After her husband died, her parents came to force her to remarry

Chapter 114 Selling Dolls

Since they were going to take the dolls to town to sell, Jiang Xiaohe began to allocate the quantities that each would sell.

After dinner in the evening, the family gathered together and lit tung oil lamps in the house. Wang Qiuxia also lit the only lamp in her home to make the house look brighter.

Everyone looked at Jiang Xiaohe expectantly, waiting for her to speak.

Jiang Xiaohe pretended to cough, looked at everyone and said, "I took an inventory this afternoon, and there are about 500 puppets in total, of different types and quantities. If we only sell them in our town, I'm afraid they will be copied by others before we sell them all."

Everyone nodded.

Zeng Hua said straightforwardly: "Xiao He, just tell us what to do, we will do it according to your wishes anyway."

Chen Xiuqun also nodded: "Yes, we don't understand those things, we will do whatever you say."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded, and then said: "In fact, the best way is to sell in the county town. There are many people there, but the county town is too far away from us. Do we have a bullock cart? My idea is this. We have so many people, and there are several towns nearby. Why don't we split up tomorrow and set up stalls in different towns. In this way, we can sell more in a day."

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this.

"Yes, if we sell them separately, then we will have three incomes for the day."

"That's right!"

Jiang Xiaohe went on to say, "Besides, I've thought about it. Tomorrow, Daniu and Hongwa will also come with us. Daniu and Daniu have done business with me before, so they know how to sell things. Daniu will go with Hongwa and Xiaoya, Second Aunt, Auntie and Daniu will go together, and I will go with Mom."

Everyone thought her arrangement was reasonable and nodded in agreement.

"Since Xiao He has made the arrangements, we will do as she says tomorrow. But Xiao He, how much is the price for this doll?"

Jiang Xiaohe took out three puppets of different sizes from the basket. When she first started making puppets, she made these three sizes: "Second Aunt, I think we can sell this small puppet for 100 wen each, the medium-sized one for 150 wen, and the large one for 200 wen."

When she announced the price, everyone in the room gasped.

“So expensive?”

Jiang Xiaohe shook her head: "It's not expensive. We spent so much time and bought so much cotton. Our cost is not cheap."

"What if no one buys it tomorrow?"

"Aunt, you don't have confidence in what we made?"

Chen Xiuqun waved her hands hastily: "No, no! I...I'm just worried."

"Well... I know everyone has this worry, but this thing is not available in the market. I believe there will always be someone who will buy it. And we should not sell it in the market tomorrow. It is best to set up a stall in the more affluent areas of each town. But if we really can't sell it in the end, we can just sell it to the embroidery shop at a lower price."

The girl agreed and said, "What my cousin said is right. I believe these things of ours will definitely sell well. Previously, my cousin taught me to embroider handkerchiefs. When I took them to the embroidery workshop, I sold them for several more coins each. These dolls are so beautiful, we will definitely be able to sell them even better!"

Zeng Hua nodded in agreement after hearing what his daughter had said. "It's right to listen to Xiao He. That's it. We all have to get up early tomorrow, so let's go to bed first."

Zhang Quan stopped everyone and said, "Well...you guys go sell puppets tomorrow, what about the food on our construction site?"

The women looked at each other, and Zeng Hua slapped his head: "How could I forget this..."

Jiang Xiaohe thought for a moment and said, "Mom, why don't we ask Aunt Hua to help cook a meal tomorrow? We'll give her ten cents."

Wang Qiuxia nodded and said, "Okay! But have we forgotten Chuan'er? We are all going to the town tomorrow, what should we do with him?"

"At worst, I can take them along!" Jiang Xiaohe said.

Zhang Fu said, "It's not convenient for you to bring it with you. Since you asked your Aunt Hua to cook, it would be best to ask her to help bring it with you."

Jiang Xiaohe nodded: "Do as Dad says." Then she turned her head and said: "It's dark outside, Mom, go tell Aunt Hua first, in case she falls asleep. If she agrees, we will bring her the food for tomorrow's cooking."

Wang Qiuxia nodded and went out. After a while, she came back and said that Aunt Hua agreed. She hurriedly went over with Zeng Hua to take the food, vegetables and meat for tomorrow's meal, and then came back to sleep.

The next day, before dawn, everyone got up.

Everyone had a simple breakfast and prepared to set off. Hongwa and his friends went to Zhenyuan, and they left even earlier. The eldest girl woke up and started yelling, saying that she was so excited that she didn't sleep much the whole night...

Zeng Hua said with a smile: "Big Girl is obsessed with money."

"Isn't that great? I think your eldest girl will definitely do great things in the future!" Wang Qiuxia said praisingly.

Chen Xiuqun also agreed. Zeng Hua was so happy to hear this. He turned his head and looked at Zhang Daniu next to him, and sighed again: "This Daniu is half as good as the girl, so I don't have to worry about it!"

Wang Qiuxia pulled her aside and said disapprovingly, "Isn't Daniu okay? Don't talk like that. Be careful that Daniu hears you."

"Sister-in-law, I didn't say anything else. I'm just worried about his marriage, but this brat is not in a hurry at all!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? It will happen naturally when fate has come. Just think about my Dashan. He refused to accept the matchmaking at the beginning, but in the end, he fell in love with Xiaohe at first sight and insisted on marrying her..."

Hearing her say this, Zeng Hua nodded: "I hope so!"

As soon as the words fell, Jiang Xiaohe shouted over there: "Mom, let's go!"

Zhang Daniu also shouted, "Mom, aunt, have you packed up? If you have, let's go too. Come back early after selling, and you can help the neighbors with some work..."