Chapter 75 Finding a Shop
After Song Yuntang returned home, he closed the door and washed the bamboo jars one by one to remove the dust and placed them in the yard to dry. Then he took out the rough straw paper, cut it into small squares of the same size, wrote the three words "shampoo" on them with charcoal pencil, and then pasted them on the bamboo jars.
Just as she was busy, there was a knock on the gate.
"Miss Song, are you home?"
Song Yuntang hurriedly got up and ran to open the gate.
"Mudong and Muqiu, why are you here?"
Mu Qiu, who was standing in front and knocking on the door, was introverted by nature. Before he could organize his words, Mu Dong, who was carrying a bucket of water, came forward with a naive smile on his face.
"I came to fetch water for the girl. I brought my sister along to avoid misunderstandings."
"Come in quickly."
Song Yuntang hurriedly let the two of them in.
Mu Dong carried the bucket and went straight to the kitchen. After pouring the water into the water tank, he went out to fetch the second bucket of water.
Mu Qiu stood quietly in the yard, watching Song Yuntang collect the bamboo jars that had been dried one by one, and then took out a small jar from the house and used a spoon to pour the liquid in the small jar into the bamboo jar.
She found it interesting, so she went forward to cover the lids of the bamboo jars filled with shampoo for Song Yuntang and placed them neatly under the eaves where they were not exposed to the sun.
Song Yuntang glanced in her direction and said with a smile, "Mu Qiu is quite meticulous in his work."
After receiving Song Yuntang's praise, Mu Qiu showed a shy smile on his face.
"My mother always says that."
Song Yuntang asked as he filled the bamboo pot with shampoo, "Mu Qiu, do you want to make money?"
Mu Qiu paused.
"I want to, but I don't know how to do anything..."
"It doesn't matter if you don't know how to do it. You can learn." Song Yuntang looked at her with a smile, "No one is born knowing everything. You are still young, and there are many opportunities."
Mu Qiu glanced in her direction, then lowered his head and went back to work on the things at hand.
"Sister Song is only half a year older than me, but from the tone of your voice, it seems like you are much older than me."
Song Yuntang smiled and said calmly, "Your experiences are different. Although you lost your father, you have your mother and brother who sincerely protect you, so your heart is pure. I did have a happy childhood, but it was only during that period. It's better not to talk about the days after that."
Mu Qiu looked at her with some sympathy.
"So Sister Song came to town alone to rent a house because of family connections?"
In today's world, it takes a lot of courage for a woman to leave her family and live alone. No one would do this unless they have no other choice.
Song Yuntang nodded, "It's due to my family's relationship, and also my own reasons. I feel that it's good to live alone now. I'm free."
After she prepared the shampoo water, she took the glutinous rice to the kitchen, lit a small stove, and cooked a pot of porridge in a bowl.
When Mu Dong came out of the kitchen carrying the porridge, he had already filled the water tank.
"Brother, you go back first. I'll help Sister Song." Mu Qiu looked at him and said.
Mu Qiu doesn’t have many friends and is not willing to communicate with others. Now that he can talk to Song Yuntang, Mu Dong is happy.
He carried the bucket and looked at Song Yuntang.
"When will Miss Song be home tomorrow? I'll come back to fetch water tomorrow."
Song Yuntang thought about it.
"Morning, it's cool in the morning."
She thought that she must not let Mu Dong work in vain, and she would have to think of him when something happened.
"By the way, Mu Dong, when are you free? I would like you to help me run to Rongshu Village and deliver a letter to my brother."
"I'm free in the afternoon." Mu Dong said.
Song Yuntang nodded, "Okay, I'll bring the things to you when I'm done here and go give Wu Wei acupuncture."
"Okay, then I'll go back first." Mu Dong said, and left with the bucket on his shoulder.
The sun was quite strong outside at the moment, so Song Yuntang and Mu Qiu went into the house. One of them applied the paste while the other pasted the stickers, and they finished everything in no time.
Mu Qiu was illiterate, so he held up one of the bamboo jars and asked, "Sister Song, is this medicine?"
"It's shampoo made from herbs." Song Yuntang picked up a can and handed it to her, "Here, take one and try it too. Your hair will be so smooth after washing with this."
Only then did Mu Qiu notice Song Yuntang's hair.
It turns out that her hair is smooth, black and shiny because of using this shampoo.
She took it with both hands hesitantly, "Thank you, Sister Song."
"You're welcome." Song Yuntang smiled and put all the shampoo in a dark corner. "I was hoping you could help me sell shampoo. I'm going to North Street to find a store this afternoon. Do you want to come with me?"
Mu Qiu nodded quickly.
"good."
After Song Yuntang put all the bamboo jars in place, he picked up an empty jar and silver needles and went to the Mu family with Mu Qiu to give acupuncture to Wu Wei.
After the acupuncture was finished, he collected 150 coins as consultation fee, handed the bamboo cup to Mu Dong, gave him a few instructions and went home.
I didn't go to the market on East Street all morning, so there were no vegetables at home, only brown rice and a small amount of glutinous rice bought today.
She suddenly had an idea to mix some glutinous rice into the brown rice, which made the porridge much thicker.
After having a quick lunch and resting for half an hour, he called Mu Qiu to go to North Street together.
The Lin family also lives in the North Street area. In order to avoid running into the Lin family, she always walks around the Lin Mansion as far as possible.
The two walked around North Street for a while and finally stopped in front of a rouge and powder shop.
The wealthy families in the town are all concentrated in the North Street. There are only two rouge and powder shops in Cile Town. One of them is near the East Street and targets ordinary people. The shop on the North Street seems to be of a slightly higher standard.
Song Yuntang looked up at the plaque and directly pulled Mu Qiu into Taoxia Pavilion.
"Girl, do you want to buy anything?"
The maid from the shop came over and saw that Song Yuntang was dressed in cloth and Mu Qiu behind him was wearing clothes that were washed white and had patches on them. Her expression was not very enthusiastic.
Song Yuntang directly stated his purpose.
"Please pass on a message, young lady. I want to meet your shopkeeper."
"The shopkeeper is not here, please go back, young lady." After the maid said this, she glanced at the two of them with great arrogance, twisted her slender waist and left, leaving the two of them at the door.
Mu Qiu held the basket in one hand and nervously grabbed Song Yuntang's sleeve with the other hand.
"Sister Song."
Seeing this, Song Yuntang turned around, smiled faintly, patted her arm and said to her in comfort, "It's okay. Their attitude is disrespectful to sell things to them. Let's look somewhere else, maybe we can find a more suitable shop."
Mu Qiu muttered, "But we just asked, the shops on North Street are all very expensive." As she walked, she thought, "Sister Song, we don't have much to sell anyway, why don't we start with a small stall?"
"A small booth?"
Mu Qiu nodded. "I've seen people setting up small stalls in town before. It's quite flexible. We can go anywhere and don't have to pay rent. If the officials come to manage it, we can just pack up and leave."
"That's fine, but I'm afraid I don't have so much time to push the stall around every day." Moreover, if she did that, she would definitely run into the Lin family often, and then they would act like they were big shots because they had lost them. "Let's keep looking. If we really can't find it, I'm afraid we can only start with a small stall first."
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