The Cheng family currently offers two types of baby strollers. One is the basic model, which is the first model designed by Ruyi. Although it is relatively simple and plain, it has all the basic functions and is priced at three taels of silver, making it suitable for ordinary families.
Don't be fooled by the seemingly high price of three taels of silver. This stroller actually combines the functions of a bed and a car, and can be used from birth to three years old. It's even more suitable if you have multiple children. After the older child finishes using it, the younger one can continue to use it. When you think about it carefully, it's actually quite cost-effective.
The second model is the upgraded version, which includes soft furnishings. It is exquisite, beautiful, and durable, and is priced at five taels of silver. It also accepts special customization. From the style to the materials, from the exterior to the interior decoration, it can completely create a unique baby stroller just for you. It is very suitable for wealthy families with a taste for art.
Both styles have their own characteristics and target audiences, and their sales are equally matched. There are three orders for the basic style and two orders for the upgraded style.
Moreover, one of the upgraded orders was a special customization, requiring the entire vehicle to be made of rosewood and the fabric to be silk. The total price was astonishing, once again refreshing the Cheng family's understanding.
These five baby strollers alone were enough to keep Cheng Yan and his team busy for more than half a month, but they also added nearly thirty taels of silver to the family's income. Although the net profit was not particularly high after deducting labor and costs, it was still the largest income the Cheng family furniture shop had received in many years.
At seven months old, Cheng Mande made so much money for his family on his first outing. He was practically a legendary lucky charm!
If you were to ask who in the Cheng family was the happiest, it would be Lin Xiaoman. She seemed to have found a way to contribute to the Cheng family. This was evident in how she would take her son out to the shop whenever she had free time. Sometimes he would sit in the baby seat, sometimes he would lie in the baby cradle, and sometimes she would push the stroller around the house, enthusiastically and actively trying to attract business for the Cheng family.
Watching his wife bustling around, Cheng Yunping was at a loss as to whether to encourage her or stop her. He had no way to express his frustration, so he could only sulk while burying himself in his work.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, prices in the county town finally returned to their previous levels. Even the grain prices, which had been high for a month, began to slowly decline. In the middle of the month, Cheng Ruyi specially bought a shi of rice and five dou of wheat flour for future use.
By the end of the month, the price of grain had finally returned to normal. Ruyi had stockpiled two more shi of rice and one shi of wheat flour, along with soybeans, eggs, and other food items, spending a total of ten taels of silver.
The Cheng family consumes about 120 catties of rice a month, which is about one shi. So, these three shi of rice, plus other grains, can at least ensure that the family will not go hungry for three to five months. Of course, these supplies are far from enough, but the current situation is not urgent, and they can wait for the opportunity to stock up later.
It's worth mentioning that the price of the rabbit sold to Zhiwei Restaurant has also been adjusted. After some "friendly" bargaining, it was finally agreed that, barring any special circumstances, the transaction would be conducted at a price of fifty wen per jin. The price of wild rabbits in the outside market is mostly around twenty to thirty wen, so on the surface, the Cheng family's rabbits are indeed quite expensive.
Of course, everyone who has eaten there thinks it's well worth the price. How could someone as shrewd as Manager Huang possibly lose out?
Only Cheng Ruyi's heart was bleeding. If it weren't for the fact that the hybrid rabbits of Fanling had been successfully bred, it would be better not to sell them at all if she had to sell them at this price in the future!
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"Ruyi, these chrysanthemums look very nice. Where did they come from?" Cheng Yan was busy making furniture in the shop when he heard a sound at the door. He thought a customer had come in, but when he looked up, he saw his daughter holding a pot of golden chrysanthemums. The petals were thick and layered, and they looked very beautiful.
Cheng Ruyi placed the chrysanthemums at the shop entrance and replied, "Isn't it almost Double Ninth Festival? I was just about to buy some Double Ninth cakes when I saw a batch of fresh chrysanthemums at Zhang's flower shop as soon as I came out of the alley. They looked pretty, so I bought two pots. There's still one pot in the flower shop!"
Just as she was about to turn and leave, her son stopped her. "Mom, let me go. I'll go to the flower shop and bring the flowers back!"
Before Cheng Yunping could finish speaking, he had already run far away. He had been working overtime in the shop every day for the past few days and was almost bored to death. Now that he had a chance to go out for a stroll, he couldn't let go of even the alley entrance!
As Ruyi watched Yunping disappear in the blink of an eye, she sighed inwardly: "Even a normally introverted and socially anxious person has been forced into this state by her."
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile wryly. She could only continue carrying the chrysanthemums into the inner courtyard, but she was dumbfounded when she stepped inside. She had forgotten that the inner courtyard was already packed with people, and there was simply no space to accommodate the two pots of chrysanthemums...
The story goes that at the beginning of the month, the price of soybeans suddenly dropped to six coins per pound, so Cheng Ruyi made a bold move and bought three hundred pounds, also taking the opportunity to increase the production of bean sprouts.
Now the snack stall sells 20 jin of sprouts every day, up to 30 jin. As a result, the Cheng family has 15 or 16 wooden basins used to cultivate sprouts. Even though Cheng Yan made five-tiered shelves to display them, they still filled three whole shelves.
However, the kitchen had other food and daily necessities that needed to be stored, and it was too crowded. So, in the end, the accommodations had to be rearranged. Yunle moved in to sleep with Ruyi, while Xu Cui moved to live with Yun'an. This freed up Xu Cui's original room, which could fit three bean sprout racks with room to spare.
The empty space in the kitchen could accommodate three chicken coops: two large and one small. One large coop was for Caiyu and Sujin, another large one was for the eight chicks that had just hatched a few days ago, and a small coop was for the new hen to brood. Jinfeng's two-story luxury chicken coop was also successfully moved to the backyard.
This way, after putting in a large rabbit cage and three small rabbit cages, there will still be some space in the front yard for the Cheng family to move around a bit.
Fortunately, the rabbit droppings didn't smell. Otherwise, if the front yard were not only crowded but also smelly, it would be an indescribable disaster. After all, people still need to live in the house, especially since they have elderly people and children. She really didn't want the house to be a mess.
So now, Cheng Ruyi, holding chrysanthemums, stood at the gate of the courtyard and couldn't help but sigh, wondering when she would be able to earn enough money to buy a bigger house...
In the end, the two pots of chrysanthemums were simply placed inside the shop, which added a little decoration to the simple and unadorned shop.
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