Lian Man'er has high expectations for Shunde Fang Roast Duck Restaurant, but she is not in a hurry. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and everything has to come step by step.

Shunde Fang has the dry shares of the Shen family, so this matter will naturally not be publicized to the public. However, through that banquet of the Shen family, anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was the Shen family standing behind Shunde Fang. As for the plaque of Shunde Fang, Shen Liu personally inscribed this matter, but not many people know about it. For the reason, Shen Liu rarely writes to people. And daily official business,

or correspondence, Shen Liu rarely uses face, but more kings.

Because the preliminary preparations were beautiful, Shunde Fang was smooth sailing after its opening. Even Man'er's family delegated the power of management to the shopkeeper Chen, and did not interfere in the daily affairs of Shunde Fang.

Even so, the family is not idle.

Gorou has to go to Shengjing College to study, participate in the exam, and sometimes follow Mr. Lu to the Shen Mansion to help with errands. Xiao Qi either followed Mr. Lu or followed Mr. Chu to study. Lian Shouxin took his stewards and planned to buy one or two more shops.

In addition to Shunde Fang, they also plan to open a shop in Fucheng to sell the produce of their farm, mainly wine and lotus pond. In addition, they also plan to buy other suitable shops, and in addition to buying and selling at home, they can also rent them out to earn rent.

Compared with others, Lian Man'er is not the busiest, but she is not idle. The affairs of the house in Pine Hutong are now taken care of by her. Every morning, she usually spends two or three quarters of an hour arranging the day's work in the house. After breakfast, sometimes she would go to Shen's house to accompany Shen Jin. If she has free time, she will also let Lian Shouxin, Wulang or Xiaoqi accompany her to visit the city.

However, more time, she was preparing gifts for Shen Jin.

Shen Jin entered Beijing this time. In fact, it is marriage. The little girl has such a big event in her life. Although due to the constraints of conditions, the Shen family did not operate. But as a friend, Lian Man'er still put some effort into preparing makeup for Shen Jin.

The Shen family is rich and expensive, and what gold, silver and jewelry are sent over, it is not enough. If you want to give it naturally, it is best to put your own mind into it, it is unique, and you can't buy it with money. Since he knew that Shen Jin was going to enter Beijing, Lian Man'er began to think about it. Later, Gorou came back from the south. Bring back Hepu duck. As she was planning to make the duck in the hanging oven, she also thought about what she was going to do with it.

Lian Man'er planned to send Shen Jin duck down. Of course, she wouldn't directly pack a bag of duck down and give it to Shen Jin. I want to send it. Naturally, it is to send down products. Lian Man'er discussed with the family, and finally decided to send Shen Jin a duvet.

The duvet is fluffy, soft and warm, and it is definitely a good thing in the boudoir.

And how to make a duvet, Lian Man'er put a lot of effort into it.

The first step is to select the finest eiderdown. Lian Man'er chose the hemispherical feathers on the waist and back of the Hepu duck, as well as the down with short shafts, thin tubes and many feathers on the body and tail. These are the lightest, warmest down on a duck. Once you've chosen your down, the next step is to wash it. In addition to thoroughly cleaning with soaphorn water, Lian Man'er also asked Wang Youheng to help with a special cleaning agent similar to bath beans with fragrance. After several repeated washing, the eiderdown is dried in the sun.

After that, to be carried out. It is also the most critical step in the treatment of duck down, that is, sterilization and disinfection. In this era, there were no ready-made chemical sterilization disinfectants in Lianman'er's previous life, so Lianman'er had to use relatively primitive high-temperature steam to disinfect duck down.

Three times of high-temperature steam sterilization, the last time still added with fragrance. The treated eiderdown has a faint aroma.

The eiderdown is packed into a muslin bag. Perform the final sun-drying or tumble drying. In this way, a batch of eiderdown is processed. In this way, the processed eiderdown can be used as a filling for bedding, clothing, pillows, etc. As long as you make sure to dry it frequently and store it in a dry environment, bedding or clothing made of this duck down can be used for a long time.

Now that you've got the down done, it's time to find the right fabric. In order to find the right fabric, Lian Man'er bought almost all the fine fabrics. In the end, she chose Jiaxing plain soft satin, which has the finest texture and the lightest texture, as the lining to wrap the down.

With the right lining, the choice of quilt surface is much richer, and the Ming Dynasty is rich in silk and silk satin, among which the best ones are all finely textured.

The current emperor's longevity is in mid-October, but Liaodong Mansion is a long way from the capital. Therefore, at the end of September, Shen Jin will set off. Seeing that the day of Shen Jin's entry into Beijing was approaching, even Man'er's gift was finally ready.

During this period, Lian Shouxin went back to Thirty Miles of Yingzi and transported many of the best wines made this year to Fucheng. Some of them were already booked by the Shen family. This year, because they are going to Beijing to celebrate their birthday, the wine ordered by the Shen family has increased by 30% to the share of previous years. In addition to the supply to the Shen family, the rest of the wine was sold in the shop just under the Lian Man'er family.

