I was a stepmother in ancient times, and I led my whole family to wealth.

Chapter 228 Store Opening Plan

Guo Yuming stood there, holding his cup, stunned. If Long Jiu hadn't caught his cup, the water would have fallen onto the table.

Xie Wenke grabbed Fang Shiyu's thigh, and Fang Shiyu hissed in pain and grabbed Xie Wenke's waist in return.

"Ouch, ouch, ouch!"

Fang Shiyu asked in a sinister tone, "Do you feel pain now?"

“I didn’t do it on purpose,” Xie Wenke said, grimacing.

Fang Shiyu narrowed his eyes: "So it was intentional? Hmm."

Xie Wenke sat up straight and glared at him: "I said, are you sure you want to discuss this with me?"

"cut."

Dongfang Jin...

OK?

"What's wrong with you?"

Why are they arguing now?

Fang Shiyu let out a deep breath: "It's nothing, please continue."

She thought to herself, "Grandma, when did you get in touch with the Empress again and even do business with her?"

Long Er's words, "The real intention is not in the wine," could it be that Jin Jie'er is paving the way for them?

Fang Shiyu, who was usually calm and composed, became unsettled after figuring this out and looked at Xie Wenke.

Just then, he noticed that Xie Wenke was also staring at him in a daze. Their eyes met, and the tacit understanding they had built up since childhood made them think of the same thing at that moment.

Afterwards, she looked at Dongfang Jin with gratitude, thinking, "How can this guy think of doing business?"

Long Jiu glanced at the group, taking in their expressions, and said, "Xiao Jin, continue."

He and Eleven handled the mission brilliantly, successfully resolving the snow disaster in Dongzhou. Eleven returned directly from Dongzhou to Beijing to report, while he went straight back to Lingwu Village.

They happened to meet Long Er at the Ling'an County dock, and then encountered Prince Chen leading his shadow guards and Prince Lu raiding their home.

They watched from the shadows for a while without disturbing them, then went straight home.

"This toy store is only part of the business; there are also cosmetics stores."

"What are cosmetics?" Ryuji interrupted her curiously and asked.

Dongfang Jin counted on her fingers: "For example, face cream, lip balm, toner, perfume oil; and shampoo, shower gel, soap, toothpaste and so on."

These raw materials can be used in the production of medicinal herbs, flowers, and spices, which can help some farmers escape poverty.

Long Jiu's eyes lit up: "I know what snow cream is, but I've never heard of the others. They're all for women?"

Dongfang Jin shook her head: "Except for lip balm, which is for women only, everyone can use the rest. Especially shampoo, shower gel, and soap, they are for everyone."

Not only did people in ancient times have such long hair, but they also used to apply osmanthus oil, making their hair very oily.

And they don't even wash their hair every day, just thinking about it makes me feel uncomfortable.

[Jin-jie, I've printed out everything you requested, and I've prepared all the recipe images.]

Dongfang Jin, [Received.]

No wonder they didn't notice those two coming back.

Ruyi retorted, "I found out, and besides, they're not bad people, why would I tell you?"

By the way, do you want me to find some pictures of your twelve zodiac animal figurines and print them out too?

[If you have any, just play them. You've got nothing else to do anyway, so find some toy pictures on your phone.]

【okay. 】

After Dongfang Jin finished speaking, everyone's brains raced. Shampoo, that's for washing hair, they were using soap instead.

Although I don't know what shower gel is, it's definitely related to bathing.

This is something that everyone can use, of course everyone can use it.

After thinking it over, the group looked at Dongfang Jin in unison.

Dongfang Jin did not disappoint them. She took out a soap-making recipe from her sleeve and placed it on the table.

"Look, let's do this first. This is simple, we can use this to test the waters."

If any of you have a rouge shop, you can put some in there to test the waters first, or put it in your other shops to give to regular customers.

As for toys, we'll need a separate shop selling all kinds of toys, and also build a children's playground.

Fang Shiyu asked curiously, "A children's playground?"

