"want to?"
Cen Xiao could tell that Yang Cui really wanted to buy it.
Yang Cui nodded honestly.
Upon hearing this, Cen Xiao walked over to the shopkeeper and said, "I'll take these horses, as well as the ones I just looked at."
The shopkeeper's eyes widened. He never expected that the two people in front of him, dressed simply and plainly, were actually hidden millionaires!
Grandma Yu and Hua Yuqing were also shocked. They never expected that Yang Cui would find such a young, handsome and rich man!
The shopkeeper had a constant smile on his face, muttering to himself as he deftly manipulated the abacus.
Yang Cui exclaimed in surprise, "So many?"
"It's part of the betrothal gifts."
bride price?
Yang Cui glanced at him, then quickly pulled Cen Xiao aside and whispered, "Why would a fake live-in son-in-law like you need a betrothal gift?"
"That...is part of the dowry?"
Yang Cui: "..."
After a moment of surprise, Yang Cui laughed and said, "Brother Cen, we're not a real couple."
"Since it's acting, it naturally has to be as realistic as possible."
Yang Cui smiled faintly: "If you give me a dowry, then wouldn't I have to give you a betrothal gift? I don't have that much betrothal gift to give you."
After saying that, Yang Cui suddenly suggested, "How about... Brother Cen, consider this money a loan from you. Once I make money, we can split the profits equally? I can give you a written agreement."
Cen Xiao looked at Yang Cui with his deep eyes: "Are you short of money?"
Yang Cui smiled sheepishly: "I am a little short of money. I mainly want to think of a way to make money, but I don't have enough funds."
"How many?"
"ah?"
"How much is missing?"
Yang Cui was stunned. She never expected that he would be so quick to agree to something as emotionally damaging as lending money!
Seeing that Yang Cui didn't speak, Cen Xiao casually took out a purse and handed it to Yang Cui. Yang Cui was a little stunned. She took it and opened it. Good heavens, there were five silver notes inside, each worth one hundred taels.
Is that enough?
"Enough, enough, enough!" Yang Cui nodded hurriedly.
Five hundred taels of silver could buy dozens of bolts of Huanhua brocade. One shouldn't be too greedy. Cen Xiao lending him so much money was already the best he could do.
“Brother Cen, since you’re so generous, I, Yang Cui, won’t be stingy either. If I make a profit on this deal, I’ll give you half. If I lose money, I’ll find a way to return your principal. In short, I won’t let you do this for nothing. I’ll write you an IOU later.”
"The business you're talking about, is it Huanhua Brocade?"
Yang Cui looked at Cen Xiao with admiration: "Wow! You're so clever, you could even guess that!"
It's actually quite easy to guess, considering how strongly Yang Cui reacted when she heard about Huanhua Jin.
For some reason, Cen Xiao felt extremely happy after being praised by Yang Cui.
"Gentlemen, these five bolts of Huanhua brocade, plus these three sets of ready-made clothes, total..."
"Shopkeeper, don't rush to settle the accounts," Yang Cui said. "I'd like to ask, how much Huanhua brocade do you still have in your shop?"
The shopkeeper teased, "Besides these five, there are twelve more. Miss, are you inquiring about these? Are you planning to buy them all?"
"I have this idea, but I'm wondering if the price is negotiable?"
With money, Yang Cui felt more confident in her negotiations.
"Are you serious?" The shopkeeper clearly didn't believe him.
"Of course it's true. Why would I lie to you for no reason?"
The shopkeeper, along with Old Madam Yu and Hua Yuqing, were dumbfounded!
Want them all? That's an enormous sum!
Even the Yu family wouldn't dare spend money like that!
What a waste of money! So incredibly wasteful!
It took the shopkeeper a while to react. He then asked the waiter to attend to Old Madam Yu and Hua Yuqing. He then respectfully invited Yang Cui and Cen Xiao to the inner hall, where they drank tea and discussed matters.
“Young lady, my surname is Chen, and everyone calls me Manager Chen. Is what you just said true?” Manager Chen asked again.
"I do need a lot of Huanhua brocade, around forty bolts, I estimate. If business is good, I may need more in the future. This is a long-term business, but I don't know the price..."
Upon hearing this, Manager Chen was stunned. Forty bolts of Huanhua brocade, several hundred taels of silver in sales—a big customer, a big business!
"Don't worry about the price, young lady, it's an absolutely fair price! I'll give you a discount of two hundred coins per bolt of cloth, how about that?"
Yang Cui shook her head: "Manager Chen, I don't want you to lower the price for me."
"So what do you mean?"
"Buy eight get one free, which means if I buy forty bolts, you have to give me forty-five bolts of Huanhua brocade."
"So much? No way, no way!" Manager Chen shook his head repeatedly. "Then I won't make any profit, young lady. You can't bargain like that!"
In fact, Yang Cui was the first person to haggle over the price of cloth, because poor people couldn't afford to shop in cloth stores, and rich people didn't care about the money and felt that haggling was a loss of face.
"Manager Chen, it's all about small profits and quick turnover! Besides, this isn't a one-off deal; we'll have opportunities to cooperate in the future. Manager Chen, you can think about it first, and then we can go look around somewhere else."
After saying that, Yang Cui got up to leave.
Manager Chen quickly stopped them, saying, "No, no, no, please don't be in such a hurry!"
"Miss, may I ask you something? What are you going to do with all this Huanhua brocade?"
Yang Cui smiled faintly: "Manager Chen, do you have to worry about whether customers buy fabric to make clothes or pants? That's like you're spying on trade secrets."
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. But sending five horses is really too much! These goods are being sent to Jinzhou, which is a long way, so I haven't made any money at all. I really can't send them!" Manager Chen said with a troubled expression.
“Then I’ll go look around somewhere else. If no one on the whole street has a cheaper price than you, then I’ll come and buy from you.”
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