"You're finally back."
If it weren't for the difference between men and women, and if he was afraid that Shi Qingluo would be gossiped about by the villagers, he would have taken the initiative to find her.
Shi Qingluo walked over and sat down opposite him. "What's the matter?"
Bai Xu was very upset when he saw her lazy look.
Doesn’t this woman even ask about the sales of sugar?
Was he too confident in white sugar, or too ambitious? However, he still took the initiative to say, "I will collect all the brown sugar I can in the past half month, and send the white sugar I make to the capital."
"The reply from the other side is that white sugar is very popular among the noble families in the capital."
Shi Qingluo looked indifferent and said, "This is necessary."
Anyway, her share won’t start until next month.
"You raise the price and repackage it. Besides the white sugar tasting better, the main thing for those people is that it's rare and represents status."
Otherwise, those people from wealthy families can't eat sugar for three meals a day, right?
Therefore, the quality and packaging of white sugar are selling an identity.
From the very beginning, it was positioned to be sold to nobles at high prices, not to ordinary people.
The price will only come down after it becomes widely popular in the future, but that is not possible in a short period of time.
Bai Xu chuckled and said, "As expected, you are the one who sees things clearly."
Xiao Hanzheng's wife is capable and visionary, better than many men he knows.
Shi Qing placed the small red clay stove on top, picked up the tea set and began to brew Kung Fu tea.
There was no Kung Fu tea in this era, but she likes to drink it in modern times.
I accidentally told my husband about it that day, and a few days later he went to the county town and came back with a set of custom-made tea sets.
He poured a cup for Bai Xu, and then poured another for himself, drinking leisurely, "I'll just wait for you to send me my dividend next month."
As long as she has the conditions, she will never put herself in a difficult position.
After receiving one thousand taels from Bai Xu that day, she ran out to buy some good tea.
This was the first time Bai Xu saw someone brew tea this way.
I picked up the cup and saw that the tea soup inside was clear, bright green and translucent, and the tea fragrance was also strong.
He took a sip and found it quite delicious. It tasted better than the gaiwan tea he usually drank and was very refreshing.
"I didn't realize you knew how to make tea."
He asked, "What kind of brew is this?"
Shi Qingluo replied: "This is called Kung Fu Tea."
"Why is it called Kung Fu Tea?" Bai Xu heard this name for the first time.
Shi Qingluo explained, "Because the method of brewing this kind of tea is very particular, it requires a certain amount of skill to operate."
Bai Xu smiled and said, "That's very appropriate."
Just now he saw Shi Qingluo making tea with great grace and ease. If she hadn't been dressed in a simple way and looked a little pale and thin, he would have thought she was a noble lady from the capital.
"Can you tell me what are the characteristics and benefits of Kung Fu tea?"
So Shi Qingluo started chatting with Bai Xu about tea. Not only was he knowledgeable about the subject, but it was also obvious that he was an expert in the subject, which surprised Bai Xu.
If this woman is so powerful, how powerful must that old immortal be!
Bai Xu smiled and said, "Can I learn how to make Kung Fu tea?"
The process of brewing this tea is elegant and has a certain charm. It is very suitable for brewing while sitting and chatting with friends or business partners.
Shi Qingluo smiled nonchalantly, "Sure, you can also make a set of special tea sets, I will teach you now."
Bai Xu became interested, "Thank you."
The two chatted while drinking tea.
Bai Xu has also roughly learned how to make Kung Fu tea. He plans to go back to the county town today to order custom-made tea sets, and then invite friends to a party in a few days to show off.
After learning how to make Kung Fu tea, Bai Xu couldn't wait to point to the tricolor chrysanthemum in the yard and asked, "Did you grow this?"
Before, this woman said that she could grow a plant of chrysanthemums and camellias of various colors, but he didn't believe it.
But reality slapped him in the face again.
In addition, he just had a discussion with Shi Qingluo about learning tea, which made him dare not underestimate her anymore.
Shi Qingluo chuckled and said, "Of course I trained you. Does your face hurt a little?"
Bai Xu: “…” Can you please be a human being?
He was particularly curious, "How are these chrysanthemums cultivated?"
Shi Qingluo raised his eyebrows, "Do you understand the secret technique?"
This is her skill that earns her a living, so she won't tell anyone else about it.
At least it won’t be leaked now.
Bai Xu laughed, "Okay, then I won't ask how to cultivate it, I'll just ask how to sell it."
Shi Qingluo poured him another cup of tea, "Then how much do you think it's worth?"
Bai Xu asked back, "You can cultivate more than just this one, right?"
Shi Qingluo curled his lips, "It depends on the price. If the price is good, there will only be one, so if you buy it, it will be unique."
“If the price is average, it can have ten or a hundred plants.”
Bai Xu: “…” Love is waiting for him here.
"Are you obsessed with money?"
He added: "You are the wife of a scholar, and it is very likely that you will become the wife of a juren or jinshi in the future."
Shi Qing rolled his eyes at him, "What kind of wife needs to eat?"
"I'm short of money. Don't beat around the bush. Just give me a price. You can enjoy it yourself or sell it to someone else in the capital. It has nothing to do with me."
Bai Xu was speechless. "Didn't I just give you one thousand taels before? I heard that you exchanged six hundred taels from the Wu family. Isn't it enough for you to eat and drink?"
Shi Qingluo said as a matter of course: "Who would dislike having too much money?"
"My new house will cost hundreds or even thousands of taels, and I have several workshops waiting to be built. That's a lot of money to spend!"
She planned to build the new house all at once, so she wanted to lay solid wood floors in the bedrooms and marble in the living room.
There are no floor tiles yet, but there is marble.
However, marble is very expensive. If it is laid all over, my husband calculated that the marble alone would cost several hundred taels.
Solid wood flooring is easy to make. You can just go to the mountains and cut some wood.
So she wanted to open a floor tile factory, or sell this technology. This way, the cost of laying floor tiles would be much cheaper than laying marble, and it would be more convenient.
Bai Xu was speechless, "Why would you build such an expensive house in the village?"
A better house in the county town only costs a few hundred taels.
It only cost a few thousand taels to build their house. This woman is really generous.
Shi Qingluo took a sip of tea and said, "Of course it's for enjoyment. Otherwise, why would I make so much money?"
She added as a matter of course, "You make money to spend."
Bai Xu: “…” Does Xiao Hanzheng know that you are such a spendthrift?
"You're awesome." He didn't know what to say.
"I'm just curious, why does it cost so much money to build a house in the village?" He really couldn't understand.
Shi Qingluo didn't want to share it with him, "Wait until I build it, and then you'll know."
She only discussed these things with her husband. After all, that was their new home together. It was boring to talk about it with Bai Xu.
Bai Xu: “…” He clearly felt that he was being disliked.
He curled his lips and said, "Okay, then I'll wait and see what your new house will look like."
Shi Qingluo said: "You will probably be envious and find it eye-opening by then."
(End of this chapter)
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