Chapter 113 Winter Goods Store 3
[Your body has been infected with Feng Ran. Your movement speed has been reduced by 30, and your health has been reduced by 35. Please recover immediately, otherwise your life will be greatly threatened.]
Listening to the system's report, Naunai's mother was so angry that her teeth were itching.
She didn't expect that the quality of the down in Lin Muqiu's store and the down she hunted at home would be so different.
She and her daughter both squatted on the street selling iron ore, coal, and silver ore. As a result, her daughter was fine, but she caught a cold.
Naunai felt helpless. "What can I say to you? I told you not to skimp on key ingredients, but you refused to listen."
"What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Even if the quality is a little worse, what's the big deal? Just wear it anyway. Otherwise, it would be such a waste."
Her mother refused to admit she was wrong, so Naunai had no choice but to take off her slightly oversized adult down jacket and hand it to her. "You should wear mine, so your cold doesn't get worse."
"No, no, I'm an adult, you just wear it." Naunai's mother refused repeatedly.
Naunai, holding up her down jacket, said helplessly, "Then you go in and warm up first. I'll just watch the stall."
"Need not!"
His mother's voice was high-pitched and sharp, like the sound of nails scratching a blackboard. Naunay knew that his mother was anxious.
Sure enough, the next second, the mother yelled, "I told you to go and rest, so go! Why are you so stubborn, kid?"
Naunai had no choice but to go back inside. "Okay, I'll come out and help you later. Remember to rest. There have been so many natural disasters lately, so we have to be prepared."
"Um."
Although her mother agreed, Naunai knew that her mother would not listen to her.
Having such a stubborn and petty-minded mother, she will not change unless she suffers a great loss.
Naunay sighed.
*
In the wild, a group of hunting team members were freezing cold, with layers of frost forming on their eyebrows and heads.
Even though they were wearing two layers of down jackets, they were still shocked by the extreme weather. "It's not that cold inside the town, why is it so terrible outside? I can guarantee that the temperature difference between inside and outside the town is at least 20 degrees!"
"It's too cold. I shouldn't have listened to you. You even talked about using the down we hunted to make clothes and sell them for money. What happened? There's not a single feather to be seen, just thick snow. What kind of hunting is that? I'd rather stay home and be comfortable."
"Just shut up! You came here of your own accord. We're all upset because we can't see our prey. What's the point of you saying this now?"
"Alright, calm down!" the captain scolded the team members.
The team member curled his lips and didn't want to talk.
I'm dying of laughter. Do I need to stay calm? It's already cold enough.
Seeing everyone's bad mood, the captain soothed them, "Well, at worst, we can just go back. It's just a business deal, so it doesn't matter if it doesn't work out. Besides, what if, as Ms. Vera said, the feathers we hunt are of poor quality? Wouldn't that be a drain on others?"
Having said that, the team members were still a little frustrated.
But they still tried their best to comfort themselves: making down jackets requires hunting, shaving, screening, drying and sewing, and then selling, which is very troublesome.
Besides, Mr. Lin’s store has a brand blessing effect. Unless the price difference is particularly large, most people will still choose Mr. Lin’s down jacket store.
After doing this whole process and taking into account the labor costs, you may not make much money.
But I'm still angry.
It felt like a cooked duck flew away from my mouth, so uncomfortable.
Their poor little coppers.
*
After returning to the city, the team members kept rubbing their hands. They were cold from the inside out, even their lungs seemed to be frozen, and their breath was cold.
They hurriedly breathed in the air in the town, and after a while they felt their lungs melting with the heat.
Although it wasn't very warm in town even though there were no fires.
Team members: “…”
Their only thought at this moment was to go back and make charcoal and fire and light the stove.
The hawking sounds from the street attracted their attention:
"Coal, top-quality coal. My husband just dug it out of the mine. Six copper coins a pound!"
They stopped in front of the stall, picked up the coal and examined it. "Can't this coal be cheaper? Look, it's all broken. The quality isn't good enough for 6 copper coins per pound. I think 5 copper coins is about right."
"I'm giving you such a low price because some of it is broken. I can't lower it any lower!"
Naunai's mother refused to give in. "If you don't believe me, go to the villages and streets and see where it's cheaper than this!"
That's true.
The team members knew what was going on, so they just sighed and prepared to pay.
But one thin team member was smart and didn't give up. He continued to say soft words, "Auntie, each of us can buy 50 kilograms! Look, there are six of us. If we find it good, we will buy it again next time. You won't lose out."
As he said this, he pulled a few of his teammates and was about to leave, "If you don't agree, we will really go look elsewhere."
But Naunai's mother wouldn't let them go, and quickly stopped them. "Come on, come on, five copper coins is five copper coins, why don't you put it on for you?"
Naunay next to him was almost dumbfounded.
Although business is all about truth and falsehood, it is rare to see both parties making fake moves with every move.
She sat on the small stool next to her and pouted.
Tsk, these people must have 800 tricks in their heads. If she didn't have to take care of her mother's health, she wouldn't bother to go out to sell things.
But she still jumped up and loaded coal with her mother.
The thin man saw it and rolled his eyes, "Hey, sister, did you make this down jacket yourself?"
