My Dear Wife, Please Be Gentle!

Chapter 276: Chapter 278: Giving You a Bonus_1

The ox cart was driven by Hu’s Clan, with Qiao Duo’er and the elder girl sitting in the back, keeping an eye on things and chatting about this and that.

"Sister Duo’er, your medicinal powder is so useful, why don’t you take it to the town to sell?" the elder girl asked curiously.

Qiao Duo’er’s eyes lit up. That was indeed a good idea.

Selling cosmetics wasn’t like selling braised meat. With braised meat, you could taste it right away and know the flavor, while cosmetics took time to show effects, so people definitely wouldn’t hand over their silver so readily.

But once a market was established, it would certainly bring in a steady stream of wealth that nobody could stop.

The elder girl continued, "I know many sisters in town. If I introduce your medicinal powder to them, they will surely want to buy it. You can package it in palm-sized boxes, and each could sell for at least one tael."

"I’ll follow your advice, one tael per box. If you sell them, I’ll give you a bonus."

Qiao Duo’er silently calculated. The cost of a box of face mask powder was eighty wen, if they sold, how far could silver be?

The elder girl asked earnestly, "A bonus? You mean you’re going to give me silver?"

"Yes, if you sell one for one tael, I’ll give you a hundred wen, and I’ll provide you with an unlimited supply of the medicinal powder for free, how about that?" Qiao Duo’er asked with narrowed eyes.

The elder girl nodded eagerly, "Then you can’t go back on your word, haha, I’m about to become a rich little miss!"

She had personally experienced the effects of the medicinal powder; it couldn’t have been better. Plus, with Qiao Duo’er, who had become a great beauty, the sales were bound to be good.

By then... hehe, she would definitely count money until her hands cramped.

"You have to work hard then!" Qiao Duo’er patted the elder girl’s shoulder.

The elder girl patted her chest and said, "Don’t worry, I, the elder girl, have a good reputation. Selling ten or eight boxes would be a breeze for me."

Afterwards, the usually talkative elder girl fell into an unusual silence, thinking about how to sell the medicinal powder.

Her initial intention was simple: to share quality goods with friends. Now that Qiao Duo’er was offering her a bonus, she was naturally even more motivated.

Once the elder girl had more or less thought it through, she returned to her chatty nature and kept talking to Qiao Duo’er non-stop.

After arriving at the dock, Hu’s Clan set up their table, and the wooden basin was placed on top. Soon, customers gathered around.

The braised meat stand was already well-known for its taste and fair prices—almost every day, many people waited at the dock. Seeing Qiao Duo’er, many regular customers greeted her.

"Young lady, we haven’t seen you in a long time. Are you perhaps expecting?"

Qiao Duo’er responded, "Family matters delayed me. What would you like, madam? I’ll give you a discount."

The madam didn’t ask further and just asked Qiao Duo’er to weigh two pig’s trotters.

Because Qiao Duo’er charged her three wen less, the madam happily took her leave.

Seeing Qiao Duo’er and Hu’s Clan so joyously busy, the elder girl started to shout out loud, making the stand even busier.

When there was a lull in customers, Qiao Duo’er handed over a cup of water, "Elder girl, have some water and rest."

With just a few gulps, the elder girl finished the cup of water and began calling out to customers again.

Doing business was a novel experience for her, one that nothing could dampen her enthusiasm for.

When she grew tired of shouting, she finally sat on the ox cart to rest.

It was truly a case of ’comparisons are odious.’ She was only a year younger than Qiao Duo’er, who was already skilled at earning money, while she... was still a freeloader.

However, the elder girl was naturally optimistic and soon cheered up.

If the freckle-removing medicinal powder sold well, by this time next year, she would surely be impressive too.

Only two hours after arriving at the town, all the braised meat was sold out, and the elder girl helped to move the wooden basin and table onto the ox cart.