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Chapter 277 Is the price wrong?

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As Chen Changfan struck the first gong to open the market, Shen Wanwu immediately shouted:

"When the gong sounds, there's a ton of gold!"

The huge red-painted door was slowly pushed open, and several guys immediately lit firecrackers. The crackling sound immediately attracted many people who came to watch the fun.

"This Yongxin Street has been abandoned for several years. How could it become like this overnight?"

"It smells so good in there. I want to go in and take a look. I see a lot of wine jars."

"This kind of grand market can only be compared to the largest market in the city, the West Market, right?"

Chen Changfan took a deep breath, his voice resounding like a bell as his energy surged. "Dear fellow villagers, Yongxin Supermarket is opening today with a big sale. There's no purchase limit on many of Xiaofeng Village's specialties today. Be quick and you'll miss out!"

After the words were spoken, the people understood what was going on, but they became even more curious.

"What's Xiaofeng Village's specialty? I've never heard of it. But this wine smells really good..."

Just near the gate, two beautiful maids had already poured lantern wine into small cups, and there was a sign next to it that read "Taste".

"Only beautiful people and fine wine can't be wasted. I'll go ahead."

A well-dressed young scholar was the first to step forward.

"What's a supermarket? I want to see what's going on."

A woman in luxurious clothes also walked forward.

People tend to follow the crowd. With a few people taking the lead, the people stopped watching and, driven by curiosity, poured into this unique market.

"Are these vegetables freshly picked from the fields? They are so juicy!"

"How do they grow these vegetables? I can't grow vegetables like this even with manure at home."

"Hey man over there, weigh me two pounds of vegetables and two pounds of fat."

A customer called out to a waiter standing nearby. After weighing the customer, the waiter didn't take the money. Instead, he pointed to the counter in the distance and said, "The checkout is over there."

"The boy is quite arrogant, but I like him..."

Sun Qinniang carried a basket of vegetables and a reprinted voucher, and walked to the counter with a graceful figure.

The person in front of her in line was a somewhat sloppy middle-aged man. He was holding two jars of wine and some cooked food, and the waiter was briskly settling the bill.

"Hello, your total is 212 taels. Since your purchase exceeded 100 taels, we are giving you two stamps as a gift. Please keep these stamps. Collect ten stamps and you can exchange them for an exquisite glass wine cup."

The guy gave a professional smile, which stunned the sloppy man.

Following the direction of the waiter's finger, the sloppy man looked at the glass wine cup placed on the glass counter not far away, and immediately showed an excited look.

"Okay, I'll come back tomorrow."

The sloppy man put the print away carefully, picked up the wine and meat and left.

"That wine cup is pretty good. Give me one. I'll buy it for you, no matter how much it costs." Sun Qinniang also thought that the wine cup was beautiful, and immediately said generously.

"I'm sorry, beautiful lady, but that glass wine cup is not for sale. It can only be exchanged for stamps."

The guy spread his hands helplessly.

"Why do you have so many rules here? But considering your sweet talk, I will forgive you."

The guy was obviously professionally trained, and his smile never faded. "Auntie, if you want to collect stamps, you can try our perfume."

As he spoke, the waiter took out three exquisite small porcelain bottles from under the counter, and Sun Qinniang couldn't take her eyes off them.

Although this porcelain vase is not made of glass, it is much more beautiful than the wine cup, and... it smells so good!

Perfume is a new product recently developed by Xiaofengzhuang.

Of course, the manufacturing principle was still given by Chen Changfan. Combined with the ready-made distillation equipment in Xiaofengzhuang, it is not a problem to make a few bottles of perfume.

It’s just because of the limitation of raw materials that perfume is still a rare commodity, so the price will not be low.

The reason for using porcelain bottles is mainly because the glass blowing technology is not mature enough, and it is not possible to blow such small glass bottles in batches for the time being, so porcelain bottles can only be used as a temporary substitute.

"Auntie, these three bottles of perfume are all amazing." The waiter stretched out his voice in a mysterious tone.

"This is the top-ranked [Shangchunshan] in our shop," the clerk lifted the light mountain green roof, flicked his wrist, and a faint floral fragrance filled the air.

Sun Qinniang took a deep breath, and her brows relaxed instantly.

"This fragrance is just like, just like..." Sun Qinniang was intoxicated by the fragrance and was at a loss for words for a moment.

