Gu Lili was immediately a little embarrassed, "Erniu, why didn't you say so earlier?"
"Uncle, so you're here to buy candy? No problem, no problem," Gu Lili immediately changed her tune and greeted him with a smile.
Who would turn down money that's practically handed to them? Gu Lili certainly wouldn't.
Wang Fugui was both amused and exasperated by Gu Lili's rapid change of expression. Actually, Wang Fugui wasn't a bad person; he just had a bit of a temper when he woke up and would start cursing when he was woken up.
As for the argument between Gu Lili and him last time, if it weren't for Gu Lili's unique way of cursing, he would have forgotten about Gu Lili completely long ago.
Wang Fugui laughed and said, "You little rascal, you change your face so quickly! But that's how you do business. You have to be able to swallow your pride to do business well."
"I've already tasted all of these candies. If I want them all, how much is it per pound?" Wang Fugui continued.
Gu Lili pondered for a while and carefully calculated the accounts.
She bought the wheat from the mall for forty coins, and the glutinous rice also from the mall for one hundred and twenty coins. The total weight of the sugar she made was about fourteen catties.
It would take about eleven coins to make one pound of sugar, but it certainly couldn't be sold at a low price.
"Eighty coins a pound, I suppose," Gu Lili said.
Gu Lili was very confident in her candy. It was a recipe that her ancestors had experimented with thousands of times before coming up with, and it was sure to fetch a good price.
Wang Fugui frowned slightly after hearing this. Although he admitted that Gu Lili's candy was indeed of very high quality, eighty coins was still a bit expensive.
"Too expensive, too expensive, can you lower the price?" Wang Fugui shook his head and said.
Gu Lili said with some regret, "Uncle, I can guarantee that no one in Donghai Town can make candy as good as ours. If you take it to sell, it will definitely sell very well. But if you think it's too expensive, then forget it. I'll go to Li's Trading Company to ask later."
As Gu Lili spoke, she told Gu Erniu to pack up the things and headed towards the Li Family Trading Company.
When I was buying steamed buns, I saw Li's Trading Company and thought I'd ask them if they would buy them, since retail sales take too much time.
If we can wholesale to merchants, then we can use the remaining time to do other things.
Seeing Gu Lili about to leave with Gu Erniu, Wang Fugui became anxious.
The Li family business was his mortal enemy, so he couldn't sell such good sugar to them.
"Hey, wait, wait, wait, you girl, why are you in such a hurry? You didn't even wait for me to give you a price before you said you were leaving!" Wang Fugui said anxiously.
Upon hearing Wang Fugui's tone, Gu Lili's lips subtly curved into a smile.
But she remained expressionless, simply saying, "Then tell me, how much will you give me?"
"Sixty coins!" Wang Fugui said.
Gu Lili continued walking forward without showing any mercy, despite her pause.
Sixty-five!
Gu Lili continued walking.
"Seventy! Oh dear, seventy, that's the most I can do!" Wang Fugui slapped his thigh in frustration.
Gu Lili stopped and said, "Seventy-five, that's the lowest I can go!"
Wang Fugui said firmly, "Seventy catties it is. I'll buy your candy regularly from now on. You can send me ten catties every market day! If I sell well, I'll add more!"
Wang Fugui knew some wealthy people in Donghai Town, so he wasn't worried about sales.
Furthermore, Gu Lili can turn the syrup into candy blocks, which will definitely be a bestseller among the ladies and young women of Donghai Town.
Who doesn't love its sweet taste?
Gu Lili thought about it and agreed. It was getting late, and the price was also close to what Gu Lili was looking for.
If I were to work with Wang Fugui long-term in the future, I could free up more of my time.
Wang Fugui asked the siblings to help deliver the remaining candy to his shop.
The total is ten catties and four taels, which is seven hundred and twenty-eight coins. Adding the amount the siblings sold earlier, they have sold a total of over one thousand one hundred coins today, which is more than one tael.
"Boss Wang, could you please help us exchange our 1000-yuan bills for whole bills?" Gu Lili asked.
Carrying so much money is too heavy and inconvenient.
Wang Fugui laughed and said, "Sure, no problem at all!"
As he spoke, he took the money from Gu Lili's hand and exchanged it for one tael of silver.
Gu Lili carefully put away the money, made an appointment with Wang Fugui to deliver the candy, and then prepared to go home with Gu Erniu.
The two went out, and Gu Lili handed the steamed buns she had just bought to Gu Erniu.
The two of them each took one and ate it right there on the street.
Gu Lili noticed that the originally sunny weather had turned overcast, and even the north wind had started to blow.
It looks like it's going to rain today.
Gu Lili thought for a moment, ate the bun in her hand in a few bites, and then took out one hundred coins and gave them to Gu Erniu.
Without room for doubt, he said, "Erniu, it's going to rain. Take the money and go ahead to buy some more cloth. We'll each make a new set of clothes to change into. I'll go buy some grain so we can make sugar when we get home."
Gu Lili wanted to buy wheat and glutinous rice from the mall, as they were too expensive here.
However, it would be inconvenient for Gu Erniu to follow along, so it would be better to send him away and let him go buy things by himself, which would also give her some experience.
Gu Erniu took the money from Gu Lili's hand and looked in the direction Gu Lili pointed. It was a cloth shop.
"Wait for me at the entrance of the fabric shop after you've bought everything. I'll be right back," Gu Lili said, then walked in the opposite direction.
Gu Erniu glanced at Gu Lili, then at the cloth shop, clenched the money in his hand tightly, gave himself a pep talk, and headed towards the cloth shop.
Gu Lili found a deserted alley and went inside when no one was paying attention.
When he came out again, he was carrying ten pounds of wheat and forty pounds of glutinous rice in his basket.
If Gu Erniu hadn't been here today, she definitely wouldn't have bought it now. The entire fifty jin of grain had bent Gu Lili's back under its weight.
When Gu Lili went to find Gu Erniu, Gu Erniu was already waiting at the entrance of the cloth shop.
Gu Erniu looked at Gu Lili with excitement and even held up the fabric in his hand for her to see.
In fact, Gu Lili wasn't worried at all that Gu Erniu wouldn't know how to buy things, because she had bought her fabric from this same fabric shop last time.
The shopkeeper inside was very kind. She only needed to tell Gu Lili the approximate heights of the four people, and the shopkeeper calculated the approximate amount of fabric needed.
"Sister, look, the fabric I bought!" Gu Erniu handed the fabric to Gu Lili with a boastful look.
This was Gu Erniu's first time in Donghai Town, his first time selling things and earning money, and his first time using money to buy things. A sense of pride welled up within him.
Gu Lili laughed and said, "Erniu, you're really amazing. Let's hurry up, or we'll get soaked in the rain."
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