dognovel Chapter 123 Business Success
Chapter 123 Business Success
Mr. Chen drank tea on the side and did not interrupt, leaving everything to Zhou Mingshu.
Zhou Mingshu had already made a plan in his mind.
"Doctor Shen, the production process of mugwort paste is complicated, and it uses some natural herbs. You have tried the effect. I won't beat around the bush. The goods that Doctor Chen bought from me are ten cents a bottle. My family can't make enough for him to buy. At present, there is no stock at home. Doctor Shen, if you want it, you can only pre-order it."
"Oh, so that's how it is. Since the price is the same as Dr. Chen's, Mr. Shen has no objection. I just don't know the reservation process..."
Doctor Shen had a smile on his face. He didn't expect that the prices were all the same. This would save him a lot of effort as he didn't have to bargain anymore.
"The deposit is 20%, and the pickup time is five days. The minimum order quantity is 200 bottles. If Dr. Shen thinks it's okay, we can draw up a contract."
Zhou Mingshu looked calm and didn't look like a little girl at all.
Doctor Shen looked at Mr. Chen standing aside. Mr. Chen smiled slightly and did not favor anyone. This made him feel that he would not suffer any loss in this business.
The order for two hundred bottles of mugwort ointment costs two taels of silver, and a 20% deposit is four hundred coins, which is acceptable overall. For Huairen Hall, it is not difficult to come up with this amount of money.
"Okay, Miss Zhou, then you should sign the contract. I will order 200 bottles first." Doctor Shen agreed immediately and finally made the deal.
"Yes, okay. Then let Doctor Chen help write it. But I have to make it clear in advance that I will pick up the goods in the order of reservation, and you need to pick them up in person." Zhou Mingshu explained these precautions in advance.
"No problem, just do as Miss Zhou said."
Chen Sheng smiled and advised Doctor Shen, "Brother Shen, isn't it too little for you to order 200 bottles? I advise you to order more. Shuiniu Town is still quite far from our Jinmiao Town. It takes a lot of effort to go back and forth, and it takes time to order this ointment."
Zhou Mingshu had already ground the ink, and simply wrote the contents of the contract with pen and paper, and then asked Chen Sheng to copy it.
Doctor Shen took a look and thought, no wonder Miss Zhou asked Doctor Chen to help her write. It turned out that her handwriting looked like a ghost's scribbles. He took a quick glance and couldn't recognize a single word.
Mr. Chen spread out the paper and slowly began to write. When he came to the quantity, he paused, "Brother Shen, are you sure you want 200 bottles?"
"Sure, sure. I've just started this business. I'll take it slow. If the sales are good, I'll make two more trips." Doctor Shen took out his purse and counted it silently.
After finishing writing the contract, Dr. Shen looked at the amount of the deposit, how much more would be paid later, the specific day and location of pick-up, and did not expect that there was a deadline for pick-up on it. After thinking about it carefully, it was quite reasonable. After seeing that there was no problem, both parties pressed their red fingerprints on it and each kept a copy.
The counted copper coins were also handed over to Zhou Mingshu.
"Doctor Shen, we'll see you in five days. If you miss the deadline for picking up the goods, I won't keep them for you. You need to keep this in mind."
"Don't worry, as long as it's nothing serious and it's not raining or windy, I'll send someone to get it."
After the deal was done, Dr. Shen did not stay long and said goodbye after drinking two cups of tea.
Zhou Mingshu weighed the four hundred copper coins in his hand. The heavy feeling was refreshing.
Seeing the little girl's smiling face, Mr. Chen was also happy for her.
"Mingshu, work hard. This order of business will be enough to support your father and your third uncle for ten days."
"Thank you, Uncle Chen. I will do my best. I plan to stop letting them carry heavy bags after this month. This job is too tiring. When I get older, I will definitely suffer from shoulder and back pain."
"Yeah, that makes sense. You don't feel anything when you're young, but you'll suffer when you get older. Most of the patients who come to our pharmacy are suffering from arm and leg pains. These are all caused by illnesses that occurred when you were young. It's hard to cure the disease."
Zhou Mingshu folded the contract and stuffed it into her purse. Now that the matter was resolved, she felt a lot more relieved.
She believed in the quality of her mugwort ointment, and next time, Dr. Shen would order more and more.
There are only 200 bottles of finished products left at home. I will bring them all to Uncle Chen tomorrow. At least they will last for another week.
There are still a thousand empty bottles at home. After deducting the two hundred bottles reserved, there are still eight hundred bottles ready.
Just after the Zhou family finished lunch, Wang Youcai came over with the officials and several masked men, accompanied by two horse-drawn carriages.
"Brother Shouren, I have brought the people to you. Let's get ready to weigh the grain." Wang Youcai's hair was covered with a layer of dust, as if he had just crawled out of mud.
Selling grain was a big deal. The wives didn't even have time to wash the dishes. They put on aprons, covered their hair and faces, and prepared to work.
The officer took a look at the grain of Lao Zhou's family, which was quite clean. He took off his mask and bit a few grains of rice, almost breaking his teeth.
"Okay, no problem, start weighing."
When Mrs. Zhou heard that there was no problem, her face was as bright as a flower.
This year the weather has been good and the three acres of paddy fields have had a good harvest. In previous years, one acre of land could yield more than 200 kilograms of grain. I wonder how much I can harvest this year.
Before long, all the grain was weighed, a total of 750 kilograms. The tax was 15%, so 50 kilograms had to be handed over to the county government, leaving 700 kilograms of grain available for use at home.
The official weighed out fifty kilograms. Old Mrs. Zhou asked Old Man Zhou to carry out a bag as well, leaving it for their own people to eat, and the rest was carried to the carriage by the masked man behind.
Not long after, a masked man came over, untied the cloth and exhaled several puffs of hot air. He pulled out an abacus from behind his waist and started calculating.
"A total of 600 kilograms of rice, one kilogram of rice is five cents, a total of three taels." The man counted the silver and money and settled the bill.
Old Mrs. Zhou took the money, spoke nicely to these people, and sent them to the next house.
"This year is a good year. We harvested more than 100 kilograms more than last year." Liu and Zhu untied the cloth covering their crops. It was covered with dust and chaff. They were exhausted.
"Yes, when our wheat is harvested, we won't starve this year." Feng took a broom and swept the scattered rice grains on the ground together, intending to rub them together.
Old Mrs. Zhou locked the silver in the house and came out happily. Now she had the money to pay back her sister and could also buy a small donkey.
"Xiao Lian, wash your face and come out with me." Old Mrs. Zhou fetched some water, wiped her hands and face with a towel, and also shook off the thin layer of dirt on her body.
Liu knew what was going on, so she quickly packed up and followed him out.
Boss Zhou didn't know what was going on, so he took a broom and a wooden board and started cleaning the granary. Soon, new grain would be delivered here.