Chapter 18 Fat Powder Shop
In the dead of night, when he was reading, Lin Zhuyu felt that his thoughts were fast.
In the medical book, I found a page of materials used by modern people to make cosmetics: ginseng, atractylodes, pearls, white fungus, lilies, honey, and so on. However, for my current self, I can't afford to use most of the materials.
I just don't know what people here use to make fat powder? Looking at the fat powder used by Nangu today, the powder is coarse and easy to fall, and it is definitely a big face to use such powder to apply to the face all day long.
Lin Zhuyu felt as if he had seen new business opportunities and white money! But it's getting late today, and it's not too late to figure it out tomorrow.
The next day, after Lin Zhiyu saw his father go out, he secretly said to Nangu: "Nangu, find me a set of ordinary clothes, by the way, call Lin Bai by the way, forget it, let Lin Bai bring his clothes over!" β
"Miss, you're going out?" Nangu was afraid that nothing else would know.
"Shh......h
"Oh, sir?"
"It's okay, I'll go and I'll go, I won't be discovered."
After a while, Lin Bai returned, still holding a set of clothes in his hand, but his expression seemed a little depressed and aggrieved.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Lin Bai's appearance, Lin Zhuyu was puzzled.
I saw Lin Bai take out a cloth bag from his arms, classify boxes of fat powder on the table, and take out a few taels of silver, "Miss asked me to buy fat powder yesterday, can you take a look?" "Never mention the reason for his grievances.
I didn't expect Lin Bai to be so fast, he had already bought the fat powder back, there were nine boxes of three rows of fat powder on the table, and after looking at the fat powder for a while, Lin Zhuyu forgot about Lin Bai's stubble.
Lin Zhuyu opened these fat powders one by one, and suddenly all kinds of fragrances came to his nose. At a glance at these three rows of fat powder, you can probably see the thickness of the powder.
I took a small amount of a handkerchief and put it on my fingertips and slowly twisted it, put it on the tip of my nose from time to time to smell it, and finally simply put it in my mouth to feel the subtle differences of this fat powder.
"Miss, this can't be entered!" Lin Bai hurriedly shouted to stop on the side.
"Miss, this fat powder is made of ground chestnut rice and different spices, and it is not palatable."
Fat powder made of chestnut rice, no wonder, chestnut rice itself contains viscosity, and it is not easy to fall off with it, but this chestnut rice cannot be ground very fine because of its own properties.
"Are all these fat powders made from chestnut rice?" I remember the novels I used to read, didn't the concubines in the palace all use lead pastel?
"Miss, I only heard from the shopkeeper that they are all made of chestnut rice, but there are many kinds of spices, such as roses, magnolias, jasmine, and hostas!"
"Lin Bai, you go out with me today!" After all, he hadn't practiced it, and Lin Zhuyu still wanted to take a look for himself.
"Yes, Miss! This clothing? β
"Well, put it down and wait outside the house."
After a while, a handsome young man walked out of the house.
His hair was tied with an ink-colored ribbon, and he was dressed in burlap clothes, but he couldn't hide his natural rich temperament. There is a long ink-colored tassel around the waist, tied with a piece of mutton fat white jade, willow leaves and light eyebrows, pure as cherry petals, a straight nose bridge, and fair skin. A pair of Zhong Heaven and Earth Spirit Eyes do not contain any impurities, clear but bottomless.
"Miss, no, it's Childe." What a handsome boy.
"Well, it's called Childe! Let's go. Lin Zhuyu said with a suffocated voice.
The two of them went out of the royal post house, and a woman dressed as an ordinary woman who had been hiding in the shadows also followed away with a basket, not far away, not close, and looked left and right from time to time, for fear that others would find themselves.
"Miss, there are three fat powder shops on Main Street alone, two more on West Street, and one on East Street, where are we going now?" After all, he had stayed in a restaurant, and Lin Bai's eyes were still quite good, and it was not good to ask the young lady if she was looking for a fat powder shop before, but she might guess a few points.
"Let's go to Main Street first, which one is the nearest one."
"Miss, the closest thing to us on the main street is a fat powder shop called the Pink Noodles Red Corridor, it's just ......" Lin Bai hesitated.
"Just what?"
"Miss..."Lin Bai simply stopped, lowered his head and didn't speak.
"Say, what's the matter with your own lady, don't be afraid, someone is bullying you?" Seeing Lin Bai's appearance, he knew that something had happened, but Lin Bai was very well-behaved these days, and no one in the post house had bullied him, why did he ......
Fat powder shop, yes, it must be the past two days that Lin Bai went out to do errands and was wronged.
"Does it have something to do with that gallery?" Seeing that Lin Bai still didn't say anything, Lin Zhuyu asked.
I didn't expect my own lady to be like a god, "Miss, when I came to buy fat powder in the morning, I asked a few more words, so the shopkeeper ......"
Sure enough, although Lin Bai is tall, he is too lean, and he is only wearing coarse cloth clothes, so he will inevitably be looked down upon!
"Don't be afraid, this time there is a young lady, I see who dares to bully you!"
Saying that, I will go forward with Lin Bai, I want to see what kind of gallery is this store today!
"Miss, it's the pink red corridor." Lin Bai followed behind, thinking that with the presence of a young lady, the shopkeeper would be a little polite, but he didn't expect that the young lady who was like a bodhisattva in his heart was now just a child in burlap in the eyes of outsiders.
