Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The cake was wrapped in oil paper and placed in a basin to be carried in a backpack.
The oil paper was borrowed by Gu Shouxin when he went to the old house yesterday to borrow the ox. The old house happened to have oil paper.
The whole family went to the old house to inform him and then got into the ox-cart. Gu Shouxin drove the cart away.
âShouxin, are you going to visit your relatives? Why are you the only one going?â
âIâm not going to visit my relatives. Iâm going to the town to buy some things.â
âSecond Brother Gu, I heard that you owe money again. I say, kid, youâre already so old. Donât go and mess around anymore. Youâll bring trouble to your wife and children.â
âYeah, I know!â
âSecond Brother Gu, I want to go to the town! Can you give me a ride?â
âOne wen. Come on up!ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âWhat? You want a wen from the villagers? Do they know that youâre using your parentsâ ox-cart to earn money? Aunt Xianglan chased you out of the house. Do you have any shame?â
âItâs none of your business!â
Along the way, many people talked to him. Gu Shouxin answered them nicely. He didnât answer those who were unkind or ignored them.
Because of the penny, no one sat in their ox-cart in the end.
Except for Gu Xin who felt sorry for the penny, the other three thought it was the best.
âOur parents asked just now. Why didnât you tell them the price we set?â Cai Xiaolian asked after they left the village.
âWeâll talk about it when we get back. If we tell them now, theyâll only be worried that we wonât be able to sell,â Gu Shouxin said.
âActually, Iâm also a little worried that we wonât be able to sell,â Gu Nian continued.
She had gotten a rough idea of the prices in this era from the things that Gu Shouxin had bought last night.
She felt that it was really high for them to set the price of the cake at this price.
The piece they had cut was only the size of an inkstone, and the materials used were simple. She felt that it would be fine if there were more materials.
âNian Nian, you donât have to worry about that. Youâre good at making things, but youâre definitely not as good at selling things. When selling things, we have to find the right target customers so that we wonât take the wrong path. Besides, the cake you made is fresh food, and there arenât any others who have it. Now that weâre alone, the price is naturally up to us.â Cai Xiaolian taught Gu Nian a lesson.
âMother, whatâs the target customer?â Gu Xin asked curiously.
Gu Nian understood immediately and understood Cai Xiaolianâs meaning.
âMother, let me give you an example. For example, the headband on your head. Most of the people who like it are young girls from the countryside who havenât married yet. So, you young girls are like the target customers of the merchants who sell headbands. Because only you will buy them. Those little boys wonât sell them. Those little girls from rich families have beautiful headbands, so they donât want them,â Cai Xiaolian said.
âMom, then everyone will like our cake. Everyone needs it, right?â Gu Xin asked in confusion.
âThatâs a good question.â Cai Xiaolian smiled. The little girl was not stupid. âMom will give you another example! In the town, um, no, every time the salesman in the village brings all kinds of gadgets, does everyone in the village like them?â
âYes.â Gu Xin nodded.
âThen, do you buy all of them?â Cai Xiaolian asked again.
âNo, many of them are going to have a look. Not all of them are bought.â Gu Xin thought about the scenes of salesmen selling things in the village that she had seen in recent years and answered.
âThen, do you know why, Xin Xin?â Cai Xiaolian asked with a smile.