Chapter 182

182. Chapter 182: The Reputation of the Soap is Officially Established

Jiang Wei had already thought of the explanation and opened her mouth to explain, "Our soap is like bath beans, having a strong cleaning effect, and can be used to wash hands, faces, and bodies, and can also be used to wash clothes; it only sells for three hundred wen a piece!"

Everyone understood and burst into laughter.

"Like bath beans? Young lady, don't joke; bath beans are only sold in the county city. We've never even heard of your soap, how can it compare to bath beans?"

"That's right, selling things is selling things, but borrowing the name of bath beans to create a gimmick—aren't you afraid of twisting your tongue with the wind!"

"..."

Jiang Wei naturally anticipated everyone's reaction, so she wasn't angry when she heard the cold mockery.

She stepped aside to reveal the table behind her, pointing to the soap and rags on the table, "If you don't believe it, you can try it yourself."

Seeing this, everyone became interested.

Among them, a woman walked up and asked, "I'll do it, how do I try?"

Jiang Wei said, "You can use this soap to wash your hands, or you can use the soap to wash the rag on this, and see if what I said is true or false."

Upon hearing this, the woman subconsciously looked at her own rough, dark hands.

She was in the oilcloth business in this town, often brushing tung oil on cotton cloth; over the years, her hands had not only become dark, but the texture of her skin was soaked with tung oil, sticky and greasy, which was very uncomfortable, and it smelled of a strong tung oil odor.

She had tried countless ways to wash it clean, but couldn't.

"Alright then, I'll try!" Saying this, the woman rolled up her sleeves, picked up the soap on the table, and dipped it into the basin with water.

The square piece of soap became slippery after being dipped in water, and the woman almost couldn't hold it steady.

Jiang Xiaoxiao was afraid that the woman wouldn't know how to use it, so she stood out and said, "Auntie, after the soap is dipped in water, you can apply it to your hands; rub your hands together until foam comes out, and then put your hands in the basin to wash."

It was the woman's first time coming into contact with such a slippery thing, and she was very surprised.

She did as Jiang Xiaoxiao said, her hands covered in soap liquid, and then rubbed her hands together.

Gradually, fine white foam overflowed her hands.

Those white bubbles seemed to have magic, taking away the oil stains on her hands that hadn't been washed off for years...

The woman widened her eyes in disbelief; she hurriedly put her hands into the basin and rubbed them.

Then, taking her hands out to look, those oil stains were completely gone!

Even the dirt deposited in her fingernails was washed clean!

The woman was full of surprise; for so many years, her hands had never felt so refreshed and clean!

The onlookers were also shocked when they saw this.

"This, this soap is actually so powerful!?"

"This cleaning effect feels even more powerful than bath beans..."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Bath beans can wash clothes; can this soap?" someone said unconvinced.

"That's right! I think this woman is eight-tenths likely to be invited by this young lady, specifically to put on a show for us; how could this soap wash the oil stains off her hands all at once!"

When the woman heard this, she immediately became unconvinced, "What nonsense are you talking about? I, Li Tiehua, am upright and honest, and I have nothing to do with this young lady!"

"Hey, I say, old brother, don't talk nonsense; Li Tiehua is the one who sells oilcloth in our Yong'an Town. Those oil stains on her hands have been there for decades, they definitely can't be fake!"

"I say, old brother, since you suspect others, why don't you go up and try the effect of this soap yourself!"

"Hmph, try it then!"

That brother couldn't stand the crowd's words and also rolled up his sleeves and walked up.

His eyes scanned the tabletop, and he picked up a dirty rag that couldn't be distinguished in color without hesitation.

This rag was used by Xiao Linzi to wipe the floors and furniture in the backyard, and it hadn't been washed in time, already caked with dirt.

That man didn't mind the dirt, picked up the soap and rubbed it hard on the rag twice, then rubbed the rag randomly, and directly shoved it into the basin.

He hadn't intended to wash this rag properly, but unexpectedly, after just a few moments, a lot of the stains on the rag were washed away!

He was shocked, and then put away his contempt.

He picked up the soap again, applied the soap liquid to the entire rag, and then rubbed it seriously.

After rubbing it enough, he put the rag into the basin to wash.

When the entire rag was taken out again, it was simply like new; not only was it clean without a single stain, but even the stripes on the rag could be seen clearly.

The man was shocked.

The onlookers were even more shocked, their eyes wide.

"Heaven! This thing is really powerful! Such a dirty rag can be washed so clean!"

"This cleaning effect is definitely stronger than bath beans! My great-uncle lives in the county city and brought back a few pieces of bath beans for me; they didn't wash as clean as this piece of soap at all! And those bath beans cost one tael of silver each, and they were almost used up after washing a few pieces of clothes..."

Everyone listened to this, their eyes subconsciously looking at the soap on the table; it had washed the rag and washed the hands, and it didn't look smaller at all, which showed it was very durable!

"Young lady, how much does this soap of yours sell for?" someone asked impatiently.

Jiang Wei timely stepped aside to reveal the shop behind her, where the display cabinets were filled with all kinds of soap, making people's eyes stare straight.

Jiang Wei then said, "The piece of soap everyone used is the cheapest soap our family sells, unscented soap, three hundred wen a piece; inside there are also goat milk and honey soaps that have a moisturizing effect on the skin, four hundred wen a piece, and scented soaps with fragrance, eight hundred wen a piece..."

Listening to Jiang Wei's introduction, everyone became even more interested and poured into the shop one after another.

The originally empty shop suddenly became lively.

"Wow, what is this smell? So fragrant!"

Once inside, everyone was attracted by the faint floral fragrance in the shop.

But soon, their attention was attracted by the soap in the display cabinets.

"This soap also has a fragrance when smelled, hmm... a faint, elegant fragrance, it's the fragrance of wild ginger flowers!"

"This piece also smells good, it seems to be the scent of osmanthus!"

"This piece smells like a faint milky taste, hmm... smelling it makes me want to eat goat milk cake!"

For a time, everyone crowded in front of the display cabinets, looking at and smelling the soap inside, and some had already impatiently picked up the soap from the display cabinets and went to the counter to pay.

"Young lady, I want to buy these two pieces of soap, calculate how much money it is for me."

Jiang Wei glanced at it; this person had taken a piece of unscented soap and a piece of honey-scented soap, so she said, "Unscented soap is three hundred wen a piece, and because you are the first customer to buy our family's soap, this piece of soap will be given to you for free, no charge; this piece of honey-scented soap is four hundred wen, you only need to pay four hundred wen."

Upon hearing this, the person was overjoyed and paid the money, as if they had picked up a big bargain.

Seeing this, the people on the side were anxious and didn't hesitate in front of the display cabinets anymore, immediately picking the soap they liked and rushing to pay.

Only the first twenty had the qualification for free, and everyone wanted to take advantage of this bargain.