The next day, Huang Shaolan followed Xie Yuchen to Xinghua Village.
The two didn't find anyone at Cheng's house, even the elders were not there, so they went to Shanshui's house.
"Ayue, you're amazing! What were you thinking? Aren't you trying to take care of your pregnancy? Why can't you sit still at all? Look at you, if Brother Mo comes back and finds out you're still thinking about making money, he'll have to work so hard! Oh my..."
Huang Shaolan started talking to Cheng Yue as soon as she saw her.
"Then just tell me whether you want it or not?"
Cheng Yue didn't say anything and just asked her if she wanted it.
"Yes, of course! We want 888 copies in total, and that's about the same amount for our two families' relatives and friends combined!"
Huang Shaolan said immediately.
"Ayue, we were wondering if we could put a plate of rice candies on the table. Oh, and we want the candies to be loose too. Put one plate of melon seeds and peanuts, one plate of apples, and one plate of rice candies."
Xie Yuchen continued.
"sure!"
Cheng Yue nodded and calculated how much it would take. He thought it should be possible to ask some people in the valley to come back and do it.
"Then how do you calculate the price, Ayue?"
Xie Yuchen asked again.
"If we sell it, the lowest price is four wen per box. If you've budgeted for a peddler and he comes to pick up the goods himself, as long as he's not selling around Taoyuan County, it's ten wen for three boxes. I'll sell it to you at that price! As for the price of the word candies, I've designed a special candy jar for you. It contains sixty-six candies, all shaped like the Chinese character "喜" (Happy), symbolizing good luck. I'll give you one hundred wen per jar. If you're selling loose, if you can place twelve candies on your table, symbolizing prosperity every month of the year, I'll give you twelve candies at ten wen. How many tables do you want for the table?"
Cheng Yue finished speaking and asked.
"A total of 888 cans of canned sugar are needed. As for the loose sugar, I'm not sure. You can calculate it based on 100 tables of regular wine for each of our two sides!"
Xie Yuchen thought for a moment and said.
Both the Xie and Huang families have many relatives and friends, but not everyone will be present at the banquet. Sometimes, one person may bring gifts to several families.
There are also cases where a family splits up, and the gifts are calculated separately, but they are all given by the elders. One elder can bring gifts to several of his children.
Sometimes the place is far away, and the relationship is not so close that they have to come in person, but they will send servants. The servants who come usually give gifts, receive gifts in return and leave, and will not stay for drinks.
Therefore, the banquet table should be smaller than the return gift.
"Okay! Send someone over to pick up the goods on the sixth night of the New Year. We'll give you the freshest ones."
Cheng Yue nodded and said.
On the seventh day, the Huang family drinks the main wine, and on the eighth day, the Xie family drinks the main wine.
Because Cheng Yue was quite familiar with Xie Yuchen and Huang Shaolan, he did not treat them as outsiders at all and invited them to work together.
Jiang and Cheng Shun didn't curse today. They followed to watch, and when they saw it, they found themselves helping out.
During the day, Jinyan had to go to school, Mingzhu and Jinxing had to go to the government office, leaving only Cheng Yue, Ji Minghao, Xue Hanyu and Cheng Minhong.
However, with the approval of Jiang and Cheng Shun, the servants of the Cheng family all came to help. Together with a few people from the Mo family, the efficiency was quite fast.
In the evening, when people came back, they made another large batch.
Jiang followed Cheng Minhong and the three sisters of the Bai family, as well as Zi Su, Fu Ling, He Daya and He Hua, and sat together to cut oil paper and wrap rice dumplings and candies.
They had decided to transport it to the tavern to sell it tomorrow.
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