Chapter 177

Grandma, let's wash up. Jiang Yun Chu lightly curled the corner of her mouth; the hand she held was already withered, skin wrapped around bone, with age spots, but Grandma's hand was warm, steadily holding onto her.

At that moment, she felt like a rare treasure.

"Okay." Grandma replied.

After washing away the foam, Jiang Yun Chu stretched out her grandmother's hand and her own hand together.

We're testing; we can only feel the skin will be moisturized, without the usual tightness from washing hands.

If we let someone with dirtier hands test it, we can see the cleaning power.

However...

Her Lustrous Jade Soap is a high-end product, serving noble ladies; who among them would have dirty hands?

Moisturized skin and a beautiful appearance already surpass countless others.

"May I try?" Grand Madam asked softly.

Jiang Yun Chu quickly nodded, "Let's all try."

Upon hearing that, Second Madame also washed her hands; after drying them, the feeling was indeed different.

Very effective.

Grand Madam smiled, especially while looking at the beautiful flowers, she pondered and said, "Yun chu, who are you planning to sell your Lustrous Jade Soap to?"

"Noble ladies, genteel misses." Jiang Yun Chu answered without hesitation.

Otherwise, she wouldn't go through all this trouble, with carved-flower molds and wooden boxes.

It's all for the price!

Grand Madam nodded in agreement, "That's right."

I'm from the Jiangnan Zhuang Jia; are you interested in cooperating?

Grand Madam was smiling; she could already foresee how popular these Lustrous Jade Soaps would become, and entering the Jiangnan market was only a matter of time.

However, she didn't know whether the Regent Prince's Manor had any shops in Jiangnan.

Jiang Yun Chu pondered for a moment; her reason for first coming to Kang Fu was to see her grandmother, and also to let her great-aunt and second aunt mention her Lustrous Jade Soap when attending any banquet.

This is laying the groundwork in advance.

But unexpectedly, the great-aunt proposed cooperation in Jiangnan.

You don't need to feel pressured; if the Regent Prince's Manor has a shop in Jiangnan, you can tell me, and I can have the Zhuang Clan look after you a bit—better than going it alone. Zhuang Miao looked at Jiang Yun Chu's hesitant expression, thinking she was troubled, and immediately spoke up.

Jiang Yun Chu shook her head, "Great-aunt, Jiangnan is so vast; the Regent Prince's Manor can't possibly consume it all, so naturally we can cooperate with the Zhuang Clan, but..."

I plan to first open the market in Jingdu; taking Lustrous Jade Soap to Jiangnan would also count as proof of credibility.

As she spoke, her face bore a faint smile.

Zhuang Miao looked at Jiang Yun Chu like this; she had less of the sharpness from their first meeting, and more tolerance and composure.

For a moment, she couldn't tell which was the real her.

All right, it's fine; as long as you want to cooperate, I'll always be waiting for you. Zhuang Miao smiled; the Zhuang Clan has two sons and only her as a daughter.

She married into Kang Fu, considered a high-ranking marriage, and her natal family gave her many shops.

But the Zhuang Clan's foundation is in Jiangnan, and many of her dowry shops are also in Jiangnan; she checks the accounts once a year.

Since her two daughters married into Jiangnan, her shops have also been divided into several, so that the two daughters have something to rely on.

She is very optimistic about the market for Lustrous Jade Soap; from the craftsmanship, to the quality, to the flower-shaped molds, to the antique wooden box, each detail shows care.

Her gaze toward Jiang Yun Chu held even more admiration.

"These ten bars of soap, everyone can take a share, or they can be given to close friends." Jiang Yun Chu winked at her eldest and second aunt.

The meaning had been expressed clearly; the two understood each other tacitly.

Only rare goods are truly precious.

Yun chu is creating opportunities for them, opportunities to make friends.

"This afternoon I will go see my aunt, and three days later I will enter the palace." Her meaning was also already clear.

This afternoon I will go to Jiang Fu to deliver soap, and three days later I will go to the imperial palace to deliver soap.

During this time, you should exchange favors, you should maintain connections, you should maintain whatever needs maintaining.

"As far as I know, the shops at Wang Fu are not open yet; when will they open?" Zhuang Miao asked.

Now Kang Fu is under her management of the household; one reason is that the Old Lady's health is poor, so she had already relinquished authority; another is that the second branch dislikes these matters, so the household keys were handed to her.

Not to mention brothers fighting over it; even the second branch entrusted her with her own dowry shops, letting her manage them.

She had never seen anyone so bold!

However, she likes doing business, but she is not a man; otherwise she would definitely venture out.

"I previously hired a group of people; they are expected to reopen in half a month." Jiang Yun Chu answered with a chuckle.

Her relationship with Kang Fu is no longer what it used to be; now the Regent Prince's Manor and Kang Fu are in the same boat, or rather, they have always been in the same boat, except that the previous host's mindset deeply influenced her.

"Give me advance notice of the days; if there is anywhere you need help, just send someone to Kang Fu to speak." Zhuang Miao looked at her, more like looking at her own child; her family's eldest daughter and second daughter are older than Yun chu, but she is still just a child!

"Okay." Jiang Yun Chu agreed.

"Grandmother, may I take your pulse?" She hadn't known before coming that her grandmother was ill; seeing the frail old person now, her heart felt a sour ache.

"Okay."

The Old Lady smiled and nodded; whatever Yun chu said, she answered with a single word, "Okay."

Jiang Yun Chu sat to the side, gently taking the pulse, while also looking at the Old Lady's face; the grandmother's health was poor, with some old injuries, and now those old injuries have caused new illness, which is why she is unwell.

"Grandmother, I have brought a pill; would you like to take it?"

In fact, it wasn't she who brought it; it was exchanged temporarily in the space. This pill is called the Life-Saving Pill, which was obtained when the advanced exchange space was opened, and later the medicine chapter was gradually unlocked.

Inside it there is this Life-Saving Pill.

"Okay." Aside from being a bit emotional at first, the grandmother has been smiling happily ever since.

They didn't even look, their eyes fixed on Jiang Yun Chu, and casually swallowed the pill; Zhuang Miao and Jiang Fengsheng didn't even have time to speak.

Great-aunt, Zhuang Miao, people of the Jiangnan Zhuang Clan.

Second aunt, Jiang Fengsheng, daughter of General Jiang.

Jiang Yun Chu had no choice either; her grandmother's body was like a torn rag doll, leaking everywhere, and even tonic was useless—the absorbed medicinal effects were still less than what was lost.

She kept taking the pulse, and if her grandmother showed any abnormality, she would quickly induce vomiting.

But after a quarter hour passed, after two quarter hours passed, her grandmother's spirit kept improving, and now she even pulled her to talk.

"When Ying Ying was a child, she was like the girls in New Year paintings—white and plump, always smiling, and would speak to anyone she saw."

"After she was born, your maternal grandfather would hold her, carrying her wherever he went—I asked him."

"Old man, holding her like that, aren't you afraid someone will take her away?"

The grandmother smiled, that smile so bright, obviously recalling that scene.