"Yes, but we're still making plans. For now, we'll focus on selling toys, especially plush toys."

This is simpler. All of you have families that own fabric shops. Once you have the fabric, the next thing is cotton. Different grades of cotton will have different prices.

Ma Wencai looked puzzled: "Why would you need cotton to make toys?"

Dongfang Jin didn't know how to explain it, and she wasn't cut out for business, so she just said, "After dinner, I'll draw a diagram for Aunt Hui, and they can make it in a little while."

Yes, she also wanted to find some work for the people living in the county. If people have something to do, they won't overthink things.

Fang Shiyu looked at her: "You mean you want to stuff cotton into the toy's body? Just like that hand warmer?"

Dongfang Jin looked on approvingly: "Yes, so do you want to take the toy samples and this soap recipe home tomorrow?"

Let's count the number of people. I've found the buyers and sellers. Don't come back to your sisters' in-laws' houses thinking I'm a scammer.

If we don't trust them, more conflicts will arise at home, and that would be a loss.

This time, Fang Shiyu did not refute: "Go back tomorrow, and we will each copy this soap recipe to take home."

Sister Jin has paved the way for them and found them a powerful backer. What a great opportunity this is! They can't be ungrateful.

Long Er pointed to the lard on the recipe: "You can use lard for soap?"

Dongfang Jin: "Yes, we can't do anything without it. If we have olive oil, camellia oil would be even better."

Xie Wenke: "I recognize this tea fruit, but what is this olive?"

Dongfang Jin didn't know what to say, so she took out a picture of an olive tree from her sleeve.

Everyone was curious about her sleeve pouch, wondering why she could always take out such strange things, but none of them knew better than to ask.

Jun Qirui was the first to pick it up and look at it: "Isn't this a salamander tree? There are plenty of them in the mountains south of Guangnan Prefecture. And you can't eat them."

Dongfang Jin...

Really?

"But it can be used to extract oil, right?"

Long Er asked somewhat urgently, "Can a person eat this oil?"

"Yes, you can?"

Long Jiu also realized something. Guangnan Prefecture, right? Isn't that the ancestral home of the Empress Dowager's family?

Xie Wenke pointed to the wood ash, with the words "ash from burning rice straw" written in parentheses after it: "Jin-jie, this wood ash?"

"It's also one of the raw materials..."

Ma Wencai was completely bewildered after reading the soap recipe. Lard and wood ash? Can this stuff be used to make soap?

Thinking that he also had a bar of soap from the Western Regions, I wondered if it was also made of some kind of oil.

Liu Lingzui also began to question the meaning of life.

Dongfang Jin rolled her eyes at them: "That's enough to discourage you?"

Fang Shiyu shook his head: "As long as it's unexpected."

Dongfang Jin thought of the "Shennong's Collection of Herbs" she had seen: "There are many unexpected things. Do you know what Zuopanlong is in traditional Chinese medicine?"

Ma Wencai: "What?"

"Pigeon droppings."

"puff……"

"Cough cough..."

"You can't even handle this? I haven't even mentioned Night-Shining Sand, White Lilac, Moon-Gazing Sand, and Nightingale Fragrance yet!"

Long Er looked at her strangely: "Don't tell me they're all feces."

Dongfang Jin nodded, got up and left...

……

After dinner, Dongfang Jin took out a picture of Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Peppa Pig, a long-tailed monkey, a little yellow duck, and a dungeon chicken, and asked Aunt Hui if she could make it.

Aunt Hui said yes, so everyone cleaned up the kitchen together and went directly to Gu Caiwei's courtyard.

Upon entering the house, it was as bright as day. On a long table made up of two kang tables, there were two solar-powered lamps.

Dongfang Jin asked them to make samples of different sizes, one sample of each, without needing to be too precise.

Smaller ones can be made to the size of an egg, or even smaller if possible.

The fabric can be chosen freely and doesn't necessarily have to be exactly as depicted in the painting.