Three days after Lin Qiu came over, Ruan Yiquan came back from the business. However, what he brought back this time was not all good news.

Most of the rouge paste that was brought out was sold, but the cotton rouge was sold much less, and the business with the grocery store was not very smooth.

The shopkeeper of the grocery store was very shrewd, and first took five boxes of various pastes with Ruan Yiquan, put them in the shop for trial sale, and saw that they were indeed selling well, so he was willing to talk about cooperation with Ruan Yiquan. Although it was intended to cooperate, it put forward some other conditions.

He said that the rouge balm and balm were poorly packaged, and that if you wanted to do business with their shop, you could either sell them at a price lower by 30 percent, or use the wooden boxes of their grocery store to pack the paste.

It is reasonable to say that the price of selling to grocery stores is cheaper than selling at odds, but the price of those rouge creams is not expensive, and if it is thirty percent lower, Ruan Yimian's profit will not be much.

It is even more inappropriate to use the wooden box of the grocery store, the wooden box of the grocery store is printed with the logo of the store, and using this wooden box is equivalent to taking Ruan Yimian's things and making a signboard for the grocery store.

Ruan Yimian was reluctant, after all, the rouge recipe belonged to Lin Qiu, and Lin Qiu had already done his duty to allow him to use his own recipe to make money, if he used Lin Qiu's things to make signboards for others, it would be a bit excessive.

But this time, he sold a total of five boxes of comfrey rouge, eight boxes of pomegranate flower rouge, and seven boxes of osmanthus balm, most of which were sold in grocery stores, Ruan Yiquan walked the streets and alleys of the town and sold them for two days, and went to the village outside to sell them for three days, and only sold three boxes of pomegranate flower rouge and two boxes of osmanthus balm.

In this way, if you want to do a high-priced rouge business, you still have to rely on grocery stores.

Ruan Yiquan said that she could talk to the grocery store manager again to see if there was room for turnaround. Ruan Yimian had no other way but to count on his cousin to negotiate the price higher.

Although there were some things going wrong at the grocery store, the rouge balm and balm were selling well, and Ruan Yimian was still quite happy.

Not only him, but his father and mother were also relieved, the three expensive pastes, the raw materials cost hundreds of yuan, and the cost was recovered in less than ten days, and some money was made, which is already good news.

Rouge paste and osmanthus paste were sold for a total of 1,095 wen, which is different from cotton rouge, after these ointments were sold, all they received were cash, and after removing the 100 wen given to Ruan Yiquan and nearly 500 wen of raw material money, a net profit of 495 wen.

Ruan Yimian agreed with his father and mother before, and took another fifty yuan out to give Huo Aowu.

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As soon as Huo Aowu arrived at Ruan's house in the afternoon, he saw Ruan Yimian waving at him mysteriously.

The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and his face softened a lot: "What's the matter, Brother Mian'er?" ”

Ruan Yimian opened the wooden box on the table and showed him: "Here is fifty yuan, which I earned from selling rouge paste this time." Brother Huo, I can't borrow your money for nothing, these are distributed to you! ”

Huo Aowu was stunned for a moment, then he took his eyes off Ruan Yimian's face and looked at the wooden box: "No need, the silver you earned with your own craftsmanship doesn't need to be given to me." ”

"Yes! If you don't, I'm too embarrassed to ask for your help in the future. ”

Where is the need for you to open your mouth to ask for it, Huo Aowu said in his heart.

"I really don't need to, it's useless for me to hold that silver......"

He was only halfway through his words, and he found that the little brother in front of him gradually lowered his head, and the smile on his face faded, and he pursed his lips with a look of loss.

Huo Aowu immediately relented.

"Okay."

Ruan Yimian raised his head and said happily: "Really? ”

He stuffed the wooden box into Huo Aowu's hand: "The rouge paste made this time hasn't been sold out yet, I'll give it to you next time I sell it!" ”

Huo Aowu wanted to say that these were enough, but seeing Ruan Yimian looking up at him with a white and tender face, smiling and looking at him expectantly, he hesitated for a while, and finally nodded in response.