"Just like the willows in February are drunk with spring mist, and the mountains are covered with green grass on March 3rd, the most beautiful thing is the sky in April, when the spring water of the river is as green as blue."

The waiter put the porcelain bottle away with a smile, causing Sun Qiniang to open her eyes and look, "Yes, yes, that's what I was just thinking about. Shangchun Mountain, Shangchun Mountain, what a good name! I didn't expect that a young man like you would have such a good literary talent."

The look in Sun Qinniang's eyes when she looked at the waiter was almost tearing.

The waiter ignored the woman's gaze and bowed modestly, saying, "My boss said all this. There's a long story behind it, but I can't quite remember. It seems like... I went to Chunshan to ask you to come see me. I've been thinking about you for a year, and today was supposed to be just an ordinary day... I can't remember, I can't remember."

These words made Sun Qinniang's heart beat fast, and she made up her mind immediately: this perfume belongs to her, and no one can take it away from her!

"How much is this bottle of perfume? I'll buy it!"

As she spoke, Sun Qinniang held the bottle of [Shangchunshan] tightly in her hand and spoke in a firm tone.

The waiter smiled professionally again. "This perfume is perfect for you. It's only 98 taels a bottle."

98 taels, less than 100 taels, buy it!

Sun Qinniang paid the money directly, and together with the vegetables she had just bought, it was just enough to exchange for a stamp.

"I'll go back and dress up, and put on some of this fragrant perfume so I can show off to my sisters."

The guy wanted to continue selling the other two perfumes, but he saw the woman running away like the wind, and the old man in charge of operating the gate was so scared that he almost closed it.

"Well, such a good thing won't be sold out, so let's pay first."

The guy put away the perfume and started fiddling with the abacus skillfully.

The restaurant had just opened and people started coming in to pay their bills.

There is no way around it. People in this era are so short of daily necessities, and everyone living in the county town has some spare money at home.

When I see fresh vegetables, fish and meat, I usually buy some to take home.

Moreover, although there is only Chen's Trading Company in this supermarket, it has a very complete range of products.

From rice, flour and miscellaneous grains to meat, vegetables, duck eggs, and even silk cloth to be torn, it immediately attracted the attention of many women.

"This cloth feels nice and the pattern is fresh. How much is it per piece?"

Several women stopped in front of the cloth stall, seeming quite interested.

The Xiaofengzhuang worker in her work uniform raised her eyebrows and said proudly, "Of course this cloth is good. Not only is it of good quality, but it's also not expensive. Look, it says on the price tag: 10 taels per piece."

"10 taels?!"

The women thought they had misheard and their eyes widened in disbelief.

You know, prices are soaring now, not only the price of food has increased, but the price of cloth has also risen.

The current market price of a piece of cotton cloth is generally more than 15 taels, and cotton cloth as dense and tough as this is of high quality, and there are people who buy it even if it is sold at 20 taels per piece.

But the price listed here is only half of that?

The women looked at each other and their first reaction was that the price tag was wrong.

Everyone took another closer look, rubbed their fingers repeatedly to feel the texture of the cloth, and whispered, "It must be cotton."

The cloth in this world is roughly divided into three grades, from inferior to superior: linen, cotton, and silk.

Linen is generally made of rough plant fibers such as hemp. It is wear-resistant but not fold-resistant. If you are not used to wearing it, you will feel itchy all over your body. It is usually used as outerwear or undershirts when working.

Cotton cloth is made by combing cotton wool into yarn and weaving it. It should be emphasized again here that cotton exists in this world and is quite popular, so most people choose to wear cotton clothes.

Especially in winter, cotton cloth is much better at keeping warm than linen cloth, and its texture is soft, so it can be used as casual wear.

As for this silk cloth, it is made from mulberry silk. The process is complicated, the output is not high, and the raw materials are very expensive.

Compared with cotton, silk is more delicate, silky and soft. If combined with exquisite dyeing technology, it can be used to make exquisite clothes that are worth thousands of gold.

Of course, Xiaofengzhuang's silk cloth manufacturing skills can only be considered above average, and its dyeing skills are even worse. Even so, this silk cloth costs 50 taels per piece.

It is conceivable that ordinary people could not afford to wear silk cloth. It was only worn occasionally on important occasions, or only truly wealthy people could afford it.

The women were talking about cotton cloth in a low voice, but they didn't expect that the female worker had very good ears and heard everything clearly.

"What are you thinking about? You still want to buy silk cloth at this price?"

