Chapter 266 This Money Should Be Easy to Earn
A group of people were chattering, and if Xiaoyan and Shanzi hadn't stopped them, they would have pounced on Ye Caiping.
"Cai Ping Cai Ping, did you hear me? I want 300!"
"Give me at least 500!"
“I want 1,000!”
But after they shouted for a while, they saw Ye Caiping standing there coldly, not saying a word, and then they quieted down.
One of the thin women said awkwardly:
"Today we went to the county market and saw Hu Xiaosi selling small stools. I heard that this batch of goods came from a furniture workshop. We also want some."
"Yes, yes. We want it too!" The women nodded quickly.
When they saw that people in the county were scrambling to get it, they were stunned.
In the end, they found out that the person selling the small stools was Hu Xiaosi from their fellow villager.
Those people were instantly excited as if they were given a shot of chicken blood.
The small stools sell so well, if they also buy them, they will definitely make money.
Ye Caiping nodded: "Okay. The workshop has accumulated six or seven hundred of them these days."
"Wang Neng is here. If you want the goods, you can go to the workshop to register with Wang Neng and see how much it costs. You can get the goods after paying the money."
The woman who was just excited suddenly froze: "Goods, payment? You have to pay first?"
Ye Caiping raised her eyebrows: "What else?"
"Then will Hu Xiaosi also pay first?"
Ye Caiping said: "Hu Xiaosi is different. He is the first one to get the goods, and our workshop uses him as a trial seller, so we give him a discount, selling first and paying later."
"From now on, no matter who takes the goods, they have to pay for them."
The village women were a little unwilling and wanted to refute.
Ye Caiping's face was slightly stern: "This is the workshop's rule. If you really want it, go out with Wang Neng."
Those people looked at each other, and finally no one dared to say a word.
After all, this wasn’t just ordinary chit-chat between villagers.
They all have family members working in Ye Caiping's two workshops, so they can't offend her.
One of them laughed and said, "Um...how much is this small stool?"
Ye Caiping: "40 cents each. How much you can earn depends on your ability."
"What if we get the goods but can't sell them..."
"If you can't sell it, you can return it. But if it's nicked or damaged, we can't take it back."
Several people were relieved when they heard that they could return the goods, but when they heard that they could not return the goods if they were damaged, they became nervous again.
Ye Caiping said, "Wang Neng, take a few sisters-in-law out and see how much they want to buy."
Wang Neng responded and asked those people to leave together.
After they left, Hu Xiaosi came out with a pale face and said nervously, "Aunt Ping."
Ye Caiping smiled and asked, "How much did you earn today?"
"I made 300 coins! The original price was 50 coins, but we decided to see how much everyone would bargain for. But I thought we were selling things in the same place, so I wouldn't have to have different prices, and I wouldn't want to make people angry if they paid too much. So I just sold them for 42 coins each, and I only made 2 coins per piece."
After saying this, Hu Xiaosi said nervously:
"Today, many people in the village know that I sell small stools. Those aunties just now came to get the goods, right? Have all the goods been snatched up?"
Hu Xiaosi was a little anxious because he heard from Ye Yong that the furniture workshop made hundreds of pieces a day.
With so many people rushing to buy, my supply is almost gone.
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Yes, they are all here to get the goods. But they probably can't take much. Don't worry, you still have the supply."
Hu Xiaosi breathed a sigh of relief, but then wondered, "Why can't they take all of it?"
“Because they have to pay for the goods.”
Hu Xiaosi's face turned red, he was getting something for nothing.
Ye Caiping said: "You are the first one to get the goods, so this is a discount given to you by our workshop. It is reasonable and justifiable."
"Now they are all rushing in to try to get a piece of the pie. There are so many people and so many hands. If everyone sells first and pays later, it will be a mess."
"If our workshop's reputation gets out, how can we cooperate with other businesses?"
"If they can't sell it, they can return it. This is the biggest discount given to them by their fellow villagers."
Hu Xiaosi said with emotion: "Thank you, Aunt Ping."
If he has to pay for the goods, he still has a source of goods, luckily.
Seeing his happy expression, Ye Caiping said, "If you didn't have to pay for the goods, you would have run out of supply long ago. No matter what business or trade you do in the future, you have to think about how to protect your own interests."
Hu Xiaosi's eyes lit up: "Ah, are you writing a contract?"
Ye Caiping smiled: "Yes."
Hu Xiaosi asked, "Should we write a contract? The workshop must supply me with goods?"
Ye Caiping laughed: "Then I don't want to sign this contract with you. If you don't pay for the goods, my goods won't be sold. I won't get any benefit."
Hu Xiaosi blushed and laughed.
Ye Caiping said, "Don't worry, there is a supply. I'll leave 200 for you tomorrow."
Hu Xiaosi also knew that others wanted payment for goods, so he didn't have to worry about it:
"Thank you, Aunt Ping. Xiao Si will go home first."
