Chapter 78 The First Huge Sum of Money
"You know that? Then why did you give me such a low price?" The woman rolled her eyes and sighed, "Times are tough. I'll sell one bottle at a time. At least I've made my first sale."
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow: "How long has it been since you last opened a shop? You're even selling at a loss?"
Hua Yue didn't even look up when she heard this. She simply put the face cream into a box, tied a neat knot, and handed it to Jiang Nuanzhi: "You are my first customer in the past two months."
Jiang Nuanzhi asked in surprise, "Then how much do you lose each month? The shop is so big, the rent must be expensive, right?"
“This shop is mine, and I don’t need to pay rent. However, if I rent it out, it will cost at least thirty taels a year.”
Hearing this, Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but give her a thumbs up: "Awesome! Just for that kind of perseverance, your shop is bound to be a hit!"
Hua Yue listened with a look of surprise: "My confidante, my confidante, I think so too! You don't know, everyone is advising me to quit, to close the shop and just rent it out."
You're the first person to acknowledge me!
She circled around Jiang Nuanzhi, clicking her tongue in amazement, and said, "Sister, I think you have the appearance of a wise person, and you will surely achieve great things in the future."
After saying that, she closed her eyes and counted on her fingers. After a moment, she said in a mysterious tone, "Sister, you are very lucky today. If you can carry red aura, it means great fortune is coming."
Jiang Nuanzhi looked at her rambling expression with a strange look: "Really? Where should I look for this red aura?"
"What a coincidence!" The woman immediately smiled and took out another packet of lip rouge from the counter, placing it in front of her. "Isn't this red enough? I, Hua Yue, guarantee with my integrity that wearing this will ensure you have a smooth and successful year. If you apply it to your lips, it will be even more amazing."
You're practically a regular customer of mine. It's normally thirty taels, but I'll only charge you three taels. How about that?
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced down and asked, "You want to sell it for three coins?"
At this, Huayue jumped up in anger.
"Hey! Isn't that a bit too much!"
Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and said, "I think you have talent. You might be able to make more money telling fortunes than this."
Hua Yue rolled her eyes: "I have many talents, but I just love selling rouge. I won't go anywhere else, even if it means losing money."
Jiang Nuanzhi gave a thumbs up again: "That's bold!"
Then Jiang Nuanzhi pushed the rouge and face cream on the table aside, propped her head up, and looked at her with a smile.
"My beauty, how about we make a business deal?"
"I also have a great product here. It can whiten the skin and fade blemishes when applied to the face. The key is that you don't need to wash it off after applying it, and it can nourish the skin for a long time."
Seeing that she was interested, Jiang Nuanzhi simply opened a bottle of whitening and freckle-removing cream, scooped out some, and applied it to her hand.
"This thing has a very special origin. It's a prescription personally prepared by a legendary doctor, and there's only one of its kind on the market."
Hua Yue looked surprised: "Made by a miracle doctor? Which miracle doctor? You're just kidding, aren't you?"
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow: "You'll see how it goes before you say anything."
Hua Yue subconsciously looked at her hands and noticed that the ointment had melted on them, clear and easily absorbed, instantly making her hands smooth and supple. It was unlike any face cream she had ever used before, and she was quite surprised.
Almost instantly, her eyes blazed with almost fanatical joy.
Haocan was the owner of a cosmetics shop, so she naturally knew her stuff. She could immediately tell whether this was a good or bad purchase. Suppressing her excitement, she composed herself and said:
"How much is this recipe? I'll take it."
"I won't sell the prescription, but I can supply this ointment."
Hua Yue frowned immediately and stared intently at Jiang Nuanzhi: "You want to borrow my shop to sell your things? There's no such thing as a free lunch."
"No, no, no, you misunderstood." Jiang Nuanzhi smiled and said, "I'm not borrowing your shop to sell things, but to give your Huayue Rouge Shop a chance to turn things around."
When the people of Liujiang County think of rouge shops, the first thing they'll think of isn't her Hua Rong Rouge Shop, but your Hua Yue Rouge Shop.
"Furthermore, we can discuss the profit sharing of this whitening freckle cream."
