Chapter 68: Setting Up a Stall

Early the next morning, Zhang Fan and Fei Er's families woke up, had breakfast, then set out for the tribe gathering's stall, carrying the animal-skin blankets for vending and various supplies brought from the Heaven Lion Tribe, as well as the candied haws prepared the day before.

Because the four of them arrived early, there weren't many people at the gathering yet; only a few pottery jars had been sold at the start, and nothing else was moving. Still, the four weren't discouraged, since they were confident in their goods and believed they would fetch good prices.

Not long after, more and more people came to the gathering.

At that moment, three females approached Zhang Fan's stall, eyeing the bright red candied haws with curiosity.

"Excuse me, what is this red thing? It also smells sweet."

Seeing someone finally ask about the candied haws, Zhang Fan knew today would be the day they sold well, and he happily said, "This is called candied haws, a small snack with a sweet-and-sour taste."

"Really? … Um, this snack, how do you sell it? I'd like to try."

"These candied haws are being sold for the first time, and we don't have many. As the saying goes, rarity makes value. One string of candied haws costs ten fan-shaped shells."

"What? That's expensive? We don't even know if it's tasty yet!"

Seeing the potential buyer hesitate after hearing the price, Zhang Fan suddenly recalled various sales tactics from Earth and continued speaking:

"It's like this: since you're the first customers to buy, our stall is offering a promotion on candied haws—starting now, today's first ten purchasers get a buy-two-get-one-free, buy-five-get-two-free deal. The first five buyers also receive a free tasting. This offer is valid only today, until supplies run out."

The onlookers erupted upon hearing about the free tasting and buy‑get‑free promotion—after all, no one on Beastmen Planet had ever seen such a sales tactic. The three females who had already intended to buy were especially delighted!

"Really? You can even sample it?"

"Of course!" Having said that, Zhang Fan plucked a string of candied haws from the grass bundle, cut it into individual pieces with a fine bone knife, threaded each piece onto a bamboo skewer, and handed them to the three females, indicating they should try them.

After receiving the candied haws, the three females couldn't help but taste them. Upon experiencing the wonderful sweet‑and‑sour flavor and rich fruit aroma, they each immediately pulled out money and bought ten strings.

Seeing someone try the candied haws for the first time, the onlookers grew eager. The next customer, a young female who didn't have enough money, bought just one string, though Zhang Fan also gave her a few pieces to sample. Then came the fifth, sixth customers… Soon the promotion quota was filled, but the crowd's enthusiasm showed no sign of waning.

Soon all the candied haws at the stall sold out, and of course other items also sold well—such as gemstone necklaces and bracelets. Nearly every female who bought candied haws also picked up a few gemstone necklaces on the side. After everything was sold ahead of time, the group didn't linger at the gathering, since they still needed to collect the honey they'd ordered the day before, and they also wanted to wander the fair to see if they could find anything useful.

After walking around the gathering, they had bought a large amount of honey and some other tribes' snacks, and nothing else. By then everyone was tired, so they stopped strolling and returned to their lodgings. After dinner, none felt like going out again, so they all washed up and went to sleep.