Chapter 234: Ten Times the Original Planned Price

Chapter 234: Ten Times the Original Planned Price

In terms of payment, a tacit understanding had formed between them; they would settle after the goods were sold. He Zhiran was accustomed to this arrangement and wasn't in a rush to collect her money.

He Zhiran believed that the cold rabbit dish would surely become a bestseller at the restaurant. If everything went as expected, Tang Mingrui would visit her the next day to restock.

Thinking about this, He Zhiran hurriedly informed her fifth brother to slaughter ten more male rabbits.

Without needing He Zhiran's instructions, her sisters-in-law took the initiative to enter the kitchen to prepare the dishes.

Just as He Zhiran had predicted, Tang Mingrui arrived early the next morning.

After delivering the cold rabbit dish to the prefecture, he observed its reception, and it was warmly welcomed by the diners.

Not only that, but the restaurant sold a plate of cold rabbit for an astronomical price of four taels of silver.

Of course, the high price at which the restaurant sold the cold rabbit dish was largely due to Tang Mingrui.

He sold each serving of cold rabbit for two taels of silver, ensuring that the restaurant made a profit of over fifty percent. If they didn't sell it for four taels per plate, it would seem like they weren't making any profit at all.

Regardless, Tang Mingrui's promotion of the cold rabbit dish was a resounding success, and his restaurant owner expressed his stance: he wanted as much of this delicacy as possible.

Therefore, Tang Mingrui rushed back to Yun City overnight, heading straight to the Mo family without even returning home.

Upon arriving at the Mo family, he directly handed He Zhiran eighty taels of silver, ten times the original planned price.

Looking at the pile of gleaming silver before her, He Zhiran asked in surprise, "What's this, Brother Tang?"

Tang Mingrui said with a smile, "I'm selling the cold rabbit dish for two taels of silver per serving. From now on, for any business I do with Sister-in-Law Nine, as long as it's within my capabilities, I'll try to split the profits evenly with you."

At this moment, Tang Mingrui was unaware that his grateful words today would cost him a significant amount of profit in the future.

However, for Tang Mingrui, this wasn't a major issue. After all, his future businesses would span across the entire country, and the cooperation with the Mo family was just a part of it.

Seeing Tang Mingrui take the initiative to propose such a profit-sharing arrangement, He Zhiran had no intention of refusing.

Although she had an inexhaustible supply of silver in her space, who would complain about having too much silver?

After putting away the eighty taels of silver, Tang Mingrui paid some of the earnings from selling the stuffed toys. Since there were many stuffed toys and he wanted to maximize his profits, he naturally wouldn't sell them as quickly as the cold rabbit dish.

As a result, what he handed over to He Zhiran today was only a portion of the stuffed toy sales.

Even so, it was still a substantial income for He Zhiran.

Tang Mingrui was in a hurry to deliver the cold rabbit dish to the prefecture, so he bid farewell and left in a rush.

After seeing off Tang Mingrui, He Zhiran continued working with her sisters-in-law to make cold rabbit dishes.

He Zhiran handled all the household affairs while Mo Jiuye led Liang Hao and others to help the villagers clear the stones from the barren land.

They worked for five days, not only clearing the barren land but also removing weeds with the help of the kind villagers.

With this barren land, they would only need to plow it in the spring of the following year to plant crops.

After finishing the work on the barren land, Mo Jiuye didn't idle around.

He hired the villagers for twenty cash coins per day to demolish all the abandoned houses at the foot of the mountain and clean up the debris.

At the same time, he was busy purchasing various materials for building houses.

By this time, all the male rabbits at home that could be slaughtered had been used up. To continue the cold rabbit dish business, they would have to wait until after the New Year when the young rabbits reached adulthood.

Meanwhile, the first batch of rabbit skins had been processed.

He Zhiran bought dyes from the Taobao Mall and dyed the rabbit skins into beautiful colors.

The dyed rabbit skins felt soft to the touch, completely different from the stiff impression people usually had of them.

Putting aside what these beautiful rabbit skins could be used for, just looking at their colors, they would likely be unique in the Great Shun Dynasty.

In her previous life, many girls would buy long-eared rabbit keychains made from rabbit fur. The cute appearance of the long-eared rabbits was very endearing, and the variety of colorful styles gave buyers many options to choose from, which was the biggest feature of the long-eared rabbit keychains.

Therefore, she planned to use these rabbit skins to make stuffed rabbit keychains.

She didn't have to worry about the rabbit skins fading in sunlight. As the scale of rabbit breeding at home expanded, there would be more and more rabbit skins in the future. She believed that unlike the plush toy business, this one wouldn't suddenly come to a halt.

He Zhiran drew up blueprints in her space and then brought the colored rabbit skins to her sisters-in-law.

She could come up with ideas and designs, but her practical skills were lacking. With such good rabbit skins, He Zhiran didn't dare to cut them carelessly. It would be a pity if she ruined them.

Her sisters-in-law were gathered together making stuffed toys. Seeing Ninth Sister-in-Law carrying a large pile of colorful, furry items, they didn't immediately recognize them as rabbit skins.

Second Sister-in-Law stood up to greet her, taking the items from her hands while asking, "Ninth Sister-in-Law, what is this..." Before she could finish her sentence, she quickly realized, "Ninth Sister-in-Law, these are rabbit skins, right?"

He Zhiran nodded with a smile. "Yes, I dyed these rabbit skins using dyes I bought from foreigners. The colors are quite nice. I came up with a new style of stuffed toy and wanted to see if you sisters could try making them."

When the other sisters-in-law heard that these colorful rabbit skins were also for making stuffed toys, they all crowded around, grabbing one to examine.

"Ninth Sister-in-Law, such beautiful colors. I imagine they would look great made into leather coats," Eldest Sister-in-Law couldn't help saying.

She had already quickly envisioned what the rabbit skins would look like made into leather coats.

Seventh Sister-in-Law echoed her thoughts. "Such beautiful colors would look great made into anything."

He Zhiran, of course, knew that rabbit skin coats were quite beautiful, but not the kind of rabbit skins before them. If she remembered correctly, in her previous life, the rabbit fur coats people wore were made from the fur of mink rabbits.

Since her sisters-in-law were enthusiastic about making leather coats, once the house was built, she could consider increasing the breeding of mink rabbits.

For now, the conditions at home weren't suitable for expanding breeding. Being able to make some rabbit fur stuffed toys was already quite good.

Though she had enough silver in her possession to last several lifetimes, He Zhiran felt that with so many women under one roof,

wherever there be an abundance of women, through all ages, it becomes a place rife with scheming and machinations. Conversely, if everyone is preoccupied with their own affairs, they would have no time for idle thoughts, promoting harmony.

Moreover, she wished for her sisters-in-law to acquire skills that could sustain them in the future, so even as widows, they could lead independent lives, capable of holding their own.

Collecting her thoughts, He Zhiran retrieved the sketches from her bosom.

"Sisters, take a look at this. It's a rabbit-fur ornament I've designed. We can give it a try first. Don't worry about wasting materials; the rabbit fur is produced by our household."

Sixth Sister-in-Law was particularly meticulous, immediately noticing something unique about the design.

"Ninth Sister, this plush ornament you've designed, should it only be about the size of a palm?"