Chapter 741 Returns
Yesterday, Wei Lan took Qi'er to buy a batch of cloth worth 30,000 taels of silver. Now that the previously lost military supplies have been recovered, this batch of cloth is no longer needed.
"I heard about it from Qi'er last night."
Lin Yuesha sincerely suggested, "It's always easier for a man to deal with a return than for us women. Why don't we inform Young Master Bai?"
"I'm spending the Wei family's money, what does that have to do with Bai Dingfeng?"
Wei Lan stubbornly held on. She didn't tell her husband about her shopping yesterday, intending to resolve the matter privately and keep it from Bai Dingfeng.
"Miss, another opportunity for us to make money has arrived!"
Qi'er was very excited. She originally thought she wouldn't get any advantage, but unexpectedly, Wei Lan gave them this opportunity.
"right."
Lin Yuesha, after careful consideration, decided to make everything appear more natural.
“Since the goods have been sold, they can’t be returned. Let’s send a group of people to disguise themselves as merchants and buy the fabric from Wei Lan at a low price, forcing her to sell it at a discount.”
In this way, they can earn enough to cover the cost of the fabric, since they have already earned 10,000 taels from Wei Lan.
After discussing it, Lin Yuesha accompanied Wei Lan straight to the cloth shop where they would buy the fabric.
"Shopkeeper, my young lady impulsively bought some fabric yesterday, but now we realize we don't need it, so we want to return it."
Qi'er stepped forward and explained the reason, explaining that they were willing to compensate the cloth shop for some of its losses.
The cost was 30,000 taels of silver, but only 29,000 taels need to be returned.
"return the goods?"
The shopkeeper shook his head and refused, saying, "No, no!"
"I said I'd give you compensation. A thousand taels isn't enough to feed you? You think a thousand taels for nothing is enough?"
Wei Lan thought it would go smoothly, but the result was far beyond her expectations; she ran into a snag as soon as she arrived.
“You are a distinguished guest, while we are small merchants. Thirty thousand taels of silver is already a big deal for us. The fabric we sold to you was purchased from the common people. There are thousands of households. You could make us run around until our legs are sore and we could talk until our saliva is dry and still not finish explaining.”
Returning the goods is acceptable, but at least wait for ten days or so, so that he can have a chance to mediate.
The shopkeeper complained bitterly. How could anyone go back on their word so quickly in business? Besides, a thousand taels of silver wasn't enough to compensate the other party. It was written that if the shopkeeper went back on their word, they would have to compensate the other party with twenty thousand taels of silver.
The compensation of 30,000 taels is only 20,000 taels, so it's better to keep this batch of goods.
"Are you robbing us? This is even worse than robbery."
Having suffered such a huge loss for nothing, Wei Lan wasn't stupid. She inquired around and learned that the fabric was coarse cloth, which only poor people or farmers would wear, and it wasn't easy to sell in Licheng.
Trying to sell it to reduce losses is probably not feasible.
Unless you supply the cloth shops in town, which takes a lot of time.
After running around all afternoon, Wei Lan almost broke her legs, but finally met someone willing to accept the goods.
"Twelve thousand, we'll take it."
An old man came to see the goods after hearing that Wei Lan was selling them.
"Are you kidding me? Goods worth 30,000 taels of silver, and you're buying them for 12,000? Have you lost your mind?"
Wei Lan could only afford a loss of five thousand taels of silver at most, so she raised the price, "Twenty-five thousand taels!"
"You're the one who's obsessed with gains and losses. You want 25,000 taels of silver for this coarse cloth? We might as well go and buy it from ordinary people. It'll only take a little more time."
The old man turned and left. Wei Lan panicked and rushed forward to rescue him. She had to deal with the fabric before dark.
"As I said before, the maximum is 12,000. In Licheng, no one has ever married for more than me."
After the old man finished speaking, he didn't rush to wait for Wei Lan's reply.
Wei Lan refused to believe it and found several other buyers willing to purchase the goods. Some of them were even more outrageous, offering eight thousand taels of silver.
After visiting four or five places, Lin Yuesha saw her "own people" wandering around and chuckled to herself, thinking that Wei Lan's tactics had worked pretty well.
At first, Wei Lan thought it was impossible to sell for 12,000, but after being hit with a series of blows, she realized that she had suffered heavy losses and gradually accepted it.
"It's best to inform Young Master Bai first. The difference is too great; what if he finds out..."
Lin Yuesha tried to persuade her gently, but it only made things worse. Wei Lan, who had been thinking of seeking advice from Bai Dingfeng, suddenly became rebellious after Lin Yuesha's words. She was the daughter of the Wei family, so what right did she have not to make decisions?
Finally, the 30,000 taels of goods were exchanged for 12,000 silver notes, leaving 18,000 taels, which went into Lin Yuesha's pocket.
"We should thank Wei Lan. Since we got it for free, we should send it to the Northwest as military supplies."
Lin Yuesha lay in bed, too excited to sleep. The day's events had been quite magical. Suddenly, a large pancake hit her on the head, and when she took a bite, she almost ate until she was stuffed.
While chatting with Bai Cha until midnight, Lin Yuesha was getting drowsy when she heard shouts of someone smashing a porcelain bowl coming from not far away.
"Who's making so much noise in the middle of the night?"
Staying at the inn wasn't very comfortable, except for the convenience of washing up. Yesterday, a man who lived across the hall snored loudly, which greatly disturbed Lin Yuesha's sleep.
I thought I'd be able to get a good night's sleep because I was so tired, but then someone started making noise in the middle of the night.
"Miss, it's Wei Lan. She said she saw Li Ruoxue again."
Bai Cha got up and lit the candlestick, illuminating the way in front of him.
"Guest, could you please be a little quieter? This is an inn."
A customer downstairs complained, and the waiter had no choice but to go upstairs to persuade him.
"A ghost, it's haunted..."
Wei Lan's eyes bulged as she stared blankly at the window. Just now, she had seen Li Ruoxue in red, who had cursed her to a terrible death.
"Wei Lan, are you never going to stop?"
Bai Dingfeng put on his clothes and left the room. He had reached his limit in his patience with Wei Lan.
It would be great if Li Ruoxue really became a ghost. He would definitely tell her how much he regretted marrying that idiot Wei Lan, and how he was filled with remorse!
"You're still yelling at me. We're married, and Li Ruoxue is bothering me every day. Why doesn't she come to you?"
Wei Lan cried her heart out, hoping to receive comfort from Bai Dingfeng, but instead he started by blaming her, and the two broke the cold war with a quarrel.
Lin Yuesha turned to look at Bai Youran, who had come out to watch the commotion, and received a knowing smile from Bai Youran.
It wasn't that she didn't want to scare Bai Dingfeng, but he was too shrewd. If Li Ruoshuang appeared in front of him, it would be easy for him to see through her disguise.
Anyway, scaring Wei Lan was the same; Wei Lan would cause a scene from time to time, and the couple would both break down.
"Li Ruoxue is my legal wife. Even if she dies, she is still my legal wife. She probably resents you for taking her place."
Bai Dingfeng put his hands behind his back, his words cold and ruthless, not even sparing Wei Lan a glance. If he hadn't known that members of the Wei family were with her, he would have silenced her forever long ago.
Bai Dingfeng was very troubled because he couldn't stand what he saw but couldn't do anything about it.
Wei Lan took two steps back, looking at the person in front of her in disbelief. How could a man's heart change so quickly?
After being away for more than half a month, she seemed not to recognize him anymore; Bai Dingfeng had become cold and unfaithful.
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