The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

Huanhuan, who had an idea, started to think about it and took action. So during dinner that day, she told Xu Qu about her idea of going out for a walk. Xu Qu immediately agreed and said, "I didn't think it through. Madam, you should go around Shanghuai City. Tomorrow I'll ask Youcheng to prepare a carriage to accompany you."

Huanhuan certainly couldn't let Youcheng follow them, so she said, "Don't bother Youcheng, let him work by your side. Xiaoyu and I don't want to buy anything, we just want to stroll around casually."

Xu Qu heard this and said, "Okay, Madam, please do as you please."

The next afternoon, Xiaoyu packed a large bag, which contained bottles of Qiaoji rouge and clothes for men, which was a bit heavy. So Huanhuan and Xiaoyu got on Xu Qu's carriage, and asked Xu Qu to take them to the busiest street in Shanghuai City. They rode in the carriage and soon arrived at the busiest street in Shanghuai - Funing Street, where shops were lined up and pedestrians were shoulder to shoulder, making it very prosperous.

When getting off the bus, Cheng pinched the bag on Xiaoyu's back, and heard a jingling sound. He joked to Xiaoyu, "People who go shopping always carry empty bags, but your bag is bulging, and you look like someone selling something."

Xiaoyu was exposed and said in a panic, "What are you talking about? I was afraid that the weather would change today, so I brought an extra piece of clothing."

Huanhuan was shocked when she heard Youcheng's words, but when she saw that Xu Qu just glanced at the bundle indifferently and didn't react, she felt relieved.

Xu Qu said to Huan Huan, "Madam, I will come here to pick you up at twilight hour." Huan Huan thought for a moment and didn't know when he would finish his work, so he said, "Don't bother, we will go shopping and then go back on our own, no need to pick us up." Xu Qu said, "Okay, we will leave first."

After watching Xu Qu and Youcheng leave in the carriage, Huanhuan and Xiaoyu went straight to Zhangji, the largest rouge shop in Shanghuai City. The trip to attend the outing banquet was rushed, and Huanhuan only took a look at Zhangji from the outside and didn't have time to go in for a closer look. This time, I must take a good look at Zhangji's rouge.

After entering Zhang's shop, I saw two or three groups of customers choosing rouge. A female shopkeeper in her thirties was sitting in the counter, along with two young girls. One of the girls was receiving customers, and the other girl came over to greet them when she saw the customers coming.

"Girls, do you want to see lip balm or face balm?" the little girl asked softly.

"We want to see lip balm, facial cream, and powder." Huanhuan said as she looked at the furnishings in the store. The store was just as she had judged from outside last time, only the size of a medium-sized store in Heyang.

"What is the most popular item among customers in the store?" Huanhuan asked again.

"Look, this box of gouache is the latest gouache from Xueliantang, which is the most popular among customers in the store recently." The little girl handed over a very delicate box. I took a closer look at it. The box was indeed very delicate, but the gouache inside was not as delicate as Qiaoji's.

"This watercolor is not fine enough." Huanhuan said pretending to be dissatisfied.

The girl pursed her lips and pointed to a box of rouge on display and said, "There are many kinds here, you can pick one."

She slowly looked at where the little girl was pointing. The number of styles was not as many as in their Heyang Qiaoji store. To be precise, the number of types of rouge and powder displayed in the entire store was not as many as in their Heyang Qiaoji store.

So he slowly said, "Just these few?"

This was probably the first time the little girls heard a customer make such comments about their rouge. They stood there blinking, speechless.

At this time, the shopkeeper came over to greet her and signaled the girl with his eyes that she could leave. The shopkeeper said with a little dissatisfaction, "Young lady, you are joking. Our Zhangji is the largest rouge shop in Shanghuai City. You can find more varieties than us in Shanghuai City. Besides, this is the rouge and powder from Xuelian Hall. Xuelian Hall provides imperial products for the palace."

"Oh? I think it's not as good as the rouge from Heyang Qiaoji." He said slowly and tentatively.

"Indeed, I heard that Heyang also produces rouge, but how can the products produced in such a remote place like Heyang be compared with those produced in Xuelian Hall? I'm afraid that there is no rouge produced in such a small place like Heyang in the whole Shanghuai City. As for the rouge produced in our rouge shop, as long as it is mentioned that it comes from Xuelian Hall, which provides imperial products for the imperial court, not to mention the ladies and ladies in Shanghuai City, I'm afraid that the ladies and ladies all over the world would be eager to buy it."

"Oh? Then give me this box of lip balm." Huanhuan pointed to a box that was placed in the most conspicuous place.

"Okay, you have a good eye. This is the lip balm that has been sold in our store for the longest time and is bought by the most ladies." The shopkeeper happily packed a box of lip balm for Huanhuan, then took the small package and went out with Xiaoyu.

On the way, Xiaoyu carried a big bag on her back and said to Huanhuan, "Miss, the ladies in Shanghuai City only recognize the imperial products. So will the Qiaoji rouge we brought be acceptable in Shanghuai?"

Huanhuan raised his eyebrows and said to Xiaoyu, "I was a little undecided at first, but after seeing Zhang's rouge, I became more confident. You see, Qiao's rouge has never been sold in Shanghuai City. If we start selling it, we will be the only one. This is the first reason. Secondly, compared with the current rouge in Shanghuai, Qiao's rouge is cheaper and of better quality. It can be said to be good value for money, which is the foundation of doing business."

