Chapter 97 The Lost Lu Erbai

Shu Yu then said to the old lady, "Grandma, my mother probably won't have much free time in the next few days, so the cooking job might fall to you."

The old lady waved her hand, "It's nothing, just chores I'm used to doing. I promise I'll take care of everything at home perfectly, you don't need to worry about it."

Shu Yu thought that once she made some money, she would still need to buy two servants. Although the old lady wasn't very old, she had worked very hard these past few years and looked much more haggard than those gossipy old women at the village entrance today.

Thinking of her complexion, Shu Yu suddenly remembered those boxes of rouge and face powder.

She hurriedly went to get the bundle and returned, placing the boxes on the table.

"Grandma, Mom, come pick out two boxes."

“This is…” Ruan looked at the various small ceramic jars in front of her with surprise. These jars were very exquisite, and the patterns on them were also very beautiful.

She couldn't help but pick one up and asked in surprise, "Is this the rouge and face powder that the Yu family left for you?"

"Yes, these twenty-odd boxes are all pretty good ones. I was thinking of bringing them back to share with everyone."

Ruan was quite fond of it. When she was a young girl, the Ruan family didn't give her any money, and she wore coarse linen clothes every day and never dressed herself up.

Later, she married into the Lu family. Lu Erbai didn't know much about these things for young women. But once he saw her standing at a stall looking at rouge and knew she liked it, so he bought her a box.

But less than two days later, Granny Ruan came to the door, saw it, and took it away directly.

After that, Ruan never bought it again, nor did she ever use it again.

The rouge in front of her was clearly much better than the ones she used to buy from the stalls in town. Ruan touched it, then took a deep breath and put it down. She looked up at Shu Yu and said, "I don't need this. You can keep it for yourself and give it to someone who needs it later."

The old lady also said, "That's right, my grandmother is so old, people will laugh at her if she uses this."

Shu Yu pushed the jar over again, "I'm afraid that won't work. We're about to open our shop, and we'll be serving all sorts of customers, trying to persuade them to buy our products and crafts. But if we don't even care about our own appearance, why should customers believe we have such skills?"

When Mrs. Ruan and the old lady heard this, they realized that it made perfect sense.

But... even if they dress up, they still don't look good.

Shu Yu smiled and said, "We can skip the rouge for now, but we still need to take care of our bodies and faces. At the very least, we can't be this thin. Our complexion also needs to be rosy. We can't skimp on food in the next few days. We're family, so we need to present a presentable image."

The elderly woman and her husband couldn't find a rebuttal and could only accept it. They were starting to regret their decision; why had they opened a clothing shop? The other capital was one thing, but now they were also expected to eat and drink well… it all seemed rather unnecessary.

The two eventually picked out two boxes from those jars.

Shu Yu packed up the rest, saying, "I'll send another box to my older sister and the others later."

As for how and when to deliver it, we'll discuss that later.

Shu Yu put the bundle aside, but when she turned around, she saw Lu Erbai looking dejected. After a moment's thought, she knew why.

She looked at Lu Erbai and said, "Father, although you are currently recovering from your injuries, there is something I still need your help with."

Lu Erbai's spirits lifted immediately. "You said it, Dad's fine."

(End of this chapter)