“…… It's going to be the New Year, and the children are happy. Standing side by side with Sister-in-law Lin at the gate, watching a group of children laughing and building snowmen on the street, Master Liu's face was full of smiles.

"Yes, I don't know sorrow, it's just a child's anticipation of the New Year......" The heart moved with the situation, as if returning to childhood, Sister-in-law Lin rarely showed a smile on her face, "I was like this when I was a child, as soon as I entered the wax moon, I looked forward to the New Year every day...... There are red envelopes, sugar cubes to eat, melon seeds, new clothes to wear, hot white bread, Huang Yingying's glutinous rice cakes......"

also remembered the situation of asking for red envelopes during the New Year when he was a child, Master Liu nodded with a smile, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Mu Wanqiu sitting in the carriage of Li Laohan on the street, her face suddenly sank, and she turned her head back to the house.

Just as he was talking about being happy, when he saw Master Liu turning his head and leaving without making a sound, Sister-in-law Lin's smile froze on her face, turned around, and looked at her back fixedly, her brows twisted into a pimple.

"Thank you, uncle......" The carriage stopped at the door of Lin Ji, Mu Wanqiu jumped out of the carriage neatly, and said in a light tone, turning her head, Sister-in-law Lin was standing at the door and looked at her with a cold face, and her voice couldn't help but stagnate, "Lin ...... Sister-in-law......"

......Seeing that Sister-in-law Lin's face was not good, Li Laohan glanced at Mu Wanqiu sympathetically, flicked his whip, and drove away.

“…… Went to the set to play again? Seeing Li Laohan's carriage go away, Sister-in-law Lin looked back at Mu Wanqiu, who was empty-handed, and her tone was like ice, "...... Didn't pick up the baby today? ”

“…… The owner? When she left the market, she deliberately looked around, but she didn't see the owner Lin Hai.

Every time she went to the market to collect spices, she would help the owner collect the incense stall together, Mu Wanqiu said that she went to the market to pick up the owner to help collect the stall.

"He went to Dongshi, it's been almost half an hour...... "Thinking of the rumors that Guanyin appeared in the market today, Lin Ji's 30,000 Guanyin incense was coaxed out for most of the day, and Lin's sister-in-law's voice was a lot lighter, "30,000 incense sticks have been sold out......" tone with a bit of show-off.

“…… Really," Mu Wanqiu's voice was full of surprise and joy, and Mu Wanqiu cocked her thumbs," ...... The proprietor is really powerful" turned back and pointed to the Li Ji Spice Store on the street, "Uncle Li went out before dawn with the lock, and squatted for a whole day, and only bought a small half of the spices......"

What a heartless girl

Seeing Mu Wanqiu's unconcerned face, she chattered to herself, with an undisguised look of joy, as if the Lin family sold Guanyin incense and the money belonged to her, the sister-in-law felt a deep powerlessness in her heart, shook her head and sighed, "...... The year is over, and every family has closed the pot, who still buys spices at this time? Turning around and pointing to the thin layer of snow that had just fallen in the yard, "While Guanyin incense is easy to sell, Master Liu said that he would make two more pots before Xiao Nian sealed the pot, and cleaned the snow, so you can go back to the house to rest early......"

After speaking, Sister-in-law Lin entered the house without looking back.

Looking at the endless snow in the sky like cotton wool, Mu Wanqiu bit her lip tightly, took a deep breath, turned her head and responded brightly towards Sister-in-law Lin's back, "Hey......"

……

"Ah Qiu......" was bowing his head to sweep the snow, Qiaohong next door was covered tightly, hugged a small pony stool and ran to call Mu Wanqiu, "It's almost dark, this snow has been falling, you might as well sweep it again tomorrow"

“…… Now sweep it again, and it's better to sweep some. Straightening up, Mu Wanqiu snorted her frozen five fingers, "...... Is your family done with the work? ”

“…… Our owner sealed the pot yesterday" Qiao Hong stepped forward and pulled Mu Wanqiu, "Don't do it, such a big snow, it will be in vain if it is swept away, today there is a shadow puppet singer in the Tianxiang Theater in East City, playing Widow Li's crying grave, but it looks good, the standing ticket is only a dollar, let's go see it together......" said, she dragged Mu Wanqiu and walked out, "Let's go, no matter how late it is, I'm afraid I won't even have a place to stand......" didn't move, Qiao Hong turned her head suspiciously, "......?" ”

Not to mention that she has no money, even if she does, how can she have the time to watch shadow puppetry?

"You go, the owner will say that there will be incense ......" Mu Wanqiu let go of Qiaohong and smiled.

“…… Still fragrant? Qiao Hong's eyes widened, "...... The New Year is coming soon, and your master is still not stopping? "Pointing out," ...... Almost all the incense shops on this street have been sealed, and the swallows next door have taken leave, and Ming'er will leave to go back to the countryside for the New Year......" sighed, "It's a pity, our owner has a large population, and there are several young masters under the gate this year, and there are a lot of miscellaneous things after sealing the pot, and the owner won't let me go back to the countryside for the New Year......" looked up at Mu Wanqiu, "...... Can you go home for the New Year without skipping words.

Go home?

