"Miss, this city's inn is so exquisite that you can even watch a play there."
"We don't have time to watch a play today. We have to go shopping this afternoon."
The three of them had their meal, rested in the inn to take care of their physical needs, and left before 3 p.m.
Today's goal is to find out the prices of goods in various shops and learn about everything I can to see what the consumption level here is.
The first place they went to was naturally the shop selling cotton. They went to the mattress shop first. They didn't know what they were talking about until they asked. They were shocked to find that a new mattress weighing 4 jin in the mattress shop cost 1 tael of silver, and the labor wage was 10 wen per jin. This jin of new cotton cost 240 wen. They went to the grocery store again, but the prices were only getting higher. The coarse cotton cloth in the cloth shop cost 1 tael and 9 qian per piece, and the fine one cost 3 taels and 5 qian.
“This is too expensive.”
"It's not surprising. We were shocked when we first came here last year. The price is not much higher than last year. Aunt, if we really grow cotton here, we can make a lot of money." Shuwen thought optimistically.
"This is the buying price, but not the selling price. When you first sold it for over 100 wen last year, I'm afraid the price was inflated by someone else."
"Price gouging is good for us. The higher the price, the more money we make. What a great thing, Auntie! We didn't have much cotton last year, but we still made quite a bit of money."
"Auntie said that this price is only temporary, but buying a farm and farming is a lifelong thing for us."
Alas, it's hard to talk to this kid. If it's temporary, it's fine, but if it's long-term, there will be a lot of considerations. "Let's go to the food store and take a look."
They went to the grain shop again, and the price of grain was also high. A pound of rice was 23 wen, a pound of flour was 21 wen, and soybeans were 15 wen.
"Miss, the prices here have gone up too much. Tongzhou was expensive before, but not as high as it is now."
They went to the cosmetics shop and took a look. The rouge, powder, and perfume were similar to those in Zuoyuan County. They spent the whole afternoon visiting porcelain shops, furniture shops, wine shops, pastry shops, and other shops. They went into every shop they saw and took a look. Anything related to food and clothing was expensive, and there was not much difference in other things.
"I'm afraid the land price in this place is not cheap either." If the land price is high, they will buy it at a high price now. It would be good if they can make a profit. If the price changes and they can't make a profit, they will lose money. There are actually many costs to be calculated here.
"Shall we go to the dentist?"
Chunxiao looked at the sky. It was getting late and she was tired after walking around all afternoon. "Let's go back to the inn. We'll go to the pawnshop tomorrow."
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