Chapter 144: Burst You (20)_1
After unloading most of the cart, the rest was all taken to Chang Agricultural Tools Shop, where the Shopkeeper, having been informed beforehand, was even more enthusiastic towards them. He had his assistants serve them tea and snacks. Then, they settled the Silver Coin.
Once the Silver was in hand, amounting to dozens of taels, the group didn’t dare to dine in the county town; instead, Zou Xing bought a stack of baked flatbreads, cutting some stewed pork to stuff inside. For Pei Qin, he even bought an extra chicken drumstick. With the Silver tucked away, they hurried home.
Pei Wenli personally witnessed the Shopkeepers of both the Wang family and Chang’s house seeing them off with a respectful demeanor. He had heard about the handcart affair, Pei Qin’s unwillingness to teach the technique to the main branch, and their resultant inability to replicate it. Unexpectedly, not only had they connected with Landlord Chang’s house, but even with an aristocratic family like the Wangs.
Pei Houli, who had lingered in town to gather intelligence, had lunch there. Not much later, he saw several people returning with their empty carts, all heading to Sun Tiezhu’s house, their faces brimming with joy.
After Pei Qin and Lady Fang came out from Sun Tiezhu’s house, they split seven taels four coins of Silver amongst themselves. Previously, it was agreed that whoever sold a cart would receive a commission. Both transactions had been brokered by Pei Qin, with the commission set at twenty percent, but her share hadn’t been shorted, hence the sum of over seven taels of Silver.
The mothers joyously returned home, where Lady Fang kneaded some dough and made scallion pancakes for Pei Qin and the rest.
The next day, Lady Fang invited Grandma Sun to help, while Pei Qin took a basket of hèluó dough early in the morning to the county town.
Wang Ting, seeing a full basket of hèluó dough, couldn’t help but show a satisfied smile on his chubby face, "Yesterday, they bought skateboards to take home, let’s go sliding in the streets today!"
Not far north of the town was an arched bridge where the road was paved with blue stone slabs, newly repaired and very smooth. Promoting it outside could help sell more skateboards.