Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 465 Earning Money from Women

Winter melon candy is suitable for eating in summer and autumn, and it is good for soothing the throat.

Wash and peel the winter melon, cut into pieces, soak them in filtered wood ash water overnight, then wash them with clean water and soak them overnight.

Put it in a ceramic pot, add water and cook until it is 80% cooked, then use a bamboo strainer to scoop out the water, add an appropriate amount of yellow and white sugar and marinate overnight, and the yellow and white sugar will be absorbed by the winter melon.

Then put the winter melon and the juice below into the pottery pot and stir-fry until the sand turns into ice. The winter melon candy is soft, sweet, soothing and delicious. Hualei also thinks the winter melon candy tastes good.

So, some winter melon paste and winter melon candy were placed in the Flower Fairy and Yinghua Pavilion shops, and provided free of charge to the distinguished guests who came to the shop, in order to attract business.

Yinghua Pavilion now specializes in selling skin care and beauty products, and Hualei also sells some of its flower soaps here.

Ever since the village made green tofu from tender soybeans, the green tofu business has been booming. As a result, there has been a lot more bean dregs.

Although the piglets on the farm could produce as much bean dregs as Hualei needed, Hualei still snatched the food from the tiger's mouth, no, it was the pig's mouth that snatched the food and brought some of the bean dregs to the workshop.

She decided to use tofu to make a new moisturizing and whitening facial soap for sale. There are many types of soaps now, and many flowers and plants that can be used to make soaps have been made from flower buds.

However, the market for this soap is still very large. In addition, Liang Xiangyi often comes to pick up goods and send them to several prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. Hua Lei also sends some to Mobei, so the soap business is still very good.

Since she opened Yinghua Pavilion, the soap business has been even better. So, Hualei decided to develop other products, and soy milk soap was developed.

After the soybeans are ground into pulp, they are added with finely ground pearl powder and lard according to the method of making flower soap. After cooling, the smooth and white soy milk pearl whitening soap is made.

In addition, the green bean milk made from green beans was used to make matcha green soy milk pearl whitening soap. At the same time, it was sold in Yinghua Pavilion. The fresh and beautiful color and moisturizing and whitening effect immediately attracted many young ladies from aristocratic families to buy it.

In order to promote other products, Hualei launched a bundling sales method that had not been used for a long time. Facial cleanser, whitening soap, skin care pure water, facial cream, etc. were put together and made into a gift basket for washing and care set. Suddenly, business became better.

Hualei discovered that women's money was very easy to make money no matter which dynasty it was in. Especially in the Great Sheng Dynasty, where appearance was very important, toiletries were even more popular.

Hua Qianbian Shop has been open for several years. It sells derivatives from several of its own farms, and its business is pretty good. The roast duck, goose in sauce, and braised food are all doing well.

However, prices are basically open and transparent, so it is very difficult to raise prices. In addition, in recent years, many roast duck and braised food stalls have appeared in Shangjing City, which has a great impact on Hualei's business. Many vegetables are sold directly, and the price has been reduced in the past two years.

However, the flower buds of Yinghua Pavilion are priced almost exorbitantly, but buyers still flock to them. Many times, the supply cannot meet the demand and they are easily out of stock.

It seems that I need to shift my focus and make more money from these noble families. I now have a lot of skin care products in my store, what else do I need?

Hua Lei went to other rouge and powder shops in the capital and found that other shops also had a lot of different eye creams.

It seems that the women of the Great Sheng Dynasty really love beauty. They have even made eye creams similar to those in the previous life. However, the price is also quite expensive. A small box costs 18 taels of silver.

Hua Lei was a little shocked when she saw it. She went back to her own shop and carefully counted the products in her shop. She found that there seemed to be no eye cream.

Yes, I'm looking for a recipe for eye cream. If other shops can sell it, I can sell it too. At most, I can sell it at a lower price. As for women, there are no ugly women, only lazy women, right? And women can keep improving on the road to beauty, and there is no end to it, right?

So, Hualei started to think about making eye cream again. The one I found was relatively simple, and the materials were also relatively easy to find. I went to the pharmacy and bought some.

The eye cream is made of turmeric powder, ginseng powder, notoginseng powder, lard and sesame oil. Mix them evenly according to a certain proportion, pour them into a small porcelain jar and let them cool.

This eye cream can reduce fine lines around the eyes, reduce dark circles, and has a certain effect on removing eye bags. Although Hualei doesn't have eye bags yet, she can't use it for the time being.

However, after the eye cream was made, Hua Lei gave a portion to Madam Pei, as well as Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Ruan.

After making the eye cream, Hualei started to think about other good things. The weather was getting colder, and because of frequent patrols, Hualei's lips were a little chapped. In order to make her life easier, Hualei decided to make some lipstick.

Take out the peach kernels from the warehouse, pound them into fine powder with a mortar and stone, then sift them with a sieve. After repeating this several times, the powder will become finer.

Melt the lard in a ceramic pot, then pour the peach kernel powder into the lard, stir evenly, pour into a small porcelain jar while it's still hot, and let it cool and solidify.

It is especially suitable for chapped lips in autumn and winter. It is very moisturizing and naturally moisturizing. It is very easy to use. After finishing, I put it in Yinghua Pavilion for sale.

The weather is not very cold yet, but Hualei is preparing for a rainy day and decides to make some frostbite cream.

Xiaoyuan and I never got winter sores, but Aunt Fu got them almost every year. So Hualei decided to make some for Aunt Fu.

I went to the Baxianlou and asked for a lot of their leftover scallop shells. After cleaning them, I put them in a ceramic jar without adding water and then covered it with a lid.

Seal the lid of the pottery jar with the mixed mud, and then put it on the charcoal basin and roast the scallop shells over a low fire. This will take a long time, so be patient.

While the scallop shells are being roasted, the mutton fat bought from the market is boiled.

First, clean the mutton fat with clean water, cut it into small pieces, put it into a ceramic pot, add appropriate amount of water, and boil it over high heat. Then use a bamboo fence to scoop out the water.

Pour it into a clean ceramic pot, simmer and stir-fry over low heat. After a while, the mutton fat will be cooked out.

Filter the mutton fat with clean gauze and put it in a ceramic jar for later use.

After the scallop shells are calcined and cooled, they are placed in a mortar and smashed with a small hammer. Then they are ground into fine powder and poured into clean water.