"In that case, I won't stand on ceremony with Miss Jiang," Shen Qingchuan said, thanking her.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, the two got down to business.
"What's the deal with Lin Shuyan next to Ye Shaoling?" Shen Qingchuan couldn't help but ask.
"Guangfulou's business has picked up these past two days. They've launched new dishes that are the same as Mingyuelou's, and because of the price, many people have gone there."
"Have you tried their new dishes? Do they taste the same as the ones in our restaurant?" Jiang Hua asked calmly.
"No, not at all." Shen Qingchuan was taken aback for a moment, then said.
"Did Lin Shuyan eat at Mingyue Tower the dishes we collaborated on at our restaurant?" Jiang Hua asked again.
The dog system on her body had already revealed Lin Shuyan's cheat ability beforehand, but it was just a cheat ability, not a spatial ability.
Since Lin Shuyan is following and imitating us step by step in terms of food, let's put this business on hold for now and develop something that can't be eaten.
“Master Shen has traveled extensively for business and is very knowledgeable. I would like to ask if Master Shen has seen these two items before.” A new idea arose in Jiang Hua’s mind.
"What?" Shen Qingchuan asked.
"Ayi, go and get the charcoal pencil and paper," Jiang Hua said to Jiang Jingyi, who was sitting next to her.
After Jiang Jingyi took out the paper and pen, Jiang Hua began to draw on the paper, drawing two pictures in total.
One is a cactus, but she has already searched Black Wind Mountain and found no cacti.
The other is seashells. The place she is in now is all near mountains and not near the sea, so there are no seashells there.
"Miss Jiang, what are the uses of these cacti and seashells?" Shen Qingchuan asked curiously.
After thinking it over and over, he still couldn't figure out that these two could make money. He had seen the cactus that Jiang Hua mentioned, but it was in the border desert area, where the environment was harsh and there was often sandstorms.
Another seashell, when I was doing business in Yangcheng, there were plenty of them on the beach, but nobody wanted them.
“This cactus can be used to make rouge and lipstick. The finished products will be more refined and sell better than they are now.” With that, Jiang Hua got up and went into the inner room.
I took out the lip rouge I had made in my spare time. Luckily, I had bought a mini ceramic jar to preserve it in order to recreate the traditional method.
"Young Master Shen, take a look." Jiang Hua placed the lip rouge on the table.
She then gently applied the bright red rouge to the back of her hand with her fingertips, spreading it evenly. For a better visual effect, Jiang Hua also lightly touched up her lips.
"Did Miss Jiang make this herself?" Shen Qingchuan asked uncertainly.
"Mm." Jiang Hua nodded. Seeing Shen Qingchuan's expression, Jiang Hua knew that her plan was already halfway there, so she added fuel to the fire:
"Besides lip balm, there are also moisturizing creams, hand creams, and so on. In short, we can surpass what he has now."
"really?"
Jiang Hua nodded slightly.
"The reason why the Ye family has always dared to use Guangfulou to oppose us and wage a price war is because they have the rouge business backing them up."
"Basically, all of Dasheng's rouge business belongs to the Ye family," Shen Qingchuan said.
"Are those seashells also used to make rouge?" Shen Qingchuan asked again.
“No, I’m making scented soap,” Jiang Hua replied.
She had already checked out the scented soap sold in Qingshi Town; it was an extremely profitable business. A good quality scented soap cost three taels of silver, while a rough, poor-quality one cost one tael of silver.
"How about the scented soap from the capital?"
"You can even make scented soap?" Shen Qingchuan asked with some surprise, then added, "The best scented soap sold in the shops in Qingshi Town is only considered the lowest quality in the capital."
“In the capital, a good piece of scented soap costs ten taels of silver. When you first buy it, it has a faint floral fragrance, but after a while, the fragrance disappears.”
"When I return to the capital, I'll have someone bring you a few pieces to take a look at," Shen Qingchuan added.
"Okay," Jiang Hua replied.
“Miss Jiang, I’ll send someone to buy back the cactus and seashells you drew, just as you said.”
"We should dig up that cactus, roots and all, and then we can buy some land to grow it ourselves. When we make lip balm, we won't have to bring it back from so far away, and it takes time to go back and forth," Jiang Hua suggested.
She had seen the wasteland in Shili Village last time, and the land there was noticeably drier than that in Xujia Village, making it more suitable for cacti to survive.
"Can they be raised successfully?" Shen Qingchuan asked with some doubt.
“How will you know if you don’t try? Every business is built step by step and there are always risks. Mr. Shen should know that,” Jiang Hua said with a smile.
“Miss Jiang is right,” Shen Qingchuan nodded.
The two chatted in the courtyard for almost an hour before Shen Qingchuan left.
"By the way, Young Master Shen, do you have anyone in your yamen?" Jiang Hua asked.
"Miss Jiang, what's wrong? Have you run into some trouble?" Shen Qingchuan asked, glancing at Jiang Jingyi.
"I want to transfer my and A-Yi's household registration to Shili Village," Jiang Hua said. If Shen Qingchuan knew someone in the government, then they could transfer the household registration directly without going through Xu Wanli.
"Which village does Miss Jiang want to move to?" Shen Qingchuan asked.
"Shili Village".
“Yes, I am an old friend of the magistrate of Qingshi County. If Miss Jiang is free tomorrow, she can come to Mingyue Tower. He will also be coming to Qingshi Town tomorrow,” Shen Qingchuan said.
"In that case, thank you very much, Master Shen."
"You're welcome."
After seeing Shen Qingchuan off, Jiang Jingyi hurriedly asked, "Stepmother, are we really going to move to Shili Village? What if Father can't find us when he comes back?"
“We can write to him,” Jiang Hua replied, glancing at him.
"But our house has only just started construction, hasn't it?"
"Let's move out in a few days," Jiang Hua said earnestly.
She hoped she could hold on until then; she had already anticipated that the days to come would not be peaceful.
Before we knew it, today had passed, the sun had already set, and the people from Shifang Academy probably wouldn't be coming back.
After dinner, Aunt Liu came over with Uncle Liu and Liu Tianming, the two of them carrying fire pokers.
"Huahua, we're all here," Aunt Liu said.
“Yes, Jiang Hua, we’ll hide at your house tonight. If anyone comes, we’ll rush out and catch him,” Liu Tianming said.
After Jiang Hua thanked them, she invited them all into the inner room to sit down. When the moon rose above the treetops, Jiang Hua blew out the candles, and the inner room became dark.
The yard was quiet outside as well; the bamboo shoots that had been drying in the yard during the day had already been moved into the kitchen.
Jiang Hua had initially guessed that the bamboo shoot thieves would come back to steal more, but less than half an hour after washing the candles, she heard faint footsteps and voices coming from the kitchen next door.
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