Scholar and old attack

Xu Shuizhou spent the whole day working with his abacus, dejectedly, the soap was made, but after Jiang Jingyuan settled the accounts, he didn't make any money at all.

"A can of oil weighs three catties, which is sixty yuan. It can make soap for about 20 yuan. However, to get rid of the disgusting smell of lard, you need to buy spices that cost two taels of silver. To get back the cost, you need to sell a piece of soap. It takes one hundred cash to do it, and with packaging, the minimum price is 150 cash to make a profit.”

The selling price is too high, it is better for others to buy pancreas, and in the small place of Wutong County, the sales volume cannot be opened at all, unless the cost is reduced, pig farming is developed, and spices are merged at the same time.

"Why can't such a good thing be sold?" Xu Shuizhou made calculations, wishing that a piece of soap could be paid back for ten cents.

Jiang Jingyuan was a little funny, and said indifferently, "Even if the cost is reduced to ten cents a piece of soap, I guess no one will buy it. Take our Jiangyu Village as an example. Obviously there is saponin, and the villagers would rather work hard on their own. I also don’t want to buy saponins, what’s the reason for that.”

In the final analysis, you are still poor. If you plan to use up ten pieces of soap a year, you will need one hundred yuan, but what you get in exchange is inedible soap. What is wrong with the clothes not being washed clean? Who cares, you can't afford food, you can't support people, and who cares if your clothes are not clean.

And rich people really don't care about money, but they are more willing to spend money to hire someone to wash clothes, and it's just a set of clothes, if it gets dirty, it doesn't matter, who will wear it a second time...

Xu Shuizhou became even more frustrated, "Then I wasted a can of oil for nothing."

"No, soap can't be sold, but we can use it ourselves."

When Jiang Jingyuan was doing it, he didn't intend to make a fortune from soap. In this society with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, it is obviously impossible to make a fortune from a few pieces of soap.

I can't even make enough lard...

It took them a long time to save up the jar of lard they used to make soap.

Still the same sentence, if you want to be rich, first raise pigs...

pig--

When Jiang Jingyuan thought about pigs being dirty, and thinking about how he would soak in the workshop every day to make that disgusting soap, and then be covered in stinky clothes all day long, his whole body resisted a little.

Seeing that Xu Shuizhou was still depressed, Jiang Jingyuan handed over a wooden box hidden in his sleeve, "Don't be unhappy, try this."

"What is this?" Xu Shuizhou opened the box, and there was a bunch of sticky things inside, which looked disgusting.

Jiang Jingyuan picked something out of the wooden box with his index finger, pulled Xu Shuizhou's hand over, gently applied it to the calluses of his palm, and waited for it to be absorbed slowly.

Xu Shuizhou didn't know if he was hallucinating, why did he feel that the callus in the palm of his hand seemed a little smaller.

"This one is made of aloe vera and glycerin. It can be used for skin care. When you are free, you can apply it on your face and hands. After a long time, the calluses on your hands will definitely be eliminated."

Jiang Jingyuan smiled and explained that since he saw A Zhou's hands last time, he has been thinking about how to help him get rid of the calluses on his hands. mind.

Also, there is no one who does not love beauty.

Making soap was just by the way, but what he really wanted was this glycerin, which was worth many times more than soap.

Xu Shuizhou stared at the wooden box in surprise, holding it in his hands like a treasure, "Ah Yuan made this for me specially?"

"Well, it can be used as daily skin care. Apply it on the face every morning and evening. It can make the skin more hydrated, eliminate dark spots, and remove scars." Jiang Jingyuan picked another point and carefully applied it on Xu Shuizhou's face.

Xu Shuizhou's face is actually pale, maybe because of the year-round work, it looks a little yellow and dry, but it's actually not bad, compared with those tanned buddies in the village, it's like a heaven and a world.

The distance between the two was less than ten centimeters, and Xu Shuizhou could hear Jiang Jingyuan's breathing. His long eyelashes drooped slightly, his face was slightly flushed, and his mouth was tightly pursed, revealing the dimples on his cheeks. shy.

A Yuan is still really gentle——

Did he do this alone because of me? Xu Shuizhou felt sweet in his heart.

Thinking of Jiang Yuanmao, Xu Shuizhou was very grateful to his father-in-law for making such a good marriage for him. He had seen too many elder brothers being tortured because they were not liked by their husband's family.

If you don’t have enough to eat and don’t wear warm clothes, you can still suffer. What’s more terrible is that you will be beaten severely, and you will be beaten as soon as you are beaten.

