“Oh, Xiao Bei, Mum is just happy you’re back, what gift did you bring?”
The madam laughed until her eyes were invisible: “As long as you remember Mum in your heart, that’s enough.”
“Mum, this is a good thing, the only one in the world that my husband can make, you can’t buy it anywhere else no matter how rich you are.”
Tang Xiao Bei said with a beaming smile.
“What treasure is so mysterious?”
The madam was already curious, and hearing Tang Xiao Bei say this made her even more interested.
“It’s this!”
Tang Xiao Bei carefully took a delicate little wooden box from the carriage.
The madam curiously leaned in.
Tang Xiao Bei smiled and opened the wooden box, a rich osmanthus fragrance hit the face.
“So fragrant! Xiao Bei, is this an incense block?”
The madam looked at the clean white square lying in the box and asked curiously.
Incense blocks are similar to incense from a previous life, placed in wardrobes to keep clothes scented.
However, the fragrance is not lasting, it disperses when blown by the wind outside.
“Mum, this is not an incense block.” Tang Xiao Bei mysteriously lowered his voice and said: “This is called soap!”
“Soap?” The madam heard the word for the first time and involuntarily lowered her voice too as she asked: “What is soap?”
“Soap is made by my husband using precious materials like South Sea pearls, Western Region spices, and northern ginseng, with a unique secret method, not only does it have an overwhelming fragrance, but its cleansing effect is unmatched in the world.”
Tang Xiao Bei said without changing his expression, making it up: “Using soap to wash your face and bathe makes it so clean, and after washing, without applying rouge, your body will have a lingering fragrance that lasts all day!
If used for a long time, it can also make the skin firm and fair, prolong life and resist ageing.”
Before coming, Jin Feng had specially given her several sales lessons, this was one of them.
Anyway, this era has no testing capabilities, no matter if the soap really has pearl powder inside, just boast about it.
This way, the madam would feel it was worth it, and the silver wasn’t wasted.
“Is it really that effective?”
The madam hadn’t mixed in the brothel for nothing all these years, she was clearly a bit suspicious.
“If it’s not effective, would I bring it from so far for Mum?”
Tang Xiao Bei put on a hurt expression: “Mum, to tell the truth, this is a gift my husband prepared for the prefect, I thought of how much you took care of me before, so I specially saved a box for you…
I understand, Mum is someone who has seen the world, she looks down on things I brought from a rural place… Mum, it’s Xiao Bei who is ignorant and presumptuous, Xiao Bei will leave now…”
Saying that, he picked up the box and was about to go.
“Oh, Xiao Bei, Mum said the wrong thing, don’t take it to heart.”
The madam quickly pulled Tang Xiao Bei and said with an accompanying smile: “I just couldn’t believe it earlier, is there really such an effective thing in the world?”
Free things shouldn’t be refused, besides, she still needed to keep a good relationship with Tang Xiao Bei to get close to Jin Feng.
“This is made by my husband, the effect is naturally extraordinary!”
Tang Xiao Bei thought of Wan Niang’s appearance and deliberately said huffily: “If Mum doesn’t believe it, I can take you to try it and you’ll know.”
After saying that, just like with Wan Niang back then, without any explanation, he pulled the madam towards Chunfeng Tower.
The female soldier and the old soldier exchanged a glance and quickly followed.
Brothels generally do not allow unfamiliar women to enter, but the female soldier was in full armour, with a long knife at her waist, and her eyes sharp with cold light, the gatekeeper servants didn’t dare to stop her and could only let the female soldier follow inside.
Tang Xiao Bei pulled the madam straight to the kitchen.
Following the process Wan Niang had shown her back then, he demonstrated it to the madam again.
This time, the madam was completely convinced.
“Oh, it really washed off the grease and pot soot in one go!”
The madam repeatedly looked at her pair of fat hands, the surprise on her face simply couldn’t be contained.
“Mum, now you believe it, right?” Tang Xiao Bei said proudly: “This soap bathes so cleanly, and it has a fragrance too.”
“Oh, it really does.” The madam put her hand under her nose and sniffed: “Xiao Bei, earlier I was blind…”
“It’s not Mum’s fault, the thing Mr made is too good, even I didn’t believe it when I first heard!”
Tang Xiao Bei smiled and stuffed the used soap into the madam’s hand: “Mum, if you don’t mind, just take it.”
“Then thank you Xiao Bei, I knew I didn’t dote on you for nothing!”
The madam was overjoyed and quickly took the box.
“Can I go see Ting Jie and Xiao Ru now?” Tang Xiao Bei asked.
“Go, go, your Ting Jie hasn’t been happy these days, probably missing you.”
The madam was happy now and quickly nodded.
Tang Xiao Bei slightly bowed and took the guards upstairs.
At this time, the news of Tang Xiao Bei’s return also spread quickly in Chunfeng Tower.
“Have you heard? Miss Xiao Bei is back!”
“Wasn’t she driven out by Mr Jin’s main wife so quickly? Miss Xiao Bei is too pitiful.”
“What are you thinking, she’s glamorous now, goes out with eight guards, female guards in armour, full of killing aura.”
“I heard Miss Xiao Bei brought a gift for Mum, Mum was over the moon.”
“What gift?”
“I don’t know, heard it’s very precious.”
“Miss Xiao Bei has a good relationship with Ting Jie and Xiao Ru, now she’s gone to their room, probably they have some too, when Miss Xiao Bei leaves, we can go ask.”
“Miss Xiao Bei’s life is really good, if only Mr Jin would take a fancy to me.”
“Don’t daydream, get back to work.”
…
Tang Xiao Bei stayed in Chunfeng Tower until noon before leaving.
As soon as she left, the girls swarmed into Ting Jie’s and Xiao Ru’s room.
Then they left with faces full of astonishment.
“Miss Xiao Bei, aren’t we here to sell soap? Why give it to them first?”
Out of Fengyue Workshop, Da Liu asked puzzledly.
“Soap is a new thing, no one has used it, no matter how well you describe it, others won’t believe.”
Tang Xiao Bei said: “We need to build the reputation of soap first now.”
The legend of Fengyue Workshop, Tang Xiao Bei came back, and gave Chunfeng Tower’s madam and her good sisters a treasure called soap…
What Da Liu didn’t know was that soon after they left, this news spread throughout Fengyue Workshop.
Girls from other brothels were extremely curious about this thing called soap and tried various ways to ask the girls from Chunfeng Tower.
This was exactly the effect Tang Xiao Bei wanted.
“By the way, Brother Da Liu, have you arranged the people I asked you to?” Tang Xiao Bei asked.
“Arranged.” Da Liu nodded with a smile: “This time those little brats got lucky.”
“Ting Jie and Xiao Ru took great care of me back then, tell them to go easy, don’t make it hard for those two.”
Tang Dongdong instructed.
Her voice had a somewhat helpless tone.
“Don’t worry, they wouldn’t dare.”
Da Liu guaranteed and asked: “Where do we go next?”
“Go back for lunch first, after eating continue giving soap.” Tang Xiao Bei said.
“Still giving?” Da Liu asked: “Where to this time?”
Tang Xiao Bei turned to look towards the north of the city and faintly replied: “The prefect’s mansion.”
“The prefect’s mansion!”
Da Liu was so scared he almost jumped up.
