4. Small crafts

Plum blossoms are happy to be full of snow, the snowflakes have fallen one after another a few days, these days the plum blossoms are officially brilliant under the moisture of the snow. A cluster, a cluster, a piece, the white snow of the plum branches trembles, just lined with the chic of the yellow flowers, no need to approach, a faint fragrance will faintly come, the fragrance is overflowing, making people transparent.

Tang Xiaoshi wants this fragrance.

In terms of ornamentation, the small yellow flowers of Lamei are not as prosperous as spring peonies, the tranquility of summer lotuses, and the blazing chrysanthemums of autumn.

Tang Xiaoshi knew that some Zhumen nobles regarded themselves as high, and always wanted to make themselves have something to do with the three friends of Sui Han to show that they were virtuous women, which was an effective way to seduce those sour and rotten scholars. Therefore, as long as you extract the fragrance of plum, this perfume will definitely not worry about sales.

At this time, the village women on the village are picking plums. Among the thousands of flowers, a rural peasant woman dressed in gray and black linen, dark complexion, wide and fat, laughed and played, picking plum blossoms into the basket, this style of painting is somewhat strange, but Tang Xiaoshi feels simple and cute, this is the real girl's heart.

Tang Xiaoshi secretly thought, these rural women are really the incarnation of Lamei, Ling Han is alone, not afraid of the bitter cold, isn't it them? As for some of the noble ladies of the Zhumen, they boast of being plum blossom ladies and proud people in the snow, I bah, you are just a cash cow in my eyes.

Yes, the cash cow is very suitable for those noble girls.

There are many people and great strength, only half a day, the courtyard of the academy is full of dozens of baskets of plum blossoms, and the village women are very proud to see their results, and they can finally help Mr.

Tang Xiaoshi stood up and said, "Sisters, come to help, Xiaoshi thank you here." โ€

Receiving the gratitude of the princess, this is amazing, a group of women were a little overwhelmed, and a bolder woman stood up and said: "Sir, don't say that, this is to torture us women!" The peasant family is poor and cheap, and it is good that the ten babies born can live five or six, but even if they survive, they will only dig a mouthful of food in the soil to survive, which is not as wise as Mr. Now, Mr. opened the academy and taught the skills of life to the children on the village, so that they do not have to continue to follow the old path of their fathers, this is a great kindness, today is just for Mr. to pick some plums, how can I afford Mr. a thanks? As long as Mr. takes good care of the baby on the village, don't say that it is picking flowers, but let the slave family give his life to Mr., it is not too much. โ€

The words of the fierce woman won the other peasant women to nod their heads in agreement.

Tang Xiaoshi is very emotional, this is the ancient women of our Chinese nation, hardworking, simple, first as a woman, then as a woman, and then as a mother, they have been around men all their lives, and it is their inheritance that ensures the endless growth of Chinese civilization. In feudal society, they were humble, but they gave everything they had to their children.

Tang Xiaoshi wants to change, she hopes that her time crossing can make the history books of China no longer write about the humility of women, but the greatness of motherhood.

She decided to start with these more than ten peasant women, and said: "Xiaoshi never thought that she could be so grateful to you in exchange for just a gesture. Now that the academy is short of silver turnover, Xiao Shi saw the fragrance of the plum in the village, and decided to use the fragrance of the plum to exchange some silver for the nobles in the imperial city to make it, which is a small craft, which is taught to me by the seven fairies in the sky. In the past few days, I have opened a small workshop behind the academy, only three houses, and the utensils have been placed, and now there is only a shortage of manpower, I wonder if your sisters are willing to follow me? โ€

What the? Can these plums grown in the village be exchanged for silver?

Small craft? Can the crafts taught by the Seven Fairies in the Sky be small crafts?

The fragrance of the flower was originally given by the fairy in the sky, and it can only be extracted by the fairy, it seems that Mr. did not lie to us.

Before a few wooden women could react, some of them had already squeezed to the front, and they all said, "Yes, the slave family is willing." The rest of the women nodded their heads.

Only a kind person like Mr. would take out the craftsmanship of the Immortal Sect and share it with us peasant women.

Tang Xiaoshi said again: "When you go to work in the workshop, the salary will naturally not be less, there is only one requirement, you are not allowed to leak the secrets of the workshop, you can't say to anyone, you can do it?" โ€

Tang Xiaoshi wants to create a grand occasion of exclusive sales, so naturally he can't let the secret of perfume leak out. After a few years, the secret of perfume will inevitably no longer be a secret, but at that time, Xiao Shi no longer cares, and everything that should be earned is enough.

The group of women nodded their heads in agreement, and many of them even swore poisonous oaths. Of course, they won't say it to others, even if it's their mother's family, or if someone puts a knife to their neck, they won't say it.

This is the craft of the gods, and if you leak it, you will go to hell. The most important thing is that the kid in the family has been studying with Mr., but the girl in the family doesn't know anything, and he can work with Mr. in the workshop.

If you leak it out, you will cut off your own girl's life, and you can't do such a ruthless thing as a mother.

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The workshop was cleaned up by Han Shi Niang, and Tang Xiaoshi never doubted Han Shi Niang's efficiency and meticulous work.

Tang Xiaoshi drew the required equipment a few days ago and handed it to Han Shi Niang, and now it has been properly completed, and it is not at all different from what she wants.

Two pots, covered with a high retort body, and a bamboo tube connected to the retort body, this is the simplest distillation prototype. This equipment is used to purify alcohol, and the wine made in this era is similar to sweet wine, with a low degree and insufficient alcohol concentration to extract floral aromas, so it must be distilled and purified first.

The rest are bottles and cans, as well as shelves, baskets and the like.

