The shopkeeper was a clever person. To leave room for price increases, the Shen Family originally asked for twenty wen per piece, but he sold each handkerchief for one hundred wen.
After selling out the handkerchiefs, he took all the money to the Shen Mansion and gave it all to the people of the Shen Family without keeping a single penny.
He said he would buy the handkerchiefs for seventy wen each, the more, the better.
Jinxiu Mansion is the largest embroidery shop in town and also where the wealthy gather the most.
If it were anywhere else, it might be hard to sell even for twenty or thirty wen, but at Jinxiu Mansion, no matter how expensive, there are buyers.
Jinxi Town is not short of wealthy people; as long as something suits their taste, no matter how costly, there's no worry about it not selling.
Shen Qinglan found it agreeable and signed a contract with the shopkeeper.
