“Agreed.” Old Zhang thought about it, “Qingyue, I’ll have Aunt Zhang weigh the vegetables you want every day and send them to you.”
“Okay.” Su Qingyue nodded, “I have nothing else to do, so I’ll leave first. I’ll go to other families and ask if there are any other vegetables since having only two vegetable dishes is too monotonous.”
Su Qingyue bought three more vegetable dishes from Auntie Hua next to Aunt Zhang’s house, and they agreed to send them to her when the time comes.
She also asked several villagers who had some surplus vegetables in their fields, but there were only a few dishes enough for them to stir-fry. She also planned the time so they could deliver the vegetables to the Xiao Family.
She turned around and bumped into Zhang Shun’s wife, who greeted her, “Wife of the Xiao Family, I heard your family bought ten acres of paddy fields and you’re going to build a house.”
“That’s really good news.” Zhang Shun’s wife had a hint of envy in her eyes, “You really know how to make money, and now….” She stared at her for a while, “You’re not even bad looking now. Even your husband Chuan has gotten better.”
“Heh heh.” She smiled slightly, “Life is supposed to get better and better. Your husband Zhang Shun bought the terribly expensive Five-step Snake powder for you, and he’s been nothing but good to you.”
“That’s true.” Zhang Shun’s wife said, “That Five-step Snake powder you sold really works, look…” She pointed to her own face, “I used to have pimples, but after taking the snake powder every day, they’ve gone away. My Dad used to have night sweats, and after eating the snake powder every day, his condition has improved a lot.”
“It does have some effect.”
She continued, “A while ago, I bought the medicinal mud toothpaste from you, and Zhang Shun also bought one. It’s a pity that your family doesn’t have any stock left, otherwise, your medicinal mud toothpaste is really quite useful. It makes the mouth feel much fresher after brushing.”
Su Qingyue looked at her in surprise, “When did I say the medicinal mud toothpaste was out of stock?”
“Didn’t you say that it was made from expensive medicinal materials and sold at a loss?” Zhang Shun’s wife said, “You don’t know, everyone who used your medicinal mud toothpaste said it was good, and everyone ran out of it. There’s nowhere else to buy it. Didn’t everyone say that you sold it at a loss and it wouldn’t be possible to sell it again?”
“…” Su Qingyue was at a loss for words. She said it was made from expensive materials, but that was just a random excuse because Granny Sun was pressing hard for the debt and she urgently needed money to keep the Xiao Family’s house. At that time, even the jars used to hold the medicinal mud toothpaste were borrowed from Aunt Zhang’s family.
She had been wondering why no one had come to buy the toothpaste lately. Was it not good enough?
It turned out that they misunderstood that she ran out of stock.
In fact, during this period, she had prepared some more, but no one came to buy it, and only her family was using it.
It wasn’t good to say that the claim of it being made from expensive materials was a lie, and that the materials for the medicinal mud toothpaste could actually be found everywhere. She quickly thought of a plan and smiled, “Yes, that’s it. Some ingredients in the medicinal mud toothpaste, I heard from an old doctor in town that they can be replaced with cheaper materials, and the effect is even better. I’ve already prepared it recently, and my family is using the medicinal mud toothpaste now, and the effect is just as good.”
“Really?” Zhang Shun’s wife was suspicious.
“Of course.” Su Qingyue enthusiastically replied, “If you want to buy the medicinal mud toothpaste, come to my house anytime. The price is still the same as before.”