freenovelworld Chapter 17 Silly girl, you're still a child yourself!
Chapter 17 Silly girl, you're still a child yourself!
Manager Feng gave an awkward smile and nodded in agreement.
"Nature...nature, that's nature!"
Although the young girl was bold and articulate, their clothes were so shabby that he couldn't risk taking money with him.
Shen Qingchuan was a little anxious and immediately asked, "If we sell a large quantity, what price might Manager Feng offer?"
Manager Feng was still a bit unsure. He bought the herbs from the county for three copper coins per ounce. If he charged them two copper coins per ounce, he didn't know if he could sell them to the big herbal medicine merchants for two and a half copper coins!
How about one coin for eight units of currency?
"Why is it so little? We can get two coins and one tael for what we brought today. Although we won't pay this price next time, this time the quantity is small, but we can increase it in the future."
Shen Qingchuan was unhappy. He had spent a lot of time talking and the negotiations had gone smoothly, but he still couldn't get the price down.
"This is our first time working together, and Fengji Pharmacy has never dealt in large quantities of turmeric before. If we end up with a bad deal, I'll have nowhere to turn. The price I'm offering you is already very fair, even if it's risky. If you don't believe me, go ask other pharmacies first and see if they dare to sign such a contract with you in advance."
That's true. Qinghe Town isn't very big, and Feng's Pharmacy is considered quite grand. The other two or three smaller pharmacies don't sell a complete range of medicinal herbs.
The chances of successfully acquiring large quantities of turmeric are really slim!
Shen Xiaotang considered it for a moment before slowly speaking.
“We understand Manager Feng’s concerns, but large-scale planting not only consumes manpower and resources but also occupies land, which incurs costs. You can consider it from another perspective: you can earn a little less so that we can sell at a higher price. Next year, when the villagers know about it, everyone will definitely follow suit and plant it. By then, you will have gained experience. If you really feel that you are not earning enough, you can appropriately lower the price. Moreover, with more farmers planting it by then, as long as Manager Feng can sell it, he can make a fortune with small profits but large gains, right?”
Upon hearing this, Manager Feng's eyes lit up.
Yup!
Why didn't he think of that?
If the surrounding villages can plant it on a large scale, and he opens up sales channels in advance, even if he can only earn one penny per pound, he can still make a profit!
Upon being reminded, Manager Feng became excited and eager to try it out, wishing that Shen Xiaotang could plant a piece of land right away!
"Then it's still two coins and one tael. This time we really can't do any more. We're both taking a big risk."
Yes, if they can't sell them, not only will Manager Feng's land rot in his hands, but he and his father will also waste a piece of land.
Shen Qingchuan lowered his head and asked his daughter in a low voice, "Tang'er, what do you think?"
"I think it's feasible, but we don't have that many seeds right now. At most, we can only grow half an acre!"
Shen Qingchuan was puzzled. "If we sell all this turmeric today, where will we get any more seeds?"
"Father, let's sell half today, and we'll decide what to do with the rest when we get back."
Of course, she would first go to other small pharmacies to inquire. If she could sell them for more than Feng Ji's, she would definitely sell them all. If the price offered was not as high as Feng Ji's, she would not sell them and would take them back to cultivate seeds.
Go back up the mountain and dig up the rest. Cultivate them for a month or so, and maybe then we can start planting them.
Manager Feng was still planning a big deal in his mind, and he became even more polite to the Shen family father and daughter.
If this father and daughter are truly capable, he might actually be able to rely on them to expand their business in the future.
In the end, Shen Xiaotang took out three catties of turmeric, sold it for sixty coins, and happily drew up a contract with Manager Feng, making two copies, which they each kept.
After the father and daughter left Feng's Pharmacy and got a little further away from it, Shen Qingchuan couldn't help but ask.
"Tang'er, we only have less than two jin left. We don't have enough seeds. How can we grow a plot of land?"
“Dad, I couldn’t tell you right away in front of Manager Feng. If he heard it and it got out, it would be bad. Actually, when I was digging for turmeric on the mountain yesterday, I left half of it undivided. I was thinking that if I went through all the trouble of digging it up and couldn’t sell it, it would be a waste of effort. Besides, I’ve already dug up four or five pounds of it, and there should be about the same amount left. I can’t carry it all by myself.”
Shen Qingchuan was stunned after hearing this!
"Tang'er, you...you mean there are still so many on the mountain?"
Shen Xiaotang nodded obediently, her bright eyes beaming with smiles.
"Dad, you heard me right, there are still some on the mountain. After we successfully separate from Grandpa and Grandma, we'll go back and dig them up. After the rice harvest, we'll officially start planting them, okay?"
Shen Qingchuan was stunned for a moment, as if in a dream, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
Not only did the eldest son's family have a secret stash of money, but according to their daughter, they might have even more in the future. It's like a dream!
"Alright, as long as Tang'er thinks it's feasible, Father will listen to Tang'er in everything!"
Shen Qingchuan couldn't help but reflect inwardly. He, a grown man, was actually inferior to his six-year-old daughter. He had truly wasted his life all these years.
"Dad, didn't you say there are a few herbal medicine shops in town? Let's go ask them now."
"to make!"
The father and daughter hit it off immediately and made a decision right away.
It was breakfast time, and the streets were gradually filling up with pedestrians.
Normally, Shen Qingchuan would have already carried his load back to Guihua Village and headed home. But now that they had sold the turmeric they brought, he felt like he had inexhaustible energy. He was so excited that he couldn't calm down for a long time. He led his daughter to the other herbal medicine shops one by one.
Of the remaining three herbal medicine shops, one refused to buy their turmeric because it was freshly harvested and had too much moisture. The other two shops offered a maximum of 1.81 wen and 1.2 liang, and were unwilling to buy in large quantities.
After comparing them all, Feng's Pharmacy was still the strongest. Apart from the fact that Manager Feng and his employees were a bit unreliable at first, there were no other major problems.
Shen Qingchuan led his daughter out of the last pharmacy and saw that the street vendors had already filled the stalls on both sides.
There were vendors selling sugar cakes, jujube cakes, candied hawthorns, wontons, steamed buns, sesame cakes, and jewelry... everything imaginable, dazzling the eyes and making one's stomach grow even hungrier from the aroma!
Shen Qingchuan took out the sixty coins that Manager Feng had just given him and handed them to his daughter.
"Tang'er, you picked this turmeric from the mountains, so the money from selling it should be yours. It's your first time coming to town with your father, so take a look and see what you like. We'll buy it before we go back."
"Dad, we're all family, why are you being so polite? Besides, you're the head of the family, and I'm still young. You should keep it. Let's take some out to buy some cut cakes for Mom, and a string of candied hawthorns for Xiaoyu, okay?"
"No!"
Shen Xiaotang paused for a moment, somewhat puzzled, "Dad, we sold a full sixty coins today. Buying some cut cakes and a string of candied hawthorns shouldn't cost much, right?"
Shen Qingchuan said with a stern face, "It won't cost much, but you're buying it for your mother and Xiaoyu, why not for yourself? Silly girl, you're still a child yourself!"