Chapter 59: Casting a Wide Net
"The girl is here again." He didn't know if it was the guy's illusion, but he felt that the girl was a little different from last time.
Li Wanyue nodded politely: "Is your shopkeeper here?"
"The shopkeeper and the boss are here. The shopkeeper is busy. I will go and ask the boss to come for you. Miss, please wait on the second floor." The shop assistant asked another assistant to take them to the second floor, and he quickly went to the backyard.
"Dongjia, Dongjia."
Shen Yu was lying in a rocking chair basking in the sun with a book on his face, his mind wandering when he was interrupted.
"Stop shouting, talk about what you want to say."
"The girl who sold ink last time is here again."
Shen Yu immediately became interested: "Take me there."
Since I followed the advice, divided the area according to the type of items and put corresponding labels on the shelves, the store clerks no longer have to run back and forth to tell prices. Recently, there are obviously many more people coming to the bookstore.
When Shen Yu saw Li Wanyue, he raised his eyebrows. She was wearing a cloth shirt, her hair casually tied up with a wooden hairpin. She had a pretty appearance, and her temperament did not look like that of a peasant girl at all.
Especially those eyes, clear and lively, which unconsciously attract people's attention.
Li Wanyue didn't expect that the owner of Moxiangzhai was so young and handsome. She thought he was the son of a wealthy family. She said politely, "Meet the owner."
Li Sandong was much more relaxed this time and followed suit by clasping his fists in salute.
Shen Yu raised his hand and said, "No need to be polite, please take a seat."
He walked to the table and sat down: "Miss, are you here because of the ink stick?"
"Yes, I talked to the owner of your store the last time I came. I wonder if your store will still accept the ink sticks I made this time?"
Shen Yu nodded: "Oh, yes, he told me that your ink is pretty good. If there is no problem with the ink this time, I will charge you 350 coins a piece. Thank you for your suggestions to the store. How much do you have?"
Li Wanyue didn't expect there would be an unexpected surprise.
"Thirty-five dollars, do you want to take all of it?" I kept six dollars at home to help my child practice calligraphy.
"Take it, but I still need to try the ink."
Li Wanyue nodded, took out a small piece, added water to the inkstone and ground it for a while: "It's OK, please try writing."
"Let the girl try to write it, and I'll watch from the side."
Li Wanyue responded, picked up the pen and wrote two lines.
Although Shen Yu had seen the words she had written before, he was still a little surprised when he saw it with his own eyes.
Be calm and composed, and write steadily and powerfully.
"There are orchid-leaved paths in the mountains, and plum and peach gardens outside the city. How could I know that human affairs are quiet, and I don't feel the noise of birds." After reading the sentence, Shen Yu was still surprised even though he had heard that she was talented.
He praised: "The girl is very talented, and can write poems easily."
"No, I just read a few books."
This place sells the four treasures of the study. If she doesn’t write poetry, does she write recipes?
"The poem you wrote is quite similar to the temperament of one of my relatives. Okay, I'll take all the ink." Shen Yu looked at the waiter beside him.
The guy understood: "Come with me, both of you."
"Thank you, boss." Li Wanyue thanked him and took out a small bamboo tube of shampoo and placed it on the table.
"This is the shampoo I made myself using Chinese herbs. Use a little when washing your hair to make it cleaner. I'm giving this to my employer as a thank you gift."
Although wealthy families have no shortage of good shampooing and hair care products, if the boss is interested, they can cooperate in selling shampoo.
Cast a wider net and the probability of cooperation will be greater.
After Li Wanyue finished speaking, she followed the waiter to the first floor.
What puzzled Shen Yu more than the shampoo was that she remained calm despite the twelve taels of silver?
I think he had the experience of selling ink last time, so he had a rough idea of how much he could get this time, so he was so calm.
He picked up the bamboo tube and smelled it, and thought of Li Wanyue's black and smooth hair. He was 70% convinced and decided to try it when he got home.
Downstairs, the waiter went to find the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper fiddled with the abacus for a moment and stopped: "Thirty-five ink sticks, three hundred and fifty coins each, a total of twelve taels and two hundred and fifty coins."
"Please give me some change, boss."
After saying that, the shopkeeper opened the locked drawer, found a worn burlap bag, filled it with a bunch of change and copper coins and handed it to Li Wanyue.
After thanking him, Li Wanyue took the silver and put it in the backpack behind Li Sandong.
Seeing that she had nothing else to do, the shopkeeper went back to the backyard.
Li Wanyue walked around the store and saw wooden price tags on the shelves with the names and prices of the items written on them.
He took an inkstone made of ordinary material and workmanship, which cost him two hundred wen, and a stack of ordinary rough-edged paper, which cost him three hundred wen. He went back to let a few children practice calligraphy, and took a stack of straw paper, which cost him one hundred wen.
Looking at the Go sets on the shelves, she noticed that the cheapest one cost two hundred wen, while there were also more expensive ones costing five or ten taels.
Just make do with it.
I got a cheap set of Go and let the kids play Gobang first.
After paying eight hundred coins, Li Wanyue looked at the waiter and asked, "May I know your name, young man?"
"Your surname is Zhang and your given name is Yu. You can just call me Zhang Yu, young lady."
Octopus? Squidward? The sudden attack of childhood memories made Li Wanyue stunned.
The owner of this store can’t be named Xie, right? Are Patrick and SpongeBob making burgers in the backyard?
Seeing her in a daze, Zhang Yu wondered, "Miss, is there something wrong?"
Li Wanyue smiled and said, "Brother Zhang Yu, I have something and I want to ask if you can help me?"
"What's up?"
"Do you think I have changed since the last time I came?"
Zhang Yu looked at her and suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he felt that she was a little different just now, wasn't it? Her hair was much better than the last time she came, and her face was more delicate than the last time she came.
"My hair is smoother and more shiny, and my face is smoother."
Li Wanyue took out a tube of shampoo from Li Sandong's backpack and said, "Brother Zhang Yu, this is a recipe I saw in a book. It uses Chinese herbs to make shampoo. When you wash your hair, pour a little and rub it on your hair. It will make your hair cleaner. You can tell by looking at my hair. I want to give this tube to you to try. If you wash your hair every two days, it will last for about a month."
"Really? Give it to me?" Zhang Yu's eyes lit up and he took the bamboo tube.
He worked in the study, and most of the people he faced were students, so he had to pay attention to his image. In addition, the paint was always oily, so he had to wash it with wood ash every day.
"Yes, I would like to ask you for a favor. Can you keep these small bamboo tubes of shampoo here? If you find them useful, and there are customers who come to ask about your hair, could you please give each of them a small bamboo tube of shampoo so that they can take it home and use it?
I'll come back to you in a few days to ask about the trial. Of course, I won't let your hard work go in vain. I'll give you thirty cents as hard work fee. How about that?"
Zhang Yu's eyes brightened even more. He didn't have to do anything and he could get a tube of shampoo for free. All he had to do was mention the shampoo when someone asked him about hair-related matters, and he would get thirty cents. Isn't this pie in the sky?
He nodded immediately, as even a second late would be disrespectful to the thirty cents.
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