Half a jin.
If the number of customers is small, the taste can still be discerned.
Thus, a strange phenomenon appeared at Jiwei House: one person occupying a private room all to themselves.
All these individuals came for the watermelon. As the portions of watermelon increased, the price also rose; yet, these customers were not short of money—wasn't it just one hundred and eight taels for a portion?
The items that Jiwei House sold for one hundred and eighty-eight taels were also purchased by them without a second thought!
A watermelon costing a hundred taels, they could afford it!
With one person taking up a private room, a new problem emerged: the dishes ordered decreased.
There's only so much one person can eat; two or three dishes were enough to make one full, especially when watermelon was also ordered. Consequently, Shopkeeper Hong was left puzzled over whether the purchasing limit resulted in a loss or a profit.