Sure enough, she made the right bet!
"Hey girl, one hundred copper coins, I want this one, don't go back on your word!"
The woman's family was already well-off; they were a small, ordinary household in town.
There is an eldest granddaughter in the family whose birthday is coming up soon. She just took a look and immediately took a liking to the doll in my hand!
"Sister-in-law, here's the money."
Jiang Yue smiled, but instead of taking the money, she asked her sister-in-law to collect it.
One has already been sold?
The Zhou sisters stared at the scene in disbelief, only reacting after their palms felt heavy...
After getting the first customer, everything went smoothly from there, with people constantly asking about prices.
Adhering to the principle of honesty and fairness, Jiang Yue always quoted 200 copper coins, and no matter how much she bargained, the price could not be lower than 150 copper coins.
Both the eldest and youngest Zhou women kept their eyes fixed on the surrounding guests, afraid that someone might try to take advantage of the situation.
Sure enough, they caught an old man and a young boy, took the dolls, and were about to leave.
Even after being caught, they refused to admit it, yelling that they couldn't do anything to them.
"Everyone saw it! This old lady stole things with her grandson, and she's still not repentant. Let's go see the authorities then. We're done with business. Let's go to the yamen!"
Jiang Yue looked down on this petty theft; it would be outrageous to let it go like this!
"Oh, it's just a broken rag doll, I don't want it anymore!"
"Come on, grandson, it's lost, it's lost, we don't want it anymore!"
Although the old woman usually liked to take advantage of small things, she was afraid of seeing the authorities.
Seeing that the stall owner was relentless and wanted to send the grandmother and grandson to the authorities, she immediately changed her expression and tried to take the doll from the grandson's hand and return it to the stall owner.
"No, I want it! I want it!"
Upon hearing this, the little boy sat down on the ground and rolled around, getting covered in dust and filth.
"Hmph, my doll is dirty, I have to pay for it. Two hundred copper coins, not a single one less. If you don't like it, go see the magistrate and let him judge this matter!"
Jiang Yue clasped her hands in a fist salute, and under her lead, the other people nodded in agreement, their eyes filled with contempt as they looked at the grandfather and grandson who had stolen the goods.
"Bah! You heartless bastard! You're charging two hundred copper coins for such a tiny piece of junk? Why don't you just rob someone!"
When the old woman heard that it would cost two hundred copper coins, her heart bled. Always prone to throwing tantrums and acting unreasonable, she was about to burst into tears.
"A piece of junk? Do you know that this style comes from the capital? Countless people would buy it for ten taels of silver, let alone me selling it for only two hundred copper coins?"
Jiang Yue sneered, and after a barrage of sarcastic remarks, issued her final ultimatum—
"Buy it or not? If you don't pay, we'll see you at the government office."
The old woman was frightened by the man's fierce appearance and had no choice but to obediently take out her money pouch from her bosom and count out two hundred copper coins...
"Auntie, you're so old, don't steal next time, or you'll end up in jail and get a beating!"
Haha~
"Exactly, at his age, he's shameless, taking his grandson to steal things. Doesn't he know he'll set a bad example for the child?"
"Like father, like son; I reckon this kid won't be any better."
"That's right, the troublemakers in our village, they were spoiled rotten by the adults when they were young, and no one disciplined them, so they grew up to be troublemakers."
"Tsk tsk tsk~"
......
Amidst the laughter of the crowd, the old woman lost face. She glared fiercely at the stall owner who had led the criticism, then slunk away with her grandson.
Jiang Yue handed the old woman's money to her sister-in-law, then continued to call out:
"Come and take a look! Kyoto's best-selling plush toys are on sale at a bargain price!"
With the old woman's two hundred copper coins already in hand, the others were quite content with only a dozen or twenty copper coins less when they bargained.
In less than half an hour, all ninety-odd plush toys they brought were sold out.
Many people who left because they thought it was too expensive came back and regretted it terribly.
I wish I had bought it sooner; I didn't expect this little plush toy to sell so quickly.
When will you come back to sell plush toys?
"My son really loves that little tiger, can I keep one?"
"Leave me one rabbit; my granddaughter loves it. I should have bought it! She's still making a fuss at home now."
........
Jiang Yue was surrounded, and among the three sisters-in-law, she was implicitly the one in charge, so the other guests all focused their questions on her, the one in charge.
The basket in Da Zhou's arms was full of heavy copper coins. She didn't have time to count them, nor did she dare to leave. She just protected the basket in her arms like this.
Seeing this, Xiao Zhou sincerely admired her younger brother and sister-in-law. However, she did what she could to collect the bed sheets, fold them neatly, and then folded the burlap sacks together.
After her younger brother and sister-in-law finished dealing with the enthusiastic guests, the three women took the remaining utensils and hid behind the cold noodle stall to avoid trouble.
"Mother, Aunt and Second Aunt, you sold the dolls so quickly?"
Qingsong was speechless; he had been thinking of helping out at the liangpi (cold skin noodles) stall when things were a bit quieter.
"Yeah, otherwise how could we have finished so quickly?"
Jiang Yue asked Xiao Ma for a bowl of water; she was parched from talking for so long.
After finishing her drink, she asked her two sisters-in-law if they wanted some.
The eldest and youngest Zhou sisters shook their heads. They weren't as eloquent or as energetic as their younger siblings, and they weren't thirsty.
While there was still time, Jiang Yue gestured for the two of them to count out how much money they had earned.
Da Zhou nodded, carried the stall on her back, and the three of them divided the work and quickly counted them.
Thirteen taels and six hundred copper coins!
Although the price is set at 200 copper coins, the actual selling price is 100 copper coins, 120 copper coins, 150 copper coins, 180 copper coins, and 200 copper coins.
Jiang Yue didn't have any particular thoughts when she saw the money.
These are all cloth dolls that my sisters-in-law painstakingly sewed and mended. She only gave them some pointers and suggested a method.
In the future, the two sisters-in-law will be able to save up enough money to improve their family's living conditions and enhance their status within the family, all by making cloth dolls.
In the long run, this has also contributed to the economic improvement of the old house.
Madam Zhou handed most of the copper coins and loose silver to her younger brother and sister-in-law, brooking no refusal:
“Sister-in-law, without your guidance, your sisters-in-law wouldn’t have been able to earn so much money. Please accept this ten taels of silver.”
"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, I have money on hand, I don't need these."
On the contrary, your parents live and eat with both of your families, and your care for them has already saved me a lot of trouble.
Besides, Da Shi and Xiao Niu are getting old; it's time for them to get married. If you don't think about yourselves, think about the children too!
"From now on, you'll have to run this plush toy business yourselves. I'm not coming to sunbathe next time!"
Faced with a huge sum of money, Jiang Yue was not greedy and pushed the silver back.
A fortune lost will return.
Yes, she doesn't have a saintly heart, nor does she have a selfish or egotistical mentality.
In a large family, the most important thing is that everyone is united, making money together when there is money, and saving money when there is not.
How can a single dominant player last?
It's true that money can be tempting, but if you stand out from the crowd and are also stingy, who else will people target if not you?
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