kvmb Chapter 294 Down Jacket?
Chapter 294 Down Jacket?
"No problem, I'll get it for you!"
Chen Gou quickly instructed the able-bodied men of Chenjia Village to pack up the ducks.
At this moment, Manager Qi asked, "Young friend, you must be from Chenjia Village, right?"
"good."
Chen Gou nodded. Thanks to Wu Han's deliberate promotion, the name of Chenjia Village had already spread throughout the city, and many people knew that the yellow-feathered chickens were transported from Chenjia Village.
"I wonder if I could trouble you with something, young friend?"
"what's up?"
"Our Taihua Restaurant would like to order some chickens and ducks from Chenjia Village. Is that feasible?"
Manager Qi explained his purpose: the yellow-feathered chickens he bought from Wu Han last time had been very well received after being cooked and sold in the restaurant, bringing more customers and income to Taihua Restaurant. Therefore, he planned to order chickens and ducks from Chenjia Village.
Chen Gou thought for a moment and asked, "I wonder how Manager Qi plans to place the order?"
"Could you deliver 20 chickens and ducks to the restaurant every day? I wonder if you can manage that, young friend?"
"Five?"
Chen Gou pondered for a moment. Taihua Restaurant was undoubtedly a big customer. The daily order of 20 chickens and ducks was enough to earn him a considerable income.
but……
Going to the city every day is probably not realistic.
"Manager Qi, how about delivering 60 chickens every three days?"
"also may!"
"to make!"
And so it was settled. Chen Gou would go into town every three days, delivering 30 yellow-feathered chickens and 30 white-feathered chickens to Taihua Restaurant each time. As for the price...
Manager Qi offered 400 coins for yellow-feathered chickens and 500 coins for white-feathered ducks, the same prices Chen Gou charged in the East Market.
After discussing the order, Manager Qi left quickly.
Meanwhile, Chen Gou gestured to Chen Sanshi and the other able-bodied men to unload the flour from the cart, while shouting, "Flour, flour! 13 coins a pound of flour!"
As Chen Gou's shouts rang out, the customers who had just left his stall gathered around again.
"Boss, is your flour really 13 coins a pound?"
"Really 13 coins? One coin cheaper than at the grain store?"
"Boss, give me 10 jin of flour!"
"..."
The price of wheat flour in the county town is 14 wen, but Chen Gou only sells it for 13 wen. The price of 1 wen cheaper per jin is obviously enough to tempt people.
In no time at all, the 200 jin of flour that Chen Gou brought was snatched up by everyone.
"This flour is selling really well!"
With a smile, Chen Gou handed the last 10 jin of flour to the customer. He bought the flour from the village for 12 wen per jin and sold it in the city for 14 wen per jin. Although the profit per jin was not much, he made the most of the small profits and quick turnover. Even 200 jin of flour could earn him 400 wen.
After the flour sold out, Chen Gou didn't rush to leave. Instead, he took a piece of clothing from the cart and said to the departing customers, "I have some new goods here. I wonder if any of you are interested?"
Upon hearing this, the guests all stopped and looked at the clothes in Chen Gou's hands.
"What's so new about this? It's just a linen garment."
"Exactly! What interest could I possibly have in linen clothes!"
"This outfit is awful!"
"..."
The guests shook their heads. The clothes Chen Gou had taken out were just plain linen clothes on the surface, with no special features, and they couldn't possibly arouse their interest.
"This is no ordinary linen clothing."
Chen Gou smiled and explained to everyone, "These are down jackets made from brand new materials from our Chenjia Village. They have excellent warmth retention. Guests may wish to try them."
"down jacket?"
A man asked curiously, "Can I try it on?"
"of course can."
Chen Gou handed the down jacket to the man, who, without suspicion, put the so-called down jacket on himself.
"how?"
Chen Gou asked, "Is this down jacket very warm?"
"It's really warm!"
After feeling around for a moment, the man nodded and said, "These clothes are much warmer than the linen clothes I'm wearing!"
"Of course!"
Chen Gou said with a smile, "This garment is filled with a lot of duck and chicken down, making it many times warmer than ordinary linen clothing!"
Chen Gou had already tested the down jacket's warmth before coming here, and it was indeed very warm. The only downside was...
Due to substandard manufacturing processes, the chicken and duck down feathers inside the garment may feel scratchy against the skin.
However, this is not a serious problem. The people of Xia Kingdom generally do physical labor, and they are all thick-skinned. The damage that chicken and duck down does to their skin is less than a scratch.
"So it's filled with chicken and duck down. No wonder this fabric is so thick!"
The man suddenly realized what was going on and immediately asked, "Boss, how much is this down jacket?"
Clearly, the man was already tempted.
Although the down jacket was a bit prickly, its warmth was excellent, far surpassing the linen clothes he was wearing.
"A down jacket costs 50 coins."
"50 coins?"
The crowd looked at each other in dismay. A bolt of linen in the cloth shop only cost 100 coins, and a bolt of linen could make at least eight garments. Yet this down jacket cost 50 coins—it was too expensive!
"Boss, this down jacket is too expensive!"
"Yes! A piece of clothing costs 50 coins, while a bolt of linen in a fabric store only costs 100 coins."
"Exactly! Boss, give me a discount, I think 20 coins a piece is about right!"
"..."
Faced with everyone's doubts, Chen Gou was not in a hurry. Instead, he said, "This down jacket is filled with chicken and duck down. Its warmth is incomparable to the linen in the fabric store. 50 copper coins is not expensive at all!"
"How about 30 coins per piece?"
The man, still wearing his down jacket, asked.
"No, no, that won't do!"
Chen Gou shook his head like a rattle-drum, "At least 40 coins!"
40 wen...
The man felt the warmth of the clothes on his body and finally nodded: "Alright! Forty coins it is, I'll take this coat!"
After saying this, the man took out 40 coins from his money bag and handed them to Chen Gou, then left wearing his down jacket.
Seeing the man buy a down jacket, the others were also tempted.
"Boss, give me one too, I want to see if this down jacket is really that warm!"
"I'll take one too!"
"Give me one too!"
"..."
Everyone took out their money to make the transaction, and in no time, all 100 down jackets that Chen Gou had brought were sold out!
At this point, all the goods Chen Gou brought had been sold!
"Brother Gou, shall we go back now?" Chen Sanshi asked after the goods were sold out.
"go back!"
Chen Gou nodded, and then everyone got into the car and slowly drove out of the city.
"Gou Ge'er".
As they were about to leave the city, Chen Sanshi suddenly pointed to the shops on both sides of the road and said, "Do you think we should buy a shop in the city in the future? It's too troublesome to set up our goods on the ground every time we go into the city to sell them!"
"Buying a shop is something we could consider!"
Chen Gou nodded thoughtfully. It was a bit troublesome to set up a stall in the East Market every time. When he had more money in the future, he could indeed buy a shop and have a fixed sales location in the county.