Chapter 27: Promotion
Hearing someone hawking over here, and feeling that it seemed quite impressive, the lively pedestrians gathered around.
When they saw the bottles and jars on the ground, their enthusiasm faded by more than half. They were about to leave, but Su Yaoguang called them back.
Su Yaoguang pointed at Zhou Wangshu and said: “For two copper coins, you can achieve such a makeup look. All you aunties, sisters-in-law, older sisters, and younger sisters, you can give it a try.”
“Oh my, this little daughter is so pretty! Has anyone proposed marriage yet?”
“How old is she? Is she betrothed? My family has a boy who’s tall and mighty, and he knows how to dote on people. How much betrothal gift does your family want?”
Zhou Wangshu’s face was as black as ink that could drip out.
Su Yaoguang noticed Zhou Wangshu’s cold glare and quickly took his hand to comfort him earnestly: “Don’t be angry, don’t be angry. Once we make money, I’ll buy you something delicious.”
Zhou Wangshu looked at her resentfully, turned his head, and said to the crowd: “All you aunties and sisters-in-law, I originally wasn’t good-looking, but because of this makeup look, I can barely catch your eyes. All you aunties, sisters-in-law, older sisters, and younger sisters, don’t you want to achieve such a makeup look to see your husband or your sweetheart?”
“Impossible, right?”
“Just using cosmetics to become like you? If it’s real, I’ll take my own head off and use it as a ball to kick.”
“Whether it’s real or not, everyone will know once you try.” Su Yaoguang said, “If you’re not satisfied, you just won’t trust me anymore. Besides, it won’t take much time—half a quarter-hour per person, and I’ll let you see your most beautiful self. By the way, only the first twenty get the two copper coins discount; starting from the twenty-first, it’s five copper coins. These spots are very limited, first come first served! After all, two copper coins is really too cheap—these cosmetics of mine are from an ancient recipe passed down in a noble family for a hundred years, and they’re not easy to make.”
“I’ll be the first.”
“I’ll try it too.”
“Me, me. If it doesn’t look good, I’ll smash your stall.”
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Seeing more and more people signing up, Su Yaoguang said: “Everyone, please line up first. Only the first twenty get the discount, so I have twenty wooden tokens here. Only those who get a wooden token get this cheapest price. After that, those without a token will have to pay the original price.”
As long as they were women, no matter what age group, none disliked taking advantage.
Hearing there were only twenty spots, the women who had only been slightly tempted immediately lined up. Whether it worked or not, line up first.
Anyway, they still had time to hesitate. Worst case, if the ones ahead didn’t achieve the effect they expected, they’d just toss the wooden token in their hand and leave.
Su Yaoguang invited the first customer behind the black cloth she had set up earlier.
Behind the black cloth were two stools, one small stool and one slightly taller stool. She had the customer sit on the small stool, then began applying makeup to her with cosmetics.
Zhou Wangshu stood in front of the black cloth, blocking the view of the other customers.
He had peach blossom eyes that were watery, and his small lips were painted rosy. Passing pedestrians couldn’t help stopping when they saw him, resulting in more and more men gathering to watch.
“Little lady, how much betrothal gift do you want to marry?”
“Tell us—rather than showing your face here, why not get married and enjoy life? You’re so pretty; marrying anyone would mean good days.”
“What are you selling? If I buy it, will you consider me and let me come propose marriage?”
Zhou Wangshu brushed the loose hair by his ear and said hauntingly to that man: “If you can buy all the cosmetics on our stall, I’ll go home with you.”
“How much? I’ll buy.”
Zhou Wangshu’s mouth curved up: “Seventy taels of silver.”
The man who had been excited just moments ago sobered up immediately upon hearing the number. He looked at the patched clothes on himself and sighed helplessly.
“Sure enough, pretty daughters-in-law aren’t easy to marry!”
At this moment, Su Yaoguang pulled open the curtain, letting the first customer who went in come out to show the results.
It was the big New Year’s, there were too many customers, please bear with us, little cuties.
