perfumer

Because Bai Xin and the little girl had decided on the purple jasmine fruit, he was obsessed with it. He seemed absent-minded all day long when he set up a stall, thinking about what to do in the future, and adjusting various recipes again and again.

Everyone saw that he had been out of his mind since the little girl left, and others had to take a step to react before speaking, so they made fun of him even more, jokingly saying that he liked her and went to propose marriage quickly. Bai Xin was glad that his mother was not here. She knew it, so she really had to pay attention, and followed suit.

When I got home at night, Bai Xin was still thinking about milling, so I waited to see it the next day.

On the second day, Bai Xin went out early to set up a stall. Although he guessed that the little girl would not come too early, he still couldn't help but look around frequently. Everyone joked that his neck was stretched.

Around mid-afternoon, it was the most vigilant time of the day. Everyone was drowsy, but Bai Xin was in high spirits this day. Suddenly, he saw the familiar little figure coming from a row of buildings in the north. Wearing a flower row made of mirabilis, Bai Xin recognized her at a glance, but this time, the little girl was followed by a hunched middle-aged man.

The two people first went to the door of a house and looked around. The little girl remembered where Bai Xin was pointing yesterday, adjusted her direction and looked over. Hair, then turned around and said something to the middle-aged man, and the two walked over one after the other.

The middle-aged man's skin is dark and tanned, and the wrinkles on his face are as rough as tree bark. He humbly sang, "Yesterday, I heard my daughter say that the official wants this mountain flower fruit. Take a look, isn't it?" This kind."

After he finished speaking, he took off the bamboo basket from his back and hugged it in front of him. He lifted the white cloth on it, and saw that there were dense round black fruits inside.

Bai Xin saw that the little girl was carrying a big bamboo basket, which was expected to also contain the fruits of mirabilis, and was amazed that they had picked so much in the past half a day.Bai Xin stretched out his hand to pick up a handful, twirled it with his fingers, and sniffed it again. The father and daughter probably wanted to make this deal very much. The Mirabilis fruit was handled very cleanly, and the basket was full , almost invisible mixed with green leaf buds.

"Yes, that's it." Bai Xin nodded.

When the father and daughter heard the words, their eyes lit up, and they immediately showed joyful expressions. The man hurriedly greeted his daughter and said, "There are more here, there are more here!"

The little girl hastily carried the bamboo basket in front of her, and showed it to Bai Xin as if offering a treasure, her eyes looked expectant and cautious.

Bai Xin glanced at it, knowing that the father and daughter were worried, so he quickly reassured them, "It is indeed what I want, I want these two baskets."

The father and daughter both breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled at each other. At first, the old man heard his daughter say that there were merchants in the city who wanted to buy the fruit of this flower, but he still didn’t believe it. It was the Deng Tuzi who took this opportunity to get close to his daughter, so he couldn't help but feel uneasy, so he discussed going to the city to see what happened tomorrow.

Although I blindly only think about things in the dark, I still hope that I can get some goods this trip, so I picked two baskets full of them and took them with me. When I got to the place, I met Bai Xin and saw that he was a dignified person. , not a villain, and seeing that he put away the things readily, he swallowed his heart and became full of joy.

The little girl was so overjoyed that she almost danced.This thing was originally taken from the mountains, and they were not supported by them. Now that it is exchanged for money, who is not happy?

After all, Bai Xin is a businessman by nature, it is impossible to just look at the other party's honesty, and give a high price as soon as he softens his heart. If he gave a high price at the beginning, he would only raise it higher and higher in the future, but he would not say it was a complete squeeze, Weighing how much powder these two baskets of fruits can produce, I became hesitant, "Let's be more straightforward, one price, two baskets, fifty cents."

This price was beyond the expectations of the father and daughter, and they couldn't help thinking that if they picked all the fruits from the mountains and plains, they would be able to sell for several taels of silver, which was no less than an astronomical figure for their family. For a moment, the two of them were numb from the shock of surprise, unable to speak.

After a while, the old man stretched out five fingers tremblingly, and gestured, "Is it really fifty coins?"

Bai Xin smiled and said, "What are you doing lying to you? Fifty coins, no two prices."

The wrinkles on the old man's face squeezed deeper, and he nodded repeatedly, lest Bai Xin would regret it, "Okay, okay, fifty coins!"

Bai Xin counted fifty coins and handed them to the old man. The old man put it in his arms like a baby, and couldn't help reaching out to touch it. He didn't know much about it, and he had already done it four or five times.

Bai Xin moved the basket to the side of the trolley. Seeing this, the old man rushed over to express his goodwill and followed him to help.

After the deal was completed, the old man was not in a hurry to leave. He hesitated and asked, "Officer, do you want this thing in the future?"

Obviously, the old man had tasted the sweetness and wanted to do more business.

