The wood mage and the native brother

Knowing that he would not be able to stay at Ji's house for long, Ji Deng thought about it, and when he went to the county today, he took out a hundred coins from the purse where the money was hidden.

For fear of being caught, Ji Deng never leaves Ji Xiaomei alone at the stall, and only goes to the shop when all the vegetables are sold out.

The clerk in the incense shop has long been familiar with Ji Deng, seeing Ji Deng brothers and sisters coming, he asked with a smile,

"Brother Deng is here."

Ji Deng nodded in awe,

"I want to weigh some spices."

"kindness?"

The guy was puzzled for a moment, then smiled again and said,

"I can do it, I can do it, what does Brother Deng want?"

Ji Deng took out a hundred coins from his bosom,

"Ligusticum ligusticum needs five catties, so does Angelica dahurica, and five taels, eight taels of Huoxiang and Baliang Cyperi. Is Baizhi ground into powder? Don't grind it into powder. The same is true for Huoxiang and Cyperus. But Ligusticum edulis needs to be ground into powder.”

Ji Deng asked carefully.

"Okay, no problem, I will definitely pretend to be right for you."

The man patted his chest for assurance.Because there are two kinds of them, there are ready-made ones in the shop, and it is quick to assemble.

"Brother Deng, take a look, I didn't pretend to be wrong for you."

Ji Deng took it over and took a closer look, then smiled,

"It's not wrong, it's not wrong, thank you, brother."

Satisfied, he put the box on the bottom of the basket, and just as Ji Deng was about to leave, Mr. Xu, the accountant, suddenly said,

"Brother Deng, if you want to sell incense powder, you don't have a box and porcelain bottle. You can put it in your purse like your father. We also collect it in our shop, and we will give you a penny more than outside."

Ji Deng's footsteps froze in place.

Although the Qi family is a servant girl, but she was born in a great incense merchant, and she has learned a lot of incense recipes under her influence.Although there are many kinds of incense powders in this world, and there are all kinds of incense to beautify the skin and purify the face, but the incense merchants and the aristocratic families cover the prescriptions tightly, without revealing anything.Outsiders can tell what is used in the powder, but they can't figure out the ratio and method.It is precisely because of this that the Qi family was able to pick up a bargain, buy some low-cost raw materials to make face powder, and then sell it at a high price.

Most of the spices sold in the incense shop are finished products made by their own masters. A few rough and rough raw materials such as Huicao Baizhi are also incense that can be used to smoke the house, or sold to some young masters who have spare money and want to spend time. I played with my daughter.

Mrs. Qi often came to this incense shop to sell sachets before he was alive. The reason is that there are not many kinds of incense in this shop, and the craftsmanship of the masters is not excellent. Mr. Xu, it is enough to see that the owner of the shop is just an ordinary family.

Otherwise, they have their own masters and second masters, so why do they accept outsiders? If something happens to the store, they will have to take responsibility.

It is also because the incense powder brought by Mrs. Qi is really easy to use, so the incense shop keeps accepting it again and again.If not, Ji Deng would not have thought about selling Huicao to his family to earn some private property.It's just that since the Qi family left, no one can get these incense recipes anymore. Although the shop owner felt sorry, there was nothing he could do.

But brother Deng is the son of the Qi family, and Bao Buqi learned the fragrance from the Qi family, that's why Mr. Xu said so.

"I……"

Ji Deng hesitated.

Mr. Xu understood,

"Don't worry, your father made an agreement with the shop before. As long as you bring all the sachets to our shop, we will keep the source of the sachets a secret. This is what the owner said. It is the same for you now. of."

Mr. Xu's words just touched Ji Deng's heart, Ji Deng was moved, but he said,

"But I don't have a sachet, can I make it up with something else?"

Although Ji Deng is a little brother, after Ji He and his wife left, they have been doing men's work, and haven't gotten cloth from Mrs. Fang for a long time. It's not enough to make a few purses, how can it be used to hold so many face powders.

Mr. Xu laughed when he heard it.

"I thought it was a big deal. I'll ask the guy to bring you some rags. I'll treat it as the cost of the sachet and sell it for an extra penny or two."

At this point, Ji Deng had no more worries, so he agreed.

He went back to Ji's house with the powder in his arms, Fang went to the field with Ji Jiang, Xu was still bored in the house and couldn't come out, Brother Yan and Sister Xie didn't know what they were busy with, so Ji Deng quietly took them with him. Ji Xiaomei went back to the house first, hid the powder, and then put the basket back into the yard.

It was also the old lady Fang who was always outside in the past few days, which gave Ji Deng the opportunity to carry private goods.

Before Mrs. Fang came back, Ji Deng closed the door, put out the powder one by one, touched this one and that one, and took a long time to hide it contentedly.

Ji Xiaomei came over curiously,

"Brother, what is this?"

Ji Deng smiled,

"This is our future dowry."

Ji Xiaomei didn't know what dowry was, and she wasn't interested in seeing that it was a pile of powder, so she sat on the side and continued to play with the straw rabbit Ignaz gave her.

Ji Deng touched the top of Ji Xiaomei's hair, found out the needle and thread, picked up the rags given by Mr. Xu, and sewed it.

Said to be rags, one piece is enough to sew into a small purse, but it saves Ji Deng the effort of putting the rags together.

