Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 115: Did She Dig a Pit to Jump Into?

Even if she sold them for 30 yuan per hundred, the cost was only 30 cents per bottle, and she could easily afford it. There was no need to make the people closest to her take risks.

As for the Whitening Lotion, it only cost her 50 yuan to distill three liters, including packaging, and the average cost per bottle was 3.70 yuan. Selling it for 6 yuan wouldn’t give her much profit. Now it was a small quantity, but once she set up a factory with machines, all kinds of labor, machinery, factory construction, and marketing costs would increase, and the profit margins would be even smaller. She earned more from selling oil, and less profit from the lotion was acceptable.

"Then let’s lower the price of oil, 3.8 yuan is really too expensive," Qiu Yanqing could only compromise and change the subject.

He had a wife and a daughter at home, so he knew how willing women could be to spend money on their appearance. If the skin-whitening lotion could really show visible results within a week, six yuan per bottle would not be expensive at all. As long as the girl in front of him sold it exclusively to them, they could sell it for 8 or 10 yuan, and girls would be eager to buy it.

But at 3.8 yuan per pound for oil, they could only earn twenty or thirty cents per pound, and it would take a lot of time, so it wasn’t profitable.

"If you can manage the skin-whitening lotion, I can sell you the oil for 3.6 yuan per pound. This is the bottom price and it can’t be any lower," Su Yijia firmly stated, leaving no room for negotiation.

Qiu Yanqing looked at her, raised his eyebrows and saw that there was really no room for negotiation, and could only agree with a smile. "Alright, let’s do it your way."

Su Yijia took ten bottles of Whitening Lotion from the bamboo basket behind her and handed them to Qiu Yanqing. "The soy sauce bottles are clean, they haven’t been filled with anything, and I boiled them with boiling water to disinfect them. In addition, I need you to sell this skin-whitening lotion to ten customers who can help me expand the market. You can’t sell it to people around you just to get my oil."

It’s hard to sell new things, especially when they’re not cheap. Su Yijia was afraid that they would take the easy way out and give the oil to the people around them first.

"Don’t worry, our people will definitely not drag you down in this matter," Qiu Yanqing also saw that the Whitening Lotion was probably more important to the girl in front of him than the oil, and he wouldn’t be careless.

Once he took the bottles, Su Yijia said, "I’ll come and check on it every other day from now on. Whenever you’ve sold out this skin-whitening lotion, I’ll give you the oil." In fact, it could be done the day after tomorrow in the afternoon, but she was afraid that Xu Li’an wouldn’t have obtained soybeans and corn, so she didn’t want to make things too difficult.

"Alright, let’s settle it like that," Qiu Yanqing immediately agreed, and he was also calculating in his mind. The most important thing for them in these two days was to quickly push out this skin-whitening lotion. Once word of mouth came out, they could negotiate a cooperation with the girl in front of them. That way, they would have two valuable things that only their market sold, and it would take a while for the other two black markets to catch up.

However, when he saw Su Yijia was about to leave, he hurriedly stopped her, "Are you leaving like this? Don’t you want to get some money for the Whitening Lotion first?"

"It’s fine, I’ll come and get the money when you’ve sold it," Su Yijia replied casually. It was only sixty yuan, and she wasn’t in such dire need of money at the moment.

"Aren’t you afraid we’ll default on the payment?" Qiu Yanqing felt that she was really carefree.

"If you default, do you think you’ll still get the oil?" Su Yijia looked at him with a smirk, as if she was looking at a big fool.

Qiu Yanqing obviously realized that and smiled awkwardly.

Su Yijia walked back to the Qin family slowly. Gao Huabin was about to go to the kitchen to prepare dinner. When he saw her come in, he immediately greeted her.

"Sister-in-law, you’re back? Did you encounter any trouble when you went to your grandmother’s house today?" He inquired with genuine concern.

"No, it’s just minor issues. By the way, go make a call and ask Zhu to come over. I need his help with something," Su Yijia had a lot of confidence in Qiu Yanqing and the others’ abilities, so she was able to prepare for the Whitening Lotion in advance.

"Alright, I’ll do that right away," Gao Huabin wiped the water stains from his hands and hurried out.

Su Yijia sat down on the small stool in front of Qin Kaize. She told him about what had happened in Xiangwang Village today, excluding the part about Xu Li’an and the others.

"What I’m worried about now is if my biological father turns out to be a bad person, will it affect you in the future? Also, no matter what, I have to go and retrieve my mother’s remains, but I’ll need you to find some people to go with me."

Qin Kaize glanced at her in slight confusion and smiled, "Don’t worry, it won’t affect us. No need to give him money. We’ll have Ke Zeming investigate the matter; it’s a big deal. I’ll have Gao and Zhu find him, and we’ll go together." Now Qin Kaize could spell words by blinking his eyes in a much faster speed. It only took him a few minutes to spell some long sentences.

Su Yijia was lost in thought, trying to make sense of the situation. Her plan was simply to have Ke Zeming help pressure her family to reveal the truth about her not being their biological child. She didn’t anticipate this development.

"Oh my goodness! Seriously? I thought I had just cleared my name of suspicion, but it seems I’m trapped in an even tighter net!" Su Yijia exclaimed in disbelief. She initially only wanted to uncover the truth and have it officially recorded, so even if Su family tried to deny it, the evidence would be there.

Now, if her biological father turned out to be associated with the authorities and had a dubious history, it could provide a different explanation for her recent experiences. She felt a sense of dread that her brief period of freedom might come to an end, and she could be under surveillance again.

"Don’t be afraid; the truth will prevail," assured Qin Kaize, his eyes filled with tenderness and care.

Su Yijia realized that there wasn’t much she could do except accept her situation. She leaned her head on his thigh and sighed, "I need to sleep tonight while touching your abs; it comforts my wounded soul."

Qin Kaize couldn’t help but feel a mix of emotions, from mild embarrassment to amusement. Although he didn’t show it, he was aware that his wife often touched his abdominal muscles when he was asleep. Now she was declaring it openly?