Chapter 6 Purifying the Spirit

After the first seven, the Marquis of Zhenyuan was buried. According to the Dahua example, the funeral of the prince will be held in March after the funeral. However, it is already summer, and even if there is ice in the cold, the corpse should not be left for a long time. The Mu family asked for a decree, and the funeral ceremony was held on the 7749th day of the cessation of the spirit.

On the day of the funeral, Huaxi stayed in Qixia Garden, but listening to the crying outside, the pomp and circumstance would not be too small.

After the funeral, Mufu continued as usual. Except for the lady who became an old lady, the title of the others did not change.

In addition, there is an incense room in Qixia Garden, which is a benefit that Huaxi got from the Xiao family. Now she spends half of her day in the incense room.

It turned out that the last time Huaxi went to worship before having dinner in Xiao's house, Xiao asked about the incense sachet she gave to Hongliu, and Huaxi took the opportunity to mention that she would make incense, and asked Xiao what kind of flowers she liked, she could make all kinds of incense incense with flowers, and secretly wanted to get some incense-making utensils and raw materials from Xiao.

Xiao Shi didn't answer, but said that he was too old to use the fragrance of those flowers and leaves, and chatted with Huaxi about other incense products.

didn't think about it, as she spoke, Xiao suddenly had a head wind, and Huaxi and Wang's mother waited for her to lie down.

Huaxi was inspired to make some medicinal incense products, which are beneficial for the treatment of head wind, but he was suffering from the lack of materials and utensils. When Xiao Shi heard this, he agreed to let Huaxi make incense in Mufu after the funeral, and asked people to prepare raw materials for her.

The incense made by Huaxi these days is specially prepared for the Xiao family. As for the matter that Xiao had mentioned to correct her name, it seems that it has never been mentioned again.

Huaxi didn't care, but Lilac was a little dissatisfied, "It's been half a month since the funeral ended, has the old lady forgotten about giving you a correct name?" ”

"It's okay to forget. Miss Mujia's name is nice and hot to say. Besides...... "Will Mufu still be the Hou Mansion?" Now the uncle is still the uncle......

Huaxi pursed her lips, didn't stop in her hands, added two spoonfuls of distilled water to the stone medicine mill, sprinkled a handful of broken xiong whiskers, grabbed the handle with both hands and grinded it down, until the xiong whiskers in the medicine mill turned into a medicinal pulp.

"Pour the slurry into the porcelain bowl, wait for the slurry to precipitate and dry and then grind finely, this technique is called water flying. There are also herbs, Qianghuo, lovage, chamomile, and musk, all of which are powdered according to this method and put away for later use. When the white sand honey in the cage jar is steamed and boiled, it is moved to the charcoal fire of the red clay oven, remember to simmer it over a simmer, boil it a few times, and the water vapor will be exhausted. ”

Lilac secretly wrote it down, and asked again, "What kind of incense does the girl want to make this time?" ”

Huaxi cleaned her hands and dried them with a cloth towel.

"Refreshing and damp incense, used to treat head wind. Also, remember not to let outsiders in the incense room. ”

Lilac asked, "Well, the girl is afraid of revealing the recipe?" ”

Huaxi shook his head, "Even if you know the materials, I don't know how much or what the order is." Besides, it's not something that can't be told. I'm afraid of being fed...... This is the cost of your girl's meal, with dim sum. ”

In her previous life, Huaxi was a perfumer of a cosmetics company, and she also studied ancient recipes because of her, otherwise in this ancient world where there were no chemical raw materials and instruments, it would be really difficult for her to make suitable incense products for Xiao's family.

Since Huaxi started making incense for the Xiao family, the food in his yard has improved a lot.

She didn't care that others listened to the wind and thought of a fragrant recipe, and she took the opportunity to please Xiao just to live a more comfortable life. But this Hou Mansion is big, and it is difficult to guarantee that no one will secretly worry about it, and he is an outsider, so he still has to be careful and take precautions.

Lilac nodded abruptly, "Oh, slave and maid." In the past few days, Liu's mother has instilled in her the matter of a wealthy house, and Lilac has also recovered from the surprise and excitement of seeing the luxury of the Hou Mansion at the beginning, and has acted a lot more carefully.

