Ruling the Historical Romance Novel as the Female Supporting Character-Chapter 35: Money was Never Enough When Needed
Profound disappointment surged in Su Yijia’s heart. She couldn’t help but ask in her mind, "666, can I make the Whitening Lotion without hundred-year-old polygonum multiflorum? Can I use ordinary-year ones instead?"
commented somewhat disdainfully.
[Sure, you can do that, but it’s equivalent to cutting corners. With a hundred-year-old polygonum multiflorum, using it twice a day will give visible results on the second day. But if you use ten-year or several decades-old ones, it will take about a week before you can see visible results.]
A week for visible results was already quite good! Su Yijia rolled her eyes internally, thinking that this system was even more impatient than she was.
"Miss, are you interested? Although the price for these items is indeed somewhat high, these are rare and hard to come by.
This made Su Yijia, who had already dispelled the idea, waver again.
The word "limited" was the most irresistible to women in their lifetime.
"What’s the price for ten-year-old or several decades-old polygonum multiflorum?" Su Yijia suppressed her impulse to make an on-the-spot decision and inquired about the prices of other choices.
Yu Qiancheng’s expression visibly drooped when he heard Su Yijia’s question. However, he patiently stated, "Ten-year-old one only costs around ten yuan for a whole root, and several decades-old ones are approximately a hundred yuan each."
Su Yijia rubbed the edge of her pants with her fingertips and felt increasingly torn.
She wasn’t actually short of that 300 yuan, and these were still for her own use. When you weren’t short of money, you had to treat yourself well.
"Miss?" Yu Qiancheng waved his hand in front of her when he saw Su Yijia standing there, silent, for a long time.
"Then, please reserve them for me. I’ll go to the bank to withdraw the money now. Can you also calculate how much these medicines will cost?" Su Yijia pushed the list of medicines toward him.
Yu Qiancheng found it quite messy, with various medicines haphazardly piled together, and he wasn’t sure about their specific effects. He cautiously suggested, "How about you tell me what symptoms your family members have? There are many quack doctors out there, and it’s hard to trust them. Taking these medicines without proper guidance could be harmful. My father is quite skilled in traditional Chinese medicine. Why don’t you let him check your family members?"
"I’m not using them to treat illnesses." Su Yijia immediately denied.
She wasn’t afraid of this man remembering these formulas, as these were the required medicinal ingredients for making the beauty lotion. With such a messy assortment here, she couldn’t possibly create the formula herself. Moreover, each medicinal ingredient had a fixed quantity, and not knowing the quantities would make it impossible to make.
"Alright, then I’ll write down the price for each gram for you." Yu Qiancheng didn’t think it was troublesome and directly wrote down the prices for the forty-plus medicinal ingredients. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
Su Yijia examined them one by one and calculated in her mind.
For the Whitening Lotion, aside from the hundred-year-old polygonum multiflorum she wanted, it was still okay to use the ones from ten years or so. The total cost of all the ingredients would not exceed 50 yuan.
This batch could produce about 33 bottles of lotion, with a production cost of around 1.5 yuan each. Even if she needed to account for packaging, it wouldn’t exceed 2 yuan. She could sell them for 5 yuan each, generously, and make nearly 100 yuan in profit per production.
However, the Great Strength Pill was just too much.
The thousand-year-old ginseng alone would cost 1,500 yuan, and the rest of the medicinal ingredients added up to nearly 2,000 yuan. For ten pills, she would need to spend 3,500 yuan, which averaged out to 350 yuan per pill.