"It's Childe!"
"Hey, Childe." Lin Bai, who had figured it out, happily kept up with Miss's pace.
After a while, the two of them went down, and in front of them was the fat powder shop that is said to be the first in Jiangnan - the pink red corridor!
Zhu Wadai wall, a line of four facades, is red vermilion lacquer door top hanging a golden silk nan wood plaque, on the dragon flying phoenix dance inscribed with four vermilion characters: pink face red corridor, from time to time in front of the door people in and out of the door, so not magnificent, from the faΓ§ade is worthy of the first in the south of the Yangtze River.
Lin Zhiyu entered with one step, and Lin Bai naturally followed behind. There are not many people in the main hall of the shop, only a person who looks like a small servant is standing on one side, and he does not come forward to talk to him, and a few girls and ladies are selecting the fat powder on the shelf.
The woman who had come all the way from the post house looked down at the door for a moment, and when she saw that no one was paying attention to her, she followed her into the fat powder shop.
looked around the store, and saw that there was no guy to introduce, "Childe, there are private rooms inside, all of them are high-grade fat powder." Lin Bai reminded in a low voice.
"Well, go check it out." There is nothing to look at in this inferior crude fat, judging from the fat powder that Lin Bai brought back, it is all made of chestnut rice, and there is no texture of lead powder at all.
As soon as he stepped forward, he was stopped by a human wall.
"Yo, isn't this a talented little beggar? What's the matter, you called a handsome helper? β
Lin Zhiyu took half a step back when he heard the sound, and raised his head to see this "human wall" clearly: the tiger's back is bear's waist, and his shoulders are big and his waist is round, which is much richer than the Lin Shangshu he saw yesterday! A pair of small eyes were embedded in a fat face, and he looked at Lin Zhiyu with a somewhat obscene expression, which made him full of fat intestines and ears, which made people feel chills.
"Childe, this is the shopkeeper." Lin Bai seemed to be a little afraid of this shopkeeper, but he still opened his arms to block in front of his young lady.
"Shopkeeper, my son-in-law wants to buy ......"
"Go, go, call a beggar, do you think I won't dare to pick it up?" The fat shopkeeper didn't listen to Lin Bai at all, and moved forward as he spoke, looking at the door in his hand and waving it thinking that he was teasing a cat and a dog, "Fugui, don't want to do it?" Who is putting it in? βγ
The little guy who was standing on one side was a little embarrassed, and while saying sorry to Lin and the others, he stepped forward and pushed Lin and the others out.
Standing in front of the store, what is this called? It's not such a deception to the shopkeeper, right?
Well, such a shop pΓΉ can also be called the first in Jiangnan? With such a shopkeeper, you really don't have to worry about business!
"Childe, I heard that the shopkeeper of the pink and red corridor changed years ago, and the new shopkeeper Wang doesn't seem to be in the shop."
"Then the owner of this shop is also an ignorant person," Lin Zhuyu muttered, "Let's go, go to the fat powder shop in front and have a look." β
"Well, Childe, there is an agar pavilion in front of you."
After a while, the Agar Pavilion arrived.
Looking at the two shops in front of me, it is really not as grand as the corridor, but it is also blue bricks and tiles, vermilion gates, and gold plaques.
Before he walked into the door, the young man in the store greeted him at the door first.
"Two guests, take a look at the store, the new goods are on the shelves, and it is just right to give them away!"
"We'll see for ourselves first." Lin Zhiyu stepped into the store, and someone greeted him warmly, which was much more business than the gallery just now.
After looking around, I took a cursory look, there were not many people in the store, a few girls, and a blue woman in coarse cloth and blue clothes wearing a square scarf was looking at the fat powder.
I looked at the sample at random, and the fat powder was not fine enough, but it was just ordinary chestnut rice flour.
"Do you still have the best fat powder in your store?"
"Yes, yes, our shopkeeper is in the private room, come in a moment, the two sons will take a look first." The little guy didn't say a word and laughed with three points first.
"This guest, you're here again, do you want to buy some more fat powder this time?" A middle-aged man in a green robe and a little fat came out of the inner room and asked with a smile.
Although this shopkeeper is a little blessed, he is also upright, and he smiles very kindly, which makes people feel close to him.
"Hello shopkeeper Zhang, my son-in-law has seen the shopkeeper's fat powder, and he will want to get some more high-quality fat powder." Lin Bai saw the shopkeeper come out, and replied with a smile.
"It's a coincidence, there were some new fat powders in the store yesterday, but they are all high-grade agar, this son might as well take a look in a private room."
"Okay, then it's troublesome for the shopkeeper!"
"Childe, please." The shopkeeper said and led the way on the left.
Turn left and take two steps forward to see that the Nanmu tooth sign in the door reads: Tianju Pavilion.
The shopkeeper half-bent over and pushed the door open: "Childe guest, please." β
There are already small servants waiting in the pavilion, and when they see the guests entering the door, they immediately ask for tea to be poured.
"That boy is here to see first, and if you have a fancy need, you can inform the little guy.
"Shopkeeper, please stay, I still have a few things that I don't know, I don't know if I can ask the shopkeeper to explain a thing or two." Seeing that the shopkeeper was leaving, Lin Zhuyu spoke.
"Oh? Childe, but it doesn't hurt to say, if you know in the next, you must say everything. I don't know what the problem is, and the shopkeeper doesn't dare to say it for sure.