Transmigrated into a short-lived widow? Cold-faced uncle fights for my life

Forced to stop, she looked up at the spice seller in front of her.

He was about forty years old, wearing a big hat on his head, with strong facial features, which made Jiang Mingwei feel that he looked a bit like a mixed-race person.

"I want to buy spices for making rouge and powder. Do you have them here?"

"Of course! Madam, don't worry. My shop can be said to be the most comprehensive shop on the perfume street. If I don't have it, then other shops definitely don't have it. Madam, why don't you come in and take a look?"

As he said this, he made way for Jiang Mingwei, but his hands kept beckoning her inside.

Jiang Mingwei looked at the spacious environment in the house, and without hesitating for too long, she nodded and walked in.

As you walk into the house, the smell of incense powder is so strong that it makes you dizzy.

Although it smells good, I can't stand it after smelling it so many times that I feel a little uncomfortable.

Jiang Mingwei raised her hands and covered her face with her sleeves.

Hua Cui was also fanning herself constantly.

Looking at the spice seller beside her with a smile on his face, Jiang Mingwei couldn't help but ask.

"Don't you feel... that this room is suffocating?"

"Look at what the lady said! We all rely on this spice business to make money. We wouldn't complain about the spice being too fragrant, but we'd worry that it's not fragrant enough!"

Jiang Mingwei pursed her lips in silence.

If this spice was used to make ordinary rouge and powder, it might not be impossible to use it, but she planned to give the first batch to the eldest princess, the wife of Duke Huaiguo and a group of noble ladies after the successful development.

Give it to them first, and let them help you build awareness, then it will be much easier to distribute the products.

Existing resources should be put to good use.

At least she took a business class in college and understood what resource integration meant.

Anyway, I'm already here, and I can't leave the Wei family for a while. It would be a big loss if I don't do something!

Thinking of this, she simply asked, "Do you have any fresh and elegant fragrances? I can tell from the smell that they are more expensive spices. These... I'm afraid I don't like them."

The spice merchant was stunned, and then his smile became even wider, with his teeth showing.

"Yes, yes, yes, Madam, why didn't you tell me earlier? Please follow me upstairs. The spices upstairs are all of the best quality, but the prices are..."

He stopped talking halfway through.

Jiang Mingwei waved her hand.

"Just take me to see it, the price won't be less than yours."

"okay!"

Coming to the second floor, the space is also very spacious.

There is not as much incense powder as on the first floor, but after going upstairs, I can clearly feel that the pungent smell has become much lighter.

Hua Cui took a deep breath and couldn't help but complain.

"Miss, I've never been to a spice shop before. I didn't know that the smell of perfume powder could make people sick to death? I almost couldn't breathe! It's more comfortable here..."

"But miss, are you really going to make rouge and powder?"

Hanasui blinked and asked uncertainly.

Jiang Mingwei nodded and looked down along the scented powder.

"Of course, how could this be false? My great cause has only just begun its first step, how could your young lady give up? Don't worry, you will definitely be proud of your young lady!"

Hua Cui pursed her lips and said nothing.

She still has some doubts, what should she do?

After all, Xingxianglou's business is so huge that no one can compete with it, and it is even difficult to get a share of it...

If there are other rouge shops doing well in Beijing, if you inquire carefully, you will find that they are definitely supported by Xingxianglou.

It can be said that the imperial concubine monopolized the rouge and powder business in Bianjing.

How can our young lady defeat this?

Looking at the young lady's excited look, Hua Cui couldn't say the words on her lips. She could only sigh helplessly and continue to choose with her.

The two of them picked for a long time, and finally picked out seven or eight kinds of perfume powder and other materials needed for rouge and powder, and then left.

The spice merchant sent Jiang Mingwei to the door, still with a warm smile on his face, and watched her go away.

The smile on the spice merchant's face gradually faded until her back disappeared from his sight.

Then he snorted coldly and walked back into the house.

After a while, a woman with a slight limp walked in from the backyard of the shop.

The spice merchant's eyes flashed with impatience and he clicked his tongue.

"Who allowed you to come to the front? Get back here! Without my permission, you are not allowed to come to the front and get in my way! Why don't you get out of here right now?!"

The lame woman's face was full of fear and terror, and she trembled with her lips and dared not speak.

I had no choice but to nod and go back to the backyard.

But just as she turned to leave, she heard the spice merchant's sneering voice.

"Be prepared in a few days. I've found a new item that I'm sure I can sell to the owner for a good price!"

The woman paused when she heard that, and turned to look at the spice merchant in shock. He was playing with a jade pendant in his hand.

I wanted to say something, but when I met his vicious eyes, I shrank my neck in fear and limped back to the backyard...

When I returned to the general's mansion and was walking towards the yard, Hua Cui beside me suddenly cried out.

Jiang Mingwei stopped and looked back at her in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Miss, your jade pendant is missing, didn't you notice?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mingwei followed Hua Cui's gaze to her waist.

Today, a bluish-white jade pendant did fall, but it is gone now.

Thinking back carefully, it seems that it was still there when I entered the spice shop.

It must have fallen in the store.

The jade pendant is of excellent quality and it is obvious at first glance that it is not something that an ordinary family can own. It was the dowry of the original owner. I think the shop owner probably doesn't dare to sell it.

"It's okay. It must have fallen in the spice shop. When this batch of spices is used up in a few days, we will go and get the jade pendant back."

Jiang Mingwei shook his head, raised his foot and continued to move forward. Hua Cui followed him with helplessness on his face.

"Miss, you are really open-minded. That jade pendant is quite expensive. Aren't you afraid that the shop owner will embezzle it?"

"If I remember correctly, the jade pendant seems to have the Jiang family's private seal engraved on it. If he takes it out to buy it, he can check it out! The shop owner looks like a smart person and should not make such a stupid mistake."

Jiang Mingwei shook her head.

She had thought it all through in her mind, otherwise she wouldn't be so reassured.

Seeing that the young lady had made up her mind, Hua Cui couldn't say anything more and could only choose to agree.

Going further, Jiang Mingwei met Wei Jing who was about to leave the mansion.

She had a smile on her face and wanted to say something to Wei Jing, but she suddenly remembered everything they had experienced at the bottom of the cliff...

At that time, there was only each other in their world, so naturally it didn't matter how close their contact was.

But now in the General's Mansion, we must not forget that they should keep their distance...

Otherwise, Wei Jing might misunderstand me.

Therefore, her original joy, which she wanted to share with Wei Jing, ultimately just turned into a faint smile on her face, and she nodded at him.

Wei Jing was slightly startled, with a look of surprise on his face.

Jiang Mingwei was a little confused, but she didn't think much about it. She quickly passed by him and walked forward.

After she walked past, Wei Jing slowly stopped.

His eyes were fixed on the direction she left, and his emotions were surging...