Reborn in the 1990s, I want my husband to live to be a hundred.

Chapter 134 Thanks to my brother for borrowing money from me

"Lingli, do you have any money?" Ma Xiuyun was completely driven mad by money, and she couldn't help but ask every time she saw someone who might have money.

"You guys are so pathetic! Sigh, here's a hundred, take it and spend it!" Kang Lingli walked past Ma Xiuyun, threw down a hundred yuan, and planned to go to the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat.

"Lingli, your sister-in-law regrets it too. It's a pity I only met you after I married your brother. Otherwise, I would definitely have found a soulmate like you, but this miserable married life is terrible!"

But your sister-in-law is already married and has Siqiang. In order to support Siqiang, I have to work hard too.

"So clever, do you have any money? Can you lend it to your sister-in-law?" Ma Xiuyun flattered Kang Lingli with a fawning expression.

"I'm hungry, sister-in-law, do you have anything to eat?" Kang Lingli said lazily.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll make you some shredded pork and egg noodles, just wait a moment, it'll be ready soon!" Ma Xiuyun immediately got to work.

A bowl of noodles was served, and Kang Lingli's newly received salary of eight hundred yuan—first one hundred, now six hundred—went into Deng Xiuzhen's pocket.

The old man squeezed out another five hundred, and the remaining two thousand was Kang Rongzhong's responsibility.

After thinking for a long time, Kang Rongzhong decided to borrow it.

But who can I borrow it from?

Relatives? Because Kang Rongyi was cheated in business, he borrowed from everyone he could and even bothered everyone he couldn't borrow from. Now, everyone avoids his family.

Friends? Kang Rongzhong is rather introverted and not good at socializing, so he doesn't have many friends.

Later, because his son went away to study, all the family's money was spent, and he had to give his wife and children every month after he received his salary.

Without money, I don't participate in parties or social gatherings at all, and I interact with even fewer people.

After thinking it over, he thought of Zhao Liang, the teacher in the same office, with whom he could exchange a few words on a regular basis.

"Brother, I'm so grateful to you!" Upon hearing that he had asked him for money, Zhao Liang thanked him repeatedly, so moved that tears welled up in his eyes.

"No, no, it's me who should thank you! It's my fault, it's me..." Kang Rongzhong was so ashamed that he couldn't speak coherently.

“Brother, you don’t know, for years, no one has ever asked me for money. They all look down on me! But today is great. It’s so good to have a brother like you. I’ll lend you the money no matter what!” Zhao Liang said, taking off his shoes, pulling out a plastic bag from under the shoes, opening the bag, and taking out twenty yuan.

After hesitating for a moment, I exchanged it for a fifty-yuan note.

Looking at the stunned Kang Rongzhong, he hardened his heart, handed the plastic bag to Kang Rongzhong, and said, "Brother, this is the money I've saved over the past few years, a total of eighty-three yuan and sixty cents, I'm giving it all to you!"

"I, I, I..." Kang Rongzhong held the plastic bag with a peculiar smell, unable to utter a complete sentence.

“Brother, there’s no need to be touched, and there’s no need to rush to pay me back,” Zhao Liang said sincerely.

"Teacher Zhao, that's not what I meant. I just felt, I felt..."

"Don't feel embarrassed, and don't leave any for me. I'm lending it all to you. Take it and don't be shy!" Zhao Liang said, getting up and leaving quickly, as if afraid that Kang Rongzhong would be too polite and return the money to him.

Kang Rongzhong returned to school listlessly.

Ma Xiuyun didn't wait for Kang Rongzhong and roughly guessed the outcome. Having no other choice, she went to Deng Xiuzhen: "Xiuzhen, can you come up with two thousand yuan? We really have no other way. How about we adjust the profit sharing? You get four, and I and my brother get three?"

Seeing Ma Xiuyun's attitude, Deng Xiuzhen knew that it was impossible for the beauty salon not to open. Two thousand yuan was nothing to her, but she had to pretend that she had no money. So she pretended to think for a while and then said, "No need to change the profit sharing. I'll just consider it a loan to you. You can pay me back later."

As long as Ma Xiuyun could get the money to open the shop, she wouldn't say anything bad. Hearing this, she jumped for joy, repeatedly saying, "Good, good, good! Xiuzhen is so good!"

Two weeks later, Xiuxiu Beauty Salon opened its doors in a simple yet grand manner.

It was simple in that the ceremony and the people involved were simple. There were no guests, just a few members of the Kang family and Deng Xiuzhen.

The event was grand, with firecrackers and fireworks going off. Deng Xiuzhen, acting as an advertising agent, sat or stood at the entrance and didn't go inside for the entire day.

The effect was noticeable; on the first day, quite a few people glanced at Deng Xiuzhen, and a few came in to inquire about the price and look at the environment.

However, no one did it, and the guards were left empty all day.

The two couldn't understand why no one was doing this, given that Kyoto's air was dry, many people had bad skin, and everyone wanted to look good.

Are they all broke like them? But that doesn't make sense, there are plenty of rich people in Kyoto!

At the very least, Ma Xiuyun knew that the fourth and seventh houses on the left and the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth houses on the right were all wealthy families who could buy fruit by the box.

They even had beef noodles for breakfast!

If people who are rich and love beauty don't come, then the advertising method must be wrong!

After discussing it, the two decided to change their strategy: Deng Xiuzhen would give Ma Xiuyun a facial treatment.

I only work at the entrance when there are many people in the morning, and sit in the shop at other times. I don't care whether people come or not, and I insist on not pulling, tugging or asking.

A week passed, and the two of them hadn't served a single customer, but Ma Xiuyun had changed dramatically.

Her skin was fair and delicate!

That day, she didn't cook noodles at home, but went to a breakfast shop to buy beef noodles.

"Two bowls of beef noodles, to go!" Ma Xiuyun said loudly, her face beaming with confidence.

"Okay, coming right away!" the proprietress replied, then looked up and saw Ma Xiuyun, asking in surprise, "You're Xiuyun? Your face? What happened to your face? How come it's so good? So smooth and tender?"

"Get some skincare! Your skin is better than mine, so with some beauty treatments, it'll definitely be even better than mine!" Ma Xiuyun praised and flattered her so much that the proprietress lost all interest in doing business and just wanted to get beautiful and fair skin right away.

Those who knew Ma Xiuyun came over to ask her questions.

Ma Xiuyun said, "I'm going back to the shop. If you want to know, come and ask me."

So Ma Xiuyun had breakfast with five or six people. They asked about the price, found it acceptable, and became their first customers.

In the afternoon, Ma Xiuyun went to chat with a few people in front of the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth houses on the right.

With these people around, Ma Xiuyun stopped going out and the two of them devoted themselves to giving them beauty treatments and care.

A week later, these people had changed drastically and became the advertisements for their store.

The effect of this live advertisement is extraordinary; customers, if not bursting at the door, at least have no free time.

There are more and more live advertisements, and they are spreading faster and farther.

Later, not only people from near and far came, but even those who frequently used high-end cosmetics came to experience the freshly formulated green, safe, healthy whitening and nourishing cream.

Ma Xiuyun and Deng Xiuzhen are busy like spinning tops every day, they can't stop at all.

Then Kang Rongzhong, who used to only occasionally come by, started coming every day to deliver meals and clean up after the customers left. On weekends when he had nothing to do, he would stay in the shop all day, helping to collect money and serve tea and water.

After finishing work in the evening, the three of them walked back to the courtyard together under the cover of night.