The aroma of the plum blossoms picked will soon dissipate, and the perfume must be made as much as possible, and with the help of a group of peasant women, the production line of the perfume will soon take shape.

Tang Chun'er with three or five peasant women, is the second selection of plum blossoms, as long as the seven or eight points open, not opened or completely opened almost no fragrance, these to be discarded, after the selection on the dustpan slightly dry, the flowers can not leave snow water.

The distillation step is supervised by Han Shi Niang, according to her, the key to the production of perfume is in the distillation step, which must be monitored well and cannot be leaked out. The liquor used for distillation was taken on credit by Han Shi Niang to the largest Peijia winery in Chang'an City, and it was said that it would be returned after a month, and the price would be increased by one percent.

With the Jingwang Mansion as a guarantee, the price is increased by one percent, and the Pei family winery is naturally willing to do it.

Two peasant women were burning firewood under the pot, the conduit extended to another room, and Han Shi Niang collected the distilled wine in cans, and a strong aroma of wine almost made her drunk. She secretly thought, Mr. Tang is really a strange woman, and she can come up with such an ingenious method.

After the alcohol with high purity was distilled, Han Shi Niang handed it to Tang Xia'er, who took two peasant women to soak the plum into the wine jar, then sealed it tightly, and then put the time label on the shelf.

As for Tang Qiu'er, she took three peasant women to the kiln factory in the village to take care of the kiln, the shape of the porcelain is designed by Tang Xiaoshi, delicate and small, with three or two plum blossoms on it, and next to it is a poem written in small block letters:

A few plums in the corner,

Ling Han drove alone.

Remote knowledge is not snow,

For there is a dark fragrance to come.

Tang Qiuer admires Mr. very much, and thinks that she is the smartest woman in the world, and now she finds that Mr. even writes poems so well, and she admires her even more.

Mr. said that this poem is written for all the hard-working women in the world, just for that sentence "Ling Han opens alone", she hopes that all women in the world can not be afraid of hardship, even in the wind and snow, they must bloom tenaciously.

Mr. said that women should be responsible for beauty.

Tang Qiu'er remembered her life experience, and suddenly became sad. She, Chun'er, Xia'er, and Dong'er are all hard-working children, and they can't afford to eat at home, so they wanted to go to Chang'an City together to find a good job, but they met traffickers on the way.

I still remember that day, the four of them were already tied up, and the three thieves pounced on them like mad dogs with โ–กโ–ก faces and ripped off their clothes, they couldn't move, and their mouths were stuffed with rags, and they saw that they were about to be defiled, but they could only cry dryly.

That's when the gentleman appeared. She is wearing a white dress, a weak woman, how can she beat three bandits? Who knew that Mr. had a strange set of kung fu, very dexterous, and those bandits with knives were not her opponents, and she lay on the ground after a few moves.

The gentleman did not show mercy to them, and simply gave them a knife, and the gentleman said that such a person is not worthy of life.

Now, Tang Qiu'er can stay with her husband to learn skills, and she is called the "Four Overlord Flowers of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter" by her younger brothers and sisters in the academy, which is something she is extremely proud of.

I don't want to do any overlord tweed, I want to make plum blossoms, Ling Han blooms alone.

As for Tang Dong'er, Mr. didn't assign her a task, she saw that the sisters were busy in the workshop, and she was very envious, didn't Mr. love me anymore? Or is it because he recently secretly ran to the market to play and was discovered by Mr., and Mr. is unhappy?

Tang Dong'er ran to Tang Xiaoshi's room, she came to admit her mistake.

"Dong'er, what's wrong?" Tang Xiaoshi saw Dong'er's depressed look, Tang Xiaoshi asked.

The four girls around Tang Xiaoshi, Chun'er is simple, Xia Er is neat, Qiu'er is sensitive, and Dong'er is clever.

"Sir, I was wrong, I shouldn't have taken Niuniu to the market to play secretly, sir, you punish me." Dong'er bowed her head and said.

"I know you sneaked out to play, and I don't blame you." Tang Xiaoshi comforted.

"Then why didn't Mr. Du Du assign a task to Dong'er? Dong'er saw that her sisters were busy in the perfume business, but she was a big idler, and she was very envious, was Dong'er useless? Dong'er muttered.

It turned out that it was because of this incident that she was sulking, Tang Xiaoshi smiled helplessly, tapped Dong'er's forehead with her finger, and said, "You are a ghost, how can you be useless?" You're very useful! โ€

Hearing that Mr. said that he had a great role, Dong'er was instantly overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Sir, tell me quickly, how can Dong'er help?" โ€

Tang Xiaoshi said: "Do you remember those butterfly chrysalis that you collected in the summer?" โ€

Those worm eggs? Dong'er naturally remembers. In the summer, Mr. asked Dong'er to go to the forest to collect a lot of butterfly chrysalis, and after collecting them, Mr. asked them to be frozen in the ice cellar, saying that they would be useful in the future.

Are those chrysalis really useful?

This was originally part of Tang Xiaoshi's plan, and she started the idea of buying and selling perfume in the summer, but she has been busy forming an academy and has not implemented it. These chrysalis were her first shot in the perfume advertisement.

Tang Xiaoshi said mysteriously to Tang Dong'er: "You take the chrysalis out of the ice cellar, bring them back to the room, light the stove to keep the house warm, and take good care of these chrysalis, it will be of great use in a few days." โ€

Mr. finally assigned me a task, and it is of great use, needless to say, Tang Dong'er hurried to the ice cellar, although she didn't know what the use of these butterfly chrysalis formed by caterpillars was, but she knew that if Mr. said that if it is useful, it will definitely be of great use.