The next day, Jose came home in the evening and said with a smile: "Today I went to several squire's houses to ask, first four houses no one wanted it. I didn't have much hope. When I don't have expected that the last house asked for a box. The person who bought the rouge this time was the rich lady who bought jasmine essential oil last time. I sold it a silver coin, and oday she even bought a bottle of osmanthus essential oil."
At this time, the lady from a wealthy family was looking in the mirror and drawing her eyebrows. The maid next to her took a box of inconspicuous rouge on the table and said,"Miss, will you use the box we just bought from the seller today?"
The lady paused for a moment, and then said calmly: "The essential oil I bought from him last time has a good scent. After using it for a while, I saw that my hair is a little more shiny. Today using this box of rouge..."
The maid opened the lid of the rouge, and the lady picked out some pink rouge, then gently kneaded it with her hands, and then slowly applied it to her cheeks. After a while, her whole cheeks became pink and tender, and her complexion suddenly became brighter. When I got up, it didn't look like I was wearing rouge, but it looked like a natural blush.
The maid couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw the change in the young lady: "Miss, this rouge is really good. It looks better than the five silver coins per box sold in the shop."
The miss just ran out of essential oil that day, and there happened to be a salesman outside the door. They smelled the good fragrance of the essential oil, so they bought a small jar. It turned out to be very good, and the miss didn't change to other essential oils for half a month, until the small bottle of essential oil is used up.
This time I heard that the salesman came again, so she hurriedly went out with the maid to buy another bottle. The salesman took out the rouge again. She thought it was good, and the price was only one silver coin, so she bought another bottle. Who knew it would be such a surprise to use, it is really good quality and cheap.
The young lady was obviously very satisfied. She was looking in the mirror with some joy at this moment. After a while she said: "When the salesman comes again, I'll buy a box of red rouge to try."
After saying this, he thought of something and added: "If next time the salesman brings any new products, I will buy them and try them all."
There are always people who try high-quality and cheap things. After a few days, Jose sold two boxes of rouge in succession. The remaining two boxes were bought by Pedro, the owner of the Beerspa City grocery store, for a total of 180 copper coins, and he asked for more Two jars of essential oils. Pedro said that the sales of essential oils were good during this period, and told Jose that he could add twenty copper coins to each jar of essential oils, but he required that in addition to selling the essential oils themself, he cannot supply to other shops, only supply for Pedro's shop. If it is agreed, the price of each can of essential oil will be increased by 20 copper coins and a two-year contract will be signed. If rouge still is made, he will also buy some goods every month.
Jose hurried home to discuss with his wife and daughter. Based on the sales volume of Pedro's grocery store, at least five to eight jars of essential oils should be sold a month. The cost of a jar of essential oil itself does not exceed 2 silver coins. Jose sold it to Pedro for four. Now and the profit from selling essential oils in that month will be almost 10 silver coins.
Coupled with the income of one silver coin per box of extra rouge, Jose and Maria were a little surprised. Not long ago, the whole family had to work hard to earn 2 or 3 silver coins a month. They did not expect that now A few months later, the monthly income will be doubled several times.
Maria took out an old wallet from the room, and then took out some money from the old wallet, plus the income from selling essential oils that Jose brought back, and counted them together. She was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. Now it is removed from the house In addition to the money for purchasing raw materials, there are about fifteen silver coins. If we keep making money at this rate, it won't take long to rebuild these three rotten houses and build a decent house.
She think all of this is thanks to her daughter Selena. If she hadn't picked up the cowhide recipe on the mountain and started making essential oils for Jose to sell, how could she have saved so much money. Both of them are farmers, and they only know how to raise chickens, ducks, and farming. They have no knowledge of essential oils, perfumes, and balsams, and they had no idea that the profits from this rouge gouache would be so huge.
Selena couldn't help but smile softly when she saw her parents' surprised and happy expressions. If they knew the price of essential oils in Pedro's shop, they would probably be shocked. That jar of essential oils can hold twenty small bottles. One bottle is based on the price of ordinary essential oils in Beerspa City, which is 25 copper coins. Twenty small bottles are 5 silver coins. But the quality of the essential oils she makes can be sold for much more than 25 copper coins.
