After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 192 Face Cream

Su Xiaoxiao realized that things were not going well if they continued like this, as the surrounding crowd began to side with the middle-aged woman.

Sun's forehead began to sweat; this was the first time they had ever experienced something like this.

Just then, the middle-aged woman's husband walked in from outside with the child. He looked much more energetic as he held the child in his arms.

"Is the child alright?"

Before the child's father could speak, an elderly gentleman stepped out from behind him. Everyone recognized him immediately. He was Mr. Li, the manager of Ci'an Hall.

"Mr. Li, what's wrong with this child?" Su Xiaoxiao asked hurriedly.

"Oh, he's allergic to oranges. If he hadn't been brought to our clinic any later, he probably wouldn't have survived."

It turns out this child had never eaten oranges since birth. His parents were unaware that at three years old, he was allergic to oranges and couldn't touch them. Naturally, he also couldn't eat jam, which is made entirely from oranges, so of course he would have an allergic reaction.

Mr. Li is an authority figure at Ci'an Hall, and everyone believed him after he said that.

"Oh I see."

Su Xiaoxiao was extremely grateful to Mr. Li. The child was now smiling and completely recovered.

Mr. Li said to the middle-aged woman, "Parents, remember, you must never give your children oranges or similar things again. If they do, your children will still experience the same symptoms: vomiting and diarrhea, difficulty breathing, and even suffocation."

After Mr. Li finished explaining, the other person left.

Su Xiaoxiao was very grateful to Mr. Li for coming to their rescue, mainly because he was a professional doctor, and no one could disagree with what he said. Besides, the child was cured now. The middle-aged woman immediately went over and hugged the child tightly, looking at him from every angle, feeling incredibly fortunate that her child hadn't had any accidents this time.

However, they also realized that their child had a new illness, which was unknown and rare: an allergy to jam and oranges.

Sun said to them, "What do you say to that?"

The middle-aged woman apologized to Su Xiaoxiao, looking quite embarrassed: "I'm sorry, it was our fault this time. We came to blame you without figuring out the reason."

Now that the reason has been figured out, Su Xiaoxiao certainly can't pursue the matter too much.

"Actually, you were just anxious, which is why you acted this way. I understand, so you don't need to blame yourselves too much. Now that things are clear, let's explain this matter properly and clear our jam shop's name."

The middle-aged woman and her husband quickly bowed to Su Xiaoxiao, saying, "Of course, this is entirely our fault. We will definitely apologize to you."

After the truth came out, Su Xiaoxiao was finally relieved.

After an authoritative figure like Mr. Li explained the matter clearly, the people were naturally convinced. Only after clarifying the issue could everyone continue to buy jam with peace of mind.

Finally, the matter was resolved. Some people even told Su Xiaoxiao to report it to the authorities, saying that the couple had come to extort money from her.

However, Su Xiaoxiao did not do that. In fact, the couple did go a bit too far, but they may not have really wanted to cause trouble. They did it out of love for their child.

Su Xiaoxiao let them off the hook and didn't pursue the matter any further.

After the couple left, Mrs. Sun said to Su Xiaoxiao, "I didn't expect you to be so generous."

Su Xiaoxiao said, "One should be lenient when one can."

After finishing her business at the store, Su Xiaoxiao bought a bag of beeswax at Sun's suggestion to make skincare products at home.

Su Xiaoxiao first melted the impurities in the beeswax, then separated the beeswax. After processing, the beeswax had a faint honey fragrance and a milky white, viscous consistency. Su Xiaoxiao then added essential oils extracted from roses and cloves to this milky substance, creating a face cream-like product.

Su Xiaoxiao knew that beeswax itself contained preservatives, which allowed it to be preserved for a long time.

However, this was Su Xiaoxiao's first time making such a face cream. She gradually added essential oils to the beeswax, and after slowly blending them together, it became a cream.

Su Xiaoxiao brought it to her nose and smelled it; it really did have a very unique scent.

Of course, she only estimates how much essential oil to use based on her own perception. She doesn't have much precise data, as this isn't a laboratory, and there's no way to know exactly how much to use.

After making her first face cream, Su Xiaoxiao felt quite accomplished.

She first approached Liu Qiaomei, saying, "Qiaomei, look, this is the face cream I made. Applying it will make your face more delicate and protect your skin from damage."

Su Xiaoxiao didn't mention any whitening or moisturizing effects, perhaps fearing it wouldn't achieve those results. Instead, she said it could protect the skin from peeling and cracking. It's somewhat similar to hand creams used nowadays to prevent chapping.

Liu Qiaomei was stunned when she smelled the face cream with its faint rose scent. "Is this for real? Is it a gift for me?"

"Okay, could you help me test the effects of this rose face cream?"

Liu Qiaomei then took the face cream into her hand, carefully scooped out a little bit, and smelled it on her fingers.

"It smells so good, I've never used such a fragrant face cream before."

Of course, Su Xiaoxiao also gave this face cream a very nice name: Rose Night Cream.

However, this stuff, which is applied to the face, was usually called face cream before, and it seems like they can't quite bring themselves to change the name.

Su Xiaoxiao corrected Liu Qiaomei many times, telling her that it was actually called "face cream".

Liu Qiaomei finally remembered it. She happily went to wash her face and came back to apply the face cream.

"How about it?"

Su Xiaoxiao asked Liu Qiaomei, who excitedly replied, "It smells so good! And my face is so white now, my skin is so soft."

In fact, Su Xiaoxiao also knew that Liu Qiaomei's skin was still very white and tender even without applying this face cream.

At her age, her skin is at its best; if she didn't take care of it, it wouldn't be a big problem.

Seeing that Liu Qiaomei liked it very much, Su Xiaoxiao sent another bottle of face cream to Sun Shi in a small porcelain jar.

Since there were no specially made porcelain bottles available, we used a jam jar to hold a bottle for Ms. Sun.

"smell good!"

Mrs. Sun couldn't help but exclaim, "I made this. Here's a bottle for you to use on your face."

Sun asked, "What is this?"

"This is something you can use to wipe your face after washing it; it's called face cream."

(End of this chapter)