Chapter 12: The Old Man Who Tells Fortunes

Hearing Xiaomi say that he was going to his workshop, Luo Bao nodded and agreed without thinking about it, and then beckoned a few younger brothers and went out of the house together. The actions of the little brother of the Luo family are very unified, at least during the time that Xiaomi came, I didn't see who was missing anyone in which activity.

The workshop is actually not far from the house, and it is still on the same street, but the things in the workshop are taken care of by Luo Qinghai, the Qin family rarely goes over, and the little brothers of the Luo family are not interested in the things in their shop, so Xiaomi has never had a chance to go.

"Sister, there's nothing to play in there, and there's nothing to see, after you go down, my brother will take you to catch the finch, come back and roast and eat, it's fragrant." On the way, Luo Hu discussed with Xiaomi.

Some play, can still eat, how could Xiaomi refuse, very interested nodding in response.

Soon arrived at the Luojia workshop, but the door was closed, Luo Qi stepped forward and knocked on the door, and the people inside heard the voice of their own small owner, and quickly opened the door. The person who opened the door looked at the half-grown children in front of him, very surprised, and didn't understand why they had all come here.

"Take my second uncle's sister around." Luo Bao put his hands behind his back, and after saying to the porter in an old-fashioned manner, he took the lead and walked inside.

It turned out that the girl from the second master's family came, and the porter hurriedly said hello to Xiaomi.

Xiaomi and his party didn't take a few steps inside when they heard the sound of the door closing behind them.

In broad daylight, what kind of door is closed, and it's not something that can't be seen, Xiaomi is a little puzzled. Seeing Xiaomi looking back at the door in confusion, Luo Jun explained patiently; "In order to prevent other families from peeking into our soap-making process, the door has to be closed, and the same is true for other workshops."

Oh, so that's what happened? The dirt soap, which is so ugly and not very good-smelling, is so mysterious that Xiaomi doesn't know what to say. However, she can also understand it, because it is also the case in modern times.

The people in the workshop are all dressed in blue cloth, but the slight difference is that the female foreman has a headscarf wrapped in a broken cloth.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, a few of us just brought my sister over to take a look, what should we do." Seeing that the people who were doing things stopped what they were doing, they got up and said hello, Luo Bao said seriously.

Millet stood beside everyone for a while, watching how they smashed the honey locusts, looked at the grease in the container, and leaned over to smell it. "It's castor oil." Seeing Millet's expression after smelling the oil, the steward who rushed over when he heard the news smiled and said goodbye.

No wonder I can't smell what kind of vegetable oil, it turns out to be castor oil, Millet nodded, knowing that this oil was the easiest oil to refine in ancient times, because castor has a large planting area and the price is very low, so this oil is used in the workshop.

"This is pig pancreas?" Millet pointed to the yellowish-white, oval-shaped flesh-like thing in a copper basin next to him and confirmed with the steward beside him.

Among the information she checked on Du Niang, it is something born between the kidneys, like fat but not fat, the life of the character, and the origin of Sanjiao. This thing can cure the coarse and ugly face, cracked skin of the hands and feet, dry and cracked lips, etc., and it has a great effect when added to the soap.

"Yes, yes." The steward thought that the small proprietors had no place to entertain, and Xiaomi's problem was very unexpected to him. When nodding and saying yes, I remembered that the Luo family's industry was jointly owned by the Luo family brothers, and the second lady of the soap formula must also know, so when the owners talked about it, it was normal for the little ones to hear it.

Millet nodded, and looked at the next process, Luo Hu They were not interested in these, and looked at the birds in the trees in the yard, and regretted going out without a slingshot. So, now, by Xiaomi's side, the steward is following.

Xiaomi didn't ask, and he didn't take the initiative to say. When Xiaomi is unsure of the question, he will answer. Luojia soap, there are also a few kinds of herbs added, all of which have beauty and health effects, and Xiaomi sighed very much after reading the last process.

The thing is not beautiful, the taste is not very good, and I don't know where to get the formula, why don't I know how to improve it? It's too rough, they actually use plant ash to extract the alkali to be used, isn't it simple to use practical alkali instead? Ancient alkali is not as expensive as salt, and the cost is not very high!

"It's boring, isn't it?" After leaving the workshop, Xiaomi was thinking about how to improve the soap-making business, Luo Qi asked with some schadenfreude next to her, Xiaomi just smiled and didn't say anything.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the gate of Luo's house, an old man who told fortunes walked across the alley, wearing a white-washed cloth robe, his gray hair was very like a fairy wind bone, and he was carrying a cloth banner on his shoulder.

Originally, this old man was looking towards the gate compound, shouting a few times from time to time, what to look at feng shui, look at physiognomy, fortune telling. However, when he approached the millet and a few of them, the old man accidentally saw the millet sandwiched between a few boys, and his eyes lit up, as if he had found a treasure.

"A few young masters, girls, come and come, the old decay will count it for you?" The old man stopped and asked with a smile.

Luo Hu They thought it was funny, but Luo Bao politely refused; "Sir, we didn't go out with any money."

"It's free, it's free, the old man just looks at a few little brothers and doesn't take any of them." The old man said, his eyes were still staring at Xiaomi, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly disappear.

Originally, Xiaomi was also very curious, but the feeling of being stared at by the old man was suddenly very bad, and the alarm bell in my heart was loud. No, does this old man really have the ability to see that his soul and body are not original?

"Second brother, uncle is not happy today, let's go back early. Big Mom said that children are not good at divination. Seeing that this brother was moved when he heard the free fortune telling, he quickly reached out and pulled Luo Bao's shirt and whispered to him.

When Luo Bao heard it, he didn't think that the sentence that children were not good at divination made sense, but also remembered that the look of his father at noon was indeed wrong, so he nodded and beckoned his younger brothers back to the house.

"Don't go, the old man is a talker, and he won't ask for it if he doesn't want it. It's just to see how many little brothers face each other, and want to see how a few of them will be in the future? Otherwise, not only will the old decay not accept your hexagram money, but after the calculation, how about giving you a few gadgets? The old man stretched out his hand to stop it in a little hurry, and discussed with Luo Bao with a smile.

Luo Hu and Luo Jun felt that the old man's mention was very **, but he didn't want to take advantage of the free divination, a few copper plates for the hexagram, and there was no shortage of the brothers. What attracts them is the gadgets in the mouth of the old man.

The more this is the case, the more Xiaomi feels that something is wrong, it's not that she misunderstood, this old man is obviously aimed at her......