Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 367 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 67_1

Chapter 367: Chapter 367 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 67_1

"No need, my cousin came to Capital City on a business trip a while ago."

"Didn’t she find the air in Capital City dry? It wrinkled her skin, so I gave her some of the face masks you made."

"My sister said they worked well, so I’ve mailed them to her a few times."

Huang Lei remembered Zhang Xia buying face mask powder from her several times, saying it was for a classmate, but it turned out to be for mailing to her sister.

"Actually, this stuff can be made at home." It’s not like it’s some complex formula that can’t be made at home.

"The herbal medicine from back home doesn’t seem to yield as good a result as the ones you make." Zhang Xia had mentioned it before and even shared the recipe.

But the results weren’t as effective as the ones mailed from Capital City, "Look, my sister even recommended it to a lot of people."

"Do you have any in stock?" Zhang Xia was quite worried, "It’s not that I didn’t want to tell you in advance, but my sister sent an urgent telegram last night."

Zhang Xia admired the sender, thinking that telegrams were for emergencies, but here they were, all for face mask powder.

Looking at the quantity, Huang Lei’s face went pale. "How many people need this?"

"I feel like we could open a shop with this much." Huang Lei was also dizzy looking at the amount.

"I’ve got some inventory; we can just make some more. It really cleaned out my warehouse."

Worried about the demand after her return, Huang Lei had specially prepared extra stock, so that if someone needed it, she could provide it immediately.

However, the stock did not last until after the Spring Festival; it was time to dip into it now.

"Okay, I’ll help you make it." Zhang Xia felt a bit embarrassed, if it weren’t for her, there wouldn’t be such a rush.

Huang Lei knew Zhang Xia was also busy, busy purchasing goods, "You go ahead with your work."

"I can handle it." Ever since she found herself frequently grinding powder, she went through quite an ordeal to secure a powder-grinding machine, which made things much easier.

Seeing the machine in action, Zhang Xia couldn’t help but be amazed. "That must have been expensive."

Knowing that face masks really weren’t very profitable, just a bit of labor cost, she truly worried about when she would break even with the machine.

Seeing the other’s concerns, "Don’t worry, it’s not just for making face masks."

"When making medicinal meals, some also need to be in powder form." Sometimes slices were needed, other times powders, so the demand was quite substantial.

"If it were all done by hand, it would really be exhausting; now I’ve even hired two maids."

As more orders for medicinal meals came in, there were many ingredients and medicinal herbs to process, even if the herbs bought from the pharmacy were already processed.

However, in Huang Dapeng’s eyes, these herbs were still not up to standard; they needed further processing before being used.

How to process these herbs, Huang Dapeng made sure to explain clearly to Huang Lei and Ho Ming, "Why is it that our medicinal meals taste better than others?"

"It’s not because we have secret recipes; in fact, medicinal meals are pretty similar across the board." Looking through books on Traditional Chinese Medicine, or even just consulting with a TCM practitioner would reveal these things.

It’s an open secret; the rarity is that the herbs must be further processed to create unique medicinal meals.

Including the face masks that Huang Lei made, which also underwent such processing, this was why people always felt that even with the same herbs, the effects weren’t as good.

Sometimes Huang Lei thought that in a few years, she would open a Medicinal Meal Room, specializing in medicinal meals, and skip cooking regular dishes.

Huang Dapeng was a great cook, but weren’t there already plenty of great cooks?

Making medicinal meals was quite straightforward and easy to profit from. Just put the medicine packets in order and throw them in to stew with the ingredients.

There’s no need to worry about the medicine packs being taken away and the secrets being leaked. Even if they look closely at the returned medicinal herbs, those people would rack their brains and still not know the secrets contained within them.

Besides medicinal meals, there’s also the possibility of entering the beauty business. Nowadays, economic conditions aren’t that great, and it’s an era where people don’t care as much about appearances.

The constant stream of people coming to buy facial masks from her is testament to the fact that no matter the time and place, there are always many who care about beauty.

However, these are just her current thoughts, and whether she can achieve these goals and ideas remains an unknown.

Zhang Xia saw that the powdered medicine was quickly prepared, and knowing that Huang Lei could handle it alone, she promptly went out to shop.

Since they could travel in a sleeper berth, they could bring more stuff, and Zhang Xia wanted to buy even more things.

"Oh right, take these pastry coupons," Huang Lei remembered that there were quite a few at home.

The three members of their family weren’t particularly fond of pastries from outside, and if they ever wanted any, they had a chef at home who could make them.

Pastry coupons? Looking at the numerous pastry coupons suddenly in front of her, Zhang Xia’s eyes shook violently.

"No need, no need."

"Take them, they’re going to expire in February," Huang Lei insisted and stuffed them into Zhang Xia’s hand.

"The pastries we usually eat at home are all homemade," Huang Lei explained in case Zhang Xia didn’t want them.

"These pastry coupons will probably expire by the time we get back."

It wasn’t just a casual remark from Huang Lei; those pastry coupons were indeed expiring at the end of February.

Zhang Xia examined a few pastry coupons and, well, they really were going to expire in a month.

Given the circumstances, Zhang Xia no longer acted reserved with Huang Lei and took the pastry coupons, thinking of making some delicious treats for her later.

There was a pastry her mother made that Huang Lei really liked, something Zhang Xia had always been aware of.

During her days studying in Capital City, Huang Lei often brought her tasty treats to improve her meals.

Huang Lei’s kindness was something she had never forgotten.

After two busy days, they finally managed to prepare the required amount just before boarding the train.

Seeing Huang Lei’s exhausted face, Ho Ming continued to feed the processed herbal medicine into the grinding machine.

"I’ll go buy some more medicinal herbs in a few days, prepare them, and then grind them into powder."

The ingredients needed for the facial masks weren’t too technical, just weigh them and then package each separately, which could be a bit troublesome.

But it didn’t matter, since they weren’t making medicinal meals at the moment, they could ask the aunties to work overtime, or he could handle it alone.

Wow, Huang Lei was moved. She had originally planned to work on a big project once the vacation was over, aiming to create more stock.

Unexpectedly, Ho Ming offered to help make some stock, which really made him a good person.

"Thank you, Uncle Ho."

"But don’t just work at home all day," Huang Lei was genuinely worried that once they left, Ho Ming would definitely hole up at home, not improving his cooking skills, then work.

Ever since he arrived, he would never go out unless necessary.

"I know, don’t worry," Go out shopping, go out to play?

For Ho Ming, these activities were a waste of time, as time was extremely precious to him.