Carrying a few bags of pottery powder back to the courtyard, Gu Bei inspected it and asked Xiao Ran to pack up his things, planning to test it the day after tomorrow.

Seeing that there was no excitement in the house, the maids dispersed one after another, especially the ladies and maids who hurriedly ran in one direction, running fast like dogs chasing rabbits.

The twilight of dusk is like a large gray net, quietly sprinkled down, enveloping the entire White House.

In a small courtyard at the east end of the second entrance of the Bai family's mansion, Huang Zhong, who was dressed in blue clothes, was sitting on a rocking chair under the big tree in the courtyard to enjoy the shade, holding a pu fan in his left hand and fanning it from time to time, and taking a sip of the tea bowl in his right hand from time to time.

As the rocking chair swayed back and forth, Huang Zhong sighed: "The rocking chair made by my uncle is really easy to use." ”

There was a quick knock outside the door, Huang Zhong was stunned and looked at the door, who came at this time? I saw a maid appear at the door.

"Hello, Uncle Zhong!" The maid bowed at the door.

"Oh, it's Xiao Cui! Come in and talk, find out what's the matter! Huang Zhong saw that it was Xiao Cui, and his furrowed brows stretched out, revealing a kind smile.

This maid, his distant relative, has a poor family, and she was introduced to Baifu at the beginning, and she is diligent and conscientious.

"No, no, the slave maid came here to ......" Xiao Cui blushed and waved her hand, facing her distant relative, she was a little unfavorable to speak.

"Xiao Cui, but what is difficult to say? To put it bluntly, you don't have to be polite to Uncle Zhong! The smile on Huang Zhong's face became more and more kind.

"No, it's not a big deal, it's just that I'm sick, and I want to take a leave of absence and go out of the house to see the doctor......" Xiaocui blushed and said embarrassedly.

As a good baby, it was the first time she had lied.

"That's it? Go ahead! Huang Zhong looked at the sky and asked with concern, "Do you want to find someone to accompany you out of the house?" ”

"No, no! Thank you, Uncle Zhong. Xiao Cui thanked him, and after getting the permission, he ran straight out of the house. Although she felt guilty about Zhongbo, she also fought for the ceramic powder of her beauty.

"This kid ......" Huang Zhong sat back in the rocking chair, ready to pick up the tea bowl and take a sip, when someone came to the door again, he thought it was Xiaocui who went and returned.

Looking at the door, I saw a middle-aged woman dressed in fancy clothes walking in with her waist twisted her waist, and smiled before she could say anything: "Oh, loyal housekeeper, you are enjoying the cool!" The slave family is polite. Saying that, she blessed Huang Zhong, and lost her wink.

On the middle-aged woman's smiling face, the thick fat powder fell down, Huang Zhong was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "It turned out to be Aunt Sun!" What's up? Let's get straight ahead! Your smile makes the old slave shiver......"

"Nasty!" Aunt Sun still wanted to laugh with him, but suddenly remembered what was going on, and hurriedly said: "Loyal housekeeper, the slave family is not feeling well, and if you want to go out of the house, you can also make it convenient." ”

"Okay, okay, got it." Huang Zhong waved his hand, just wanting Aunt Sun to leave as soon as possible, and only after saying a few words, the fat powder falling down his face did not stop.

Aunt Sun trembled with joy when she heard this, and the fat powder fell again, and she didn't forget to throw a wink before leaving.

After the others left, Huang Zhong picked up the tea bowl and wanted to take a sip, but when he looked down, he saw that there was a layer of white powder floating on the yellow soup in the tea bowl, so he had to put it down.

At this time, another maid walked in and wanted to take leave of the house because she was 'not feeling well'.

As soon as the maid left on her front foot, another 'unwell' maid came in and wanted to leave the house.

After sending the maid away, Huang Zhong muttered to himself, why are so many people uncomfortable, and all of them are women.

After sending away several batches of 'uncomfortable' maids one after another, Huang Zhong picked up the tea bowl and wanted to take a sip, but after remembering the white powder in the tea bowl, he put it down again.

Huang Zhong, who is the housekeeper of Baifu, the more he thinks about it, the more he can't sit still, so many people are taking leave today, and they are all unwell, is it because the things in the kitchen are not clean? Thinking of this, Huang Zhong Huoran stood up.

