The wood mage and the native brother

The Da'an Dynasty flourished for nearly a hundred years, and now it is even more prosperous. The yellow people hold the sun, the hundred and two rivers and mountains, and the economy is also prosperous.

Silk porcelain, wood carving root carving, spice flower water, can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.Prosperous big families have emerged in every field. The Si family, which started with spices, has been passed down to this day. It is famous all over the world for its various fragrance powders.

The disciples of the Si family, since the beginning of enlightenment, have studied the Four Books and Five Classics to imitate the way of a gentleman, apart from classics and books, and have spent more time studying incense than ordinary people.

From the basic knowledge of incense and memorization of incense prescriptions, grinding and grinding the mortar for three thousand days, to later practice makes perfect, reciting thousands of incense prescriptions without thinking, and combining various fragrances at your fingertips.If You Erlang has one or two talents, and if he can figure out a recipe by himself, he will be brought up and taught by the head of the family himself, so as to support the huge family of the Si family.

Although he is a merchant, he has been strict with himself for several generations, and he is quite a gentleman. Fortunately, the royal family praised him as a "model of Confucian merchants".

Si Qi is the youngest son of Si's family, and he is the seventh in the clan, so he is called Si Qi.Last year, Si Qi got a black cloak by accident, wearing it can make the sense of smell three points sharper, better distinguish the fragrance, and feel ecstatic.However, I asked people to inquire about it in every possible way, but there was nothing, so I reported it to the owner of the family.

The Patriarch of the Si family offered up the black cloak, and ordered only the Patriarch of the Si family to know the clothes, and ordered Si Qi to inquire about the source again.Si Qi then led a team of servants and traveled thousands of miles from the capital to the place where he got the black cloak at first, but the servants no longer remembered who sold the cloak.

Finding nothing, Si Qi resentfully sent a letter to the Patriarch, who lamented that God's will was hard to disobey, and no longer insisted, but only told Si Qi not to let this opportunity go, to study abroad and experience the unique local spices and powders.

Si Qi walked all the way to Yaoyang City, and has visited no less than fifty incense powder shops. Although most of them are not as good as Si's incense powder, some of them are quite spiritual, and Si Qi has gained a lot.

As soon as he came to Yaoyang City, Si Qi naturally went straight to the most prosperous Junzi Street.After visiting all the large and small powder and spice shops on Junzi Street, Si Qi set his sights on Luolian Street.

It's just that you can't just go shopping like a headless chicken. Si Qi sent money to inquire about the best shop on Lian Street. He never thought that it was a little brother who was in charge of it for the first time. This surprised Si Qi and went straight to and go.

Compared with other incense shops, Zhuanxiangyuan releases new products much less frequently, and only supplies a few types of incense powders every month. It is easy to use, and the box is really beautiful, so it attracts repeat customers, and the business is actually quite good.

When Si Qi arrived, Ji Deng was apologetically explaining to a guest,

"This box was made by an apprentice, and the effect may be different from others, so the price is fifty cents lower than other peach noodles, and it is also placed in a special place, in case customers take it by mistake. Now you have used more than half of this box Now, it’s not convenient for me to return it for you, not to mention that the incense prescriptions are all the same, but this box works slower, so if you take another box of incense powder, how about I give you a [-]% discount on the price?”

Now a box of peach noodle incense in Zhuanxiangyuan can be sold for 280 renminbi, and the [-]% reduction in the price is [-] to [-] renminbi less. What's more, even the incense powder made by apprentices is indeed more or less effective after use, but at the same time The neighbor's comparison was a little slower, and the woman came to the door angrily, thinking that she had bought a fake.Now that I made it clear, the woman naturally didn't respond, and happily went home with the incense powder.

After finally dismissing another guest, Ji Deng heaved a sigh of relief.

He taught Ji Xiaomei to make this batch of slow-acting fragrance powder. If it is said that Ji Xiaomei is not skilled, it is also his handwriting.The powder made by the same person has two effects.

Ji Deng pursed his lips, the conjecture in his heart was corroborated, but there was not much disturbance, and even a little sudden and tender feeling.

"Shopkeeper Xiao Ji, when did your family recruit apprentices? Are you still recruiting?"

Ah Mo, who heard the news nearby, came over excitedly to inquire.

Ji Deng smiled,

"No, these are all made by my little sister, and my little sister is growing up, so I will take her to do it together. If you learn it early, you can help the shop."

"Oh I see."

Ah Mo left angrily.That's right, such a craft of earning money, why don't you leave it to your own family.Although the craftsmanship has always been passed on to men and not to women, but the shopkeeper Xiao Ji has been doing business in the shop, so he naturally doesn't stick to these common people's ideas.

Ji Deng is well aware of Ah Mo's disappointment.It has been three years since Zhuanxiangyuan was opened, and it can be regarded as a signboard on Zhuolian Street. I don't know how many people want to send their children to their homes to be apprentices and buddies.

Ji Deng has moved his mind, whether it is an apprentice or a buddy, learning to combine incense will definitely make up for the manpower in the shop, as long as the fragrance does not leak out, he will not be afraid of being pinched by others.

It's just that neither Fei Nuo nor Ji Xiaomei would be willing.

