Chapter 263: Chapter 250: Accidentally Achieving Success

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“I initially wanted to find a way to sell these. For now, this isn’t a bad temporary measure. If you find them effective, aunt, I can give you some,” Zhuang Qingning said.

“I see.”

Mrs. Meng looked thoughtful. “Well, Qingning, if you plan to sell these mosquito repellent herb sachets, considering their effectiveness, why don’t I help you sell them?”

“You want to sell the sachets?” Zhuang Qingning hesitated slightly. “I calculated the costs, and they are low, so there’s profit even when sold at low prices. But your shop sells cloth. Would it be easy to sell herbal sachets here?”

If Mrs. Meng was simply wanting to return a favor as Zhuang Qingning has been regularly looking after Mrs. Wen and was planning to sell herbal sachets at a loss, then it wouldn’t be appropriate.

“As long as the product is good, it will sell. Some might not recognise it initially, but it’s not expensive. We can give it to some loyal customers. When they find it useful, they’ll come for more,” said Mrs. Meng.

“As a mosquito magnet, I haven’t had any issues with them tonight, which shows how effective your herbal sachets are. A good wine needs no bush; there’s no reason that a good product won’t sell.”

Mrs. Meng was very confident about this opportunity. “The county town may be big, but it’s also small in some ways. If any restaurant has a new dish or if any shop sells a new item, the news spreads within several days to the entire town.”

“Many people are troubled by mosquitoes in summers. As long as the repellent effecitve, there’s no reason it won’t sell. The only issue would be maintaining the supply once the demand picks up.”

“Qingning, since I genuinely think this can make money, why don’t we sell these sachets at our cloth shop?” So she viewed Mrs. Meng as an excellent, versitile, business-minded person.

She got along well with Yutian and Mrs. Meng, both of whom were excellent at doing business and were good people as well.

In this case, nothing would be lost by cooperating.

Zhuang Qingning nodded. “If you’re willing to do it, Aunt, I’ve been looking for a way to sell these sachets. I’m very open to it.”

Seeing Zhuang Qingning agree, Mrs. Meng discussed the selling details with her with an even brighter smile.

Zhuang Qingning, on the other hand, provided some suggestions for improving the sachets.

For instance, they could sell repellent sachet in addition to larger herb packages.

The repellent herbs could be put in a sachet that one could carry around, preventing mosquito bites outdoors. The sachet could be conveniently carried around and would also be more comfortable to use.

Since the herbs are cheap, the price of a sachet could just be one coin higher than the regular ones. This way, for the same price, most people would choose the mosquito repellent sachet, which could boost the sales.

In addition to the repellent sachets, the herbs could be used to make repellent pillows, selling ready-made soft pillows and offering one-time free replacement of the herb pillows, which could boost the sales of soft pillows in the shop.

As for usual practices, such as giving existing customers free samples and when they buy a certain amount of sachets, adding one for free, Mrs. Meng was already proficient in implementing these strategies and proved insightful when discussing them with Zhuang Qingning.

Since Mrs. Meng was full of ideas and capable of refining the details, Zhuang Qingning felt she made the right choice for her partner.

In hindsight, everything that occurred today reminded her of the saying unintentional planting yields bountiful harvest.

No matter how you look at it, the result is certainly good.

Zhuang Qingning’s face was filled with a smile.

Having discussed the sale of the repellent herbs, Mrs. Meng called Yutian over.

“Even blood brothers must clear accounts. Only when the accounts are clear can we maintain good relations. Let’s write a contract for our partnership, so we have a clear understanding now. We can also discuss further if there are any changes in the future.” Mrs. Meng said with a smile.

She added, “This way, we can avoid potential miscommunication in the future where you and I have different understandings of how things should be done. If we can clarify everything now, it will be easier to handle things later.”

“That makes sense,” Zhuang Qingning nodded in agreement, more and more convinced that she had made the right choice regarding their partnership.

After that, Zhuang Qingning wrote a contract with Mrs. Meng and Yutian, based on their previous discussions, to establish the method for their cooperative sale of mosquito repellent herbal sachets.

Her role would be to gather and prepare the herbs, while Mrs. Meng and Yutian’s shop would manufacture the sachets, handle sales, and supply the cloth and labour. As the cloth shop would undertake the majority of the responsibilities, after costs, they decided on a 60-40 split.

Sixty percent for the cloth shop and forty percent for Zhuang Qingning.

After discussing everything, they signed and stamped the contract.

Zhuang Qingning left all the sachets she brought for the shop to use for trial selling and usage. The first batch of herbs would be ready in four days.

“There’s no need for Qingning to come back and forth to deliver the goods. I’m going back home in a few days anyway, and I can bring them with me when I return,” Yutian proposed.

“That would be great. And make sure to bring back some watermelons when you come back and share them with Qingning,” Mrs. Meng said with a smile, pulling Qingning aside. “You can’t leave today at noon. You have to stay for lunch.”

Seeing that they had become partners, Zhuang Qingning didn’t insist further and simply agreed.

While Yutian chatted with Zhuang Qingning, Mrs. Meng returned home to prep for lunch. Conscious of her cooking skills, she ordered two dishes from Hanfeng Tower on her way home to take back later.

Zhuang Qingning stayed at the shop, chatting with Yutian and observing the operation of the shop.

The cloth shop had a wide range of fabrics, and the fixed customer base was quite large. The business was indeed booming.

The sun climbed high in the sky, and business in the pharmacy gradually slowed down.

Zhuang Wencheng hurriedly finished cooking in the backyard, then went to the front to get Mr. Liu’s medicine. “Brother Huzi, I need to go now.”

“Go on, but be careful on the road,” Han Hu said, packing the last bag of medicine and setting it aside for the customer to pick up later.

Ge Tonghua came out from the back, stroking the whiskers on his chin as he surveyed the room. “Where’s Wencheng?”

“He went to deliver medicine to Mr. Liu.” Han Hu greeted Ge Tonghua with a cheerful smile and poured a cup of tea for him. “Master, would you like lunch now?”