Rebirth in the 80s: From street stalls to the spotlight of domestic products

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[36 legs, 12-inch large TV, three turns and one sound. 】

The so-called 36 legs refer to a square table, four chairs, a double bed, a large wardrobe, a writing desk, and a dining cupboard. The total number is exactly 36 legs.

Among the three turns and one ring, the three turns refer to bicycles, sewing machines and watches, and the one ring refers to the radio.

In this day and age, few people in the county can achieve this level of betrothal gifts.

If the village has brand new 36 legs and a watch, it is considered a good condition.

It was quite rare to find a family that could make three turns and one beep. After all, bicycles were still a rare thing at this time.

Not to mention TV sets, which are so expensive that even the villagers are reluctant to buy them.

But these things are the most beautiful yearnings of ordinary people, and they are also important conditions for most girls to check for marriage.

If any family can produce these things, they will be able to pick good girls from all over the country.

Of course, these things are all valuable. A 12-inch TV alone costs 400 yuan, and it is purchased with a ticket. Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.

To get all these things together, plus a banquet and betrothal gifts, it would be conservatively estimated to cost 2000 yuan.

In that era when workers' monthly salary was less than 20 yuan, it would take seven or eight years to save the money without eating or drinking.

As for rural areas, a household with [-] yuan is considered rich, but a household with [-] yuan is unthinkable.

When Wang Muzhi was thinking about how to make money, Ye Lanfang walked in from the door.

"mother."

Wang Muzhi casually erased the writing on the ground.

"Come into the house, mother has something to tell you."

Wang Muzhi nodded and followed into the house.

"You kid, you're so old and you still play with dirt and get it all over your body."

Although Ye Lanfang said so, he couldn't help but come over with a shabby towel.

Watching his silver-haired mother wiping his hands, Wang Muzhi felt as if something was clogged in his throat and his nose was sore.

After cleaning up.

Ye Lanfang carefully took out a piece of cloth from his arms, spread it on the kang and opened it. Inside were some scattered coins.

"Son, my mother gathered the valuable things at home and borrowed some from the neighbors, which is 32 yuan and [-] cents."

As Ye Lanfang spoke, he took out a wad of money from his pocket and put it down. There was an old pocket watch in it.

"My child, this is 65 yuan and [-] cents lent to us by the village chief. This watch is a trophy he captured when he was a soldier. You must keep it carefully."

Touching the pocket watch with body temperature in his hand, Wang Muzhi felt increasingly guilty.

"Son, did you hear that?"

Ye Lanfang held on to Wang Muzhi earnestly.

"Mom, I really don't need these. I have already thought of a way to make money. I will definitely be able to marry Enhui in a glorious way."

As soon as these words came out, Ye Lanfang had a grimace and a pleading tone.

"Son, you can't do those sneaky things anymore. Just let your mother worry less. The worst she can do is sell the house to you and get a wife. You really can't go astray anymore!"

Wang Muzhi was helpless.

There was nothing I could do. Who knew that I was a delinquent gangster before? No wonder my family had such worries.

"Mom, don't worry. I really won't do that kind of sneaky thing. You have to believe me. I promise that I am doing a decent business. Just let me try."

In this way, under Wang Muzhi's persuasion, Ye Lanfang decided to let him try.

As for what Wang Muzhi wanted to do, the old mother couldn't tell.

……

When I saw Ye Lanfang's face full of exhaustion, especially her chapped lips.

Wang Muzhi had already thought about what he wanted to do.

He wants to make a lipstick to sell.

In his previous life, he once worked in a skin care product factory. In order to work alone, Wang Muzhi worked hard to memorize the ratios of various skin care products. Later, he also relied on skin care products to make his first pot of gold.

After carefully thinking about the materials required for several lipsticks, and combining the current environment and technology, Wang Muzhi decided to make a lipstick with honey as the main material.

Behind Tuyao Village is the vast Qinling Mountains, where wild beehives are everywhere.

Just do what he said, Wang Muzhi immediately carried the basket, a woodcutter and a homemade dagger, and a big black pot on his back, and headed into the mountains.

The main material of this lip balm is beeswax. Wang Muzhi took the risk of being stung by bees and collected several wild beehives, and also obtained some bamboos of uniform thickness to make lipstick tubes.

In order to make the lipstick more distinctive, he also picked some jasmine flowers and prepared them for decoration.

In my previous life, I started my career in this field.

Although he was limited by the conditions in the village and did not have all kinds of modern equipment, he still had confidence.

Anyway, today's industrial products are extremely rough and not as exquisite as those made by one's own hands.

"The first step is to filter..."

Follow the memory in your mind.

Wang Muzhi cut the wild honeycomb into small pieces, squeezed out the honey, and used the remaining honeycomb to extract beeswax.

The so-called beeswax, as the name suggests, is the wax secreted by bees.

When building the hive, in order to make the hive stronger, the worker bees secrete some fatty substances to build the hive, especially the ovary cover and the feed room cover.

It was later discovered that after extraction, it can be used to make cosmetics such as creams, lipsticks, and rouges.

The current conditions are poor, so Wang Muzhi can only melt the honeycomb by steaming it in a pot.

That's why he took away the big black iron pot.

Since there is no refrigerator, after filtering out the impurities, the remaining melted honeycomb is poured into a bamboo tube, sealed, and then soaked in an ice-cold stream to allow it to solidify quickly.

While he still had time, he prepared to make a few lipstick tubes.

In fact, lipstick tubes are sold in supply and marketing cooperatives, but at this time, Wang Muzhi's pockets were empty and he couldn't even afford it.

Fortunately, in his previous life, Wang Muzhi learned from a craftsman in the factory for half a year, so it was easy to make this lipstick tube out of bamboo. He quickly made ten tubes, and it was amazing that they could be pushed out from the bottom.

