Shopkeeper Wang took Lu Mengqi into the backyard, Lu Mengqi didn't know that this shop still had a backyard.

The backyard is not big, but it is full of tools for making spices and bath beans, "Wow! Shopkeeper Wang, you can, the tools here are so complete. ”

"It's all left by the ancestors, and there is a good craft to make a living, but it's about to close now, I hope Boss Lu will be merciful and save Wang Ji Xiangpu." The king's shopkeeper knelt down again as he spoke.

"Don't kneel!" Lu Mengqi hurriedly pulled the shopkeeper Wang up. "I'm not saving you, and I may not be able to save you, don't... Don't believe me so much. ”

Lu Mengqi didn't have anything in his heart, how could he promise others. Whether it can make money or not is really unknown. "So do you have any, comparatively, special spices? It's different from other people, if we're all like everyone else, it's definitely not going to work. Today's solution is not a long-term solution, and it is still necessary to start from the spice itself. ”

"In fact, each house has its own unique spices, but most of them are blended in different proportions and have different aromas. However, the production process of our spices is different. Shopkeeper Wang said, pulling Lu Mengqi to a room in the backyard. Shopkeeper Lu, you see, the agarwood here is different from other houses, it needs to be crushed and cooked over slow fire for a day, and after it is dried in the shade, it can become a good piece of agarwood. ”

"So what's the difference between this method and ordinary ones?"

"It smells better and lasts longer, and it's good to wear." Shopkeeper Wang patiently explained. "But the incense of other homes is mostly ground directly with agarwood, and fused with other spices to make a cake."

Lu Mengqi picked up a piece of the box and sniffed it. "The taste is really good, unlike other shops, where the smell is on the surface."

"But after the merchants of the Western Regions came, the local shops gradually became less good, everyone couldn't make money, the incense in the Western Regions was cheap, the taste was novel, and the ladies scrambled to buy it." Shopkeeper Wang sighed as he spoke.

"In that case, let's go buy some too!" Lu Mengqi said, put down the fragrant cake in his hand, and pulled Li Rourou to the Western Regions incense shop. "Huh! Boss Lu! Boss Lu! ”

Lu Mengqi turned her head and smiled at the shopkeeper Wang, "Don't worry!" Be right back! ”

Lu Mengqi dragged Li Rourou and the two of them wandered around the Western Regions incense shop for a while, and picked a few distinctive and unique ones to bring back.

"Shopkeeper Wang, look at it, there is no difference between it and ours except for the fragrance." Li Rourou handed the fragrant cake he bought back to the shopkeeper Wang.

Shopkeeper Wang took it in his hand and looked at it, sniffed it and pinched it, "It is not fragile, the grinding is very fine, I heard that it is the same as bath beans, it can be applied to the face and hands, the fragrance will last longer, and there is no need to wear a sachet to go out." ”

"Don't need to wear a sachet to go out? Meat, then why is our clothes fragrant? "Lu Mengqi is a little strange, she usually doesn't bring sachets.

"Miss, our family uses bath beans to wash clothes, and after drying, they are smoked with spices, so the fragrance is long-lasting, but the consumption is large. Gu Fu just... There is no more lavendering process. Li Rourou was close to Lu Mengqi, covered his mouth with his hand and whispered, "I heard that the Gu Mansion is relatively poor. ”

"So, don't smoke clothes because spices are expensive? But you don't have to buy smoked clothes to make cakes, do you? "Lu Mengqi is a little strange, in fact, there are not a few low-priced spices, just smoked clothes, and those who buy cakes have to be broken again.

"Miss, spices are not expensive, people are expensive, where do poor families have so much time to smoke clothes, there are few people in the Gu Mansion, and naturally no one is dedicated to doing this." Li Rourou looked at his eldest lady, and the four words of few people in the Gu Mansion revealed disdain in his tone.

"Well... So is this reason why everyone is more inclined to Western Regions incense now? You don't need to wear a sachet to go out to make sure that the fragrance stays on your body. Lu Mengqi took a piece of fragrant cake and crushed it, put it in his hand and tried it.

Western incense, not like the local incense, the fragrance is more fragrant, the local incense is somewhat elegant, mostly floral, so it needs to be smoked before it can be kept longer, although it is okay to wear a sachet, but the taste is not as good as smoked.

"Actually, it's easy to say, it's easy to do, it's not easy to do, it's not easy to do." Lu Mengqi was a little embarrassed, not just because the problem was not easy to solve, but because she was not too sure about the solution to the problem.

"Shopkeeper Wang, I may have to borrow your place."

When the shopkeeper heard this, his heart blossomed. "Thank you Boss Lu, Boss Lu can use it at will." After that, he turned around and left.

"Huh! It's not for today, it's not early today, let's go back first, you clean up here, I'll come back tomorrow. After Lu Mengqi finished speaking, he took Li Rourou back to Gu Mansion.

Today's closing is early, on the one hand, it is time for childcare, and on the other hand, no matter what, don't give too much, so that everyone will have the desire to come again.

Lu Mengqi went back to Gu's mansion, it was almost dark, just in time for dinner, and at the dinner table, he chatted with Prime Minister Gu and the fourth lady about today's situation, and the second lady was red-eyed when she heard it. "Kiki, is this spice you talking about so profitable?"

"Not necessarily, there are a lot of local incense shops that have closed their doors, and there are also a lot of people who have lost money. The shopkeeper was about to lose money and leave, but it just happened that I went. Lu Mengqi said that the situation did not forget to praise herself.

"I still have some money saved there, why don't you take it?" Earn me a little bit? The second lady's eyes lit up as she spoke. Our family finally has a person who can make money, and we no longer have to live with copper plates. ”

"Second lady, don't be like this, I haven't earned it yet, what if I lose it." Lu Mengqi was a little embarrassed.

"Kiki, you're very talented." Gu Yuanqing also praised him, and also sandwiched a big duck leg to Lu Mengqi, Lu Mengqi was happy with a bite, and she was also happy in her heart.

After dinner, Gu Yuanqing did not leave with Lu Mengqi, saying that he wanted to discuss some things with Prime Minister Gu Cheng.

Lu Mengqi had not been able to share what she was thinking with Gu Yuanqing, she was a little depressed, so she could only go to the bedroom by herself to have fun, and in the bedroom, she found a pen and paper and began to draw.

After the painting was finished, Gu Ruihan also came.

"Yuan Qing, you can be counted as back, come and see, I painted this." Lu Mengqi showed the drawings to Gu Ruihan, which was something that he couldn't understand, after all, Lu Mengqi's painting skills really didn't dare to compliment.

"Kiki, what are you drawing?" Gu Ruihan held the painting, and he couldn't tell what it was when he looked left and right.

"Why do you praise me for dinner, but you don't understand me at night." Lu Mengqi was not very happy, she was already a little depressed, and she was even more unhappy when she was questioned by Gu Ruihan. "Forget it, I won't tell you. Sleep your sleep and go. ”

Lu Mengqi took the draft, sketched and painted all night, and when Gu Ruihan woke up, it was not yet dawn, and he only saw Lu Mengqi who was asleep on the table.

Gently picked up Lu Mengqi and put her on the bed, took off her shoes and covered the quilt, planning to find Gu Yuanqing and ask Gu Yuanqing to come over to take care of her.