Xinyanfang was selected to open on the first day of September, which is an auspicious day that the Yun family has calculated for someone, it is appropriate to open the market and get married. Maybe it's a good day, and Ling Jiming also chose this day to marry the bride.

Yan Niang and Haitang cleaned up as soon as dawn, today is the first day of the opening of Xinyanfang, no matter what the business is, they have to stay in the shop. When they went out, they happened to run into the Yun family, so the three of them walked together.

Xinyanfang is arranged by Begonia according to the habits of the capital, the counter is arranged in a half-open hollow shape, a small couch is placed against the wall on the left side of the door for guests to rest, and a square table is placed on the right side, on which some trial ointments are placed for guests to try.

The signboard at the gate was covered with a red cloth tied to a large red silk flower, and when the hour came, the firecrackers hanging at the door were lit, and the crackling sound attracted passers-by on the street, and soon there was a circle of people at the door of the shop. Yun and Haitang held on to one end of the red silk, and under everyone's curiosity, they tore open the true face of the plaque covered by the red silk.

Suddenly, the three big characters of Xinyanfang appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the crowd of onlookers began to discuss. Yun smiled and explained the origin of the name of the shop to everyone, which was equivalent to a publicity on the spot.

Her reputation in Lingjiang Town is very good, a large part of which comes from her husband Dr. Liu, and the other part is due to her own accumulated good karma. Although Dr. Liu is a famous gynecological saint, he is a man after all, so many inconvenient times are seen by the Yun family.

Seeing that Xinyanfang was opened by the Yun family, many people who had seen a doctor in the Yun family walked into the Xinyanfang with a smile. There are also people who heard that they can try it without money, and they entered the shop with the mentality that it is a fool not to take advantage of it, and for a while Xinyanfang was very lively.

Begonia is specially responsible for trying this piece, and the ointment is basically made by her, and she knows best how to use it and how much to use. Yan Niang stood behind the counter to greet the guests, and Yun Shi watched from the side.

There were a lot of people who tried it, but few of them actually bought it, and most of the day, only a few boxes of whitening ointment were sold. Yan Niang and Haitang were a little depressed, and Yun Shi persuaded: "You need to take your time to do business, Xinyanfang has just opened, and it is normal for business to be cold, but as long as someone has used our ointment, they will know that the things in our shop are all good goods, and naturally there will be customers to the door." ”

Hearing this, the mood of the two was much better.

In the afternoon, Xinyanfang was not as lively as it was when it opened in the morning, and there were only one or two women hanging out in the shop. At this time, Wu Niangzi came to the door, followed by three women who were about the same age as her.

She said to Yan Niang: "It's too busy in the morning, so I have time to come and have a look at it now." She walked around the shop and said with a smile: "The layout of the shop is good, and it is very comfortable just to look at." ”

Yan Niang said: "I don't understand these, they are all arranged by Begonia." ”

When the black lady heard this, she praised: "Begonia is really capable." After speaking, he said to the three women: "Didn't you wonder why my face looked better, I, ah, I just used the freckle removal ointment of Xinyanfang." ”

When she said this, one of the women, dressed in purple, spoke, "I want the ointment you use, and you can ask for it." ”

The other two women chimed in.

Wu Niangzi stretched out her hand to summon Begonia, Begonia looked at their faces carefully, and then recommended different ointments according to their respective conditions, these three people are all sisters of Wu Niangzi's mother's family, and they saw the changes of Wu Niangzi in their eyes, and they paid very happily.

After the black lady came, some guests came to the shop one after another, she lived in Lingjiang Town for almost 20 years, everyone knows what she looks like, and now her face has become fair and ruddy, so it has become a living signboard, and many people have paid for a box of ointment.

Of course, there are also those who are not popular, and He Niangzi, who opened a fat powder shop on the next street, is one of them. I heard that there was a Xinyan shop opposite the Splendid Pavilion, which specialized in selling some freckle and wrinkle ointments, He Niangzi handed over the shop to the guy to look at, and she went to Xinyanfang to explore the truth.

"Yo, this box of slimy things costs a penny of silver, this is business, I'm afraid it's robbing money." Her voice was thin and high-pitched, drawing everyone to look at her.

