Seeing that her daughter had no interest in staying, Madam Ming didn't press the issue. She selected five boxes of rouge that cost only one tael of silver in total, despite their excellent quality.
'Madam Ming scoffed inwardly. 'Mu Wan Yun has no idea how to run a business.'
These same boxes of rouge would go for at least five taels each at Hongyan.
All told, Wanyun could have earned another twenty-four taels of silver.
Once outside the cosmetics shop, Ming Wei said to Madam Ming, "Mother, just throw this rouge away. It's been contaminated by all that poverty. Using it might bring us bad luck."
Madam Ming said, "You have a point. I've been worrying for nothing. Hongyan's regulars might visit Yueji once to give the Rong Family some face, but when they actually want to buy rouge, they'll certainly come back to us at Hongyan."