She doesn't have a home

Mu Wanqiu's expression darkened, "Our owner is too, the two young masters will be after the New Year, and the aunt and grandmother will return to the door after the New Year, and there will be more chores, and the owner will not let them go, saying that they will give a day off after the fifteenth year." Yu Guang caught a glimpse of a figure on the window of the main house looking this way, so he pushed Qiao Hong and walked out, "...... Go, I haven't eaten yet, can you go? No less words"

"Then ......" Seeing that Mu Wanqiu insisted on not going, Qiao Hong hesitated for a moment, "I'm going to look for Yanzi......" and smiled again, "...... It doesn't matter if you don't go to see it, and I'll tell you the same tomorrow. ”

"Well, you can tell me tomorrow afternoon......" Mu Wanqiu nodded, "Go quickly." ”

also saw someone in the house looking this way, Qiao Hong muttered in a low voice, "This whole street is just counting your master's sourness, and no one is allowed to ......" pressed against Mu Wanqiu's ear, "...... You're so capable, you like any owner, so let's just change it next year. ”

Glancing nervously at the main house, Mu Wanqiu pushed Qiaohong out while wincing her eyes.

……

After a day of running, Mu Wanqiu felt that her legs were sore and sore as soon as she returned to the house, and she sat on the kang for a while, and then put on her shoes and went down to the ground.

Came to the table, picked up the spices given by Li Laohan during the day and hesitated, there is still one day, the day after tomorrow will be the third pole, is she reviewing and smelling spices?

Or practice cutting?

The three-pole perfumer only tests the preparation and smelling of the fragrance, and the cut is not the focus, but if she wants to apply for a short-term job at Li Kee Spice Shop, she must practice cutting.

Although she is familiar with Wei's knife technique, after all, she has not practiced with real knives and guns, only theory, no practice, it is difficult to say that she will not be embarrassed, she has encountered a wall again and again, she doesn't want to fight an unprepared battle again.

However, the opportunity to take the three-pole perfumer exam the day after tomorrow is equally important to her

During this time, she has memorized three or four hundred kinds of aromas, and she is familiar with them, and the three poles only ask for fifty kinds of smells, if she is lucky, she may be over, with the Wei family's secret book, Mu Wanqiu has never given up her dream.

Pick up a book of spices and put it down, put it down and pick it up again, hesitated for a long time, Mu Wanqiu gritted her teeth for the last time, no matter what, let's practice cutting first.

It is difficult to pass the three-pole perfumer exam, and it is not bad to study for one or two nights, and if you can't take the exam this year, there will be next year, but you can go to Li Ji to work part-time, and there are not many opportunities for her to smell and debate with free spices, but this opportunity is fleeting

Putting away the spice encyclopedia and the spice samples on the table, Mu Wanqiu turned around and came to the outhouse, cleaned up a long table by the window, wiped it clean as a cutting board, went out to feel the dark and brought in a bundle of corn stalks for feeding cattle as experiments, found a knife and practiced seriously......

With Zhong Erniu in the set to meet the Guanyin Niangniang lit rumors, this year's Guanyin incense is particularly easy to sell, early in the morning of the twenty days of the lunar month, Lin Ji just opened the door, came to order an endless stream, Master Liu was in a particularly good mood, did not use Lin Sister-in-law to say more, actually took the initiative to ask for a pot, made two pots in a row, out of more than 10,000 wet incense.

It is cold in winter, and the wet incense freezes as soon as it goes out, so Lin Ji specially prepared a large room as an incense room, with fire cages on all four walls and brackets on the ground.

More than 10,000 incense sticks, a room full of them, Mu Wanqiu wore a single shirt, took a small wooden strip, sifted and inspected it one by one, and flattened the incense strips that were twisted into twisted flowers in the drying process one by one with wooden strips, and after finishing the last Luo, she was already sweating profusely, standing at the door and letting out a long breath, holding the doorknob and hesitating.

After a while, I went back and sifted again.

These are the last two pots of incense at the end of the year, once there are too many defective products, and there are not enough to sell in the first month, Sister-in-law Lin will definitely not let her have a good year

After cleaning the incense pot, with the unused hot water, Master Liu removed all the curtains and curtains in her house, washed a large basin, wrung out the water and came to the door of the incense room, put the big wooden basin on the bench beside him, leaned down, and secretly listened to the movement in the incense room with his ears against the door.

Hearing the sound of shredded footsteps approaching the door, she quickly straightened up, picked up the basin on the bench, leaned forward, and made a gesture to go out.

"Master An......" squeaked, the door was pushed open from the inside, and Mu Wanqiu, who was sweating profusely, looked up and saw Master Liu carrying a basin of clothes and walking out, so he hurriedly screamed and dodged aside.

“…… Is the incense all sorted out? Master Liu straightened up.

"Hmm......" There was a cool breeze in the corridor, Mu Wanqiu shivered, she hurriedly reached out and picked up the padded jacket hanging on the chair, "...... Afraid of defective products, I sorted it out twice. As if he hadn't seen Master Liu's green face, Mu Wanqiu said seriously.

"This is the last pot of incense, it's always good to be careful...... Master Liu nodded, and handed the wooden basin to Mu Wanqiu, who was getting dressed, "Go, cool these ......"

"Hey......" Mu Wanqiu responded, lowered her head and continued to dress.

"Hurry up," Master Liu's voice was an octave higher.

"That's fine......" Mu Wanqiu took the wooden basin and put it on the bench, and hurriedly buttoned it.

"Don't rub it off, dry it as soon as the sun is good, lest you can't dry it at night......" Seeing her put the wooden basin on the bench, Master Liu's face couldn't be darker.

After only tying three buttons, Mu Wanqiu hurriedly took the wooden basin and ran out.

As soon as she pushed open the door of the house, a cold wind hit her chest and sneezed violently, Mu Wanqiu shivered, and when she looked back to see that Master Liu didn't come out, she put down the wooden basin and quickly fastened the button.

Sticking to the door, watching Mu Wanqiu's movements through the crack in the door, Master Liu smiled coldly.

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