Chapter 33: Desperate Survival
"You're not sludge, you're the girl who knows me best. The boy on the other side suddenly forgot a little, he lowered his head and imprinted a kiss on the girl's forehead, and then his face turned red.
"......" Tsing Yi's heart suddenly beat like thunder, she looked at the man, suddenly burst into tears, turned around and fled, leaving only a slender figure.
She is not worthy of him, how can the earth be compared with the white clouds, all that tonight is but a gorgeous dream, that person deserves a better woman, a beautiful lady like a flower, or a gentle and lovely little jasper, not her, a servant girl of humble origin, if he marries her, he will be ridiculed by the world, and she cannot cause him to ruin his reputation.
After being in a daze for a long time, Zuo Nanhao took out a piece of paper from his arms, which read: In the dead of night, brightly lit, dressed in white, by the lake and river, playing a piece of mourning music, praising the woman a few words, and then telling his own suffering, waiting for the opportunity to kiss the woman on the forehead, this is the nirvana of flirting with the girl.
Baili Yan's trick really had a miraculous effect, but at the same time as he teased Qingyi, he himself almost fell into it, could it be that this nirvana would have sequelae? The Merry Man suddenly felt a little uneasy.
Early the next morning, the sky was just bright, in the small courtyard on the outskirts of Yanjing, the dwarf got up to split the fire and cook, boiled a big pot of porridge, and specially made a few exquisite side dishes for the master, and spread a basket of pancakes.
The middle-aged muscular uncle Yu Mu got up early to practice martial arts, and played a set of fists with a tiger and a tiger, and in addition to playing boxing, he also helped the dwarf chop a lot of firewood with his bare hands.
The first time Chen Mu opened his eyes, he saw the food on the table, and the dwarf who was busy cleaning the yard, he suddenly smiled brightly, grinning and smirking for three minutes, this time it can be regarded as a treasure.
When he led a group of slaves to pick chestnuts in the morning, the dwarf was very active, not only picking the most and fastest, but also coordinating with other slaves, with a sweet mouth and a flexible head, and was trusted by everyone, even the elm, who did not talk much, was willing to listen to his command.
The crescent moon began to look at the dwarf differently, Chen Mu carefully observed everyone, the dwarf has leadership skills, and also has a bit of eloquence, and he is also a thick person, except for being extremely short, the others are almost perfect, and Elm is taciturn, but his physical strength is excellent, his reaction is also sensitive, and his skills are also good, and he is a good hand at taking care of the home.
In the casual conversation with the dwarf, he learned that his hometown is in a deep mountain, the poor only have a grass house left, there are nine brothers and sisters, he is the eldest, named sweet potato, but he is very short, his father died early, his mother was tired and sick, and he took on the responsibility of supporting the family at a young age, but as a dwarf, no one was willing to recruit him to work, and it happened that the younger brothers and sisters in the family were sick, in order to make them have money to seek medical treatment, the dwarf voluntarily sold himself into slavery.
Everyone gathered firewood and the flame was high, a lot, the chestnuts at home were piled up into a hill, after a busy day, two cars of chestnuts were fried, late at night, everyone else had gone to sleep, only Chen Mu, still continued to think hard, two cars of chestnuts sold at most eighty taels of silver, a month, can only sell two thousand four hundred taels of silver, far from eighty thousand taels of silver, and have to think of another idea.
Lying on the bed, tossing and turning, he suddenly missed the days in that world, took a hot shower before going to bed, and rubbed the soap bubbles, Meizizi, this world, not even a soap was sold.
In an instant, a beam of light shone into his heart, yes, soap? He had seen how handmade soap was made, and it didn't seem to be difficult, but a bold idea flashed into his mind, eighty thousand taels of silver, and it didn't seem so far away.
In the next few days, the sugar fried chestnut spread rapidly in Yanjing, this new type of food, all of a sudden won the love of the boudoir women and street children, and even, even the young men who watched the play and listened to the book, would also eat a few as a pastime, this chestnut wind soon swept the entire Yan country, Chen Mu's business was like a day, for this reason, he deliberately bought more than a dozen slaves, in just seven or eight days, has earned enough thousand taels of silver.
The chestnut business had taken shape, and he temporarily handed over the business to the dwarf sweet potato, and went into the house himself to study soap day and night.
The plant ash is screened with a fine net, the wood chips and impurities are passed, leaving a relatively clean white ash, and then the plant ash is soaked in hot water to generate turbid water, put it in a place to stand, after two days, take the clear liquid above, and then heat and mix with the lard bought, boil it over low heat, while heating, stirring, and finally form a milky yellow soap liquid, then add fine salt, pour it into a circular mold, and wait for cooling and molding, and sure enough, a transparent solid in the shape of a moon cake appears.
Washing hands with this thing is really like the effect of soap, with a fine foam and a faint soap fragrance, like the taste of happiness.