If it wasn't for Jiang Yuanmao, he would probably marry a wealthy family as a concubine, or live with his mother.

The Xu family is a merchant, and they value business more. If father hadn't spent a lot of money to redeem his mother, he would not have worked so hard to go overseas to earn money, and ended up dying in a foreign land.

Jiang Jingyuan gently smeared aloe vera gel all over Xu Shuizhou's small face. Seeing him alone in a daze, he shook his eyes with his hand, "What are you thinking?"

Xu Shuizhou came back to his senses, and said with a smile, "I'm wondering if there is a copy for my mother of these things that A Yuan made."

Neither Chen Xiuxiu nor He Yuzhu are actually too old, about 35 years old, this age is still like a flower in modern times, how could Jiang Jingyuan forget it.

He took out two palm-sized wooden boxes and said softly, "How could I forget the two mothers, you can send them there for me later, and tell me when you run out."

In ancient times, aloe vera was a kind of weed that no one wanted, and its growth ability was very tenacious. Often when one plant was found, there were a large area around it.

Jiang Jingyuan would rather sell aloe vera gel than soap.

According to the market price, the cheapest one for a box of makeup powder costs one tael. His aloe vera gel can make the skin moisturized and shiny. If there is pearl powder, it can also be used to make whitening products. It costs two taels anyway. A box of silver.

And a box of aloe vera gel only uses a few pieces of aloe vera, which is equivalent to pure profit.

Jiang Jingyuan is not afraid of being known about the effect of aloe vera, the effect of aloe vera without glycerin added is not very good at all, and glycerin Jiang Jingyuan is now confident that no one can make it.

After all, no one would have guessed that this thing came out of the waste water used to make soap.

In any case, it is more cost-effective than selling soap.

Xu Shuizhou pinched his cheeks in disbelief, and within a short while after applying it, his cheeks were much more hydrated than before. If he used it every day, wouldn't his face be so tender that water could be squeezed out.

"The effect is too good, I'll give it to my mother right away."

Xu Shuizhou couldn't sit still for a moment, and ran out quickly with the two wooden boxes on the table.

Jiang Jingyuan smiled, found a pen and paper and wanted to redesign an exquisite box. If he wanted to sell aloe vera gel, he would prefer to take the high-end route, either not opening it, or opening it for half a year.

And it's a bit low-end to apply by hand, and it's more perfect to design a small spoon.

Xu Shuizhou took the aloe vera gel to find Chen Xiuxiu first. Chen Xiuxiu was completely relieved now. She tidied up the wooden house and planted some flowers and vegetables outside the yard. The inside of the house was displayed according to her favorite style. She just sat in the yard drinking tea and reading books when she had nothing to do. , I don't know how pleasant the life is.

Seeing Xu Shuizhou coming, she warmly greeted him to come and drink tea. It was approaching June, and many flowers were in bloom. She went to pick some and dried them, and added some honey to make scented tea, which could not only quench thirst but also beautify the face.

"Mom, let me show you something good." Xu Shuizhou took out the aloe vera gel.Did not drink tea first.

Chen Xiuxiu tried it out, and it was amazing, "Where did you get this thing?"

As a woman, Chen Xiuxiu also loves beauty, but after becoming a mother and a deceased husband, she has never put her mind on it. Now she is very clear about how much sensation this thing in Xu Shuizhou's hands will cause if it is released.

Xu Shuizhou laughed lowly, and said nothing, being affectionate in front of her mother-in-law would be beaten.

Seeing Xu Shuizhou like this, Chen Xiuxiu probably guessed it in her heart, "Jing Yuan made it for you, right? You really married a wife and forgot your mother."

Xu Shuizhou shook his head quickly, "No, no, this is specially for mother." After finishing speaking, Xu Shuizhou's voice became softer, "My mother also has a box."

"Okay, my mother is not a stingy person. Since you are married to my son, don't separate your mother from my mother. Your mother is also my son's half mother. Honoring your mother-in-law is what you should do. You don't have to." Be careful in front of me like this."

Chen Xiuxiu pinched the wooden box in her hand, feeling hot in her heart, and didn't care that Jiang Jingyuan also made a copy for He Yuzhu.

Raising a son is not about asking for something in return. As a mother, she hopes to see her son happy.

She feels that her life is pretty good now, at least she doesn't need to worry about her son's affairs. Don't you see that the women in the village will help take care of their grandchildren after their sons get married, and take their own money? Come out to subsidize children and grandchildren.

