Lin Xiaofeng had some business acumen and worked at the supply and marketing cooperative, so she knew more or less about the current situation of private buying and selling. The reason she took the risk was because the moisturizing oil was so effective.

Although Luxian is just a small county, people use skincare products and maintain their skin much less frequently than in big cities. However, girls in the city who can afford it will each have a bottle of skincare oil. Most of them buy ordinary moisturizing oil that costs eight or five cents a bottle, and they apply some in winter when they are afraid of dry skin.

Prices were low in those days; a pound of pork cost only about one yuan, and very few families could afford to eat pork every day. Even fewer could afford Xu Nuo's moisturizing oil.

Lin Xiaofeng and Xu Nuo agreed on a selling price of 5.5 yuan per bottle, which, after deducting the cost of 4 yuan, would result in a profit of 0.75 yuan per person.

Lin Xiaofeng was initially a little embarrassed, and said, "Comrade Xu Nuo, if you think a 50/50 split isn't right, how about I take 40% and you take 60%? What do you think?"

For Xu Nuo, there wasn't much difference between 50/50 and 40/60, so she readily agreed to a 50/50 split: "The body oil is only available by pre-order. Pay half the deposit first, and the balance later. What do you think?"

That's no problem, of course. Lin Xiaofeng also thought that a deposit should be paid first, but five yuan and fifty cents is not a small amount. Lin Xiaofeng picked up the small bottle she had just given to Li Han and said, "I think we can sell those small bottles too. Let's sell them cheaper so that those who are hesitant can use them first."

Xu Nuo had already thought about the issue of trial packs. She divided the moisturizing oil into many bottles, each bottle lasting about a week. She brought seven small bottles with her this time, gave them to Li Han and Chen Mingxue, and had five bottles left.

She handed all five small bottles to Lin Xiaofeng, who was very happy: "My aunt wanted two bottles, and another friend of mine also said she wanted to buy some, but she was worried that they wouldn't be effective. I told her to try the trial pack first."

After finalizing the deal on the moisturizing oil, Xu Nuo left a bottle of herbal tea for Lin Xiaofeng to try selling, and also bought some daily necessities from the supply and marketing cooperative.

Everything at that time exuded a sense of nostalgia: a large, bright pink towel embroidered with flowers, a blue thermos flask printed with red flowers and green leaves, and a red porcelain jar with the words "Serve the People" written on it. Xu Nuo picked and chose and bought a bunch of things, only to find out when she went to pay that she had too many things and couldn't carry them all back.

She bought two thermos flasks, along with towels, a large porcelain jar, soap, a sewing kit, flour, sugar, toothpaste, and a whole bunch of other things. The total weight of all those items was probably heavier than her.

Lin Xiaofeng said, "You can't carry all of this back by yourself. Why don't you take some first, the small things? You can buy the water bottle next time."

Xu Nuo nodded, picked out some to take back, and thought she would buy the rest when Li Xian came.

After buying the things and returning home, it was only eleven o'clock. Xu Nuo didn't feel very hungry, so she ate two pieces of pastry, went to bed and slept for a while. After sleeping for about half an hour, she heard a knocking on the door.

Nuo quickly got up, put on her clothes, and went to open the door.

It was a child from upstairs, holding a small cup, who said, "Sister Nuonuo, my mom asked me to borrow some salt."

Xiao Yuan is quite cute and polite. Neighbors often borrow small things from her. Xu Nuo took the cup and said, "I'll go get it for you."

Xu Nuo poured a cup of salt into a glass and handed it to Xiao Yuan. She closed the door and prepared to go back without calling out, but then there was another knock on the door behind her.

This time the knock was very light. Xu Nuo thought it was Xiao Yuan and opened the door, asking, "What's wrong? Is something missing...?"

There was no one outside the door.

Who's so bored as to play this kind of prank? Just as Xu Nuo was about to close the door, a head popped out from around the corner of the stairs.

Xu Nuo couldn't help but laugh and said, "What are you doing hiding there?"

The man strode over, a bead of sweat on his forehead, and breathed heavily: "I was afraid it wouldn't be you who opened the door."

Xu Nuo smiled and pulled the person inside, closing the door behind her.

What brings you here?

Li Xian stuffed a lunchbox into her arms and said, "Lunch."