"We don't have that many items in stock right now, but if you could give me half a day, I can get them from somewhere else. Would you be willing to wait a bit, miss?"
Although Manager Zhang doesn't have any stock on hand, if given some time, he could find a way to temporarily source some from elsewhere.
Pei Yao has been buying her grain from Manager Zhang for a long time. Whether it was the first time Pei Yao came, when she was dressed in tattered clothes, Manager Zhang didn't mind, or Manager Zhang always gave her the full weight, and would even give her extra weight whenever she bought a lot.
Moreover, it would be troublesome to switch grain stores again at the last minute.
Pei Yao was naturally more willing to wait half a day, since there was no rush. She paid Zhang the shopkeeper a deposit, left his address, and went home first.
Pei Yao bought a lot, so Manager Zhang would deliver the goods directly to Liangshui Well Village once he had enough.
The large tank was in stock, so Pei Yao bought it and put it in the car.
After finishing her business, she went to the carpenter's shop. The tables and chairs on the stall were still borrowed from various places in the village because they couldn't be folded. For the past two days, after finishing her business, Pei Yao would spend a few coins to leave them with her friend in Niuqingshan Town.
So she plans to buy a few of her own tables so she can return the villagers' tables to them later.
Pei Yao brought her own blueprints when she bought the table; she wanted to have a custom-made folding table and chairs that were easy to carry.
Before she came, she was worried that the carpenter wouldn't understand her and wouldn't be able to make a folding table.
After all, her drawing was so rough that even if he couldn't understand it, she would understand.
As it turned out, she had been incredibly naive and underestimated the intelligence of the ancients.
After her explanation and a while of looking at the blueprints, the carpenter immediately understood what she meant.
"Young lady, have you ever learned carpentry from someone before?" After looking at Pei Yao's drawings and listening to her ideas, the old carpenter couldn't help but think more highly of the girl.
This was the first time he had ever heard of a folding table; it was amazing.
Pei Yao shook her head: "I haven't learned it."
She had never learned any carpentry skills; she had only used folding tables and chairs in her dormitory when she was in college.
When she was a senior in college, the table she had used for four years broke one of its legs and could no longer be used. In order to save money, Pei Yao studied how to repair it herself. It was during that time that Pei Yao carefully studied the folding table inside and out.
Hearing that she hadn't studied it, the carpenter felt even more that this little girl had some talent. If she could come up with such a table without any training, what would she be like if she had?
The carpenter glanced at Pei Yao, sighed, and didn't say much. He just felt it was a pity that she was a girl, otherwise he would definitely have taken her as his apprentice.
Carpentry was a valuable skill at that time; learning it would at least ensure a comfortable life, and many people were eager to learn it.
Once Pei Yao confirmed that he understood, she felt relieved and directly ordered ten tables and a batch of chairs, with each table paired with four chairs.
After finalizing the arrangements, Pei Yao paid a deposit before leaving.
The oxcart, laden with goods, was heading home. On the way, Chen Fang looked at the large vats piled high on the oxcart, filled with questions.
But she didn't ask the question until they got home, unloaded everything, and were alone in the yard with only her family left. Then she finally asked, "Yao, why did we buy so many big vats and glutinous rice?"
She had wanted to ask Pei Yao about the 500 jin of glutinous rice since she asked at the grain store, but she held back until she got home before finally asking.
Yunniang also looked at the large vats piled up in the house with curiosity: "Yes, why did Yao'er suddenly buy so many vats?"
Pei Yao looked at her family and mysteriously pulled out two fifty-tael silver notes from her waist: "Auntie, Mother, look, these are the silver notes I earned today."
"Yao girl, where did you get these silver notes?" Chen Fang took out the silver from her pocket. All the money she earned from selling goods today was with her. What did Yao girl sell those silver notes for?
Could it be that this girl has come up with some money-making idea again?
In short, they believed in Yao's character and that she wouldn't have gotten it done secretly.
Pei Yao stopped teasing them and told them the whole story of how she sold Gu Family Lychee Wine that day.
When they heard that Pei Yao had been pushed down by the burly man, both of them looked at her with concern: "Yao'er, are you alright?"
Yunniang, still worried, pulled Pei Yao over to check.
Pei Yao was amused by her mother's behavior and quickly waved her hand, saying, "Mother, I'm fine. I just lost my balance and didn't fall."
Yunniang was still worried and checked Pei Yao over again, only feeling relieved after confirming that she was really alright.
Pei Yao continued to recount her day on the ship, including her plans to sell the recipe for ice jelly later on.
Yunniang and Chen Fang listened as if they were listening to a story.
"So, did that young master Gu really order five hundred jars in the end?" Yunniang still felt it was a bit unreal after hearing this.
Five hundred jars! That's five hundred jars! Each jar costs one tael of silver.
Five hundred jars is five hundred taels of silver!
“Indeed, this hundred taels is the deposit he gave to our family.” Pei Yao said, then added, “Moreover, if this lychee wine sells well in the capital, the Gu family will order from us again in the future, and I’m afraid it will be more than just five hundred jars.”
After all, she's the only one who knows how to make lychee wine for now.
Yunniang and Chen Fang were still overjoyed, as it was the first time they had ever experienced such a large order.
Pei Yao and the Gu family agreed on a delivery time. Because lychee wine is different from other things, it needs time to ferment. In order to avoid any accidents, Pei Yao specially ordered delivery ten days later.
This gave them ample time to work, and since it was their first time doing so much, Pei Yao was worried that something unexpected might happen along the way.
"Auntie, I probably won't be able to help much with the stall these next few days, so you'll have to put in a lot of effort."
Chen Fang nodded after hearing this: "Yao girl, you just go about your business, I'll take care of the stall."
"Um."
"By the way, Mother, could you please lead everyone to collect as many lychees and thunder fruit seeds as possible these next few days? No matter how many, we'll collect them all."
After Pei Yao finished speaking, Yun Niang nodded.
"Okay."
After the family finished talking, it was getting late, so Pei Yao and Chen Fang washed the large vat they had bought that day by the well in the yard.
Yunniang was collecting the goods that the villagers had brought in.
Because it was the first time the villagers had learned that dried lychee seeds and lychees could be exchanged for money, they worked especially hard to pick them on the mountain these past two days.
Some families even temporarily called back their family members who were working away from home to pick lychees and drink lychee juice together.
The men, being stronger, went to the mountains to pick lychees, while the women and children picked the lighter, more delicate pita fruit.
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