Chapter 105
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The young general is named Shao Hui, he is seventeen years old this year. He has been training with his father since he was a child, so it is not difficult for him to suppress the bandits this time.
Before setting off, his father told him not to be careless. Although the bandits had no training, they had the advantage of terrain. He asked him to familiarize himself with the terrain first, and not to underestimate the enemy or be arrogant.
Shao Hui assured his father and set off with a team of soldiers.
The mountains where bandits often appeared happened to be outside the county where Cheng Yeran and his team were, so he temporarily led his team to station around the county and asked County Magistrate Chen to help find a few people who were familiar with the terrain to help map out every path on the mountain. This was rather troublesome and would take some time, but Shao Hui was not in a hurry. Although he was young, he always did things steadily.
He often went to the city to discuss bandit suppression plans with County Magistrate Chen. Before entering the city, he had no intention of looking for Yuanbao on purpose. He had no interest in the handsome guy, but the soap shop was too popular and its location was quite conspicuous. Even if he didn't want to look for it on purpose, he still passed by it and looked up to see Yuanbao making soap upstairs.
He was riding a tall horse, and when he looked up, he happened to meet Yuanbao's eyes by the window, and his heart was moved at the first sight.
It was pitiful to think that such a wonderful boy was tortured by that idiot prince. He felt a desire to protect him and wanted to marry Yuanbao before the idiot prince looked for Yuanbao, so that the idiot prince could not do anything to him.
He also went to the soap shop to buy some soap. He wanted to go upstairs to see Yuanbao in person and talk to him, but their shop had a rule that male customers were not allowed to go upstairs.
However, he found out where Yuanbao lived. Most people in the county knew that Yuanbao was Cheng Yeran's cousin and lived in a
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In a courtyard with a plaque bearing the name of Mr. Shen.
He went directly to Mr. Shen's yard, wanting to wait for Yuanbao to close the shop and come back so that he could have some contact with him.
As a result, as soon as I arrived at the gate of Mr. Shen's yard, I heard a quarrel coming from inside.
He usually liked to stand up for the weak, so he went in without thinking.
Lin Yu was at home selling sausages today. A man bought twenty sausages. He counted and packed them for him and took the money. He thought the deal was done, but half an hour later, the man came back and said that he had given him two sausages less and asked for his money back.
He thought the bag was leaking and two sticks fell out. When he took it to check, he found the bag was intact. He tried to reason with the other party, but the man not only did not listen, he even reached out to pull his collar.
Just when the man was about to grab Lin Yu's collar, his wrist was kicked away by someone.
The man's wrist was numbed by the shock and he took a few steps back, almost falling to the ground.
"He just said that he counted how many there were before you left. Did you come back to cause trouble because you think he's easy to bully?" Shao Hui hated men who relied on their strength to bully the weak the most. He wanted to beat them up every time he saw one.
"Who are you? Stop meddling in other people's business!" The man relied on his height and strength to get two more sausages, but who knew that a nosy person would come along halfway. He thought that he was kicked because he was not prepared. If he had been well prepared, Shao Hui would not have been able to beat him at all.
Shao Hui didn't say much to him. He drew the sword from his waist. His sword cut through iron like mud. He cut off the corner of the table next to him like cutting tofu. He asked the man again: "Did he give you two less sausages?"
"No, no." The strong man immediately became scared and turned around and ran away with the bag of sausages.
Shao Hui put away his sword, turned to look at Lin Yu, and found that Lin Yu was actually crying.
He quickly took out some silver from his pocket and slapped it on the table, "You feel bad about the table? I'll compensate you."
"No," Lin Yu waved his hands hurriedly, "You helped me, how could I ask you to accompany the table, and you don't need so much, I just, I was scared and cried."
Lin Yu wiped his tears and said what was in his heart in panic. If it were Zhao Yanlin, he would definitely despise him, saying that their brother was a coward who cried when he was scared, and would also say that he looked ugly when he cried.
He didn't dare cry in front of the man and forced himself to hold back his tears.
Shao Hui took out a handkerchief from his bosom and handed it to him. "Relying on your physical advantage to bully the weak is not what a real man does. It is despicable. You don't have to worry. Next time he dares to bully you, just tell him my name."
"Who are you?" Lin Yu saw that he had an extraordinary bearing and thought he must be an important figure.
"Shao Hui." He threw the silver to Lin Yu, "I usually do things with my hands instead of my mouth. I broke your table. You must keep the money. It's not easy for you."
He didn't know how to deal with his crying brother. He still remembered the purpose of his visit and turned around to wait outside. When he turned around, he happened to see Cheng Yeran and Shen Yuntang coming back from outside.
The two of them just went to Uncle Zhou's place.
Shen Yuntang's magazine has been designed, and it includes eight sets of clothes for Yuanbao. The cover style and clothes are also new.
In addition to clothing advertisements, there are also introductions and pictures of several types of soaps, as well as advertisements for investment promotion. In the first issue, we will not use other people’s advertisements, but only our own.
Advertisements for noodle shops and sausages were placed in the back corner; it was a fashion magazine after all.
In fact, Cheng Yeran said that since he was already working on a fashion magazine, in addition to clothes, he could also work on jewelry and makeup.
The first thing he thought of was lip balm. The weather here was dry in winter, and both he and Shen Yuntang's lips were chapped, so he bought lip balm online.
