"No, no need! I'm going out. You two can talk about serious matters, Shuiqing." Ding Jiajia said and ran out of the tea room without waiting for a reply.
Shui Qing sighed and looked at her younger brother with incomprehension, saying, "I wouldn't have blamed you if you had come back later to report, so why did you come over now?"
She's being portrayed as a cruel and exploitative person, like Zhou Bapi. Is she really that kind of wicked person who mistreats others?
Hu Wenhua laughed heartily, "Sister, my marriage is also a big deal. It's not like business matters are the only important things."
"You've come to discuss the marriage?" Shui Qing asked.
You should ask your mother about the wedding date, why are you asking her?
Hu Wenhua nodded vigorously: "Yes! I want to marry Jiajia. I wanted to ask when you're going to harvest the medicinal herbs? I want to get married before the harvest!"
During the autumn harvest, everyone was busy and tired, and no one was in the mood; after the harvest, I felt it was too late, and I wanted to marry Jiajia as soon as possible.
Shui Qing understood; they couldn't wait any longer.
But finding someone you love isn't easy, so you have to lend a hand.
"The yams in the ground can't be harvested this year, they'll have to wait until next year. We only have the ones on the mountain, so there's no rush."
"We can postpone the harvest of the Polygonum multiflorum. It's fine to harvest it a little later, since the workshop is currently used for making toothbrushes, and building a new herbal medicine workshop will also take time. How about harvesting it in September? Do you think that's enough time? If there aren't any auspicious days, we can postpone it even further, until October, how about that?"
Anyway, we can still make toothbrushes and earn money, so we can collect the Polygonum multiflorum later.
"No need, no need. I had someone in the prefectural city calculate the auspicious date when I got back. August 26th is a good day! There are still about 20 days left. We should have enough time to set a date and prepare for the wedding."
After discussing her marriage, Hu Wenhua finally brought up her trip to sell toothbrushes: "Sister, these things really do sell better in the bigger the prefecture!"
The owners of large shops are very generous when it comes to purchasing goods, while small grocery stores are hesitant and afraid of not being able to sell them. However, it is understandable, since most of the customers of small grocery stores are farmers and poor people, who are naturally reluctant to buy these items.
After that, we specifically targeted large shops in every prefecture we visited. Yuhang was the most successful. We stayed in Yuhang for three days and then visited several shops afterward. The owner of the largest shop said that he had sold almost half of his stock in just three days and had even placed an order with us for the next batch of goods!
"Sister, I'm thinking of sending another batch of goods in September. This time, instead of going from Guangning Prefecture to Yuhang, we'll go straight to Yuhang to supply the shops there first, and then slowly deliver the rest back along the way. What do you think?"
The small prefecture town isn't selling fast, and the shortage isn't as urgent as in the large prefecture town.
Shuiqing naturally had no objections. "I don't know the routes for delivery, nor am I clear about the shortages in each prefecture. The market is ever-changing, so it's up to you to make the decisions when you're out and about."
Leave professional matters to professionals. If she insists on handling everything she doesn't understand, it's because she's afraid of not dying fast enough or that she's making too much money.
Hu Wenhua became increasingly cautious about delegating authority to Shui Qing, fearing that a single mistake on his part would damage the business.
This concerns the livelihood of the entire village! There can be no mistakes.
Then, remembering his sister's instructions before he left, he quickly shared his observations: "Sister, from here to Yuhang, the prefectural city that wasn't affected by the flood isn't too chaotic. In comparison, the closer you get to the north, the more chaotic people become, and the more people are selling off shops, farmland, houses, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and so on."
Judging from the shopkeepers' discussions, the price was lower than ever before, but even those wealthy gentlemen who still had spare silver were all observing and hadn't made a purchase.
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