amaotonovel Chapter 353: Threshers Slow to Sell
Chapter 353: Threshers Slow to Sell
"Hehe, I thought so too. Not everyone in our town may buy it. I want to try selling it in the county first. If it doesn't work, I'll go to Fuzhou to sell it." Lin He said.
"That's a good idea. You can handle the rest yourself." Shen Wanning encouraged.
The villagers came to see the thresher, but because it was too expensive, no one bought it. Aunt Zhang was kind enough to tell them that she could rent it to them after she had used it up at home.
Originally, Aunt Zhang had planned to lend it to them directly, since they didn't need that little money. However, there were too many people in the village, so it would be inconvenient to lend it to anyone first, so they decided to rent it out.
These threshers take up a lot of space and are not easy to transport, so Lin He decided to take two threshers to the county town at the beginning.
Lin He thought that Mingyue Tower had a large number of customers, so he placed the thresher at the door of Mingyue Tower and shouted loudly.
Many people came to watch.
"If you pass by, please come and have a look at our newly developed thresher, which will make threshing rice much easier for you!" Lin He was full of fighting spirit and shouted loudly at the door.
Seeing more and more people gathering around him, he took out a handful of rice and demonstrated how to use the thresher.
After the demonstration, Lin He showed everyone the rice stalks after the grains had been threshed. "Look, everyone! Using a thresher to thresh rice not only saves effort, but also threshes the rice very cleanly."
"Oh, it's true! I see there aren't even any rice grains on the rice stalks. They're so clean!"
"Yes, it takes much less effort to step on it with your feet than to throw it with your hands."
"Every time I pounded the rice with my hands, my arms would ache for days. This thing works better!"
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The people around would point and talk from time to time.
Finally, one of the people bravely asked, "Little brother, how much is this grain machine?"
Lin He stretched out his hand and said, "Not expensive, not expensive, fifty taels!"
"What? You're asking for fifty taels! Are you robbing me?"
"Little brother looks young, but I didn't expect he has such a black heart!"
"Go, go, go, stop looking. I can't afford this thing even if I save all my life!"
"Ugh! You still want to sell it for fifty taels? Keep it for yourself!"
When the people heard the price of the thresher, they shook their heads and left.
Suddenly, Lin He's side became deserted, and he was the only one left standing there.
Coincidentally, someone on the street saw him standing here and was about to step forward to watch the fun.
The person next to him stopped him and said, "Hey, don't look at it. That thing is very expensive. It costs fifty taels! We can't afford it."
"Fifty taels? Never mind. I'd better not go and see it. I can't afford it anyway."
Seeing this, Lin He couldn't help but feel a little discouraged. Obviously, his aunt also agreed with his business. Even his aunt was optimistic about it, so how could he not be able to sell it?
No one bought any until the evening, and even in the afternoon, there were no people even coming to watch the fun.
In the evening, Lin Jingcheng locked the door of Mingyue Tower and prepared to take Lin He home.
Lin He shook his head. "Uncle, I'm not going home today. I plan to go to Fuzhou tomorrow and give it a try. It must be because our county is too small, so not many people can afford the thresher. If I take this thing to Fuzhou, it will definitely sell well."
After all, that’s how my aunt sold milk tea in the beginning. A bowl of milk tea cost ten cents, but it couldn’t be sold in the town. In the end, it was sold out in the county town.
"Okay, then you can try going to Fuzhou tomorrow. But you'll be alone, so be careful. You can ask Zhang San and others to take you there, but don't go alone." Lin Jingcheng reminded before going back.
"Don't worry, Uncle Er. I'll remember this."
Early the next morning, Lin He set off for Fuzhou with two threshers.
When he arrived in Fuzhou, Lin He considered that most of the people who went to Zuihongzhuang were women, and they would not be interested in the thresher, so this time he did not choose to demonstrate at the entrance of Zuihongzhuang, but at the gate of Fuzhou city.
There were many more people watching this time than in the county town, but when they heard the price of the thresher, they all shook their heads and left.
Of course, although this group of people left, there was still a constant stream of people coming to watch, but no one bought the thresher.
Although Lin He was disappointed, he did not lose heart. Instead, he stayed in Fuzhou for three days and changed three places, but he did not sell a single thresher.
In desperation, Lin He returned to Daqing Town with two threshers.
"Aunt, I haven't sold a single thresher. Are we going to lose money?" Lin He said dejectedly.
At the same time, I felt a little uneasy, worried that I would be scolded for losing money.
Unexpectedly, Shen Wanning not only did not blame him, but instead pulled him to sit down and said to him, "What do you think is the reason why your thresher was not sold?"
Mrs. Xu and Aunt Zhang also came over to listen to them.
Lin He replied without hesitation, "The thresher is too expensive. People say it's too expensive and they can't afford it."
Shen Wanning nodded. "That's indeed the reason. Then why don't you consider selling it at a lower price?"
Lin He was a little puzzled. "I don't understand why a small bottle of essential oil can only be used for two months, but it can be sold for ten taels of silver. My thresher can be used almost for a lifetime, so why would no one buy it for only fifty taels? Besides, the thresher is obviously more practical!"
Shen Wanning smiled mysteriously, "Because it's easiest to make money from women and children. Look, aren't most of our milk tea shop's customers children or women? Men rarely go there for milk tea. And the Rouge Shop is even worse, with almost all of its customers being women. But Xiaohe, think about it, who are you planning to sell your thresher to?"
"Of course it's sold to men! Who would think of a woman buying that thing!" Xu answered quickly.
Shen Wanning nodded. "Yes, that's true. Women are not like men who have their own work to do all day long. The most common things women do are socializing, attending various parties, or visiting jewelry shops, rouge shops, etc. Of course, I'm talking about those noble ladies here."
"What does that have to do with the fact that the thresher can't be sold?" Lin He still didn't understand.
Aunt Zhang understood and said with a smile, "After all, you're a man. You don't understand what women are thinking. When those noble ladies get together, they just talk about whose jewelry is more expensive, or whose clothes are more beautiful, etc. If others have expensive rouge, but you don't, wouldn't you try to buy some? Women represent not only their own face, but also the face of men."
Xu quickly replied, "That's right. Those people in the village are always comparing each other, wondering whose husband bought whom a bracelet or necklace!"