138 5.27 The Introduction of Karada Soap And A Disclosure (1/2)
”Eh... What's this paper? Thought Izumi as she picked up the piece of paper that had suddenly landed on her lap as she had watched it flown from the direction of Hiko-sama. She picked it up and looked at the texture and felt as if she had never held it before in her life. In fact, the texture and the thinnest impressed her the most.
I was unable to catch the paper in midair as I was holding the kettle and I slowly lowered the kettle after I had poured tea into all the four cups on the tray. I looked at Hiko-sama and I can't differentiate his thoughts as he had a permanent frown look due to his eyebrows.
”One-sama, what did the paper said?” asked a curious Riko as she tugged at the corner of the sleeve of Izumi and peered at what the paper was all about.
”Uhhh... Its had bold lettering that said Karada and the name of our village underneath it plus a 50 g, and I don't know what it means at all. Hiko-sama, do you know what this paper means? I saw it fly from your direction and happen to land on me. Did you write this on this paper?”
Hiko-sama looked at me and back at Izumi and was lost for words. He was sort of opening and closing his mouth for a moment but no words seemed to escape from his lips.
”One-sama, that paper you are holding holds a certain future for the 4 of us by the end of this month. Remember what I said earlier that you won't be hungry anymore by the end of this month and also you won't suffer any more hardship as well? That was the time I passed you the coins.”
”Hmm...hmm...i remember one-sama, Senpai did say that but I don't really understand why he said like that. What did the paper means by Karada? It's body right? What does this paper to do with the body? Is it something we wear?”
”Come, onee-sama, let me have the paper back and I explain.” as I slowly reached for the paper and was handed to me by Izumi. ”This piece of paper holds a future? I don't really understand. Could you please explain in detail, Himura-kun”
”Hang on a second while I go and get something from the back,” I said after retrieving the paper and slipped it under the tray that was before me. I then went to the bathroom and returned with a small kitchen knife and a wooden cutting board.
I cut the yellowish laundry soap into roughly sized 3x3x3 inches and then I explained. ”You can see this is a piece of ordinary laundry soap right? Have you seen any others that are being used in your household?”
Both shook their heads at my demonstration as they had never seen it anywhere else except for the ordinary laundry soap.
”Just imagine this is not the normal ordinary laundry soap but this soap is meant to be used to wash your face and skin when you shower.”
This time both Izumi and Riko nodded as a sign that they understand when I told them to imagine about the soap being used to wash their face and body.
”Do you remember about the flowers that you had sent earlier on during midday?”
Both of them nodded without saying a word.
”Alright, those flowers would be turned into water and then used to mix into this soap. So we turn this ordinary laundry soap into a domestic toiletries soap that would be gentle on your skin and nourishes it and leaving you to feel nice and sweet after you shower. ”
”Do you girls understand so far?” I had forgotten to use honorific since I was explaining the fundamentals to them just like a teacher.
”So you would turn this laundry soap into a body soap hence the name” KARADA” on the paper earlier.”
”I stand corrected. It is not” I” but ”we”. This is between the four of us in the meantime. No one is to know before we process it with the Patents and Trademarks when the product is ready.”
”So, Himura-kun, this body soap would smell like the flowers we sent earlier?” asked Izumi as she slowly understands the concept of the body soap.
”You are correct, Onee-sama, each body soap would either have the smell of jasmine, lilac, rose, lavender or even green tea?”
”Ehhh... Senpai. Green tea also? You mean the green tea that we are drinking, we also can smell like that? Hurr...hurr... Hurr... Senpai you are very funny. So we can smell like flowers and also green tea too? Hurr... Hurr... Hurr...”
I reached out and patted Riko on her head and she closed her eyes and clocked her head sidewards and smiled.
”You are correct, Riko-Chan... Not only smell like green tea, but you can also add all kinds of nice smells when we bathe by next month. If possible, when this little project is complete, there would be more nice smells too like fruity smells.”
”Hurr... Hurr... Hurr... So we could smell like bananas also, like the one we eat earlier?” asked Riko as she giggled at the thought of her smelling like bananas. Even Hiko-sama and Izumi can't control their emotions and laughed together.
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”Haa... Haa... Haa... If you smell like bananas, I don't think you would feel safe because the little naughty monkeys would chase after you!” Hiko-sama said while making a gesture like grabbing Riko to act like a monkey that tried to grab her.
”Aaaaaahhhhh.....Aaaaahhhhhh.....” shrieked Riko, as she clung to Izumi when she heard she smelled like bananas and monkeys were trying to grab on her.
The rest of us laughed at Riko and she regained her composure and blushed. She even remarked, ”Hiko-sama, you are very naughty... You are the biggest monkey I had ever seen.” Everyone burst out laughing at the bluntness of Riko's words.
There were some tears on Izumi and Riko's eyes due to laughing too hard. I cleared my throat and offered them tea.
”OK, so both of you know the basics of the body soap right?”
The two nodded and took the cups of tea that I had offered. ”You see this soap, it's roughly about 3x3x3 inches in dimension and weighs about 50 grams.” I showed the cut up laundry soap in my hands and then I place it in the middle of the downside paper and folded it before tucking the paper in on all four sides without the need of any adhesive.
”This is what the body soap would look like when you both help us in packing these and promoting it throughout the district.”
I showed them the packaged soap that had been wrapped by me. They took in their hands and found that the paper was properly tucked in and the lettering was right in the centre of the product. Hiko-sama can't help but peered at it and found out how the way the final phase of the soap would be processed and marketed.
”So kid, this is how the final product would look like right? Wonderful idea indeed. So all four of us would be our own bosses from next month onwards, right?”
”That's right, Sensei. Firstly, with this product, we would make a name for ourselves. Secondly, everyone would feel more refreshed when they used this soap in their bath. Thirdly, we can get the business district to help export this to the neighbouring villages. Fourthly, everyone throughout Japan would know of our little village here, even if influences don't come in, it doesn't mean that Kitakata would not be able to influence others, right? ”
”Himura-kun, the way you think is very broad. You were saying that we would be helping to pack and market this product. But then, we would lose our jobs and we would not a place to stay later. If we do not jobs, we would not want to... Errr.... Go back and be what we used to be.”
”Onee-sama, never think of the past, no matter how bitter, difficult it may be for both of you. It is time to drop that sack of stones you are carrying right now, and walk forward and never look back at the sack of stones or the past that you had been carrying all this time.”
”Himura-kun, your ideas and the way you explain this business to us both don't actually sound like the same age as my niece here... Both of you are of the same age but your mind and mentality are way beyond your age while my niece here seems a bit immature sometimes. I can't blame her since we both had suffered a long time before coming to this village.”
”Arch...don't mind him so much. He is always full of ideas and he always put it to work. Can I ask, how much we would be earning, kid?”
”Well... Half a year's of a samurai salary every week. Sorry, Sensei... This is just an estimation.”
”What?!? Half a year's salary of a samurai in a week?! How can that be possible?! And in 4 weeks alone, the total gross profit would be worth 2 years of the salary?! Do you know how much would that be?!”