Chapter 11: The First Pot of Gold
Song Yaoyao went to look at the rouge oil again, it was hot in summer, and after soaking for three days, it had begun to be excellent, showing a faint rouge powder.
It seems that soaking for another three days will be about the same.
There are better colorants in the laboratory, but Song Yaoyao doesn't want to use them, she tries her best not to use modern technology to solve it with ancient technology, even if it is a new product in the future, she plans to slowly figure it out, the steps are too big and easy to fall, she has always been very patient.
Song Yaoyao stayed at home for a few days and touched the situation of the Song family.
Her father can get two cents of silver a month as a watchman in the county, and the currency here, one tael of silver is 16 yuan, and one tael of silver is 80 yuan, that is, one tael of silver is equal to 1280 yuan, and an egg costs two yuan, and inflation is relatively serious.
The Song family still has three acres of dry land and two acres of paddy fields, taking care of the family's chewing, after Song Yaoyao and Mao Mao came, the old couple of the Song family felt sorry for her for not having a good time in the past few years, so they were very willing to cook rice, and the rice tank would soon bottom out, otherwise Dongmei would not have used the corn that Song Yaoyao bought back.
Li Dachang's family has been defeated for so many years, the Li family still has three acres of dry land, and the Song family has only two acres of paddy fields, and life is very difficult.
Two days later, Song Yaoyao went to the county seat again, this time bringing the powder she made.
After entering the city, he went directly to Hong Lim Pavilion, and the shopkeeper was taking account on the counter, and when he saw her coming, he said hello with a smile.
"Sister Song, here."
Song Yaoyao nodded and said, "Shopkeeper, I brought something, you can take a look." ”
The shopkeeper put down the account book, let Xiao Er serve tea, and let Song Yaoyao into the back hall.
Entering the back hall, Song Yaoyao opened the baggage, opened the powder she made one by one, and placed it on the table for the shopkeeper to inspect.
The shopkeeper didn't care at first, but after picking up a piece and looking at it, he suddenly had a sense of energy.
Song Yaoyao's powder is not like ordinary powder, it is white, but a faint pink, or reddish flesh color, and the boss has never seen this color of incense powder.
When you pick it up and look closely, you will find that the powder is extremely delicate, like a fine brocade, and you can smell a faint jasmine fragrance.
"Sister Song, I've never seen your pink, why is the color still different."
Song Yaoyao knew that she would ask this, so she was ready for a long time, and replied: "This is specially prepared to match different skin tones, which can fit the skin, brighten the skin tone, improve the complexion, and will not look heavy." ”
After that, he took a closer look at the shopkeeper, took the slightly lighter color box and said to the shopkeeper: "The shopkeeper, your complexion is cold yellow skin, although it is white enough, but it is easy to be dull, just use this." ”
Seeing that the shopkeeper took the box, he continued: "The shopkeeper can try it, I have made these new ones and haven't used them yet." ”
The shopkeeper was not polite, and really ordered someone to fetch a basin of water and bring a mirror.
Song Yaoyao pointed out on the side: "This powder is fine enough, and the shopkeeper can be powdered in small quantities and many times, which is both natural and good." ”
The shopkeeper cleaned his face, and then according to what Song Yaoyao said, he took a small amount of powder and applied makeup many times, and the effect was really good.
The shopkeeper exclaimed again and again: "Your powder really has a miraculous effect, it is not dead white, but it also seems to be spiritual, and it feels that the skin is much more delicate to the touch." ”
Song Yaoyao said with a smile: "If you wear rouge, it will be even more glamorous." ”
The shopkeeper asked the guy to take the rouge, and sure enough, the lips were a little red, and the person immediately became vivid, and the guy on the side couldn't help but praise: "Shopkeeper, you look so good, you look a lot younger." ”
The shopkeeper thinks that have always been the living signs of the store, and in the past, what good things were new in the store were also used by themselves first, and today I used Song Yaoyao's powder, and I felt that I could not use it in the past.
The shopkeeper is a businessman, so naturally he won't let the silver sent to the door fly, and the smile on his face immediately became three points thicker.
"I heard Sister Song say that I am cold yellow skin just now, so I don't know what skin color other fans are looking at."
Song Yaoyao looked at the shopkeeper's face and knew that this business was eighty percent successful, so he said: "This lightest color is suitable for cold white skin, the one in the shopkeeper's hand is suitable for cold yellow skin, this yellowish color is suitable for warm white skin, and finally this one is suitable for warm yellow skin." ”
The shopkeeper was puzzled and asked, "How do you distinguish these four skin colors?"
"The simplest thing is to look, if the skin tone is red, it is cold, and if the skin tone is yellow, it is warm. You can also look at the blood vessels of the wrist, if it is blue and purple, it is cold, and if it is blue-green, it is warm, and people with cold skin tones are more beautiful with silver jewelry than gold, and warm withering is the opposite. As for white skin or yellow skin, it depends on the depth of the individual's skin tone. ”
The shopkeeper nodded and said with a smile: "I have opened a store for so many years, and I have never paid attention to these, Sister Song is really a careful person." ”
Song Yaoyao picked up the teacup, took a sip, smiled, and said politely: "It's just that I see and think a lot on weekdays." ”
"I think Sister Song'er's complexion should be warm white skin, which is suitable for this." After that, he picked up a box of powder and handed it over.
Song Yaoyao didn't expect the shopkeeper to be so smart, and he said: "Although I know how to make flour, I don't wipe it much, and country women still have to work on weekdays, so it's inconvenient to rub fat powder." ”
The shopkeeper was just joking, and she had seen Song Yaoyao's identity early on.
"That being the case, I said it bluntly, I like Sister Song's fans very much, and I want to make a contract with Sister Song, how about this powder will be exclusively for here in the future?"
Song Yaoyao naturally couldn't ask for it, and the two hit it off and made a contract, Fanglin Pavilion asked for 20 boxes of each color first, and gave Song Yaoyao a price of 600 Wen per box, Song Yaoyao guaranteed quality and quantity and guaranteed that they could only supply their families in Song'an County.
Song Yaoyao calculated that he could sell 37 taels of silver at once, and among these ingredients, except for the purple jasmine seed, which needed money, the others did not need to cost.
A box of powder is only 20 grams, and a pound of purple jasmine seeds can make 20 boxes of powder, a pound of purple jasmine seeds is 40 Wen, and four catties are 160 Wen, which is only two dollars of silver.
It's basically a business with no roots.
Song Yaoyao sent these four boxes of powder to the shopkeeper for a trial pack, and discussed the delivery after ten days, and the shopkeeper paid ten taels of silver in advance to make a deposit for her.
Song Yaoyao went out and couldn't help sighing, Daddy Song worked hard for a month to earn two dollars of silver, and he couldn't even buy a box of powder, and Young Master Xu would ask for at least one or two silver to buy a box of rouge gouache for a good person.
Song Yaoyao went to the flower shop with ten taels of silver, and the boss still remembered her, Song Yaoyao greeted the boss and said, "Boss, I want four catties of purple jasmine seeds." ”
The boss was surprised: "Girl, why are you buying so many flower seeds?" ”
Song Yaoyao smiled: "Make incense powder." ”
Song Yaoyao picked up a seed, smashed open the shell, peeled it off, and handed it to the boss and said, "Boss, you peel the flower seeds for me like this, how about 100 wen per catty?" ”
The boss can make more money, how can there be no reason.
Song Yaoyao picked up two bundles of bright red seasonal flowers in the store, planning to go back to make rouge.