Chapter 700 The Young Lady Doesn’t Want to Marry Again 31

Tao Ran rented a carriage and went home as the sun was setting that day.

It's not that she wants to enjoy the money she has earned, nor is it because it's difficult to walk on rainy days, but because there is too much money and it is not easy to get it.

In addition, she also went to the stationery store to pick up the customized packaging and tools, so she really couldn't take them away.

It's not that she's yelling, but...

What a fortune!

In the afternoon, all the ladies and girls wanted to customize her makeup palette.

Especially after Tao Ran accidentally said that although eyebrow powder and lip balm are difficult to make, she is more skilled and can help them do it.

Tao Ran was located there, so when talking about the price, she only said "this..." a few times.

She didn't put a price, so it didn't feel like a deliberate deal. This suits these ladies very well. And everyone also felt her hesitation. Since she wanted to customize it, she would not suffer a loss.

In particular, they thought she was a good person, a happy person, someone they could make friends with, a person whose family conditions were average and could not bear to ride in a carriage, and someone who owed her a small favor, so they were naturally even more generous.

So I don't know who helped Tao Ran set a price. It's better to just have an ordinary makeup box for five taels of silver each. A high-end version costs ten taels of silver?

The price is actually on the high side. But none of these female relatives objected. Instead, they felt that the makeup box was a delicate job. As long as she could do it at this level, fifty taels of silver was nothing.

This made Tao Ran very happy.

Miss Sun got the benefit and immediately helped Tao Ran with registration and payment collection.

After just the first cup of tea, they had already ordered fifty portions. There was a young lady who wanted ten portions for herself, saying she wanted to share it with the women at home.

Tao Ran quickly refused. She said that each cosmetic box requires a lot of effort and cannot be mass-produced, so each person can only customize two trays at most.

Firstly, she really couldn't do it, and secondly, she was hungry for marketing, so she couldn't let things go out on the street early and ask those makeup shops to use them for research.

There was also a lady who said that she wanted to order three copies to give to the elders in the capital. She wanted the best quality raw materials and the best products, so she was willing to pay 50 taels per copy. Let Tao Ran be responsible for the content and customize the red gold packaging herself...

Seeing that a piece of paper was already full, Tao Ran waved her hands and said that if she added more, the production might be slow, but everyone said they were not afraid of the slowness and were not in a hurry, so they let her take her time...

Everyone really trusted her and gave her money directly without asking for any notes.

No one was even worried that she would run away with the money or not be able to make it.

It’s just that everyone’s impression of her is too high!

To take a step back, what if she can't do it well?

Her father is so powerful, it's only a matter of time before he succeeds, so just think of them as supporting scholars. They can't wait to do it! The scientific examination will be held soon, and the provincial examination will be held after that. After a scholar wins the imperial examination, he will become a well-known figure in the county. It's the best thing to have a good relationship with the Ji family now!

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So in the end, Tao Ran returned to the village with a total of nearly 600 taels of banknotes and broken silver, ninety orders in total, to be delivered in half a month.

She had to laugh just thinking about it!

You know, one tael of silver in this era is an incredible figure! And the sales volume of six hundred taels in half a month is definitely beyond the reach of any store in the entire county.

What a great deal this is, no rent, no store, no employees, no taxes. What she has to do is actually various permutations and combinations and packaging...

She has the secret recipe in her hand. She only needs to spend a few copper coins to recruit her stepmother and sister-in-law to help her by injecting chicken blood...

It won't take long for her to save a lot of money for the Ji family and Ji Wenqing.

In order for the scholar to study and for safety, it would be best for her to buy a place to live in the county...it won't take long.

Because of her business, the profit is really not small.

Just like that lip balm, the main ingredient is beeswax, which can be bought everywhere and is not valuable. The cost after packaging is only two cents.

The cost of lipstick and rouge is high, but she buys all good products, and a single box costs one or two silver dollars. But after her preparation and packaging, the cost of each single color in each box is less than a hundred yuan.

Brushes and the like are even less valuable.

So the makeup box she sells for five taels of silver actually costs less than eight hundred coins. Judging from the pricing in Tao Ran's era, the profit has exceeded the cost by more than six times, which can be regarded as a huge profit!

Besides, this thing is still a consumable item.

After being divided into makeup trays, the amount of each item is actually not much. If you use it quickly, I'm afraid it will bottom out in a month. As for these fastidious ladies, I am afraid that as long as one of them is worn out, the others will no longer be used, and they will definitely buy new ones quickly.

This at least ensures that in the short term, this transaction is sustainable...

Everything goes well, everything goes well.

Not long after Tao Ran arrived home, she had just finished dinner and was getting ready to start work, but today Miss Sun, whom she had given a high-end makeup box to, came to her house.

Miss Sun felt embarrassed after receiving the gift, so she planned to return the favor.

It turns out that the reason why Tao Ran targeted Miss Sun and started advertising from her was because Miss Sun's eldest brother also had to take the scientific examination this time.

So Yuan Yuan invited an old scholar to come home to help explain the scriptures and lecture notes.

He retired from the Hanlin Academy.

Not only is he outstanding in knowledge and experience, but his ability in answering questions is also unparalleled. After hearing a lady talk about this in the last chat, Tao Ran became interested.

Such a person has definitely read, asked and answered more questions than Ji Xiucai has read in total. It is better than Ji Xiucai studying at home.

Today she mentioned it in passing. Miss Sun went back and told her family about it, and they agreed to let Ji Xiucai go to Sun's house to listen to the lecture starting in three days.

When Ji Xiucai heard the teacher's name, he was so happy. He had wanted to hire a teacher for a long time, but firstly, he had no money, and secondly, even good teachers looked down on him. He did not expect that his fairy daughter would bring such a good blessing.

Ji Xiucai was so happy that he didn't sleep all night.

But Tao Ran couldn't help but think, does it seem like he really has to buy a house in the county?

No, no, let’s rent a house first.

She took out ten taels of silver that night and asked them to rent a house by themselves tomorrow.

"Aren't you going to help rent a house tomorrow?" everyone asked.

"I'm busy."

"where did you go?"

"I'm going to the provincial capital."

"provincial capital?"

"Um!"

It turned out that Tao Ran had renewed the rental of the carriage after arriving home.

She plans to go to the provincial capital tomorrow.

The county is still small, and the purchasing channels are single. She doesn't want people to know where and what she purchases every time.

In addition, there are more things in the provincial capital and they are more exquisite. There are also many shops, which makes it easier for her to negotiate prices. She still has to find something more suitable...

Tao Ran also didn't expect that everyone present would have their eyes shining, and they would all want to follow her to the provincial capital.

She pushed. Pushed it all...

But the next day, when she got up quietly before dawn, Liu Chun'e and Chen Fang had already packed their luggage, prepared dry food, and were sitting at the table waiting for her...

The two of them jumped onto the carriage almost more neatly than she did!

The provincial capital! Who among the country people has not dreamed of a provincial capital? How many people have been trapped in a small village their entire lives?

If you don’t make it this time, I’m afraid you won’t be able to get out for the rest of your life!

If you have this opportunity, you can't give it up.

As for renting a house or something, the boat will go straight to the bridge. Let the gentlemen take care of it themselves.

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