Watching the carriage leave, Chi Tang breathed a sigh of relief.
With Young Master Meng's help, this matter should proceed much more smoothly.
"Tangtang, is it alright to ask the Meng family for help?" Old Man Chi asked worriedly.
He is an honest man and doesn't like to owe people favors.
Especially things like this.
Chi Tang said crisply, "There's nothing wrong with it. Once the three of us have started our Taotie Report, it will also benefit the Meng family. It's mutually beneficial."
Otherwise, she wouldn't have let her third brother open his mouth.
If you're always taking advantage of others, the relationship between the two families won't last long.
"Tangtang, come quick! My young lady said the lipstick you mentioned is finished!" Qiu Xing ran out from next door, excitedly calling to Chi Tang.
Chi Tang was surprised: "So fast?"
After combining the resources available in this era, she gave Huo Yajie several recipes for making lipsticks.
While it doesn't have the same shelf life as modern products, it's already quite remarkable that it can produce such vibrant colors and different textures.
Lip rouge of this era was quite limited in color, generally only bright red or brick red, with no other colors available.
The formula she gave Huo Yajie a few days ago was made using pigments extracted from a local plant called Huo Chunju to create an orange-red lipstick.
Since obtaining this prescription, Huo Yajie has locked herself in her room every day, working tirelessly with the two masters she had invited to study it.
"Of course, my young lady is the most capable."
Qiu Xing pouted happily, then pointed to her lips and asked excitedly, "Look, look at this orange-red color, isn't it like the sunset? So beautiful!"
"Wow, it really is orange-red."
Sister-in-law Chi and Aunt Chi were also curious.
No woman could resist such temptation.
The three women then went with Qiu Xing to find Huo Yajie.
A group of women immediately started trying out the colors.
Aunt Chi didn't want her sister-in-law to wear lipstick: "You're about to give birth, don't let it have any negative impact on you and the baby."
Sister-in-law Chi immediately put down her lipstick.
When it comes to the children, Sister-in-law Chi is more nervous than anyone else.
"It's alright, it's alright, everything is safe, there's no problem at all," Chi Tang hurriedly explained to her mother.
She then asked Huo Yajie, "Has the lipstick tube been made yet?"
Applying lipstick nowadays is very inconvenient, and the lipsticks they make are in balm form, which would be quite inconvenient without a lipstick tube.
They are currently using sterilized bamboo tubes, but they cannot rotate, which Chi Tang is not very satisfied with.
Not yet.
Huo Yajie shook her head.
Chi Tang: "Then let's take this time to research other colors, so that the new products won't be too monotonous when they are launched."
"Okay, Tangtang, what other colors do you know?"
"But it's too slow for you to do it all by yourself. Why don't you find two craftsmen and sign a contract with them..."
"Yes, that's fine."
Huo Yajie enjoys researching these things, but it would be too boring for her to do only these things every day.
While a group of people were chatting away, the Korean company representative suddenly ran in and reported:
"Miss, Madam has arrived."
"What?"
Huo Yajie stood up in a panic, her eyes wide open, her hands clenching unconsciously.
Qiu Xing shrank behind Huo Yajie in fear and said, "Why has Madam come?"
"Madam? Don't you have no relatives?" Aunt Chi was even more surprised.
When Huo Yajie first arrived, didn't she claim that she had no relatives?
The lady that the Korean company is talking about now, is she Huo Yajie's mother?
What's going on?
“That’s not Miss’s relative. She tried to kill Miss. She doesn’t deserve to be a mother!” Qiu Xing answered for Huo Yajie, laughing loudly.
As luck would have it, Wang Yufei, who just barged in, overheard it!
Madam Wang glared fiercely at Qiu Xing and scolded, "You lowly servant! How dare you sow discord between me and Miss? Granny, take her away and sell her off! What good can come of keeping such a lowly servant by Miss's side?"
And these people too!
Wang Yufei looked around at the Chi family members with a grim expression. How could she have made a fool of herself in front of these outsiders?
"Gentlemen, my daughter and I have something to discuss, please leave," said Madam Wang, her demeanor both dignified and cold.
How tactless!
No wonder they're from the countryside!
"No, let me go! Miss!" Qiu Xing was lifted up and kicked her legs in fright.
Huo Yajie rushed to stop her, pulling at the old woman's arm and screaming, "Let go! Let go of Qiuxing! None of you are allowed to touch Qiuxing!"
"Miss!"
"Autumn Apricot!"
It's a family matter, and outsiders shouldn't interfere.
But Aunt Chi hesitated because she saw that Wang was coming in aggressively and didn't seem like a good person at all.
Chi Tang asked even louder, "Miss Ya Jie, is she your mother?"
No! She isn't!
Chi Tang's words reminded Huo Yajie, who immediately shouted, "She's not my mother! She trespassed!"
Whether it is true or not, now that Huo Yajie has made this claim, it's easier for the Chi family to intervene!
Aunt Chi immediately went over and twisted the old woman, rescuing Qiu Xing!
Qiu Xing and Huo Yajie hugged each other and hid behind Aunt Chi, so scared that tears streamed down their faces.
"What kind of shrew are you? Do you know who my wife is? How dare you cause trouble? Do you believe I'll send you to jail?"
"Oh dear, you scared me to death!"
Aunt Chi wasn't scared at all. She twisted the old woman's arm until her face changed color and she was trembling and about to cry.
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