The wind is gentle and the fun is endless

Although Huanhuan had traveled between Heyang and Shanghuai many times and was familiar with the road, he was a novice in horse riding after all. So when he arrived at Feng's house, it was already dark and the Feng family had already had dinner.

She went to her parents' house to greet them first, and only said that she came back so frequently because of the Xu family's new rouge business, and didn't say much else. Fortunately, Mr. Feng and Mrs. Feng didn't think much about it, and didn't ask any more questions.

Mr. Feng still maintained his usual patriarchal attitude, and first affirmed Huanhuan's role in this matter. Then he gave some instructions to help her husband. Huanhuan agreed to all of them.

Mrs. Feng was more concerned about Huanhuan not having dinner, and complained that the Xu family shouldn't have let her ride back alone. She also asked when Huanhuan learned to ride a horse. Without waiting for Huanhuan to answer, she pretended to send someone to heat up the food for Huanhuan.

Huanhuan was anxious to find his brother, so he stopped his mother and said that he didn't want to eat and was tired from running around, so he wanted to go back and rest first. Only then did Mrs. Feng give up.

After coming out of his parents' room, he slowly went straight to his brother and sister-in-law. When he arrived at the door, he saw his sister-in-law's maid who came with her dowry, and asked her to go in and report.

Soon, the elder brother came out. He told Huanhuan that his niece Yuzhu had already fallen asleep, and asked Huanhuan to go to the auxiliary room with him to discuss the matter in detail. As Huanhuan walked, she hurriedly asked her elder brother, Mr. Qiao, what he thought about selling the formula and workshop. Seeing her so anxious, her elder brother comforted her, "Don't worry, Mr. Qiao has good news."

After entering the auxiliary room, Feng Shunqing told Huanhuan in detail about his conversation with Master Qiao. As Feng Shunqing had said before, Master Qiao was very supportive of this matter, thinking that this would not only save his parents' years of hard work, but also allow his parents to enjoy their old age without the pressure of running the business. And being able to cooperate with their good friend's sister's family would make them trust him more, which was a good thing on top of a good thing.

Huanhuan was very happy to hear this. She felt that the huge stone that had been pressing on her heart for many days had finally loosened, giving her a chance to breathe.

But Feng Shunqing added, "But this is just what Brother Qiao thinks. He is not sure what his father really thinks. Since he is not involved in the management, he does not know how much the price should be. But he promised me to do his father's work, so he is very confident that he can persuade his father."

Feng Shunqing didn't want to make his sister worry, so he brushed aside the unpleasant things and said only good things. Finally, he said, "Don't worry, I will take you to see Brother Qiao tomorrow. You can go back to your room and sleep peacefully today."

With her brother's words, Huanhuan felt less uneasy. She took out the paper her brother had written last time and answered the questions on the note one by one. Finally, she said that they would reward her brother.

Feng Shunqing was obviously surprised when he heard this. He waved his hands and shook his head, saying, "No need. You are my sister. I am helping you out of my heart. How can I have any purpose?"

He said slowly, "This is what Xu Qu and I discussed. It was Xu Qu who took the initiative to bring it up. He said it was customary and should be done. Don't be embarrassed, brother."

Feng Shunqing added, "It's just a coincidence that I know Brother Qiao, and I'm lucky enough to be able to help you. Naturally, I should do my best to help you. If I talk about getting paid, it would be awkward. Don't mention it again, otherwise I won't be able to help you."

After hearing what her brother said, and seeing that he was indeed somewhat unhappy, she did not dare to insist any longer and had to go back to her room. Fortunately, with her brother's support, she felt at ease and had a rare peaceful sleep that night.

The next day after breakfast, Feng Shunqing took Huanhuan to find Master Qiao first. Huanhuan told Master Qiao about their plan one by one. Master Qiao was quite surprised after hearing it and asked, "Mrs. Xu means that in the future, my parents can still get dividends every year after they withdraw from the management of the workshop?"

He smiled slowly and nodded, saying, "Yes, Mr. Qiao heard it right."

