Chapter 1295 Made a fortune before the New Year
Lu Sixing had nothing else to do, so she wanted to help support her family. Seeing that her third brother had bought a house, she was actually a little tempted.
But Yuan Shanchuan is the only one working in the family, and his wages are limited. When Quan Quan grows up a bit more, they want to send him to school.
The family did need extra income, so Lu Sixing wanted to earn some extra money.
She discussed it with Yuan Shanchuan and decided to leave the entire care to Xiao Zhen. Xiao Zhen was almost eight years old, and a girl that age could easily take care of her younger brother on her own. In addition, Xiao Song Le would be there to play with, so Lu Sixing wasn't worried.
She turned around and asked Lu Sanzhu first. Once Lu Sanzhu told her, Liang Shi knew about it.
Mrs. Liang thought it was a good idea; the doll covers could be sewn at night, and the dolls could be sold during the day, selling as many as they could.
So the two of them put their heads together and went to find Shuyu.
Shu Yu had no problem with it; she was overjoyed that someone was helping her open up sales channels.
She didn't offer them a high purchase price because it was their first time doing this. Shu Yu also made things easier for them; if they couldn't sell the sunflower seeds, they could still take them back as long as they weren't damp and were clean.
With their worries gone, the two were even more motivated to sell melon seeds, and they went to the peach grove with great enthusiasm, carrying their baskets.
Lu Sixing wasn't very talkative, but she was gentle and spoke softly and patiently. She was lucky; not long after arriving at the peach blossom grove, she ran into the daughter of Yuan Shanchuan's colleague. The girl was talking with a group of her friends, and when she recognized her as Shu Yu's fourth aunt, she immediately came over to greet her.
With that call, Lu Sixing sold all the melon seeds she had.
One by one, they sold out all the sunflower seeds in their baskets in just half a day.
I didn't earn much on the first day, but when I got home and calculated it, I found that I had actually made eight qian of silver.
Liang had more than her, and she was more confident than Lu Sixing. Besides, that was her husband's territory. Couldn't she sell some melon seeds? Liang was a smooth talker, and she even found one of Lu Sanzhu's employees in the peach grove and deliberately dragged him to the ladies' circle to gossip.
Despite the reserved and refined demeanor of these wealthy ladies, and their apparent disdain for Liang, human nature is inherently gossipy. They couldn't resist and soon found themselves sidling up to her.
Liang's target audience was very precise. These women were the ones who controlled the family finances and made their own decisions about what to buy. Moreover, for the sake of appearances, they wouldn't skimp on the purchases.
Therefore, on the first day, she earned one or two coins.
In just one day, both of them had made significant progress and seen a glimmer of hope, so they worked even harder the next day.
When Li learned of this, there were only three or four days left until the New Year.
She couldn't even get involved; Shu Yu's supply was already running low.
Lu Sixing and Liang Shi were overjoyed, having earned five taels and seven taels respectively from selling melon seeds these past few days.
With sales picking up, business at Shuyu's shop gradually improved.
She took the opportunity to buy another piece of land, about fifty acres in total.
The main problem is that there are too few contiguous plots of land. These fifty acres are a bit far from the village, but there's nothing we can do about it. We'll just transport them back after the harvest.
Shu Yu was busy until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, when the workshop finally stopped. After distributing New Year's goods to everyone, she left the gatekeepers on duty and gave everyone a holiday.
(End of this chapter)
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