Chapter 192: Jealousy
Early in the morning, Su Yaoguang assigned new tasks to everyone.
The business in the shop couldn’t be affected, so Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi took the shop assistants to continue managing the business in the shop.
Jiang Jing was a famous female doctor in the surrounding area, and more and more people came to her door every day for treatment. The income from this was almost catching up with the goods they sold every day. Jia Chunni was Jiang Jing’s assistant. The two of them couldn’t be moved either and had to stay at their original posts.
She now had only Zhang Yingdi and two slightly more idle shop assistants at her disposal.
However, she now had quite a reputation in the county town. As long as she posted a note for recruiting workers, she believed many people would come to apply for jobs soon.
Su Yaoguang spent five consecutive days interviewing the endless stream of shop assistants who came to her door. Five days later, she finally selected fifty new shop assistants and also chose the location for the new workshop.
Her cooperation with Young Master Cui Cui Rong from Jin Le Fang had officially formed, and now she was eager to rush out this batch of goods and hand it over to Cui Rong, so she could just sit and wait for Cui Rong to send the money.
“What’s with all the commotion opposite? What are they doing?”
Jiang Yihuan had been rushing embroidery in the embroidery shop these past few days. She finally finished the work and could go out for some fresh air.
As soon as she went out, she saw so many people opposite and asked the embroiderer beside her.
The embroiderer glanced over and said, “Boss Su from Peach Blossom Workshop rented the place opposite to make a new workshop.”
“Peach Blossom Workshop?” Jiang Yihuan’s expression didn’t look good. “They’re opening another workshop?”
“Indeed.” The embroiderer said, “We work hard embroidering one piece for several days, our eyes go blind from it and we still can’t sell it for much money, but people about our age are making their business bigger and bigger. We’re all women, so why is some people’s fate so good?”
Jiang Yihuan pinched her palm.
Why was Su Yaoguang’s life getting better and better, while she had been getting more and more unlucky ever since buying Xiao Yanci? Could it really be as her mother said, that Xiao Yanci was a jinx?
But lately, she kept dreaming that Xiao Yanci had become the top scholar. Xiao Yanci in the dream was really so glorious, making her feel that he was meant to be such a splendid person.
Perhaps that dream was a precognitive dream, meant to remind her that as long as she waited patiently, Xiao Yanci would one day rise to prominence.
“I’ll head back first.” Jiang Yihuan said to the embroiderer beside her.
After Jiang Yihuan left, another embroiderer spat in her direction: “This slut has only just arrived, but her wages are twice ours. Why?”
“You said it yourself, she’s a slut. What else could it be?” The embroiderer who spoke earlier said, “I saw the boss keep her alone, and the two of them were very intimate.”
“Really? But Jiang Yihuan is married.”
“So what if she’s married? Being married doesn’t stop her from seducing other men. Besides, seducing him gets her extra wages. What wouldn’t she do?”
Su Yaoguang’s workshop officially started. She spent more and more time in the workshop every day. As soon as the first batch of goods was rushed out, she immediately had Cui Rong come over to inspect the goods.
“How is it?” Su Yaoguang asked.
“Peach Blossom Workshop’s goods sell so well, that’s already the answer. Now with even higher-end packaging, the price can go up further.”
“That high-end set can go up, but not the ordinary set. Ordinary people aren’t well-off economically and can’t spend too much money on grooming and dressing.”
Cui Rong looked at her with a strange expression: “Do you think people willing to spend money on cosmetics would hesitate to spend on grooming and dressing?”
“Those customers definitely wouldn’t hesitate. But my philosophy is to hope that women everywhere love themselves a little more. They toil every day, exhausting themselves for the family, for men, for children, and only then think of themselves. If I have a product that ordinary women can afford, won’t they occasionally love themselves a bit?”
Cui Rong: “…Boss Su, you’re so soft-hearted, you’re really not a suitable merchant.”
Su Yaoguang shrugged, looking as if she couldn’t argue.
“Just one item: the packaging can be simpler, the quantity less, make it something everyone can afford, treat it as a gift to women everywhere.”
“Alright. Though I don’t understand, I respect your decision.”
Cui Rong picked up the ‘casual’ face cream Su Yaoguang mentioned. As she said, this batch of goods had no high-end packaging, only very small porcelain vases. The top of the porcelain vase had Peach Blossom Workshop’s logo pattern, and at the bottom was a sentence—Love yourself a little more, live life a little more casually, let your smile be a little brighter.
“By the way, Boss Su, I’ve already selected one hundred female attendants to learn skincare techniques from your people. When should we arrange it?”
“Young Master Cui doesn’t act unless he does, but when he does, it’s extraordinary. We’re very busy during the day and really can’t spare the time. How about evening classes?”
“Sure.”
“It’s mealtime now. Let’s go eat. Since we’re in a cooperative relationship, it’s my treat, to celebrate our first collaboration.”
This Young Master Cui no longer caused her trouble, and his speech was no longer sarcastic. Plus, he was good-looking to begin with, so he looked much more pleasing to the eye now.
Dance hall. Cui Rong watched the dancer on stage, then looked around, and said awkwardly, “Didn’t you say we were eating?”
“Yes, eating.” Su Yaoguang said while clapping, “I suggested to the dance hall boss that their meals are now almost catching up to Jiang Family Restaurant. Haven’t you noticed their business is much better than before? Besides the dancers’ makeup looking better, it’s also because their food is almost as good as the restaurant’s.”
Cui Rong looked at the dancers’ makeup: “Your business has reached the dance hall?”
“What’s strange about that? Aren’t the girls in the dance hall big customers? And the brothels and male brothels, they consume a lot of cosmetics there.”
Cui Rong: “…”
Su Yaoguang and Cui Rong were very close. It was so noisy that if they weren’t close, they couldn’t hear each other at all.
The two being so close looked like intimate behavior in the eyes of someone in the upstairs dormitory room.
Chen Buyu saw Zhou Wangshu was about to crush the cup in his hand, so he quickly rescued his own cup from his hand.
“Brother, these teacups are a set. If one breaks, the whole set won’t look good.”
Zhong Chushan looked out the window and said, “Speaking of which, this Young Master Cui really looks good. Look at that tender little face, not inferior to Wangshu.”
Zhou Wangshu looked darkly at Zhong Chushan: “Am I that ugly?”
“Even if you’re jealous, you can’t tell such blatant lies with your eyes open! This Young Master Cui looks like a peach blossom, prettier than women. Where is he ugly?”
“Ugly as hell.” Zhou Wangshu said, then sat down at the zither.
When the zither music started, the dancers outside stopped.
When Zi Zhan Young Master played, it was entirely based on his mood; sometimes he would stop midway. His listeners were used to his whims and loved his personality even more, to the point that the dance hall’s business was getting better and better, with many coming for his reputation.
