Someone was quick to grab one: "Boss, save one for me, at the price you just mentioned."
Seeing the business opportunity, some people immediately took action.
Gu An'an readily agreed, "Okay, two taels of silver each."
The man's expression changed upon hearing this, and he didn't care about anything else. "You clearly said one hundred coins each, young lady. This shopkeeper is dishonest; he's cheating you. Look at this thing, can one really be worth two taels of silver?"
If you ask other people, not many would think it's worth it.
Nobody's money falls from the sky. Why should something that cost 100 coins a moment ago now cost 2 taels of silver?
Unfortunately, this "other person" wasn't a stranger; it was Zhao Qianqian, who was working with Gu An'an.
Before Zhao Qianqian could speak, the maid beside her said, "Don't look down on anyone. As long as my young lady likes it, let alone two taels of silver, even twenty taels of silver per person, my young lady can afford it."
After saying that, the maid looked at Zhao Qianqian and said, "Isn't that right, Miss? I didn't say anything wrong, did I?"
Zhao Qianqian didn't give a definite answer, but simply pulled a gold hairpin from her hair and said, "Here you go. I'll take all these dolls, as many as you have."
She spoke generously, casually tossing out several silver notes, making the onlookers envious.
Who is this?
"Haven't you heard? Miss Biao is the daughter of our prefect, so she's related to Lord Chen."
"Someone from the capital?"
"They do look quite like it."
The maids following behind swept the stall clean of all the plush toys. Watching the group leave, one of the business-minded maids asked, "Boss, do you still have any of these?"
What was his name again? He couldn't remember it at all.
Gu An'an smiled gently, "This young lady is kind. I originally wanted to say two hundred coins each, but I didn't expect her to think it was two taels of silver each. Now that I have the money, I can supplement my household expenses, so I will stop making them for the time being."
"Don't back out! I'll pre-order them for two hundred coins each. You can give me as many as you have, how about that?"
Hearing this, someone couldn't help but laugh. "That girl sells for two taels of silver each. If you're going to sell this thing, why don't you just sell it to her instead of trying to make two hundred coins off you?"
Knowing they wouldn't get the better deal, the person who hadn't spoken earlier started mocking others, "Exactly, thinking they can make money just by reselling? Do they think everyone else is stupid?"
His business acumen was so obvious that he was ridiculed by everyone, and he hurriedly squeezed out of the way, fleeing in a rather flustered manner.
Gu An'an looked at the people gossiping, bent down to tidy up the cloth bag, and after a lot of rummaging, she actually found a little yellow chick inside.
"Boss, sell this to me. It's the only one left, and it's too much trouble for you to take it back, isn't it?"
Gu An'an looked at the ugly-cute little yellow chick and said, "That's true, but I'm not selling it. I'll give it to you."
Her gesture made the person who had spoken feel a little embarrassed. "How could I accept this? How about I give you the price of one hundred coins?"
One hundred coins, or one qian of silver, is not a small amount.
Gu An'an readily agreed, "Okay, then it'll be one hundred coins."
In less than half an hour of setting up and closing her stall, she had already become the talk of the town on Xuanwu Street, and the news had even reached the prefectural government.
Madam Xie asked curiously, "Oh, Qianqian came to Anzhou Prefecture without saying a word? Where is she now?"
The old woman beside her quickly replied, "I inquired and found out that Miss Biao has indeed arrived and is staying at the inn. However, I heard that the doll seller is the young lady from the Gu family."
"The Gu family? Which Gu family?"
"It's that Madam Gu from Anping County."
Madam Xie laughed when she heard this. "So it was her. How come two people from Anping County came to Anzhou Prefecture to buy and sell things, while the two of them are so carefree?"
The old woman smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Yes, but this Miss Gu is quite clever. Should we call her over?"
"What are you doing here? Didn't she reply to my letter?" Madam Xie felt as if that person had slapped her in the face when she thought of that letter.
The words were extremely cryptic, and she had to read them several times before she could understand their meaning.
It's said that her concern for her son was superficial, and she didn't understand what Chen Bei wanted.
What angered Madam Xie was that this was all too true; she genuinely didn't know what Chen Bei really wanted.
"Okay, I'm tired."
The meaning was clear: even if Gu An'an came to visit, he would decline to receive her.
The old woman inwardly cried out in alarm. What exactly did that Lady Gu write in her letter that angered the madam?
But why did she have to ask such an unpleasant question?
They really brought this on themselves.
...
Gu An'an did not visit the prefectural government. She could guess that Madam Xie was unhappy after seeing her reply, so why bother to invite such unpleasantness?
The dolls were in high demand in Anzhou Prefecture, and once the news spread, she had already succeeded.
And this success came quite quickly. As they were leaving the inn, the waiter asked, "Madam Gu is truly skillful. Next time you come to Anzhou Prefecture, you must visit our shop."
"Of course, your soup dumplings are really good." She ate a whole steamer of dumplings.
After personally seeing Gu An'an off, the waiter watched the carriage depart. Then someone rushed over and asked, "Waiter, is that woman who sells dolls staying at your inn?"
"You mean Madam Gu? She's already gone back."
"Going back? Where did you go?"
"Of course, you should go back to where you came from. Would you like to finish your tea, sir?"
If you're here to gather information, leave some money for tea first.
...
Gu An'an left Anzhou Prefecture and returned to Anping County, but Zhao Qianqian's work was not yet finished. She stayed at the inn for another night, and the next day she took the dolls to the prefectural government to play with Chen Shu.
Chen Shu looked at the dolls with some surprise, "That's it?"
She overheard the maids talking about it last night, and thought it was some novel thing, but it turned out to be nothing special.
"Isn't this fun? I think this little chick is really fun, and it doesn't smell bad at all."
"It's not edible yet," Chen Shu joked. "Why did you bring so much of this stuff?"
“I want to come back to Anzhou Prefecture to do some small business and want to get to know the girls here. Naturally, I need to give them some gifts. I can’t offer cosmetics and jewelry, but I think this is alright. At least it’s novel. You’ve never seen this before, have you, cousin?”
novel.
These words startled Chen Shu, who then picked up the little yellow chick again and looked at it. "It's a bit ugly, but it's quite fun."
This little chick looks quite interesting.
"Exactly! It doesn't look like much, but don't you think this little yellow chick is kind of cute?"
Zhao Qianqian loved it. She had a big one in her room, and she liked to hug it when she slept at night because it was soft and comfortable.
These words made Chen Shu begin to doubt her own aesthetic sense.
Looking at its crooked little mouth and beady eyes, she actually thought it was kind of cute despite its ugliness.
Oh no, her aesthetic sense has gone astray too.
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