After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Chapter 728 Hair Salon

"Bang bang bang!"

Someone knocked loudly on the door of Qin Yao's house.

The sky was just beginning to light up and the curfew was lifted. Qin Yao was preparing to take a nap, but now she couldn't.

She sat up from the bed and heard the sound of Yin Le and Dalang opening the door while doing morning exercises in the front yard. She was still suspiciously thinking: Who would come to me so early in the morning and openly want to kill someone?
A surprised "Uncle" came from the front yard.

Qin Yao was stunned for a moment. It turned out that he was not here to kill her.

It was all that old man Gong Liangliao's fault. He asked Liu Ji to tell her that "Before the case of Prince Feng is decided, don't contact Si Kong Jian or the Black Cavalry", making her think that a third party would come looking for her.

Qin Yao had just put on her clothes and got out of bed when Liu Fei's excited voice came from her door.

"Third sister-in-law! I've made up my mind. I want to open a hair salon, the one you mentioned before, specializing in washing people's hair, cleansing their faces and doing their hair buns. I've already thought about it. I'll have two rooms, separate for men and women, and recruit male and female waiters for each." Blah blah.

Liu Fei said a lot of things in one breath, and then he took a deep breath and stopped, which showed that he was really excited.

Qin Yao washed up and opened the door. She was immediately confronted with the young man's face, which was flushed with excitement. Seeing the bloodshot in his eyes, she asked in surprise:
"You didn't stay up all night waiting for curfew to be lifted to share this good news with me, did you?"

Liu Fei's eyes lit up, and he looked like he wanted to know, and nodded.

Then he asked expectantly, "Third sister-in-law, what do you think?"

"What do you mean?" Liu Ji, wearing a thin outer robe and cloth shoes, appeared in front of Liu Fei with a dejected look on his face, grabbed his collar, pulled him back three meters, and warned him of the danger: "There is a difference between men and women."

Just talk, but you are getting close to his wife's face. How disgraceful!

Liu Fei then realized that his behavior was inappropriate and hurriedly bowed to Qin Yao in apology.

The next second, he continued to ask expectantly: "Third sister-in-law, what do you think of me opening a hair salon?"

Qin Yao leaned against the door and asked, "Have you investigated? Is there a market? There has never been a restaurant like this before. Are you sure people can accept this change?"

Liu Fei nodded, "As long as men and women are separated and the price is affordable, there should be many people who can accept it."

In fact, after his third sister-in-law talked to him about shampooing that day, he went back and thought more and more that this was profitable.

The reason I didn't come to my sister-in-law's house for meals these two days was to investigate various places in the city.

I didn’t pay attention to it before and didn’t think there was anything special about shampooing.

Anyway, people always say take a bath, and when they wash their body, they also wash their hair.

But this time he observed carefully and found that many people only washed their hair and not their bodies for the sake of convenience.

Especially now in the hot summer, you will sweat a lot just by moving. You can wipe your body, but it is difficult to clean your hair.

Both men and women in Sheng State liked complicated and gorgeous high buns. It was popular among nobles, and common people also followed suit.

Making a bun is time-consuming and laborious. If you take it down and wash it just because you sweat a little, it would be very uneconomical.

Therefore, most people would only take off their complicated buns and comb their hair once every ten days or half a month. Combing and washing, both washing and combing are necessary. There are many women who specialize in bunting people's hair. Those with better financial conditions will go to a woman to have their hair done, and will also buy one or two hair accessories from the woman's stall.

Moreover, families with better conditions would invite a maid to their home twice a month and pay her monthly wages. This was much more cost-effective than hiring a maid who could make hair buns.

Liu Fei said that he had been keeping a notebook these past two days to record all the famous prostitutes in the city. He could see clearly how many customers they received every day and how much money each customer spent.

It’s not like I don’t know, it’s just a shock.

Liu Fei took out the small notebook hidden in his arms, left his third brother who was standing in front of him and didn't want to study, came to Qin Yao, pointed at the notebook and said excitedly:
"Look, Third Sister-in-law, this is the most famous woman in South City. She opened a shop in the backyard of her home and even hung a sign. She can receive five or six customers every day. Each customer takes about an hour to visit. The fee is between one hundred and two hundred coins, and she will also give the customers a few wooden hairpins."

Assuming there are five people a day, and the cost per person is 150 coins, that means 750 coins a day, and 22.5 taels a month!

Of course, this is the woman with the best business and the most powerful cards.

There are also various less famous ones that charge cheap fees.

These maids could receive more than a dozen people a day, charging each person twenty to fifty coins. They would not give away hairpins, but would give the guests free flower ornaments and lipstick. They adopted the strategy of small profits but quick turnover, and their business was very good.

By this calculation, assuming there are ten guests a day, and each guest spends an average of 30 coins, that would be 300 coins a day, and 9 taels of silver a month.

And the cost is almost nothing, you just need some rouge, powder, hair oil, and a wig pad bag.

These are things that you buy once and can use for a long time, so the daily cost is very low.

Liu Fei concluded, "These maids only do makeup, not shampooing, so I think if we open a shop that provides everything from shampooing to combing and makeup, just like the one-stop service you mentioned before, and sell some rouge, powder, hairpins and silk flowers, it might be very profitable!"

Liu Fei flipped the notebook over again, pointed at the draft he had written late at night and said:

"Look, Sister-in-law, this is the price list I set. Basic hairdressing and grooming only costs thirty coins for a simple bun. If you want a complicated one, there are three levels, with an additional twenty coins, fifty coins, and one hundred coins respectively."

As Liu Fei spoke, Qin Yao looked at the basic plans written in his notebook.

Apart from anything else, I know how to survey the market and make plans. It seems that I have indeed learned a lot of real skills by following the owner of Fulon Commercial Bank.

Qin Yao has been in the capital for such a long time and has not written a letter to Qiu Yan, the owner of the trading company. She decided that the next time she writes, she will also give him a gift to thank the owner of the trading company for his cultivation of her younger generation.

Liu Fei's plan was very detailed, so detailed that he even wrote half a page on how to make wet hair dry faster.

For example, in winter, you can use a highly absorbent fur towel to absorb a lot of water, then burn a charcoal stove to bake your hair, and shake the hair manually to ensure that it dries faster.

In the summer, you don’t have to worry about the cold as you can use a large hand-cranked fan and have four or five people work together to create wind for blowing your hair.

The young people have already put their plan into action to this extent, and Qin Yao feels that it would be unreasonable for her not to show some support.

Moreover, after looking at these rough planning data, she felt that it was very feasible and if it was successful, it would indeed be a profitable business.

Qin Yao closed the notebook and returned it to Liu Fei, who was anxiously waiting for the result. Qin Yao waved her hand and said:
"My brother bought me two shops, one double-storey and one single-storey. Now the tenant of the large shop feels that the rent is too high and does not want to renew the lease. I will hand the shop deed to you later, and you can go over and hand it over to the tenant yourself."

"As for the rest, you can handle it yourself."