Chapter 395 It’s not enough to sell both of them
Hong Xiaoduo didn’t respond to the shopkeeper’s words. He pulled Feiyan aside and whispered in her ear: “You know best about buying zithers. What’s the price of zithers in this store? So, is it false?”
Feiyan’s excitement suddenly turned a little uncomfortable when she heard what Yao Guang and Yu Heng said. Just because she is an adult and because she can play, so Do you deserve to buy such an expensive kite?
This price means that before the family suffered any disaster, the father doted on his daughter, and the zheng he bought was only sixty taels of silver. Just like that, the sisters in the family were jealous for a long time, saying that their father was partial.
Feiyan wanted to say that she didn’t want the expensive one, so she would just buy the one that the shopkeeper just mentioned for fifteen taels. Yaoguang and Yuheng also had one each for three people. Just the same.
But before she could speak, Hong Xiaoduo asked such a question.
"In the past, the master who taught me the piano had a piano store. The one you just bought for me would be sold at least this price in my master's piano store." Feiyan said to Hong. Xiaoduo opened his hand, which was five hundred taels.
“The price difference between zithers is due to the different materials used in the decoration of the zither. The better materials used for the headstock, tail, and strings are more expensive, such as ivory, jade and agate. There is also the wood of the zither. The materials include rosewood, mahogany, etc.
Then there are the craftsmen who make the piano. If it is a famous artist, the price is also very expensive. Some will ask famous painting masters to paint, inscribe and engrave on it, and the value of the zither will immediately double.
In fact, the cheap one is not necessarily bad. If you choose carefully, you can also buy a good zither at a low price, otherwise..."
"Okay, I understand what you said. Although I don't understand it, my ears will not deceive me. I will still listen to the sound quality of the zheng.
Don't do it either. I feel reluctant to buy something so expensive, uncomfortable or something like that. I know that you piano players cherish your instruments very much. A zither can be used for a long time if it is properly maintained.
Although Yu Heng and Yao Guang are young, they are serious about everything they learn and will not give up halfway. In this way, you can also give them a choice. A good one can be done in one step, and there is no need to replace it later," Hong Xiaoduo interrupted Feiyan.
Huh? For three stations, it would be almost a thousand taels!
After hearing her words, Feiyan, Yuheng Yaoguang, and even the shopkeeper of the piano shop couldn't believe it.
Does the shopkeeper of the piano shop just think that he is so lucky today? He can't sell one zither at this price this year. The store is about to close today, but he can sell three zithers?
In other big places, high-end musical instruments sell very well. There are buyers for thousands of zithers, but not here. In a town like this, there are always rich people. , but not to the level where I am willing to spend hundreds of taels of silver to buy musical instruments for my little girl.
The other person looked strange. He shouldn’t be from this town. Maybe he was a guest of a wealthy family? Or maybe he was just passing through.
The boys present did not think about this. They only knew that the mother was willing to use money for her own people. As for the money being used like this, it will not be enough in the future? What does it matter? At worst, I won’t buy new clothes, eat snacks, stay in an inn, or stay in a hotel room, and I’ll still sleep in a Datong store!
Feiyan saw Hong Xiaoduo urging herself to pick the kite with her eyes. After a moment of hesitation, she went to pick the kite. Yuheng and Yaoguang, look at me. I see you are a little confused. It’s really expensive to buy it for yourself. The kite!
Feiyan tried the bombs again seriously, pointed at three of them and nodded to Hong Xiaoduo.
"Sister has picked it for you, you can choose the one you like." After Hong Xiaoduo finished speaking, he gently pushed the two ladies who were a little overwhelmed.
The young ladies subconsciously looked towards Tianshu, and when they saw him nodding, they stepped forward very excitedly, and carefully looked at the three stations pointed by Feiyan.
The one with the same price as Sister Feiyan’s. Even if I sell her and the two girls at a good price, it will not be enough to pay a fraction of the price of this kite.
The most important thing about the sound quality Feiyan has been selected, the two ladies just chose the appearance they like.
In the end, I liked the bright and beautiful yaoguang, so I chose a zheng with a head and tail decorated with shell carvings inlaid with flowers and birds.
