That night, after the family had dinner, Dong Nuan spoke first: "Put out a batch of wool felts tomorrow and see the effect."
After hearing this, Dong Sanchun nodded hurriedly: "In the past two days, there have been a lot of people coming to ask about the revolving door. They also asked when new goods can be added. When will we take out the inventory?"
There are also four beautiful revolving lanterns at home, each with a different shape, but each has its own merits, and they are all very beautiful.
Anyway, in the eyes of winter, spring and winter, they are all very beautiful.
A batch was put out before, but the quantity was not large. A wave of hunger marketing has been launched.
After capturing the customers' minds, you can release a batch in an appropriate amount, so the sales effect will be better.
"Well, I'll put two out tomorrow, along with the wool felt. I just want to bring a piece of wool felt." Dong Nuan thought about it and put two out first.
She will have to go to the county town later and has no time to make this at the moment, so she can't put it all away at once, and some things will become worthless once the quantity increases.
Put it away slowly, and then put the remaining two out at the end of the month. She will have more free time next month, so she can make them again.
After hearing this, Dong Sanchun nodded with a smile.
After that, Dong Sanchun talked about other things in the shop. Various small items were sold well, and some people came to ask about oil-paper umbrellas. There were two shops in the town that sold oil-paper umbrellas, but the production was relatively rough.
Used for daily rain protection.
Nowadays, wood carving shops are doing a good business, and the wood carvings are very beautiful, so from time to time, people come to ask if they sell beautiful oil-paper umbrellas.
What these ladies came here to ask about was naturally not the crude oil-paper umbrellas that could just keep out the rain, but rather the oil-paper umbrellas in the county or prefecture where many ladies went out with oil-paper umbrellas to protect themselves from the sun when the weather was hot.
There are a few ladies in town who actually have the goods, but this thing is subject to damage. The more frequently it is used in daily life, the faster it will be damaged.
It's hard for them to go to the county town frequently, so they thought it would be nice if there was one in the town.
After hearing Dong Sanchun talk about this issue, Dong Nuan thought for a while and asked, "Is she a noble daughter named Zhou?"
Dong Nuan remembered that in the past, Hanjianglou mentioned that a noble daughter of the Zhou family once thought of customizing one in the store.
But because the price offered was too low, Dong Nuan rejected it.
Ordinary oil paper is cheap and only costs a few tens of fen, but it won't work after a few uses. A slightly better one costs several hundred fen.
As a result, the noble daughter of the Zhou family came over last time and offered a price of one tael?
Are you joking?
Oil-paper umbrellas take a lot of effort to make. Even if someone helps, it will take half a month for an umbrella to be ready.
So, a few hundred words?
If you carve some small pieces, you can earn more than that.
Moreover, those beautiful oil-paper umbrellas in the county town can be sold for several taels of silver. Especially exquisite ones can be sold for ten taels. If they were sold in Fucheng, the price would be even higher.
Therefore, the last time the noble daughter of the Zhou family came to ask, Dong Nuan refused without even thinking about it.
Now that Dong San Chun is mentioned, Dong Nuan immediately asks.
Dong Sanchun thought for a while, nodded and said, "One thing is, I heard the maid raising her head like a big rooster, saying that they were girls from the Zhou family."
Having said this, Dong Sanchun frowned and murmured in a low voice: "Mr. Zhou came to our house to collect debts before, but he didn't even raise his head to the sky. This girl's family is rich in wealth."
Dong Nuan listened and wanted to laugh. As for the oil-paper umbrella, after thinking about it, he said: "It is time to put the oil-paper umbrella on the agenda. The weather is getting warmer. It is just when it is needed. It only costs a few hundred dollars."
Even the writing is not enough for the time and money."
While Dong Sanchun was listening, he had an intuition that something was wrong, so he hurriedly leaned over and asked, "What is the appropriate price to sell at that time?"
He didn't even ask if Dong Nuan could be made. He believed in Dong Nuan.
If Dongnuan couldn't be made, I wouldn't say this.
What Dong Sanchun is more interested in is, if a few hundred coins is too little, how much should it be sold for?
He must be mentally prepared.
"Fifteen taels are the starting point, whether you want to buy it or not." Dong Nuan thought for a while and set a price.
The price is not cheap, but it is not too expensive either.
If you really like it, even a noble lady in the town can afford it.
Of course, this thing takes a lot of effort, and Dong Nuan probably won’t be able to produce much.
Also, things are more valuable when they are rare. If you make too many of them, they won’t be valuable when they come out.
So, get two or three of them first to warm up the place.
If it sells well, I will make two more of Dong Nuan later if I have nothing to do.
In winter, three springs, a can was sold for fifteen taels, and I couldn't help but gasp.
The sale of two umbrellas was enough for them to buy a small house in the town.
For a house without a small courtyard, if the number of rooms is small, a few dozen taels will be enough.
Those with a yard only need more than a hundred taels. If the place is more remote, even a hundred taels will not be needed.
In winter and spring, I wanted to ask if it would be too expensive, but after thinking about the large wood carvings and revolving lanterns in the store, the simplest ones cost twenty taels of silver, so the demand exceeds supply.
So, is an oil-paper umbrella expensive for fifteen taels?
In winter and spring, he felt that he was floating, but he actually felt that it was not expensive.
The father and daughter talked for a while, and Dong Nuan took Shi Zhu back to the room to sleep.
The courtyard they rented had four rooms. Apart from the main room, there were three more rooms that could sleep.
In the past, Dong Nuan lived in the same room with Dong Tao and Dong Zao. Before Hanjianglou went to the county seat, he lived in the same room with Dong Yao.
Now we need to add another dianthus to the house, but fortunately the kang is quite big, so there is still enough space to sleep four skinny girls, so it won't be crowded.
After all, renting is not a long-term solution. Dong Nuan feels that buying a yard is necessary.
Dong Yao is still young, and it is estimated that there are still a few years before the real end.
They can't keep renting for the past few years.
So, go check out the yard in the future. If you find something suitable, buy it directly. It can also be regarded as purchasing assets.
Even if they later go to the county seat or town, they can either sell it or rent it out.
When she got up early the next morning, Dong Nuan took Dong Wu and Diazhu back to the village.
There are bamboos in the village, and Dong Nuan plans to pick out suitable ones and chop them back.
The handle of the oil-paper umbrella is preferably made of bamboo, and bamboo has a good meaning, so it will sell better if you use it.
There are also finished products in the wood shop, but I am not satisfied with the Dongnuan ones. I plan to go to the village to pick them out in person. If they still don't suit me, I will go to another store to have a look.
If that doesn't work, go to the county seat and have a look.
Of course, the bamboo forest in the village is not big and there are not many bamboos. Villagers can usually dig bamboo shoots, but they cannot chop bamboo.
Only with the consent of Li Zheng could they cut down the bamboo forest, and the amount should not be too large. It would not look good if the bamboo forest was cut bare.
The donkey cart was not very fast, but they returned before noon.
On the way back, while driving the car, Dong Nuan confessed a few words to Dong Wu: "After you go back, you can chat with the aunts and sisters-in-law you know well. One will praise Dong Yao for his good grades, and the other will praise Han Jiang.
Lou knows how to be a good person, didn’t you wear new clothes today? Let’s just say that the material of your clothes was bought for you by Hanjiang Lou’s money from copying books.”
At the end of the sentence, Dong Nuan raised the corners of her lips slightly and said with a deep smile: "The main thing is to let the second uncle hear this."