She lives here alone, but Jing Yuan promised to give him two taels of silver every month. She is his mother, and she accepts this money with peace of mind.

Many people in the village said that she was kicked out by her son, and she almost laughed out loud. She didn't have to worry about anything every day, and she still had money. If she said it, a bunch of people might get angry again.

"Hee hee, mother is the best, I'll go to mother's side now."

Xu Shuizhou really wanted to kiss Chen Xiuxiu on the cheek, but due to etiquette, he still didn't do it.

When He Yuzhu saw Xu Shuizhou go home, he was also happy in his heart. Although they were all in the same village and could see them every day, they didn't live together, so he was still thinking about it.

"Mom, I'll give you something nice." Xu Shuizhou was the first to take out the aloe vera gel made by Jiang Jingyuan.

After He Yuzhu tried it out, he shouted that this son-in-law is a good one, and rolled his eyes at Xu Shuizhou, "I don't know how many times better than you, a little heartless thing."

"Why do I have no conscience?" Xu Shuizhou was a little unconvinced.

"Who made me angry on the day I got married." Now, every time He Yuzhu thinks about Xu Shuizhou's wedding day, her heart aches, and she feels that she raised a son for nothing. These days, she often goes to Chen Xiuxiu's place to ask for advice on how to educate her son .

Xu Shuizhou had nothing to say, took the things He Yuzhu had prepared for him and Jiang Jingyuan, and ran away...

Before reaching the door of the house, he saw a bullock cart parked outside the yard, Xu Shuizhou couldn't help but quicken his pace and walked towards the house, not sure if something happened at home.

------

After entering the room, Xu Shuizhou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Yang Wanshu and Tan Jingyuan. He still remembered the scorching aura of those people in the village when they came to trouble A Yuan.

What would happen if A Yuan was injured if he wasn't around to protect him.

Jiang Jingyuan was sitting on the table quietly listening to Yang Wanshu's report. It turned out that Xu Shuizhou had asked Mrs. Gao to help promote the storybooks. He responded, and the five hundred storybooks printed in the warehouse these days were sold out.

Yang Wanshu was not sure whether to pay attention to printing or not. Seeing that Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou hadn't come for two or three days, and there were always people in the shop asking, he had no choice but to come and ask in person.

Before going out, I ran into Tan Jingyuan again, so I took him to visit with me.

When Tan Jingyuan heard that his book was sold out, he was overjoyed, and even bought a gift for Jiang Jingyuan, which wasn't very good, just some pastries.

"You stingy, you are willing to give gifts." Jiang Jingyuan looked at the box of pastries that Tan Jingyuan brought over, and joked.

Tan Jingyuan is a person who packs up any meal when he goes out, so he saves as much as he can on weekdays. This is the first time Jiang Jingyuan has received a gift from him.

Tan Jingyuan has a relatively thick skin, and he didn't mind Jiang Jingyuan's jokes at all. Instead, he said with a smile, "You know that my family still has eight younger sisters waiting to support. If it wasn't for the fact that I made money this time, I don't even have this pastry. Take it as a gift to congratulate you on your newlyweds."

Jiang Jingyuan smiled and handed the pastries to Xu Shuizhou, "This is a precious gift, try it, it might taste better than the ones you usually buy."

Xu Shuizhou took it and tasted it, and it really tasted better than the pastry he usually eats...

After Jiang Jingyuan listened to Yang Wanshu's report, he simply told Xu Shuizhou that since the bookstore had been handed over to Xu Shuizhou, it was the right solution for him to manage it.

"I think it's still possible to print a small amount, and the second book has to be speeded up. Jingyuan, how are you preparing?" Xu Shuizhou asked while eating pastries.

"It's almost over."

Tan Jingyuan's storybook is not a long story. A storybook can only be [-] words at most, and it can be less than [-] words. It can be written in a month.

The three of them started discussing in the study, and Jiang Jingyuan occasionally gave some advice. Finally, when it was getting dark, Yang Wanshu and Tan Jingyuan got up to leave.

"It's great to make money." Xu Shuizhou stretched his waist, thinking that the 40 storybooks were sold out, and he could earn about [-] taels after excluding the cost, so he was very happy.

It only takes a few days, and I can earn so much in half a month. When I have more money, I will have to renovate my mother's wooden house.

"Don't get too excited, this time it's because Miss Gao is helping behind the scenes. Next time, people will always experience visual fatigue. If you read too many books, it will get boring after a long time."