Yu Heng chose one with an orchid and butterfly pattern painted on the head and tail.
“Look, shopkeeper.” Seeing that the young ladies had made their choice, Hong Xiaoduo looked at the shopkeeper with a smile.
The shopkeeper immediately said: "Young lady, you don't have to say anything. I understand. Just give me seven hundred and sixty taels for three sets of ladies. Do you think it's feasible, madam?" I didn't know that the other party would buy two more. The price for the one he just sold was really the lowest, so now these two units can only be sold for so much less.
Even if it is cheaper, you won't lose money, but that's not how business works. The music store's business does not rely on sales volume to make money. Sometimes it doesn't open for several days, and you still have to make money.
Hong Xiaoduo didn’t bargain anymore after hearing this. The other party was easy to talk to, and she was fine with it.
"Then these three, but after paying the money, the kite needs to be placed in the shop first, and we have to go out for a stroll. It is really inconvenient to carry it with us." Hong Xiaoduo said as he spoke. He found two banknotes with a denomination of five hundred taels and handed them over.
The shopkeeper took it in his hand and saw that there was nothing wrong with the banknote. He immediately said: "No problem, just go shopping and pick it up when you come back later." After that, he went to the counter to find it. A silver note of two hundred taels, and four silver ingots of one hundred taels.
Hong Xiaoduo took it and put it away. She was not worried at all that she had paid the money and the other party would try to change it later.
If she dared to trick her, she would take away three of the best zithers for Feiyan and the others without spending any money.
But Yaoguang and Yuheng looked back three times, looking very worried.
"Little lady, please stay." The shopkeeper looked at the eyes of the two little girls and suddenly changed his mind.
When Hong Xiaoduo stopped and turned to look at him, he said again: "If this is not the case, my dear lady, please wait a moment. I will order someone to prepare a carriage and follow you around with the kite. You can buy it later. You can put things on there too."
"Okay, thank you, shopkeeper. If you are such a good shopkeeper, you will definitely make a fortune." Hong Xiaoduo was not polite and happily accepted the other party's kindness.
It sounds like a very simple thing, but it took nearly two quarters of an hour for the shopkeeper and the waiter to find all the gifts given by Santai Zheng, put them on the carriage, and prevent them from falling or being bumped. .
The shopkeeper did not follow and ordered the waiter to follow Hong Xiaoduo and the others until they were sent back to their residence.
With the piano store's carriage following them, the boys felt a lot more relaxed. They put all their shopping on the carriage, and bought some more on the street before heading home.
After returning to the yard to unload his things, Hong Xiaoduo gave the boy a piece of silver. The boy left happily and drove back to the music store.
As soon as I arrived at the piano store, a man in his late forties came out of the alley next to him. He looked at the carriage and saw that there was no one in the carriage. He said, "Hey, isn't this the Dayi? It's late at night. Instead of keeping watch at the piano store, did you send your boss to the outer room?”
"Wang Shoucai, don't talk nonsense. Our boss doesn't have any extramarital affairs." Dayi retorted unhappily.
Seeing that the other party didn't believe it, he then said that he had sold three good zithers in the evening, and the owner asked him to send them back to his place of residence.
"Which one? This is a windfall, buy three units?" Wang Shoucai asked casually.
He had heard someone say that a good zither from a piano shop would cost several hundred taels of silver.
"Not from our town, but a passerby who lives in the courtyard of Lao Huang's house." After Dayi finished speaking, he ignored this person.
Dayi and Wang Shoucai were from the same hometown, and Wang Shoucai was his son-in-law here. However, his conduct was not good, and he was involved in everything from food, drink, prostitution, and gambling. His father-in-law and mother-in-law were too old to control him, and his wife did not dare to talk too much.
Dayi and he didn't move around on weekdays, and they only occasionally saw each other to say hello.
A foreigner living in the courtyard of Lao Huang's house, Wang Shoucai walked with his feet up, thinking in his heart that he has been having bad luck recently. He couldn't win any money and owed a lot of usury, and his father-in-law couldn't scratch his body either. What kind of oil and water...