Chapter 171: Good at pretending

After bringing home the honey and beeswax.

Shi Qingluo took out the fruits she had picked on the mountain before, pressed them into tea oil, and took Xi Rong and Xiao Mei to make handmade soap and lipstick.

Xi Rong had a great time playing.

After making her first piece of handmade soap, she was very excited, “Luoluo, is this the soap we use in the bathroom?”

Shi Qingluo laughed and said: “That one is made of mutton oil, and this one is made of camellia oil.”

“But they all have similar effects.”

“We made this with aromatherapy, so it smells better.”

“It can also be carved into soap flowers.”

Xi Rong smelled it and said, “It smells wonderful.”

“Then I’ll make more and carve them into soap flowers, take them back, and give them away.”

Her Grandma and Aunt will like it.

Shi Qinglou smiled and said, “Okay!”

Then she taught them how to make lipstick.

To make lipstick, Shi Qingluo first applied color to his lips.

Xi Rong couldn’t wait to put one on her lips. She copied what Shi Qingluo did in front of the bronze mirror.

“This lipstick is easy to use. The color is beautiful and moisturizing. It’s much better than my lipstick.”

Shi Qingluo smiled and said, “It’s good as long as you like it!”

After the two of them painted their lips, they left the room.

Liang Youxiao and others also discovered that they looked better after applying some lipstick.

Liang Youxiao suddenly became interested: “Qingluo, do you want to sell this soap and lipstick recipe?”

He knew that women all love beauty. His mother and others spend a lot of money on rouge shops every month.

Hence, he saw business opportunities as soon as he saw soap and lipstick.

Shi Qingluo smiled and said: “I won’t sell them, but we can cooperate like the skateboard.”

It was quite troublesome to open a workshop by herself. The market and profit for this kind of thing were huge, so it will be easy for others to take notice of it.

It would be better to cooperate with these people.

In modern times, seeing that she was unwilling to take over the company, her father suggested that she should invest in some companies with great potential.

With various dividends from now on, she won’t have to worry about money for the rest of her life.

Shi Qingluo felt like doing the same thing. She felt that this could also be done in ancient times.

In the future, just by having a share of the profits, she will become rich without having to go into business on her own.

Liang Youxiao saw that something was going on, and the smile in his eyes grew stronger.

Just as he was about to speak, Xi Rong overtook him.

“Luoluo, please cooperate with me.”

“Let’s sell soap and lipstick together. You provide the recipes and come up with new things from time to time. I’ll let people run the business.”

“How about we split the earned money in half?”

Not only did Liang Youxiao see the business opportunity, but Xi Rong did the same.

Who would be dissatisfied with having too much money?

She has always wanted to form a women’s army, but it would be not easy to establish it with just a little money in her hands. And it needs sustenance forever.

Even if her uncle agreed, the court would never give her military expenses.

Liang Youxiao: “……”

This tigress competed with me for business.

But as soon as Xi Rong proposed 50–50 dividends, he swallowed his words. He wanted to mention 30-70 dividends.

This Xi Rong was really tough.

He asked: “How about the three of us work together?”

Xi Rong gave Liang Youxiao a disgusted look and said: “You go and play, I won’t work with you.”

Liang Youxiao: “……”

I regret bringing this woman here.

Xi Rui was not interested in doing business, but he was happy to see his friends suffer.

He looked at Liang Youxiao with gloating and said: “Brother, it seems that your lofty ambitions can’t be realized. They don’t want you to play with them.”

Fei Yuzhe also said with a cheerful smile: “That’s for sure. Who would want to play with someone who wanted to take their share.”

Liang Youxiao: “……”

What kind of friends did I make?

Shi Qingluo regarded Xi Rong as a friend, and it was more convenient to cooperate with women than with men.

Xi Rong in particular generously proposed a 50-50 score.

She looked at Xi Rong and said with a smile: “There is no problem in cooperation.”

“I will provide you with recipes and new tricks from time to time. You can find someone to build a workshop and open a shop, and then sell these things throughout Daliang.”

“You will spend more effort than me, so we don’t need to split it in half. You can have 70% and I’ll take the 30%”

Shi Qingluo has never been a greedy person.

Especially since her family used to be wealthy and knew some of the twists and turns in business.

It was not easy to establish relationships, build workshops, find people to sell, etc.

Also, Xi Rong made early investments, and the other party suffered a loss.

She will not take advantage.

Moreover, regardless of the relationship between friends, the people standing behind Xi Rong were the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

With the thirty-seventy dividends, she not only made money but also gained connections, so she didn’t lose at all.

Xi Rong did not expect that Shi Qingluo would propose thirty-seventy dividends. There were not many people with such magnanimity.

But she can see Shi Qingl uo was serious and determined.

Xi Rong laughed aloud and said: “Okay, then it will be 30:70 dividends.”

She put her arms around Shi Qingluo’s shoulders: “From now on, you will be my person, and I will protect you.”

She needed money urgently, so she didn’t pretend to refuse.

As soon as Xiao Hanzheng came home, he saw Xi Rong hugging his wife’s shoulders and heard her say ‘You will be my person’, his face couldn’t help but turn gloomy.

His wife belongs to only him, no woman can come and snatch her away from him.

His eyes flickered, and he looked a little weak as he said: “Madam, I’m a little dizzy.”

When Shi Qingluo saw him like this, she immediately came over worriedly, “Are you sick?”

Xiao Hanzheng took her hand and said: “Maybe I didn’t sleep well last night, so I feel a little dizzy today.”

Shi Qingluo thought about last night when Liang Youxiao and others were playing cards in the yard over there. The sound was a bit loud, and she was woken up.

Her husband has to read every night and go to school in the county the next day. How hard it was!

So she glared at Liang Youxiao and the others, “Please keep your voice down when you play cards tonight. If it interferes with my husband’s rest, I won’t allow you to play anymore.”

Liang Youxiao and others: “……”

This Xiao Hanzheng was very bad. He seems to be pretending at first glance, but Shi Qingluo believes him.

But it was really fun to follow Shi Qingluo, so they could only hold their noses and admit it: “Yes, we will keep it down at night.”

Shi Qingluo supported her young husband and said to Xi Rong: “We will discuss cooperation later.”

Xi Rong looked at Xiao Hanzheng unkindly. This man was bad, he was competing with her.

Then he met Xiao Hanzheng’s cold eyes.

She would not have been able to swallow this breath in the past.

But in order not to embarrass Shi Qingluo, she could only smile and say, “Okay!”

“Take good care of your frail husband.” She said with a bit of gritted teeth.

Xiao Hanzheng bowed his hands to her and said with a harmless expression: “Thank you for your understanding, Young Marquis.”

Xi Rong: “……”

How considerate, this guy is good at pretending.

Shi Qingluo helped Xiao Hanzheng into the room.

Xi Rong scolded Xiao Hanzheng in her heart and pulled Xiao Baili to continue making soap and lipstick.

Liang Youxiao and others returned to the yard to play cards.

After entering the room, Shi Qingluo helped Xiao Hanzheng sit on the bed.

She looked at Xiao Hanzheng with a half-smile, “Husband, are you still dizzy?”

Everyone can see that he was just pretending. How could she not see it after they have known each other for so long and have a tacit understanding?

 


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