Zhenfubao waved his hand and the warehouse was full of grain, and the whole family regretted it

Within a few days, Bai Wanwan's rouge shop opened. She named the shop Zhuangyan Pavilion and hung a bright red silk cloth on the lintel, which looked festive from a distance.

On the first day of the store opening, many people were attracted by the shouting at the door and came into the store with the intention of watching the fun.

The counters in the store are packed with items. There are more than a dozen colors of rouge and powder, and lip balm comes in bright red, gentle pink, and translucent colorless types.

Bai Wanwan came up with a new idea: buy a box of rouge and get a tube of lip balm for free. This was something that had never been heard of in the city.

The guys were greeting customers on the street holding wooden signs that said "buy one get one free" and soon the store was packed with people.

What’s even more surprising is that there are a few exquisitely dressed girls standing in the store.

Whenever a customer comes in, they greet them and ask, "Which one do you want to try? I'll put it on your face and see the effect."

As she spoke, she used a clean small brush to gently apply rouge on the customer's face, and also helped to style her hair and draw eyebrows.

This method of trial use had only been tried in silk and satin shops before, and we had no idea that buying rouge could be so particular.

A girl tried the new peach blossom rouge, looked at herself left and right in the bronze mirror, and clapped her hands with joy: "This color makes my face look white and rosy, and the lip balm I gave her matches it too!"

Word spread quickly, and the shop sold dozens of boxes of rouge that day, and also gave away most of the lip balm in stock.

Bai Wanwan was very happy when she saw the busy guys. It seemed that this modern business philosophy was also effective in ancient times!

Lin Zaozao was so anxious that she kept stamping her feet in her own rouge shop.

There were two boxes of rouge standing alone on the counter, both bought by old customers out of gratitude.

She grabbed her uncle's sleeve and cried:

"Uncle, look! The shop across the street opened today, and there are so many customers that the door is about to break!

They did it on purpose, clearly trying to steal our business!"

Lin Dasheng frowned and looked across, only to see red silk hanging at the door of "Zhuangyan Pavilion". The waiters were holding up signs shouting "Buy one get one free", and the laughter of girls could be heard from the store from time to time.

Her eyes were red as she grabbed the account book and slammed it on the table. "I used to sell dozens of boxes a day, but now, not even a fraction is left!"

Lin Dasheng kicked open the carved wooden door of "Zhuangyan Pavilion", and the copper ring hit the door panel with a loud noise.

The servant who was trying makeup on a customer's face suddenly trembled, and the rouge brush left a crooked red mark on the customer's face.

"Lin Wanwan!" Lin Dasheng's neck veins bulged, and his saliva almost splashed on her face:

"Are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for us? Zao Zao's rouge shop is just starting to pick up.

You come here to steal my business, are you still a human being?"

Lin Zao Zao behind him said pitifully, "Sister, I know you don't like me, but you can't take my business away, can you? What should I do if you do this?"

Bai Wanwan placed the rouge box on the counter and said:

"In this Bianjing area, what law says that you can open a shop but I can't?

What? Only the governor is allowed to set fires but the people are not allowed to light lamps?"

"Little bitch!" Lin Zao Zao suddenly rushed over, the jewelry in her hair rustling, but was stopped by the waiter's quick eyes and hands.

Her face flushed red as she lashed out, "We're selling storybooks, and you're following suit! Now you're even trying to steal the rouge business. What on earth are you up to?"

Bai Wanwan sneered and said:

"I do business based on my own ability, but you, being jealous, are cursing like a shrew?

Instead of wasting time making trouble, you might as well learn how to make rouge."

"You!" Lin Zao Zao was so angry that he was shaking all over and smashed everything he could get his hands on in the store.

The powder box fell to the ground, and the white powder flew up like snow.

She swept the entire box of lip balm to the ground, breaking the colorful paste into pieces.

She even kicked over the wooden shelf displaying rouge.

The store suddenly became chaotic, and the guys were so scared that they hid aside and dared not make a sound.

Lin Zao Zao finished smashing the things and turned around to leave. Bai Wan Wan rushed to the door and stopped her: "You want to run away after smashing the things? You won't get away with that!"

She stretched out her hand to block the door, her eyes wide open: "You must pay for the things you broke today!"

Lin Zao Zao sneered: "How much are these broken things of yours worth?"

She pushed and tried to leave, but Bai Wanwan blocked her way.

"No matter if it's worth money or not, you have to pay for it if you break it!" Bai Wanwan turned around and called to the staff:

"Go! Call the city's market officer! Is there no law under the emperor's feet?

Smash it if you want, and run away after smashing it?"

Her chest heaved with anger. She pointed at the mess on the floor and said, "Everything has a price tag on it. We have to settle it today!"

Lin Zaozao was getting anxious now: "Bai Wanwan, these are not worth anything at all, why should I pay for them?"

Bai Wanwan sneered and said, "How can you break someone else's things without paying for it?"

After a while, several yamen runners strode into the store.

The leader put his hands on his hips and asked loudly, "What the hell is going on here?"

The clerk in Bai Wanwan's store quickly recounted the entire story of Lin Zaozao smashing the store from beginning to end.

After hearing this, the yamen runner waved his hand and said, "Of course you have to pay for what you broke. Let's calculate the damages and pay whatever you owe!"

Lin Dasheng got anxious when he heard this and shouted at the top of his voice: "This store belongs to my daughter. If you want to smash it, then smash it. I won't compensate you if I say so!"

The bailiff frowned and looked at him: "Are you her father?"

Bai Wanwan quickly shook her head: "I'm not the owner of this store!"

Bai Wanwan sneered and moved sideways to let the woman behind him out.

Ah Rou, who was wearing light blue clothes, took a step forward and bowed gently, and the silver bell on her wrist rang.

She said to the yamen runner, "Sir, this shop is mine."

She pointed to the messy rouge boxes and broken powder pots on the ground and said:

“They broke twenty-three things, and every one of them was recorded in the ledger.

If you don't pay compensation, I'd like you to take the man to the government office and have a talk with him."

Lin Dasheng stamped his feet in anxiety when he heard this: "You dare to touch Lin Zao Zao? It's just a few boxes of rouge and powder. How much can they be worth!"

Arou didn't argue with him. She opened the account book in her hand, which was filled with densely packed accounts.

"Look, there are twenty-three items in total." She pointed to the words on the account book:

"Just the two broken tubes of Luozidai are worth three hundred taels. They are made of graphite tribute from Persia, which is hard to buy even if you have money.

There is also this box of pearl powder, which is made from the finest pearls from the South China Sea, and it costs one hundred and fifty taels.

The total is seven hundred and twenty-three taels. Please pay the money as soon as possible."

The onlookers came over to take a look at the account book and couldn't help but whisper.

"Oh, this snail ink is a treasure that only the ladies in the palace can afford. I heard that one strand costs several hundred taels of silver!

I thought this new shop only sold ordinary rouge, but I didn't expect it to have such precious stuff hidden inside!"

Someone said, "Wow, a brow pencil costs more than my annual salary!"

Others shook their heads: "The Lin family is in big trouble now. This is not a small amount of money."