Tongzhuang Shili Rice Flower Fragrance

After everything was arranged at home, Ming and Ye Qiuniang also devoted themselves to their own careers.

Mingrou's rouge business is going very smoothly, and there are many red and blue flowers. In order to prevent the flowers from being picked after the flowering period, Mingrou and Zhong Tiantian decided to pick these flowers during the flowering period to make juice, and then dry them for storage stand up.

For this reason, Ye Qiuniang also used the rest time to take A Tao to help them go to the mountain to pick flowers. In those few days, the yard was full of flowers, causing honey to fly around under the eaves, and the fragrance of flowers and honey was wafting. A busy scene.

Taking advantage of the first few days when the flowers were fresh, the two of them set up a big pot in the yard and started to cook. After a few days of busy work, they harvested several Wagang sticky juices, mixed them with beef marrow and butter, and then put them in Store it in the cylinder, and when it is used, heat the beeswax and mix it in, and put it in a specific box.

Except for beef marrow and butter, there is no other big expenditure for the time being, Mingrou is slightly relieved, but is in trouble when choosing a rouge box.

If you want to sell your own Rouge brand, you must have a unified box for packaging, and you must also put the signboard on it. Rouge has a fixed name, which is convenient for spreading the influence of the signboard.

So I started to ask the carpenters nearby again, and first produced a hundred small boxes to try the effect.

Soon, the small packaging box was made quickly, with a beautiful "Autumn" character engraved on it.

At first, when a few people were discussing the rouge signboard, everyone agreed that it was better to use the word "Ming", but Ming Rou mentioned the word "Autumn", everyone was puzzled, and Ye Qiuniang was also a little startled.

They are all from her own family, and Ming Rou didn't hide it, so she told everyone about her identity, and then laughed at herself: "I used to be a rich lady, but now I'm a poor family."

"The Ming family used to be a grain merchant. No matter what happens in the future, they will definitely take this sign back, but this rouge business doesn't want to be mixed with that one, and it's because of Jiujiu that I came back here and met Tian. Tian, ​​just know the red and blue flowers and have the rouge made today, let's use 'autumn'."

When everyone heard it, they felt that what she said was reasonable, and felt that she was so grateful for her kindness at a young age, which was very touching. Zhong Tiantian felt that it was right to work with Ming Rou.

After the decision was made, Ming and Zhong Tiantian prepared a hundred boxes of rouge, boiled beeswax, added the semi-finished honey juice prepared and stored before, stirred until it was half-cooled, and put it in a box. After it was completely cooled, the finished product It's finished.

The box is less than half the size of a palm, and a small pot can make enough rouge for a hundred boxes.

When pricing the price, Ming Rou thought hard. The cost of a small wooden box is five cents each, and a box of butter and marrow is about one penny. Although flower juice and beeswax cost nothing, they still require labor, and if it is not Homemade, beeswax also needs to be bought at an additional cost, and these must be included. In this way, the basic raw material cost of the whole box of rouge is about ten yuan.

Nowadays, the rouge on the market is divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower. The upper grade is exclusively used by the nobles in the palace. If the middle grade is used by rich wives and young ladies, the second grade is used by ordinary civilians. The price is even as high as ten taels of silver per box, and the medium rouge is between a few hundred taels of silver, while the second-class rouge is much cheaper, and the quality varies, ranging from a dozen to tens of taels of money. wait.

Mingrou didn't want to make inferior rouge. After many comparisons, the quality of the rouge they prepared even met the requirements of high-quality rouge. However, Pingle County is a thousand miles away from Kyoto, and the special supply is not available, so The best positioning is still to be a mid-to-high-end rouge.

After careful consideration, the final price was [-] Wen per box.

There are a total of 30 boxes of this batch of goods. If all of them are sold, there will be an income of nearly [-] taels of silver.

Ming Rou, who used to be the eldest lady of the Ming family, didn't have any idea about 30 taels of silver, but now, as a down-and-out, Ming Rou is a treasure to 30 taels of silver. Silver jewelry can only be pawned for 50 taels of silver.

As for ordinary people, the maximum annual income is no more than three or four taels of silver. If the sale of rouge goes well this time, then the future can definitely be expected.

For the first batch of rouge, Mingrou made a few more, picked a box for Ye Qiuniang, and put on makeup on her personally. The rouge embellished her simple and elegant lips, which made her whole person more lively, and her originally quiet and elegant temperament It also seems to be soaked in a layer of color, which makes people's eyes bright.

