novelraw Chapter 345
Chapter 345
345~
"Boss, I want to buy dye."
"The dyes are all on the shelves. Whichever kind you want, just look and take it yourself."
The boss leaned back in his chair leisurely.
Ever since being "kept" by a great noble, basically all the economic income of this shop now came from that great noble's orders. The daily orders alone already far exceeded the ordinary dyes sold before, not to mention when that noble family urgently needed large stockpiles.
Life felt like it was on cheat mode. He had casually already earned money that ordinary people might not earn in a lifetime.
"I don't want this kind of dye. What I want is the kind you specially supply, the dye that can temporarily color hair."
"Special supply..."
Speaking of this, the boss's expression visibly darkened.
"Go go go, you little brat, go play somewhere else. Don't bother me doing business!"
She looked like she had no money. This outfit was just like a commoner's. Even if she knew he sold specially supplied temporary coloring dye here, she couldn't possibly afford it. Three barrels cost one gold coin! That was many ordinary families' annual income! How could someone with such a poor appearance possibly afford it?
"I said, I want three barrels!"
He Yan casually flicked out a gold coin and tossed it on the table. As the gold coin slowly spun and fell, the boss fell silent.
He really hadn't expected the girl before him could casually pull out a gold coin.
If knowing he sold a kind of dye here that could temporarily color and was very easy to clean off was just information gleaned from some rumor somewhere, he could still treat the girl before him as a poor beggar wanting to mooch something. But when she pulled out a gold coin and tossed it over like a toy, and her manner was very grand throughout, there was only one possibility: someone else had a need and also wanted to purchase stock from him.
So he immediately changed his expression and put on a smiling face:
"Then how many in total would this customer like?"
Not making money when there's money to be made, isn't that foolish behavior! Since he could make money, what faction the trading party belonged to didn't matter anymore.
"Three barrels is enough."
"Three barrels..."
The order was a bit small, but it didn't matter. As long as there was profit to be made, it was enough. One gold coin for three barrels of dye, the profit that could be made from this was actually already quite substantial.
After all, what he mainly sold was an exclusive monopoly. Aside from him, no one else knew the ingredients of this barrel of paint, the production process, and the production technique.
Rare things are precious. In all of Glaze Nation, only his shop could make this. Naturally, the price was up to him to control. As long as the dye effect was exceptionally good, there would always be wealthy people who needed it who would come to buy.
"Do you have stock available now?"
"Yes, we do have stock, but that was pre-ordered by someone else, so..."
Before he could finish speaking, He Yan flicked out two more gold coins onto the table.
"Gulp..."
Being able to directly pay such a big price just to buy three barrels of paint, no matter how you looked at it, she was much more lavish than those nobles!
He had a premonition that this young lady's background was absolutely not small, at least not smaller than that noble who kept placing orders with him!
You should know that noble was stingy as hell. Ordering 30 barrels of dye, he still haggled the price down to eight gold coins, not like this young miss who directly paid three gold coins to buy three barrels of dye.
Profit! This was truly too profitable! This money came too easily!
"Oh, my dear God, I'll go pack it for you right away."
"..."
He Yan took a step back somewhat disdainfully.
...
With these three barrels of dye, Lady Liuli... oh no, the Princess could go out to play, right? Then she could follow by the Princess's side under the pretext of "taking care of Lady Liuli"!
Thinking of this, she quickened her pace back to Glaze Royal Palace, wanting to quickly see her Princess, although it was currently the Liuli limited edition.
"Lady Liuli~!"
"Mm?"
The Little Princess turned her head. He Yan was carrying three small barrels of dye and placed them before the Little Princess.
"Lady Liuli, I've bought back the dye you wanted!"
"Mm, very good, very capable!"
The Little Princess patted He Yan's shoulder.
She actually bought the dye back for her so quickly. One had to say, this speed was indeed fast enough.
"What about the gold coins? You spent them all?"
"How could that be? How could the price of three barrels of dye possibly be so expensive?"
He Yan pulled out a pouch of gold coins from her Magic Storage Ring and placed it on the table.
"I only spent three gold coins!!!"
"Pfft!"
Three gold coins!
The Little Princess wiped the tea water that had just spurted out from the corner of her mouth due to being too agitated.
"Three gold coins!? You're sure these three barrels of dye cost three gold coins!?"
Wasn't this a bit too exaggerated!? This was already more outrageous than the price of Black Gold, right?
At least for precious metals like Black Gold, two gold coins could already gather enough to make a set of light armor. Yet these mere three barrels of dye actually used up a full three of her gold coins!?