Young Master Qiao smiled and said, "Oh, this is the first time I've heard of such generous conditions. Although I don't understand, I can feel that the price of buying the workshop and the formula is a good price. And with Brother Feng's relationship as a guarantee, this matter has been approved by me. I will definitely persuade my father, and Madam Xu can rest assured."

After hearing this, I suddenly felt like a huge stone in my heart fell to the ground. My body and mind relaxed, and even my breathing became much smoother.

Then the three of them went to Qiao Ji. Mr. Qiao was responsible for communicating with Manager Qiao, while Mrs. Qiao took them to pick the goods.

Mrs. Qiao became even more enthusiastic when she learned that Huanhuan was the sister of her son's friend. She said with a mixture of joy and anger, "Miss, your brother is my son's best friend. Why didn't you tell me earlier? We seemed to be negligent in getting the goods the last few times."

Huanhuan was quite open-minded and said with a smile: "I also just found out about this recently. Since we didn't know about it before, let's just let it go. There is still a lot of time in the future, and there is plenty of time for us to cooperate."

Mrs. Qiao smiled and agreed. Finally, considering their relationship and the large quantity, she gave Huanhuan a much lower price and also gave her a lot of goods, which made Huanhuan gain a lot and was very happy.

But things were not going well with Young Master Qiao. Shopkeeper Qiao was still reluctant to give up his recipe. When he saw Huanhuan, he sighed and said, "The young lady's conditions are already very generous, but the young lady doesn't know that I have learned this recipe and spent more than ten years carefully preparing and improving it. It took a lot of effort. I still need to think about this matter carefully."

With Xu Qu's words before returning to Heyang as a foundation, Huanhuan was surprised that Shopkeeper Qiao would agree now. What's more, he had his brother's help and Mr. Qiao's guarantee. So Huanhuan didn't hesitate too much and agreed with great hope. In the afternoon, he took a bunch of goods back to Shanghuai.

In the next few days, Huanhuan was busy in the shop preparing for the opening.

She asked Xu Qu to find a waiter for her, and Xu Qu directly found the smartest waiter from the inn under the Xu family, named A Shun. The innkeeper Zhao was reluctant to let him go but he had no choice but to hand the waiter over with a smile.

However, this guy was good at welcoming and greeting guests, but he didn't know much about rouge and powder. So Huanhuan, at Xu Qu's suggestion, went to borrow someone from Mrs. Xie's courtyard in Xu's mansion. Mrs. Xie considered it again and again, and lent them Suzhu, the maid who had been with her for many years and usually combed her hair. Huanhuan was very flattered and promised to return her within three months.

After a lot of urgent preparations, the day of the opening of "Shishi Rouge" soon arrived. The day before the opening, Xu Qu transferred several temporary helpers from other shops and specially arranged a grand opening ceremony. The store door was wide open, and there were music, firecrackers, and gongs and drums at the door. For a time, many people from the bustling and crowded streets were attracted to watch the fun. It was inevitable that some of the curious people would talk about it while watching:

"Hey, this newly opened rouge shop may not be big, but the interior is quite exquisite!"

"Isn't it? I've never seen a small rouge business run such a grand shop."

"You don't know this. This is a rouge shop opened by the wealthy Xu family for the young lady. Naturally, it is not ordinary."

"Hey! Is that the young lady who went to the brothel a while ago?"

"I heard that she was not going to visit a brothel, but to sell rouge. The young master of the Xu family followed her, and the two of them went to many brothels, brothels, and theaters."

"That's really strange, a couple visiting a brothel together, tsk tsk."

"Hey, you, I said I wasn't going to visit a brothel..."

"Oh, why do you care so much? If women can go to brothels, then it's no problem for me, a man, to go to rouge shops. Let's go in and take a look first."

"Let's go, let's go together."

At the door of the shop, Ah Shun opened his voice and warmly invited everyone to come in and have a look. Then a large group of men and women came in, keeping the shop assistants and maids busy.

Huanhuan took Xiaoyu and secretly observed the whole process from the side. He felt excited and nervous. It was still unknown whether the road ahead would be bumpy, but this first step was finally taken.