Chapter 13: The Gentiles
"Girl, the second girl also went back." Iris enters the houseway.
"Hmm." Shen Mixiang said lightly: "Second sister, did she say that she came to Mingyuefang today? ”
"The second girl meant that she felt bored staying in the house, and she thought about going to Mingyuefang. Just now, when you and Duan Gongzi were talking in the house, the third girl went around and didn't do anything else. ”
"Let her go, as long as she doesn't get me into trouble. Let's go, let's go home. With that, Shen Mixiang got up and walked out, followed by Iris.
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Duan Feibai bought spices, Shen Mixiang first went home and discussed it carefully with Old Man Shen, and after both grandparents and grandchildren felt that there was nothing wrong, Shen Mixiang finally told Shen Wang about the matter.
After listening to this, Shen Wang didn't react much to this matter, but just told her to hurry up and make incense.
Shen Mixiang originally thought that Shen Wang would personally discuss the price of goods with Duan Feibai, but Shen Wang entrusted this matter to her to handle it herself.
It was rare for Shen Wang to let go and let himself deal with a big business, although Shen Mixiang was surprised, she didn't break it. Maybe it was Old Man Shen's words that played a role last time, or maybe Shen Wang didn't look down on Duan Feibai's goods.
A few days later, Shen Mixiang finally made the new spice.
Because one of the most critical herbs in the spice is from Nanqiang, she named this spice Qiang grass fragrance.
Iris looked at the shiny incense powder in the delicate vial, curiously picked it up and put it in her nose and sniffed it gently. Suddenly, a fresh and elegant fragrance came to the surface.
"Girl, this smell is good."
Shen Mixiang was flipping through a thick ancient book, and said with a smile: "In the spices this time, I have added several new grass fragrances, and the grass fragrance is quiet and tranquil. I made a total of three bottles of incense powder, you will take one bottle later, and bring the single formula on the table and hand it over to the Zhuang lady who is outside for fragrance. ”
Iris looked at the three bottles of incense powder in her hand, and handed over one bottle to Aunt Zhuang in order to produce a large amount; One bottle is put away according to the rules and kept, then the last bottle is......
"Girl, is this extra bottle for anyone?"
"Well, let's go to Chenxiangzhai in a while, I have already asked Shi Hu to send a message to Duan Feibai first, and this bottle of incense powder is a sample for Duan Feibai."
"Then this spice, girl, do you still try to sell it in our Chenxiangzhai first?" Iris asked casually,
"Yes, as always."
Speaking of making incense, in fact, Shen Wang can also make incense himself, but in recent years, he has been busy with business and rarely makes it himself. Several spices of the Shen family's signature have developed to the present day and now have their own set of production processes, so relying on the craftsmen in the old workshop of the Shen family, a large number of spice production can be completed.
Since Shen Mixiang learned to make incense, she insisted on researching new spices every three months. The newly developed batch of spices was first sold by Chenxiangzhai, and half of the spices sold in Chenxiangzhai were the spices she had exclusively developed over the years.
This time is no exception.
There are still two streets from Mingyuefang to Chenxiangzhai, and you will pass by a Furong Xuan that specializes in pastries and desserts on the way.
Seeing that her girl walked to the door of Furong Xuan and didn't leave, Iris immediately smiled: "The girl is hungry again, want to eat?" ”
Shen Mixiang is not a good sweet snack, but she just likes the pastries in Furong Xuan.
"Yes, I thought I would buy some and eat them with Xunxiang." The fragrance in Shen Mixiang's mouth refers to the daughter of her second uncle Shen Yu, Shen Xunxiang, who is the same age as her and is only two months older.
Since Shen Sixiang got married, the only person who can go to the house to talk to Shen Mixiang on weekdays is Shen Xunxiang from the second uncle's family, except for Yuan Fangjing, the eldest lady of the Yuan family.
"Iris understands, Iris will go in and buy two boxes for the girl, and you will stand here and wait for me for a while."
After Iris entered the store, when Shen Xunxiang was bored, his eyes casually scanned the street. The afternoon sun is a bit dazzling, and the streets are still full of pedestrians, and small traders and vendors have to stare at the scorching sun and shout along the streets in order to make a living.
Suddenly, she paused her gaze and saw a five-person team of vendors leading their horses into the teahouse opposite. The five people in that team, judging from their appearance and clothing, did not look like Shun Dynasty people, let alone natives of Sheng'an City.
"Shi Hu, do you know the group of people who just entered the teahouse?"
When Shi Hu heard this, he looked at the teahouse opposite with fierce eyes like a tiger, and said, "Girl, you don't often go out and walk around on weekdays, so you don't know if you haven't seen these people." Those were all Gentiles who entered the Shun Dynasty from the four borders of the south, east, west, and northwest, and then entered the city of Sheng'an. They usually go to the city in late winter and early spring to do business, and they will stay in the city until early autumn before leaving and returning to their home country. ”
Gentile?