Chapter 13: On Incense (II)

After the words fell, she took out a sachet, which was one of the ones Zeng Shufei bought, and said:

"It's like this incense, I pondered it all night yesterday, but I couldn't guess its ingredients. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info To tell you the truth, I have been studying incense for three or four years, and I have collected a lot of good materials, and I think I know something. But since I smelled your incense, I feel like I've been busy before. ”

"Oh, this is half a tael of tinpi, one tael of jasmine, one tael of jasmine, one tael of chicken bone incense, half a tael of chrysanthemum, two taels of Lingling, and half a tael of Xinyi. ”

Gu Yu didn't hide it, and directly put the recipe out: "Grind these into powder, mix and mix, and there will be a taste similar to orchids." ”

"Orchid? I always think this fragrance has a special meaning, no wonder, no wonder ......."

The old lady held the sachet and muttered to herself, as if she understood where the faint meaning came from. Then, she smiled again: "Xiao Gu, even if others know the recipe, it is estimated that they will not be able to make this Qingrui incense." ”

"Heh......"

This time he was not modest.

Let's talk about the wonder of incense, which is to use seemingly unrelated materials to express a unique charm.

For example: roses are unrestrained, Su is strong, and the two will have an overwhelming fragrance when they are mixed together. And Tianmu is quiet, camphor seeds are lonely, and these two are added to it, what will it be?

It's very simple: once spring is over, the flowers are over.

There are thousands of spices in the world, and they have different tastes, properties, and qualities. There are also tens of millions of perfumers, and their inheritance, techniques, and understandings are also different.

Gu Yu can make the hollow valley orchid, which is beyond the meaning of the world. The same material may not be able to be made by another person.

As for this incense recipe, Zeng Shufei asked yesterday, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it, and the kid's mind was clearly engraved on his head. Now he took the initiative to tell that it was because the old lady was not utilitarian.

This gesture also made the other party appreciate it greatly, and Grandma Zeng's grandmother went through those materials again, and was suddenly stunned, and said strangely: "Xiao Gu, you don't seem to have agarwood here?"

"Why is there agarwood?" he was stunned.

"Hexiang doesn't have to use ......"

The old lady paused abruptly halfway through.

Gu Yu blinked his eyes and said suddenly, "Grandma Zeng, I understand what you mean. Precious spices such as Shen Tan Dragon Musk Deer have been respected since ancient times. It's even more powerful now, especially the commercial hype, it seems that no matter what incense you do, if you don't add a little sandalwood, it's not grade. You are a rich person, and you use rich incense, including what you have learned, what others give, and what merchants recommend, are all rich incense. ”

"This can't be said to be wrong, because there is a school like this, they combine incense in the way of king, minister, adjutant and auxiliary. Agarwood is mellow and elegant, and can adjust the temperament of other materials, which is called Jun, so they often use it. But there are some other genres that like to use ordinary spices, and the effect is also very good. ”

"For example?" asked the other party.

"For example......"

Gu Yu looked everywhere, his gaze resting on the fruit plate in front of him. He stretched out his hand, picked up the four-petal fruit lightly, lined up on the case, and said with a smile: "Lychee shells, papaya seeds, orange peels, and pear pears, these four things are dried and powdered, rubbed with honey water, and fumigated by fire, which is called Xiaosihe." ”

"Little Quadrangle ......"

The old lady muttered, staring at the fruits.

You must know that Shen, sandalwood, dragon, and musk deer are known as the four famous incense. There is a technique of taking equal parts of each and synthesizing the final one-flavor incense, which is called Sihe incense.

And these husk remnants dare to be called Xiao Sihe, and the name alone reveals a naked ridicule and confrontation.

This is not the end, Gu Yu continued: "You pick some cypress kernels, blanch them slightly in boiling water, soak them in wine and seal them for seven days, take them out to dry, and burn them in a copper furnace, and they become cypress incense." ”.

"Mash the orange leaves, seal them in small jars with the bamboo slices, and steam them over the fire. Then the bamboo slices are used as spices and slowly smoked in the oven, smelling fragrant and sweet. ”

"Actually, spices are everywhere, like the tree in your yard, if the bark falls off naturally, and you grind it into powder, that's a nice rosin. ”

"There is no distinction between high and low materials, only according to preference. Smoked agarwood and smoked tangerine peel are the same, if you have to count the high and low, then it is inferior. ”

“……”

The old lady listened with her ears and watched with her eyes, and remained silent. After a long while, she finally sighed: "Xiao Gu, I just opened my eyes today!"

……

It's no wonder that she sighed that she has been playing incense for several years, and today she knows that it is superficial.

The traditional incense road is seriously faulted, and very few have been handed down. The so-called playing incense on the market is mostly a scale feather made out by merchants in order to cooperate with local tyrants and incense friends.

Why is it called play?

It's just that if you take it seriously, you'll be happy.

Hundreds of thousands of orchids, hundreds of thousands of pairs of walnuts, millions of strings of Qi Nan beads, who is particularly unhappy to play?

Gu Yu said so much in one breath, and couldn't help but relax. He glanced at the time and said, "Grandma Great, it's not early, I still have something at home, so I'll go back." ”

"Hey, you told me so hard that you wanted to leave?

The old lady made a joke and said, "Xiao Gu, I'm really happy today, thank you for coming." It's just that I still have a reluctant request, I want to ask for a taste. ”

"What incense do you want?" he asked.

"Any incense goes, as long as you make it. ”

Tut!

These words were too loving, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of warmth, and said, "Okay, when do you want it?"

"Don't worry, when will you do it, and when will you give it to me...... Ah Hui!"

The old lady suddenly called, and a woman in her thirties came over, still holding a small box in her hand. She reached out and took it, and said with a smile: "I don't have anything to give, you can accept this little gift." ”

"Hey, you don't need it! Grandma Great, you're so polite, you really don't need it!"

Gu Yu hurriedly got up and pushed hard.

"You sit down, sit down, listen to me......"

She pressed her hand and said, "First, I like you kid, this is a welcome gift." Second, I can't ask you to help in vain, which is also a thank you gift. Two gifts plus one, there's no reason you can't say no. ”

"Uh......"

The elder didn't dare to resign, and he was hypocritical if he pushed it again, so he had to say, "Then thank you." ”

……

Gu Yu arrived here in the evening and got up at ten o'clock to say goodbye. Even so, Grandma Great-grandma is still a little reluctant, this young man is humble and polite, and his bearing is gentle, which is really likable.

The old lady wanted to send a car, but when he saw that the distance was long, he did not refuse.

When I got home, I washed and pulled, and I didn't think of that gift until I was lying in bed. As a result, as soon as the box was opened, Gu Yu was dumbfounded, and it was actually the gourd jade incense plug inside.

Oh please, I just glanced at it a few more times, and people actually noticed!

While admiring the old lady's acumen, he couldn't help but check it on the Internet, and then he was startled: It's just such a gadget, and it costs 10,000 yuan.

"Alas......"

Gu Yu took the incense stick and looked left and right, a little crying and laughing: With this 10,000 yuan, can you give it to me directly?