No, you have to go to the kitchen to see, so many people are uncomfortable, they must have eaten something unclean in the kitchen, this is about to be dinner time, if the master of Baifu eats and is sick, then he will be to blame. Especially the eldest lady is pregnant now, and eating these unclean things will affect the fetus in the womb, and he can't afford to bear this responsibility.

Huang Zhong hurried to the direction of the kitchen, he grew up in the Guogong Mansion since he was a child, the old man was kind to him like a mountain, trusting him, the eldest lady never treated him as a person, commensurate with his uncle, respectful, the eldest lady also grew up with him, he had no children under his knees, he had long regarded the eldest lady as his own daughter, and he must not let them have an accident.

Huang Zhong just walked into the kitchen, but a team of maids were walking towards the door with dishes in their hands.

"Wait, this dish can't be sent over first, let someone check it."

Several maids saw that it was the housekeeper who was blocking the way, so they hurriedly bowed, glanced at each other, and the leading maid said with a difficult face: "Steward Huang, grandpa and lady are still waiting for dinner......

"I know, let someone check it, and I'll go to Grandpa and Mrs. Qin later...... Please. "Huang Zhong has been serving his old man for so many years, how can he not know their meal time, but so many people in the house are 'unwell' and take leave, so he has to be cautious.

"Yes!"

When the maids saw that the butler had said this, they had to put the trays on the table one by one.

Huang Zhong asked several maids to test it repeatedly, and then let the maids try the dishes, and finally went into battle to test the dishes as a guinea pig, and after not finding any problems, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

I think I've thought too much!

Huang Zhong led a few maids to the grandfather's courtyard first, leaving a few cooks with relaxed expressions.

When the housekeeper said that he wanted to inspect the dishes just now, they really thought that someone had poisoned them, but fortunately, they were all fine, and they all made up their minds that they couldn't be lazy in the future, and they had to do it themselves.

If they can, they can't wait for the "one-stop" service, send it in person after frying, and watch the nobles eat it with wide eyes, so that it can be safe, otherwise there will always be Diao people who want to harm the 'cook'.

Do you think that the noble man eats something, and if something happens, the cook is always unlucky, and the noble man is kind-hearted, and the cook can still keep his life to redress grievances, but the nobleman is not good-hearted? The cook lost his life and rehabilitated his grievances, but he still cares about a grievance when his life is gone? Of course, in this era, cooks have no status, and killing a cook is the same as killing a dog.

Let's say, those maids who were 'unwell' and took leave, as soon as they left the house, they went straight to a ceramic shop closest to Baifu.

Tao Ji porcelain shop is located on Yunxi Street, a few streets away from Baifu. At this time, it was getting dark, and the shopkeeper was sowing beads under the oil lamp to calculate today's accounts, and the shopkeepers were cleaning the shop and preparing to close the door.

"Wait......"

When Xiaocui rushed to the nearest Taoji porcelain shop, she saw that the guy was about to close the door, so she hurriedly ran forward to stop the guy.

"This girl, the shop is closed, you need to order porcelain, please come back tomorrow!" The man saw that a maid from a large family blocked the door, and said with a smile.

"Little brother, I'm sorry for you, it's just a little delay." For the first time, Xiao Cui pretended to be pitiful and pleaded.

"Alright! Come in, girl! ”

It may be the beauty of the maid, it may be the "little brother" of the maid, or it may be the pity of the maid that moved him, the shopkeeper let go of the door and let Xiaocui in.

"I don't know what kind of porcelain do you want to order, girl? How much? When to do it? Do I need to ship it? Where to send it? ”

Before Xiaocui could speak, she was confused by a series of questions thrown by the shopkeeper like setting off firecrackers.

She just wanted to come and buy a piece of ordinary porcelain!

Seeing that Xiaocui didn't speak, the guy thought that maybe his question scared her, so he asked, "Girl, what do you want to buy?" ”

"Is there such a thing? I buy this. ”

Xiao Cui was a little embarrassed to take out a small piece of ceramics that she had stolen before.

"Yes, the girl is so lucky, this store happens to be in stock, how much do you want?" The guy took a look and recognized at a glance that it was just ordinary ceramic.

"I, I want a piece of ......," Cui whispered.

"Okay. Do I need to send ......? What the? To ask for a piece...... Okay, I'll go get it. ”

"Thank you, little brother!" Xiao Cui blushed and thanked him.

