Witty Wife, Better Life
Chapter 514 - 504: I’ll give you a discount for a package deal

Chapter 514: Chapter 504: I’ll give you a discount for a package deal

The next morning, Shen Yunfang and Dashuan began loading the truck early.

Because sales had been good at the market fair yesterday, and with Dashuan’s help today, Shen Yunfang decided to take two tricycles, which meant that Li Xianglian only had one tricycle available for her use.

Fortunately, their side was close , if business was good, they could send someone back to reload in time, although it would be a bit of a hassle.

After loading up two tricycles full of fireworks, the two set off, pushing the carts.

Indeed, today they could only push, because among the three tricycles, only the one Shen Yunfang had pushed yesterday could be ridden, the other two had to be pushed by hand.

Although Shen Yunfang could ride, she certainly couldn’t just leave Dashuan behind and ride off by herself. So she had to match Dashuan’s pace.

It took the two of them a full three hours to reach the large market fair, which was even bigger than the one Shen Yunfang had visited yesterday. It was said to be a joint market fair hosted by three big brigades.

Shen Yunfang asked Dashuan to watch the carts by the roadside while she went to the market fair to look around for a stall.

After making a round, she couldn’t find a suitable spot. It wasn’t that there was no space; the empty spots were too small to fit the two tricycles. So after making a round, Shen Yunfang came back and decided to set up a stall on the edge of the market fair.

The area wasn’t crowded, but it also didn’t have as many people as inside.

Shen Yunfang looked at the crowd in front of the stall, which was much smaller than yesterday’s, pondered for a moment, and then took a string of small firecrackers from the tricycle and began to unwrap them.

At that time, the small firecrackers had their fuses wrapped in red paper, so to light the firecrackers, the red paper on top had to be unwrapped and the fuse pulled out.

"Yunfang, what are you doing?" Dashuan was puzzled by her actions, not understanding what she was up to.

"I’m doing some advertising. Do you have matches? I need to use them," Shen Yunfang placed the firecrackers on the ground, naturally keeping a small safe distance from their tricycles to prevent the firecrackers’ sparks from reaching them.

"You want to light firecrackers? Don’t move, I’ll do it," Seeing her intention, Dashuan immediately took out a match and crouched down to light it.

With someone else taking care of it, Shen Yunfang did not step forward and hid behind.

The crackling sound of the firecrackers indeed attracted a lot of attention; people thought there was some excitement to see and crowded over, not even bothering with the market fair anymore.

Shen Yunfang moved a few rocks, claimed a spot, and as people gathered around, she began to shout loudly about her wares and held up a price list for everyone to see, of course, she also explained the prices, as not many among the common folk could read the whole list, and word-of-mouth was needed.

When people realized that firecrackers were being sold here, and buying in bulk was cheaper than at the supply and marketing cooperative, many crowded over to pick out their purchases—some chose a few bangers, others a few strings of small firecrackers.

Later, Dashuan took over the shouting, and Shen Yunfang came down to handle the money, give change, and distribute the goods; they were quite busy for a while.

With the onlookers’ attention, the business had already succeeded halfway, and with the novel selling cries from Dashuan (imitating Shen Yunfang) along with Shen Yunfang’s small favors and treats, the crowd trying to make purchases never seemed to diminish.

People are like that, they might not actually need something, but when they see everyone scrambling for it, they naturally think that since so many people are buying, it must be a good product, and so they want to buy some too. This is what’s called following the trend.

Dashuan was standing on the rock, seeing the crowds that were three layers inside and three layers outside, and from time to time there were people who seemed incredulous, still asking him the price. He felt so happy inside that his voice, when he answered, was very loud. Once or twice was fine, but he just couldn’t bear the sheer number of people asking. In less than an hour, his throat had become somewhat hoarse.

Shen Yunfang tugged at his clothes when she found a moment and said in a low voice when he looked over, "Don’t be so honest, why are you shouting so loudly? If you shout yourself hoarse today, will you still be able to sell tomorrow? Take it easy."

Only then did Dashuan come to a sudden realization. Oh, so there was no need to be so loud.

The two carts of firecrackers, it took Shen Yunfang just about three hours to sell them all out.

"That’s it, let’s pack up, we’ll stop selling for today." There were still about twenty to thirty ’double kickers’ and forty to fifty ’sparklers’ left on the cart, everything else had been sold out.

Today there were many children at the market, so the ’bang snaps’ that didn’t sell well yesterday had all sold out today as well.

"We still have some left." Dashuan looked at the few goods left on the tricycle, wanting to persist and sell off the remaining stock.

"No worries, we can take it back and sell it tomorrow too; it’s past noon now. We need to hurry up and grab some lunch and head back. Our home is far, and if we leave late, we’ll have to walk in the dark. With so much money on us, it’s better not to be out after dark." Shen Yunfang had become somewhat more safety-conscious because of what happened yesterday. Besides, when she got back, she still had to go to the police station as she had agreed with Mu Huazhen. It would be bad if she didn’t keep her word.

Reminded by her, Dashuan also thought of it and immediately started packing up with Shen Yunfang.

"Hey, how much are you selling these ’sparklers’ and ’double kickers’?" As they were packing up, a skinny woman came over to ask the price. "Oh, you’re closing up shop already?"

"Yes, we live far away and need to head back early; otherwise, we’ll be walking at night. Sister, take a look, there are only these two types left. ’Sparklers’ are twenty cents each, buy five and get one free, ’double kickers’ are ten cents each, buy ten and get one free. That’s all that’s left. If you can take them all off our hands, I can give you a little more discount," Shen Yunfang said, hoping to sell everything off for the convenience of not having to haul it back.

The woman looked at the ’sparklers’ Shen Yunfang had moved into the tricycle with a critical eye, "How much of a discount can you give me?"

Shen Yunfang counted the remaining stock, twenty-four ’double kickers’ and forty-six ’sparklers.’ She did some calculations and gave her a number. "Twenty-four ’double kickers’, I’ll only charge you for twenty, the four I’ll give for free, for a total of two yuan. Forty-six ’sparklers’, I’ll throw in the excess for free too, just charge you for forty; both added up makes it exactly ten yuan."

"What? You want ten yuan for these pathetic things? That’s too expensive. Besides, these are just the leftovers that others didn’t pick. Give me a better deal," the skinny woman was clearly not satisfied with the price.

"Sister, our fireworks are all sourced from a state-run fireworks factory. They’re all guaranteed good quality; you don’t need to pick through them," Shen Yunfang knew the woman’s intentions. She just wanted to use that as an excuse to drive the price down. But Shen Yunfang couldn’t go any lower, otherwise, those who had bought fireworks earlier would come back asking for refunds.

"But this is too expensive for just these few leftovers. I won’t be picky, give me a better deal and I’ll take them all. That’ll save you the trouble of carrying them all the way back," the skinny woman started her bargaining mode.

"Sister, it’s because there are only a few left that I’ve rounded down for you. Go and ask around, I’ve sold all morning and never offered as low as I’m offering you. Take it if you think it’s fair, but really, I can’t do anything if it’s not, I can’t sell at a loss," Shen Yunfang showed an expression of helplessness.

"Don’t try to fool me. You must have already made back your capital. Let’s stop haggling over every cent, how about this, I’ll give you five yuan, and you sell the rest to me," the skinny woman proposed.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yunfang immediately shook her head like a rattle-drum. There was no way she would sell at that price.

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