Shen Yuntang felt that this kind of lipstick that could be twisted out was very novel. They also had lipsticks here, but the effects were not as good, and they were also bottled, not as convenient as this one that could be twisted out.
This thing is not difficult to make, but most lipstick packaging is made of plastic, and there is no plastic in their era. I don’t know if it will be possible to change it to wood. If not, I can use ceramic. However, ceramic is difficult to make, and it needs to be specially fired, which will cost more.
Shen Yuntang drew the structure of the lipstick packaging, went home and told his father about it, asking him to try to make it and ask for it next time they return to the village, as they are not in a hurry to use it yet.
If possible, in addition to lipsticks, we can also make lipsticks in various colors. Lipstick is also a consumable. As long as it is a consumable, this business can be continued for a long time.
You can also put the picture of Yuanbao wearing lipstick in their magazine.
The first issue of the magazine has a total of twenty pages. In addition to pictures, there is also an article written by Cheng Yeran introducing Yuanbao.
For example, his height, hobbies, habits, and eating preferences are just like the information about celebrities in magazines.
In addition to the content related to Yuanbao, there is also a small popular science about hand washing, which explains the correct posture for hand washing, as well as the benefits of washing hands before meals and after defecation.
Cheng Yeran even wanted to add some jokes, but that would not be fashionable.
In fact, adding advertisements for sausages and noodle shops is not fashionable enough, but it is the first issue, it is not professional enough, and we don’t know if it can be continued, so we just put in all the advertisements that can be included.
In the future, you can divide the magazines into several more categories, putting food together, clothing together, and beauty together. It won’t be cluttered, and buyers will be able to find what they want to read more accurately without wasting money.
When the two of them went to Uncle Zhou to talk about the magazine, Uncle Zhou said that the workload would be huge. Cheng Yeran also said that he wanted to invest in him and let him open a printing factory.
Uncle Zhou said he would think about it first and get his magazine out first.
On their way back, Cheng Yeran said, "It seems that magazines all have free gifts, and some people will buy magazines just for the free gifts. Why don't we get some soap samples, and you can put a piece of your dyed material in it."
"It's not so good to just put a piece of material. It's meaningless. It's better to make it into a sachet or handkerchief, which is more attractive. It can also let the buyers see our embroidery skills and ask us to make custom clothes." They wrote slogans in the magazine such as "custom clothes can be tailored to the body", "clothes can be designed exclusively for one person", and you won't wear the same clothes as others".
Cheng Yeran said this and held his arm with a look of grievance, "Now when we are together, we only talk about work and nothing else."
"What to talk about?" Shen Yuntang asked him.
"Let's talk about love." Cheng Yeran asked him, "Let's find some time to take a break and go hiking nearby, or have a picnic by the river."
"I heard that a general has come to the city recently, and his job is to suppress bandits. Things outside must be uneasy recently. Let's go out of the city for fun after the suppression is over." Shen Yuntang hoped that the general would succeed, so that when Cheng Yeran went to take the exam, he wouldn't have to worry about encountering bandits like Xia Xiaowu did.
The two men were talking about suppressing bandits when they saw a stranger at the gate.
At first glance, the man didn't look like a person from their county. They had never seen such a handsome man in their county, and he had an air of nobility.
Cheng Yeran stepped forward and asked about his identity. Shao Hui did not hide it and directly told him his identity as a young general.
"Are you Cheng Yeran?" Shao Hui took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Cheng Yeran, telling him bluntly that he liked his cousin. "This is a token of love. If you agree to this marriage, come to the military camp to find me. After the bandit suppression is over, I will take him back to Beijing to meet my parents and get married. In my family, marriage is based on personal preference, not family background."
Cheng Yeran: “???” Were all of you ancient people so impatient? You fall in love at first sight, and then get married right away? No love affair or anything?
But he couldn't blame Shao Hui. He had never met Shen Yuntang before he got married, but he had at least met Yuanbao.
But speaking of it, Yuanbao does have a face that no one would doubt even if he did something as bad as murder and arson. Even if the evidence was right in front of them, everyone would think that he must have his own reasons.
"Do you want to reconsider this? Sometimes you can't understand a person's whole body just by looking at his face." Cheng Yeran said, "Besides, he is a man."
Shao Hui: "You don't want to marry your cousin to me? Your excuse is too low. There is a stupid prince in the capital who has taken a fancy to your cousin. If he doesn't marry me and is protected by someone of my status, he will definitely take him away and torture him."
Cheng Yeran twitched his lips: "My cousin is quite popular. Are you familiar with that prince? Otherwise, you can also tell him that my cousin is a man and ask him not to waste his feelings."
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As they were talking, Yuanbao came back. Thinking Shao Hui was an important customer, he ran over quickly and asked, "Are you here to buy soap?"
"You came at the right time. He wants to marry you. I told him that you are a man, but he still doesn't believe it. Come, let me prove it to him." Cheng Yeran said as he pulled Yuanbao over. He raised his hand and rubbed the red mole between Yuanbao's eyebrows with his thumb. "You see, this mole is painted on. Just rub it lightly..."
It didn't come off, so he rubbed it hard for a long time, "As long as I rub it hard... why is this pen so hard to wipe off!"
Shao Hui: “…”
Cheng Yeran put down his hand and looked at Shao Hui, "..." Embarrassed.
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