Naunai's mother lifted her hair and tucked it behind her ear. "Yes, what's the matter?"
The thin man chuckled and said, "I just want to ask you, do you use your own down? Do you think the quality is okay? How is it compared to the one in Lord Lin's store?"
If the quality is good and easy to make, the worst that can happen is that they can be careful and collect the down in advance next year and then make down jackets.
As for opportunities, it doesn’t matter if it’s a year late.
Naunai's mother smiled. "Of course it's great. Although the quality is a little worse than Lord Lin's shop, I think it's very durable and affordable."
When Naunai heard this, he couldn't help but curl his lips.
People who are stubborn and refuse to admit their mistakes are really scary.
The team members became interested, "Really?"
"Well," Naunai's mother subconsciously praised and criticized, "After all, Lord Lin is a businessman. The price of the down jacket she ordered is too high. It's not worth it at all. What do you think..."
Before the word "呢" came out, the system appeared:
[You have been exposed to the natural disaster for too long, and your body functions are rapidly declining. You are about to faint and fall into a critical condition.]
The next second, Naunai's mother fainted.
Thin guy: ???
Team members:!!!
"Mom!" Naunai rushed forward and shouted.
The team members picked up Naunai's mother and shouted, "Go find Ms. Vera!"
The roar resounded throughout the clouds and fields.
*
There are still some people who are jealous and refuse to give up.
They used to raise chickens and geese, so they slaughtered the ducks and geese and wanted to save the down to make a down jacket for themselves. At the very least, they could sell it.
As a result, when homemade down jackets were becoming popular, the bad news spread throughout the city.
Someone fell ill while wearing a homemade down jacket and fainted, and his life or death is in danger.
Some townspeople were so frightened that they broke out in cold sweats and stopped working on the spot and went to buy down jackets from the winter supply store. Some townspeople were glad that they knew their own weight and that they had bought down jackets from Lord Lin Muqiu's store, so they breathed a sigh of relief.
For a time, people were in turmoil.
When Grace heard about this, she was so scared that she immediately threw all the needle and thread into the trash can and wanted to go to Lord Lin Muqiu to buy a down jacket on the spot.
Although the clothes in the store are all adult sizes and not suitable for her daughter's petite figure, it's better than risking her life!
Elizabeth smiled and pulled her back. "Hey, don't be afraid. Those people use their own down. This is genuine down from Lord Lin's shop. It's 50 copper coins a pound. What are you afraid of?"
Grace still had doubts, "Is it really okay?"
"How could it be fake?" Elizabeth helped her pick up the needle and thread. "Lord Lin marked it when he sold it. You can use the down to sew clothes yourself. It's fine."
Grace nodded. "It turns out that money that can be saved cannot be saved. Lord Lin must have marked out the money that can be saved."
"Who says not? There's a reason why Lord Lin's winter supply store is the only one that does it all. By the way, you're good at making children's clothes, so why don't you make some for me? I'm clumsy and not very good at sewing."
"OK."
Grace agreed immediately. Seeing her agreement, Elizabeth put down the money and ran away. "Okay, then it's settled! This is the tailor's fee!"
"Why--"
Grace chased after her and tried to return the money to her.
As friends, how can you ask the other person to spend money when you do a favor for him?
But she failed to catch up. Grace bit her lip, grabbed the whitened copper coin, and felt warm in her heart.
Since the arrival of winter, blueberries no longer grow in the wild, and her blueberry jam business has come to an end. Her friends knew that she was short of money and were afraid that she would not accept charity, so they used this method to express their kindness.
Gentle people are thoughtful even when helping others.
Grace carefully stacked the copper coins neatly and put them in her pocket, thinking that she would return them to her next time, and then she went home.
She had to think of a new way to make money quickly.
Whether it is woolen gloves, hand warmers with limited purchase, down jackets sewn by herself, or firewood, coal, electric lights, and hot water, all of these are good, but they all require money. She can endure the cold, but her daughter cannot.
She thought about it, frowning tightly.
But all the crops were gone in the winter, and she didn't know how to do anything. Where would she get the money?
She picked up the scissors and was about to drop them.
Like lightning flashing through my mind——
Then why doesn't she make children's down jackets? !
It requires little consumables and has a short production period. The key is that Lord Lin’s winter supplies store doesn’t produce it, so this can just fill the gap in Ankang Town!
*
A-choo!
Lin Muqiu sneezed.
She was woken up by the cold. Her head felt heavy and dizzy, like a ball of paste. Her nose felt like it was stuffed with ten pounds of cotton and she couldn't breathe.
A system message popped up as if it were free: [Your body has been infected with Feng Ran. Movement speed has been reduced by 30, and health has been reduced by 35. Please recover immediately, otherwise your life will be greatly threatened.]
Lin Muqiu was speechless.
Damn, garbage system!
The stove is lit, the quilt is on, and I caught a cold just because I slept in my pajamas. What the hell is this? What kind of a weirdo continent is this? I might as well just call it the Speechless Continent!
【Host, I need to remind you. 】
The system faintly said: [This is the natural disaster setting you wrote, it has nothing to do with me.]
Lin Muqiu: "..."
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