Jiang Jingyuan didn't mean to pour cold water on Ah Zhou. As a businessman, he should keep calm at all times. Ah Zhou is doing quite well so far, but maybe because of his age, he is not stable enough.

Since he likes this job, Jiang Jingyuan feels that he has an obligation to correct him at any time, lest he get carried away and go the wrong way.

"That's right." Xu Shuizhou suddenly became depressed. He really wanted to make a lot of money every day, and then buy the best pens, inks, papers and inkstones for A Yuan, and wear the best clothes.

"Don't worry, if I don't expect it, in a few months at most, Jingyuan's book should be spread out of Wutong County, towards Datong, and even further away. At that time, it will be the spring of our bookstore. .”

Jiang Jingyuan had noticed before that the operation mode of the Ming Dynasty Bookstore was a shop in the front and a factory in the back, and if he wanted to print other books, he had to buy the copyright.

Self-produced and self-marketed are always small troubles. Only by paving the way wider and selling copyrights is the right way. Think about it, as long as one-tenth of the bookstores in the entire Ming Dynasty came to buy copyrights, it would be equivalent to A golden mountain.

Of course, Jiang Jingyuan was also afraid of piracy, but scholars in the Ming Dynasty paid more attention to reputation, if they bought pirated books and were found out by classmates or friends, they would definitely be ridiculed.

Therefore, the piracy in the Ming Dynasty was not rampant to the point of lawlessness. This kind of thing cannot be eliminated. It can only be done by one's own self-consciousness. Anyway, if you are caught digging coal for 20 years, you can't escape.

"You mean copyright?" Xu Shuizhou's eyes lit up. That's right, why didn't he think of selling copyright? He is so stupid. As long as the book is well-run and famous, he is afraid that other bookstores will not come to his door. come?

After Jiang Jingyuan finished speaking, he pointed to the aloe vera gel on the table, "And don't forget this, do you think anyone will buy it when we sell it?"

"Of course there will be, like that Miss Gao, I'm afraid you won't be able to win if you rob her." Xu Shuizhou knows how much a woman's heart loves beauty.

That Miss Gao was dressed well that day. Although she couldn't see her face, the clothes on her body matched her figure with unevenness, and she could smell a vague fragrance on her body.

It took such a lot of effort to just put on the body, and I had to take extra care of my face. Not only women, but some brothers and men also love beauty, especially wealthy families, and they would never be stingy with their faces.

Xu Shuizhou thought of something while talking, raised his head and said, "Speaking of the big family, haven't we gone to say hello to grandma yet?"

A look of embarrassment flashed across Jiang Jingyuan's face. Wang Xiangyun had repeatedly told him to go to Ren's mansion to visit her old man after getting married, but he had an inexplicable resistance to Ren's mansion, and subconsciously forgot about it.

"Go and have a look, after all, she's your real grandma." Xu Shuizhou sighed, he had met Wang Xiangyun when he was young, but after so many years, he couldn't remember clearly.

"En." Jiang Jingyuan nodded silently.

The next day, Xu Shuizhou got ready and went with Jiang Jingyuan to visit Ren's mansion. The gatekeeper still remembered Jiang Jingyuan, and he let Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou in after a while.

As soon as Wang Xiangyun heard that his grandson had come to the door, he hurried to the main hall with joy, held Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou's hands as soon as they met, looked left and right, and said kindly, "Well, well, they are really a match made in heaven. "

Jiang Jingyuan is gentle and elegant, and Xu Shuizhou is fresh and handsome. Standing together, the two are a match made in heaven.

"Grandma, my grandson and Ah Zhou were helping the bookstore. I didn't come to visit grandma in time. Please forgive me." Jiang Jingyuan apologized.

"It's okay, it's okay. If you can come to see grandma, grandma will be happy in her heart. It doesn't make any difference if you come early or late." Wang Xiangyun doesn't care much. She also pays attention to Jiang Jingyuan all the time. Knowing that he opened a bookstore in the west of the city, she even sent I went to buy a few books and came back.

Although I can't understand it, I can support my grandson's industry.

As Wang Xiangyun said, he took out a string of golden necklaces from his bosom and handed them to Xu Shuizhou, "This is the first time I see this granddaughter-in-law, and grandma doesn't have anything good for you. Grandma has brought this necklace for more than ten years, and it is burned every day." Enlightenment will surely bless you with long life and good health."

Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou looked at each other, wondering if they should take it or not, the big gold chain around their necks is a bit dazzling.

"Put it away." Wang Xiangyun urged with a smile.

Youdao is an inescapable gift from the elders, so Xu Shuizhou had no choice but to accept it, but he only dared to put it away, but he didn't dare to wear it around his neck, for fear of being robbed when he left the door of Ren's mansion.

"Xiaohong, go down and prepare meals. It just so happens that my old man and my unfilial son are not at home today, so I can have a good home-cooked meal with my good grandson and granddaughter-in-law."

After Wang Xiangyun had a conversation with Jiang Jingyuan, he ordered his servants to go down and prepare meals.

Jiang Jingyuan saw that there were only three masters in this huge Ren Mansion, and he understood something in a daze. No wonder Wang Xiangyun was so enthusiastic about him. It turned out that Ren Quan hadn't married and had children yet, and he was the only grandson.

Wang Xiangyun put all his love for his grandson in his own life. If Ren Quan had children, he would have nothing to do with him.

The three of them sat on the Eight Immortals table, and before they had time to set down their chopsticks, an old-fashioned voice came from outside, "Old lady, why didn't you wait for me to start dinner."

It is Wang Xiangyun's current husband, Ren Che, who looks about 60 years old, but his body is obviously much bigger than Wang Xiangyun's. .

"You old man, speak in a low voice, don't scare my good grandson." Wang Xiangyun knew what kind of virtue her husband was, and yelled loudly.

Ren Che saw Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou sitting on the table, and smiled heartily, "Hahaha, it's Jing Yuan who's here, I've heard the old woman talk about you a long time ago, you are really good-looking, much better than my bastard son .”

"Father! You're talking bad about me again."

As soon as Ren Quan came back from the outside, he heard his father yelling at him again, before he even had time to drink his saliva, he quickly refuted.

Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou stood up and saluted. Both of them had a slight embarrassment on their faces. They came at the wrong time today and disturbed the reunion of their family of three.

"Jing Yuan doesn't need to talk to their father and son, they are both robbers, and there is no way to compare with you scholars." Seeing Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou embarrassed, Wang Xiangyun hurried out to smooth things over.

When Ren Che heard what Wang Xiangyun said about him, he was not convinced, "If I hadn't been a robber, snatched you away, and earned this family business, I would be able to live like this now."

Jiang Jingyuan, Xu Shuizhou, "..."

We seem to know a terrible secret.

Ren Quancai didn't care about his father and his mother's quarrel, poured himself a glass of water, and said, "It's about returning the property, our exclusive dyeing formula was learned by the Liu family in Datong, and my hair is graying because of it." , I am afraid that the Ren Family Dyeing Workshop will cease to exist in the near future."

"The big deal is to continue to work in your old business, Xiao Quanzi, you still run a tiger head gang, why did someone steal the formula." Ren Che didn't look at the three big and five rough, but his thoughts were actually very delicate.

Ren Quan also inherited this from his father.

"Don't talk about it, who knows that my confidant is a spy sent by the Liu family. He hasn't thought about it for seven or eight years, just to steal the formula. This time it really turned the boat in the gutter." Ren Quan said this The thing is that he is full of anger, betrayed by his most trusted subordinate, and he doesn't know what it feels like.

Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou were really sitting or standing at this time, I just felt that the Ren family father and son were too relieved of them, shouldn't such a confidential matter be discussed quietly by the family behind closed doors.

"I see, close the door and close the door. We sell the house and we go to the countryside to live in the same way. You don't need to use business as an excuse every day and don't marry me a daughter-in-law. It's almost [-] and still a bachelor. It's not embarrassing." Wang Xiangyun Looking at a good table of reunion dinner, it was disturbed like this, throwing away the chopsticks and refusing to eat, glanced at Jiang Jingyuan, "Look at Jingyuan is married now, you have not yet settled down as an uncle."

The father and son rolled their eyes at Jiang Jingyuan, pointed to the food, "Our family is like this, don't take it to heart, eat."

Jiang Jingyuan, Xu Shuizhou, "..."

The author has something to say: the big gold chain outside the story

Every year on a certain month, Zhouzhou suddenly remembered the big gold chain that his grandma had given him, and he turned it out and put it around his neck.

After a while, I couldn't move anymore.

Yuan Yuan asked suspiciously, "Why didn't you leave?"

... "The gold chain weighs me down."

"I think it looks better with a small watch, and two people to carry it..."