What Ji Deng wants to do is the simplest hair removal method, the cost is the lowest, and the raw materials are also the cheapest and the least amount. Just mix the ligusticum powder and the end of Angelica dahurica in equal amounts. There was too much movement and aroused Mrs. Fang's suspicion.

Although Fangzi looks simple, outsiders don't know how complicated it is. The cheapest hair removal oil powder costs five cents a box.And those who sell for a hundred yuan or two are nothing more than the use of the finest Ligusticum dahurica dahurica, mixed with some bluffing pearl powder, or vanilla with the same effect but more expensive, but in comparison , The effect of removing hair oil is not much different.

In this way, it was the poor incense merchants who covered the prescription tightly, so that Qi and Ji Deng could take advantage of it.

Ji Deng is a half-year-old boy, and he can pull Ji Xiaomei to such an age, so he has a lot of eyes. He is afraid that outsiders will see Fang Zi, so he bought Huo Xiang and Xiangfu to confuse the public. There are only fifty in a hundred words. The text is what Ji Deng really spent.

Fortunately, at the end, these have been concocted by the master, so they can last for a long time. After getting married, Ji Deng will not be as timid as he is now, and he can use them to make other incense and sell them for money. Not at a loss.

Even so, Ji Deng was still in pain, and made up his mind to save money for a period of time. It would not be a problem to eat two dumplings, and he could feel at ease when his savings came back.

Ji Deng had also seen Qi's making sachets before, so the purses were all made small and exquisite, just put one or two or two.

It's just that Ji Deng made this one to remove hair oil, and the purse doesn't need to be so delicate. When you get married in the future and you can be the head of your own house, Ji Deng will make some real face powder and match it with exquisite sachet embroidery. If you sell him for ten or twenty yuan, are you afraid that your mother-in-law and husband will take care of you if you have no money in your hand?

After returning from the county, Ji Deng hid in the pocket with his purse whenever he had the time.Fortunately, Ji Deng used to like to stay in the house after finishing his work, so he didn't attract attention.

It's just that on the mountain, Ji Deng is more and more afraid to go.Every time I went to see the green-eyed man forcefully holding a wry smile and reporting to himself how the wound had recovered, Ji Deng felt inexplicably guilty in his heart.

But the strange thing is that Ji Deng couldn't think of a reason for his guilty conscience.However, Ji Xiaomei was captured by the green-eyed man's straw rabbit. When she went to the hut, she would definitely stick to that man, telling Ji Deng to advance or retreat.

Such an embarrassing day passed like this for a month, until Ji Deng packed the finished purse with hair-removing oil powder, secretly hid it in the back basket, and sent it to the incense shop in exchange for a purse of copper coins. The lights are optimistic about others.

After noon that day, Ji Deng was about to take a hoe and go to the field with Ji Jiang, when Granny Fang stopped him suddenly.

"Brother Deng, don't go to the ground today, go wash up, change into clean clothes, come out, and follow Sister Xie and Brother Yan to tidy up in the yard."

Ji Deng's heart skipped a beat, knowing that it might be Mrs. Fang who inquired about the marriage and asked someone to come and see her, but she obediently responded and went back to the house.As soon as he entered the room, Ji Deng suddenly lost his strength and fell down on the bed.

Ji Xiaomei, who was always following behind Ji Deng, was frightened, and rushed to hug him,

"elder brother?"

Ji Deng was stunned, and touched Ji Xiaomei's fluffy hair comfortingly, took a deep breath and stood up, picked up a short brown suit from the foot of the bed and changed into it.

Ji Deng wasn't worried that Granny Fang treated him so abnormally today in order to sell him.Just for the sake of Ji's family's literati dignity, Ji Laoxiucai and Ji Hai would not allow Mrs. Fang to do this.

Ji Deng was just a little scared when he thought about it later, afraid that Mrs. Fang would scold him ferociously later.

but no matter.

A firm look appeared on Ji Deng's face.

He will never compromise.

Ji Deng changed clothes here as if death was at home, and Mrs. Fang soon got impatient waiting outside.

"Brother Deng, Brother Deng, hurry up, hurry up."

"coming."

Ji Deng fastened the buttons and sent Ji Xiaomei to wait in the room. He took another deep breath and pushed open the door.

Granny Fang was frowning in the yard, looking very impatient.Seeing that the season lantern finally came out, his face became more relaxed,

"Okay, sweep the leaves in the yard, someone will come to our house later, be diligent and smart, don't let people see the joke."

Ji Deng agreed, took a broom made of twigs, stood in a corner of the yard, and started sweeping slowly.

After sweeping for a while, Ah Mo with long face and pointed eyebrows and a woman with yellow and dry skin entered Ji's courtyard.As soon as Mrs. Fang saw the person coming, she greeted him with a smile.

"It's so early, the old lady thought she would have to wait a little longer."

Then Ah So smiled,

"Aunt Ji's words are telling me how to live. Who doesn't know that your family has a child who is one of the best in the village. How dare I take my time."

Granny Fang was so caring at what she said, the smile on her face was even bigger,

"You're welcome, this is..."

Ah Ma accepted the words with a smile,

"This belongs to the He family. Come with me today and chat with you, Aunt Ji."