I'm just a dude

Although Qi Yuan is not familiar with everything in Beijing, he has heard about the reputation of the three young masters.The reason was that Yun Lan's little maid quarreled over this.

Cheng Guogong's mansion is full of dignitaries, the family style is very good, and the three sons of the Duke of Guo are all upright and handsome, so there are countless noble daughters from famous families in Beijing.In particular, the third son, Xu Yu, is young and energetic, and has not yet married, so he has provoked so many official media to snatch his head and come to the door.

This kind of family is far from what they can think about in the Zhongyuan uncle's house. Yun Jin, the daughter of the eldest master, has no words and deeds. At the beginning of the year and at the ceremony, he just told others that Xu Yu was afraid that he fell in love with him. He followed him at the lantern festival. Far.

Although she was talking about it with her boudoir friends, she couldn't cover it up, and it didn't take long for it to be spread as a joke.Xiao Cai has always been public, but when this happened, she closed her door like a quail for a while.

Peng Shi has been bullied by the big house for so many years, so he naturally finds it ridiculous.But after thinking about it, the uncle's house did not separate the family, Yunjin's words and deeds were wrong, and her own daughter Yunlan would be hurt, so she couldn't help but get angry again.

That was why Yunlan's two little maids were arguing that day.One said that the third son wanted to see Miss Yunlan, and the other said it was impossible. Hearing that someone from a certain family looked like a fairy, the third son would not take a second look, and told her not to be like the eldest son. That crazy guy went out to make a joke.

The little maid's bickering was very ridiculous, Qi Yuan had been listening to the excitement, but he didn't expect to encounter it today.Thinking about it again, that person always has a straight figure, like a clean-cut figure among a group of dandies.

Although he is only a half-way brother, he secretly thought in his heart that if he could choose Yun Lan's brother-in-law, Xu Yu's appearance would be very satisfying.

You Ji didn't know that he was thinking blindly, so he asked him: "Brother Qi, if you can't go out often, would you like me to bring some things for you?"

Qi Yuan hurriedly shook his head: "No need. I just let the servant girl buy whatever I want." After finishing speaking, he hesitated for a while, wanting to say goodbye in advance, but he didn't know where to start.

He was hesitating here, when he heard the clattering of horseshoes in the distance, Qi Yuan looked in the distance and saw that Mr. Xu had come to look for You Ji, hurriedly waved goodbye to You Ji, and jumped into the donkey cart .

The coachman waved his whip, and the donkey cart moved slowly.The blue figure behind him also reined in his horse and stopped, and only glanced to this side from afar.

Because of all these troubles, when Qi Yuan and Hu Fu returned to Bo's mansion, the sun was already westward.They still went in quietly through the back door. Fortunately, the woman guarding the door was not there, so the two of them did not experience any trouble.

Qi Yuan moved all the things back to his room, and asked Hufu to close the door of the small courtyard. While checking and checking, he picked out the spices to be used later.

The pulse of Tianxiang in this dynasty has been passed down for generations, and there are many merchants and hawkers who make their businesses. However, the truly famous incense-making families are only Wanjia in Suzhou, Mujia in Hangzhou, Hejia in Beijing, and Xujia in Guangzhou. And the Qi family in Yangzhou.

Among them, the He family and the Xu family were both specialized in official business, and most of the shops sold high-grade fragrant medicines and various incense vessels.For example, the four holy products of dipterocarp, agarwood, sandalwood and musk are mostly monopolized by these two companies.

The Wan family, the Mu family and their Qi family all use Hexiang as their main ingredient.There are several companies that offer incense for daily application and wearing, but their main business is different. The main business of Wan's family is rose water and medicinal incense, Mu's family is offering incense for worshiping Buddha, and Qi's is for burning household incense.

What Qi Yuan made today was the four-season flower fragrance that every family has. There are complex and simple prescriptions for this kind of fragrance. He chose those with cheap ingredients but clean taste. It can be smoked and worn, which is very practical for ordinary people.

The rich and famous families at the Huachao Festival will definitely prepare their favorite high-quality fragrances in advance, so he only intends to sell them to ordinary people from the beginning. When the time comes, the price will be lower, and the profits will be small but the sales will be high. There should be no worries about sales.

