Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

"How should we return the favor?" After glancing at the gifts for the bride's return visit, Zhou wondered how to reciprocate.

"Grandma, just bring back some scented soap, skin-softening cream, and tea." Wang Qing'er felt that her own things were no worse than what the Lin family sent.

As soon as the shop opens, everyone will know the price of the soap, but tea is something only families have.

She was quite confident that she could buy tea of ​​her own quality in the entire county.

"Then it's your way. I can't offer anything better than these."

Zhou nodded and thought to herself that it was fortunate to have such a granddaughter-in-law, otherwise the Lin family would probably not have been able to offer anything decent in return.

"Grandma, don't worry, I'll go and prepare it in a bit, then you can see if it's okay."

“What you’ve prepared will surely be good. These two bolts of fabric are perfect for you. Keep them and make a few clothes for yourself.” Zhou handed the two bolts of fine cloud-patterned brocade to Wang Qing’er.

"Grandma, I don't want it. Keep it for Muqin and Zitong to make. I'll buy my own clothes from a tailor shop."

Although she knew the brocade was nice, she really didn't like any of the styles of clothes her mother-in-law made.

Even though she can draw patterns herself, her mother-in-law wouldn't be able to make complicated designs, and there aren't any small accessories for the clothes at home, so she'd rather buy ready-made clothes. She can save this fabric to make clothes for the younger children in the family.

“They are young and don’t need to wear such fine brocade. There are several more bolts over there; keep them for them. I think these two bolts suit you best. If you don’t like the style your mother made, you can take them to a shop to have them altered.”

Zhou genuinely felt that these two bolts of cloth were suitable for her granddaughter-in-law. Looking at the styles of clothes Wang Qing'er usually wore, she could guess that Wang Qing'er didn't like the styles of clothes made by her mother-in-law.

Finally, he leaned close to her ear and whispered something, as if afraid that his daughter-in-law would hear him.

“Okay, Grandma, I’ll keep it for now. When the shop opens, I’ll take it to the county town to find someone to do it.” Wang Qing’er said with a smile in a low voice. This old lady really understood her.

She kept the fabric for later, and then made a set for each of the children. Anyway, two bolts of fabric could make several sets of clothes.

Wang Qing'er returned to her room, put the cloth away, and then went to the next room where the scented soap was kept.

She selected six pieces of scented soap and put them into a brocade box, and also took two bottles of skin-smoothing cream and packed them in. These were return gifts for Mu Xia's husband's family.

The back contained two sets of scented soap and two boxes of skin-softening cream, the same set used to add makeup to Mu Xia's face. These were bought by the two girls, Lin Yu and Jing Yi.

I also gave each of them a mint-scented soap, which is the most refreshing and cooling thing to use in the summer. I thought the two girls would definitely like it.

With the weather getting hotter and hotter, she expects that the peppermint and mugwort scented soaps will sell very well, and these two types of scented soaps are currently the most common in her home.

She set prices for all the scented soaps: one ounce for regular laundry soap, eight ounces for mint and mugwort soap, and eight ounces for several other scented soaps.

Camellias, peach blossoms, and magnolias sell for ten taels each.

Finally, there's the store's prized possession: scented soap made with orchid hydrosol and magnolia hydrosol. It costs a little over a thousand yuan, and each soap weighs twelve ounces.

These two models have to be sold in limited quantities every day, firstly because the quantity is already limited, and secondly because the harder they are to buy, the more precious they appear.

Later, we will also launch He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum) soap, mainly for washing hair, as well as aloe vera soap. The prices of these are yet to be determined, depending on the sales performance of the previous products.

Next up is the skin-softening cream, which sells for ten taels a bottle.

Oh, and there's also the honeysuckle-based floral water. It worked well after I tried it, so I made quite a lot more later.

Honeysuckle can still be found in other mountains, and some can still be picked in that honeysuckle forest, probably because some of them bloom late.

She wanted to use the floral water and mosquito coils as promotional gifts for the grand opening.

But prices were set: one tael of silver per bottle of floral water.

The mosquito coils were also specially made in brocade boxes, with five coils per box, specifically for gifting.

There are also boxes of twenty, priced at one tael of silver per box.

These are things that only wealthy people can afford, so she set the price high.

Although scented soap is a consumable item, one bar can last for at least two months. For wealthy people, a few taels of silver for two months is nothing.

Wang Qing'er wrote down all the agreed prices on a piece of paper, and only after she finished did she realize that she was a little hungry.

I went to the front yard and took a few pastries from Bazhen Pavilion. They were a bit too sweet, so I drank several mouthfuls of tea to cleanse my palate.

I was secretly thinking to myself, "These pastries are so expensive, but they're nothing special. My cakes and cookies are much better."

Once my mung beans and sesame seeds are ripe, I'll research and create a few more pastries that will definitely taste better than this.

I thought I could open a pastry shop, but then I remembered my husband beating egg whites, and I immediately gave up on the idea. I'll wait until I develop an automatic egg beater before considering it.

"Grandma, where are they?" Wang Qing'er belatedly realized that only Zhou was peeling bamboo shoots in the courtyard.

“Your mother took them to the mountains to pick mushrooms. She said the mushroom sauce you made is almost gone, and she’ll try to make some tomorrow.”

"Oh, they all went? What could Yao'er and Ziyuan possibly do there?"

"They insisted on going, and each of them carried their own little basket on their backs."

"Grandma, you don't need to pick these bamboo shoots yourself anymore. Aunt Hua and the others will send some over every day, right? That's enough to sell."

Wang Qing'er thought that there were already too many dried bamboo shoots, soaked bamboo shoots, and dried mushrooms in the house. Should she stop?

Whether we sell these things or not doesn't matter now; we don't need a few hundred coins a day.

It takes a lot of time and effort to do all this, and it makes the whole family very tired.

Although now all the farm work is done by hired people, whether it's weeding or fertilizing, it's all done by hired people.

But there are many other things to do at home, such as so many cows, sheep, rabbits, ducks, and chickens.

There are a few more pigs, one of which is a sow that just gave birth to ten piglets.

The rabbits were having litter after litter, their reproductive rate was frighteningly fast.

These all require careful management.

"Anyway, it doesn't take much effort. It's nice for the whole family to gather around peeling bamboo shoots and chat after dark. You can never have too many ways to make money." Zhou said as she peeled bamboo shoots, her speed now incredibly fast.