Chapter 267 The Zhou Family Business Grows Bigger and Bigger
Du Wanchun turned to look at her and smiled, "Yes, sir, the shopkeeper has changed. What would you like to buy?"
Madam Chang strolled around the shop and said with a smile, "The rouge here doesn't seem any different from what I've found in other shops. Why don't you recommend some for me, shopkeeper?"
Hearing her say that, Aunt Zhou thought she was there to cause trouble, and said seriously, "Madam, our shop has not officially opened yet. Right now, we only have these rouges. If you don't like any of them, you can come back another day."
Seeing that she was not in a good mood, Madam Chang patiently said, "Madam Zhou, I really came to buy rouge."
Du Wanchun turned around, took out a box of peach-colored rouge, handed it to Madam Chang, and said with a smile, "Madam, would you like to take a look at this?"
Madam Chang took the rouge, spread it on the back of her hand to examine it, and found that the color looked much better than what she had seen before. For a moment, she forgot the purpose of her visit and said with a smile, "This rouge is nice, I'll take it. Shopkeeper, do you have anything else?"
Du Wanchun quickly took out two more boxes of rouge from inside.
Actually, these rouges were left behind by the previous shopkeeper, but they became different after passing through Du Wanchun's hands; the colors became exceptionally bright.
Any woman who has seen him is captivated by his beauty.
Madam Chang tried five or six boxes of rouge in total, and finally bought them all.
Du Wanchun coaxed her out happily, but when she returned to her own residence with her things, she remembered that she had come to see Aunt Zhou.
However, she wasn't in a hurry. The Third Prince had instructed her to pretend not to know Zhou Da Niang's identity, so she had plenty of time to spend with her.
The rouge shop hadn't even officially opened yet, but it sold more than ten boxes of rouge in just one day.
Seeing a business opportunity inside, Aunt Zhou immediately put Madam Chang's matter behind her after returning home and discussed making rouge with everyone.
Flowers are used to make spices, and flowers are also used to make rouge.
Aunt Zhou and Du Wanchun planted a large area of flowers directly on the mountain.
Since the house was no longer big enough, Du Wanchun moved the incense shop, rice granary, and rouge shop to the estate.
In addition, he spent money to hire more than ten reliable women.
These women are all from the village.
Every family in the village was dirt poor, relying on their husbands to farm for a living. Now that someone was willing to pay two taels of silver a month, they were all willing to come and work for the Zhou family.
In this way, not only did the Zhou family have manpower, but half of the villagers also had their livelihoods secured.
Summer passed quickly, and autumn soon followed.
When autumn arrived, the rouge shop and the rice shop opened together, making the Zhou family's place bustling with activity.
Not long after their shop opened, it was Wang Qiu and Zhang Qiuhe's wedding day.
Aunt Zhou and Du Wanchun treated Zhang Qiuhe as their own family and gave her a grand wedding to the Wang family.
Wang Qiu and Zhang Qiuhe both became managers of the Zhou family business; one was in charge of the incense shop and the rouge shop, and the other was in charge of the rice shop.
With help, Du Wanchun no longer needed to go to the shops every day; she only needed to check the account books of each shop daily.
Even so, she often works late into the night.
Just as busy as her was Zhou Ruiyuan. Since becoming the magistrate of Cheng'an County, Zhou Ruiyuan had joined forces with the magistrates of several nearby counties to reduce the taxes of the local people. He also sent people to establish schools in each county and repair the official roads.
When he returned to Changliu Village that night, Du Wanchun was already so tired that she fell asleep on the table.
Zhou Ruiyuan slowly walked to her side, picked her up, and carried her to the bedside.
Du Wanchun vaguely sensed someone was there and slowly opened her eyes, only to see Zhou Ruiyuan.
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