Afterwards, the two arrived at the main room, where she took out an ice cube from her spatial storage and handed it to her.
"Keep warm for a while, don't get too hot."
Ikeno reached out and took it, then pressed it directly against his forehead without even looking through his sleeve.
"Auntie, is there something you need?"
Oh, by the way, Madam Zheng came over a few days ago.
All the soap from our workshop was taken away, and she settled the payment on the spot.
My aunt paid ninety coins for a bar of soap.
As for the one with a slight fragrance, it will be a little more expensive, at two hundred coins.
Mrs. Zheng meant that one bar of our soap was equivalent to two bars of cosmetics from a cosmetics shop.
She said that the current harvest season is not good, and the cost of transportation on the road is too high, so she can only set this price temporarily.
"It will increase accordingly when the harvest improves."
Chi Yu nodded: "Yes, this price is about what I expected."
In the past, the scented soap sold in cosmetic shops was only half the size of ours, and it cost one hundred coins.
But the situation is special now. The harvest is bad, and everyone has money, so they are all rushing to buy water and food.
This part will naturally be reduced somewhat.
In addition, transportation costs are higher than ever before.
Previously, a trip to the prefectural city would only take two or three days, but now it takes at least seven or eight days.
Ichino, unaware of the situation outside, continued after hearing her aunt's words:
"Aunt, Madam Zheng gave us a lot of seashells this time, and even told us how to use them."
She said that the cement workshop in the government office did the same thing.
They said they wouldn't charge us for the seashells this time, but they would definitely charge us next time!
But she also said that it would be deducted from the cost of the soap when settling the bill.
Even a fish in a pond knows that you can't make soap just by burning wood ash.
Since there are alternatives, that would be best.
"Okay, let's do as she says! If we can't get the seashells by then, we'll figure something out."
Not far from our Chijia'ao, isn't there another rocky mountain?
There might be limestone over there; calcining that will achieve the same result.
However, quarrying is hard work and dangerous, so we're not considering it for now.
Speaking of which, Chi Yu casually asked:
"Ah Ye, how did the collection of those animal fats go?"
Ikeno nodded: "Yeah, it's too hot right now."
Besides avoiding the heat, every household couldn't just sit around and do nothing, so they tried to find ways to increase their income.
Aunt, as you know, what other way can we people from Chijia'ao make money besides hunting?
Now everyone goes hunting in groups in the surrounding mountains.
The game they hunted was made into jerky, and everyone shared it.
All those furs are saved up. I'll ask you if you want them when you come back, Aunt.
As for the oil, it was all sold in workshops.
In the past month or two, our workshop has received a lot of oil.
Not only the people of Chijia'ao, but also the people of Xiechi'ao, followed suit.
The clan chief said that things couldn't continue like this.
If they don't catch the wild animals in the mountains, they will all be hunted to death.
So, starting this month, everyone will be allowed to go into the mountains once a month.
Each session must not exceed six days.
The same requirement applies to Xiechi'ao!
Chi Yu thought the old clan chief's request was good; at least it was a strategy for sustainable development.
Before she could say anything, Ikeno changed the subject and asked:
"Auntie, didn't you say before that we would give everyone holiday gifts during festivals?"
Since you didn't come back this time, no one said anything.
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