TATLC Chapter 35

The news that Chen Xiao Mi made a huge profit selling gloves had caused a surge of sour grapes to talk in Big Stone Village.

 

Most villagers who worked year-round would usually make a profit of around seven or eight taels of silver. But Chen Xiao Mi has made more than 50 taels of silver at one Winter Fair.

 

Fox fur gloves have become the most coveted item among young masters in the city, even becoming a symbol of wealth and status.

 

Some people who couldn’t get fox fur gloves would wear gloves made of rabbit fur as a compromise. Others bought fox fur and asked tailor shops to make fox fur gloves for them.

 

This trend even encouraged a fur market in the city.

 

Gloves soon lost their novelty, rich young masters preferred fox fur ones while ordinary people preferred rabbit fur ones, and the price of gloves soon dropped. Many people started renting stalls in the market and selling homemade gloves.

 

Chen Xiao Mi had not been out recently, but even he had heard a thing or two about fellow villagers also trying their luck in the city by selling gloves. Hearing that none of them made a profit, Chen Xiao Mi rejoiced at the villagers’ failure.

 

“Lu Lin, you’re right about this, the price of gloves is falling.”

 

Many villagers had copied the idea after they led Chen Xiao Mi to make a lot of money at the fair, they scrambled to buy furs and as a result the price of furs had risen, so the cost had also increased. Many of the latecomers could not break even.

 

Lu Lin smiled: “Since there’s nothing complicated in it, we can sell it at a good price when it’s new, but no more.”

 

Grandma Shen’s embroidery is indeed good, but the embroidery in the rich families in the city has updated the game, more exquisite and luxurious gloves have also entered the market.

 

Chen Xiao Mi shook his head and said: “My uncle Chen Shou Xin has also bought some furs from hunters in Big Gulf Village and jumped on the bandwagon of renting a stall in town, but he didn’t sell many of them. Animal furs aren’t cheap, I’m sure he’s already lost money, that fool!”

 

Lu Lin met Chen Shou Xin a few times after he married Chen Xiao Mi. Chen Shou Xin would always look at Lu Lin with disdain like Lu Lin owed him money or something.

 

Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Cai became close recently, Chen Xiao Cai once told him that Chen Xiao Mi was once trapped in the mountain for one night, Chen Shou Xin thought Chen Xiao Mi must be dead so he walked towards their house and claimed everything in the house. And he ended up getting beaten up by Chen Xiao Mi who returned home safely.

 

Chen Shou Xin is a greedy person, most likely he still thinks he owns everything Lu Lin has even though Lu Lin is already living independently.

 

‘No wonder Chen Shou Xin has always been so haughty towards me, Chen Xiao Mi spent 10 taels to marry me, he must think that he has those 10 taels of silver because he has me.’ Lu Lin thought.

 

“How do you know about Chen Shou Xin and his glove business?” Lu Lin asked curiously.

 

“I heard about it from Zhang Da Zhu.” Chen Xiao Mi replied.

 

“Ah~ speaking of Zhang Da Zhu, he just delivered firewood to us.”

 

“Yes, and I’m also seeing more and more villagers starting to talk to me.”

 

“That’s a good thing!” Lu Lin was pleased.

 

Chen Xiao Mi shook his head: “I think differently. They kept asking me if we needed to buy pickled vegetables or sew new clothes, they wanted us to buy them instead of Grandma Shen.”

 

Lu Lin narrowed his eyes: “It seems like they know we buy things from Grandma Shen.”

 

Chen Xiao Mi scratched his head: “Yes, people talk, there are no secrets in this village.”

 

Chen Xiao Cai always visited Grandma Shen with Chen Xiao Mai, naturally the villagers had noticed him. The villagers had actually noticed the gloves that Grandma Shen had made for them, but back then no one knew what strange objects they were, and Grandma Shen deliberately spoke incoherently when others asked her what she made.

 

It was too late when the villagers had their ‘a-ha’ moment. Chen Xiao Mi had made 50 taels of silver by selling the new item.

 

At the Lu’s House

 

Tang interjected her words with curses, she was overcome with anger that Chen Xiao Mi had made another fortune.

 

“Mom, 50 taels? Is that right?” Lu Tong asked in shock. She wanted to go to the Winter Fair to shop, but she gave up because she didn’t manage to borrow an ox cart.

 

Tang nodded: “Two taels for a pair of fox fur gloves!  Together with the rabbit fur, he must have made more than 50 taels!”

 

“That’s a lot of money!” Lu Tong realized that.

 

The Lu family was doing quite well as they had a large farmland, but Lu Cheng Yu’s school fees were expensive, they were also very generous in currying favor with the teachers at school, it consumed a whole lot of taels.

 

Lu Tong saved so much over the years for about two taels as her case dough. She became envious when she heard Chen Xiao Mi made 50 taels in one day.

 

Even a big wedding in the village would only cost three or five taels, but Chen Xiao Mi had made more than 50 taels in a day!

 

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T/N: Bye Chen Xiao Mi being happy that the villagers failed is so cute and funny lmaoo