He had been guarding the oxcart outside the shop the whole time, so he had no idea that Jiang Wanwan was raising the price of mosquito coils.
He quickly calculated in his mind that a roll of mosquito coils would only yield a little over five taels of silver if sold for four coins.
Good heavens! A single roll of mosquito coils has doubled in price.
She truly is his wonderful niece!
Worried that Zhen Duoqian had noticed something amiss, Uncle Jiang quickly shut his open mouth and adjusted his facial expression.
Jiang Wanwan took the money without hesitation and quickly counted the coins in her hand in front of Zhen Duoqian.
After confirming the amount was correct, she gracefully raised her hand in a cupped-knee gesture, her smile exceptionally sweet, "Uncle Zhen, the amount is correct. Your niece wishes your store great success!"
Zhen Duoqian's chubby face was all wrinkled from smiling, and he cupped his hands in a gesture of respect, "Then I'll take my niece's good wishes with me!"
*
After saying goodbye to Zhen Duoqian, Jiang Wanwan boarded the oxcart and left with her second uncle and Jiang Xun.
After they had gone quite a distance from the general store, Uncle Jiang Er, while driving the oxcart, asked in a low voice, "My dear niece, the regular scented mosquito coils cost four coins a roll, but what about the osmanthus scented ones?"
Ruixiangju is wealthy and powerful, so they should have offered a higher price.
Jiang Xun quickly held out his hand, and Jiang Erbo stared at Jiang Xun in disbelief, "Five, five taels?!"
Jiang Xun glanced at his second uncle, "Where's the gold? Five taels. That's five coins!"
"Alright." He knew it. If it was going to cost five taels, why didn't the manager of Ruixiangju sweep the two of them out with a broomstick?
"Five copper coins is quite a high price. Doesn't that mean we made more than nine taels of silver on those osmanthus-scented mosquito coils?" Uncle Jiang said after quickly calculating the accounts.
He calculated the accounts so quickly, and he also wanted to give his own niece a share.
These past few days, whenever he had free time, he would learn accounting from his eldest niece.
To be honest, ever since he learned the multiplication tables and other accounting methods from her, his mental arithmetic and bookkeeping skills have improved considerably.
"Not just that, it's ten taels of silver in total. The manager of Ruixiangju said that the few hundred coins are just for treating us to tea. Tsk, rich people are rich people, they speak with such arrogance. The money for treating us to a cup of tea is almost equivalent to a month's wages for carrying heavy loads." Jiang Xun couldn't help but sigh.
"Didn't we make almost seventeen taels of silver today?" Uncle Jiang said in shock.
Jiang Wanwan nodded, "That's about seventeen taels."
Uncle Jiang was once again thankful that he had gone back to save his eldest niece, and that he had admitted his mistake quickly. Otherwise, he would have been separated from his mother by now, and he would have no share of the money the family earned.
After he finished expressing his relief, he grinned, showing off his bright white teeth, and looked at Jiang Wanwan ingratiatingly, "Niece, where are we going now? Going back?"
Jiang Wanwan shook her head, "It's still early, no rush to go home. It's a rare opportunity to come to the city, let's find a place to settle the oxcart first, and then wander around the city before going back."
"This is good, this is good," Uncle Jiang and Jiang Xun said hurriedly.
After being busy for so many days, this is the first time I've had time to go shopping. Otherwise, I would usually rush home to make more mosquito coils after selling them and closing up shop.
Therefore, although the two of them followed Jiang Wan to sell mosquito coils in town at night, they never had time to stroll around.
This resulted in the two having money but never having the opportunity to spend it.
Uncle Jiang was troubled. "But where should we park the oxcart? We don't know anyone in the county. If we park it in the town, it will be much easier."
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