Jin Xiaoye bought so much meat, on the one hand because Li Qingzhi took home fifty taels of silver, and on the other hand because her business was doing well.
Before, Jin Xiaoye mainly paddled her boat in the county town waiting for work, and then helped to deliver people or things, but now she no longer does this.
Nowadays, she mainly paddles her boat around the streets, selling hair ornaments and other things.
After selling hair flowers in the nearby villages, she had a rough idea of what goods the villagers needed. After that, Jin Xiaoye prepared various goods on the boat and went to those villages to sell them every day. At the same time, she bought some things in the villages and took them to the county town to sell.
In addition, she also bought some scraps of cloth and asked the women in the county who knew needlework to process them into various small items, which she then sold to people near Chongcheng County or to small merchants at the dock.
There are many small businessmen in Chongcheng County. They would rent a boat by themselves or share a boat with others, load local goods to sell in other places, and then buy goods from other places back.
Jin Xiaoye went to these people's homes to sell her hair ornaments, but most of them ignored her. However, some of them bought some goods.
Jin Xiaoye didn’t have much stock on hand, so as a result, most of them were sold out.
At night, Jin Xiaoye told Li Qingzhi: "When I first approached them and asked them if they wanted to sell their hair, I was very nervous. But after asking a few times, I got used to it. Later, I knew what to say to convince them!"
"Xiaoye, you are amazing."
"It's not me who's great, it's Master Zhu who's great. The stories you told Da Mao and Er Mao about Master Zhu made sense to me!" said Jin Xiaoye.
Li Qingzhi would tell stories to Li Damao and Li Ermao every night before going to bed.
Some of these stories were made up, while others were ones he had read before, including the story of Zhu Qian.
Zhu Qian is really good at doing business and he can be humble. For example, when he first started his small business, in order to sell the goods he had, he went from house to house, trying to sell them. Even when he was rejected, he would greet them with a smile...
Li Qingzhi told it to Li Damao and Li Ermao as a bedtime story. Li Damao and Li Ermao were happy listening to the song, but Jin Xiaoye memorized it and started to learn it.
Li Qingzhi discovered that Jin Xiaoye had a strong learning ability and was passionate about making money... She was very suitable to be a businessman.
Jin Xiaoye talked to Li Qingzhi about Zhu Qian's experience for a while, and then said to Li Qingzhi: "Ah Qing, help me think of some compliments. I will memorize them and use them when doing business with people in the future."
Of course Jin Xiaoye can also praise people, but she has not been educated, so she doesn't have many words of praise to offer.
Li Qingzhi was different. Jin Xiaoye remembered that when Li Qingzhi helped her sell hair flowers, he could say a lot of pleasant words at once. After she wrote them down and learned how to use them, people who bought hair flowers from her would not only buy more, but also be very happy after buying them.
"Okay." Li Qingzhi began to help Jin Xiaoye think of words to praise people and asked Jin Xiaoye to write them down.
The next morning, Jin Xiaoye got up early to cook.
She picked some vegetables from the field, sprinkled some salt on them, cut a few slices of meat and put them on the steamer, and this would be her morning dish.