After two days, Chen Mu took this piece of small soap that was not good-looking, and ran all over every shop in Yanjing City, as he expected, this new type of daily life products that came out of nowhere were completely excellent products to meet the needs of the ancient people, this time, no one dared to turn him away, the order flew like snowflakes, the profit was huge, the impact was huge, far more than the sugar fried chestnut.
Overnight, Baili Yan's name suddenly resounded in Yanjing, and she was no longer the first victim of Yanjing, but the pride of the shopping mall who could set off storms and waves.
Merchants and shopkeepers from all over the country came to visit, they lined up at the door of the small courtyard, and the deposits were piled up in the house, Chen Mu simply bought several houses in the vicinity, and bought more than 100 slaves, the efficiency of soap production was greatly improved, and there were more and more silver tickets.
Steward Wang has been in a trance these days, the little girl in front of him is calm and orderly, everything is reasonable, and her mind is full of some novel and useful ideas, if it weren't for her appearance and voice, he would never think that she was the delicate and unreasonable, brainless Baili Yan, such a smart young lady, it was simply beyond his expectations.
The rebirth is no longer enough to describe the great change in Miss.
Just when Chen Mu was holding the name of Baili Yan and making a statement, Zuo Xiquan's pursuit of him became more and more powerful, sending a car of Ayaluo today, a car of silk tomorrow, and a car of rouge the day after tomorrow, although he was rejected every time, he never relaxed, so that this matter has become the latest strange talk in Yanjing.
In the Ningguo Mansion, a delicate-looking woman was swinging a sword to cut down trees, she was dressed in a snow-white suit, drenched in sweat, and her eyes were full of resentment.
"Miss, you've been practicing all morning, it's time to rest. The maidservant next to her brought the woman a cup of hot tea.
"I'm just not convinced, that infamous Baili Yan, what is there like Miss Ben? Now, the whole Yanjing people are praising her ability, not only that, but even the eldest brother is bewildered by her and sends things to her all day long. The pretty woman drank the cup of hot tea, her eyes full of disdain.
She was originally the only daughter of Ning Guogong, named Zuo Yao, and she was the same father and mother as Zuo Xiquan.
"That's it, it's just a businesswoman full of copper smell, no matter how much money she makes, she can't hide the copper smell. The maidservant agreed.
"Hmph! Miss Ben just can't swallow this breath, no, I'm going to find the eldest brother to theorize and let him see the reality clearly, that Baili Yan is definitely not worthy of him." The more the woman thought about it, the more angry she became, and she turned around with her sword and ran in the direction of her eldest brother's yard.
When she ran into her eldest brother's house, she was told by her subordinates that her eldest brother had already gone outside Yanjing City and was going to catch a peacock to give a gift to her sweetheart.
"Prepare the horse!! Miss Ben is going to tear that little slut to pieces today, see how she can seduce the eldest brother?" The delicate woman seemed to have a knife hidden in her eyes, and she wanted to kill the enemy in her heart without leaving a piece of armor.
When Zuo Yao rode alone to the Xiaosi Courtyard in Yanjiao, Chen Mu was busy receiving the merchants in front of the door, which was already a lively scene, with more than 100 domestic slaves making soap and chestnuts, and many carriages parked outside the door waiting to pull goods.
Zuo Yao, who was angry, waved his horsewhip and rushed into the noisy crowd, and rushed straight to the girl who was communicating with people, seeing that when the horse's hooves were about to step on the top of Chen Mu's head, a middle-aged man flew out of the air, and an iron fist swung towards the horse's belly, and the horse immediately turned over and fell sideways, and the woman also rolled down.
Chen Mu was frightened into a cold sweat, fortunately there was elm here, otherwise, he would have been dying, where did this girl come from?
Elm, who easily saved his master, patted the dust on his hands, and the muscles on his body continued to rise and fall, and there was a slight imperceptible smile on his blind face, he was a hard-tempered person, and he didn't like to talk, and many previous buyers called him around as an animal, and he couldn't bear the humiliation, so he had a dispute with the buyer, and was sold to the slave market again by the buyer.
Only the new owner never scolded him, and bought him thick clothes and took care of the food, so he was willing to serve the new master.
"Miss, are you alright? The crescent moon on the side had already cried red nose.
"Don't worry, Crescent Moon, do you know the woman on the ground?" This girl in a white power suit looks like a neat person, but she is so reckless in what she does, and she deliberately targets herself.
"She is the concubine of Ningguo Mansion Zuo Yao, the sister of Zuo Xiquan and Zuo Nanhao, relying on the power of Ningguo Mansion, no one dares to provoke her at will. However, she used to disdain to deal with her own young lady, and the two did not have any major holidays, and the crescent moon was also a little confused.
In an instant, the delicate woman on the ground turned over, brandished her sword, and stabbed at Chen Mu, the blade of the sword gradually approached the girl, and everyone in the audience sweated.