Rebirth of the Merchant Woman's Revenge

"Ah, why are there only so few?" Gu Ziheng curled his lips when he saw the small jar. It was not enough to sell.

"Father, you must remember that you can only use this small spoonful each time. Don't use more than that. This small can will last you more than a month."

Gu Qiongsi explained and took out a very small spoon from his sleeve.

"How long can a small spoonful like this last?"

"More than half an hour. If it takes longer, I'm afraid my body won't be able to handle it. This is my first time mixing it, so I'm conservative with the ingredients. I'll make more tomorrow and send them over for you to sell."

Gu Qiongsi looked at his father's anxious expression and was worried that he would not be able to control the dosage and something might happen.

So I spoke to him in much more detail.

Because she knew that her father had an impatient temper and could not be patient enough to study something seriously.

At this moment, Gu Qionghua came over from the second east room and was surprised to see Gu Qiongsi there.

Gu Qiongsi had to explain to him again the usage and precautions of "Beauty Smile".

"Oh, is this thing so good? Are the raw materials used in its production very expensive?" Gu Qionghua immediately became interested.

Gu Qiongsi knew what he was thinking, so she said, "Brother, don't give up on yourself. You should find a good sister-in-law in the future to continue the Gu family's lineage. What's the point of hanging out with these two all day long?"

Gu Qionghua did not comment. He had heard such words too many times. In recent days, his mother had been repeating the same thing many times every day.

"I know, I know. Sister, you'd better go back quickly. Guests will be coming soon." Gu Qionghua urged impatiently, but he took the can of "Beauty Smile" that Gu Qiongsi brought over, carefully opened the lid and smelled it.

Gu Qiongsi felt helpless seeing him like this. Her brother used to only study every day, but now he has completely let himself go.

He did whatever he wanted, however he felt happy and comfortable, but for a while his parents couldn't accept it.

"Brother, you must use it carefully and don't use overdose, okay?" Gu Qiongsi reminded him again before leaving, and then hurriedly left the courtyard.

When we first rented this place, the yard was very shabby and even the wooden door had a big crack. Now that my parents have some spare money, they have tidied up the entire yard and even hung red lanterns in the yard.

It actually looks a bit like a brothel.

"Si'er," someone suddenly called her from behind. She turned around and saw Mrs. Du walking out of the courtyard.

He pulled me to a corner of an alley far away from the courtyard, and then he said with difficulty, "Si'er, we have some money now, why don't we stop this business."

"Mother, what's wrong with you? Why do you suddenly say this?" Gu Qiongsi was a little confused. Before, Mrs. Du had always been very supportive of this matter.

Before Mrs. Du could finish her words, tears started to flow down her cheeks. "Your father and brother, they are both in a bad state now..."

Mrs. Du didn't say the rest of the words because it was really difficult to say them out loud.

However, even if she didn't say it, Gu Qiongsi knew what she meant. Ever since Gu Ziheng and Gu Qionghua started this business, especially with the two young and beautiful girls Dingxiang and Xiaoying around them, all their thoughts and energy have been spent on these two.

Naturally, Mrs. Du felt that it would be inappropriate to continue like this, and the mental state of the two was obviously getting worse and worse.

Every day I am very energetic at night, but I stay in the house without going out during the day.

If this continues, their bodies will almost collapse.

"Under the current circumstances, even if the family no longer does this business, can the two of them stay at home honestly? Mother?"

Gu Qiongsi did not respond to her words, but asked Mrs. Du instead.

Mrs. Du stopped wiping her tears, looked up at her daughter, and heard her daughter continue,

"Instead of letting them spend money outside, it's better to let them make trouble at home. Besides, my incense shop is in need of money right now. If we stop now, everyone will be out of money."

Mrs. Du's eyelids twitched when she heard this. When she heard about cutting off the family's money, she began to waver again.

Although our current life cannot be said to be very luxurious, it is definitely much better than when we were in Liuzhou.

However, what she wanted was money earned in an honest way, not money obtained secretly.

Even now, one has to be careful when spending money, not to mention attending banquets held by officials like in Liuzhou.

"Well, we have been doing this for a while, so we should have saved some money. Why do you want to put money into your incense shop now?"

Mrs. Du was speechless. They had always been thinking about making money from the incense shop, but now it was the opposite and they needed to continuously invest money into it.

Gu Qiongsi was not in a hurry, but patiently said to her mother,

"If the incense shop is on the right track, it will make money. But now we are just making some incense products for ordinary people. How can we make money? If we want to develop more high-end incense products, we have to purchase more expensive spices. Mother should understand this."

Mrs. Du stopped talking. She touched a tear mark on her sleeve with her fingers, and obviously accepted Gu Qiongsi's explanation reluctantly.

Let's just continue doing it for a few more days. Now their courtyard has become famous, and there are more guests coming every night than before.

This also gave them more money in their hands so they were not as strapped for cash as before.

"Okay then, mother understands. You should go back earlier too." Mrs. Du said helplessly and looked at her daughter again with red eyes.

"Well, mother, don't worry too much about these things. After all, it's just a temporary business. Once Yipinxiang's incense becomes famous, we will have a good life in the future."

Before leaving, Gu Qiongsi did not forget to paint a big picture for Mrs. Du.

When she saw Yipinxiang, the owner Jinzi was standing at the door of the shop waiting for her to come back.

"What's wrong? Is there something going on in the shop?" Gu Qiongsi knew something was wrong as soon as she saw his expression, so she went upstairs and asked him to follow her.

As Jin Zi walked, he said thoughtfully, "A big customer came this afternoon. He wants to buy a large amount of our mosquito repellent incense. The quantity he wants is quite large, but, but..."

Gu Qiongsi stopped and looked back at him, then asked unhappily, "Just what? Why are you hesitating?"