Hua Yue pondered for a long time, but did not agree immediately. She said, "I have to try it first, otherwise how will I know if your ointment has the effect you say it has?"
How about you send me one bottle first, and I'll try it out and let you know later?
Upon hearing this, Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow and said, "Alright, then this bottle is yours." As she spoke, she handed the bottle to Hua Yue.
Hua Yue was now a little suspicious: "Really for me?"
Jiang Nuanzhi nodded: "Anyway, I brought five bottles with me. I'll go to Hua Rong Rouge Shop later and ask if she wants this kind of ointment. Then, I'll have three bottles left, and I'll go to other well-known rouge shops to see who wants to cooperate."
"Oh no! How can you do business like this? We were the ones who discussed this deal first."
"People compare prices before buying anything, but I'm looking for a long-term partner, so I need to get to know them better."
Hua Yue paced anxiously, seeing that Jiang Nuanzhi was really about to leave. She gritted her teeth and stamped her foot: "Hey, I've bought the remaining four bottles of medicine for you. But we don't know the efficacy yet, so I can only give you two ounces per bottle, how about that?"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "Okay. Cash on delivery."
"But I have one condition: you can only sell this ointment to me from now on!"
Jiang Nuanzhi raised an eyebrow: "Okay."
Anyway, she had no intention of going back to that cosmetics shop.
Then I told her about the usage and precautions.
Hua Yue gave Jiang Nuanzhi eight taels of silver. Only after all the bottles of ointment were in her hands did she breathe a small sigh of relief.
However, after seeing the person out the door, she suddenly froze on the spot.
"Wait a minute, am I the shopkeeper? How come I inexplicably spent eight taels of silver to buy someone else's things?"
When Jiang Nuanzhi went out again, the little girl who had been following her was gone.
Clutching the first fortune she had earned in this world, she headed straight for the market. It was a gift for Ping'er's husband.
I asked the waiter before, and he said that Ping'er hadn't paid her tuition for this year. The teacher even came to our house once to ask about it. He also left some books for her.
Therefore, this gentleman must be a good person.
When she buys things, she always buys the full amount.
Celery, red dates, lotus seeds, longan, and red beans are all essential items to buy. I weighed out some of each and packed them in my basket.
I also bought three jin of fatty pork and two chicken legs. I packed them all up.
After buying these, we went to the bookstore to buy some writing brushes and ink for Ping'er's daily use.
After walking around, I couldn't help but sigh again that scholars are truly built on wealth.
No wonder poor children have no chance of getting ahead; even a small wolf hair brush costs a hundred coins. A medium-sized wolf howl brush costs two hundred coins each.
Ink is even more expensive, with the cheapest costing 800 coins and the more expensive ones costing hundreds of taels.
Jiang Nuanzhi didn't know much about ink, but seeing that most people used ink that cost one or two taels of silver, she bought some as well.
After selecting the brush and ink, I went to look at the Xuan paper and inkstone.
Yes, I bought it because other students were buying it.
The bookstore owner, seeing that she had so many things, smiled and said, "Girl, you're here to buy writing brushes and ink again? I'll round it down for you, four taels and five hundred coins will do, and I'll give you a free brush. Come back again."
Jiang Nuan was taken aback, then thanked him sweetly. Whether he knew her or not, a discount was all that mattered.
He had just paid the money when he suddenly heard a familiar but very annoying voice coming from behind him.
"Jiang Pangya! What are you doing at the bookstore!"
When Afu saw her, his face was full of surprise, but he secretly suppressed the corners of his mouth from turning up: "You're quite well-informed, aren't you? You know that the young master is short of ink and paper, right?"
The next second, he reached out and took the thing from Jiang Nuanzhi's arms, glanced at it, and frowned, saying:
"Why did you buy these inferior products? Don't you know what kind of quality the young master usually uses?"
"Alright, alright, you're an ignorant woman, how could you possibly know how to use pen and ink? I'm afraid you'll have to trouble the young master for a while longer. Come with me, the young master is waiting up ahead."
Jiang Nuanzhi: My mother tongue is speechless.
(End of this chapter)
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