freenovelworld Chapter 238 Soap sales
Chapter 238 Soap sales
"Hey, I don't know how much the soap costs! Such a useful thing must not be cheap." Someone said.
As soon as she mentioned the price, someone heard it and started asking questions.
"How much is this soap? Is it expensive?"
"Yeah, after all this talk, how much is this soap? Just tell me the price!"
Shen Wanning asked someone to replace the dirty water in front and brought in new clean water.
"Today is the first day of our Zuihongzhuang opening, and all products are sold at half price. The original price of this soap is two taels of silver per piece, but today it is only one tael of silver. The promotion is only valid for today, so hurry up and buy it if you want it!" Shen Wanning announced with a smile.
"What? Such a small bar of soap is so expensive? One or two taels of silver?"
"Forget it, it's too expensive. I don't want it anymore. Let's go, let's go home."
"Let's go, stop looking. We can't afford it. It's so expensive, I'd better let my face get dirty!"
At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly said, "Today, soap is only one ounce of silver. It's so cheap. Can I buy a few more pieces? Or can each person only buy one?"
Shen Wanning thought for a moment and said, "One person can only buy two pieces at most. If you buy more, there will be no more."
The man was chubby and had a shrewd look on his face, looking like a businessman. Shen Wanning was worried that someone would buy the goods from her and sell them at a high price, so she limited the purchase.
The man shook his head regretfully, "You can only buy two? Never mind, I'll take two!"
Shen Wanning made a gesture of invitation, and the man strode into the shop. After a while, he left with two wooden boxes.
Ash and water are free, but oil and salt are expensive. Now that she makes large quantities, she no longer adds salt to her soap.
So the cost of a soap bar was the lard and the wooden box. The wooden boxes were custom-made by her at only five wen each. Adding the lard, the total cost of a soap bar was about fifteen wen.
She was already making a lot of money by selling it for one tael of silver, let alone two taels.
With that person leading the way, others began to come in to buy soaps. As for essential oils, there were sample packs in the display area. Bai Wei would personally monitor them to prevent them from trying too many.
The customers who came in looked around, and when they saw the essential oils, they gathered around to smell the scent of the essential oils carefully and listened to Bai Wei's detailed explanation of the effects of the essential oils.
"How much is a bottle of this essential oil?" a woman asked.
"Madam, the original price of this bottle of essential oil is ten taels of silver. Today it is sold at half price, only five taels of silver per bottle." Bai Wei replied.
The woman screamed, "What? Ten taels! You're robbing me! How dare you sell such a small bottle for ten taels of silver?"
Nanny Gui stepped forward and said with a smile, "Madam, you don't know that essential oils are generally only used by the ladies in the palace. Even the noble ladies in the capital find it extremely difficult to use them."
The lady looked Aunt Gui up and down, then glanced at her suspiciously. "Who are you? Why should I believe you?"
"I have served various young ladies in the palace and know a thing or two about the affairs of the capital." Nanny Gui replied calmly.
The lady murmured to herself, "You actually came out of the palace? Fine, then I will trust you for once."
After saying that, the lady pointed at the essential oil and said, "I want two bottles. Today, one bottle is five taels of silver. Two bottles is ten taels of silver, right?"
Bai Wei nodded and replied, "Indeed, ma'am. Please pay the bill this way."
As she spoke, Bai Wei led the maidservant beside the lady to the counter and handed the money to the accountant.
Since none of the eight of them knew how to do the accounting, Shen Wanning had no choice but to hire an accountant from outside.
Shen Wanning asked Beichen to greet customers outside and demonstrate the magic of soap every hour. Even if some customers didn't buy anything, they would come in to take a look.
Gradually, more and more customers came to the shop. Although a soap worth one tael of silver was indeed a bit expensive for them, they made up their minds and bought another one when they realized that it was only half price today.
They were busy until the hour of Xu when they were about to close, but some people still came in just in time to buy soap, saying that they didn't have enough money and had to go home to get it just to buy a bar of soap at half price today.
On the first day of opening, there were too many customers and they were all exhausted. Shen Wanning quickly asked them to go back and eat while she looked at the account book.
She found time to eat some snacks and occasionally sit down to rest, but the others were busy all day without a break. Even lunch was a shift-based affair.
She looked through the account book and saw that she had sold 132 bars of soap and 24 bottles of essential oil today, for a total of 257 taels of silver.
In other words, she earned more than two hundred taels of silver in just one day. She didn't expect to sell so many soaps today. She really underestimated the purchasing power of Fuzhou people.
I just don't know if business will be this good in the future. But the important thing now is to go back to Daqing Village and bring some soap.
As for the dried flowers, she has already soaked them, and it will only take a little over a month for the essential oil to be ready.
It is the plum blossom season now. After the banquet, she plans to teach Bai Wei and Bai Zhi how to extract essential oils using distillation.
Wait until April, when the jasmine flowers will bloom, and then you can make some jasmine-scented essential oil.
After a tiring day, lying on the bed, she was still thinking about the development of the store in the future.
The next day, I was busy in the shop all day. Perhaps because the soap and essential oils had returned to their original prices, I didn't sell many. The soap only sold for 27 yuan, and the essential oil only sold eight bottles.
The store wasn't very busy today, as most of the customers that came in were just looking around without buying anything, so overall they were pretty busy.
When I returned home that evening, Nanny Gui brought me a few dresses. "My Lady, these are the ones I picked out at the clothing store. I didn't know what colors and styles you'd like, so I picked out a few extra."
Shen Wanning casually flipped through the collection with her hands. There were yellow chest-length skirts, green waist-length skirts, blue Hezi skirts, brick-red Warring States robes, and even a blue-on-top and red-on-bottom horse-faced skirt.
"Mammy, I brought back a set of clothes this time. They were made by my second sister-in-law. I will wear that set tomorrow. Keep these for later." Shen Wanning said.
Nanny Gui responded and then asked, "Have you chosen your headwear, Lady?" She originally wanted to buy it for Shen Wanning, but considering that Shen Wanning said last time that she wanted to choose it herself, she did not make the decision on her own.
Shen Wanning nodded and replied, "I brought a set of headgear, a cape, and shoes."