After a while, Xiao Cui paid the silver money, and walked to the door with the porcelain, and ran into a person coldly.

Impulsive!

"Oops..."

"That thing that doesn't have long eyes dares to hit ...... Hey, isn't this Tsuime? ”

Xiaocui looked up, wasn't it Aunt Sun who hit her? Aunt Sun's fat face is one of the rare 'scenery' in the city.

"Auntie, why are you here too?"

"Xiaocui, wait for the eldest lady, soon." Aunt Sun looked at the ceramics in Xiaocui's hand, pulled Xiaocui's sleeve and said fiercely: "Man, get me a ceramic, just like this girl!"

"Dude, get me one by the way!" At this moment, another voice came from the door.

Xiao Cui and Aunt Sun looked back, weren't they the maids in the house, and the maid smiled at the two.

"Dude, I want a ...... too"

"Wait for me, little brother get me a ......"

"I'm going to ...... too"

At this time, people kept coming in at the door, indicating that they wanted the same kind of ceramics, and they hurriedly agreed and ran to the warehouse to get it.

In the shop, more than a dozen maids in Baifu looked at it, and they all showed a tacit smile, and everyone was talking about it.

"I don't know if my uncle's new fat powder tube doesn't work......"

"Don't question your uncle if you suspect anyone, the Tianxiang dew that my uncle made out is now popular all over the city......"

"Yes! Didn't you see the mysterious smile on your uncle's face as he left? ”

"I dare say this thing is definitely the latest fat powder...... Uncle spoils the eldest lady so much, I guess it's pleasing the eldest lady again to get this thing......"

"Anyway, go back and grind the ceramics into powder first, just try it, my uncle has crushed a sack......"

"That's it, it's ......"

At the counter, the pottery shopkeeper who was fiddling with abacus beads listened to their discussions.

Celestial fragrance? Uncle? Miss?

Who else could there be? Connection, isn't this the uncle of the Bai family who invented Tianxianglu?

It turned out that they were maids from Baifu, and they bought ceramics because they were a new type of fat powder after being ground into powder...... This is going to be sent! The shopkeeper Tao has been in business for many years, and he suddenly smelled a business opportunity from it.

However, he still had to finalize it, so he arched his hand to the maid in the shop, cleared his throat and asked, "Ahem...... May I ask if the girls are the maids of the Guogong Bai family? ”

The maids who were discussing how to go back and apply it, when they heard this, one of the maids asked suspiciously, "That's right, we are the maids of Baifu...... What is the matter with the shopkeeper? ”

"May I ask the girls, is the ceramic the latest type of fat powder after being ground into powder?"

"How do you ......"

Aunt Sun's eyes were full of vigilance, and she hurriedly pulled the maid who was not deeply involved in the world, and said vigilantly: "Why tell you." "Ahem"

At this time, the shopkeeper Tao had already deduced that this was true, arched his hand at Aunt Sun, and said, "This lady ......"

"Who's your aunt?" Aunt Sun interrupted him violently, her eyes full of unkindness.

Your whole family is a big mother!

The eldest lady shook and the fat was shattered to the ground.

"Ahem, big sister......"

"Your whole family is the eldest sister."

“......”

The shopkeeper twitched, wanting to cry, just a title, how can you scold people? So he changed his words: "Ahem, little sister ......"

"Tell me, what's the matter with the shopkeeper!" Hearing the forty or fifty-year-old shopkeeper call her little sister, Aunt Sun suddenly smiled.

It's another piece of ground fat powder......

"Little sister, what the old man means is that you don't charge a penny for the ceramics you buy!" The shopkeeper Tao squeezed out a smile and said.

"Really? Nothing strings attached? ”

After hearing this, Aunt Sun was not happy for the first time, but vigilant.

Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief!

This old thing won't take a fancy to the beauty of the old lady, right?

Seeing Aunt Sun tighten her collar and make a defensive posture, the corner of the shopkeeper Tao's mouth twitched again, "Really, there are no conditions attached." ”

Aunt Sun looked around at the eagerness in the eyes of the maids around her, smiled, and said happily: "Then the little sister is grateful to the eldest brother." ”

This changed from the shopkeeper to the eldest brother, and the shopkeeper waved his hand again and again.

More than a dozen maids also thanked them.

