Chapter 501 The cannon fodder cousin of the hero of the imperial examination essay (23)
Because this "number one scholar red" reminds Xu Yin of the male protagonist in the original text, maybe he is preparing for the provincial examination in August, right?
In the book, the expenses for him to go to the provincial capital to take the exam were provided by his original body.
Now that the original ATM machine is gone, I don’t know who “borrowed” it from.
However, no matter who she borrowed it from, it has nothing to do with her.
She just wants to stay in Luo City and resolutely not get involved with the protagonists of the original article. She must take off the kitchen knife called "cannon fodder" hanging on her head as soon as possible.
“Girl, the housekeeper sent someone to ask, can I go back home to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival?”
Zi Yuan came in and asked.
When Xu Yin talked about going back home, she couldn't help but think of the time when the housekeeper and the cook jointly fed her to gain weight during the Spring Festival, and she couldn't help but twitch her lips.
“Otherwise, you won’t be coming back during the Dragon Boat Festival, right?”
She said to the maid in a discussion tone:
"Look, this is the time when flowers are in full bloom all over the mountain. Everyone in the fragrance shop is working overtime. If we leave, if something happens, I'm worried that Xu Kui won't be able to handle it. How about doing the same as last year? , will you come back in mid-autumn?"
If given a choice, she would prefer to live in another house all year round.
But if that happens, the old housekeeper should be sad.
Zi Yuan and Hong Qian, they smiled knowingly.
Xu Yin pretended not to understand their smiles, and continued to devote herself to the perfume business, using practical actions to prove to them: You girls, I am really busy, very busy, very busy!
In fact, she is indeed quite busy. Ever since roses and jasmine bloomed, she has prepared no less than 30 perfumes.
There are those blended with pure rose essential oil, some blended with pure jasmine essential oil, some with equal proportions of both, and some blended with a certain proportion of geranium, patchouli, chamomile, bergamot, citrus flower and other auxiliary essential oils.
However, out of the thirty perfumes, there were only two that really satisfied her:
One called "Orchid" is made from three essential oils of rose, geranium and chamomile in different proportions;
There is also a product called "Ya Qing", which is mainly composed of chamomile essential oil and supplemented by patchouli and bergamot essential oil.
These two perfumes have relatively light and elegant smells.
Since "Youlan" is based on the theme of roses, its fragrance is stronger than that of "Yaqing", but it is much lighter than the perfume made from pure rose essential oil. At least she prefers this kind of faint fragrance.
She put the two perfumes she was most satisfied with into newly customized glazed perfume bottles. The two perfumes made up a set, and asked Xu Kui to send a clever boy to deliver them to the houses of the prefect and Liu Yuanwai. With the prefect's wife and Mrs. Liu.
The two ladies were surprised and puzzled when they received this late return gift:
“Didn’t you say that the daughter of the Xu family no longer has perfume in her hand? Why is there still one?”
“Did the Xu family’s merchant ship return from the sea? So it brought back these two new perfumes?”
They just guessed that the ladies and ladies from other houses heard this gossip, believed it to be true, and sent their servants one after another... No! This time they took action in person! Visit Xu's Perfume Shop and ask for the newly arrived perfumes, as many as they want.
Shopkeeper Zhang was confused: "Perfume? Our store has no perfume."
“Shopkeeper, stop lying! The master of the Qin family has already sent it to the prefect and the Liu family, so why are there no goods? Do you not want to sell to us?”
“It’s not like I didn’t bring enough money with me!”
"Snapped!"
One of the ladies threw out a stack of silver notes in front of everyone: "Is this enough to buy the perfume in your shop?"
Shopkeeper Zhang said with a smile: "How dare I deceive you? You really don't!"
"impossible!"
…”
Shopkeeper Zhang is going crazy.
Although these people who came here were not as powerful or wealthy as the magistrate and Liu Yuanwai, they were all respectable, and none of them he could offend.
Where can he get some perfume?
"Everyone, please give me some time to ask my employer. If my merchant ship really brings perfume from overseas, I will definitely convince him to sell a few bottles to the ladies and ladies who are here today!" ˆ ˆ ˆ "Okay, okay, hurry up. Go ask!”
“Go and come back quickly! My wife has left a maid in your shop to wait for news.”
“I also leave someone here.”
Each family left a maid or mother-in-law to guard Xu's spice shop, with an attitude of not giving up until the outcome was reached.
Shopkeeper Zhang twitched his lips. He originally wanted to wait until he had time to go to Xujia Village tomorrow or the next day, but now he could only put down the unfinished things at hand and go and finish this matter first.
any idea!
A dozen confidants of ladies and ladies from various houses were staring at him with bright eyes. I can't even sit still.
The carriage drove all the way to Xujia Village. The moment we got off the carriage, Shopkeeper Zhang’s legs became weak.
“Yo! What kind of wind brings the big shopkeeper here?”
Xu Kui finished inspecting the production progress of the fragrance house and was about to go up to the mountain to check the wine shop's accounts with the girl.
Thanks to Chunwei, the popularity of “Zhuangyuanhong” has continued until recently.
He thought that following this trend, he might be able to connect with Qiu Wei.
So in addition to showing the girl the account, I also want to ask the girl if she wants to take advantage of the situation and sell this wine to various prefectures and cities? Make a big profit from him!
He has already thought up the lyrics for selling wine: Drink Zhuangyuanhong, ride on horseback and parade through high school!
Not just when I walked to the entrance of the village, I met shopkeeper Zhang.
Shopkeeper Zhang had a wry smile on his face: "It's not the perfume that's to blame."
“Perfume? What happened to the perfume?”
Shopkeeper Zhang explained the reason in a long and short manner.
Xu Kui turned his head away and laughed unkindly.
“You’re still laughing! I’m almost worried to death!” Shopkeeper Zhang blew his beard anxiously.
“Oh, there’s nothing to worry about, it’s just business!”
“To put it lightly, where is the business? There is no goods, how can we do business!”
“The goods will be available soon.”
He happened to be going to another courtyard, so he took shopkeeper Zhang there with him.
This was the first time that shopkeeper Zhang had to climb two mountains in a row and climb a tea garden mountain. The mountain was not big and the **** was not steep, but he had never walked so many mountain roads at once, and he was really tired.
But when I saw the sea of purple, red or crescent-white flowers next to Chayuan Mountain, I felt that the trip was worth it.
“I didn’t expect there to be such magnificent scenery in the mountains, especially the sea of purple flowers. There are such dreamy flowers in the world...”
Xu Kui: "What a wonder and dream! It's all planted by girls."
“Huh?” Shopkeeper Zhang was quite surprised, “Are these flowers planted by girls?”
“The flower seeds from overseas were cultivated by the girl herself.”
As we were talking, we finally arrived at the Chashan Villa. Shopkeeper Zhang was so tired that his legs felt like they were no longer his own.
until-
“What!! The perfume received by the prefect’s wife and Mrs. Liu is not an overseas product? But it comes from your boss?”
Shopkeeper Zhang couldn’t believe his ears.
Xu Kui quietly took a few steps away.
Lao Zhang was so excited that he drooled.
But we can’t openly dislike it.
Although he is also the shopkeeper now, Lao Zhang is the shopkeeper of the general shop, so there is still a bit of a gap in status, alas...
(End of this chapter)