Most of the apprentices want to live in the master's house, so it would be bad to disturb him and Ji Deng.What's more, when there are too many people, the eyes and mouths will become blurred, and one day they may show their feet.Just don't stay here, as an ordinary guy, there are already two helpers in the shop, Jiahe and brother, Jiahe has become more and more clever in the past few years, saving Ji Deng a lot of effort, besides, the younger sister has grown up now, following Ji Deng I also learned a lot of skills, so it's easy to help.

Coupled with the fact that Ji Deng himself has no ambition to expand his business, this matter will be settled.

Thoughts flashed by, and were quickly occupied by the guests who entered the door.Ji Deng didn't come forward immediately, and waited for the group of people to turn around slowly in the shop, then smiled and greeted them.

"Would you like to see one that moisturises and beautifies the skin, or one that smokes the house and clothes? Is it for parents and lovers, or for making friends?"

Si Qi took a closer look, and found that the visitor was petite, with a married bun, and he was indeed a brother.Hearing Ji Deng's talk again, he pointed to the few fragrant powders in the shop and asked with a smile,

"Shopkeeper, I see that you don't have many kinds of fragrance powder here, how come you cover so many tricks?"

Ji Deng laughed,

"My shop is small, and I can only supply a few kinds of face powder every month. It would be the best if I find what you want. If you don't find what you are looking for, I have to ask you to go to another shop to have a look."

Hearing this, Si Qi became even more interested,

"I've walked through so many incense powder shops, and this is the first time I've seen someone who pushes customers away. The shopkeeper is really wonderful."

Ji Deng smiled but said nothing.

The world is so big, and his family is so small, how could he take all the business, recommending other shops is not only good luck, but also convenient, why not do it, this is the reason Fei Nuo taught him.

Si Qilue pondered for a while, and said,

"If I want to give it to my mother, what would the shopkeeper recommend?"

Seasonal lanterns lead people to the ancient wooden cabinets of Qiuzhi, pointing to several rows of neatly arranged wooden boxes,

"The peach face fragrance, Yingdie powder, and Huixuan fragrance are all suitable for women to apply on the face to nourish the face. In one to two months, the anger and wind thorns can be removed, and the face is smooth and white. This skin-penetrating body fragrance five-fragrance pill is contained in the mouth, and it is used every day. Hold five pills in your mouth, and you will feel the fragrance in your mouth. After five days, your body will smell fragrant, and after ten days, your clothes will smell fragrant. These are very popular among female customers nowadays, just look at them."

Si Qi picked up a powder box engraved with the beauty under the tree with great interest, looked at the sights and smells, pondered for a while, but his face gradually became serious, and suddenly asked,

"Shopkeeper, this Toujixiangshen Wuxiang pill is an incense prescription that is not passed on by our family, but yours is the same as mine. Could it be that you figured it out yourself?"

what? !

Ji Deng was shocked.

……

Zhuanxiangyuan closed the shop early today, and the guests who came here looked at the closed door in a daze.Ji Deng can't care so much.

When Chu Chu heard that the son in front of him was from the Si family, Ji Deng was so frightened that he almost lost his wits.His father, the Qi family, was a servant in Si's family back then, serving the concubine of Lord Wufang.Later, the favored concubine fell out of favor, and Mrs. Zhengtou found an excuse to sell her off, and even the servants of the Qi family were sacked.The Qi family was sold into the county town after going through many twists and turns, and Ji He, who came to work in the county town, happened to see her, and then married to Xiaohe Village.

I thought that the mountains were high and the water was far away, and I would never have the chance to meet the Si family in this life.Unexpectedly, not only have I seen it now, but I am also letting others bump into me to make money with the fragrant prescriptions that are not rumored.Ji Deng's eyes went dark, he closed the shop in a bewilderment and brought him home.

Fei family.

It was summer, and the locust tree in the courtyard was in full bloom, and the stone table under it was covered with shade, which made it uncomfortable, but the group of people sitting around the stone table did not have such good intentions.

Si Qi frowned after listening to Ji Deng's stuttering speech,

"I see. I don't think your father has such a relationship with our Si family. It's no wonder that you know about my family's fragrant prescriptions."

As an imperial business based on incense, Xiangfangzi is no different from a family heirloom, and it can't be too tightly covered.Although the Si family, Zhilan Yushu, had no choice but to have a few useless descendants, the five-bedroom master mentioned by Ji Deng, the one Si Qi wanted to call the fifth uncle, was one of them, and he was worthy of being a daughter's concubine. A concubine kills a wife, and the house is restless. How can it be a bad debt.It's not surprising that he did something stupid like leaking his own incense recipes to his concubine's room.

Thinking of this, Si Qi couldn't help but sigh in fear.Fortunately, the fifth uncle was not too absurd, telling the concubine Fang Zi would not hurt his muscles and bones, and the top secret prescription in the family was only known by the head of the family, and the fifth uncle had no way to sue.

As for this one...

Si Qi looked at the husband in front of him who knew a lot of her family's fragrant prescriptions and had a headache.

The shops are all open, and people can't stop doing business.What's more, it wasn't that this husband stole intentionally, it was a bad debt of their Si family in the final analysis.

Besides, it's hard enough for a brother to support the shop with all his might, and also to support his younger sister and his husband who is said to eat soft rice. He had no intention of breaking his peaceful life.

Kexiangfangzi...

Si Qi looked at Ji Deng's anxious and apologetic expression, sighed secretly, but couldn't help but feel sad.

What a hassle.