Xiaofengzhuang does not produce linen, only cotton and silk.

The price of 10 taels per piece is naturally for cotton cloth. If silk cloth is sold at this price, the cost cannot be recovered.

She didn't know that the women thought the cotton cloth was too cheap, and she thought they wanted to spend 10 taels of silver to buy silk cloth, so she couldn't help but refute them.

After the words fell, the women were stunned again.

Is it really cotton?

This is a great bargain!

Without any hesitation, several women acted like lightning, each holding two pieces of cloth and running, as if they were afraid that if they walked too slowly, the female worker would call them back.

"These people are crazy..." the female worker muttered, glanced at the shelves that were half empty in an instant, and then turned around to go back to stock up.

If it were in the past, she would probably worry about not being able to keep up with the supply.

But now, she just feels that she is selling too slowly.

After all, the looms in the weaving workshop were extremely efficient, producing about 40 pieces of cotton cloth a day, plus hundreds of pieces in stock, so there was no need to worry about selling them.

When the silk cloth manufacturing technology matures in the future, perhaps the production capacity can be increased.

……

Not until the bill was settled did the women finally feel at ease.

After leaving the market, they walked home quickly like thieves, so much so that the old man who managed the gate suspected that they had stolen something, because their behavior was too suspicious.

But the star map did not give any warning, and it was obvious that the snow puppet did not notice anything unusual. The old man just looked at it a few more times and then looked away.

"Are the star disk and snow golem reliable? If you ask me, I think you'll have to rely on your eyes."

The old man blinked and muttered softly.

……

The supermarket was crowded with people and noisy.

The elite members of the reconnaissance squad changed into casual clothes and blended into the crowd. They seemed to be strolling around, but in fact, their eyes were full of vigilance.

They seemed to be standing randomly, but they were actually standing in a V-shape. Once someone caused trouble, at least three people could rush over immediately to maintain order.

"I just got news from the astrolabe. A few rats have sneaked in from the southwest corner. Brothers, move over there."

This magic weapon, the astrolabe, is extraordinary. Combining the sorcerer's qi-viewing technique, it can detect the "qi" of hostile people within a certain range and display the corresponding position in the astrolabe.

After receiving the order, the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad immediately moved towards the southwest corner. However, there were so many people coming and going here that it was not easy to find those "rats".

"Be on high alert. If you spot anyone suspicious, keep an eye on them!"

The soldiers dispersed tacitly, their eyes filled with vigilance.

……

In the market town, Pei Shuo, the young master of the Huo Sect, had a gloomy look on his face.

From yesterday until now, there has not been a single smile on the face of this young master.

Because this crappy Chen's Trading Company from Xiaofeng Mountain not only ruined his market business, but also slapped him in the face.

To put it bluntly, the assets of Sect Leader Huo are also the assets of his Pei family, especially the assets of this market town. He gained the power of this market town by having his mother solicit him for pleasure every night in bed.

After gaining power, he amassed a huge amount of wealth and planned to continue to expand and become stronger, but he was disrupted by the sudden appearance of Chen's Business.

Two of his warriors were killed, a whole cart of silver and money was stolen, and even the business registration he had worked so hard to obtain was taken away.

Last night, he sent people to spy, but he sent out three groups of people and no one returned. It was obvious that something had happened to him.

This was a blatant slap in his face. If he hadn't been afraid that his father would know that he had lost his city registration, he would have called for reinforcements and razed the entire market to the ground.

The best way right now is to quietly regain city status and then seize this market town. Maybe my father will even praise me for my intelligence.

He had good thoughts in his mind, but when he came here in person today, he saw that the business of this market that seemed to have appeared overnight was booming, while his market had taken away most of the customers, which made him so angry that he almost spit fire.

It was obvious that his Pei family had been operating in this market for many years, and it was showing signs of decline under his leadership. However, the Chen family, who had just arrived, was so strong that the business was packed with people on the opening day.

Why? !

"Young Master, there seems to be a warrior's presence approaching nearby. We have seen enough, so we should leave this place as soon as possible."

Behind Pei Shuo, an old man with somewhat gray hair looked around vigilantly, and then whispered to Pei Shuo.

"Uncle Li, you're a 4th-rank warrior, and you have the support of Sect Leader Huo behind you, so what are you afraid of?" Pei Shuo said unhappily. "I'll be adding another chapter today, thank you all for your support!

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