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Before, Bai Xin and Cheng Wenren didn't meet every day. They would see each other every three to five days, usually every seven or eight days, maybe get together for a meal. Bai Xin never felt that he missed Cheng Wenren, even Cheng Wenren Not here, and I seldom think of it.But this time knowing that he was going to go to sea, his mood was different. It was okay when he was busy, but whenever he had nothing to do, he couldn’t help thinking about where he was, whether he was used to being at sea, and that Cheng Wenren had never suffered since childhood. However, he is not used to living at sea, or whenever it is cloudy and rainy, he can't help wondering whether the sailing at sea will be affected.

As the saying goes, thinking by day, dreaming at night, Bai Xin has always dreamed of Cheng Wenren in the past two days, and sometimes dreamed that he was well and returned safely. , like a big hole in his chest.Sometimes I have bad dreams. I dreamed that the merchant ship was in an accident and capsized. After waking up, I sat on the bed dripping with cold sweat, touching my chest that was thumping fast, thankfully it was just a dream.

After such a short half a month, Cao Shi also noticed that her son was out of her mind. She was timid, fearing that something happened to the business of the shop, so she asked worriedly: "Sanlang, what's wrong with you? Why are you always absent-minded recently?"

Bai Xin was a little surprised that he was so obvious. He squeezed out a comforting smile and said, "Mother, there's nothing wrong."

After all, Mrs. Cao knew her son well, so she didn’t believe it was all right, because the aunt had just moved out, she subconsciously thought something was wrong there, originally in her mind, every inch of land in this capital city cost a few taels of silver a month to rent a house , the young couple have no other jobs, just pointing at the shopkeepers outside, how can they make ends meet, not to mention adding three more mouths, she grabbed Bai Xin nervously, and hurriedly asked: "Is it because your eldest sister can't make ends meet? "After finishing speaking, I felt that this was the case, and I muttered again, "No, let them come back, anyway, we have enough space for them to live here, even if there are more three girls, I can squeeze them apart, so let me just say, the two of them One is dumb and the other is stupid, and they can’t go out to set up a stall, how much money can they make by selling goods by peddlers?”

Bai Xin didn't expect that this could be brought to the head of the elder sister, so he hurriedly held his mother's hand and stopped her from talking, "Mother, the elder sister's place is very good, they supply hundreds of goods to the shopkeeper every day, and one piece earns ten dollars." You can earn a lot of Wenqian in a day, so why can’t you turn around? If you miss your eldest sister, go live with him for a few days.”

Mrs. Cao really missed her daughter, but she was worried about leaving her family behind. She was relieved when she saw that something was wrong with the auntie, and looked up and down at Bai Xin, "Sanlang, why don't you say something?" Are you not feeling well? The weather has changed recently, although you are mostly in the shop, you still need to add some clothes. "

When Bai Xin heard that the weather was changing, his heart tightened, and he thought that the sea might be even colder. He remembered the first time he took a boat with his father in his previous life. It was a short trip, only five or six days away, and he still threw up. When I got off the boat, my feet were weak and I fell seriously ill.

Mrs. Cao didn't notice that her son was distracted, and she was still talking about what to eat in this season, which is good for health. He said that he would cook a pear cup for him at night, and told him to eat less outside, saying that it would not be suitable to eat more ginger, but The food in the restaurant was filled with various seasonings. When it came to eating out, Mrs. Cao remembered that she hadn't seen Master Cheng's family for a long time, so she asked, "By the way, Sanlang, Master Cheng didn't come to see you recently?"

"Yeah..." Bai Xin's expression was a little unnatural, "He went to sea."

Mrs. Cao was taken aback when she heard this, and yelled, "Going to sea? Well done, what are you doing going to sea?"

"Of course it's going to other countries to sell goods and do business!"

When Mrs. Cao heard that she was going to another country, she felt a little timid at first. She spoke more bluntly, so she asked: "Isn't he the young master? Do you want him to follow? What if something happens? The sea is no better than the ground, if something goes wrong, no one can save it.”

Bai Xin couldn't stop worrying at all, but after hearing this, he was even more upset.

"I have to go and burn incense. I beg Bodhisattva to bless Master Cheng. Such a good person, please be safe." After finishing speaking, he went upstairs and burned incense in front of the Bodhisattva he enshrined at home.

Bai Xin was worried in his heart, but he had to do business and stop making incense. Now everyone knows that the incense of Tianxiangtang may not be expensive, but most of them win by surprise. Bai Xin saw this trend, and determined to continue to create this Therefore, I temporarily gave up a few standard incense products and prepared to make a kind of incense. This kind of incense is neither for burning nor for bathing, but for rubbing teeth.

Most people in this country use salt to brush their teeth, and people who are more particular use horsetail to brush their teeth, dipped in ointment to wipe their teeth. Wait, this toothpaste can indeed wipe off the residue and make the teeth clean, but the smell is not good.

