Making Money
Bailang also had his servants place his box down before rushing to grab his money box.
The three of them each took a corner and sat down.
Bailang opened his box and then looked at Baishan, Bao, and Bao. He quickly realized something was wrong and pointed to Baishan Bao's box, asking, "Where are those toys you had before?"
Baishan Bao replied, "I'm not selling those!"
Bailang was taken aback, his eyes narrowing, as he said angrily, "You're lying!"
"No, I'm not!" Baishan Bao said. "Do you know what a transaction is?" "It's only a transaction when both parties agree willingly."
Bao supported him, saying, "Forcing a purchase is villainous."
Bailang pursed his lips, feeling that what he said was not right, but he didn't know where it was wrong. However, he knew that he couldn't match Baishan Bao's eloquence, especially since they were taking advantage of the weak.
So, he felt a little unhappy.
Bao asked him, "Do you still want to play?"
"Yes!"
Bailang viciously opened both of his large boxes, boasting, "I have more toys than both of you."
Bao curiously went to take a look, and then she found several identical toys. Among them, her favorite was a few golden rings tied together, which she had just seen in Baishan Bao's toy box.
Bao pointed to the rings and asked, "Are these made of gold?"
"No," Bailang scratched his head, "I don't know what they're made of, but they're definitely not gold."
Bao breathed a sigh of relief, "Phew, if they were made of gold, they would be very expensive." I would like to purchase them from you. Will you sell them?
"These are 'Seven Rings', not fun at all," Bailang had many of these toys, in addition to 'Nine Rings'. His father, mother, older brother, and uncles all bought gifts for him. He had all kinds of them.
When he saw that Bao wanted to buy them, he handed the items to her without thinking, waving his hand and saying, "Take them."
Bao asked, "How much?"
How would Bailang know how much?
He never asked about the price when buying things, let alone when selling them.
He innocently looked at Bao and said, "You decide?"
Bao was at a loss, "I don't know how much 'Seven Rings' cost."
Then the two of them looked at Baishan Bao.
Baishan Bao pondered for a moment and said, "Give him nine coins."
Bao humbly asked, "Why nine coins?"
"Because nine is the largest number, and these are used toys, giving nine coins is already quite expensive."
Bailang nodded in agreement and reached out to Bao, "Give me nine coins."
Compared to Bailang, Bao considered herself a well-traveled child; after all, she had over a year of business experience. After a moment of contemplation, she realized that nine coins were not a significant amount. She counted out nine coins from her money box and then placed the attractive "Seven Rings" into her own box.
Bailang was more interested in Baishan Bao's toys. Upon examination, he realized that he already owned most of them. The few toys he didn't have were the ones he didn't particularly fancy.
So, he asked Baishan Bao to show his new toys.
Naturally, Baishan Bao refused, insisting that he couldn't force a purchase.
Bao had just spent some money and noticed that both of them had many toys she had never seen before and wanted to buy.
She looked at her piggy bank and confidently suggested her own toys to them.
Baishan Bao was not very interested because he often played with Bao, and he had seen most of her toys.
Baishan Bao adheres to the principle of frugality to achieve goals, insisting on avoiding unnecessary expenses.
Bailang took a glance and was about to avert his eyes when he noticed the grasshopper in her box. He took it out and asked, "How is this made?"
"I don't know, my fourth brother made it," Bao remembered. He quickly found a more aesthetically pleasing and intricately designed bamboo dragonfly in the box, saying happily, "Look, this one was made by my second brother."
Even Baishan Bao couldn't help but look a few more times, let alone Bailang. His eyes lit up, and he asked, "How much for this?"
Bao thought for a moment and felt that the bamboo dragonfly was definitely not as valuable as the 'Seven Rings', so she said, "Five coins?"
Bailang thought it was very cheap and counted out five coins from his money box to give to her.
Bao and Bailang were happy, but Baishan Bao was a little unhappy. He pursed his lips and pushed the toys towards Bao, asking, "Do you like any of these?"
Bao lowered her head to choose a toy quickly, and the two of them happily completed the transaction.
Due to the significant overlap in the toys owned by Baishan Bao and Bailang, they showed little interest in each other's toys, resulting in only a few trades between them.
On the other hand, Bao's toys were quite different from theirs. Although Baishan Bao initially showed no interest, he couldn't help but pick out several toys that he hadn't played with much.
Bao was, of course, the one who made the most transactions.
She had never been frugal, and although she felt a little heartache, she couldn't resist buying things she liked.
So, she bought a large number of toys from Bailang and Baishan Bao. Money came in, but a lot also went out.
The copper coins in her money box were visibly decreasing rapidly.
Bao felt that this was not sustainable. After a moment of contemplation, she placed her bag in front of her, reached inside, and pulled out a handful of candies wrapped in plain, light gray oiled paper. However, inside were candies of various colors.
Bailang couldn't help but brighten up.
He knew that Bao had a delicious type of candy with attractive colors, but she was very stingy and only gave them to Baishan Bao, not to him.
Now that he saw her take them out, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Bao asked them, "Do you want to buy?"
Even Baishan Bao couldn't help but ask, "How much?"
"I sell them for one coin per piece to others, but for you, it's two pieces for one coin." This was because she had saved money on the trip into town and also saved on the fifth brother's share of the expenses.
Baishan Bao and Bailang misunderstood, thinking that it was because they were friends.
Both of them nodded without hesitation, "Buy, I want to buy a lot."
Bao continued to pull out candies from her bag until she had emptied the ones that had been repackaged and placed in her backpack.
She had a pile of candies in front of her.
Bailang had already forcefully pulled the candies in front of him, and Baishan Bao also hurried to grab them. They even took a quick glance at Bao's bag: how could it hold so many things?
And it didn't seem to be bulging just now.
Baishan Bao didn't have a chance to think, as Bailang was too overbearing. He had taken more than half of the candies and even reached out to grab some from in front of Baishan Bao.
The two of them almost started fighting.
In the end, they counted the candies they had grabbed, and for every two candies, they gave Bao one coin.
As a result, the money they earned from Bao quickly returned to her money box. Bailang, who had grabbed a lot of candies, even had to give her an additional thirty coins.
Bailang peeled a candy and put it in his mouth, feeling satisfied. He put all the candies into his box and didn't plan to play with them anymore.
He wanted to go back and hide the candies.