Chapter 161： good things don't sell cheap

Chapter 161 Good things are not cheap

Seeing the dress, someone screamed.

"I've seen such a dress before. It's worn by the little princess who is about to marry. It's so beautiful."

"This is a winter dress, five thousand taels a piece."

"Oh my god, this is too expensive. Just now your diamonds are comparable to gems, but clothes are so expensive?"

"One piece of brocade from the Ming Dynasty costs tens of thousands of gold. You say my dress is not worth it? The fabric is even better than brocade. To make a skirt like this, half a piece of cloth is used. The fabric alone costs this." count, not to mention the suit above."

Qiao Mai held her skirt in both hands, and came to these ladies, letting them look at each other.

"Wow, this fabric doesn't wrinkle, the tentacles are so soft and thick, it looks like there is a layer of fine velvet inside."

Qiao Mai turned around and winked at the old lady. The old lady smiled. Today she gave Qiao Mai enough space.

Some of the ladies who came here today are of higher status than her, and it is inevitable that she has to salute others. Even so, the old lady is very willing.

To be honest, the dress looks good, and compared to the hair accessories, it is really expensive, but Qiao Mai did not lower the price.

She believes that as long as something is good, it will definitely sell.

Sure enough, she took back the skirt and put it in her hand, "This lake-blue horse-face skirt is five thousand taels, does anyone want it? If there is no one, I will take it back. Good things don't sell cheap."

"I'll take five thousand taels, but they snatched the hair accessories, and if I don't come with a dress, wouldn't Qi come back empty-handed?"

Qiao Mai smiled and folded the skirt, gently put it back into the box, and walked to the girl who was asking the price with the box on her back.

"Please take care of this lady!"

"What miss, I'm the princess."

"Ah, it turns out to be the princess, you can take care of my business more in the future."

"Didn't you stop selling after selling this time?"

"What if there are good things in the future."

"If you have something good, remember to send someone to my house to tell me."

"Good princess!"

Immediately after that, there was another horse-faced skirt, one was different from the other. Those who didn’t buy hair accessories rushed to grab the horse-faced skirt.

This skirt is not auctioned, one is five thousand taels, and it was all sold out in a short while.

Qiao Mai always smiled at Mimi, she looked at the crowd who were still full of ideas.

"I'm sorry, I'll bring you some good ones when I come to Beijing next time."

"Little lady, where is your home?"

"Acropolis."

"Yo, it's not close."

"yes!"

"Then it will be difficult to find you to buy things from now on."

"That's not certain, maybe one day my friend will suddenly get some again, so I'll come to the capital and post like this for everyone."

"Okay, let's wait!"

Seeing that they had nothing to sell, these women left Bichun Garden one by one.

Only the old lady and Qiao Mai were left in the hall, "How much did you sell?"

"Ten skirts were sold for 50,000 taels, ten small hair accessories were sold for 260,000 taels, and hair crowns were sold for 350,000 taels. The total is exactly 660,000 taels. The numbers are really auspicious!"

"Is it all spent by the victims?"

"Let's help the disaster victims outside the city first, and then we will help some more on the way back. I want to buy a house in Tianshui Town, specially for those beggars to live in. Just live, don't care about other things, and we can't let them develop the bad habit of indolence. If you can’t move, then help.”

"Uh-huh!"

"Then I will go out of the city tomorrow, and I will go in your name, old lady?"

"Why? Your silver is in your name?"

"I don't want to expose myself. I still want to live a quiet life. Although helping the people is a good thing, we can't do it to benefit others. So, I want to give this benefit to you and my husband,"

"Did you plan to do this a long time ago?"

"Yes, I heard that Mr. resigned and retired?"

"Hey, this matter has something to do with the Fu family. The Minister of the Household Department of his family squeezed my old man out."

"Oh why?"

"It's not that Fu Taifu is very eye-catching to the emperor. He often blows wind in front of the emperor. Gradually, the emperor thinks that my old man is not pleasing to the eye. In addition, the old man has a bad temper. Since the two hate each other, he simply resigned. It just so happened that Zong Sheng was the magistrate in Acropolis, so our whole family moved here."

"So that's the case, so what is the most important official in the head of the Wang family?"

"Prime Minister Right"

"Ah, this official is the head of all officials."

"Well, thanks to you."

"My blessing?"

"Yes, those prescriptions you sold to Zong Sheng benefited the common people. When the emperor was happy, he promoted the Wang family. Now you know why I am angry, right?"

"Uh, your son contributes money and efforts, and the Wang family gets the most benefit, right?"

"Um."

"Don't be angry, don't be angry. The so-called mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Let's live in peace and comfort. Let's live a long life. Let them live in fear and be short-lived ghosts."

"Haha, what you said is true, what you said is true. If you say it like this, I won't feel so awkward."

"What about you, old lady?"

"Me what?"

"Didn't you get a Madam or something?"

"No, like these titles, if they don't contribute to the court, the emperor will not easily confer them. They are all false, and I don't care."

Qiao Mai blinked and said nothing.

Tossing all morning today, the old lady was a little tired, so Qiao Mai made her a pot of tea mixed with Linghe water.

After taking the first sip, the old lady noticed it.

"Girl, did you add anything to the tea you made?"

"Add anti-fatigue potions in it, and after you have lunch, you will definitely be able to sleep well."

"When did you understand pharmacology?"

"It's not that I understand pharmacology, it's that this medicine works like this."

"Oh, thank you, to be honest, I'm really tired after sitting in the morning watching you sell goods."

After the old lady drank two cups of tea, Qiao Mai asked the maid to help her go back to rest.

With the title of auction, she can help the common people in a fair and honest manner.

What the Fu family gets, she will spend all of it on the common people, and she also responded to the customer service's words, take it from the people, and use it for the people.

After breakfast the next day, she went to a grain store in the capital.

"The treasurer?"

"Hello, guest? Please tell me something."

"How much grain do you have here?"

"That's a lot, the warehouse behind is full!"

"How do you sell cornmeal and white flour?"

"Cornmeal is ten cents a catty, and white flour is thirty cents a catty."

"Why is it so much more expensive than below?"

"The imperial court transferred all the food, and there are so many victims outside, so the food is naturally very expensive at the moment."

"The emperor won't let the disaster victims in?"

"You can enter, only one family can send someone in to buy, but you are not allowed to beg for food and wander around in the capital."

"Is there anyone serving porridge?"

"There are, but not many."

"Which city gate has the most disaster victims?"

"South Gate!"

"Okay, I'll take care of all your cornmeal and white flour. You can fill it in a 50-jin flour bag and send it to the south gate immediately after you pack it into a cart. I'll wait there and give you money as soon as the goods arrive. Remember to fill up one car and send one to another, keep delivering, and deliver the goods directly from your place.”

"Which company are you from?" The shopkeeper asked in shock.

"Have you heard of Grand Master Pang?"

"It turned out to be Mrs. Pang."

"I am her granddaughter, and I live in Bichun Garden. My grandmother asked me to come here to do good deeds."

"Understood, understood, I will assign you right away."

It is quite easy to do things under the banner of the old lady. Although she left the capital, her reputation is still there, and it is quite useful to mention it.

She came to the south gate alone, and saw that the refugees had set up sheds around, and there was no porridge.

It has been several months since May. Why are there so many disaster victims outside the capital? Don’t the surrounding villages have shelter for them?

(end of this chapter)