Chapter 50 Black-Hearted
Song Yuntang touched his hair. It was completely dry and refreshed. Occasionally, he could smell a faint medicinal scent.
She did not tie her hair into a bun again. Instead, she tore a piece of cotton cloth as a headband and tied her hair behind her head. As for the previous headband, she washed it and hung it up to dry.
The sun was about to set at this time, and the women and children who were staying indoors to escape the heat came out one after another. They saw Liu drying her hair at the door, and several young wives of similar age came forward to talk to her.
"Xiangyun, did you wash your hair with soap nuts today?"
Liu smiled and said, "It's not soap beans, it's the shampoo made by my Tang'er. It's very easy to use. Touch my hair."
As soon as everyone tried it, they couldn't help but exclaim, "It's so smooth, do you still have that shampoo at home?"
"I don't know. You'll have to ask my Tang'er." Liu Xiangyun stretched her neck to look into the house. "Tang'er, do you have any extra shampoo?"
"Yes, but the herbs for making shampoo were bought by me. If others want them, they have to pay for them." Song Yuntang's indifferent voice came from the room.
These young wives all know Song Yuntang's character.
She is a bit aloof and doesn't fit in well in the village, nor does she have many friends. But I heard that she has great medical skills, and the paralyzed Mr. Qiao is able to walk around the village with his hands behind his back again these days.
He Shuiqin pulled Liu's sleeve.
"Xiangyun, go ask how it's sold."
She really liked the faint medicinal scent on Liu's hair.
Liu Xiangyun was happy to be the messenger, "Tang'er, how much is it?"
Song Yuntang's voice came out from the room again, "Five cents for a wine raisin, it can be used about three times." He paused and said, "If you use it sparingly, four or five times is fine."
Although five cents is not a lot of money, it is not something that an ordinary farmer can take out without blinking an eye.
Especially He Shuiqin, who married Liu at the same time. Her mother-in-law was very tight with money, and she also had a sister-in-law like Tian Qiuyan to pressure her from above, so she could not afford much money.
"It's a bit expensive, isn't it?" He Shuiqin whispered, pulling Liu's sleeve again, "Xiangyun, can you ask if it can be cheaper?"
The people around nodded slowly, "Yes, Xiangyun, ask again."
This time, Liu Xiangyun did not pass on the message to her, but came up to them and whispered, "My Tang'er spent the whole afternoon boiling this shampoo, and also used a large pot of medicinal herbs."
She pointed at the medicinal residue that Song Yuntang had fished out and piled up in the corner of the courtyard to cool. "Look, there's such a big pile. It was only fished out this afternoon. It was all bought with real money. She may not even be able to recover her investment for five cents a bottle of wine."
"You don't have to lie to us. If it doesn't work, we will come to trouble you." said another young wife.
As Liu Xiangyun had already used the shampoo, she naturally had extra confidence in Song Yuntang.
"I lied to you that I was a puppy."
He Shuiqin quickly joked, "Then bark twice for us to hear."
Liu Xiangyun glanced at them unhappily and said, "I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, just use soap beans. They're cheap."
"I don't disbelieve you, can't we just buy it?"
A few people gritted their teeth and went back to get money and containers for shampoo. Some were bowls, some were small jars, and some were small bamboo tubes.
Seeing this, Liu Xiangyun hurriedly stood up and led a few people into the yard.
"Tang'er, I have a few sisters here who want to buy shampoo, can you give it to them?"
Song Yuntang came out of the house after hearing the sound. Liu's hair was almost dry, but hers was already completely dry. When the young wives saw her flowing long hair, their eyes were full of envy.
Song Yuntang took down the bamboo wine jar hanging on the outer wall of the kitchen. Because it had not been used for a long time, a thick layer of dust had accumulated on the surface.
She washed the grapes and asked, "How much do you want?"
"I want five cents."
"I want ten cents."
Song Yuntang looked at Liu Xiangyun and said, "Sister-in-law, please help me collect the money. I will beat one for each one I collect."
Liu Xiangyun was very happy to be able to help her.
"OK."
After Song Yuntang washed the bamboo wine jars, he moved the jar from the house to under the eaves. In front of the young wives, he scooped shampoo water into the containers they brought, one spoonful at a time.
There were seven people in total, two of them took two scoops, and the rest took one scoop, for a total of 45 cents.
Counting the copper coins in his hand, Liu Xiangyun looked in the direction of Song Yuntang.
"Tang'er, we won't lose, right?"
Song Yuntang resealed the jar. He had just scooped out a few spoonfuls of liquid, and there was nothing missing from the jar. "At most, I'll make less money, but I won't lose anything."
Seeing that Zhao Qiao'e was still busy in the kitchen, Liu Xiangyun handed the copper coin in her hand to Song Yuntang, picked up the hairband to tie up her already dry hair, went back to the house to get the sewing basket, and sat down at the gate of the yard again.
Before dinner, two young wives came to Song Yuntang to buy shampoo.
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After dinner and the family washed up, it was already getting dark.
Song Yuntang originally wanted to go to bed, but he heard the voices of the old women nearby talking outside the door.
"The third brother's daughter is really not a good person. She is so young, but she knows how to rip off people from our village." The voice of the person who spoke gradually became exaggerated. "For such a small amount of shampoo, she actually asked our Xiaolian for five cents. I think she is obsessed with money."
"Isn't it? Your Xiaolian only spent five cents, and our Xiaocui spent ten cents." The woman beat her chest and stamped her feet, "After washing, the hair really looks better, but how can such a poor family like us afford this? We are all from the same village, can't we sell it cheaper? What a black-hearted person!"
"That's right, this price is too unreasonable! I think we should ask her to give us some money back."
The family looked at each other in confusion as they heard the sound coming from outside the courtyard wall.
They know exactly how many medicinal herbs are used to make shampoo. These old women want to use it but cannot afford it, so they blame the person who sets the price.
No one forced them to buy it.
Zhao Qiao'e glared outside the courtyard and said, "Tang'er, let's ignore those people. It's not worth getting angry about them."
Song Yuntang was not angry at first. In her impression, Zhao was a soft persimmon who would not resist even if bullied by others.
Who would have thought that the next moment, Zhao Qiao'e picked up a basin of washing water in the yard and poured it outside the courtyard wall where the sound came from.
Crash!
Outside the yard, there was a sudden sound of women screaming like pigs being slaughtered.
"Zhao, what are you doing?"
Zhao Qiao'e pretended to be surprised, "Oh! It's Sister Jiang, why are you outside my yard? I thought you were some bad guys."
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