Before, Liu Dahua and I had scrubbed it several times with salt, steamed it several times with vinegar, and finally distilled it. Now she finally can't smell it anymore, so we can finally feel relieved.

Now everything is ready, all we have to do is buy the materials and start making it.

But now it is the end of February, March 3rd, which is a big day in Xia County, namely the temple fair.

Every March 3rd, a large temple fair is held at Mingfo Temple on Qingming Mountain outside the city.

This day is more grand than Chinese New Year here. People from all over the county will come to join in the fun. Most of them come to make wishes, and a few come to fulfill them.

Shen Li planned to take a rest for a few days and start making the ointment after the temple fair.

In the original book, this temple fair seemed like a small Shura field. The male protagonist and the third male lead met for the first time, and Ma Zhu also interfered in the middle.

She still wanted to eat melons, but unfortunately in this kind of occasion, she decided not to join in the fun to avoid getting into trouble.

It's the end of the month now, and my brother hasn't come back yet. It must be because the college is going to have a holiday on that day, so he should also go to the temple fair.

And she should go with her classmates. She still has a few boxes of rose-scented ointment left, which is just right for giving to her classmates. This way, she can do a favor and also promote her ointment. I guess students and the like would like these pretentious things.

Thinking of this, Shen Li found the remaining boxes of ointment and wrapped them with cloth.

On March 3rd.

The whole family got up very early, had breakfast, and dressed neatly. Liu Dahua carried a medium-sized basket on her back to put the things she bought in case she needed them. Then they went to the village entrance to wait for Uncle Wang's car. After a while, the car came, but not from the direction of the village entrance, but from the direction of the county town.

"Uncle Wang, did you just send some people to the county?" Shen Li asked.

"Yes, there are a lot of people here today, so everyone got up early."

Several people from the Shen family got in the car.

"Wait a moment, I'll call out a few times." After Wang Bo finished speaking, he shouted loudly: "Let's set off. If you want to take the bus, get out quickly. If you are slow, I won't wait for you."

After a while, many people really came, and a full car headed towards the county.

Qingming Mountain is on the outskirts of the county, and Uncle Wang took them all directly to the foot of the mountain, and the fare became five cents.

"Uncle Wang, we are all from the same village. How can you take advantage of this day to ask for two more cents?" said a woman unhappily.

"I've taken you all to the foot of the mountain. I've walked so far, so two more cents won't be much."

"But the villagers often take your car. It's really unfair to charge more money for walking a few more steps."

Shen Li curled his lips: "Mom, give us our money."

"Yes, I'm taking it." Liu Dahua counted out twenty coins and gave them to Uncle Wang, then counted out ten coins and handed them to him: "This is your hard work fee. We all went to the temple fair, but you are still picking up people and sending them off."

Shen Li nodded to Shen Xing, then silently said, "Mom is amazing."

Shen Xing read her lips and said silently: "It is necessary."

"No, it's a long way to go, otherwise I can't ask for an extra two cents."

Shen Li persuaded, "Uncle Wang, just take it."

Seeing that Liu Dahua was still holding out her hand, Uncle Wang did not refuse and took the ten coins: "Thank you, Madam Shen."

"Need not."

The woman saw this and understood that it was just for her to see: "You Shen family are great. You couldn't even afford to eat before, but now you're building a house and a workshop in the backyard. You're rich, but we're poor. If you're not short of money, why are you trying to squeeze into our ox cart?"

"Uncle Wang drove us to the foot of the mountain. The extra two cents is not much. He didn't raise the price today. He was already taking care of us. Why are you talking about anything else?"

After Liu Dahua finished speaking, the other people in the car who were sensible nodded and gave all the money.

The woman saw that everyone else had given money but she was the only one who didn't, so she shamelessly took out five cents, then glared at Liu Dahua and left.

Uncle Wang nodded to Liu Dahua and drove back.

"Mom, don't be angry, we are here to visit the temple fair today."

"Why are you angry? Everyone in our village knows what kind of woman the Li family is like. I don't want to bother with her."

"I'm glad you're not angry. Mom, do you think Erya and the others are here? They said they wanted to leave together, but I refused to agree."

"We'll know after we go up the mountain and take a look. Let's go."

Qingming Mountain is not very high, but the mountain is very large, so a temple can be built there.

Shen Li and his family walked up little by little. There were many other people walking up as well. They came earlier, and now it was just dawn. Those who were closer to here were probably able to avoid this morning wave of people.

When we reached the top of the mountain, there were a lot of people there, and many of them were setting up stalls, selling snacks and some souvenirs, which were nothing more than wooden signs and red ropes.

Shen Li didn't see Li Erya in the crowd and thought they might not have arrived yet, so he walked around with his family.

It is said that a master will come out to interpret the divinations later, and there will be performances by a troupe hired by the county.

After Shen Li finished his stroll, he found that there was nothing special except for the crowds. The main purpose of the visit was to burn incense, but in order to wait for Li Erya, he did not go. The family found a place with few people and waited.

"Mom, I finally found you."

Shen Li was leaning against Shen Xing, feeling bored and wanting to sleep, when he heard Shen Han's voice.

"Ali said that he would meet you here." Liu Dahua said happily.

"Yes, we were supposed to have a holiday at the end of the month, but today is the temple fair, so we changed it to today." After saying that, Shen Han looked at Shen Li: "A Li, are you tired?"

Shen Li had already stood up: "A little bit, I got up too early today, brother, are these brothers your classmates?"

Shen Han then remembered that he had forgotten to introduce them: "Yes, this is Wei Jing and Jiang Toyota, both of them are my good friends."

They both bowed to Liu Dahua and said together, "Hello, Auntie."

Liu Dahua was a little confused by their formality: "No need to be so polite."

Wei Jing looked at the Shen family members: "Brother Shen Han, are these all your family members?"

"Yes, my four brothers and sisters are all here."

"I'm so jealous. I'm the only one at home."

"You are all friends of my eldest brother, so I will call you brothers too. This is the first time we meet, so I don't have anything to give you. This is the ointment I made myself. It has a light fragrance, just right for men. I hope you don't dislike it." As he said that, Shen Li took out the ointment from Liu Dahahua's basket and gave a box to each of them.

"Ointment? Is that the one sold at the middle and end of every month?"

Shen Li was surprised: "Brother Wei, do you know?"

"Of course, everyone in our academy knows about it, and there are still many people who want to buy it, but unfortunately they can't catch up every time. Those who have bought it also asked others to buy it for them."

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