Chapter Seventy-Four: Defending the Incense (I)
This is not a good reputation, let alone something she came up with, and she can't help it if her mouth grows on others.
Without words, Mu Wanqiu lowered her head and kneaded her dough vigorously.
Thinking of it, Sannier suddenly sat up straight and serious, "Auntie is right, Ah Qiu, you really have to be careful......"
"Don't listen to the wind or rain, be shocked" Mu Wanqiu glanced at her.
ββ¦β¦ I mean really" Sannier's voice was an octave higher, "Don't take it seriously" looked at the lock lady, "Auntie just said this, I remembered, Yao Ji's Master Li and Master Liu's family are neighbors, that's what she said, Master Liu waited at home for nearly a month, and Sister-in-law Lin didn't carry a sedan chair to invite her, she couldn't sit still, so she ran away secretly, and she was already topped by you, so she found Sister-in-law Lin......"
ββ¦β¦ Looking for Sister-in-law Lin? Mu Wanqiu raised her head, "I don't?" "She hasn't heard anything from Sister-in-law Lin either.
"I secretly invited the family to go, and I set a table with wine and meat, and I want to beg ......" Sannier opened the curtain and asked Mu Wanqiu to put the kneaded noodles in, leaving only a small piece of long strips of cut noodles, "was rejected by Sister-in-law Lin, because she was filial piety, Sister-in-law Lin resigned from her if she was not good, saying that she would wait for her mother to burn Wuqi, and then officially hand over the book to the Incense Guild......"
"So that's ......" Mu Wanqiu nodded, "...... No wonder Sister-in-law Lin is in such a good mood. β
"I heard that Master Liu went to apply for a job, although she is a three-pole perfumer, but her bitter temperament is also famous, people shook their heads when they saw her...... "Sannier reunited Mu Wanqiu's cut noodles one by one with her hands, and pressed them on the noodles one by one, "I finally found a household Guanyin incense on West Street, the faΓ§ade is smaller than Lin Ji, the owner is greedy for her craftsmanship, and she agreed, but there is only one or two halves of silver per month......"
"If she loses more than three taels of silver a month, she is willing to go?" The lock lady muttered, "This person is just not satisfied...... I can't blame anyone, it's all her tossing. β
"No, ......" Sannier shook her head, "I didn't hear that she didn't agree, she said that she would burn Wuqi for her mother first, and then talk about ......it later" Glancing at her mouth, "It's hard to find a spring job, I can't help her if I don't go" and said, "I heard that her man knows the master in the yamen, and he has been walking diligently in the past two days, Sister Zhang also saw them drinking in Deyue Building yesterday......" Seeing that Mu Wanqiu didn't seem to hear, "Ah Qiu, you can be more careful these days......"
ββ¦β¦ God, what is he looking for the master of the yamen? The lock lady bluffed her face and changed color, "Ah Qiu, or ...... Let's just leave it at that...... You talk to Sister-in-law Lin and let her continue to do it, and Li Ji also slaps you on the left and right to welcome you...... "In the eyes of Suozi Niang, the masters in the yamen are all great officials, and they are not ordinary people who can afford to provoke."
Thinking of the identity of the daughter of the criminal official, Mu Wanqiu's hand holding the knife trembled, almost cutting her fingers, she put down the knife, kneaded the remaining small piece of noodles into a ball, lifted the curtain and threw it into the basin, and said casually, "...... This kind of thing happens every day in Shuoyang, and he hasn't broken the law, are you afraid? β
"Make the 10,000-year-old ship ......," the lock lady muttered with experience.
"Auntie is right, it's always good to be careful." Sannier echoed, seeing Mu Wanqiu's face extremely white under the sun, and grinning again, "It's all me thinking blindly, maybe she begged the master to go to the yamen to find an errand, by the way, ......" As if remembering, she looked at Mu Wanqiu mysteriously, "Tell me...... Did you steal Master Liu's craftsmanship? Seeing that the lock lady opened her ears and looked, she said, "Say it quickly, don't hide it"
Master Liu has been working in Lin Ji for more than ten years, the handyman is like a thief, the handyman has changed countless times, but he has not achieved anything, but Mu Wanqiu, in less than a year, he has changed from Bai Ding, who doesn't even know spices, to a master.
Didn't you steal the secret recipe?
At least that's what everyone out there guesses
Her face changed, and she treated her so sincerely, Sannier and Suozi Niang, Mu Wanqiu didn't want to lie, but she was an orphan girl, powerless, powerless, and didn't even have a pass, and she dared to leak the big secret that she harbored the secret of the Wei family's secret art?
After two lives, she still understands the truth of her sin.
ββ¦β¦ Haven't you heard of skipping words. Taking a breath secretly, Mu Wanqiu's voice sounded as relaxed and cheerful as possible, "The first-class people don't need to be taught, the second-class people use their eyes to teach, and the third-class people use their hands to teach...... I'm a first-class person."
"Bah......" Sannier took a sip of her, "It's so smelly and beautiful......" and said, "Come on, you didn't even know spices before, so you learned Master Liu's craft?" He shook his head again, "Even Yao Ji's master is curious, and he ran to ask me......" looked at Mu Wanqiu seriously, "You also, in the fragrance industry, you can't do it without a master." β
ββ¦β¦ Of course, I also learned from the masters. Mu Wanqiu laughed.
