Wu Xia pursed her lips and smiled. It seemed that her sisters-in-law had great confidence in her.
Even before the product is finished, I’m already thinking about selling it.
She smiled mysteriously at a few people and whispered: "Sisters-in-law, do you know that there is a group of people on the border between our country and the Soviet Union who specialize in trade between the two countries?"
The job of being a bad guy was a gray area job in the 1990s. No one reported it in the major media, so military wives had never even heard of it.
"What is this?" The fat sister's fleshy face wrinkled up.
She said with some worry: "Xia Xia, we can't do anything illegal!"
"No, don't worry, sister-in-law. Now that the policy is becoming more and more relaxed, this kind of cross-border trade will become more and more popular in the future."
"I'm relieved now. Xia Xia knows a lot more. We'll do whatever you want with us!" The fat sister was ready to take action.
"Then how much money can we make by doing this?" Xu Yun asked a question that she was very concerned about.
Among these people, Xu Yun's family is the worst off. She has lost her job at the shell carving factory these days and has no money to buy snacks for her children, so she needs a new job.
Wu Xia is now not as ignorant of the people and things in the compound as when he first arrived.
Now that she knew about Xu Yun's family background, she was very touched by Xu Yun's loyal behavior. When she asked her question, she started talking to her with a smile.
"What we make is called lipstick. It usually costs a few yuan in the store, but once it's shipped to the Soviet Union, the price suddenly increases several times."
"Really, then aren't we just going to make a lot of money?" Xu Yun asked excitedly upon hearing this.
She said anxiously: "Xia Xia has such a good business, we have to do it quickly and don't let others take the lead."
Seeing her anxious look, Wu Xia laughed.
"Sister-in-law, we are not in such a hurry. Not everyone knows this route, and I have only heard of it from people occasionally. Besides, even if we want to sell lipstick, we have to make it first."
Liu Aiqin asked Wu Xia again: "How much does it cost to make lipstick?"
Wu Xia said: "The mold is a one-time use and has been purchased this time. The batch of toner purchased is enough for us to use for a long time. The remaining consumables are the plastic shells for lipstick. This shell is purchased by the daily chemical factory. The price is given to us, so the cost of a lipstick is only one or two yuan for us."
Liu Haiqin nodded after hearing what she said, and then said to Wu Xia: "Xia Xia, since you have bought everything, why don't we start making some today?"
"Well, I want to try it too, let's go now."
The fat sister called Huzi and asked him to play with Mengmeng in the courtyard, and then whispered to Wu Xia: "Xia Xia, your suggestion before was to find two military wives in the courtyard to help take care of the children. Son, my old Cao said, he asked his superiors for instructions and they agreed.
It was said that our company headquarters could run its own nursery. The company headquarters planned to find two military wives to be the aunties of the nursery. Every month, we received one or two yuan as salary for the two military wives. "
She winked at Wu Xia again and said, "Our old Cao was planning to let me go at first. I said I was the one who wanted to make a lot of money with Xia Xia."
When Wu Xia heard this, she laughed: "Sister Fatty, your decision is right. Let's make a lot of money together!"
Huzi led Mengmeng to play an ant-catching game in the courtyard. Fat Sister took Wu Xia and the others to the company headquarters to find a workspace for them.
It was said to be a workroom, but it was actually a clean small warehouse. After pushing the door open and entering, Wu Xia saw that a table and two rows of shelves had been placed inside.
I didn't expect Fat Sister and the others to be able to move so quickly. She mentioned it before leaving and now had everything ready.
Liu Aiqin lit the lights in the warehouse, and Wu Xia exclaimed in surprise: "Sister-in-law, there are actually lights in here? I was still thinking that it was so dark in the room, should we open the door."
Liu Aiqin said: "This is not a troublesome thing, just pull a wire. I thought we have to work inside, and it won't work without light."
Seeing that everything was ready, Wu Xia put all the raw materials on the table.
She and several military wives quickly cleaned up the tabletop, shelves, and floor in the workroom.
Then Wuxia took out the alcohol and sterilized all the molds and the plastic cases intended to hold the lipstick.
The military wives looked at her holding a measuring cup and an alcohol lamp. They had never seen this rare thing before. They asked Wu Xia a lot of questions and looked at her with curiosity as to how she planned to make lipstick next.
Wu Xia planned to make the best-selling rose red lipstick. She weighed the color powder in a ratio of two red and one blue and put it into a measuring cup.
Then she put the beeswax and vegetable oil into the measuring cup according to a certain ratio, heated it with an alcohol lamp and melted it. After stirring the oil and toner evenly with a small stick, Wu Xia put a pill of antiseptic vitamin E inside.
Then, Wu Xia carefully took the measuring cup and poured the liquid inside into the mold.
During the whole process, Fat Sister and others stood nearby without even daring to breathe. When they saw her pouring the lipstick liquid into the mold, Liu Aiqin lowered her voice and asked softly: "Xia Xia, is this done?"
Wu Xia nodded and started cleaning the things he had just used.
"Now we are waiting for the liquid to cool down, then unmold the lipstick and put it into the lipstick shell, and we are done."
"So simple?" Fat Sister asked in surprise.
She had seen people using lipstick in the mall before. She originally thought it would be a very complicated process, but she didn't expect Wu Xia to make the lipstick in just a few seconds.
"Of course it's not that simple, but we are a small factory, so the requirements are not as strict as those of daily chemical factories." Wu Xia explained.
"What can we do for you?" Xu Yun asked anxiously just watching Wu Xia busy there.
Wu Xia said: "This is the first batch, and I will do it myself. After the success, I will divide the work among you. Then you will not be as free as you are now."
Time passed quickly as the few people talked, and soon the lipstick paste solidified.
Wu Xia took the lipstick box and carefully put the paste into the shell. She turned the lipstick out of the lipstick box twice, looked at it carefully and said, "Well, the effect is really good."
Then, Wu Xia handed the lipstick to Fat Sister: "Fat Sister, would you like to try some lipstick?"
The fat sister hadn't put on lipstick yet, so when Wu Xia asked her to try it, she took it with a smile.
She smeared her lips twice in front of the small mirror Wu Xia handed over. It didn't matter. She looked much better than before.
Seeing that the fat lady suddenly became much more beautiful, Xu Yun and Liu Aiqin felt itchy in their hearts.
"Don't worry, I'm going to get my whitening cream and apply some on it for you. Then I'll put on lipstick and it will look better."
After Wu Xia finished speaking, he went home and brought his cosmetics.
An hour later, several military wives walked out of the house covertly.
They didn't expect that a simple make-up could change them so much.
Their hair has a few more curls, and their skin is much fairer and more even than before. Wu Xia also painted their eyebrows and eyeliner, making them look very energetic.
Not only that, Wu Xia also used lipstick as blush to lightly rub them on their faces twice. The faces of the military wives became much rosier than before, and they matched the lipstick with lips that looked like rose petals. , the whole person seems to be more than 10 years younger.
Seeing the military wife's new look, Wu Xia joked: "Sisters-in-law have suddenly become so beautiful. Did the lights in your house go out early tonight?"