In addition to wine, Lian Shouxin also brought a large number of other local products, including lotus seeds, lotus roots, and water chestnut rice produced in the lotus pond.

On this day, the family handed over the post early and went to Shen's mansion.

Lian Shouxin escorted several cars of wine into the Shen Mansion, and was checked by Steward Zhong, and then asked to help. Mr. Lu was also invited to discuss matters with Shen Liu's staff. Gorou, Lian Man'er, and Xiaoqi were taken to the Phoenix Tower again.

It was still the room on the second floor, and this time, Shen Liu, Shen Jin, and Shen Qian were all there.

This time when he entered Beijing, in addition to Shen Liu, in addition to escorting Shen Jin, he also had to bring Shen Qian. This is also human nature, in the Shen Mansion, the three brothers and sisters are the closest. Now that Shen Jin is going to enter the palace, of course the two brothers will be escorted.

After entering the house, after seeing the ceremony, Lian Man'er asked people to send the gift she had prepared for Shen Jin. What she gave Shen Jin was not just a duvet, but two complete sets of covers.

One set is a big red dragon and phoenix auspicious gold color satin, and the other set is a water red gold color satin with a swastika pattern, both of which include quilts, mattresses and pillows.

“…… Fifth sister, this is filled with the eiderdown I told you. You, are you light and soft. It can be used and is warmer than the thick cotton one. Lian Man'er smiled and said to Shen Jin, "I heard that the capital is warmer than ours, but the warmth is limited." The fifth sister went, so she must take care of her health. ”

Regarding duck down, Lian Man'er has not mentioned it much in front of Shen Jin these days.

Shen Jin asked people to bring things to her, and after being careful, she reached out and touched them again, and nodded with a smile.

"It's light and soft enough." Shen Jin said with a smile. In this era, clothes made of feathers were relatively rare, and they were all feathers on the outside, like the one sent by Lian Man'er, but there was no feather filling inside.

Moreover, what to send is secondary, and the important thing is this heart.

Lian Man'er saw that Shen Jin liked it, so she was naturally happy, and she asked someone to bring a tray up, and on the tray, there were eighteen purses with various brocade patterns.

“…… I embroidered these few, fifth sister, don't laugh at me. This is my sister's embroidery...... This is my mother's embroidery...... This is my Sister Caiyun...... "In addition to the two sets of covers, Lian Man'er also embroidered these purses for Shen Jin's family. Lian Man'er pointed to those purses and told Shen Jin one by one who embroidered them.

In addition to her, Zhang's, Lian Zhi'er, Zhang Caiyun, Lian Ye'er and Wu Jiayu, there are also two purses embroidered by Li's family. Except for the Li family, these people were all seen by Shen Jin when he was in Nianyuan. Lian Man'er was afraid that she would forget, so she said and explained.

"I remember it all." Shen Jin said with a smile.

"If you have a thick needle and a big thread, you will be rewarded with the fifth sister in the future." Lian Man'er said. Among those purses, Li's, Zhang's and Lian Zhi'er embroidered the most exquisite, but fortunately, she didn't fall to the end, only dangling up and down with Wu Jiayu, and Zhang Caiyun and Lian Ye'er were about to line up behind her.

For this reason, Lian Man'er is not without joy in private.

Shen Qian saw that Lian Man'er had given Shen Jin these things, especially the hand-embroidered purse, so he pulled Xiao Qi up from his seat and came over.

“…… Eiderdown quilt, Xiao Qi also told me. Shen Qian said as he glanced at Lian Man'er with his slender eyes. The look in his eyes was clearly accusing, accusing Lian Man'er of favoritism, and such a fresh and good thing was not given to him. Then, Shen Qian went to those purses again, and reached out to pick up one and put it carefully in front of his eyes.

"Man'er, you embroidered this? Very good. Shen Qian said this, and the purse in his hand was a little unbearable.

Shen Liu sat on the top and didn't speak, but his eyes turned around.

In front of everyone's eyes, even if Shen Qian wanted to hide a purse privately, he didn't have the guts. And even Man'er added makeup to Shen Jin, and he was embarrassed to ask for it. Seeing that Shen Liu was staring at him tightly, he hurriedly returned to his seat with Xiao Qi and sat down.

"Seeing that the weather is cold, it's just that time is tight, and there is not so much eiderdown." Lian Man'er smiled again, "In addition to the fifth sister, I also prepared two eiderdown quilts, one for the sixth master and one for the little ninth brother." ”

As Lian Man'er spoke, she beckoned Xiaoxi and Xiaoqing in. Two girls, one holding an eiderdown quilt in her hand.

The quilt given to Shen Liu was made of stone blue silk moire treasure flower face, and the quilt given to Shen Qian was made of royal blue folded branch osmanthus makeup satin.

Because the best white duck down is used, the quantity is relatively small. Except for one that Lian Man'er made from his family, the other finished products were given to the Shen family brothers and sisters.

Shen Qian saw that Lian Man'er hadn't forgotten his share, and his eyes narrowed with a smile, Shen Liu's face was as usual, but the corners of his mouth were still slightly upturned.

Later, there will be two more, asking for pink.

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