Eugenie with money [Grandet]

"Countess," Annette thought of Nucingen's German identity, and quickly said to Countess Longer: "I have a few questions to ask you, and I wonder if you can answer them for me."

Nucingen looked at Annette in puzzlement, and found that his wife silently said a word to him, from the mouth shape, it was: embassy.This made Nucingen calm down a bit, and sent a sincere invitation to Grandet: "Dear partner, I think there is some misunderstanding."

Seeing that Grandet and Countess Longer were invited away by Nucingen and his wife respectively, Eugenie sympathized with Baron Nucingen in her heart.He must not know that there is such a kind of people in the world, they must take advantage of others, any favorable news or event is an excuse for them to take advantage.

Now Nucingen and his wife have come forward to resolve the conflict between Grandet and Countess Longer. Grandet obediently obeyed Nucingen's suggestion and stopped confronting Countess Longer. For the sake of the master, in Grandet's heart, Nucingen owed him a great favor.

In the next negotiation to invest in Nucingen Bank, Nucingen will pay enough for this favor.

There was not much time for Eugenie to sympathize with Nucingen, and other ladies had already come forward to chat with Eugenie, which also left her no time to sort out how she would cooperate with Grandet later.

Everyone came to ask her about the mask.

The results of the first batch of facial masks have come out. The faces of the ladies who got the facial masks from Eugenie at the beginning have improved somewhat, but compared with Mrs. Taigou, the effect is not so obvious.

This is enough for the ladies to let go of their airs and surround Eugenie, the upstart's daughter, hoping to continue to get the mask from her.When Eugenie gave facial masks to those ladies after her own banquet, she was not someone who didn't worry about allergies.Fortunately, women in this era have not been poisoned too much by the endless cosmetics. None of the wives who tried it showed any allergies.

Eugenie thought that she deserved the money.So when ladies with strange faces came up to ask her if she still had a mask, Eugenie looked at Mrs. Taigu with some embarrassment.

The old lady didn't care, and smiled at the lady who asked Eugenie for a facial mask: "Well, there are some facial masks, Miss..."

Before she could finish speaking, the ladies all breathed a sigh of relief, and it's good, Miss Grandet has only been in Paris for a long time, and it should be the time when she wants to open up the situation in the social circle. Everyone accepts her mask and gives her The next invitation, to help her gain a foothold in the social circle, should be able to repay the favor.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Taigu's words will change next: "But everyone should know that the effect of the mask is so good, and the things that make the mask are not ordinary. The most important thing is that there is a secret recipe for adding Miss. And the mask is not used once or twice. You can see the effect, there are so many wives and young ladies present, even if the young lady wants to give it to everyone, she will not have the ability."

Embarrassed.

When everyone thought they could get facial masks without money, Mrs. Taigu told everyone that facial masks were precious, which was really embarrassing, and she just tore off everyone's fig leaf.

Not all aristocratic families are financially stretched. Spending money for the sake of beauty is a matter of course in the eyes of people who are not short of money.Baroness Roshfield is such a person, her voice of laughter is louder than that of Mrs. Taigou: "Then Miss Eugenie de Grandet, do you want to sell some masks?"

As soon as the words came out, Baroness Roshfield was also hated by the ladies around her—not all of them were short of money, and several of them were thinking of visiting Eugenie alone tomorrow, taking advantage of the fact that there were fewer people. Facial mask.Now someone asks Eugenie to sell him, how can he not be hated?

If you don't know the price of something, you can treat it as worthless, and there is no psychological burden to ask for it.But if someone has already said the price, it would be too shameful to ask for it for nothing.

Eugenie looked embarrassedly at the Baroness Roshfield who spoke, and said with a smile: "Because the effect of the mask is different, the things you need to use are also different, so the price is also different. I don't know what effect the Baroness wants. Yes. If it’s for the whitening effect, since I don’t have much left, it will be more expensive.”

Her voice was not high, and everyone around could hear her.Women in this era regard white as beauty, and the most admired is ivory white skin, otherwise they can't put powder on their faces vigorously.

Hearing that there were not many whitening masks left, the wives were shocked and asked Eugenie how much the whitening masks cost.But Eugenie didn't mind everyone's questioning, so she had to say: "If you calculate it according to the cost, it costs 25 francs, a can."

Mrs. Taigou obviously took a deep breath. Others thought she felt sorry for Eugenie and wanted to sell the mask, but only Eugenie knew that the old lady must be scolding herself for being too dark.

