Cao raised his lips with a smooth smile on his face. He turned his head and said to the servant beside him: "Why are you standing there? Serve tea." He turned his head and looked at Lin Youcai and the others, "I like dealing with straightforward people."
Lin Youfu and his companions watched the servants counting the candles, checking each one as they went along.
After counting, the servant reported the number and Cao nodded. After a while, the servant brought a tray of silver and two pieces of paper for Cao to review.
Shopkeeper Cao picked up the two pieces of paper, looked at them, counted the silver on the plate, and motioned to the waiter to take them to Lin Youcai. Lin Youcai motioned to take them to Lin Benshu who was sitting next to him.
Shopkeeper Cao smiled and said, "Take a look and see if the silver is correct."
Lin Youcai picked up the two copies of the sales contract, read them quickly and handed them to Tao Mingyuan. Tao Mingyuan took it and checked. There was no problem with the number of candles and the amount of silver.
Lin Zisu stretched her neck to look at the paper. It was all in traditional Chinese characters. She could only read some of them. This piece of paper was a sales contract. She saw the number of candles and the amount of silver.
Sure enough, after both parties confirmed that everything was correct, Lin Benshu wrote down Lin Lizheng's name on two pieces of paper, stamped his fingerprints, and then took out Lizheng's private seal and stamped it.
Shopkeeper Cao took it, signed, stamped and stamped two pieces of paper with the same content, one for each side.
Lin Youcai: "Manager Cao, Baoyue Tower is really grand and beautiful. It is one of the best in Dazhao City. I guess the owner of Baoyue Tower has more than one store."
Cao Zhuanggui raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of doubt in his eyes, but his expression remained calm as he said, "Of course."