kvmb Chapter 177 Earning 2?
Chapter 177 Earning 2?
The woman nodded repeatedly, without doubting that Chen Gou was lying to her, because the chicken looked like something she had never seen before, so whatever Chen Gou said was true.
And the appearance of these two chickens is indeed as Chen Gou said, with bright feathers, either snow-white or golden yellow, which looks very elegant, or even noble!
However… although she largely agreed with Chen Gou’s statement, the woman still asked cautiously, “How much do you sell this chicken for?”
Before coming, Chen Gou had roughly decided on the price of white-feathered chickens and yellow-feathered chickens, and said without hesitation: "400 coins for a white-feathered chicken and 800 coins for a yellow-feathered chicken."
Chen Gou bought white-feathered chickens from Chen Dao for 250 wen and yellow-feathered chickens for 400 wen. He could barely make double the profit by selling them for 400 wen and 800 wen respectively.
"So expensive?"
The woman murmured, “These days, gray-feathered chickens in the East Market usually sell for around 200-250 coins, while white-feathered chickens sell for 400 coins, which is about twice as expensive as gray-feathered chickens. Yellow-feathered chickens are even more outrageous, costing a full four times more!”
Such a price difference was hard for the woman to accept for a moment!
"Not expensive at all!"
Facing customers, Chen Gou was extremely patient: "Look at the white-feathered chicken, it's much bigger than the gray-feathered chicken, and it yields at least twice as much meat. Selling it for 400 coins a piece is not expensive at all!"
The woman nodded subconsciously. White-feathered chickens were indeed larger than gray-feathered chickens. It was obvious to the naked eye that white-feathered chickens weighed at least twice as much as gray-feathered chickens, so selling them for twice the price wasn't unreasonable.
only……
The woman pointed at the yellow-feathered chicken and said, "I can understand a white-feathered chicken selling for 400 coins, but how can a yellow-feathered chicken sell for 800 coins?"
Although yellow-feathered chickens are larger than white-feathered chickens, they are only slightly larger. From the perspective of meat yield, there is no reason for yellow-feathered chickens to sell for twice the price of white-feathered chickens.
"Guest, please look at the color of this yellow-feathered pheasant's feathers."
Chen Gou hurriedly grabbed a yellow-feathered chicken from the coop and said, "This chicken has golden feathers and looks very rich. It is an extremely rare breed, so it is only natural that it is more expensive!"
Putting everything else aside, after killing and eating the yellow-feathered pheasant, using its feathers to make decorative items is a very prestigious thing!
After saying that, Chen Gou added, "Of course, if you think it's too expensive, you can just buy the white-feathered chicken."
"All right!"
The woman hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "If I buy a lot, I wonder if I can get a discount?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Gou, Chen Jiang, Chen Sanshi, and the others exchanged glances, their eyes lighting up.
How much would you like to buy, sir?
Chen Gou asked with a look of anticipation.
"If it's cheaper, I plan to buy three white-feathered chickens and three yellow-feathered chickens."
Hearing this, Chen Gou's eyes lit up even more, but he didn't show his excitement. Instead, he said with a pained expression, "If you buy six, I can give you a discount of 50 coins per piece!"
One costs fifty coins, so six would cost three hundred coins in total. The pain on Chen Gou's face revealed a hint of genuine distress.
"Three hundred coins cheaper?"
The woman counted on her fingers and was delighted: "Alright! Then give me three yellow-feathered chickens and three white-feathered chickens!"
As she spoke, the woman took out a purse, found four taels of silver, and handed it to Chen Gou.
"okay!"
Chen Gou accepted the silver with a face full of excitement, gave the woman 700 copper coins, and then took out six chickens from the cage and handed them to her.
In this way, the money and goods were settled, and the woman left with the chicken.
After she left, Chen Gou and the others immediately showed excitement on their faces.
"How much money have we made?"
Chen Sanshi tried to calculate with his fingers, but found that he couldn't figure it out at all, so he could only ask Chen Gou for help.
"A white-feathered chicken earns 100 copper coins, and a yellow-feathered chicken earns 350 copper coins..."
After silently calculating for a moment, Chen Gou exclaimed with delight, "We've earned a full tael of silver and 350 copper coins!"
As soon as Chen Gou finished speaking, everyone became excited.
"One tael and three mace, six chickens will earn one tael and three mace. If we sell all the chickens, wouldn't we be able to earn four or five taels of silver?"
"Not just! We brought fifty chickens in total. If we can sell them all, we can earn at least ten taels of silver!"
"Ten taels of silver, my goodness!!!"
"Ten taels of silver! I've never seen so much money before!"
"..."
The excitement of the crowd is understandable. Growing up in Chenjia Village, the only way they knew of making money was farming!
Farming is not only extremely low-yield, but it also depends entirely on the weather!
Only now have people realized that there are other ways to make money besides farming, such as doing business!
Moreover, the money you can make by doing business is far more than that you can make by farming, and it's also much easier!
"Brother Gou, we've struck it rich this time!"
Chen Sanshi tried to keep his cheers down and said to Chen Gou, "We earned more than one tael of silver from just six chickens. If we can sell all the chickens, we might be able to earn ten taels of silver."
"almost!"
Chen Gou's excitement was also very obvious. To be honest, before this deal was made, Chen Gou was a little unsure whether he could sell the white-feathered chickens and yellow-feathered chickens. Fortunately...
Wu Han wasn't lying to him; the people in this city were indeed wealthy. He bought six chickens at once, each costing several hundred coins!
In the eyes of villagers like Chen Gou from Chenjia Village, it was absolutely impossible for them to buy a chicken that cost several hundred coins. Only wealthy city dwellers could afford such expensive chickens.
"That woman just now must be a cook from a wealthy family!"
Suppressing his excitement, Chen Jiang guessed, "Only a cook from a wealthy family could afford to buy so many chickens at once."
Upon hearing this, just as Chen Gou was about to say something, two more men stood in front of the stall. Chen Gou hurriedly went up to them and said, "Two guests, would you like a few chickens? Our chickens are a special breed caught from the Cangmang Mountains, and they taste much better than gray-feathered chickens!"
How much is one of your chickens?
The two guests asked.
"White-feathered chicken: 400 coins; Yellow-feathered chicken: 800 coins!"
"Give me two!"
The two customers didn't even bother to haggle over the price; they simply paid and bought one white-feathered chicken and one yellow-feathered chicken!
"Another 550 coins in profit!"
Chen Gou, who had put the copper coins into his pocket, was all smiles. Chen Jiang, Chen Sanshi, and other young men from Chenjia Village were also all smiles. It seemed that the white-feathered and yellow-feathered chickens were quite popular with city people. In less than a quarter of an hour, eight chickens had been sold. At this rate, they would definitely be able to sell all 50 chickens before sunset!
With a profit of 400 coins per yellow-feathered chicken and 250 coins per white-feathered chicken...
They can earn at least ten taels of silver.