Chapter 179 Creating Opportunities

Thus, Murong Yanran worried that sending out only one or two palace maids wouldn't be enough to learn. If they missed any steps or didn't see them clearly, even though they could write them down, there would definitely be some differences in actual operation. It would be safer to teach them step by step.

Therefore, Wang Shulan's schedule for the next day was also arranged.

Nangong Ning, who had sent someone to keep an eye on Wang Shulan, saw that Wang Shulan had actually been summoned by the Empress. He assumed that the Empress, like himself, was jealous of Wang Shulan's beauty secrets and had summoned her to the palace to make things difficult for her.

The reason Nangong Ning thought the Empress would do this was because when her mother and grandmother were chatting in the mansion, her grandmother lamented that she had lost the bet back then, otherwise her mother might have gone even further.

Then the mother felt that she was doing quite well now, better than the empress. Of course, she didn't directly mention the empress's name, but referred to her as "that person," saying that "that person" only lived a more carefree life when she was still in the prince's residence, and now she only seemed glamorous on the surface, but who knows how much trouble she had behind the scenes...

Combining the preceding and following conversations, although she was quite young at the time, the precocious Nangong Ning still understood. However, she pretended to be focused on eating and didn't understand her mother and grandmother's conversation, openly listening to a lot of royal secrets and gossip among the nobles. With Wang Shulan's current cultivation level, she could sense that someone was watching her outside the post station, but she didn't care. In the capital, there were plenty of well-informed people like this. Every day, people were stationed at important locations throughout the capital to monitor its dynamics.

After returning to the inn, Wang Shulan began sending messages to Ning Xuan.

My beauty salon business might have to open ahead of schedule; I've found one of the most influential customers in the area...

When Ning Xuan received Wang Shulan's message, she was looking for an opportunity to get to know Liang Jingyi, who had already taken up her post at the Xiangyang Commune Machinery Factory.

Upon seeing Wang Shulan mention that she planned to recommend the hair tonic and beauty cream developed by Ningxuan to the Empress of the Dajin Dynasty, he immediately gave Wang Shulan a big thumbs up.

Wang Shulan's place can indeed grow medicinal herbs and spiritual herbs, but if they rely entirely on natural growth, it will be much slower, and most of them may take two or three years to be harvested for making pills.

However, in conjunction with the potion from Katerina's side, Wang Shulan has researched a suitable ratio that will not use too much growth potion, and will also shorten the growth cycle of herbs and spiritual herbs, reducing the harvest time from three years to three months.

Wang Shulan had already told Ning Xuan about this before going to the capital, so Ning Xuan was planning to start refining pills soon. She still had a lot of pills given to her by Yun Xi, so she had time to learn how to refine pills.

Then, Lin Yuhan's research lab in the city had already developed a skincare product formula. The formula itself was quite effective, but the real secret was the beauty pills and hair tonics that Ning Xuan and her team had.

Ning Xuan told Wang Shulan to just be careful and that they could open the shop when the time was right.

What she traded to Wang Shulan was pre-packaged finished products in large barrels and jars. Wang Shulan could then use a clean little spoon to divide them into smaller bottles and jars, which would be more suitable for their era.

However, if it's for the Empress or one of the most elite clients in the Great Jin Dynasty, the containers can be more exquisite. They could be glass bottles or jars made with modern technology by Lin Yuhan that are suitable for storing skincare products, or exquisite porcelain made with modern technology would also be good.

After chatting with Wang Shulan for a while, Ning Xuan saw Liang Jingyi coming out of the department store, so she quickly went over to create an opportunity for the two of them to get to know each other.

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry, I'm in a rush and bumped into you. Did you break anything? I'll pay for it!"

Ning Xuan pretended to be in a hurry and bumped into Liang Jingyi. Liang Jingyi was startled by the sudden impact and dropped what she was holding.

When Liang Jingyi saw that the person who bumped into her was a young girl who looked kind, she immediately lowered her guard. "It's okay, it's nothing that won't break, I can just pick it up." She said, and squatted down to pick it up herself.

Ning Xuan was even faster than her, and quickly picked up the items and handed them to Liang Jingyi.

"Are you really alright? If you need compensation, you must tell me, otherwise I'll feel really bad. I'm Ning Xuan, an educated youth from the Hongxing Brigade."

After the other person introduced themselves, Liang Jingyi thought for a moment and, in return, told him her name and job: "My name is Liang Jingyi, and I work at the Xiangyang Commune Machinery Factory."

Ning Xuan feigned surprise, "Wow, you actually work at the machine factory? It's amazing that you can get close to the machine factory. What do you do for a living? Are you in the workshop or the office?"

Liang Jingyi never expected that this seemingly introverted girl would actually be so extroverted and so outgoing.

However, one cannot hit a smiling face, and she couldn't bring herself to be cold to the other person, so she honestly answered Ning Xuan's question, "Sometimes I work in the office, and sometimes I go to the workshop. I am a technician in the factory."

"Wow, you're a technician? That must be hard to learn. You're so young to have become a technician!" Ning Xuan started her exaggerated performance again.

Liang Jingyi didn't feel that Ning Xuan was acting at all, because she remembered that when she first arrived at Xiangyang Commune Machinery Factory yesterday, the factory director had directly entertained her and led her around the factory.

"That's great! Our factory really needs someone like you. You're a technician from the provincial capital, and we'll have to rely on you to lead our factory's technicians to overcome the challenges in project research in the future."

Unlike the No. 1 Machinery Factory in the provincial capital, the machinery factory in this commune treated her exceptionally well and did not look down on her because she was a woman.

She suddenly thought, if only she had been directly assigned to the machinery factory in Xiangyang Commune, she wouldn't have been sitting on the sidelines for so long and suffering so much unfair treatment.

There weren't many technicians at the Xiangyang Commune Machinery Factory. There were two senior technicians, two younger technicians, and the last one was Liang Jingyi, who had just been transferred there.

Although the factory's original technicians were all men, everyone welcomed Liang Jingyi's arrival and treated her with the same great respect as the factory manager.

After just one day together, Liang Jingyi fell in love with the Xiangyang Commune Machinery Factory and felt that it was a better fit for her. She was determined to make a name for herself there.

Thinking of the factory manager and several other colleagues she had only recently met, and seeing the expression on her face—which was so similar to her colleagues'—when Liang Jingyi praised her, her heart softened instantly, and her mood improved considerably.

“I’m very interested in this, so I didn’t find it difficult when I was learning it,” Liang Jingyi replied to Ning Xuan with a smile.

Ning Xuan mentally gave herself a "V" sign, indicating that the initial contact had gone well.

After a few more chance encounters, she could take the opportunity to share her troubles and then guide Liang Jingyi to research vacuum compressors.