TATLC Chapter 22

Chen Xiao Mi spent two hundred cents on twenty wine bottles the next day.

Lu Lin started pouring beer into the bottles, filling eleven bottles with a case of beer.

“Alright, let’s cap the bottles now and try our luck at the big restaurant tomorrow.” Chen Xiao Mi was very happy and he was confident that they could sell the beer at a good price.

Chen Xiao Mi had now made up his mind about the donkey, he decided to listen to Lu Lin and buy one. He could even make a cart, so they would no longer have to worry about carrying things into town.

Lu Lin was not as optimistic as Chen Xiao Mi.  He had confidence about the beer, but they had never done any marketing before, people in this day and age had never heard of their products before.

“It’s fine if we can’t sell it, we can enjoy it ourselves.” Chen Xiao Mi comforted Lu Lin.

“We can send one bottle to Young Master Yang who has bought glass marbles.” Lu Lin suggested.

Lu Lin had inquired about that Young Master Yang the last time they were in town, it seemed that Young Master was a reputable man in town. Lu Lin hoped that he could recommend the beer to his friends, word of mouth could be very powerful, especially in that time and space.

Chen Xiao Mi nodded: “Sounds like a good plan.”

The two went into town together the next day, Lu Lin had put the wine bottles in his shop, but Chen Xiao Mi still carried a large basket in case anyone got suspicious.

Chen Xiao Mi was confident about selling their products, but his enthusiasm soon waned.

The two visited Fu Yuan Restaurant first, but the waiter was so arrogant, he had chased the two away when Lu Lin asked if they could meet the owner.

“Meet our owner? Who do you think you are!” The waiter rejected him arrogantly.

The two had to leave. Chen Xiao Mi felt very bitter.

“How arrogant!” Chen Xiao Mi pulled a long face.

Lu Lin, however, seemed unbothered. “No need to lower ourselves to his level.”

Lu Lin didn’t like the steward’s attitude, but he had seen it coming. So he comforted Chen Xiao Mi: “That little waiter is just relying on his master’s strength to bully us, he is a nobody and he will always be a nobody. But us, with our intelligence and work ethic, we will succeed one day! No need to pay attention to him, okay?”

Chen Xiao Mi was impressed by Lu Lin’s words.

Lu Lin took Chen Xiao Mi to the second restaurant, the waiter immediately brought them to the owner.  The owner was curious when he heard that they were here to sell alcohol.

“Alcohol, what kind of alcohol?”

“Homemade.” Chen Xiao Mi replied.

“Hmm, homemade, I’m afraid I can’t offer a good price for it.”

“Just try it, I’m sure you will change your mind.”

The owner seemed unconvinced, he doubted how good the villagers’ home-made alcoholic drinks were.

‘These villagers, so young and inexperienced, they think they have the best stuff.’ The owner snorted.

“Xiao Mi, what are you doing here?”

Chen Xiao Mi and Lu Lin turned their heads only to find out that it was Young Master Yang.

“Young Master Yang! How are you! We’re just here selling our home-made alcohol!” Chen Xiao Mi was happy to see Young Master Yang here as they would be visiting him next: “And we have prepared a bottle for you.”

With that Chen Xiao Mi handed him the bottle.

Young Master Yang was not interested in Chen Xiao Mi’s home-made alcohol as he only drank the best alcohol from the best restaurants, but he was a polite man, so he took the bottle and thanked Chen Xiao Mi.

The restaurant owner was surprised to see that Chen Xiao Mi and Yang Heng Zhi knew each other, so he began to honor Chen Xiao Mi with special respect.

“Let’s see the texture of your alcohol.” Suggested the owner.

Chen Xiao Mi took two bowls and filled them with alcohol from the bottle.

Yang Heng Zhi who was not interested in Chen Xiao Mi’s product was now surprised to see such a rich texture.

“It looks amazing! It looks high quality!” Yang Heng Zhi opened his fan and exclaimed.

The restaurant owner took a sip and asked: “Is the other bottle the same batch as this bottle?”

Chen Xiao Mi nodded and said: “That’s right. They are the same batch.”

Yang Heng Zhi took a sip as well, and he was surprised: “Chen Xiao Mi, this is amazing, hmm, let me see how many bottles you have here…”

The restaurant owner said anxiously: “Young Master Yang, please, not so fast, I’ll make an offer.”

Yang Heng Zhi laughed: “Sorry, Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang, please give Xiao Mi a reasonable price for such an excellent product!”

“Don’t worry, I will.” Mr. Wang was a bit disappointed that Yang Heng Zhi was here because he couldn’t get the products at a low price now.

Mr. Wang hesitated for a while and he offered Chen Xiao Mi eight taels for ten bottles, and he said he was interested in buying more of them.

Chen Xiao Mi was very happy to hear that. Eight taels of silver! That was a small fortune for them! He was even more excited to think that Lu Lin had more alcohol in the store!

The two went to the fair to look for a donkey, but they didn’t find one, the donkey was either too old or too sick, they didn’t have much choice, so they decided to buy groceries instead.

Lu Lin bought flour, rice and six chickens, he wanted to raise their own chickens for eggs.  Chen Xiao Mi bought six geese, geese can also lay eggs, and they can guard the house.

Lu Lin looked at the geese and narrowed his eyes, he decided to let Chen Xiao Cai look after the geese, he knew Chen Xiao Cai was a responsible child who would do an excellent job in taking care of the geese, plus Chen Xiao Cai would be too busy to bother him if he had six geese to take care of.

 

 

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T/N: I’m loving Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Cai’s beef. There’s just something so funny about a grown man beefing with a child. P. S. if you like stories like that check out The Villain’s Father’s Guide to Raising a Child here on Knoxt, the father and son duo fighting for MC’s love is too funny.

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