In fact, Wen Gu has no story to tell. This can be the harrowing experience of a left-behind child whose parents were both raised by his grandfather who died and were raised.

Grandpa is not a local. He did not settle here until the 80s of the 20th century. He can't cultivate the land, but he has good hands. In addition to selling it himself, he also offers the Phoenix Mountain Ziyang Temple.

However, the commercial development of Taoist temples is getting better and better, and handmade incense can no longer meet the demand, so it turns to incense factories. The kind of straight, long and strong incense can be sold for 900 yuan per column.

Wen Gu learned this craft at a very young age, and he really liked it. He has good habits. He studied hard, wisely and diligently, and was accepted to a university in the provincial capital, but after two years of study, his grandfather suddenly became seriously ill.

Without thinking much about it, he dropped out of school and went home to take good care of him. However, unfortunately, my savings ran out and I owed some foreign debt. Grandpa died, leaving only this small courtyard and a room full of incense.

The only good thing is that he didn't encounter any arguments, and he inherited the inheritance smoothly.

Given Wen Gu's situation, this is actually very embarrassing. College students who do not complete their studies are inferior to college students and even technical school students. White City is a small place and there isn't much work to do. Even if he looked a bit like something, he couldn't go there.

After much deliberation, Ya turned his heart to himself and became a mountain peddler. There is a place to protect, the cost is low, there is only pain.

I am not afraid of suffering, but I have endured it. I go up the mountain during the day and do odd jobs at night. It's been more than a year. Not only did he pay off his debts, but he also saved some money.

"Knock!"

The wall clock on the wall is like a machine without oil. It is reluctant to walk with a needle. Wen Gu turned off the computer, went to the kitchen to get a basin of water, and began to wash his hands.

His fingers were slender and his nail clippers were neat, and without soap, he rubbed slowly in the water, as if to wash every inch of his skin.

After that, he pushed open the door to the room.

Together, the lights seem to illuminate another world, neat, compact, and with a different sense of mystery. On three sides are huge wooden shelves with bottles and jars, each labeled and there are hundreds of them. Two large boxes are stacked in the corner. In the middle is a square table full of strange tools.

This is Wen Gu's studio, and a second person will never be allowed in.

Xiaozhai ordered the apricot fragrance. He had to get there as soon as possible. The so-called "awakening incense" refers to a medicinal fragrance that can clear the mind and calm the mind and concentrate the mind.

It is better not to disturb or be disturbed by others when burning incense at night. Incense is said to have ten virtues, such as feeling ghosts and spirits, purifying the body and mind, being friends silently, resting in the dust, and being able to wash away dirt.

Silence is essential.

Wen Gu took a turn in front of the wooden shelf, removed a few bottles, and then sat down at the table. In this sitting, the whole person's temperament has changed, calm, focused, and a little fluctuating.

Oh, the waves are still, the wind is calm, and the waves move forward in canoes.

According to the internet, incense means burning money because aloe vera and sandalwood are used in almost every type of incense. These two items are too expensive to be real.

However, he inherited his grandfather's sweet recipe, which seems to have come from a very unique faction, and he improved it. These remedies are rarely made of sunkenwood and sandalwood, and most of them are made from common materials. For example, Awakening incense is made from calamus, atractylodes, peppermint, nightshade, cardamom, borneol, and a round-leaved grass from Phoenix Mountain.

In addition to the complex preparation of incense powder in the early stage, the preparation of incense powder can be roughly divided into five steps: mud mixing, molding, molding, shade drying and cellaring. Those jars were filled with pre-prepared incense powder and viscous powder, so he mixed the mud directly.

To put it simply, it is a mixture of viscous powder and aromatic powder and kneaded into a uniform ball, like dough. The viscous powder is mainly made from elm bark. It has no odor and is sticky, but you can't put it any more.

Like many incense sticks in temples, the ashes of burning incense are constantly meandering, and this is because of too much sticky powder. It's bad incense.

Gu Shi first took a porcelain bowl, put in the prepared powder, added a little water, and stirred a little. It is not until the water is clean that the flour turns into dough. He repeatedly folds the dough from the sides to the middle with a spoon, stirring the dough well and increasing the density.

It's simple here. Here are the key steps in formation.

If it is to make incense threads, people nowadays, for the sake of laziness, put more incense mud into the needle tube, and then squeeze it out one by one. This incense is actually inferior because the extruded strip of incense is not dense inside and the smoke is relatively large.

