The pretty widow is addicted to money, and the little wolfdog asks for a hug

Gu Qingshan suddenly realized: "The shop may raise the price behind our backs, not only to earn our rent, but also to earn the price difference!"

"That's right." Gu Qinghuai nodded with satisfaction, "If it's true what Big Brother said, what adverse effects will this bring?"

Gu Qingshan thought about it, his eyes slightly changed: "If they secretly set the price of soap too high, it will affect the subsequent sales of soap."

"Moreover, they don't care whether our soap can be sold or not. Even if it can't be sold, they won't lose anything anyway," Gu Qingsong added.

Gu Qinghuai nodded continuously, "Yes, big brother and I are both very smart and have basically considered all the main issues. So finding a shop to sell on our behalf is not very suitable for us.

After all, soap was a new product that they had never seen before, and the people did not know the price; if it was an ordinary item that the people saw often, everyone knew the approximate price, and it would be appropriate to sell it in the shop.

So, I thought of another way to sell - wholesale."

Before anyone could ask what "wholesale" meant, Gu Qinghuai explained, "We sell soap in bulk to middlemen, who set their own prices. We have no control over how they sell the soap later on, and the wholesalers are responsible for their own profits and losses.

In this way, although the profit of each bar of soap becomes smaller, we can increase the volume and speed up the circulation of goods.

For example, if a piece of soap costs 50 wen, and if it is retailed, you can only sell 20 pieces a day, and the gross profit is 1000 wen.

But for wholesale, even if each bar of soap is priced at 40 wen, and 300 pieces can be sold wholesale in a day, then the gross profit is wen. "

Gu Qingshan nodded, "Yeah, I understand!"

"I understand too," Gu Qingsong nodded.

Only Zhao Ying and her two little sisters still looked confused.

But it doesn't matter. With long-term exposure, they will gradually get the hang of it.

"Okay! Next, we will start making soap. Tomorrow I will go to the county town to get the mold. I can use the soap as a bargaining chip to find a wholesaler." Gu Qinghuai tapped the table lightly and stood up.

The soap making process was about to begin. The whole family was very excited, as if some important ceremony was about to take place. They all stood up and looked at Gu Qinghuai eagerly.

They had already prepared a lot of wood ash, boiled a lot of water, and cleaned the large pots and urns, just waiting for this moment.

If they really made soap, they would never have to suffer from hunger again.

When winter comes, they will have cotton-padded clothes, cotton-padded pants, and cotton-padded shoes to wear, and they can also cover themselves with thick quilts.

They can rebuild a brand new mud brick and thatched house, sleep soundly every day, and no longer have to worry about whether the house will suddenly collapse.

Even if it is windy or rainy, they can stay comfortably in their dry and tidy home without worrying at all.

They are no longer the poor people who are looked down upon by everyone in the village.

Facing the overly eager gazes of his family, Gu Qinghuai, who was not nervous at first, became nervous even after being made nervous by them.

It felt like the little flame carrying the family's hopes was in her hands.

If she accidentally put out the flame, she would have to face five or six pairs of disappointed eyes.

Gu Qinghuai rubbed his face, regained 500% of his confidence, raised his fist and said, "My friends, go to the kitchen and get started!"

"Let's do it!"

Everyone marched towards the kitchen.

Gu Qinghuai took the opportunity to buy filtering and stirring equipment in the system, and also bought a scale, using up 300 points, leaving him with 638 points.

Gu Qinghuai took all these things out of the bamboo basket that Zhao Ying was carrying today. When everyone saw it, they naturally had no questions.

The first step is to prepare alkaline water: rinse the wood ash with boiled water and filter out the alkaline water.

The best concentration of alkaline water for making soap is 45%. If the concentration is too high, it may easily burn the skin, and if the concentration is too low, it will not have a cleansing effect.

With an alkali solution concentration tester, 45% concentration can be easily measured.

Gu Qinghuai asked Zhao Ying to help him weigh the weight ratio of wood ash and boiled water.

Gu Qingshan was responsible for recording the data.

In fact, Gu Qinghuai could have sorted out all these steps, processes and data by herself, but she wanted her elder brother to feel involved and make him feel important.

Gu Qingshan supported the wooden board with one hand and wrote with the other, very seriously.

For example, how many kilograms of wood ash and boiled water are needed to produce how many liters of 45% alkaline solution.

Calculate the weight ratio of the ingredients. You don't need to check the concentration of the lye all the time. Just weigh the ingredients.

The alkaline water must be filtered clean and must not have any impurities. Gu Qinghuai took Gu Qingya and Gu Qingmiao to do it themselves.

Qingya and Qingmiao were both very cautious, and because they were too nervous, beads of sweat broke out on their foreheads.

The filter mesh purchased by the system is really easy to use, and no solid impurities can be seen in the filtered alkaline water.

After the alkaline water is prepared, Gu Qingsong lights a fire to heat it.

The second step is to boil lard.

After the lard is boiled, the residue must also be filtered to keep the lard pure and free of residue.

Even though they had a good and full meal at night, the whole family still couldn't stop drooling over the aroma of lard.

Gu Qinghuai stuffed a piece of fragrant lard into everyone's mouth.

"We can use the remaining oil residue to make dumplings tomorrow!" Gu Qinghuai was craving for dumplings.

In the last days, she actually had a worse life than her family.

No matter how poor the family is, at least they have wild vegetables to eat. Where are the wild vegetables in the end times? There are mutant plants, but people will also mutate if they eat them.

Gu Qingmiao blinked her big eyes and asked, "Third sister, what are dumplings?"

Gu Qinghuai smiled and said, "You will know tomorrow, Qingya, tomorrow my second sister-in-law will teach you how to make dumplings!"

"Ah!" Gu Qingya nodded happily.

Gu Qinghuai looked at Gu Qingsong: "Song'er, at noon tomorrow morning, you take Qingya and Qingmiao to Uncle Tiechui's house for class - oh, no class, after class, the three of you go dig some shepherd's purse together. If there is no shepherd's purse, dig other wild vegetables, such as wild onions, wild garlic and the like."

"Okay!" Gu Qingsong nodded with a smile. He liked to do anything that could save money.

If he could dig up more wild vegetables, he could save more food.

So, the whole family began to look forward to tomorrow's mysterious dumplings.

Late in the evening, a rich aroma of meat wafted from Gu Laosi's house again. Ding Honglian's family to the east were all squatting in the yard, drooling.

Hu Wenhao and Hu Dabao were crying again because they were greedy, and they kept clamoring for meat.

Ding Honglian was so angry that she scolded Gu Laosi's family again.

Of course, only her family could hear her scolding.

The third step is to mix and stir.

When the temperature of the lye water and lard reaches about 40°C, slowly add the lye water, alcohol, or some essential oils and spices to the melted lard, stirring continuously until it reaches a consistency like yogurt.

This step is the most tiring.

Originally, Gu Qinghuai was the strongest and wanted to take on the job, but her family members did not allow it. They just asked her to sit down and rest while they directed them to operate.

Finally, Zhao Ying, Gu Qingsong and Gu Qingya took turns stirring.

Gu Qingmiao also wanted to join in, but was stopped by Zhao Ying because Qingmiao was too young and Zhao Ying was afraid that she would fall into the pot.