Seeing that someone was paying attention to herself, He Niangzi said louder, "The best rouge and incense powder in my shop are only two dollars of silver, everyone can be deceived by them, it doesn't matter if you fold the money, don't wipe your face." ”

As soon as these words came out, some people hesitated, especially the two women at the counter who hadn't paid yet, and they were worried about whether what Mrs. He said would be true.

Haitang looked at Mrs. He angrily, "This lady, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense." We open the door to sell things, pay attention to what you pay for, as long as the guests take the money, we will definitely come up with the best value for money. ”

As she spoke, she pulled He Niangzi to the black lady, "Look carefully, this is the black lady of the Splendid Pavilion, you must know it, her face became white and tender after wiping the ointment in our shop, can your rouge box incense powder of two dollars of silver have such an effect?" ”

He Niangzi followed her words and looked at Wu Niangzi's face, and sure enough, she saw that Wu Niangzi's face was white and smooth, as if she had peeled off the original layer of old skin. The black lady was about the same age as her, but her skin was not as delicate as her, so she looked older, and the black lady in front of her was standing with her, and she seemed to be several years older than her.

He Niangzi opened her mouth and didn't spit out a word for a long time. Wu Niangzi was very proud to see it, in the past, He Niangzi relied on herself to sell fat powder and dressed up, and often ridiculed her, but she didn't expect that she would also be compared to herself one day.

"My face is really blessed with this ointment, otherwise the yellow-faced woman standing in front of you is still the previous yellow-faced woman, if Mrs. He wants to buy the ointment, let Miss Begonia help you take a look, and you will not suffer a loss if you buy it."

After listening to Wu Niangzi's words, He Niangzi said with a gloomy face: "No need, whoever likes to use this ointment will buy it, even if it is given to me for nothing, it is not uncommon." After saying that, he snorted and twisted his waist and left.

Without He Niangzi stirring up the scene, the two women came to Wu Niangzi and asked her if this ointment was really so magical. Wu Niangzi smiled and glanced at Xiang Yun's family: "You should all know the wife of Dr. Liu of Anhetang, in addition to seeing women's diseases, she can also prepare ointments for beauty and beauty, Miss Begonia is a teacher of Mrs. Liu, so you can rest assured and pay boldly." ”

Who made the ointment, Yan Niang did not hide it from Wu Niangzi, but also used Wu Niangzi's mouth to carry Yun out of the town, so that she was much more reliable than a little girl in Begonia.

When the two women heard this, they dispelled the doubts in their hearts, although the money was a little distressing, but as long as it was effective, it was worth it.

After the two women paid and left, Haitang took a box of ointment from the counter and stuffed it to Wu Niangzi, as a thank you gift for her righteousness, and Wu Niangzi put it off a few times before happily accepting it.

After the shop closed, Yan Niang, Haitang and Yun were not in a hurry to go home, but sat in the store and counted today's income. ”

Yan Niang and Yun were also very happy to hear it.

Yun glanced at the container, there was not much ointment left on it, she said to Haitang: "I estimate that from tomorrow, the business of Xinyanfang will be weak, Yan Niang is guarding in the shop, let's take advantage of this time to make more ointment, and when they taste the sweetness, they will have to be busy at that time." ”

Begonia nodded, these ointments are not immediately effective, and they will have to be rubbed for a month at the earliest to have obvious results. So in the next half month, Haitang and Yun's were thinking about the pharmaceutical ointment, and Yan Niang took the shop full of people.

During this month, the business of Xinyanfang was very quiet, sometimes it could sell two boxes of ointment a day, and sometimes there were no customers for several days. Although she knew the reason, Yan Niang couldn't help but be a little worried. During this period, Mrs. He came to the door several times, and every time she would ridicule Yan Niang, Yan Niang didn't care about her, just did her own thing.

The business of Xinyanfang finally improved after a month, and the first to come to the door were the three sisters of Wu Niangzi, who changed a lot after they rubbed the ointment of Xinyanfang. Perhaps because of the same mother's siblings, the four sisters of Wu Niangzi all had some yellow spots on their faces after giving birth.