After a busy morning, Huaxi was a little tired, leaned on the rattan chair and reached out to cover her mouth and yawned, and when she put down her hand, she looked at it carefully, and muttered: "This hand is a little rough, and the sensitivity has decreased, so you have to take good care of it......"

Turning his head and instructing Lilac: "When the monthly silver is issued, Lilac, you go to the big kitchen to get some goat milk and cooked lard." ”

Lilac paused in her hand, pushed the mill again, and said, "Mother Liu is familiar, it's better to let her go to the old man's house, you can get more." ”

Huaxi felt that something was wrong when she heard this, and asked unintentionally: "Oh, it seems that Mother Liu and Hongliu have been going to the kitchen these days." By the way, who did you meet when you went to the kitchen to get food a few days ago? ”

"It's the housekeeper Xing's mother and the three cooks, the two miscellaneous mothers-in-law, and the ...... of Wu Yushun's family" Ding Xiang thought about it, and finally said someone Huaxi knew.

"Wu Yushun's family? It's the mother who led you into the house in front of you, right? ”

Lilac nodded obediently, but her face was not very good-looking.

Huaxi suddenly remembered someone and asked, "The surname is Wu?" Isn't it Wu Ming's relative? ”

"It's his wife. There is also a girl in his family who is the eldest girl in the third grandmother's room, and I heard that she is very favored. I don't know how to move the third grandmother, and I want to transfer Wu Ming back to the house or the shop in the city to do things. ”

Lilac stuffed her head and grinded the medicine, so hard that the boss couldn't wait to grind through the stone grinder.

Huaxi only thought that she was in a trance, but she didn't expect it to be for this, and explained: "You are my person, you have been with me for so many years, you are nominally a master and servant, but in fact you are a sister." As soon as I got home, even if I wasn't a serious lady, if they had that in mind, they would have to ask me what I meant first. How can there be a reason to ask for someone from the master himself, if the mother-in-law in the kitchen is idle, don't go to your heart. Now that I have caught up with the new funeral of Lord Hou, I don't believe that there is anyone who is not long-sighted and dares to mention this at this time. ”

"Hmmm! Miss is good to the slave and maid, and the slave and maid will remember it all her life, and she will follow the young lady when she is a cow and a horse in this life. The slave maid didn't dare, she didn't dare to be the sister......"

Lilac's tears fell like beads with broken threads, dripping on the stone mill and splashing down in the black syrup.

Huaxi pretended to be angry and pouted: "Ouch, stinky cloves, you crybaby, be careful of my incense." If the incense made back is salty, bitter, and cloves, I will ask you to marry a clove in the future! ”

"Girl!" Lilac burst into tears and laughed, touching the beads of tears and glancing at Huaxi, "The girl knows how to bully me." ”

Huaxi handed a handkerchief to Lilac to wipe her tears, "Yes, just don't cry." This incense making is a delicate job, just to calm the mind, but also to clear the mind and calm the mind, you don't think about those who don't have. ”

The clove nodded heavily and began to grind the spice carefully.

Qingshen wet incense is not difficult to make, but in order to make the spices more delicate, Huaxi uses water flying, so wait for the precipitation to dry and then grind, and finally mix with refined honey and press it into a fragrant cake with a mold, and it takes some time to do a series of procedures. It took four or five days for the incense to be fully prepared.

Huaxi sealed the fragrant cake and took the red willow to the Lotus Garden to greet the Xiao family.

Mufu is the private garden of the wealthy merchants of the previous dynasty, because Mu Tianhe guarded the frontier, the military achievements were impressive, after returning to Beijing in his later years, the first emperor gave this mansion a reward. The courtyards in the park are self-contained and have their own characteristics.

Huaxi has not been carefully visited, but on the way to Xiao's invitation, you can also take a look at the flowers and flowers, the scenery along the way is beautiful, although you can't see the whole picture, but the scale of the entire Mufu can be seen.

The Shaw family lived in Hexiang Temple. Because there is a lotus pond next to the courtyard, it is named.

As soon as Huaxi entered the inner courtyard, she heard Xiao's voice coming from the hall, vaguely accompanied by the echoes of several young girls.

Huaxi stopped, wondering if she would wait before going in.

Mother Wang came out of the back room with a bamboo curtain, saw Huaxi, and hurriedly greeted her, "Miss Huaxi, the five girls from my uncle's family are here, and several girls from the family are also here." The old lady asks you to go in and meet some of the girls. ”

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