A good way to do this is to rub it by hand, prepare the spices, and knead them into strings, which are the two most important ways to make incense.

"Shouting ......"

Gucci sat under the lamp and took a deep breath. The whole person became more and more calm. He took out a small piece of incense and placed it on a wooden board. He began to rub his fingers against it non-stop.

Do not rub it to the side, the direction and thickness of the incense can be adjusted vertically.

He watched intently, his whole heart on that finger, not looking, but feeling. Feel that little piece of incense slowly stretching, thinning, stretching... It's like using your own mind to take control.

The feeling is very subtle. Anyone who has practiced Tai Chi knows the power of listening, and rubbing incense is similar. Let the skin of your fingers "listen" to the power and reaction of the incense ball.

There is a proverb that says: Rubbing incense is to adjust one's heart.

It's still a static word.

As time passed, as night fell, Gu Yun finally got up and took a long breath. After half a day's hard work, 15 toothpicks about 10 centimeters long were made, thick and thin.

He cut the incense neatly, put them on flat paper, and covered them with a few sheets of white paper so that they would dry faster in the shade.

Wait until tomorrow, the incense will be thoroughly dried and sent to a small cellar in the yard for storage. It takes about half a month for the flavors of the various spices to fuse and the smoke to decrease.

This is the first batch, you know, he's going to do 60.

Therefore, the reason why there are not many people who burn incense with their hands is because it takes too much energy to burn incense.

......

That night, Gu Yun made a total of 30 sticks and slept late.

However, the next morning, he got up on time, did not eat, packed his things and pushed the trolley out. Just after leaving the house, the goods were transported home and three anthelmintic sugar pills were taken.

This incense pill is harmless to humans, but snakes, insects, rats, and ants are extremely disgusted and almost avoid it. He goes to the mountains every day, which is a necessity that he carries with him. As for the original one, okay... It has been given to two sisters.

"Xiaoqi, aren't you in good spirits?"

"Well, I didn't sleep well yesterday. Have you eaten it?"

"No, I'll make do in the mountains. ”

"Hey, Lao Wang, you're selling souvenirs today. Where's the kebab?"

"I didn't buy duck meat, so I had to take a few days off. “

In the midst of the chaotic conversation, six or seven upside-down donkeys emerged from different alleys and rode naturally in a line towards Phoenix Mountain.

They are all hawkers with irregular occupations. If you have a part-time job today to make money, don't go up the hill. If you don't have a job tomorrow, then continue to carry that burden. The goods sold are also miscellaneous, ranging from fake lamb skewers to wholesale souvenirs to homegrown cucumbers and tomatoes.

This kind of business is basically contracted by the people of the Phoenix Group. Don't talk about outsiders, that is, people from Dongcheng, Cheng Nan, and Beicheng, and those who want to go up the mountain will be kicked away and thrown out by all walks of life.

Wen Gu followed silently, listening to the various blows of his uncle and uncles, and soon came to the old widower's yard. Everyone turned the donkey upside down and went into the mountains.

There are still queues, one after the other, each with its own stall, and no one can compete. He's still at the end. In front of him was a man in his 40s, surnamed Fang, who was Fang Qing's father.

"Xiaoqi, I've been worried about that girl's performance. Do you think you'll be able to get into high school?"

"I looked at the exam paper and it was sunny. To be honest, the first grade was harder, but the second grade was still promising. ”

"Well, she's got what you're capable of! Look at you. I read that book, but I was the first college student in our village. ”

"Uncle, don't worry. With a month to go before the high school entrance exams, it is entirely possible to launch a surprise attack. Besides, exams are all based on performance......"

The first high school is the first middle school of the provincial key school, and the second high school is one year lower. Wen Gu took on the burden and comforted his poor father along the way.

Regardless of whether Grandpa is still alive or not, the Fang family always takes care of themselves. Fang Qing is also like his sister. However, she really wasn't interested in learning. Even in the second high school, the probability is half the same.

The two talked for a long time before reaching the mountainside. The people in front of them were no longer visible.

"Squeak!"

"Goo!"

As I walked, I heard a loud cry out of nowhere, and I panicked impatiently. The two men stopped and looked left and right. Uncle Fang pointed to the side and said, "Over there!"

Wen Gu looked, but in the dense forest on the right, a big gray squirrel tripped over weeds, and not far away, there was a green snake swimming slowly.