After Ming Rou finished applying her makeup, she stared at her plump and rosy lips without blinking her eyes, and exclaimed in her mouth, "It's so beautiful."

I don't know if I'm talking about the beauty of the mouth or the beauty of the person.

According to the original plan, Atao sent fifty boxes of rouge to Xu Qionghua's house, and she let her test the waters in the Qianjin circle in Pingle County.

Over the past few days, Ming Rou and the others have been anxiously waiting for the news, not knowing what kind of response their first batch of goods will have.

What they never expected was that it was Ye Qiuniang who brought the order first.

Ye Qiuniang is busy working in the Zhuangzi every day, but she also has to go to the county town and surrounding areas from time to time to manage the family property left by Mrs. Ming conscientiously. Naturally, dealing with all kinds of people is indispensable.

Now that Mingrou's rouge is produced, as her biggest supporter, Ye Qiuniang puts it on every day, and when she goes out to discuss business, it makes people around her unable to take their eyes off it.

And I went out today to discuss business with the owner of a restaurant in the county. The other party intends to let Tongzhuang be directly responsible for providing all the rice for the restaurant. It just so happens that the owner of the restaurant, Mrs. Ye, is also there, looking at Ye Qiuniang's lips that are different from other rouges. He Yanli couldn't help asking.

Ye Qiuniang smiled and said that it was made by her sister, and it has not been released yet. If you want it, come over and bring her a box next time.

After speaking, she took out the box she carried with her to try it out for her. Mrs. Ye couldn't stop after trying it, and looked at it in the mirror for a long time, which made the restaurant owner feel embarrassed.

Now it's all right, just because of this mouthful of rouge, the relationship has been revived, and it's also from the Ye family, and the boss is too embarrassed to lower the price of rice. When Madam Ye heard that such a good rouge is only three hundred cash, she asked her to send ten boxes directly Come here, keep it for yourself or give it away.

When I went home at night and told Ming Rou, the little girl danced around her happily.

You know, Mingrou used to be the granddaughter of a super rich grain family in Pingle County. She usually relied on her grandfather's hard work for a comfortable life. She is excited.

Besides, this fat-to-mouth business is also crossing the river by feeling the stones. Whether it will succeed or not depends on the subsequent feedback.

Now that Ye Qiuniang brought such good news, how could she not be so excited that she was still checking with Ye Qiuniang whether it was true even when she was sleeping at night.

Ye Qiuniang took pity on her uneasiness, held her in his arms and comforted her gently, and let her sleep peacefully as always.

Until the next day, A Tao delivered the rice ordered by the restaurant, and also brought ten boxes of rouge to Mrs. Ye. When he came back, he excitedly handed three taels of silver into Ming Rou's hands. Ming Rou touched the silver, Only then did he feel relieved, the business was considered a success.

In the afternoon, the carriage of Xu Qionghua's family appeared outside the yard, and as soon as he got off the carriage, he yelled at Mingrou: "Ah Rou, it's done, your rouge really made me shine in the rich family's daughters' group, Now a bunch of people want to order from me, and your fifty boxes have already been snatched up, so give me another hundred boxes."

Hearing what she said, Ming Rou couldn't help but feel agitated in her heart. She had already been excited for a round yesterday, and now she gradually calmed down. She was happy, but finally she also had the courage to arrange the next plan.

Adding the 15 taels of silver brought by Xu Qionghua, this batch of goods has already earned 18 taels. Mingrou packed the remaining forty boxes of rouge for her, looked at the other party's dissatisfied look and said: "Don't worry, just be steady." , I will make another batch in the next few days, and I will ask Atao to send it to you directly."

Xu Qionghua reluctantly left.

Just when Mingrou's business started to start, something happened to the Dafeng Grain Shop jointly named with Tongzhuang. In the past, the rice harvested in Tongzhuang was coordinated through Dafeng Grain Shop, and then sold to various places inside and outside the county. Some restaurants and restaurants in China, or sold directly to ordinary people.

During this period of time, rumors started from nowhere, saying that Dafeng Grain Store was not trustworthy, and sold the blackened rice as good quality to the people at the bottom.

