After Surviving the Apocalypse, I Built a City in Another World - Chapter 369

Chapter 369: Other Products! (Part 1)
Meanwhile, the cloths and wood utensils were not as hot, but the sales for these were also very good. After all, the cost was higher for the cloths products, and the wood utensils, while convenient, were not exactly a necessity.

However, thanks to Plaridel’s demo of how to use the utensils, the popularity also increased.

A female customer held a triangular-shaped thing with a hook on top. “This is called a hanger? How convenient, I can hang different articles of clothing.” He said, remembering the demo of placing coats and handkerchiefs from earlier.

She then couldn’t help but blink her eyes at tanned Plaridel who, while smaller than her, had charisma to attract females. He wasn’t even that handsome, but he had a confident poise that women loved.

Next to the Captain, Gill, and Brandon, he was the most popular person in their team. Plaridel only smiled politely at the coquettish woman, used to it.

She was a middle-aged woman though and it was a bit creepy, especially considering the lifespan here. A middle-aged woman, even if it was a commoner, was probably even older than she looked.

Fortunately, she could only buy so much with the money she had and had to reluctantly go away.

She did promise to return soon, though.

Internally, Plaridel said: No, thank you.

Nearby, there were also other customers admiring other tools like wooden spoons, bowls, stands, and the like.

“Chopsticks? Can it also be used as a hair tie?” It was another woman who asked (because the men generally just bought what interested them without a lot of questions)

Plaridel smiled and thanked heavens this one was a bit younger.

“How?” She asked, obviously asking to demo on her.

Goodness, he thought women here were demure? Why so many forward women?

Eh, he couldn’t be blamed for his own charm, right?

But he realized she was shy and that it probably took much of her courage to ask of this. It inexplicably softened his heart and nodded, making her brown eyes brighten a bit.

It helped a lot that she was smaller than other aborigine women, so he didn’t have to look up to her. It made her look even cuter.

Plaridel cleared his throat as he raised his hand, holding a chopstick.

“Well, excuse me,” he said, walking behind the woman to tie her hair. It was an odd shade of brownish-red, albeit leaning towards the red side.

It was smooth and silky, which was really good considering the lack of maintenance products in this world.

His fingers were gentle as he gathered her hair into a loose ponytail. His touch was surprisingly skilful, and deliberate. If one looked at the girl who was looking down shyly, one could see how much she was blushing.

Plaridel couldn’t help but smile a bit and decided to lessen the tension.

“My name is Plaridel, by the way,” he said.

She flinched a bit turning her head a bit, and he realized she had cute freckles on her face.

“Nida.”

He nodded with a small smile, continuing his skilled hair-tying, also garnering other women’s admiring looks in the end.

While there were a few judgy looks (both for the borderline-public flirting and the fact that a male was doing something so feminine), the two didn’t seem to mind them.

While romantic bubbles happened on this side, old-man energy permeated another.

“Back scratcher! How nice! It’s always difficult to reach my back…” an old man said with a happy smile, holding the new contraption. Semi smiled and pointed at the middle of the handle, where there was a little textured wheel that rolled as needed.

“You can also use this part to massage. See?”

“Oh?” The old man said with many others watching in interest. He tried it out and his eyes widened. “Amazing! Let me buy two! Another one for my wife!”

“Good sir, you’ll get a discount for buying a pair!”

The aborigines in the stall with him were the two carpenters: Furong and Semi. Although they weren’t system carpenters, they were quite skilled and they already studied how to do much of these products.

It was estimated that they would be able to recreate it, especially since there was no special effect required. They already set aside a woodworking area in the base for them, refurbishing a few bedrooms, since the main base was moved anyway.

Of course, because Baron was sly, he had managed to get patent even in these simple items, so they had to share some proceeds with him automatically.

When the soldiers found out, they were so bitter. They were here three months earlier! Such a horrible miss of money!

Anyway, the massage scratcher among many others was also swept away, mostly by aging men.

The cloth was also very popular. Pipa and Sasa really knew their materials well and enumerated the pros and cons of each item.

“This is cotton, a new material. You can see it is much much softer and breathable than what we use,” she said, letting the customers—mostly housewives—touch it.

Next to them, Sasa smiled, also selling another type of cloth. “We also have very affordable hemp cloth, not inferior to Kilpo commoner cloth!”

“This is rougher.”

“Yes, and the cost is much lower.”

Pipa piped in, “They both have their own advantages and could be used in different articles of clothing. For instance, our hemp could be made for outerwear, while cotton for interior and housewear.”

She also showed some ready-made, convenient clothing. They chose some general and simple clothing to sell this time, as they were mass-produced.

For example plain t-shirt and hemp pants.

The masters also introduced something called denim, a derivative made from cotton, though it might need a bit more marketing as it was relatively uncomfortable at first, it was much, much, more durable than just cotton pants.

For more designer items, they couldn’t be brought. For these, they’d have to go to Altera themselves.

There were also belts with unusual patterns but both men and women loved. There were already belts that existed and of various materials, but they were always just tied together, not adjustable like the those with belt buckles that were seen now.

And the buckles were so delicate! Some of carved wood and some of iron! The higher costs were worth it!

It also looked good and sleek, like they’ll be more handsome when they wear it. (Something the salespeople implied many times).

There were also small Bento boxes, which were a novel type of plate. They taught the customers how to use it, especially for trips, and it was well-received.

If they had space, they’d also be selling Barrels and Tubs, chests and trunks, and furniture, but alas!

Anyway, they were making enough of a killing now and they all had smiles on their faces.