EBE Chapter 153 Bargaining
Chapter 153 Bargaining
After choosing the cotton cloth, I thought about it and took three pieces of linen cloth, two pieces of indigo and one piece of natural color. I could make a coat and wear it outside to work in winter. It would not dirty the cotton coat inside and would not attract attention.
He took seven more.
The others on the side were stunned. They looked at Li and saw that she didn't say anything. They also knew that this girl could make the decision, but wouldn't she buy too much?
The shopkeeper and the waiter opposite were so shocked that they forgot to speak. It was not uncommon for people in the store to buy so much goods before. Some big customers would pay more than ten taels of silver every time new goods arrived.
But these women didn't look like people who could afford to buy so much cloth. The shopkeeper was very grateful at this moment. Fortunately, he invited these people in, otherwise he would have lost a huge order today.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Is that all? Would you like to see something else, young master?"
"No more." Zhou Guo said and then looked at the other women and girls, "Aunts and sisters, have you finished your selection too?"
"Ah? Oh, no, no, I'm still choosing." Everyone was stunned by her generosity and they didn't even remember that they were choosing cloth.
But after seeing the brightly colored and incredibly soft cotton cloth that Zhou Guo had picked, and then looking at the rough linen cloth in my hand, it seemed unpleasant no matter how I looked at it. I thought the blue cloth in my hand was good just now, but now I felt that it was not good enough.
Especially the older girls, the oldest of whom was about Zhou Xing's age, who were at their best age and loved beauty. When they looked at the piece of red cotton cloth chosen by Zhou Guo, they thought it looked better than the red one and they were envious.
"Mom, do we want a piece of this cloth too?" the girls asked bravely because the color was so beautiful.
The women were a little hesitant. They thought about the family savings and felt that it would not be a bad idea to buy two pieces of cotton cloth. They saw that their daughters were wearing tattered clothes, which were white from washing and some places could not be cleaned at all. They also saw that they were at the age to get married.
So he gritted his teeth and bought one as well. Since he had bought one for the girls, he should have one for the boys in the family as well. A piece of indigo cotton cloth was also necessary for the old people. He took another piece of indigo cloth, thought about his family members, and decided that it was enough for everyone to make a set of clothes.
Use the rest to buy linen. You can't wear cotton clothes while working. It would be so sad if they got torn.
As for the bedding at home, why buy such good ones? It's not like clothes that you wear all day long for others to see. You can't even see it when you cover yourself at night. So linen will be enough.
Families with many people and many daughters would buy bright red cotton cloth. In comparison, they still think bright red cloth looks better.
The one who got the least among the seven families was Qian from next door. She had only two children in her family, who were still young. She only asked for a piece of blue cotton cloth that could be worn by both children, and she bought a piece of natural linen cloth for herself.
The remaining cotton cloth, which was the largest amount used by the family members, was taken away with five pieces.
The shopkeeper was so happy that he couldn't suppress his smile.
After everyone had chosen, the shopkeeper began to count the money.
"Su Fang blue cotton cloth is 560 wen per piece, bamboo green cotton cloth is 620 wen per piece, blue cloth is 600 wen per piece, white cotton cloth is the cheapest, 420 wen per piece, and these red ones are 680 wen per piece..."
As soon as the prices were introduced, the women rushed over and said, "Boss, we bought so much, why don't you give us a discount?"
"That's right. We've already bought two large trucks. You can't sell them to us at the same price as other people if you buy so many at once. You have to pay less."
Everyone was talking at the same time, and it was as noisy as a vegetable market.
Zhou Guo stood aside and watched with great interest. She had to learn how to bargain. These aunties didn't dare to come in at first, but now they were bargaining with confidence as if they were quarreling in the village, and their voices were so loud. It was true that money gave people courage.
The shopkeeper almost covered his ears in pain, stretched out his hands and kept pressing down, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's cheap, it must be cheap, not only cheap, we will also send you home, okay?"
The noisy scene suddenly became quiet.
Zhou Guo saw the opportunity and spoke slowly, "Boss, we don't need you to deliver it. We can take it home ourselves, but you have to give us a discount. The cost of calling a car to deliver the goods back and forth is not cheap, right?"
"Yes, we don't need you to send it. Just save the money for us in Buri and we will take it back ourselves." The aunts waved their hands and started to ask for the price again.
The shopkeeper nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you." It would be better if he didn't give it to you.
After a round of bargaining between the two sides, it was finally settled that the original indigo linen cloth was 280 wen per piece, and finally 250 wen per piece. This was the most popular color. The natural color was reduced by 20 wen, the bamboo green cotton cloth was 590 wen per piece, the white cotton cloth was also reduced by 30 wen, the Su Fang cotton cloth was reduced by 20 wen, the green cloth was reduced by 30 wen, and the old man's only piece of blue cotton cloth was also reduced by 30 wen.
By this calculation, Zhou Guo originally had to pay 7,770 strings of coins for the cloth he selected, but now he only has to pay 7,300 strings of coins, a reduction of nearly half a string of coins.
Li was not satisfied. "Forget about 300 coins. Give me 7 coins."
The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "My lady, there are sixteen pieces of cloth in total, and I have already given you half a tael less. Do you want more?"
Zhou Guo glanced behind the counter and happened to see a piece of yellowed and old white cotton cloth. It looked like they were not going to sell it. Seeing that her mother was still arguing, the shopkeeper did not give in. He pointed at the cloth and said, "Shopkeeper, let's do this. Three hundred coins is not less. But we bought so many things, you have to give us something, right? I think the yellowed white cloth behind you is good. With the color like this, you will definitely not be able to sell it. Just give it to us."
Ok?
Everyone looked behind him and saw a piece of cloth like this. They immediately started to make a fuss, "Hey, shopkeeper, do you have any more cloth like this? I want one too."
"I also want."
Everyone wants it.
The shopkeeper wiped his sweat again. He didn't have so many old cloths. He only had one piece. "I only have this one piece of old cloth. I'm giving it to you. You can divide it among yourselves. Okay?"
"There are so many of us sharing this piece of cloth. What can we do with it? You give it to them. Give the three hundred coins to me. I don't even want it from you. Isn't it enough for you to give me this money?" Li said. What would she do with such a small piece of cloth?
"That's right. We can take these cloths back by ourselves, but you still won't give us less? Look, we bought so much. If you give us less, we will come again next time. There are so many of us, how can we buy less?"
The store was noisy. Some people who wanted to buy cloth saw so many people in the store, and saw Zhou Guo and his group dressed like that, and they were arguing fiercely with the shopkeeper. They quickly retreated for fear of hurting innocent people.