Just move your mouth, you save the silver to buy ceramics, although it is only a dozen yuan, but you can save a little is a little.

After a short time, the maids of the White Mansion each took ceramics and left in groups with smiles and smiles.

The shopkeeper Tao summoned a guy and whispered.

Early the next morning, when the Tao Ji porcelain shop was open, a sign was set up in a conspicuous place at the door, which read: Baifu Aunt Xintian Xianglu, porcelain fat powder, the quantity is limited, and you want to buy it as soon as possible!

Tao shopkeeper is very business-minded, Aunt Bai and Tianxianglu are live advertisements, after Tao shopkeeper turned over the dark box operation, Tao Ji porcelain shop turned out to be popular all over the city, even the rich and noble people in Dongcheng buy ceramics also come to Tao Ji porcelain shop, because they want to touch Aunt Bai and the nobility of the Zhenguo Mansion. Of course, that's another story.

After Aunt Sun led an army of more than a dozen maids back to the White Mansion, she went straight to the kitchen courtyard.

Aunt Sun is usually very popular in the house, and she pulled two 'strong men' from the kitchen from time to time.

With the addition of Zhuang Ding, the ceramics were quickly ground into powder, and the maids were carefully wrapped in paper, and before they dispersed, they agreed to test it when they went back.

Aunt Sun returned to her room, several aunts in the same room had already slept, after Lady Sun washed the fat powder on her face, she sat in front of the bronze mirror, pondering how to use this 'new type of fat powder', she opened the paper bag, stretched out her finger on the gray and white porcelain powder, and then smeared evenly on her face.

Looking at the beautiful face in the mirror, Aunt Sun blinked.

It seems like...... The effect is really good!

Aunt Sun looked at her teenage self in the mirror, and the more she looked at it, the more satisfied she became. Then he scolded secretly, the fat powder bought in the fat powder store is not as effective as the ceramic powder of the dozen yuan, and the fat powder store must be a fake......

If the owner of the fat powder shop heard what Aunt Sun said, he would definitely cry out for injustice:

As for what is wronged? It seems like... He couldn't tell......

You must know that every time Aunt Sun goes out of the house, she smears a thick layer of rouge on her face, and suddenly washes it off and smears it with a light layer of gray and white porcelain powder, which will definitely feel different. After all, I am used to the face of heavy makeup, and I will be a little uncomfortable at first without makeup, and I feel that the change is so great.

There is also a kind of self-deception, Gu Bei invented the popular Tianxiang Dew in the city, and the maids first deceived themselves, thinking that the mysterious uncle was inventing a new type of fat powder, and in addition to Gu Bei's blind belief, they thought that the "fat powder" invented by Gu Bei would definitely not be bad. Then the maids follow the trend, the three of them become tigers, and after more than a dozen maids follow the trend, it will only make their hearts more determined.

Aunt Sun became more and more satisfied with her "porcelain powder" makeup, and after washing her face, she looked around, wrapped the porcelain powder and carefully hid it under the pillow, and fell into a sweet dream.

The next morning, there was a very strange scene in Baifu, a large group of "white-faced zombies", uh, zombies are not so beautiful, they are white-faced maids, greeting each other, is this the characteristic of Baifu?

"Xiaoyun, have you seen Aunt Sun? With a touch of porcelain powder, Aunt Sun's whole person instantly became more than ten years younger......" said a white-faced maid with a smile.

Xiaoyun looked up and down, confused! I found myself unrecognized.

"How's my makeup?" The white-faced maid then asked.

Xiaoyun leaned closer, took a closer look, and muttered in his heart, besides white or white, who is this? It's so familiar to hear the sound! But why can't you see who it is? Seeing the white-faced maid staring at her, Xiao Yunyan couldn't help but say, "Good-looking, old and beautiful, I almost forgot, I still have something, let's go first......" After speaking, he hurriedly ran away.

Along the way, Xiaoyun has been grinding who the white-faced maid is, and from time to time a few white-faced maids come up to her and greet her familiarly, Xiaoyun subconsciously nodded in response, and found that they didn't know her.

"Could it be that these are the new maids in the house?

Why do they all know me and take the initiative to say hello to me?

It's weird! Do I have face blindness syndrome? ”

Walking in the garden in despair, Xiaoyun covered his face with his hands and thought wildly.

(PS: Come on...... Well? I forgot what to ask for, in short, all kinds of ......)