diskusbooks Chapter 248 Selling Hairbands
Chapter 248 Selling Hairbands
The clerk already knew this from their conversation just now. She looked at Luo Yanxing and remembered that the last time, the girl bought the snow coat with her own money.
Doctor Song can make money by giving people acupuncture, so can this girl also make money on her own?
She looked at the other girls again. Their clothes were similar to those of other rural people, all worn-out, patched cotton-padded clothes. They felt very awkward when they first entered the store. However, with so many girls, it was impossible for all of them not to hand over their New Year's money to their families.
So, they have the confidence to pool money to buy such expensive coats for their friends as a dowry, so they naturally have ways to make money.
While being shocked, the clerk's mind was working rapidly. Everyone loves beauty, especially these teenage girls, who can earn money and spend it on themselves. After seeing it today, they will definitely want to buy it for themselves in the future...
Thinking of this, the clerk's smile became even brighter. "This is really fate. Well, just like the two pieces you bought before, give me one tael of silver. The 1 coins will be my gift to the girl with the same name, and I will also share in her good fortune."
"Thank you, sister!" The girl cheered and threw all kinds of nice words at the clerk as if they were free.
"Sister, you are so kind."
"Sister is kind and beautiful..."
Because the money they collected was all in copper coins, and 800 copper coins could not be exchanged for less than one tael of silver, so they took out 1 more coins and handed them over.
Seeing how honest they were, the clerk smiled and said, "Just give me 800 coins, no need to give more."
"How can this be possible?" Song Ying shook his head. "Now in the silver shops, it takes 900 coins to exchange for 1 tael of silver."
The clerk returned the extra 100 coins to Song Ying: "It's okay, we keep these copper coins in our store for pocket money. You don't need to take them to the silver shop to exchange them. You won't lose anything."
"Sister, you are so kind." Song Ying held the copper coin, feeling a little embarrassed. He wondered if he shouldn't have bargained just now. One tael was 1 wen, and taking into account the exchange difference, it was actually not much more expensive.
The clerk smiled and said, "You all have such sweet mouths! I have received your thanks. Just go back and wait patiently. It will be fixed in a few days."
As she spoke, she bent down and took out some scraps of cloth from under the counter. "These scraps of cloth are for you as well. Little girls can use them to make hairbands. They will look the best."
The girls touched the hairbands made of colorful scraps of cloth on their heads and smiled with their eyes curved. Ever since Luo Yanxing took those scraps of cloth back last time, they have been wearing different hairbands on their heads. The girls from other villages are extremely envious.
At this point, Luo Yanxing remembered that he had not given Song Ying the hairband he brought. As soon as he left Yunxiu Tower, he immediately took it out of the backpack and handed it to her: "This is for you. If that sister hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten about it."
"I took two last time, which is enough." Song Ying declined.
Luo Yanxing insisted: "We made a lot of them last time, and everyone got 12. It has to be fair, you also want 12."
"I only have one head, and I don't need 12 of them."
"You can change the way you tie it." Luo Yanxing shook his head and said, "We do this now. We use a different one every day. I feel much better."
Erni and others also persuaded Song Ying to accept it, saying that if the scraps of cloth were taken back this time, everyone would get a lot.
Song Ying accepted it reluctantly. So many hair bands would be enough for them to use for several years.
After leaving East Street, a strange woman stopped Song Ying and asked, "Little girl, how much do you sell this hairband for?"
"Auntie, these hairbands are for..."
Sell?
Song Ying glanced at the hairband in her hand, and an idea suddenly occurred to her. She interrupted Luo Yanxing and said, "Two cents for each one!"
"Two cents! That's expensive!" The old lady was surprised. "Girls, do you know how to do business? How can a hairband be sold at such a high price?"
Being interrupted, Luo Yanxing was stunned for a moment and said, "Song Ying, these hairbands..."
Song Ying took a step forward and pushed Luo Yanxing to the back, then continued her conversation: "These hairbands are not made of ordinary fabrics."
She picked one of them and put it in front of the lady. "Look, this is embroidered satin. One piece of cloth costs three taels of silver. Our cost is here, two cents per piece is not expensive. Touch it, the texture of this cloth is very comfortable."
At this point, Song Ying realized that this was a hair tie, and whether the fabric was comfortable or not didn't matter, so she quickly praised the pattern, "Look, there are patterns on it, it will look great when tied on your head!"
The old lady didn't notice anything wrong with Song Ying's words, she just frowned and said, "It looks good, but it's too expensive. Usually when we buy hairbands, we can buy five or six for one cent!"
"It's Chinese New Year, and buying a nice hairband makes me feel much better. Auntie, are you buying it for your daughter? Your daughter will definitely be very happy if you buy her a nice hairband at any time of the year."
"I bought it for my daughter. She is fourteen this year and is at the age of loving beauty." The old lady was moved by Song Ying's words, but still thought it was too expensive. "Two cents a stick is too expensive. Miss, can you give me a little less? How about one cent?"
Song Ying looked embarrassed, "Auntie, we are a small business, the cost is there, this hairband is 2 cents is already very cheap."
She picked out a few silk hairbands and said, "How about you take a look at these? They are made of silk and are very light. They will float up when the wind blows, just like fairies. They are very beautiful.
Especially these red ones, they are perfect for the New Year, festive and beautiful. I can buy them for you for 1 cent."
The old lady took the red silk and looked at it carefully. "It's very beautiful. OK, let's buy it."
Song Ying smiled happily, "Auntie, please pick which one you want."
The lady quickly picked one, paid one penny and left.
The girls were stunned. After a long while, Erni said, "Song Ying, you are really amazing. You sound so real. If I hadn't known about this beforehand, I would have thought you were selling hairbands!"
Song Ying smiled proudly and looked at Luo Yanxing, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to come to the city to do some odd jobs? What do you think about selling hairbands?"
"Selling hairbands?" Luo Yanxing looked at the hairband in her hand. "Even if all the new ones are made into hairbands to sell today, there aren't many left. How much can they sell for?"
"If you really want to do this business, we can buy scraps of cloth from Yunxiulou. One piece like this can be sold for 1 penny. Just imagine how many hairbands you can make with a slightly larger piece of cloth?"
Yunxiulou gave them the scraps of cloth out of favor, but if they wanted to use them to do business, they would naturally have to pay for them. How could they just take someone else's things for free and sell them for money?
Luo Yanxing looked at the hairband in her hand and fell into deep thought.