Chapter 35: Selling Goat Milk Soap 2

Before long, the water was brought up. Madam Zhou listened to Lin Nuo’s instructions, first wetting her hands with water and then rubbing the goat milk soap in her palms. Indeed, fine bubbles appeared, and the milky fragrance became even stronger. After rubbing for a while, she rinsed her hands with clean water. Her hands felt smooth and tender, not dry at all; after drying, they were still moist with a faint milky scent.

Seeing this effect, Madam Zhou was extremely excited and quickly pulled Lin Nuo to sit down.

“Sister, this is a great product! I really like it. How do you want to collaborate? I’m all ears.”

Seeing Madam Zhou like this, Lin Nuo couldn’t help but smile.

“Sister-in-law, here’s what I was thinking: I want to make the soap myself and then sell it in your store. You can buy it from me for 20 wen per piece, and then you can sell it in your store however you like. What do you think?”

“That works, but can you keep up with the quantity? We have over 30 shops like this in our family, and there are businesses in the capital too,” Madam Zhou responded.

Lin Nuo had only known that Madam Zhou’s family business was large but had no idea it was that big, with businesses in the capital as well.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Nuo said, “I definitely can’t handle it all myself, but I can hire people to help. Right now, I’m only making goat milk soap, but I will also introduce more products later, adding some nutrients. I’ll provide 4,000 pieces in the first month, and you can try selling them to see how it goes.”

“Deal!”

Madam Zhou readily agreed.

Finally, the two signed a contract, agreeing to deliver the goods in 15 days.

Lin Nuo gifted the 35 pieces she brought this time to Madam Zhou, which made her extremely happy.

At Linglong Pavilion, Lin Nuo borrowed some ink and painted a few small samples of molds featuring the Four Gentlemen: plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, preparing to make small samples. This way, the presentation would look better, and the market would definitely have more potential.

4,000 pieces of goat milk soap equated to 80 taels of silver. Madam Zhou instructed her attendants to give Lin Nuo 60 taels as a deposit. The remaining 20 taels would be paid after the delivery.

After discussing the details, Lin Nuo left with the two of them.

The quantity was large, so Lin Nuo took them to the blacksmith’s shop to make three large pots, promising to return in two days to pick them up. After that, she took the blueprints to the carpenter’s shop to make 30 sets of molds, also promising to return in two days. She then went to the general store to buy 3,000 sheets of colored wrapping paper.

Finally, she went to the butcher shop and ordered 200 jin of pork lard, which was 10 wen per jin, paying one tael as a deposit and arranging to pick it up in two days.

After a busy afternoon, the group took the carriage back.

When they arrived, Lin Mama was sitting at the door waiting for them.

After the carriage came to a stop, they hurriedly helped Lin Nuo down.

“What’s wrong? Are you exhausted from today?” Lin Mama asked with a concerned expression.

Lin Nuo took out the 60 taels of silver she earned today and showed it to Lin Mama.

“Look, Auntie, we made 60 taels today, and we even found a long-term buyer for our products.”

Lin Nuo smiled brightly and playfully winked at Lin Mama, feeling proud.

Praise me, praise me.

Seeing Lin Nuo’s little expression, Lin Mama couldn’t help but chuckle.

In the evening, Lin Lei came home and was also thrilled after washing his hands with the goat milk soap.

He even asked Lin Nuo if he could have a piece for his dog. Lin Nuo readily agreed.

After dinner, the family gathered in the main room to plan their upcoming work.

With such a large quantity, a few people definitely couldn’t handle it, especially since Lin Nuo was still pregnant and couldn’t bear too much strain.

Finally, Lin Nuo made the decision to find two people from the Shen family to help and also asked Shen to introduce two diligent and tidy women to assist. They would pay 30 wen a day. Initially, they would calculate by the day, and later, when the sales increased, they would switch to monthly payments.

Everyone agreed to this plan, and after discussing it, the family went to rest.

That night, lying in bed, Lin Nuo felt that her days were very fulfilling.

She fell asleep under the moonlight. These past few days, perhaps due to her pregnancy, she kept dreaming of the man from that night.

His perfect, flawless face, and his cool, thin lips…