As for the matter of Dafeng selling inferior rice, this is a non-existent story.Ye Qiuniang knew better than anyone else, and of course she also knew that Dafeng was being targeted.

Since the death of the old master Ming, the property of the Ming family has shrunk by half, the family has changed, and Pingle County has formed a situation where the two families of Du and Zhang are facing each other. However, under Ye Qiuniang's careful management during this period, the newly established Dafeng gradually appeared in the In people's field of vision, they are daring to catch up, and it is very likely that they will divide Pingle County with the Du and Zhang families.

Due to the relationship between Du Xian and Mr. Zhang who can't get on the table in private, the current relationship between the two families is quite delicate. Both sides are temporarily standing still and developing independently. It's just that the appearance of the Dafeng Grain Shop broke the relationship between the two families in an instant. As a result, the two opposing families began to collude quietly again, and together pointed the finger at Dafeng.

Hence the current situation where Dafeng is being framed.

Even if it is not true, such rumors will still mislead some merchants who want to cooperate and ordinary people who buy rice.

Ye Qiuniang despises Du Xian and Zhang Guofu's insidiousness and cunning in her heart, but she has to find a way to deal with this matter, so as not to affect Dafeng's reputation, and what's more, it may affect the future development of Tongzhuang.

Mingrou still doesn't know that the scholar in Tongzhuang is Ye Qiuniang, and Ye Qiuniang has been hesitant to tell her about it recently. When the old lady was there, she told her that it's best to make plans later.

Now the distance is Jiji, and it is only a short year.

But now Mingruan is different from the past, she is no longer that ignorant little girl, not only has she opened up her own new career, but her knowledge is increasing day by day, and she feels that there is nothing to hide from her anymore.

Even though he thought so, he still hasn't found a good opportunity to confess to her. In addition, he has encountered such a matter and it has not been resolved. It is even more impossible for Ye Qiuniang to tell Mingrou about Tongzhuang at this time.

Mingrou didn't pay attention to Dafeng's affairs. Ever since she got the first pot of gold with her lip service, she focused all her energy on the matter in front of her.

After the first 30 boxes of rouge were sold, all [-] taels of silver were credited to the account. According to the previous agreement, Mingrou would distribute the corresponding dividends to the several small partners who cooperated. After calling the people, they also carried out a division of labor.

Zhong Tiantian is in charge of making the rouge, and Xu Qionghua can bring the goods for convenience.

Subtract the total cost of raw materials from 30 taels of silver, and the rest will be shared. Of course, she must get the bulk.

Needless to say, Zhong Tiantian tightly clutched the three taels of silver in her hands and was very excited. She was a little girl, she had never seen so much money, and she was already planning to go back and tell her parents that the housework at home would be reduced in the future. Put your heart into the modulation of these mouth fats.

And Xu Qionghua is a little better, but it doesn't hinder her interest. After all, she used to get money from her parents, and she didn't get as much money as she wanted. Use, and this is money earned by one's own strength, so its meaning is naturally different.

After Atao helped so much, he naturally got his own share. At first he looked at Ye Qiuniang and dared not accept it, but he heard the other party seem to say unintentionally: "A Tao has helped so much, it's hard work, and now I'm not too old. It’s not too young, it’s time to save money and marry a wife.”

When A Tao heard this, he grinned and finally accepted the money with peace of mind. Thinking of marrying a daughter-in-law, he couldn't help being a little shy, which made the people around him burst into laughter.

"Brother Atao, you are from the Zhuangzi, I always ask you to help, will Guanshi Tong be unhappy." Mingrou said a little uneasy.

"Uncle Tong has nothing to be unhappy about. It's not the busy season for farming. It's no big deal to help out on weekdays. Moreover, the work on the village is calculated according to the quota. As long as you don't delay things, it's not a problem." Atao smiled. He was authentic, but secretly glanced at Ye Qiuniang next to him, and winked at her.

Ye Qiuniang raised her chin and coughed lightly, pretending not to see his winking.

After Mingrou got everyone's promise, she fell into deep thought.

Now the sales volume of mouth fat is good, and the reputation reflected is also good. If Xu Qionghua simply distributes the goods in the way of bringing goods, it feels that there will be great limitations. Cooperate with a fixed rouge shop, and give the other party a commission for them to help sell.

For a while, I was still unsure. After all, if I wanted to open a store, it would be another sum of money.

What surprised her was that Ming Hongxuan came to her door.