"Really? Miss, what you said makes a lot of sense." Xiaoyu was delighted and said "Ouch" again, "This bag is a bit heavy, Miss."

"Ha, thank you for your hard work, Xiaoyu. This box of lip balm is a reward for you." He slowly handed Xiaoyu the small bag from Zhang's, took the big bag from Xiaoyu's shoulder, and said, "Let's go and reduce the weight of this bag."

Huanhuan and Xiaoyu first went to a teahouse that was closest to Yihong Pavilion, ordered a pot of tea and asked for a private room. After sending the waiter away, Huanhuan took out the men's clothes that had been prepared long ago from her bag and put them on, and gave the women's clothes that she had changed into to Xiaoyu for safekeeping. She picked up a bag of Qiaoji Rouge, told Xiaoyu to wait in the private room of the teahouse, and then Huanhuan walked out of the door. At the corner, Huanhuan met the waiter who led them in. When the waiter saw "him", he looked at him suspiciously for a long time, rubbed his eyes, and pinched himself. Huanhuan saw him and left the teahouse with a forced smile.

This was Huanhuan's second time entering the Yihong Pavilion. She still remembered the last time she encountered two drunkards fighting over a singer, and she didn't know who the person who protected her was.

"Hey, where did this handsome young man come from? He comes so early." A woman dressed in fancy clothes walked towards him, swaying and waving a handkerchief slowly.

He shook his head slowly, cleared his mind of distracting thoughts, and said in a low voice, "I'm here to see your chief executive."

The woman saw Huanhuan carrying a bag on her shoulder and dressed in merchant clothes. She reached out and took Huanhuan's arm, saying, "I'll take you there."

It was not yet nightfall, and Yihong Pavilion was not as lively as the last time she came, which allowed Huanhuan to take a closer look at the attic. There was a stage in the atrium on the first floor of the attic, and there were rooms surrounding the atrium on the second floor. When she walked out of the room, there was a circular corridor connecting the entire second floor, and the columns of the circular corridor were decorated with pink gauze.

There were also some rooms under the corridor, but near the door were several rows of seats and tables for guests to watch singing and dancing and drink. Currently, one or two singers were practicing their voices, several people dressed as musicians were practicing music on the stage, and a slender dancer was dancing to the music with her long sleeves waving.

The woman took Huanhuan's arm and walked him to the door of a room on the second floor. She said to Huanhuan, "This is the chief steward's room. When this young master comes out, you can play my cards. My name is Caizhu. I can sing and dance."

Huanhuan responded perfunctorily, and after getting rid of Caizhu, she knocked on the butler's door. After getting permission, she went in. The butler was sitting in front of the dressing table. When she saw Huanhuan, she hesitated for a moment, "You are..." She dragged out her voice, as if she was thinking hard. Then she finally remembered and continued, "Isn't this Mr. Feng who came to sell rouge last time?"

He coughed twice slowly and said in a low voice, "The chief steward has a good memory. It is Mr. Feng."

He slowly got to the point and said, "Mr. Feng is here for the rouge. How would you like to use the rouge I gave to the chief steward last time?"

The chief steward rolled his eyes, smiled, and said, "It's good, but I don't know the price..."

Huanhuan didn't hesitate and immediately took over and said, "The price is negotiable." After that, she grabbed a corner of the bundle and shook all the rouge in the bundle onto the round table in the room.

"Wow, so many." the chief steward exclaimed.

"This is lip balm, this is facial balm, and this is powder. Look at this lip balm, it's so warm and comes in so many colors. Look at this powder, it's so delicate. This is the best rouge from Heyang." She slowly opened the lid of the rouge box and introduced.

"We didn't have the opportunity to discuss this in detail last time. It turns out that this rouge is produced in Heyang. I never thought that such a remote and poor place like Heyang could produce such good rouge." The chief steward of Yihong Pavilion narrowed his eyes as he looked at the table full of rouge.

"The chief steward has a good eye. The quality of this is not inferior to that of Xuelian Hall. Such a good thing is priced at this amount." He said slowly and stretched out two fingers.

"Wow, so much rouge for only two taels of silver." The chief steward pretended to be surprised and teased.

He smiled awkwardly and said, "The chief steward is joking. It's twenty taels of silver."

The chief steward burst out laughing, slowly picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "Then let's do as the young lady said, a total of twenty taels of silver."

"Miss, Miss" Huanhuan was startled and held her forehead. Yes, this chief steward has been in this romantic world for at least ten years, so he is naturally a sly man. How could a young girl like Huanhuan, who is just starting out, be deceived by him?

After Huanhuan came out of Yihong Pavilion carefully, she went straight to the teahouse, where Xiaoyu was anxiously waiting for her in the private room. When Huanhuan saw Xiaoyu in the private room, she happily showed a heavy purse in front of Xiaoyu's round face. Xiaoyu happily rushed over to hug Huanhuan's arm and turned around several times, and said excitedly, "Miss, you are so amazing!"

While slowly taking off her men's clothes, she said, "The chief steward has a very good eye. He saw that I'm a woman a long time ago. I guess we don't have to dress up as men next time."

Xiaoyu helped fold the men's clothes and put them into the bag, and asked, "Miss, when and why will we go back to Heyang to buy rouge next time?"

Huanhuan was sorting out the women's clothes she had just changed back into and said, "Don't worry. We gave them a lot this time. Let's do it before they run out of clothes."

The two of them excitedly drank a few sips of tea in the private room of the teahouse, packed up, paid the bill, and returned to Xu's house happily.