The toothbrush powder that Bai Xin will make can not only clean the teeth, but also make the mouth fragrant.

When it comes to spices related to teeth, there are two really outstanding ones, one is Cyperus cyperus and the other is cloves. Bai Xin grinds both into the size of salt grains, and then adds green salt, angelica dahurica, white poria cocos, white tribulus, Stones, Myrobalan meat, Lingxiang, Gansong, mixed in proportion.

The finished toothbrush powder is off-white, like fine sand, and is spread in the box as a whole.

After Bai Xin finished making it, he tried it himself first, dipped some on his teeth, gritted his teeth, and brushed left and right. The taste was still the same as in memory, a little salty, a little bitter, but at the same time, a faint fragrance filled the mouth. In the mouth, the mixed spices are not very fine. They rub against the crevices to clean the teeth. After wiping the teeth and rinsing the mouth with water, Bai Xin can really feel that the teeth have become clean, as if they were covered with a film. Will be wiped off, exhale gently, the mouth is fragrant.

Bai Xin sold the toothpaste powder in the store, and people noticed it soon. Everyone saw that the common toothpaste was different, so they bought it out of curiosity and tried it, and it turned out to be surprisingly easy to use.

Those shopkeepers, seeing that Bai Xin had released a new product, rushed to buy it without saying a word. Because the raw materials for toothbrush powder did not contain very precious spices, the price was not very high. Everyone from rich and powerful families to ordinary people likes it very much.

However, this tooth-cleaning incense is different from other incense. It is consumed quickly. Like that big family with a large population, several boxes can be used up in seven or eight days. The process of tooth-rubbing incense is not complicated, but it needs manual grinding, and There are so many shopkeepers on the Internet scrambling for goods, and the Bai Xin family is busy again. This kind of busyness is different from the previous hard work, but it is orderly. My family hates me for having only one pair of hands, working hard but happy.

Time flies like running water, and now that he is busy, Bai Xin is no longer worrying about gains and losses because of thinking about Cheng Wenren as before. Inadvertently, it has entered November, the weather in the capital is dry, and the cold wind is like a knife. It's like gouging out the meat, the sky is overcast, with a few pieces of ice drifting here and there, but the snow never falls.

Bai Xin looked at the sky outside, and wished that it would not rain all the time. When it snowed, the environment at sea would be so bad.

Cheng Wenren left in July. Because he was going to a neighboring country, the journey back and forth was about three months, so he should be back now. After waiting for a few days according to the schedule, he still didn't appear. Bai Xin couldn't sit still. One day when I was not busy in the evening, I handed over the shop to my eldest brother and hurried to the front Cheng's silk and satin shop.

As soon as Bai Xin entered, a job came out to greet him. He waved his hand and asked, "I'm not here to buy anything, just to ask, your master, is Cheng Wen coming back?" The name of the son, and then the shopkeeper was called. Bai Xin cupped his hands and asked again.

Unexpectedly, the old shopkeeper sighed, "Our young master, so far we have no news."

When Bai Xin heard this, he took a big step back like a bolt from the blue, and asked anxiously, "There should be a return date when they go out to sea. Is it because the return date has not yet arrived, or what?"

The old shopkeeper sighed again and again, "The return date is early November, and it's almost fifteen now, and there is still no shadow on the pier."

Going out to sea by boat is no better than going on land. If you go on land, you may be delayed by something. It is normal to come back a few months later, because you have to ride the wind when you go to sea. As the seasons change, the wind direction changes, and you come back along the wind, there is no delay. Even if you don’t sell any of your goods, you still have to come back. Even if you are seriously ill, you can carry them to the ship, unless...

Bai Xin didn't dare to think about it anymore, he was confused and stood there for a long time in a daze.

The old shopkeeper saw that he was genuinely worried, not feigned, and couldn't help persuading him: "Our son is auspicious, and he will definitely return safely."

Bai Xin's eyes turned sour when he heard the words "auspicious people and heavenly appearance". He knew how good Cheng Wen was, so he forced an ugly smile, as if to convince himself, "Yes, good people are rewarded, Cheng Wenren will be fine."

After he finished speaking, Fang regained his composure, and said again: "The junior is named Bai Xin, and he operates Tianxiangtang on this street. If Cheng Wenren comes back, please trouble the old shopkeeper to send me a letter, so that I can be called." rest assured."

It was on the same street, so the old shopkeeper had heard of Tianxiangtang, and he had also heard of Bai Xin from his son. He didn't expect him to be such a young man, with a surprised face and a strange look on his face. He nodded, " It's natural."

Bai Xin left in a daze, flakes of goose-feather-like snowflakes fluttered down from the sky, and landed on his head, turning into drops of crystal water. After a while, his whole body was covered with a layer of white gauze.

Bai Xin's heart is as cold as this snow.