Chapter 1589: Prizes are all at cost price.
Shu Yu handed over the paper with the final figures written on it. Da Niu was the first to see it, and his eyes widened immediately. "So much?"
It's not that he lacks experience; he's now someone who has handled large sums of money.
It was only the first day, and although there were many customers and business was booming, it was still very busy into the evening. However, the event was also quite large-scale. The first and second prizes alone were not cheap, and there was more than one of them.
Everyone else was equally surprised. Ren Yiping exclaimed, "I thought we were mainly trying to gain fame today. With so many prizes to give out, it would be great if we could make a little money. I didn't expect it to be this much. This is a day's profit!"
Shu Yu laughed and said, "If all the prizes were bought from outside, we would probably only make a little profit. But most of these prizes are at cost price."
Leaving aside the consolation prize, the main items were corn, oil, and sugar. Although oil and sugar weren't cheap these days, corn wasn't expensive. What's more, they popped it themselves, so the popcorn kernels were larger, and just a little bit filled a paper bag.
Besides, the paper bags they use are quite small, just enough for customers to enjoy a taste. If you really calculate it, it's equivalent to a 4% discount on the price of 200 coins worth of melon seeds.
Secondly, there's the instant noodles that won fifth prize. They're a bit more expensive in shops outside. But these are produced in their own workshop, so even if the prize is three noodles, the cost price wouldn't exceed twenty coins.
The fourth prize was a piece of cloth and a doll. The cloth was ordinary fabric from Yiren Pavilion. Yiren Pavilion gets its goods from outside, and it's cheaper when you buy in bulk, so the cloth Shuyu got was naturally not expensive.
The dolls were homemade; the whole family finished them in two or three days.
Needless to say, the third prize items—rouge and face powder and scar removal cream—were also quite valuable. Yiren Pavilion used a lot of the rouge and face powder, and Shu Yu took about ten sets; any leftovers could be put back. The scar removal cream was part of her business with Dr. Xu.
The camphor wood chest that won the second prize was made in his father's carpentry shop; only the inkstone needed to be purchased.
The first prize-winning double-sided embroidery was done by Tian Qin, an embroiderer from Yiren Pavilion.
The people that Madam Ruan and Shu You recruited in the prefectural city have now settled down completely at Yiren Pavilion. She was a very skilled embroiderer in the prefectural city before, and her double-sided embroidery was quite remarkable.
If her mother hadn't been seriously ill and cured by Zhao Xi, she wouldn't have come to the county town.
Although the county town couldn't compare to the prefectural city, the wages Yi Ren Ge paid her were based on commission, and overall, they weren't less than what she earned at an embroidery shop in the prefectural city. Of course, it couldn't compare to the wages she earned selling double-sided embroidery herself.
But Tian Qin didn't care about money. Although she wasn't rich, she still had some savings and didn't have to worry about food or clothing. All she wanted was for her mother to be safe and sound.
The three double-sided embroideries that Shu Yu commissioned Tian Qin to embroider were priced very low by her. She was grateful for the Lu family's kindness and also thanked Zhao Xi for curing her mother; otherwise, she feared she would be all alone now. Therefore, she felt it was her duty to help the Lu family.
All things considered, the only items that really cost a lot of money were the first-prize hairpin and the second-prize inkstone.
However, compared to the goods sold today, these two items are not the main part.
“More than three hundred taels, more than I expected, but still within expectations.” Shu Yu raised her head and said to everyone, “However, there won’t be as much tomorrow, so everyone should be prepared.”
(End of this chapter)
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