"Really?" Sannier believed it, "...... Who? β
ββ¦β¦ Books" Seeing Sannier's eyes widen in astonishment, Mu Wanqiu sighed, "When I looked around, Shuoyang's spice shops and incense shops were almost all over, and no one refused to accept me, I didn't even know spices, how could a master be willing to take me as a stupid apprentice?" "Grabbing the rolling pin," ...... I was rejected by Li Ji again that day, I was disheartened, walking aimlessly on the street, and as soon as I raised my eyes, I saw Zhang Dafa's bookstore......"
Half-truths and half-truths, Mu Wanqiu told the experience of buying books at that time, not saying that she bought Wei's spice encyclopedia, but only said lightly that she bought a book about spices and learned to smell spices, "...... That day, after Master Liu prepared the ingredients and left, I closed the door and smelled the bucket by bucket......"
Although the tone was flat, between the lines, the lock lady could also feel the bleakness of Mu Wanqiu's experience, sighed, lowered her head and wiped the curtain used for dumplings.
"It's amazing," Sannier sighed...... "It's also thanks to your cleverness, even if ordinary people can smell the ingredients, they can't handle the dosage." He looked at Mu Wanqiu with sparkling eyes, "...... You're arguing here, too? β
All kinds of fragrant noodles are mixed together, how can you tell the dosage ratio?
Fortunately, Wei is a generation of grandmasters after all, and the dosage of various spices in the secret recipe she designed is the most reasonable, and it cannot be said that the same kind of incense can be used to improve the formula of others, or feasible.
Smell carefully, her yellow fragrance is still different from Master Liu's in taste.
ββ¦β¦ Anyway, I just learned from the book. I didn't want to lie to Sannier, and I couldn't tell the truth, Mu Wanqiu replied vaguely.
"Yes, I also heard that there are secret recipes for perfume concoction in the bookstore, it's good that you can study......" Sannier muttered enviously, shook her head and sighed, "It's a pity, I can't read, hey, ......" The noodles in her hand were all pressed, and Sannier looked up and saw Mu Wanqiu holding a rolling pin and pestle there, so she asked, "...... You don't roll dough? β
After coming back to her senses, Mu Wanqiu didn't know when she took the rolling pin in her hand.
"I ......" compared the noodles for a long time, Mu Wanqiu laughed embarrassedly, "I won't roll ......"
ββ¦β¦ Won't you either? Sannier also laughed, "I won't either, I'll wrap ......"
"I'll ...... it" put the wiped curtain on the kang, and the lock lady took the rolling pin, "I roll it fast, I can supply three or four people to wrap it......"
Looking at the neat row of ingot-like dumplings wrapped by Sannier on the curtain, Mu Wanqiu didn't dare to move with the dumpling skin.
After living for two lifetimes, she has never made dumplings, and the duty of these women from good families has always been beyond her reach.
ββ¦β¦ You don't pack? After wrapping for a while, Sannier looked up, "You won't even be able to wrap dumplings, will you......"
"I'm ......," Mu Wanqiu blushed rarely, "...... I won't. β
"God, your family never eats dumplings, do you ......" Thinking of her lonely life experience, Sannier's voice stopped abruptly.
There are poor families who can't eat dumplings in their lifetime.
ββ¦β¦ Who doesn't know how to make dumplings? The lock pushed the door open and ran in, "I'll ...... I would"
ββ¦β¦ You're joining in the fun again? The lock lady glared at him, "Go, go to the Westinghouse Wenshu." β
I heard that because Mu Wanqiu was literate, she changed from a handyman of one hundred and fifty per month to a perfumer of three and a half taels of silver per month in a few months, and the lock lady decided in her heart:
There is always some future in reading.
"I finished studying, and I wrote every word thirty times...... "The lock has been put on the kang, "...... Sister Aqiu doesn't know how to make dumplings? Reach for the dumpling wrapper, "I'll teach you ......"
"Go down and wash your hands, go ......," the lock lady slapped his hand away.
"I'm all cleaned......" he said, holding out his two small hands for everyone to see.
"Okay...... Mu Wanqiu smiled, "...... Today, I'm going to learn how to make dumplings from the lock. β
"Oh...... Oh...... I'm a master, I'm a master......" The lock cried out happily.
Sannier covered her mouth and smiled.
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At dusk in July, the red clouds roll in the sky, and the breeze on the ground is gentle, which is indescribably pleasant.
"What a beautiful ......"
"Yes, it seems that in a few days, the mountains are full of flowers......"
Like the stars holding the moon, a group of women chattered and laughed around Yao Jin.
"Well, rhododendrons, rape flowers...... There are also lavender ......" With his eyes closed, Yao Jin counted the various flowers and plants around him in the same way.
"No lavender......" corrected a chubby woman in pink, her eyes constantly searching.
"Where ......" Seeing a patch of green lavender on the opposite slope, another girl in pink with shaved shoulders and thin waist screamed, and looked at the fat girl again, "You still don't believe it when you say you're stupid, let your eyes and nose be used at the same time, and you can't catch up with just sniffing with your nose"
was reprimanded in public, the fat girl's face turned red, she pursed her lips and was stunned for a long time, and she caught a glimpse of Yao Jin's focused look, and suddenly laughed again, "...... Who is it? The tone was full of admiration, "She is a famous prodigy in our Shuoyang, she will smell incense at the age of three, and she will pass the three-pole perfumer at the age of seven, there is no second one in the whole week, Li has already agreed, and after next month's incense fight, she will bring the development of the great cause, which is what the slave can compare" and turned to the pink girl with thin shoulders and waist, "...... Do you dare to say that you are stronger? Close your eyes and try it and see how many flowers you can smell......"
Brush, brush, brush, everyone's eyes fell on the pink-clothed girl with shaved shoulders and thin waist.
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