Chapter 15: Incense Making

"Qing'er! Where have you gone? Come back for dinner. Seeing Mu Qingqing approaching, she hurriedly went to take the bamboo pole in her hand, "Look at your hands, they are all red, go back and rest for a while, I have been warming you with food." Zhou Liuyun looked at the worn hand and stroked it distressedly, "Money is not important, what matters is your body." With her, Zhou Liuyun only felt that in her life, she could just guard her well, and she didn't want to pay attention to the rest, and she wanted anything more, she was content with such a daughter.

"Mother, it's okay, it doesn't hurt," she smiled at Zhou Liuyun, "I accidentally fell asleep in the woods, that's why I came back so late." Mu Qingqing patted the ash on her body: "Mother, what's going on with your face?" A bloodshot was noted.

"Ah, it's nothing, I accidentally scratched it when I went up the mountain, I'm so old, and I'm not afraid of leaving a scar, but you, Qing'er, in the future, I should pay attention to it when I go up and down the mountain." Zhou Liuyun held a bamboo pole in one hand and touched her face with the other, she was only in her thirties, and it was a bit far-fetched to say that she was not worried about her appearance, but it was just a matter of taking her up the mountain to cry.

"You should also pay attention, these March and May, those thorns are the most prickly." She said to Zhou Liuyun, "It's so fragrant, mother, your craftsmanship is awesome!" "Looking at the food on this small wooden table, although it is some ordinary food, it is much better than last night's unknown food.

The tiredness of the day was swept away immediately after a full meal, while the sun had not yet set, Mu Qingqing quickly made incense, she looked for a circle of Zhou Liuyun, in the house, I don't know what she was doing, it was estimated that she was sleeping, she didn't think much about it, but cut the bamboo into the shape of a section, a total of four sections, she put them aside one by one, took off the wild vegetables that dried last night, and dried them for a day, and also had the effect she wanted, she ground the wild vegetables into powder with stones and put them in a bamboo tube, the fragrance of wild vegetables is more fragrant than flowers, It is another flavor, and these clear powders will be added to the fragrant powder in the future, which is rich and beautiful.

"Fabulous." Mu Qingqing laughed, it was a new recipe again, and in the future, her "Qingjuan Xiangzhuang" was just around the corner.

She even had her name in mind, she planned to open a fragrant village, make good use of the flowers and fragrant trees here, and the profit would definitely be very rich!

I couldn't help but think of a bright future, and the speed of her hands became more and more energetic, at this time, she stopped the movement in her hand, went to scoop some water with another bamboo, grabbed a few petals into it, and soaked.

Then she continued the work in her hands, she grinded a little decoration, and it didn't take long for a bucket to be slowly loaded, and there were a few left, dark green wrinkles, she found a piece of broken steps, wrapped this tube, and put it on her side, and she picked up the tube full of flowers, went into the stove and took a wooden pestle, and pounded it carefully, and after mashing, she added a few more pieces, and from time to time used bamboo strips to stir a few times, this time, she made rouge.

The sky gradually darkened, Zhou Liuyun was still quietly in the house, Mu Qingqing glanced into the house, maybe she was tired and hadn't woken up yet, she thought like this, "But it's time to cook." She stopped what she was doing and entered the house, the fire was still hot, there was a little water in the pot, warm, she burned a few firewoods, looked at the rest of the meal at noon, not particularly much, but it was enough to eat tonight, after the water boiled, she poured the rice down and warmed it, planning to cook two bowls of chowder to eat, and at this time Zhou Liuyun in the house was making new clothes for her in the house, she bit her teeth, the thread was broken again, and a new dress changed out of Zhou Liuyun's hand, thinking that back then, when she was not married, she was a famous tailor in the village, looking at this new dress, The wrinkles at the corners of Zhou Liuyun's eyes didn't feel that he smiled deeper.

"Qing'er, come in and have a look." She walked out of the house, her eyes were a little painful as the sky gradually turned gray, and after a few blinks, Zhou Liuyun, who was standing at the door, didn't see her, and said suspiciously, "What about people?" ”

"This kid." She muttered, "Qing'er! She went out into the yard and shouted, looking for someone.

"Here." Mu Qingqing came out of the stove room and squinted.

"So you're here!" She took two steps and three steps to pull her into the room, "Look, my mother made you a new dress!" She lifted her clothes and compared them in front of Mu Qingqing.

"Mother, this is what you did? It's so pretty! Mu Qingqing was pleasantly surprised.

"That's not it, mother's hand, but it's notoriously clever!" Zhou Liuyun smiled, but there was no trace of pride.

"Mother, you're so nice." Mu Qingqing, who received the new clothes, couldn't help but warm her eyes, hugged her, and fell in love with this beauty.

"Okay, okay, this is the clothes my mother made for you, my girl is so beautiful, she naturally has to wear the best clothes." Gently patted Mu Qingqing's back, "Huh? What does this smell like? Zhou Liuyun asked.

Mu Qingqing, who was still immersed in beauty, also immediately turned around, "My rice!" "Immediately run to the stove room.

"Slow down!" Zhou Liuyun laughed as he cleaned up the broken steps on the table.

Night comes.

After Zhang Guihua and Wang finished dinner, Wang went out for a while to walk the dog, while Zhang Guihua went up the mountain to see the situation.

Halfway through, she met Li Ping and greeted her usually: "Brother Li Ping, where are you going?"

"I'll go to Chen Sanwu to drink, osmanthus, have you eaten it?" Li Ping asked with concern.

Zhang Guihua's face flushed, "Eat and eat, Brother Li Ping, you better go early and come back early, I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." At night, Li Ping looked at her big flickering eyes and was embarrassed.

"Okay, Sister Osmanthus, go back early after you finish your errands."

Zhang Guihua lowered her head and said "um", and trotted around him.

It took a long time for the residual heat on her cheeks to dissipate.

On the mountain, Mu Qingqing is continuing to pound the rouge, it is not easy to finish the rouge of this basket, in the room, Zhou Liuyun is making a few sachets with broken steps, and wants to use this flower cloth in the future, it can also be sold at a good price, her carefully folded new clothes are placed on the tassel shop, the oil lamp reflects the shadow of her doing needlework, the needle is not in a hurry to thread, the thread in her hand is as thick as the hair on her forehead, but under the light, her hair is faintly glowing with white light.

Zhang Guihua gasped, crossed her waist and rested for almost a cup of tea, "I'm tired enough today, phew!" That tortures her everywhere. Involuntarily said, startling the bird next to her, she jumped away, and immediately looked at Mu Qingqing who was sitting on the stone in the distance, fortunately, she didn't find it, she walked forward a little and squatted in the deep grass in front, and the dark clothes blended with the night.