Chapter 8 Selling Soap

The next day, the weather was fine and cloudless.

Dai Qingyun and the others neatly stacked the packed soap in the two backs, and then Erlang brought a small table.

Another table was set up at the door of the house, allowing Lin and Li to bring Shiro to sell soap in the village.

Arrangements were made, and the party of five went to town with soap and a small table.

Along the way, Dai Qingrong and Dai Qingyi were very excited, dragging Dai Qingyun to talk non-stop, while Dai Qingyu followed behind them.

Erlang also had a smile on his face, and turned his head to look at Dai Qingyu's lack of interest.

"Yu'er, what's the matter with you recently, tell me if you are unhappy."

"Uh, it's fine."

Dai Qingyu didn't expect this twin brother to ask such a question, he felt a little uncomfortable, and quickly said, "It's just that I'm not used to it."

"Okay then." Erlang himself is only a 14-year-old boy, and it would be good if he could find out that Dai Qingyu was not in the right mood. Seeing what she said, he didn't ask anymore.

When Dai Qingyun heard the two talking, she couldn't help shaking her head silently. In fact, she was a little worried about Dai Qingyu. Her situation had lasted for too long. If she kept ignoring it, she might become depressed.

After thinking about it, Dai Qingyun turned around and took her arm, "Second brother is right, Sister Yu'er has not been with us recently, if you have anything on your mind, please tell us."

Dai Qingyu was not used to Dai Qingyun being so affectionate to her, so she smiled unnaturally, "It's really fine, but the heat can't cheer you up."

Dai Qingyun raised her eyebrows. Although this "sister" had a mediocre attitude towards her, she didn't want a girl in her prime to be so overwhelmed and end up depressed.

So, she dragged Dai Qingyu and Rong'er Yi'er to talk about it.

We soon arrived in the town, and today happened to be the market day, and there were all kinds of stalls on both sides of the road.

Several people picked an open space on the side of the road, put down the small table, took ten packed soaps and placed them on the table, and took apart two soaps as samples.

Then Dai Qingyun taught them a few commercials.

Except that Erlang didn't dare to shout because of his feelings, Dai Qingyu felt a little embarrassed and sat in the back.

The three of them shouted loudly.

"Do not miss passing through."

"Ancient soap, wash your face, bathe and wash your clothes."

"If you miss this village, you won't have this store."

After a while, several aunts surrounded me curiously.

"Soap? You can still take a shower and wash your clothes. Can you wash them clean?"

One of the fat aunts took the soap and looked left and right.

"It's a novelty, I've never seen anything like this before."

The other two aunts also looked at the soap curiously.

"Of course it's clean, if it's not clean, just ask me to return it."

With a baby face on her face, Dai Qingyun looked at the aunts with a smile.

"And our soap is cheap and lasts a long time, which is very cost-effective."

Then he made a look at Erlang, and then Erlang put the water he just fetched on the table.

Dai Qingyun took out a prepared dirty handkerchief, wet the soap and handkerchief, rubbed it for a while, and then it was clean.

"How about it, auntie, look, is it clean?"

Dai Qingyun held up his handkerchief so that everyone in the stalls on the left and right could see it.

"Hey! This thing is much cleaner than saponins!"

The fat lady looked at the handkerchief in surprise.

"Let me try again?"

"Of course, you can try it, auntie." Dai Qingyun nodded and handed her the soap.

The fat lady took off the kerchief, wet it in the water, then wiped the soap on the kerchief a few times, rubbed it for a while, and then saw that the kerchief was indeed much cleaner.

"It is indeed cleaner than saponins."

"How much is this soap?"

"If it's cheap, I'll buy two and go back."

Seeing more and more people gathered around, Dai Qingyun said loudly, "Our ancient soap is unique, and the price is twenty yuan a piece. Don't bargain!"

"The soap in our house washes things clean, and it can also be used to wash your face and take a bath!"

"And a piece of soap can be used for a long time, it is very cost-effective!"

Dai Qingrong and Dai Qingyi talked excitedly.

"Give me two dollars!"

"I want a piece too."

"I want five dollars!"

Dai Qingyun grinned from ear to ear, busy collecting money for soap, Erlang was also busy collecting money.

"Sister Yu'er, come and help collect the money." Dai Qingyun dragged Dai Qingyu to the table. "You are better at calculating than us, come and help us to calculate."

Dai Qingyun handed her the soap naturally.

It was Dai Qingyu's first time doing business like this, her face blushed, but she still helped to collect the money, because more and more people came over.

Eighty-odd pieces of soap were quickly sold, except for the two pieces that were dismantled on the table for trial use, there was still 15 yuan left in the bag.

Erlang went to buy steamed buns and gave each person two meaty buns.

"Sell it for a while and the soap in the bag will be sold out!"

Dai Qingyi ate the buns, laughing non-stop while talking.

Even Dai Qingyu had some joy in his eyes, the feeling of participating in it himself was very different!
"That's right, our soap is cheap and clean, everyone will be willing to buy it after knowing about it!"

Dai Qingrong has no appetite at the moment, and there are copper coins in her eyes.