Eugenie has no choice. In this era, there are no non-woven fabrics, so you can't make masks one by one. You can only put the finished masks into small glass bottles.The production of French glass is not high, and the overall technology is not very good. If it is not for the small production of facial masks, Eugenie cannot solve the packaging problem.

A small glass bottle full of bubbles costs three francs, plus eggs, honey, and "unique secret formula" salt or milk, lemon, is 25 francs expensive for a bottle?

Eugenie looked helplessly at Mrs. Taigou, and signaled her not to make her contempt for her too obvious.In the eyes of others, it was Eugenie who silently begged Mrs. Taigou.So the understanding ladies and wives softly persuaded Mrs. Taigou to ask Miss Eugenie to sell a few bottles of facial masks.

Those who are not short of money are not short of a few francs, and will not make Eugenie suffer. The Baroness Rochefield said: "If the cost is 25 francs, can Miss Eugenie sell it to me for [-] francs a bottle? Where's the bottle?"

Mrs. Taigu held her chest, trying not to scream, but her face turned red.Eugenie didn't bother to answer Baroness Rochefield, and went to support Mrs. Taigou first: "What's wrong with you, are you uncomfortable? Please don't worry, I won't sell the anti-wrinkle mask you are using now , unless you wait until the factory produces them in large quantities.”

Sensitive ladies grasped Eugenie's important words, but couldn't ask clearly immediately. They watched Eugenie help Mrs. Taigou and sit down on a sofa.The ladies tried their best to maintain a graceful gait, but they barely blocked the footsteps of others, so that they could come to Eugenie first.

"Miss Eugenie, may I ask when your factory will be able to produce the next batch of masks, and I can also buy them at the price of thirty francs a bottle." A lady who did not know was the first to speak, and the others watched eagerly. Eugenie.

Mrs. Taigou would not give up the chance to be a demon. She took Eugenie's hand and refused to allow her to answer, but she said: "Mr. Grandet has just been promoted, and the lady is now a nobleman. You can't do what the bourgeoisie do." thing."

After hearing this, Eugenie looked at the lady who was asking the question in embarrassment, smiled at her embarrassedly, and really stopped talking.

The wives quit, and everyone opened their mouths to crusade against Mrs. Taigu, thinking that her knowledge is a bit narrow. Now factories are being built everywhere, and the products produced are indeed convenient for everyone.Others can do it, why can't Eugenie do it?

Some people directly accused Mrs. Taigu, thinking that she was too selfish, and her skin improved, so she forgot their old friends.Mrs. Taigu looked at the wives who were filled with righteous indignation, and said leisurely: "I thought I didn't have any friends when I left Paris."

Speaking of this, she remembered something, her face was ugly, and she said to Eugenie in a warning tone: "Miss, please remember that for a lady, others have very strict requirements on her. Even if they flatter you to your face for some things, but when you are no longer needed, they will talk about you, attack you, be ashamed to know you, and then close the door of the living room to you. Then you will have no friends anymore, no There will be people who will admit to taking advantage of you."

The cannonballs on this map were somewhat indiscriminate attacks, but Eugenie saw the embarrassment on the faces of several ladies, so she knew that Mrs. Taigou was forced to leave Paris, and there was a process.

Now she is using her own strength to let out a sigh of relief, so Eugenie will not tear her down—the more difficult it is to get the mask, the more precious it will be, and when it is actually sold, maybe it will be available again. What about the price?

Eugenie, who was scheming secretly, still had a serious expression on her face, and everyone who watched thought that she was frightened by Mrs. Taigou's words.The Baroness Roshfield, who had not had much contact with Mrs. Taigou before, is now able to talk:

"Marquise de Teigou, I think you are frightened by the hurt you have suffered before, so you think that everyone will only make trouble. But believe me, there are still many kind, just, and discerning people in the world."

The other ladies agreed one after another, reassuring Eugenie that no matter what others said in the future, they would be Eugenie's forever friends.

Eugenie was greatly moved when she heard this, and she told Mrs. Taicourt that since she came to Paris, she has felt the kindness of the ladies and ladies. They are all pure, kind, and beautiful angels. Angel, glowing with more charming brilliance.

Mrs. Taigou looked at Eugenie for a while, "Miss is too soft-hearted. Think about how many times you have attended banquets or dances, do you really only feel kindness?" After finishing speaking, she looked at it meaningfully. Look at Countess Longer on the periphery of the crowd, and Baroness Adolphus.