Ordinarily, if this thing can really be made into powder, Bai Xin would want as much as he has, but he is cautious, although he has confirmed that it is mirabilis and the fruit of mirabilis, but this place is different from his dynasty. I was worried that there would be some mutations in the current fruit, or that the powder production would not be good, so I didn't say it immediately, "You are like this, come back in three days, if I want to tell you, if I don't think this fruit is good for use, I will give it a try. No more, just to let you know.”

Hearing what he said, the old man felt that this person was upright, sighed in his heart that his family had good luck, nodded hurriedly, wishing that three days would pass by in a flash.

The father and daughter left, and the group of people with nothing to do came over to make fun of them. One said that the father-in-law had come, another said that he had brought a dowry, and some clamored for him to buy wine. Huahua, Bai Xin was almost powerless to resist.

Back home at night, after dinner, Bai Xin couldn't wait to go back to the house with the mirabilis fruit in his arms. When everyone saw that he brought home two more baskets of things, they knew that he was going to make something new, so they knew what to do and didn't bother.

The fruit is not difficult to handle, but two baskets are densely filled, and Bai Xin is a little apprehensive. He calms down and sits at the table, and by the candlelight on the table, one by one, the outermost part of the fruit is blackened. The shell was peeled off, and the inside was a yellow-brown mass. Gently twisting it with his hands, he could feel a soft film under his fingertips. He picked it up with his nails, and the film was opened. It's just a small ball of white powder, pure and flawless, in stark contrast to the pitted black shell spread on the table.

Bai Xin treated it for nearly an hour, until his neck was sore and there were snowflakes in front of his eyes. Then he raised his head, stood up from the stool, stretched his limbs, and looked at the wooden basin on the table, which was [-]% full.

He moved around for a while, then sat down again, and used a small mortar to grind it little by little. The white powder in the mirabilis fruit is very soft, and it is easy to grind. It doesn't take much effort at all, just lightly press it, and it will be crushed Even with a small hammer in your hand, you can feel the fine powder.

Bai Xin was just testing the water. Seeing that the amount of grinding was almost enough, he stopped immediately and took it to the kitchen to steam with fresh flowers. After steaming, the white powder was already moist, but gave off a faint floral fragrance.

Bai Xin took the powder back into the room and spread it out to dry in the shade.

Because I didn't do much, I finished it early the next morning. Bai Xin got up early on purpose to grind the white powder after drying in the shade into finer powder, and then mixed it with hu powder. Although it is not good to use too much hu powder, it is reasonable If there is no beard powder and no color, I only added two points, and added Mituseng, which can relieve some of the poison of beard powder, and then added mica to have a bright effect.The powder that will be blended is pure and flawless, but in Bai Xin's opinion, it is too white and stiff, so he added a little rouge to the powder to make it a light flesh color.

The last step is to fix the incense. Bai Xin chose Jiangzhen incense that is suitable for the fragrance of flowers, and added spices such as Angelica dahurica, Cyperus cyperi, and benzoin that can produce fragrance.

After making it, Bai Xin spread it on his palm. Seeing that the powder is light, fine, white and fragrant, and the color is also natural and lustrous, he twisted it lightly, and it fell apart, obediently, and stood on his hand.

Bai Xin didn't do much, so he took the powder he had just made to find his elder sister. He got up early this morning and made it all ready. Seeing that the elder sister had just woken up, she seemed to have finished washing and was splashing water out of a basin.

Seeing that he got up right now, the eldest sister couldn't help but ask concerned: "Third Brother, did you get up so early? Are you hungry?"

Bai Xin shook his head, and held the powder that was still in the small mortar in front of her as if offering a treasure, "Sister, this is the powder I made, you have a try?"

As soon as the eldest sister heard that it was powder, her eyes lit up, she immediately put the basin aside, and couldn't wait to take it over, but she didn't know how to use it, and remembered that what she saw at Mrs. Xia's house had to be mixed with water, so she couldn't help asking, "Is it okay?" Would you like some sugar water too?"

"You try the color first, just pat it on your face."

The elder sister hugged the fan, her younger daughter's shy look flashed in her eyes, and she pursed her lips and went back to the house.

After a while, the eldest sister came out, and saw that her face, which was originally dull, became fair and lustrous at this moment, and it was not as white as it is nowadays, but just like a natural beauty, with a touch of powder on her cheeks, and her red lips were lightly tapped. , The whole person seems to have changed.

It was the first time for the elder sister to put on serious makeup, powder and rouge, and when she looked in the mirror she felt prettier than before, feeling uneasy in her heart, like hiding a bunny, she couldn't help biting her lips, and said coquettishly: "How is it?" ?”

Bai Xin nodded and praised generously.

Later, when the whole family sat down to have breakfast together, they all saw that the eldest sister had put on makeup, and praised her for her beauty, even the mute showed a surprised expression and looked over from time to time.

The eldest sister was heartbroken, her cheeks were flushed, not only did she not dare to look at the mute, but even her family members were too embarrassed to look at her, she was too shy.