Take the bamboo tube from the stream and open it. The honeycomb has solidified.

Take out the beeswax on the surface and wrap it with gauze again, hang it in a bottle for secondary heating and filtration, and condense it again to form, and you can proceed to the next step.

"Wash, wipe dry, weigh, and add the mashed jasmine juice according to the ratio..."

As the beeswax is added to the cup and melted again, this time it is taken out while it is still hot without waiting for solidification.

Wang Muzhi carefully poured it into a homemade lipstick tube, dried it in the shade and let it cool, allowing it to solidify before use.

After ten minutes, the lipstick made of honey is ready.

Wang Muzhi tried it out and nodded with satisfaction.

Not only does your mouth feel moist, it also has the sweetness of honey mixed with the fragrance of jasmine. More importantly, this lipstick is made of pure nature. Even if you take a bite, it is absolutely safe. This is incomparable to the chemical products in the previous life.

"Yes, although the production process is a bit crude, but fortunately the raw materials are powerful. It was not easy to find such a good wild beehive in the previous life."

After working for such a long time, looking at the product in front of me, I felt a sense of accomplishment.

He carried a big black iron pot on his back and went home with a lot of unused beeswax and honey.

As soon as I reached the door, I looked up and saw my sister coming back with an angry look on her face.

When her sister sent Li Enhui back to her dormitory, she was criticized all the way, which made her feel even worse.

Looking at Wang Muzhi who was carrying a big black iron pot on his back, Wang Hongying still had a bad expression.

She was just about to curse, but when she saw the blood seeping from the bandage on Wang Muzhi's shoulder, she held back and turned around and came to the kitchen.

"Mom, I'll come back and bring some food to eat with Enhui."

"Yingzi, come here and make some noodles first. Mom will cook some vegetables, and you can also give them to me. I don't know who stole the big black iron pot at home. This little pot is really awkward to use..."

The younger sister glared at Wang Muzhi, who was taking the blame next to her.

"Who else could it be? Of course it was your precious son who stole it."

Wang Muzhi didn't explain, but took out a stick of lipstick and silently opened it.

A faint scent of jasmine mixed with the scent of wild honey attracted their attention.

"Son, what is this?"

"Mom, this is the lip balm I made."

"Ha ha."

Wang Hongying was the first to not believe it.

"Wang Muzhi, if you don't understand, just stop pretending. Do you, a grown man, know what lipstick is?"

Wang Muzhi directly handed over the lipstick without much explanation.

Although my mother, Ye Lanfang, couldn't read a single word, the fragrance was undeniable, and the color, as rich as honey, was also pleasant to the eyes.

"Eiko, is this really lipstick?"

"Looks like... isn't it?"

My sister was also a little unsure this time.

How can a woman not love beauty? What’s more, Wang Hongying is still young, at the age when she loves beauty and wants to dress up.

Looking at the lipstick in his hand, his eyes couldn't help but feel a little more fiery.

The Wang family is not limited to their brother and sister.

In addition to the boy Wang Muzhi, there are three sisters above Wang Mu, but they are all married.

The phenomenon of favoring boys over girls is quite common in rural areas.

The Wang family usually gives all the good things to Wang Muzhi first. Wang Hongying and her three sisters have never enjoyed any good things since they were young, let alone rare things like lip balm.

Of course Wang Muzhi understood the girl's thoughts, and smiled and passed the lipstick forward.

"Old girl, how about you give it a try and give me some advice."

"Tch, if you can make something good, don't poison me to death!"

Although she said she didn't care, she still pouted and ran to the only small mirror in the house and started applying it on her mouth.

This touch, this smell, this effect...

Wang Hongying was extremely pleasantly surprised.

Why does it feel better than using Li Enhui secretly?

You should know that the lipstick that Ren Hui bought was from a department store in the city. I heard it cost [-] cents!

An egg at home can only be exchanged for five cents at the supply and marketing cooperative. This is the price of more than a pound of eggs!

"Mom, it seems really good. You should try it too."

After receiving the lipstick from Wang Hongying, Ye Lanfang was unhappy but worried.

She looked at Wang Muzhi cautiously, with worry on her face.

"Son, how much does this cost? Our family is not rich now, so money is a gift to others, so we don't dare to spend it randomly."

"Mom, I made these all by myself. Look, there are leftover bamboos in the yard. If you don't believe me, ask Hongying, how can the ones bought in the mall be so rough?"

Feeling Ye Lanfang's still dubious gaze, Wang Muzhi also felt helpless.

no way.

Who made him such a bastard before? No wonder his family didn't believe him.

"Yes, mother, this guy is right. The packaging in other shopping malls is much better than this one. I have seen one at Enhui's. You should try it quickly and see how your mouth is cracked."

Wang Hongying took her mother to the mirror and wiped it carefully.

Although it won't be of any use for a while.

But when Ye Lanfang looked at herself in the mirror, she always felt refreshed, as if she had returned to her youth.

What's more important is that this was made by my son himself, and he has never enjoyed this kind of treatment before.

Has his son really changed?

Seeing the joy blooming from Ye Lanfang's face, Wang Muzhi felt even more ashamed.

A simple lipstick can make my mother so happy, which is enough to show how much of a jerk I was before.

He swore secretly in his heart.

In this life, you must make up for your family and never let them suffer again.

"It's really useful. Give me a few more and I'll give them to Enhui and some of her friends."

"I'll give you these as a gift. If you don't have enough, ask me for more. I also made this specially for Enhui. Please pass it on to me."

Looking at the remaining lipstick in Wang Muzhi's hand, Wang Hongying couldn't help but complain.

"Wang Muzhi, you don't need it even as a big man. Why do you keep so much? Just forget it all."

"That won't work. This is what I'm going to sell."