The third-level perfumer is not only required to be able to concoct spices, but also to be able to identify at least fifty kinds of aromas at a time, which is difficult for ordinary people to pass without systematic training, but Shuoyang is different from other places, most of the perfumers here are from perfumer families, and they have ancestral secret recipes in their hands, even if they have no grade, they can also concoct or produce one or two good fragrances and good spices, and therefore, for fear of damaging the enthusiasm of these perfumers, Shuoyang Incense Store will have an unwritten rule, where the perfumers who participate in the third-level examination, As long as you can come up with one or two unique skills and get the unanimous approval of the judges of the incense guild, even if you can't smell the incense, you can also give a name in the incense guild.

Moreover, once he is famous in the incense guild, the value of the perfumer will immediately double, and the salary of those with good skills is often higher than that of the third-level perfumer who has just taken the exam; Lin Kee's Master Liu is an example, before she passed the third level exam, because she could make Guanyin incense, her salary in Lin Kee was quite high.

Therefore, knowing that they can't pass the test, they are willing to spend money to sign up, so that the incense guild can earn a lot of money every year, and many perfumers just want their secret recipes to be listed in the incense guild to increase their value, so that they have the opportunity to be recommended to develop elsewhere.

Mu Wanqiu, who had just set foot in this industry, didn't know this, listening to Sister-in-law Lin's tone was a little abnormal, she subconsciously looked at Master Liu, and felt that the back trembled, her heart moved, she turned her head sharply, and she was facing Sister-in-law Lin's thoughtful gaze, and smiled heartlessly, "...... Thank you, I will study hard. And he said seriously, "...... It's a pity that once this flower is separated from the tree, the smell is gone, how can I keep the fragrance and practice every day? He added, "I heard that you need to be able to smell more than fifty kinds of fragrances in the third level exam, but I still can't smell one......" She looked at Sister-in-law Lin sincerely, "Dongjia, do you have any good ideas?" ”

I've never seen such a stupid person!

Seeing that Mu Wanqiu stupidly took her words seriously, and after listening to this stupid question, Sister-in-law Lin was speechless, and she turned her head and went into her own house.

Hearing the door slammed shut, Mu Wanqiu let out a sigh of relief, she smiled with relief, bent down to pick up the sandalwood that Sister-in-law Lin had just thrown, and turned around and went back to her house.

Leaning against the door to hear that there was no movement in the courtyard, Master Liu quietly pushed open the door and looked at Mu Wanqiu's back, a touch of contempt flashed at the corner of his mouth, faintly with a ruthlessness.

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I don't know whether it is intentional or not, it is clear that there are many empty houses in the Lin family, but Mu Wanqiu was arranged in a low ear room at the end of the backyard, far away from the material room, not to mention peeking and stealing from school, standing in the self-contained courtyard, she couldn't even smell the fragrance of the front yard.

After finishing the work and returning to the house, Mu Wanqiu plugged the door tightly, leaned against the door reflexively, she closed her eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief, the Lin family's work is not tired, but tired, Sister-in-law Lin seems to be kind, but it seems to be provoking her and Master Liu everywhere, she is a handyman who does rough work, it is said that Master Liu's well water does not violate the river water, but Master Liu's yin and yang strange eyes make her heart carry it all the time, for this mouthful of food, she is really not easy, every day can be described as walking on thin ice.

Especially today, I heard that she went to register to take the third-level perfumer exam, Master Liu didn't give her a good face in the afternoon, and after being silent for a while, she shook her head vigorously and stepped into the back room.

Don't think about all these troubled things, she still has a lot to do.

The inner room is not big, near the window is a small kang that can sleep two people, and there is a black and slimy wooden rectangular table and two chairs on the ground, and the table is full of small ceramic jars of different sizes and shapes, some of these jars are bought by her, some are picked up, and each jar is filled with a spice that is regarded as "broken leaves and rotten branches" by Sister-in-law Lin and Master Liu.

Collecting these spice samples like picking up garbage in the mocking white eyes every day, Mu Wanqiu also had no choice, she was shy in her pocket, she wanted to learn incense again, these ceramic jars used to isolate the smell of each spice almost exhausted all of her, and she couldn't afford to buy samples, so she could only use this method to collect.

Rolling up her sleeves, Mu Wanqiu rummaged through the jars one by one, and at the end, she sighed and said to herself, "...... It's all full again, but unfortunately, this month's salary hasn't been paid yet, and there is no money to buy jars. Reaching out and picking up a rough ceramic jar more than half a foot high, he shook it vigorously, "If it's glass, it's easy to pull, crystal clear, and it's clear what spices are contained in it, unlike this ceramic, the spices in it have to be taken out to see it, and it's time-consuming and laborious to ......" and laughed again, "Fortunately, I can write, otherwise it would be difficult to find a spice in front of so many jars." ”

That kind of crystal clear glass is still a luxury in Da Zhou, the price is quite expensive, and it is still limited to the popularity of the rich circle, and she will never afford to buy it because of the shyness in her pocket, it is these ceramic jars, she also picks up the cheapest and roughest to buy, but it is to isolate the smell, so that she can smell and remember, and she doesn't need to be so luxurious and good-looking.

Thinking of the previous life, she didn't know how many crystal clear glass bottles had been broken by her hands, Mu Wanqiu shook her head with a wry smile, cleaned the ceramic jar in her hand, washed it with water, came to the outhouse to dry it on the stove, put it under her nose and smelled it, then she came to the table, opened the baggage, carefully mixed the osmanthus bones picked during the day with honey, and sealed them layer by layer in the freshly washed ceramic jar.

Holding the ceramic jar to the door of the outhouse, holding the door Mu Wanqiu stopped again, hesitated for a moment, she returned to the house, took a small shovel and dug a hole in the corner of the north wall, put the ceramic jar down, buried it again, clapped her hands, Mu Wanqiu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's been done in a month, by the way, I have to write down the days......" Put the shovel away, she turned around and went into the house to take pen and ink and write seriously.

Putting down the pen, Mu Wanqiu picked up the sweet pine that he had picked up during the day and debated it with reference to the book for a while, and then looked down to see that there were no empty jars under the table.

After cleaning up, Mu Wanqiu clapped her hands, rested on the chair for a while, remembered something, and got up again and took out half of the Guanyin incense from a small jar, which was made by Lin Ji, she secretly intercepted it when she was working during the day, put it under her nose and smelled it for a long time, Mu Wanqiu shook her head, "...... Sannier said that as long as you inhale gently, you will know the main ingredient of this incense, how can I suck hard and can't smell it? ”

Looking at the dim oil lamp on the table, Mu Wanqiu's heart moved, "By the way, it should be lit and smelled!" ”

She stood up suddenly, carefully brought the oil lamp to the edge of the kang, bent down to point it, and saw that a candle reflected in the south window suddenly went out, and her body stiffened.

Master Liu turned off the lights!

Although the distance is far away, the only small south window in her house is facing the north window of Master Liu, who is very extravagant, and every night he has to light a large candle with a thickness of one inch, which is brilliant and brilliant, which is reflected in her window, which makes her very greedy.

"Her lights are out, it's dark, and you can see that my house is still lit...... Maybe I'll break in in the middle of the night to check what I'm doing. Thinking like this, Mu Wanqiu became more and more sure, "With her sour and suspicious nature, it's hard to say that she can really do such a thing......"

While pondering, Mu Wanqiu moved the oil lamp to the side again, took off her shoes and picked up the only quilt on the kang, and covered the window tightly with her feet, and then nodded with satisfaction.