peasant girl wedding

Chapter 100 Imitations
Arriving in the county, Tong Zhu'er was dumbfounded seeing the puppet dolls sold all over the street.

"Second sister, why do they sell exactly the same as ours?"

"Let's go, they sell theirs, we sell ours."

Tong Zhu'er let out a muffled "Oh", and followed Tong Zhi'er to their old place in the county where they sold dolls—opposite the herbal tea stand.

Because there are many people selling dolls, and there are many people who came to buy dolls a few days ago, there are very few people who come to Tong Zhi'er to buy dolls.

After a while, finally came the woman holding the little girl.

"Auntie, let's buy a doll for your child, see how much she likes it." Tong Zhi'er greeted with a smile.

The woman knelt down and let her daughter choose what she liked.

"Mom, I want this."

"How much silver?"

"Fifty Wen."

"Fifty Wen?" The aunt's voice increased by eight dimensions, "Other houses only sell ten Wen a piece, why are you selling so expensive here, and blackmailed us? I can't see that you are a young girl, but your mind is so weak. It's that bad."

"Auntie, what nonsense are you talking about?" Tong Zhu'er said angrily, "Go and inquire casually, our puppet dolls were sold for fifty yuan a piece at the beginning, and you will pull them down if you don't want them, and we didn't ask for them." I'll buy it for you." As she said that, Tong Zhu'er snatched the doll from the girl's hand.

"Hmph, if you don't buy it, don't buy it. It's rare. Let's go. Mother will buy you another one that is exactly the same." Heard the discussion of the crowd.

"The two girls are so expensive, and they have a bad temper, tsk tsk tsk."

"You're wrong. These two girls are both selling dolls in our county. The price was [-] yuan at the beginning. The person who bought them is really cheap. I think the price is unreasonable, no Just buy it, what are you talking about so badly? The girl who is not allowed to do business is angry, she is not made of mud, she can't cry or laugh..."

"Zhu'er, don't be angry." Seeing that Tong Zhu'er was still full of anger, Tong Zhi'er comforted her.

Tong Zhu'er's eyes were blushing, and she cried, "Second Sister, why do you think these people bully others like this, obviously this is something we have worked so hard to come up with."

"Okay, okay, don't be sad, they imitated our dolls, but the material and handwork are not as good as ours, which is better, and everyone will understand after a long time. Don't worry, me There are still a lot of puppet dolls that have not been drawn yet, and when they are made out, they will definitely be beaten by more than one block."

Tong Zhu'er was laughed at by Tong Zhi'er's words, and her depressed mood was relieved.

After setting up the stall for an hour and a half, there was no one there, so the two of them discussed closing the stall.

Back home, Fang Cuiwei saw that the two of them came back with as many dolls as when they went out in the morning, and comforted them, saying: "In business, sometimes you earn more, and sometimes you earn less."

Tong Zhi'er smiled, "I see, mother, don't worry, Zhu'er and I won't take it to heart, tomorrow is tomorrow, let's go early."

Tong Zhu'er also nodded.

Seeing that the two children were not depressed, Fang Cuiwei had a relieved smile on his face.

Early the next morning, Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er got up really early.

Fang Cuiwei also got up early and prepared breakfast for the two of them.

Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er each carried a basket on their backs, and held a steamed bun and a vegetable bun in their hands, gnawing on them as they walked.Because of the early departure, when we arrived at the county, it was much earlier than yesterday.

This time, Tong Zhier changed the stall, and changed the place where the dolls were sold in front of a restaurant.

They were old acquaintances with the shopkeeper and manager of Yi Fang Restaurant, once Tong Zhier said it, Manager Zhang agreed, just let them set up a stall outside Yi Fang Restaurant.

"Second sister, Manager Zhang is really kind." Tong Zhu'er said with a grin.

Tong Zhi'er nodded, "It's very good, well, let's start working."

As usual, a piece of cloth was spread on the ground, and then various dolls were placed, but today is different.

Tong Zhi'er took out a sign from the basket, fixed it and stood it in front of the stall.

There are a lot of people who come to eat in a restaurant, and when everyone passes by, they will take a look at Tong Zhi'er's stall, so they also see the sign standing in front of the stall.

"Douwenge talent, puppet shop, Tongji puppet." The literate person read the words on the sign and asked Tong Zhi'er, "Girl, do you mean fighting?" The puppet dolls in the hands of the talented scholars in the Wenge belong to you."

Tong Zhi'er nodded with a smile, "Brother, you are right. The talents in Douwen Pavilion took my puppet."

"No wonder, I see that your puppets are very different from those of other families. Little girl, you make three for me, and I will take them to my sisters at home."