Dai Qingyun looked at the crowd coming and going on the road while eating meat buns, "Let's pack some more and sell them in the afternoon. If we go to the market today, if we come tomorrow, there won't be so many people."

"Okay, the rest will be sold out later, you wait for me under the tree over there, I will go home to get the soap, so you don't have to run back and forth."

Erlang ate the steamed stuffed bun with a big mouthful, and he didn't seem to be afraid of getting tired at all.

"That's hard work, second brother."

Several people were joking and laughing.

At this time, Qing Yun saw a well-dressed middle-aged man approaching with sharp eyes.

"What kind of soap do you sell here?"

Dai Qingyun nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, uncle, would you like to buy two yuan and go home and try it?"

"How much more, I want it."

With a wave of your hand, you are so proud!
"There is still 15 yuan, [-] yuan a piece, a total of [-] yuan."

Dai Qingyun quickly calculated the price.

The man took out his purse, counted three hundred cash and put it on the table. "You come and send it to the house personally."

"Okay, I'll go." Erlang had already finished eating the steamed stuffed bun, he picked up his shoulder strap indifferently, and followed behind the man.

"You wait here for me to come back first."

Dai Qingrong and the others were counting the copper coins, while Dai Qingyun was looking at Erlang's back. A month ago, he was also the young master who was hugged by others. Lang is really nice.

A few more people came one after another to ask about the soap, and when they learned that it was only available in the afternoon, they all said they would come to buy it in the afternoon.

"Looking at it like this, our soap will definitely sell out quickly!"

Dai Qingrong simply burst into laughter.

"How about this, sister Rong'er, sister Yi'er and second brother will go back together later, and take Shiro to pick more petals!"

A flash of inspiration flashed in Dai Qingyun's mind, "When we add flower petals to the soap, the smell will be much better."

"Okay! We'll pick flower petals when we go back with Second Brother!"

Thinking of the leftover lard at home, I can make another pot. I don’t plan to buy lard today. After all, it’s too hot in summer.

Soon Erlang came back, and it turned out that the family he had just sent to was a big landlord in the town.

Then they hurried back to the village, while Dai Qingyun and Dai Qingyu were guarding the table under the tree, waiting for Erlang to come back.

Seeing that Dai Qingyu was a little embarrassed to be alone with her, Dai Qingyun got up, "Sister Yu'er, I want to go over there to see, okay?"

"Well, you go, I'll do it here." Dai Qingyu nodded.

Dai Qingyun carefully looked at the various shops on the street, and an idea flashed in his mind!
But it's too early to wait until the soap business stabilizes.

When I went to the cloth shop, I bought some cheap coarse cloth for making cloth bags.

Holding the rough cloth, Dai Qingyun was about to go back to the place just now.

I saw a few boys in their teens beating up a little boy on the street ahead.

"Stop it, what is it for a group of you to beat one person!"

Dai Qingyun was furious. She had seen too many examples of bullying the weak, and she really couldn't just let it go.

But she forgot that she is only ten years old now, and she looks like a little bean.

"Never mind your business! Get out of here, or I'll beat you up too!"

The headed by a little fat man, Qing Yun raised his fist.

After finishing speaking, he kicked the little boy on the ground again. The little boy held his head in his hands, and he didn't know if he was still alive after being beaten.

"Heh, what if I go to the government to report the crime and arrest you all?"

Dai Qingyun took two steps forward, staring at the little fat man.

"You, you, this guy stole a penny from me, so there's nothing wrong with me beating him up!" The little fat man pointed to the boy on the ground, and raised his voice to embolden himself.

"The regulations of the Xuan Dynasty stipulate that anyone who gathers a crowd to fight and cause trouble will be fined five taels of silver for light ones, and will be fined between ten taels of silver and 100 taels of silver for serious cases, with an additional [-] taels of money!"

Dai Qingyun took the time to look at the group of half-grown boys, folded his hands on his chest, "You said that a group of you unilaterally beat up one person, should the government come and give you a light or heavy punishment?"

"But, but, he stole my money first!" Seeing that his little friends were frightened, the little fat man couldn't help crying, he didn't want to be fined, and he didn't want to be beaten!

"This is a penny, and I will pay it back for him." Dai Qingyun took out a penny, "Although it was wrong for him to steal the money first, but you can't beat him with so many people. What if you beat someone to death?"

"Understood..." The little fat man took the money, looked at the younger girl in front of him, and couldn't help but blush when he was scolding him like this.

Then he took his little partner and ran away as if to escape.

Dai Qingyun shook his head, these brats!

"How are you doing?"

Looking at the little boy on the ground, his body was dirty, but his face was not bruised and swollen. He was smart enough to know that he had to hold his head when he was beaten.

"Thank you……"

The little boy stood up tremblingly, his body was in pain, but he still held on to thank him.

Dai Qingyun touched another five cents and handed it to him, "Don't steal other people's money next time, here, use it to buy food."

"I..." The little boy stretched out his skinny little hand, then retracted it, his face was blushing, and his big eyes became moist after a while.

"I don't want to steal money, but, but grandma is about to starve to death, I, I..."

After all, the tears fell all at once.

Dai Qingyun was confused by the tears, "Don't cry, don't cry."

Holding the coarse cloth in one hand, wiping his tears with the other.

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