Before returning home, Xu Yin first visited Xujia Village and selected an open space to build a workshop.
“Girl, what exactly is the fragrance you are talking about?” The village chief looked puzzled.
“In layman’s terms, it’s aroma.”
"Fragrance? Can this thing be produced in a workshop?" The village chief felt even more confused, and it was as if he had not asked anything.
Xu Yin gave it a try: "I will instruct everyone on how to do it when the time comes. You will definitely understand after reading it."
The village chief nodded, understanding that this fragrant thing has a secret recipe just like wine and sauce.
If everyone knew how to do it, would there be any need to open a workshop? No one bought it even after it opened.
“Then I’ll find someone to build the workshop first,” said the village chief.
Xu Yin nodded and asked Xu Kui to find Liulicang to customize a set of aromatherapy refining tools.
The glazed products of this dynasty were very mature.
It is said that the earliest Liulichang was opened by missionaries from overseas.
Nowadays, not only are there glass shops in the capital, where dignitaries can customize glass ornaments, but they are also found in prefectural cities with relatively developed commerce.
There is one here in Luo City.
Xu Yin spent 2,000 energy points and exchanged an equipment drawing of the distillation tool with the system. After transcribing it with charcoal, Xu Yin asked Xu Kui to take it to Liulicang to have it customized.
She plans to use the oldest distillation method to extract plant essential oils, and then use the essential oils to make perfume.
I spent another 2,000 energy points to prepare a set of 200 aromatherapy essential oil and perfume combination formulas.
According to the recipe description, flowers react differently when exposed to water, and the distillation methods used are also different.
Simply customized three distillation tools, which are used for water distillation, water distillation, and water vapor distillation.
Fragrance raw materials that are easy to stick to each other, such as roses and sandalwood powder, are more suitable for extraction by water distillation;
Fragrance raw materials that are easily hydrolyzed, such as lavender and jasmine, are more suitable for water distillation or steam distillation.
It’s just that the price of colored glaze is very expensive. After three sets, the asking price is not low. The key is that the transparency is not high.
Xu Yin is wondering whether she should donate the glass recipe like she did in the peasant girl era?
However, after careful consideration, I decided to take it slow.
In the original text, the emperor of the current dynasty appointed Sun Zhiqian as his consort through an imperial edict after he won three yuan in a row, and insisted on marrying the princess to him, without asking whether he had a marriage in his hometown or a person he liked. It can be seen that he was a willful person.
Since then, it was Sun Zhiqian, the consort, who engaged in a high-profile battle of wits and courage with the courtiers, while the emperor hid behind to reap the power and enjoy the fruits. I really encountered a thorn in the side, and Sun Zhiqian was pushed out to take the blame. Fortunately, Sun Zhiqian has the aura of a male protagonist and can turn danger into good fortune every time. But it can be seen from this that the emperor has no responsibility.
A headstrong and irresponsible person does not look like a wise king. Xu Yin decisively took the glass formula back to the system warehouse.
Anyway, it’s not that glassware cannot be distilled and refined, so just be more expensive. The Xu family is not short of money.
After arranging these two things, Xu Yin set off back to Luocheng.
The luck was enough. Just when I arrived at the door of the house, I didn't get out of the carriage, but I just picked up the curtain and looked at the eyes. I didn't want to hit her grandmother.
When grandma saw it was her, her eyes lit up and she cried with joy: "Yin Yin! My aunt has been waiting for you!"
Xu Yin: “…”
Suddenly I want to go back to Chashan to observe filial piety.
“Yin Yin, you don’t know, my aunt has been here several times, but she doesn’t even open the door to the things in your house that I can’t even see. The last time I came here, my aunt even went to look for inns at night..."
Xu Yin: Although she didn’t know why the concierge didn’t open the door, she wanted to say—well done!
“Another time, when I came here with your cousin, the servants in your house actually left us outside and dismissed us with a few casual words.”
Xu Yin: I turned around and praised the gatekeepers.
"No." Xu Yin said lazily, "They didn't open the door because of my order." "..." Sun's mother choked, "Why?"
“I’m not in the house, so it’s rude to open the door and there’s no host to greet guests.”
Grandma Sun cursed in her mind: Is it polite to leave people outside the door?
With a smile on his face, he stepped forward, took away the work of Zi Yuan and Hong Qian, and diligently helped Xu Yin get off the carriage:
"According to me, you don't have any elders in the house now, and you are still a little girl. It's really hard to come forward with many things. How about my aunt being aggrieved and coming to live with you? If anything happens in the house from now on, just leave it to my aunt. Take care of it, just keep your peace of mind and observe your filial piety."
This is a new method she figured out on the way here.
Since my niece doesn’t want to go to Fengcheng, let her come to Luocheng instead.
A house as big as Xu Mansion has a lot of good things.
I heard that in a wealthy family, even a teacup for drinking water costs a few taels of silver.
There are also dining bowls, all of which are porcelain bowls as white as jade.
It’s nothing like her house, which is made of earthenware and vulgar pottery bowls.
Looking for an opportunity to hide one or two and sell them, wouldn't her son be able to pay for the exam?
Xu Yin glanced at her grandma with a smile but not a smile: "Yin Yin accepts my aunt's feelings. But unlike Yin Yin, my aunt is alone. She also has an uncle and a cousin to take care of, so I don't want to wrong my aunt."
"No grievance! No grievance!" Grandmother expressed her position hurriedly, "How can it be a grievance to come to accompany my niece?"
“But I’m only going back to my hometown to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival. After that, I have to go back to the cemetery to pay my respects. Or do you think my aunt would like to go to the cemetery with me?”
"No, no, no..." How could grandma be willing to go to the Xu family cemetery? "I mean, I will stay at the house to handle those trivial matters for Yinyin."
"Don't bother aunt, there is a housekeeper! When my parents were still alive, the housekeeper took care of things that were inconvenient for us to do."
Sun’s mother: “…” After talking for a long time, she said she was lonely.
Xu Yin did not turn away her grandma from the door in front of a group of melon-eating people on the street. She asked the housekeeper to arrange a guest house to receive her grandma.
Grandma Sun felt happy: It would be great if she could enter the Xu Mansion.
But she soon regretted it.
It is said to be a guest house. Apart from a bed for resting and tables and chairs for eating, there is nothing else.
Isn’t it said that precious porcelain ornaments can be found everywhere in the homes of wealthy families? Why does the Xu family have nothing?
“Come here! I’m thirsty!”
The maid brought in a pot of tea.
The teapot and teacups are the same as those in her home, they are all made of pottery.
Where is the exquisite white porcelain cup?
“Come on! I’m hungry!”
The maid brought dinner.
The dishes were served. Three dishes and one soup were all vegetarian. Don't ask, because if you ask, the girl has observed her filial piety and has been a vegetarian for three years.
Looking at the bowls for serving meals, they are also made of pottery like the teacups.
Where is the porcelain bowl as white as jade?
grandmother: “…”
What on earth is she here for?
Suddenly I couldn't sit still and went out to find my niece. I planned to get straight to the point and ask my niece to borrow some silver.
Only when I went out did I find that the door to the guest courtyard was locked and I couldn't get out.
…”