"Okay," Tong Zhi'er replied, and quickly picked up the three dolls that the youth ordered.Tong Zhu'er on the side prepared the packaging bags, unfolded them one by one, and let Tong Zhi'er put them in.

"Here, a total of 150 Wen."

The young man handed over an ingot of broken silver, "You don't need to look for it."

Tong Zhi'er blinked her eyes, and said quickly: "Let me bring you a few more puppet dolls that all the talented scholars in Douwen Pavilion have taken."

The young man smiled, seemingly satisfied with the idea, and nodded readily.

Tong Zhi'er took another ten dolls from the ground, but the young man didn't have enough hands, so he took only six and left.

"Second sister, we earned a piece of silver today." Tong Zhu'er said happily.

"Yeah, it's almost the same as what we used to sell for a day. Pearl, just wait and see, there will only be more people coming to buy dolls later."

As Tong Zhier said, there are quite a few people who stop to buy dolls.

"Second sister, why is this?" Yesterday, facing the dolls all over the street, no one cared about their family.But today, the second sister just put up a sign in front, and many people came to buy it.

"Celebrity effect." Knowing that Tong Zhu'er was puzzled, Tong Zhi'er continued to explain: "Because the talents of Dou Wenge used to take dolls from me, we borrowed their fame, and the business is as good as it is now , This is the celebrity effect."

clap clap

There was a burst of applause.

Tong Zhi'er looked up, suddenly embarrassed.

Why, how did these people hear it...

The few people standing in front of Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er were the talented scholars who were in Douwen Pavilion that day, including Li Shuyu's second brother, Li Yuncong.

Several people approached, one of them closed the folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile: "No wonder the girl was so enthusiastic that day, it turned out to be so, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, haha."

Tong Zhi'er was very embarrassed by what he said, and what he said directly meant that she had ulterior motives and ulterior motives.

"Oh my god, I never imagined that we had been reading sage books for so many years, but we were used by a little girl once."

"Guys, I'm sorry, I apologize for my behavior." Tong Zhi'er looked at them apologetically and said.

Tong Zhu'er also said, "Please don't scold my second sister, she knows she is wrong, you adults have a lot, so please forgive my second sister."

"It's okay to ask us to forgive you, as long as you don't use our name again."

Tong Zhi'er nodded, if they don't allow it, she shouldn't use it.

"This——" The man pointed to the sign in front of the booth.

Tong Zhi'er immediately put away the sign.

The man nodded in satisfaction, walked around Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er, and entered a restaurant.

Li Yuncong gave her a very ugly look, and followed the others into the restaurant.

Borrowing celebrity fame is no longer feasible, Tong Zhi'er decides to change a method.

"Pearl, let us go home."

"Second sister, there are still a few left, we won't sell them."

Tong Zhier nodded, "Not only will we not sell it today, but we will not sell it in the future."

Tong Zhu'er moved her mouth, but said nothing.

The second sister is really pitiful, she lost all confidence in being hit.

Tong Zhu'er obediently followed Tong Zhi'er to close the stall, and the two sisters walked home with their baskets on their backs.

In the private room on the second floor of a restaurant, a man with a folding fan in his hand said, "This girl is gone."

"Hmph," someone snorted coldly, "Without our fame, her business is not easy to do, so she left naturally."

"Actually, this girl is quite smart."

"It's really smart——" Laughter came from outside, and everyone in the private room looked over at the same time, looking at the person in surprise.

"Qin An, your restaurant is developing well." said the man holding a folding fan.

Qin An smiled, "That's natural, I want to do something, is there anything I can't do?"

The man rolled his eyes, "You are still as thick-skinned as ever."

Qin An arched his hands and made a look of being flattered, "Concession and concession."

The man choked, and didn't want to talk to Qin An anymore. The ability to piss people off is still as strong as ever.

"If you come to me today, I will be the host and entertain you well."

"That's good." The man with the folding fan clapped his hands and smiled, with a natural look on his face.

The others thanked Qin An very gratefully.

Qin An ordered Xiaoer to go to the kitchen to prepare meals so that they could sit down in the private room together.

"You said just now that the girl is really smart, do you know her too? Or did you suffer from her?"

"Hehe," Qin An smiled and glanced at Meng Liang, "That girl is smart and quick-talking. You were taken advantage of by her. It's not because you are stupid, but because she is too smart."

Holding the fan, Meng Liang felt angry for a while, knowing that he couldn't get anything good from Qin An.

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When Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er returned home, Fang Cuiwei and Tong Duo'er were very happy to see that the puppet dolls they had recited had almost sold. Tong Zhi'er's next words But it shocked them.

"Mother, big sister, from tomorrow onwards, we won't sell dolls anymore."

(End of this chapter)