…
After the women left Ye Caiping's house, they went back to discuss with their families.
Because of the Hu La Tang workshop, many families saved some money, and they thought that since a little kid like Hu Xiaosi could make money, there was no difficulty in selling a small stool.
So I decided to get the goods.
But the amount he got was not much, 50 pieces cost 2 taels of silver, which was really heartbreaking.
However, thinking that they could still return it, many people emptied their family savings and took 150 or 200.
…
Hu family.
As soon as Hu Xiaosi returned home, Xiuxiu's mother slapped him on the butt with a broom:
"Well, you bastard! It turns out you can actually make money from selling things! I heard that you sold more than a hundred stools today and made a couple of hundred coins."
"You didn't even turn in the money you made! You're so young, but you've learned to hide it!"
As he said that, the broom was about to hit Hu Xiaosi again.
Hu Xiaosan and a few other little kids were watering the vegetables in the back room. When they heard the noise, they all rushed over.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Hu Xiaosan grabbed the broom.
The rest of the kids were either hugging each other's legs or pulling at their clothes.
"This is outrageous! How dare you, a bunch of unfilial sons, attack your own mother!"
Hu Xiaosi got up from the ground and stared coldly at Xiuxiuniang: "Third brother, Xiaowu, Xiaoliu, Xiaoqi, let her go."
Hu Xiaosan and his companions were stunned and had to let go.
"Humph! You still have some conscience." Xiuxiu's mother stretched out her hand: "Take out all the money!"
Hu Xiaosi took out a small handkerchief bag from his arms, and threw it to the ground with a bang, scattering two large strings of copper coins and some miscellaneous copper coins.
Hu Xiaosi said, "Here are 370 coins in total. If you want to take it, then take it! But since you don't like me going out to earn money, I will never go out to sell goods again."
Xiuxiuniang, who was happily trying to pick up the money, froze. She had only sold it twice and earned 370 coins. If she sold it a few more times...
Hu Xiaosi continued, "Also, Third Brother no longer works in the workshop. He has no work left."
"What?" Xiuxiu's mother's eyes widened. "Impossible."
"If you don't believe it, go ask!"
Xiuxiu's mother was stunned for a moment, then ran out of the door like crazy.
Although Xiao Si now earns a few hundred coins to take home, when she was chatting with people at the banyan tree, she heard from the men working in the furniture workshop that the superiors only allowed them to make three or four thousand small pieces of furniture.
Next comes the big furniture.
Even if she was ignorant, she knew that large furniture could not be sold on street stalls.
So, even if Xiao Si wanted to sell the small stool, it was out of stock!
He was able to sell it three or four more times, which was already a blessing from his ancestors.
Besides, there are so many people rushing to buy the goods, and with so many people selling them together, can Xiao Si still make money?
How could a little kid like him earn more than an adult?
This is just a short-lived windfall!
The Hu family depends on the mistress's wages to survive!
Now you tell her that her job is gone?
Oh my God!
Xiuxiu's mother ran to find Ye Caiping, but Shanzi wouldn't let her in, saying that Ye Caiping was not there.
Because Ye Caiping had instructed that if Xiuxiu's mother came, she should be stopped.
Xiuxiu's mother was so anxious: "My mistress is not working in the workshop anymore? Why?"
Shanzi smiled falsely: "Who knows. You can ask Brother Zhao Fan about the workshop. He is in charge of the spicy soup workshop. Madam Ye is very busy, so she doesn't have time to take care of such trivial matters."
Xiuxiu's mother hurried to the Hu La Tang workshop to make a fuss.
Ye Bajin and Zhao Shuisheng stopped her from entering.
Xiuxiu's mother simply sat down on the ground, slapping her thigh and crying, "This is too much of a bully!"
"We are an orphan and a widow, the old are old, the weak are weak, the young are small, and our daughter who married into a rich family is an ungrateful person. The whole family depends on this little salary to survive."
"You actually fired him. Aren't you going to kill us?"
The workers in the workshop wanted to see it but did not dare to leave their posts.
The villagers living nearby gathered around to watch the fun.
Zhao Fan walked over quickly: "The mistress didn't do it on her own, no one fired her."
Xiuxiu's mother shook her head: "Impossible, is my mistress a fool?"
Zhao Fan said, "He said he wanted to go sell goods with Xiao Si. Believe it or not. Brother Ba Jin, Brother Shui Sheng, close the door and don't let her in."
There's no need to argue with her about this kind of thing, just close the door.
Ye Bajin and the other man pushed Xiuxiu's mother out and closed the door tightly.
Xiuxiuniang felt like her whole body was about to break apart.
I walked back home, one step deep and one step shallow.
She saw a few kids sitting in the yard, staring at her blankly.
Hu Xiaosan and Hu Xiaosi sat in the middle with cold eyes.