Usually, in order not to let the macula affect their appearance, as long as they go out, they will apply grease and powder to dress up. But since using the ointment of Xinyanfang for half a month, the three sisters of Wu Niangzi found that the yellow spots on their faces were significantly lighter, and the three of them were very excited. After learning that the black lady used three months of ointment for the macula to completely disappear, the three sisters couldn't wait to pull the black lady to Xinyanfang.

The Wu sisters each bought five boxes of ointment in one go, and for the sake of Wu Niangzi's face, Yan Niang charged ten pennies less per box of ointment, so that not only did Wu Niangzi's face shine, but the Wu family sisters also felt that they had benefited.

After the Wujia sisters continued to buy ointment, some repeat customers came one after another, almost all of whom came to the door after half a month of using the ointment. There are also some new customers who can't help but buy a box to try when they hear that the ointment of Xinyanfang has a miraculous effect.

In addition to the ointment, Yun's and Begonia also made some commonly used rouge and incense powder, which became a competitor to the rouge shop next door. He Niangzi came to the door a few times, but because the Yun family had a son who was an official, she didn't dare to really do anything bad to Xinyanfang.

The reputation of Xinyanfang gradually spread, and the business in the shop became more and more prosperous, Yan Niang and Haitang were too busy, so they hired a distant niece of the Yun family to help. When they are not particularly busy, Yan Niang and Yun Huihui are guarding the shop, and Haitang and Yun are busy with the ointment.

Yun Huihui is a very diligent and capable girl, since she came, Yan Niang has been a lot more relaxed. The only bad thing is that she has a somewhat wooden temperament, and when entertaining guests, she often answers when the guests ask. For this reason, Yun said her several times, but there was still no change.

At noon on this day, Yan Niang took Manman to take a nap in the room behind the shop, and just put her daughter to sleep, she heard a scolding sound from the front, and she hurried out after putting Manman on the bed.

Unexpectedly, after coming out, I saw two familiar people, one was her ex-husband Ling Jiming, and the other was Jiang Yucheng, her ex-husband's classmate. Ling Jiming stared at the shoes on his feet with a gloomy face, the shoes were stained with a lump of white ointment, and Yun Huihui stood aside helplessly. You don't have to guess who made that scolding just now.

"Huihui, you go and help me look at Manman, and I'll deal with it here." Yan Niang said softly.

Yun Huihui nodded, and hurriedly lifted the curtain and went inside.

There were only three of them left in the shop, Ling Jiming looked at Yan Niang in a complicated way, but he didn't expect that she was like a different person, not only the ugly red marks on her face were gone, but even her temperament had changed a lot.

Yan Niangcai didn't care what he thought in his heart, she only treated him as an ordinary guest, "The little girl has soiled your shoes, I am willing to compensate according to the price, and the guest will make a price." ”

Ling Jiming said coldly: "No need. ”

Hearing him say this, Yan Niang stopped talking to him, but was more enthusiastic about Jiang Yucheng, "Lord Jiang, I heard that you are already our parent official in Yucheng County, and I am here to say hello to you." ”

"Thank you." Jiang Yucheng said with a smile: "Is this Xinyanfang opened by you?" ”

Yan Niang shook her head, "No, the owner of this shop has someone else, I'm just here to help." ”

Hearing her say this, Jiang Yucheng didn't ask any more, he walked around the shop, and finally bought two boxes of whitening ointment.

Ling Jiming originally came to buy ointment, but Yan Niang didn't want to deal with him, and he didn't want to be bored, so he naturally returned empty-handed in the end.

After waiting for Xinyanfang, Jiang Yucheng handed him the two boxes of whitening ointment in his hand, and he asked puzzledly: "Zirun, what do you mean by this?" ”

Jiang Yucheng said with a smile: "Didn't you come to buy ointment for your wife, Nie Niangzi was unwilling to sell it to you, so the foolish brother bought two boxes for you." ”

Ling Jiming hurriedly thanked him, and was about to give him the money to buy the ointment, but he heard Jiang Yucheng wave his hand and said: "That ointment is not worth a few dollars, you will leave for Wuzhou tomorrow, there must be a lot of things to explain to your family, I won't keep you, you go yourself." ”