Liu Yunqing became familiar with Ning Shiyin only after she got involved in the business. When she was able to open her new bookstore, Ning Shiyin gave her a lot of advice.

Now that there is such a good business, Ning Shiyin naturally has to take part in it.

"I heard from my mother that it was all thanks to Sister Shiyin's help during that period. Now that I have a good business, I'm thinking of Sister Shiyin."

"Hurry up and tell me! You don't come to me for no reason, but you come and give me money. I love it when you come!"

Liu Yunqing couldn't help laughing and handed over two bottles of perfume.

"Sister, you have been running a paper mill for many years. Have you ever thought about doing more with paper?"

Ning Shiyin pulled out the stopper of the vial and smelled the rich fragrance without getting close. She then turned her attention and looked at Liu Yunqing.

"Sister, are you saying that we should mix this incense into paper and make it into scented paper?"

Liu Yunqing nodded: "That's right. Nowadays, we have scented tablets, scented pills, and scented ointments. Everything we wear and wear can be scented, so why can't paper be? If we can make scented paper, I don't need to say more. Sister also knows how much money can be made from it."

How could Ning Shiyin not know this? She put down the small bottle in her hand and sighed.

"Sister, you don't know that making paper is not that easy. I tried your method two years ago. First, it is very time-consuming. Second, if you use ordinary flower fragrance, it is difficult to cover the smell of paper pulp. In addition, when the paper is dried, some of the fragrance will also dissipate."

"I finally made a batch, but before I could collect enough to sell, the fragrance of the paper was gone."

Liu Yunqing did not give up. She asked in detail how Ning Shiyin had people do it. After hearing that her method was quite different from her own, Liu Yunqing couldn't help but feel more hopeful.

"From what I heard from my sister, it's just soaking the flower petals into the paper pulp when making paper. Scented paper, after all, has to be made on this paper. It can't be used for writing or drawing. It's putting the cart before the horse. So you can't put too many flower petals. This is also the reason why the paper doesn't retain fragrance."

"But what I have now is different. This bottle contains the steamed flower dew, and the other bottle contains the made essential oil. If you add it in, it will be a hundred times more fragrant than the flower petals. Sister, why don't you let me try it? I will bear the profit and loss myself."

Ning Shiyin not only regarded Liu Yunqing as a business friend, but also as a sister, so she was not stingy just to give it a try.

"Sister, you are not friendly when you talk about money with me. How about this? I have some unused small bamboo curtains in my workshop, only half a meter in size, for people to practice with. I will ask someone to mix some different pulps, and we can give it a try."

"If it doesn't work, then forget it. If it does, I won't charge you money. Let's sign a contract, deduct the cost of the materials we both use, and then split the profits, okay?"

Seeing that Ning Shiyin was also interested, Liu Yunqing naturally hurried to finalize it with others.

"Of course, that's fine. We'll split the profits 50-50. However, I have one request. This incense paper can only be sold in my bookshop. Sister, you can't sell it to others. This thing is more valuable for its quality than its quantity."

Ning Shiyin nodded: "Of course! Besides, this idea was also thought up by my sister, and it's my sister who's selling it, I can't let my sister suffer a loss, you take 60% and I take 40%, let's settle it like this."

Both of them were quick-witted and they finalized the contract in a few words. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone were all ready, so they drafted it together, each stamped their own seal on it, and made two copies. That was then the deal was done.

Ning Shiyin did not waste any time and asked the manager to assign two experienced people.

After scooping up two vats of different paper pulps, the two of them found an empty room and started working on it. It took them an hour or so to finally produce two stacks of wet paper.

Because the sun had gone down and it wasn't too hot, Ning Shiyin asked someone to light the stove to warm themselves up.

At nightfall, I was finally able to peel off the papers one by one.

In addition to the two different types of paper pulp, the two also made two different types of thickness, a total of four.

Liu Yunqing and Ning Shiyin had been smelling fragrance all day, and now they could not smell the smell of paper at all, so they had to call the steward to come.

Three out of the four types of paper were successful. Liu Yunqing and Ning Shiyin were extremely excited. They hit it off and chartered a pleasure boat to go for a drink and a cruise on the river!

"Fisherwoman, a steamed yellow croaker, a plate of deep-fried shrimps, a plate of spicy fried clams, a portion of preserved fish, crystal soap, fried vegetable meatballs with dipping sauce, and two kinds of delicious fruit!"

Liu Yunqing ordered a list of their favorite dishes, and Ning Shiyin gave the silver to the fisherwoman.

"Just order some food, and warm up a pot of Jinbochun! Today, we two sisters won't go home until we're drunk. If we get drunk tonight, we'll stay at this riverside inn and won't go back!"

"That's great, even if I offend your husband, Mr. Zhong, I will have to let him stay alone in his empty room."

Ning Shiyin joked: "What are you afraid of? The young master should stay at home and take good care of the children. He is already very lucky that I don't stay in Xiaotianshui Alley!"

"You are young and you don't understand. Men should not be spoiled!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yunqing couldn't help but burst into laughter with Ning Shiyin.

Her good sister was a wonderful person. She could never get enough of talking and playing with her, and all the fatigue from the past few days was relieved a lot.

The two of them sat opposite each other by the window. They lifted up their sleeves and looked under the window, where they felt the cool river water. The cruise ships and pleasure boats on the Bian River were all close to each other. The colorful lights and pavilions made the river water look lively, as if there was a prosperous Bianjing hidden under the water.

To fill their stomach before eating anything, the two of them clinked glasses and drank three full cups.

Two beauties were leaning against the window, their cheeks flushed, their arms wet with dew, their necks frail, and their hairpins swaying, a sway that would carry them into people's hearts.

"I was thinking of her face like a flower in the dimness, and was about to dream...but was startled...I want to ask you two beauties, am I dreaming or awake?"

A drunken voice came from the tall cruise ship next to them. Liu Yunqing raised his eyebrows and looked, only to see a man on the cruise ship leaning on the railing and looking out. He was probably drunk, and his body was swaying even more than the small boat.

"Where did this lecher come from! I am your aunt!"

When this sound came out, not only the drunk man laughed, but everyone around who heard the sound also laughed.

Liu Yunqing and Ning Shiyin also laughed happily.

It can't be considered a tease, and it can't be considered a joke either. It's just that everyone is drunk and happy at the moment.

Just then, a fisherman's girl came by paddling a small boat to deliver vegetables. Ning Shiyin picked up a vegetable meatball and threw it at the young man, which caused everyone to laugh again. The man did not stop until he apologized.

If one pot of wine is not enough, then another one is served. Just now it was Jinboxun, and now it is Xiaoshaquan.

The two people's jade-colored faces became even more flushed. They originally thought that the Bian River was noisy, but now they only felt that the fish and shrimps under the Bian River began to make noise.

The captain of the boat was a woman, and she was afraid that they would get drunk and catch a cold on the boat.

Seeing that it was getting late, they planned to dock and send them to the inn to rest. However, after just rowing twice, they saw a luxurious three-story cruise ship approaching.

The two men on board were tall and majestic, one of them was holding a cat, and they called out to them before the boat stopped.

"Madam Liu, what a coincidence!"

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