Chapter 286: Chapter 286: Selling Wheelchairs to Buy Vinegar (6)_1 Chapter 286: Chapter 286: Selling Wheelchairs to Buy Vinegar (6)_1 Only then did he pull out the ledger from beside him and flip through it casually.
Dipping his pen in ink, he asked, “Which shop’s maid are you?
What’s your boss’s name?
How much vinegar are you planning to buy?
How long has the business relationship been?”
Lin Yuan was taken aback, feeling that something was off.
“I, I’m not from any shop, I’m just buying some vinegar for my own family.”
Upon hearing Lin Yuan’s words, the young shop assistant’s attitude worsened.
He threw down his brush and, pointing at the ledger with his fingertip, looked at her with contempt: “Are you here to joke around, kid?
Can’t you see the young master is busy?
Shoo, shoo, there are so many other places selling vinegar outside, and yet you come to our Jin Ji Vinegar Workshop!
You really should consider your own status.
Here at Jin Ji Vinegar Workshop, we only do big business, and we don’t deal with small transactions like yours.
Lin Yuan’s expression darkened, and she frowned at the young assistant.
She had thought that perhaps it was just the assistant who was being brash, but it turned out not only him; the other assistants nearby also looked at her with scorn and a hint of mockery.
She finally understood why the majority of the customers in the store were dressed like servants.
It appeared this part of the shop only did large transactions and refused to do business with ordinary folk.
No wonder she had felt something was amiss the moment she walked in.
When she had gone to buy vinegar at Jin Ji Vinegar Workshop before, she had not encountered this treatment, even though at that time she had only bought two jin of Rice Flower Fragrance vinegar, and the young assistant had still served her enthusiastically without a hint of disdain.
She truly did not want to cooperate with a store that judged people by their appearance, categorizing customers into different classes.
However, recalling her purpose for coming, Lin Yuan did not give up and decided to see if the vinegar here was any different from that in the main part of the shop.
“Young brother, I know our store is big and looks down on a small deal like mine,” Lin Yuan suppressed her frustration and spoke to the assistant, “But who can help it if the vinegar from Jin Ji Vinegar Workshop is just so good?
Our old grandmother particularly likes the vinegar from your store.
Don’t worry, as long as you let me buy some vinegar, the price won’t be an issue.”
Flattery will get you everywhere.
The young assistant’s eyes shrewdly spun around, and his face changed quickly.
He gave a signal to someone beside him and nodded at Lin Yuan very generously, “Since you are so sincere, the young master will make an effort and see if I can arrange some vinegar for you.”
With that, the hand that had been tapping on the ledger gestured towards Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan’s face was full of black lines; she had not expected that buying vinegar would require going through the back door with silver pieces.
Picking the smallest silver tael from her purse and handing it over to him, Lin Yuan pouted, “When I left home, my grandmother only gave me this silver.
That, that, I’ll buy two jin of Rice Flower Fragrance vinegar, and the rest, the rest, you can use to buy yourself some tea.”
The shop assistant seemed quite dissatisfied with the silver tael in his hand, he pursed his lips, but seeing that Lin Yuan did not come by carriage and that the material of her clothes was extremely ordinary, he did not say any more.
“With that bit of silver, you should be happy to get two jin of Rice Flower Fragrance vinegar, where would there be any left over?” he said while stuffing the silver pieces into his sleeve.
Then he stretched his hand towards Lin Yuan, weighing something.
Lin Yuan, thinking he still wanted more silver, spread her hands with a bitter face: “I really don’t have any more silver.”
The young assistant grew angry, puffing up his chest and glowering, “Who’s asking for your silver!
If you don’t bring a jar, how can I give you the vinegar!”
So he needed a vinegar jar.
Lin Yuan spread her hands again, “I don’t have that either.”
Indeed, she had none; when Lin Yuan came to town, she had not planned on buying vinegar.
Now at Rice Flower Fragrance, everything was dry goods; where would she find a jar for the vinegar?