Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

The pink one is made by grinding dried peach blossoms into powder and adding it, while the red one is made by adding dried camellia powder.

There are also pink and red scented soaps made with flower juice, but these are not common.

Adding red amaranth juice to this product results in a peach-pink color. We will be making this type of soap in large quantities later; the color is truly beautiful.

Wang Qing'er was also thinking of adding some red amaranth juice when making the skin-smoothing cream; it would definitely look better that way.

Although she herself doesn't like pink, some people do, and quite a few people do. Just like with lip balm, she thought pink wouldn't sell, but it sold very well, and she's sold over eighty jars so far.

The green ones are mint and mugwort. To distinguish them, the mint ones are heart-shaped, the mugwort ones are round, and the mugwort soap used for washing clothes is a regular rectangle.

Adding mulberry juice makes it purple, while adding magnolia flower makes it white, and the aloe vera soap I made recently makes it light green.

The soap with added Chinese medicinal herbs is brown. Ironically, whenever Wang Qing'er sees soap in various shapes, she is reminded of sweet chocolate and can't help but swallow her saliva.

They took a piece of each of the dozen or so scented soaps and placed them on a tray. Shang Congjian hurriedly grabbed the tray, while Wang Qing'er locked the door. The group then went to the well to draw water and test the scented soaps.

She kept the skin-softening cream and lip balm in another room, as the raw materials for these products were not yet readily available.

It can only meet the needs of Qingxia Pavilion's guests, so she doesn't plan to sell it to Shangsongjian yet; she'll wait until the volume increases in the future.

Mu Nan and the others sat in the pavilion, remaining silent the whole time. Mu Zhicheng finally couldn't help but ask:

"Senior brother, don't you plan to take the imperial examination again? Back then, you were the most promising among us to enter officialdom. Now, my second senior brother and I have both entered officialdom, and my second senior brother is even the third-ranked scholar. If you were to take the exam..."

Mu Nan interrupted Mu Zhicheng and said, "I have no interest in an official career. I am content with living a simple life in the village now."

Mu Zhicheng thought for a moment and then said, "Senior brother, when we left the capital, our teacher told me to tell you that if you still want to enter officialdom, go to the capital and find him. He's waiting for you there."

He himself could stop urging his senior to enter officialdom, but he still had to convey his mentor's instructions.

The "teacher" that Mu Zhicheng mentioned refers to the headmaster when Mu Nan studied at the academy. At that time, Lishan Academy in Wuyang County was a well-known academy in the entire Eastern Liang Kingdom.

Noble young men from all over the country wanted to study at Lishan Academy, and even more so, they wanted to become disciples of Headmaster Li. Back then, he only accepted Mu Nan, Shang Congwen, and Mu Zhicheng.

The three of them were not only disciples of Master Li, but also disciples of Doctor Wu, except that one taught literature and the other taught martial arts.

Besides these three, Dr. Wu also had Yun Kai and Shang Congjian under his tutelage. They were also students of Lishan Academy, but they did not become disciples of Headmaster Li.

A few years ago, after Li Shanchang fell ill, his son took him to the capital to recuperate. After recovering, he originally wanted to return to Lishan Academy in Wuyang County to continue teaching.

However, his son felt that he was too old and in poor health, so he insisted on not letting him return to Wuyang County. As a result, Li Shanzhang founded Lishan Academy in the capital.

After a long silence, Mu Nan said, "Zhi Cheng, when you return to the capital in the future, please visit Mr. for me and thank him. I... I may have disappointed him. If I have the opportunity to go to the capital, I will definitely visit Mr.."

"Senior Brother, think about it again. What exactly happened to you back then? You insisted on going home despite our advice, and the Master was saddened by it for a long time."

Mu Zhicheng recalled that back then, his teacher sighed all day long because of this senior brother, and later his health deteriorated.

It is evident how much hope the mentor had for this senior disciple.

Mu Zhicheng looked at Mu Nan and Yun Kai, then asked, "Also, what exactly happened between you two? What happened between you and Yun Shang? Why have you changed your sister-in-laws?"

Although I think my new sister-in-law is a nice person after seeing her today, I still want to ask, he has only been gone for a few years, so why has everything changed since he came back?

“Zhicheng, there’s nothing between Mu Nan and me. It’s Yunshang’s fault that he’s with Yunshang. Mu Nan’s current wife is the right match for him. Let’s not bring this up again!” Yun Kai interrupted before Mu Nan could even speak.

Aside from Shang Congjian, no one else knew what his sister had done. It wasn't something to be proud of, and the fewer people who knew, the better. However, he couldn't let Mu Nan take the blame.

Mu Nan then slowly said, "These things are all in the past, and I don't care anymore. Right now, I just want to protect this family. I owe Mr., Congwen, and you an explanation for leaving the academy and causing you sadness. I feel very guilty."

"But at that time, a sudden change occurred in my family. As the eldest son, I could not disregard the life and death of my family for my own future, so I chose to leave the academy and return home to support the family."

"The family's situation only improved after your sister-in-law joined the family and started a braised meat business with Fuxianglou. If you had come to our house a few months ago, all we would have given you were wild vegetables, pickled vegetables, and brown rice porridge."

"Ultimately, our family's resources were too meager, and we couldn't withstand even the slightest setback, so we couldn't..."

Just as Shang Congjian stepped outside the pavilion, he heard Mu Nan's words and interrupted him, saying, "Senior brother, your family is quite wealthy; all of this is silver."

He carried a tray full of scented soap into the pavilion, placed the soap on the stone table, and said, "Putting everything else aside, once you sell these scented soaps, your wealth will be unmatched by ordinary families, not to mention the food business with our restaurant."

"That's right, that's right. The scented soaps your sister-in-law makes are much better than the ones that cost ten taels of silver each in the capital. If they were all sold, they could fetch at least tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Qin Miaomiao's voice arrived before she did. She had just tried several fragrances, and her favorites were white magnolia and mint, as well as pink peach blossom. In short, she thought they were better than the ones that cost ten taels each in the capital.

After everyone had settled down in the pavilion, Shang Congjian said impatiently, "Sister-in-law, I'll take all your scented soap. How about eight taels of silver per piece?"

Wang Qing'er wasn't very excited when she heard the price, because the shop also sold them for eight taels a piece, so she was already used to this price.

She only had to pay 30% to the seller, making it a risk-free business.

But one thing at a time, the shops in the county town still need to continue operating; they can't all be sold to Shang Congjian.