Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 57 Sold Out
When Zhong Lanhua and Jiang Yihan returned home, they were unhappy to see that there was no firewood in the yard.

"What's wrong with Zhang Dachun? Didn't he say to bring the firewood over?" Zhong Lanhua said, rushing to the next door and knocking on the door.

The door opened and Zhang Dachun's mother stood there, looking at Zhong Lanhua with dissatisfaction: "What's the matter?"

"Didn't your Dachun say he'd brought the firewood to my yard? I just got home and didn't see any firewood. Call him out and ask him where he put it."

"The firewood my son Dachun picked up is of course in our own yard. Did you pay him, or do you have any relationship with our family? Why would my son pick firewood for your family?"

"Your Dachun..." Zhong Lanhua wanted to argue, but was stopped by Jiang Yihan.

"Mom, forget it. We can't use the firewood that Dachun carried anymore." Jiang Yihan persuaded Zhong Lanhua and said to Dachun's mother, "Aunt, my mother is in a bad mood. Sorry to bother her."

Dachun Niang pouted at the backs of Zhong Lanhua and her daughter, cursing, "You two shameless bitches, you're always flirting with the men in the village and taking advantage of them. Men fall for your tricks, but I'm a virgin, how could I be fooled by you? Only my idiot would be fooled like that. What a fool who thinks things through his own strength."

Zhang Dachun came out and said angrily, "Mom, how can you say such harsh words? Sister Yi Huan is not the kind of person you say she is. She has never lied to me."

"She didn't deceive you with her mouth, but with her brain. You're as stupid as a pig, and you still have to help others count the money after being sold."

While Zhong Lanhua was fussing over there, Zhang Zhaodi was showing deep affection to her daughter. Now Zhang Zhaodi was no longer a midwife, but was helping her two daughters make dressing supplies.

Zhang Zhaodi often went up the mountain with her two daughters, carrying back large quantities of flowers to plant in the yard. Today, the Su family's yard is filled with the fragrance of flowers, making it a rare and elegant place in the village.

"When we rent a place to open a store in the city in the future, the things we will be most reluctant to spend will be these flowers," said Zhang Zhaodi.

"Godmother, these flowers can be transplanted. We will dig them up when the time comes," said Jiang Jing.

It was market day again. Zhang Zhaodi took her two daughters into the city.

For business today, Su Yaoguang put makeup on Jiang Jing, used pearl powder to cover up the black marks, and then slightly retouched her face to show off Jiang Jing's beautiful facial features.

Zhang Zhaodi looked again and again, and exclaimed in amazement: "It seems that my daughter is here to pick people up for her face."

Although Jiang Jing would not feel inferior because of other people's disdainful eyes, she still felt warm and happy when Zhang Zhaodi looked at her with amazement.

The mother, daughter and their two children were sitting on a bullock cart, and the villagers nearby looked at them with strange eyes.

"Mother Yaoguang, that's powder on your face, right? How much did you pay for it?"

"I just did it randomly." Zhang Zhaodi said.

"Made it yourself? That shouldn't be worth much. Do you have any left? Could you share some with me? My daughter is currently looking for a boyfriend, and if I had rouge and powder, I could dress her up and maybe even find someone nicer." "Even though I made it myself, it's still very expensive. This rouge and powder, the cheapest one is thirty wen. This lipstick, I recently made a small bottle, ten wen for ten uses. There's also rouge, facial cream, eye cream... In short, a complete set of makeup like this, even if you buy the cheapest set, it will cost one hundred and twenty wen."

"You're really crazy about money." Several village women looked at her as if she were a monster.

Su Yaoguang smiled and said, "Aunts and sisters-in-law, you should have visited the Rouge Shop. Isn't everything there more expensive than what we said?"

"The things in the rouge shop are made by master chefs, and you guys are just making these on your own, how can they be the same? You and your daughter have never learned how to make rouge and powder, so how can you possibly make them? In the end, you're just fooling some ignorant people. We're from the same village, so we won't mind your poor work. What's wrong with giving it to us?"

"So, Auntie wants to eat for free," Su Yaoguang said. "These rouges and powders use a lot of ingredients, some of which are herbs, and the raw materials are very expensive. For example, I sell a box of this powder for thirty coins, but the raw materials cost twenty-eight coins. Even if I use this box of powder every day, it can last for two months. Is it expensive?"

Jiang Jing stretched out his two hands beside him: "Look, all ten of my fingers are blistered from grinding these things."

"If no one had asked me to deliver a baby recently, I wouldn't have tried my luck by making these rouge and powder. These things are expensive and can't be sold for much money." Zhang Zhaodi sighed.

When the villagers heard them say this, they were originally a little jealous, but now they no longer felt jealous at all.

"Your daughter wants to see someone, and these things of mine are too expensive to give you for free. However, I can do her makeup that day for only five cents."

"That's fine, that's OK, I'll find you when the time comes." When the aunt heard that only five cents would be charged, the dissatisfaction on her face disappeared.

"Aunt, we are from the same village, so I only charged you the cost price." Su Yaoguang said, "If you need anything in the future, you can come to me. It's only five cents per time."

After entering the city, Zhang Zhaodi, her mother and daughter separated from the villagers.

Jiang Jing said, "Godmother, Yaoguang, why do we have to expose the fact that we make rouge and powder?"

"We've been tinkering around at home every day, and the villagers have long been curious. Several have already been peeking through the cracks in the door. Instead of letting them spy on us secretly, it's better to tell them openly. Once they know the 'truth,' their curiosity will fade, and they'll stop watching us," Su Yaoguang said. "And spread the word. Even a little money is money, so earn it if you can. Don't underestimate five cents. One hundred five cents equals five hundred, and two hundred five cents equals one ounce of silver."

"See? This girl is becoming more and more like a money-grubber." Zhang Zhaodi laughed.

Zhang Zhaodi has been smiling more and more lately, and even her face has changed. It used to look a bit sad, as if she was trapped in daily sorrow and couldn't escape. Now she uses facial cream every day, the shampoo they use is newly formulated, and even the bath soap is specially formulated for her body. She has truly become younger.

"Sister, you're finally here." Chun'e strode over to Su Yaoguang when she saw her. "All your goods are sold out, come and count the money!"

Su Yaoguang was surprised: "Why so fast?"

"I recently met a big customer who praised your products highly and said he wanted to meet you in person. I said I would ask for your opinion, and I've been waiting for you to come over." Chun'e said.

(End of this chapter)