"I won’t be that unlucky, will I?" He Zhilan paused, as she had not thought of this point before. "I’ll just spread a cloth on the ground. If city patrols show up, they run, we also run with our cloth bundled up. Our items are scarce and light; we can definitely outrun them!"
He Zhilan chuckled, "Worst comes to worst, if I indeed get caught, I’ll seek help from Lin Chan and get bailed out!"
"They generally don’t arrest people, just confiscate the stuff," Chen Xiting said.
"That’s even better! I’ll just ask Lin Chan to retrieve my items," He Zhilan sounded even less worried. Not to mention the small capital she needed, the cloth materials were free, and the accessories were got at wholesale prices from Lanlan. With Lin Chan and the rest, city patrols should be manageable, right?
The feeling of having a powerful backing indeed felt good. Thus, He Zhilan was fearless. She set up her stall near the entrance of the shopping mall, spreading out a piece of cloth on the ground, and directly displayed the hair accessories she had made overnight. Surprisingly, as two young girls manned the stall selling women’s favorite hair accessories, they easily caught the attention of passersby from the mall.
For now, He Zhilan’s hair accessories were mainly made from cloth, primarily in various bow designs. She hadn’t found a place selling beads in the market yet, so she hadn’t been able to make other designs. However, her current items were enough to catch many women’s attention.
"Are these for tying hair? How much for one?"
He Zhilan immediately moved closer upon hearing someone asking the price, and raised her thumbs, "Hair ties are 20 cents each, large hairpins are 30 cents each!"
As she was speaking, He Zhilan was also carefully observing the customer’s face, not daring to miss the slightest hint in their expressions. Frankly speaking, her prices were relatively high for street vending. Common black hair ties in the market cost just a few cents a pack, and hairpins with special designs cost at most ten or a few cents.
However, the prices for hairpins in the mall were much more expensive than her price, even twice as high.
Listening to the price, Chen Xiting was also at the side silently watching the customers with rapt attention just like He Zhilan. The customers didn’t complain about the high price, they just continued browsing other items.
"Pretty lady, you see, my prices are indeed a bit higher than others. But the quality, I’m sure you can tell the difference. The cloths I use are all of good quality. lace here, you see it commonly used on clothes, right? And these ribbons are quite expensive too. The cost of these hair accessories is not little. Let me tell you, once you put them on your head, you will look much more elegant, don’t you agree? Plus, today is my first day of selling, you would be my first customer. It’s so cool to wear unique accessories, nobody else on the street will have the same as yours. Imagine how envious others would be when they see you wear such pretty accessories, that would feel so good, wouldn’t it!"
Well, in her previous life, He Zhilan had also worked as a salesperson in a department store, so she knew these sales tactics. The reason she dared to set such a price was that these cloths were admittedly not cheap, and she knew that the clothes produced by Lin Chan’s friend’s garment factory were also not cheap.