Song Yuntang touched his hair. It was completely dry and refreshed. Occasionally, he could smell a faint medicinal fragrance.

She did not tie her hair into a bun again. Instead, she tore a piece of cotton cloth as a headband and tied her hair behind her head. As for the previous headband, she washed it and hung it up to dry.

The sun was about to set, and the women and children who were staying indoors to escape the heat came out one after another. Seeing Liu drying her hair at the door, several young wives of similar age came forward and talked to her.

"Xiangyun, did you wash your hair with soap nuts today?"

Liu smiled and said, "It's not soap beans, it's the shampoo that my Tang'er made. It's really good. Feel my hair."

As soon as everyone tried it, they couldn't help but exclaim, "It's so smooth. Do you still have that shampoo?"

"I don't know. You'll have to ask my Tang'er." Liu Xiangyun craned her neck to look into the room. "Tang'er, do you have any extra shampoo?"

"Yes, but the herbs for making shampoo were bought by me. If others want them, they have to pay for them." Song Yuntang's indifferent voice came from the room.

These young wives all knew Song Yuntang's character.

She is a bit aloof and doesn't fit in very well in the village, and she doesn't have many friends. But I heard that she has great medical skills, and the paralyzed Mr. Qiao is able to walk around the village with his hands behind his back again these days.

He Shuiqin pulled Liu's sleeve.

"Xiangyun, go ask how it's sold."

She really liked the faint medicinal scent on Liu's hair.

Liu Xiangyun was happy to be the messenger, "Tang'er, how much is it?"

Song Yuntang's voice echoed from the room again, "Five cents for a wine grape, which can probably be used three times." He paused and continued, "If you use it sparingly, four or five times is fine."

Although five cents is not a lot of money, it is not something that ordinary farmers can take out without blinking an eye.

Especially He Shuiqin, who married Liu at the same time. Her mother-in-law was very tight with money, and she had a sister-in-law like Tian Qiuyan to pressure her from above, so she could not afford much money.

"It's a bit expensive, isn't it?" He Shuiqin whispered, pulling Liu's sleeve again, "Xiangyun, can you ask if it can be cheaper?"

The people around nodded slowly, "Yes, Xiangyun, ask again."

This time, Liu Xiangyun didn't pass on the message to her. Instead, she leaned in front of them and whispered, "My Tang'er spent the entire afternoon boiling this shampoo, and even used a large pot of medicinal herbs."

She pointed at the medicinal residue Song Yuntang had fished out and piled up in the corner of the courtyard to cool. "Look, it's such a huge pile. They were just fished out this afternoon. They were all bought with real money. Five cents a piece of wine grapes. She may not even be able to recoup her investment."

"Don't lie to us. If it doesn't work, we will come to trouble you." said another young wife.

As Liu Xiangyun had already used the shampoo, she naturally had extra confidence in Song Yuntang.

"I lied to you, I'm a puppy."

He Shuiqin quickly joked, "Then bark twice for us to hear."

Liu Xiangyun glanced at them unhappily and said, "I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, just use soap nuts. They're cheap."

"I don't disbelieve you, can't we just buy it?"

A few people gritted their teeth and went back to get money and containers for shampoo. Some were bowls, some were small jars, and some were small bamboo tubes.

Seeing this, Liu Xiangyun hurriedly stood up and led a few people into the yard.

"Tang'er, I have a few sisters here who want to buy shampoo. Can you give it to them?"

Song Yuntang came out of the house after hearing the sound. Liu's hair was almost dry, but hers was already completely dry. When the young wives saw her flowing long hair, their eyes were full of envy.

Song Yuntang took down the bamboo wine jar hanging on the outer wall of the kitchen. Because it had not been used for a long time, a thick layer of dust had accumulated on the surface.

As she washed the grapes, she asked, "How much do you want?"

"I want five cents."

"I want ten cents."

Song Yuntang looked at Liu Xiangyun and said, "Sister-in-law, please help me collect the money. I'll beat one for each one I collect."

Liu Xiangyun was very happy to be able to help her.

"Row."

After Song Yuntang washed the bamboo wine jars, he moved the jar from the house to under the eaves. In front of several young wives, he scooped shampoo water into the containers they brought, spoonful by spoonful.

There were seven people in total, two of them got two scoops, and the rest got one scoop, for a total of 45 cents.

Counting the copper coins in his hand, Liu Xiangyun looked in the direction of Song Yuntang.

"Tang'er, we won't lose anything, right?"

Song Yuntang resealed the jar. He had just scooped out a few spoonfuls of liquid, and there wasn't much missing from the jar. "At most, I'll make less money, but I won't lose anything."

Seeing that Zhao Qiao'e was still busy in the kitchen, Liu Xiangyun handed the copper coin in her hand to Song Yuntang, picked up the hairband to tie up her dry hair, went back to the house to get the sewing basket, and sat down at the gate of the yard again.

Before dinner, two young wives came to Song Yuntang to buy shampoo.

……

After dinner and the family washed up, it was already getting dark.

Song Yuntang originally wanted to go to bed, but he heard the voices of the nearby old women talking outside the door.

"This third brother's daughter is really not a good person. At such a young age, she already knows how to rip off people from our own village." The voice of the person who spoke gradually became exaggerated. "For such a small amount of shampoo, she actually asked our Xiaolian for five cents. I think she is obsessed with money."

"Isn't it? Your Xiaolian only spent five cents, and our Xiaocui spent ten cents." The woman beat her chest and stamped her feet, "The hair does look better after washing, but how can poor people like us afford this? We're all from the same village, can't we sell it cheaper? What a black-hearted person!"

"That's right, this price is too unreasonable! I think we should ask her to give us some money back."

The family looked at each other in confusion as they heard the sound coming from outside the courtyard wall.

They knew exactly how many herbs were used to make the shampoo. These old women wanted to use it themselves but couldn't afford it, so they blamed the person who set the price.

No one forced them to buy it.

Zhao Qiao'e glared outside the courtyard and said, "Tang'er, let's ignore those people. It's not worth getting angry about them."

Song Yuntang was not angry at first. In her impression, Zhao was a soft persimmon who would not resist even if bullied by others.

Who knew that the next moment, Zhao Qiao'e took a basin of washing water in the yard and poured it towards the outside of the courtyard wall where the sound came from.

Wow!

Suddenly, the screams of women slaughtering pigs were heard outside the yard.

"Zhao, what are you doing?"

Zhao Qiao'e pretended to be surprised, "Oh! It's Sister Jiang, why are you outside my yard? I thought you were some bad guys."

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