The next day, Ruan Yiwen also returned.

Lu Caimei was happy in her heart, and made a few good dishes in the afternoon to entertain her son and Huo Aowu.

Huo Aowu has been helping with Ruan's family for the past few days, and the day before yesterday, together with Ruan Dexian, he removed all the grass in the Ruan's family's rice field and sweet potato field, and yesterday he chopped all the firewood that Lu Caimei had dragged back in the past few days and put it in the firewood room.

He has a lot of strength and is quick to work, and with his help, the Ruan family has relaxed a lot in the past two days.

Ruan Yiwen did well in the small exam this time, and won the reward of the academy again, Lu Caimei and Ruan Dexian smiled from ear to ear, and the dinner table was full of joy.

After dinner, the four members of the Ruan family chatted with Huo Aowu, the atmosphere was very harmonious, and when they were chatting happily, Brother Orange ran into the courtyard in a hurry.

"Brother Mianmian! Uncle! Oh no, someone is spreading rumors outside and saying bad things about Brother Mianmian! As soon as Brother Orange entered the door, he shouted loudly in a hurry.

Hearing this, everyone's faces changed, and Lu Caimei stood up suddenly: "Who?" What did you say about Brother Mian? ”

Brother Orange found that Huo Aowu was also there, and paused for a moment before saying: "I don't know who came out, I knew it from Brother Shuang and Brother Mu, they said that everyone has been talking about this for the past two days." ”

He glanced at Huo Aowu, and his voice was a little quieter: "Those people said it was ugly, saying that Brother Mianmian got along with Brother Huo, and only then did he withdraw from Jiang Xiucai, and said that Brother Mianmian got involved with Brother Huo a few years ago, and saw that Brother Huo had not come back for a few years after joining the army, and he thought that he had no one to hook up with Jiang Xiucai, and as soon as Brother Huo came back, he hooked up with Brother Huo again, so he abandoned Jiang Xiucai." also said that Brother Mianmian had already given that to Brother Huo, and he was not innocent anymore......"

Lu Caimei's eyes darkened, how important the reputation of the little brother is, the people who spread the rumors are really vicious! "Who the hell slandered my brother so much, the old lady is going to tear his mouth apart!"

Ruan Yiwen couldn't sit still, he said with a calm face: "There are only two or three people in our family who have offended, I will go to the village chief and ask him to call everyone over and confront them together, I don't believe it and can't find out!" ”

Ruan Dexian was a little hesitant: "But in this way, this matter will be known to everyone, and Brother Mian'er's reputation will not be saved, how will he say kiss in the future?" ”

"If this matter is not investigated, they will continue to spread rumors, and my reputation will not be saved, in this case, I don't want this reputation, and I won't marry anyone." Ruan Yimian was stunned for a while, and then came back to his senses, he clenched his fists, and his body trembled slightly with anger.

Ruan Yiwen agreed with this very much, and he was about to get up to find the village chief, but he heard Huo Aowu, who had been silent, speak: "It is true that we must find out, but before we go to the village chief, we must first think of how to deal with it." ”

These lies they made up have spread so widely that eighty percent of them have already been believed. I've been running here diligently these days, which just confirms these words, if we want to restore Brother Mian'er's innocence, we have to think of a statement that can be believed. ”

Lu Caimei had a headache: "It's easy for people to talk about this kind of thing, but it's hard for us to prove that they are talking nonsense, how can we say it in order to make the people in the village believe it?" ”

Huo Aowu had too much contact with the Ruan family, and he lived in the Ruan family a few days after returning from the army, and they used to think that he had a good relationship with Ruan Yiwen, so there was no need to avoid this, and the people in the village would not misunderstand, but they didn't expect that now these have become evidence that he and Ruan Yimian are not innocent.

Huo Aowu glanced at Ruan Yimian, looked away again, and said lightly: "Let's just say that I do like Brother Mian'er, but everything is my wishful thinking, and Brother Mian'er doesn't know at all." ”

In this way, it makes sense for him to run to Ruan's house every day and work for Ruan's family.