Seeing Hongmi’s grateful face, Qian Xiaolan smiled and didn’t explain further.
After finishing her meal, she called several brothers and sisters-in-law from the Gu family and Hu Xi to go into the mountains together.
There was a lot of dew in the morning and Hongni's face couldn't get wet, so she stayed at home.
Hongmi and Gu Yujiao also followed.
A large group of people rushed into the mountains. According to Qian Xiaolan's request, they not only found a lot of Chinese herbal medicines, but also cut a lot of bamboos of uniform size and brought them back.
Gu Yanqing wanted to ask Qian Xiaolan several times what she wanted these things for, but every time he looked over, Qian Xiaolan looked away, so he had to give up.
After returning home, Qian Xiaolan asked the men to cut all the bamboo into bamboo tubes of the same height, put lids on them, and clean them.
The women washed all the herbs and spread them out to dry.
After finishing all the work, Qian Xiaolan said:
"I'm going to make some simple skin care products this afternoon and have Hongmi sell them tomorrow.
If you sisters-in-law want to try it, I will make some for you later.
Ultimately, it depends on how you sell your products and the quantity you sell. I will decide whether I should lend you money to open a branch of Lan & Qing or whether you can start other businesses on your own.”
"Of course, I have to be frank with you. I will only help you in the early stages, and if I lend you money, you must write me an IOU and put your fingerprint on it, promising to pay it back within a few years.
As the saying goes, brothers should settle accounts clearly. Is my request not too much?
Especially since doing business is not something that can be done overnight, I lend you the money this time because we are a family.
Borrowing money two or three times means you are really in trouble.
If you borrow a lot of money, it means that you are greedy and you are taking advantage of me."
Qian Xiaolan's words were like a thunderclap, which made everyone dizzy.
When they came to their senses and heard what Qian Xiaolan said next, no one felt uncomfortable.
Instead, I put myself in the situation where someone kept asking me for money, and I immediately got angry.
"Don't worry, Xiaolan, we are not those people who are confused."
"I know my own limitations, and I also know that you really want to help us all. I will only be grateful to you, and will never do anything that is cruel and ungrateful."
"Yes, yes. If we really want to borrow money for business, we will definitely not be deadbeats."
All three sisters-in-law expressed their opinions, and the three brothers also agreed.
"Your sister-in-law is right, but this matter is very serious. We have to go back and discuss it with our parents."
Qian Xiaolan nodded. She was very satisfied with everyone's reactions. The reason why she said all the unpleasant words at the beginning was because she really liked this big family. She didn't want to cause a rift in this harmonious family because of some interests.
The hearts of several people felt as if they were poured with hot oil, burning hot and scalding. They could not stay any longer and said goodbye and rushed home.
Hongmi had told her parents about this this morning, so she did not leave but wanted to stay and help Qian Xiaolan with the work.
But Qian Xiaolan wanted to put the things into the space for processing, so she sent the person away.
The crowd dispersed and Gu Yanqing approached her cautiously.
"Wife, have you calmed down?"
Qian Xiaolan glanced at him, snorted, and pointed at the bamboo tubes drying in the yard and said, "Boil a few pots of water to sterilize and disinfect them."
"Hey, I'll go right away."
His wife finally spoke to him, and Gu Yanqing happily ran to work.
In the afternoon, when the herbs were almost dry, Qian Xiaolan had them all packed up and moved into the house.
There was a room on the first floor, which was specially cleared out by Gu's father to house a stone mill and a row of tables, so that she would have a place to do things when she felt like doing it after returning home.
After Qian Xiaolan asked someone to help grind the herbs that needed to be ground into juice, she and Gu Yanqing locked the door and entered the space to carry out the next process.
Gu Yanqinghe was very eager to help. After Qian Xiaolan finished the most difficult steps, she simply threw the rest of the work to them.
She left the space and continued tinkering in the house.
Before dinner, buckets of skin care products were placed on the table.
After dinner, everyone came to help with the canning.
When everyone saw what was in the bucket, they exclaimed it was magical.
"Xiaolan, you are amazing! You can make something so white using only those herbs. How did you do it..."
Mrs. Gu's eyes were full of curiosity. Before she could finish her words, Mrs. Gu pulled her aside:
"Sister-in-law, what are you asking? Even if I tell you, you don't understand chemical reactions. Let's just bring our ears and hands."
The others nodded.
Hu Guifen rolled her eyes at Mrs. Gu and said, "You're the only one who talks too much nonsense. Get to work. When you're done, we can sell the red rice tomorrow."
Qian Xiaolan knew that Mrs. Gu was the kind of person who spoke her mind, so she didn't care. After telling everyone how to can the food, she went to coax Guoguo.
The little guy is feeling very aggrieved today. Now he is held in his father's arms, with a pouty mouth and looking at his mother with tearful eyes. Anyone who sees him will feel distressed.
As soon as Qian Xiaolan looked at her, she reached out her hand.
"Mommy, mommy, hug me!"
Qian Xiaolan walked up to her, poked her little face with her hand, and asked her sternly, "Will you go catch chickens again in the future?"
"No, no, no." Guoguo shook her head, and a few crystal tears immediately rolled down.
Qian Xiaolan's heart softened instantly. She reached out and held her in her arms, wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, and kissed her little face.
"Okay, okay, don't cry anymore. Mommy is not angry anymore."
As soon as Qian Xiaolan coaxed him, Guoguo burst into tears, "Wuwawa..."
The crying made everyone laugh and cry.
"This little guy has been looking for his mother today, but he didn't cry."
"Guoguo is very strong. She didn't cry even when her sixth brother took her toy away from her."
"Yes, I also teased her to cry when she missed her mother, and her mother would come right away, but she refused to cry."
As soon as Gu Yujiao finished speaking, Hu Guifen slapped her on the back:
"You stupid kid, how can you tease Guoguo like this? You'll teach her bad habits."
"Dudu, bad!"
Guoguo, who was sobbing non-stop, heard what her grandmother said and even took the time to say something back, which made everyone laugh.
Guoguo wrapped her arms around her mother's neck and sobbed, "Cry, Mom, I'm angry!"
Humph, she knew that if she cried casually, her mother would be even angrier. Her aunt was a big bad girl.
When Qian Xiaolan heard this, her heart softened.
The little guy was probably tired from being frightened today, and fell asleep in Qian Xiaolan's arms after a while.
But Qian Xiaolan just couldn't let go. Every time Guoguo got to the bed, she would shout "Mommy, mommy, hug me."
Qian Xiaolan couldn't help but feel a little guilty, thinking that she had gone too far today.
But on second thought, if a child of this age is not taught well, it will be more difficult to correct the habits he or she will develop later.
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