After farming, I opened a family tree

Shen Tang came up and checked the condition of the bamboo tube.

When he wanted to pick up the hatchet to split the bamboo tube, Shen Dashan took over the job.

Inside the split bamboo tube lay a tube of stone-colored paste.

Shen Dashan was puzzled. Is this the soap his daughter was talking about?

Shen Tang found a kitchen knife and cut the soap into round cakes of appropriate thickness.

"Is this made from yellow fruit and lard?"

Liu had just finished washing the dishes and was wiping the water on her apron when she leaned over to ask.

"It's so pretty."

She had lived for almost thirty years and had never seen anything so beautiful.

It is clean and transparent, and it makes people happy just by looking at it.

"Dad, Mom, please try washing your hands."

Shen Tang handed the uneven piece cut from the top to Liu.

"It's such a good thing, but I still don't need it."

Liu quickly pushed it away and refused, saying that her daughter had said before that this thing could be sold for money.

She didn't believe it at first, but now she sees that it can be sold for a good price.

It would be a waste to give it to them.

"Mom, after we make this, we need to try it out and see how it works."

Looking at the obviously colored water in the basin and the slightly white hands, Liu and Shen Dashan's faces rarely showed a blush.

It's just embarrassing.

"Oh, there's also the fragrance of chrysanthemums."

Shen Tang chuckled and pointed at the wild chrysanthemums drying in the window.

The target consumer group for soap was not ordinary people, so she added some chrysanthemum when making it.

The tube I just opened is made of chrysanthemum water, and there are several other tubes, and I believe you can clearly see wild chrysanthemums in them.

"Dad, Mom, if we were to sell this thing, how much would it fetch?"

Shen Dashan and Liu didn't know either, as they used soapberries to wash clothes on a daily basis.

I have never seen anything like this before, not even Shen Dashan has seen it before.

"How about selling it for five cents a piece?"

Liu remembered that she spent thirty cents on lard and so many bamboo tubes.

Even five cents is considered a big profit.

Seeing that his daughter didn't say anything, Shen Dashan tried to test her.

"Ten cents a piece?"

"Thirty cents."

Thirty cents!

The couple stared at their daughter. This palm-sized thing cost thirty cents.

It’s almost as expensive as a pound of pig’s head.

"Is it too expensive?"

It’s so expensive, no one will buy it. My daughter has never seen the world and doesn’t know how hard it is to manage the household.

"It's okay. If we can't sell it, we can still sell it at a lower price!"

Quite comforting.

Shen Tang cut out all the remaining soap and slightly adjusted the edges.

Ten bars of soap can be cut from one section of bamboo tube. After counting, there are a total of eighty bars of soap.

The next morning, Liu took Shen Tang to the village entrance.

In the past, when Liu went to the market, she would always get up early and walk ten miles to the town.

But today I took my daughter and took a bullock cart to the town.

The ox cart was owned by a wealthy family and cost two cents per person, which was a reasonable price.

In the past, if you needed to use an ox cart, you just had to notify them in advance, except at market time.

We are all from the same village, whoever arrives earlier can sit down.

In addition to Shen Tang and her daughter, there were also Aunt Fugui and several other women from the same village.

Before all the people in the cart were gathered, a few of them sat on the cart and chatted.

The mountain road is rugged, mostly with stones and mud, and there are many small potholes.

The aunt sitting next to me had a strange smell on her clothes.

Shen Tang only felt that her nose and her buttocks were suffering.

Finally arrived in town.

Wang took Shen Tang to the market as she was familiar with the route.

There were many people at the market, and the vendors were shouting their wares incessantly.

Shen Tang also gained some insights. The level of liveliness was much more lively than what she saw on modern TV.

After agreeing with Liu to meet at the market entrance at noon, the two parted ways.

Shen Tang’s purpose was very clear, she definitely couldn’t sell her goods at the market.

Cosmetics shop, Yueren Pavilion.

"Sister, is your shopkeeper here today?"

Hongye raised her eyes and saw that it was a little girl, whose clothes had turned white from washing.

I guess I can't afford to buy anything.

"The shopkeeper is not here, so everything here costs at least fifty coins. I'll get it for you if you like it."

You can't afford it.

When Shen Tang saw the other person's expression, he knew that the other person was just trying to please him.

"I have a good thing here, and I want to ask your shopkeeper to take a look. Since the shopkeeper is not here, forget it. My mother said this thing is valuable."

"Wait. Let me see something."

Shen Tang took out the soap and placed it on the prepared linen.

"What is this thing and what does it do?"

It's quite pretty.

After Shen Tang explained, Hongye picked up the soap and smelled it.

The aroma of natural plants mixed with oil and a hint of chrysanthemum is quite pleasant.

"I've never seen this thing before. It's not as good as you say. It might be poisonous."

"Well, consider it a good deed I've done today. Keep both the two cents and the dollar."

Shen Tang wrapped the things in sackcloth, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Three cents! Three cents a piece!"

If this thing is really that good, she will keep it and sell it to customers secretly.

"Sis, it seems you don't really want it, so forget it. This thing is made from a recipe passed down from my mother's ancestors."

"You little country girl, it's good enough that I'm willing to take your things. Three cents a piece is already a high price. No one else will want them if they leave my house."

"Then I'd rather let it rot in my hands than sell it at a low price."

Shen Tang spoke with great force.

"What are you not willing to sell at a low price? Let me see it."

A clear female voice came from behind.

"The shopkeeper's."

Shen Tang turned around and saw a girl in green clothes, about twenty years old, with her hair in a bun.

"Boss, a country girl is causing trouble in the store. Just kick her out."

Hongye responded quickly.

Madam Xiang glanced at her, and she lowered her head and said nothing.

Shen Tang took out the soap again.

"Boss, this is called soap. It can be used to wash hands and clothes. It can clean grease stains and rouge and powder."

This is novel.

"Go get a basin of water."

After a while, Madam Xiang looked at the cloth and hands in her hands, her eyes shining.

This is good stuff!

"One dollar and twenty cents, I want them all. From now on, I'll take whatever you make!"

"Thirty cents. No bargaining!"

Madam Xiang looked at Shen Tang. How could a girl of only ten years old speak so powerfully?

"Okay, thirty cents, deal."

"I only have thirty dollars on me today, and I still have some at home. I'll send it to you in two days, okay?"

"Of course I believe you."

Since she could make such good things, naturally she had nothing to worry about, Xiang Niang thought.

Shen Tang weighed the silver in his hand and walked out happily.

Thirty bars of soap, nine hundred wen, and two hundred wen as a deposit for tomorrow's goods. Madam Xiang also gave her some rouge and powder.

This was her first pot of gold!

But she also needed to buy some things.

This time the experiment was successful, so her equipment also needs to be upgraded.