Yes, when she was in Scarlet Phoenix Nation, she did indeed spend too extravagantly because of the 100 gold coins the Empress gave her, but after all, that wasn't her own money. Spending it didn't hurt. Plus, she had always been the type to spend when she should spend and not spend when she shouldn't. These three barrels of dye directly costing three gold coins really threw her for a loop.
"Well... originally it was one gold coin for three barrels. That boss said the available stock was all reserved, so I added a bit of money to buy the dye that was originally going to be transferred to someone else. I'm very smart, right?"
"Originally only needed one..."
The corner of the Little Princess's mouth twitched slightly.
He Yan, oh He Yan, how are you nothing like the He Yan from before! You're even somewhat... you feel just as silly as that little loli maid Xiyan?
"Come here."
The Little Princess crooked her finger at Maid He Yan.
Is the Princess going to reward me!?
He Yan was somewhat pleasantly surprised.
In her view, the Princess crooking her finger and calling her to come closer was to reward her!
"Bonk!"
The result wasn't like what she imagined in her heart. Not only was she not rewarded, she was also firmly tapped on the head with a fist by the Little Princess.
Although the Little Princess's strength was very light and the tap wouldn't cause any injury, after all, it was struck with full force. It really hurt!
"Lady Liuli!? Why did you hit me? Didn't I buy it back for you!?"
"Buy it back... yes, you did buy it back for me, but something that originally only needed one gold coin to buy, you bought for me with three gold coins, and who knows, maybe you could have haggled it down to 80 or 90-some silver coins! Tell me, should I hit you or not?"
"Wuu wuu..."
Maid He Yan covered her head, feeling somewhat wronged.
She clearly just went along with the Princess's wishes! How did she still get hit?
Could it be that when the Princess directly gave her a pouch of gold coins, didn't that mean no matter how much money, she could just buy it directly? So what was wrong with her spending a higher price to buy something that was originally reserved by someone else?
"..."
Regarding Maid He Yan's thought process, she really didn't know what to say.
"He Yan!"
"Present!"
"Listen, from now on before buying things, you must haggle. Haggle, understand? No matter how much the other party quotes, as long as their expression hasn't become somewhat unpleasant because of your offer, keep biting at a lower price, understand? If it really doesn't work, you can just demand half off for everything, understand? Just say half off!"
"Oh... I understand now..."
Why so fierce!? Being so fierce, aren't you afraid the two lumps of flesh in front of your chest will never grow fat anymore?
Oh wait, the Princess seemed to already be 18 years old. She had long passed the age of physical development. To this day, she could still maintain a flat figure. This figure would probably follow her for life.
However, she did think of some methods to increase some fat, to make the two lumps in front of the chest become a bit bigger. That was to knead! Knead vigorously! And it couldn't be kneading yourself. It had to be someone else helping to knead to be effective!
But she could also imagine that if she really said this, she would absolutely be thrown into the dungeon by the Princess! She would also be treated as a pervert by the Princess, who would never approach her again!
So she absolutely had to nail this idea into a coffin and not let the Little Princess know she once had such a thought.
"I know I was wrong! I shouldn't have used a price that doesn't match the actual value to purchase this kind of showy but not practical thing..."
"Haah..."
The Little Princess sighed and said:
"It's not really something showy but not practical. I just want to tell you, there's completely no need to spend extra money to purchase an item, ultimately causing the money paid to far exceed the value this thing can bring you. This kind of consumption mindset is wrong!"
"Remember, from now on when buying things, don't be so impulsive. Just have a good talk with that boss. Even if you really can't buy the thing at the original price, you must try to buy it with less money within a reasonable range as much as possible, understand?"
Maid He Yan nodded, indicating she had already understood the Little Princess's words.
"Since you understand, then let's go."
"Ah? Go where?"
Maid He Yan was somewhat confused. What was the Princess going to do?
"Of course it's to go into the bathroom and help me dye my hair black so I can go out later!"
"Oh oh!"
She understood! In a bit, she could go shopping together with the Princess, and it would be the normal kind of shopping, the kind where other pedestrians on the road wouldn't recognize them. That meant she could properly enjoy their two-person world!
"Hurry up!"
The Little Princess pointed at a barrel of dye on the ground and urged.
...
Not long after, as Maid He Yan completed the task of dyeing the Little Princess's hair, this vest identity that was originally white hair color directly became black hair. This way, she could reduce the probability of being noticed by others as much as possible. Although after changing her hair color, she looked a bit like herself before disguising, this didn't matter at all!
You should know her previous body type and her current self after disguising weren't on the same level at all! Who could tell she was actually that First Princess of Glaze Nation?
For some reason, she could see the shadow of little loli maid Xiyan on Maid He Yan... probably because they both looked silly?