When Xiuxiu's mother saw them, she was so angry that she picked up a broom and hit the two brothers:
"You two bastards, are you deliberately dragging your whole family to death?"
Hu Xiaosi pushed away the broom she was swinging at and pointed at the ground where the money he had thrown was still lying:
"I just want to ask you one question, are you going to take this money? If you do, I will never sell goods again!"
Xiuxiuniang’s eyes went dark.
Of course she wanted to take the money, but if Xiaosan lost her job and Xiaosi stopped selling goods, the family would have no income.
Now, every dollar you can earn is a dollar.
Xiuxiuniang was almost angry to death.
I was actually controlled by my eight-year-old son!
She walked quickly into the house and slammed the door.
…
The next day, the Hu Xiaosan brothers continued to drive the ox cart, pulling a cart of small stools and some small coffee tables on the village road.
On the way, they saw several fellow villagers pushing furniture on carts.
Hu Xiaosan sighed: "It's too difficult to sell with so many people at the same time."
Hu Xiaosi said, "We have a bullock cart, so we can go farther, to the provincial capital to sell. We can leave the county town to them."
"But the city is too far away and we are too young." Hu Xiaosan was afraid of being bullied.
"Don't worry! I heard that after Magistrate Lu used the story of the bandit to frame Aunt Ping, the prefect has been working hard and the bad guys on the street dare not show up."
"Wow, I see. Then let's go to the capital. But what shall we do after we sell these small furnitures?"
"If we don't sell furniture, we can sell something else. Let's be a peddler! Hehe!"
Ever since he sold the small stool, Hu Xiaosi discovered that selling things was so simple.
Hu Xiaosan was full of question marks on his face. Is it simple? He doesn't think so.
…
Qinghe Village is particularly lively today, and everyone is paying attention to the small furniture being sold.
Yesterday, Ye Caiping's words "pay the money" scared away many people. Now, including Hu Xiaosi, there are seven people pulling goods to sell.
The rest who are interested are taking a wait-and-see attitude. If these people sell well, they are willing to take the goods.
Soon, it was noon.
The markets in both the town and the county are over.
People who went out to sell goods came back one after another, but they brought back almost as much as they had taken out. His expression was gloomy.
When asked, he said, "It's not that easy to sell. I recommended it to a customer, and the customer said he just bought one yesterday. A small stool is not a meal, so do you need to eat it every meal?"
"I set up the stall in town, and all the customers were looking and touching, but they didn't buy. I waited for half a day and only sold two, earning two cents."
"Fuck, you're the one selling for 41 wen, you idiot! I was selling for 42 wen, and someone else said there was a shop selling for 41 wen ahead, and then left."
"There's no point in glaring at me! The key is that he's the one who left and didn't buy anything from me."
…
At noon, Wang Neng brought money and said to Ye Caiping:
"Two of those who took the goods came to return them. After Uncle Shuantou checked and found nothing wrong with them, he returned the money to them."
"Among the seven people who took the goods, some didn't sell any, while some sold two or three. By the way, there was one called Ye Fulai, who sold more than 20."
Ye Caiping asked, "Have you sold all the Little Four?"
"Yes, this is 8 taels, which is the payment for the goods. Xiao Si went to the capital to sell them today. He is much bolder now, selling them directly for 45 wen each, and all 200 were sold out."
Ye Caiping couldn't help but sigh, this boy is really amazing and brave. I made 1 tael directly today.
"Go back and keep an eye on this matter, especially Ye Fulai, and pay attention to how much he can sell every day."
She is planning to set up a store and needs sales talent.
In the following days, because those who took the goods could not sell them well, many people gave up the idea of taking the goods.
Now only Hu Xiaosi and Ye Fulai insist on selling.
Ye Fulai sets up a stall in the county town every day.
Hu Xiaosi, however, has no fixed location.
Because small furniture is not food, once you buy it you will never buy it again.
The two brothers drove a ox cart to other towns to sell the goods. Because I have never seen this style before, it is very fresh and sold out very quickly.
The price varies according to local conditions. If it can be sold for 45 wen, then sell it for 45 wen. If not, then sell it for 43 or 42 wen. On average, I can earn about five or six hundred coins a day.
Although Hu Xiaosan was there, he was only 14 years old.
Hu Xiaosi was afraid of being bullied if he ran around, so after thinking about it, he went to find Liu Shadan in the front room.
Liu Shadan is a well-known fool in Qinghe Village. He is 26 years old, tall and strong. Although he is kind, he can knock people down with one punch when he is bullied or forced into a corner.
Under the moved gaze of Liu Shadan's mother, Hu Xiaosi gave Shadan 30 cents every day and took him out to sell goods.
It was noon that day when Wang Nengcai left the house.
Shanzi ran in and said, "Madam Ye, the Li Jiaojiao you asked me to keep an eye on is going to the county town tomorrow!"
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