Selena is also thinking about buying a shop in the city when she gets rich, but she doesn't have much capital now, so she can only sell wholesale to others for the time being. When she saves enough money in the future, she can ask her father to buy a small shop in Beerspa City and open a rouge shop. At that time, the ointment and perfume she made would be able to be sold in her own shop, instead of just watching others get rich like she does now.
However, all this needs to be considered in the long term. For now, it is better to listen to my mother Maria and build the house first. They can no longer to live in this crumbling house. In summer, the leaking roof will wet the bed, and in winter, the inside of the house will be even worse. The biting cold, the feeling of freezing hands and feet was really uncomfortable. Even taking a bath was a luxury.
The whole family became busy in the next half month. Selena no longer let Maria sit on the bed and knit lace every day. She couldn't make much money even if she knitted for a day. Waiting for her father to come back, the whole family all carried bamboo baskets to the Fragrant Mountain to pick flowers. Because autumn will soon turn into winter, and the flowers on the mountain will wither. By then, if you want to make rouge, you will have to go to the spice shop to buy flowers at a high price, which is not cost-effective. Now, since they are guarding the ready flower mountain behind their house, Naturally, you need to pick more during the flowering season, dry it and store it. If you want to make balsam in winter, you can soak it and use it. Although it is not as beautiful as fresh flowers , the result is similar.
Selena stayed with her parents in FLOWER MOUNTAIN for a few days. In fact, Jose and Maria didn't need their daughter for anything. They just didn't feel comfortable leaving her alone at home, so they took her out together.
Selena just followed behind to pick up ready-made flowers. Even so, she was tired and out of breath. The mountain road was difficult to walk, so picking flowers was not easy. She just thought that if she had enough money in the future, I would have to hire someone to do this job. Jose was thinking the same thing at this time. He saw his wife and daughter sweating profusely and their cheeks were red. He thought that after getting the money this month, he went to find someone for help. He couldn't let them suffer like this again.
Selena has been around the back mountain in the past few days, and the more she looks at it, the happier she is. It really deserves the reputation of FLOWER MOUNTAIN . There are more types of flowers in the mountain than she imagined. She even discovered several rare vanilla and fragrant trees, and there are all kinds of them. Several commonly used spices are available in the mountains. If she can buy them in the future, she will cut down most of the redundant thorns and miscellaneous trees on the mountains and plant them all with various flowers. By then, she will have at least half of the raw materials for the shop. They can save a lot of money and it is much more convenient.
With this in mind, Selena asked Jose casually the price of the FLOWER MOUNTAIN. Of course, Jose didn't know her daughter's plan, so she thought it was a casual question, so she roughly guessed: "It's a bit remote here, and the surrounding fields are not fertile. One acre of field maby costs 20 silver coins. Mountain land is even cheaper in comparison, but this Mountain is not too small. It should cost 500 silver coins to buy it.
500 silver coins is not expensive. Now they only sells a few jars of essential oils and some rouge, and their monthly income is almost 15 silver coins. they work harder, make more essential oils, and make some other products. They will probably be able to save enough money. The next year, they can buy the mountain and in the surrounding fields and plant a patch of spices and flowers. Then her family will be considered a land and property family in the future.
During the day, Jose still carried a load and walked through the streets and alleys to sell goods, while the couple hung out the osmanthus and jasmine picked at night around the yard of their home, and made rouge by the way. The process of rouge is the most cumbersome and must be very carefully. Fortunately, Maria has learned everything from her daughter these days. Maria does most of the work, and Selena just looks at the beeswax boiling in the pot.
Compared with essential oils, rouge can make more money because it costs less, but in fact the production process of rouge is more complicated than essential oils. If care is not taken during the production process and it is shoddy, it will not sell at a high price and it will not make much money either.
So Selena can make up to eight boxes in a month, and this thing is not like essential oil. Because women's hair is long, it must be maintained every day to prevent the withered, yellow and split ends, essential oils will be consumed in large quantities and purchased frequently. Only a little rouge is used at a time, and one box can last a long time, so Selena only makes 8 boxes per month to meet the current sales demand.