After saving the principal this time, he can make more, and then let Hufu take it to the market to sell.As long as he saved enough 30 taels of silver, he would immediately return to Jiangnan.

Qi Yuan hummed secretly, picked up the things and moved them into the small kitchen one by one.

His small courtyard is on the northeast corner of the Bo mansion, near the back door, like a corner temporarily pulled out from the mansion.The next row is the servant's room and kitchen.On weekdays, no one came to care and visit, but it just happened to be quiet.

Hufu stood in front of the courtyard gate, taking some needlework along the way.After working for a while, he turned his head and saw Qi Yuan stooping into the small kitchen with something in his arms.She came over curiously to have a look, only to see that her young master was kicking a small charcoal stove outside.

Hu Fu hurriedly said: "Whatever you want to do, just let the slaves come. Young master, go read a book."

Qi Yuan was in a good mood, he laughed and said, "What's there to see. You go and wash the two crock pots."

Hu Fu hurriedly responded, moved the charcoal stove outside, and pulled out a long-disused earthen pot from the corner as Qi Yuan said, and rinsed the small pots she bought today, and put them aside.

Qi Yuan put the pot on the stove, filled it with water, but was stunned, and turned to ask her, "Can you make a fire?"

Hu Fu was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly brought the fire bag, blew on it lightly, and lit some fine firewood into the stove.

Qi Yuan's eyes widened, and he tilted his head to look into the stove in surprise.

Seeing him like this, Hu Fu couldn't help laughing and said, "Master, it's as if he's never seen it before. It's better if the master made a fire before."

Qi Yuan let out an "ah" and hurriedly said, "I haven't used it for a long time, I'm unfamiliar with it."

After speaking, he looked at the firewood sticks of different thicknesses and bundles of wheat straw in the corner, and said, "You burn some firewood first."

Hufu didn't doubt that there was him, so he kept saying that she could come by herself.

Qi Yuan refused to let her go, and watched how she took things for a while, then let people go out, and bought white sand honey and a porcelain pot, sealed it with oil paper, and steamed it on the pot.

This step is refining honey.

Refining honey is the basic skill of making incense. Most of the combined incense pills and cakes need to be glued with honey.The method is not troublesome. First, fumigate with water. After the water is boiled, take out the porcelain pot and simmer slowly until the water vapor is exhausted.It's just that it takes a veteran to master the fire,

Most people refine the ones that are either too tender or too burnt.It is too tender and has too much water vapor, so it is not easy to bond and store.If it is too burnt, there will be miscellaneous flavors, which is even more inappropriate.

Although it was the first time for Qi Yuan to refine it, he had been fascinated by it since he was a child, and he had also learned how to twist it with his eyes and hands from Master Qi. This time, he only had these two jars of white sand honey, so he could not waste it, so he watched the heat carefully and boiled it carefully. system.

Hufu didn't expect it to be so troublesome to make a fragrant pill.After coming over to look at it a few times, I still went to guard the door.

Qi Yuan was so busy that he was sweating profusely, until the white sand honey in the jar was gurgling with reddish-brown bubbles, then the fire was extinguished, and he dug it out with a spoon to have a look, and sure enough, it was done in one go, dripping into beads.

Qi Yuan couldn't help being overjoyed, and also heaved a sigh of relief.The rest of the work is much easier. It is nothing more than frying the spices, grinding them into fine powder, then mixing them according to the amount, adding refined honey to adjust, and then kneading them into balls the size of phoenix seeds, wrapping them in tissue paper, Seal in cans.

When Qi Yuan got into the kitchen, the sun was still in full bloom, and when he finished his work and came out, the sky outside was already dark and hazy.He himself was covered in ashes from the stove, as if he had just been drilled through the hearth.

Hu Fu was so laughing that he fell to the ground, but Qi Yuan didn't bother to wash his face, and went to dig a hole with his dark face. The master and servant dug three or four holes in a row, put the jar in and buried it, and covered it with something. Then I stretched my arms and legs and went back to the room.

Hu Fu smiled and fetched water, asked Qi Yuan to wash his face, and cooked some vegetables.

Qi Yuan's heart was indescribably happy.He mixed the wine he brought back during the day and warmed it up. While drinking with the pickles, he thought happily of those jars of fragrant pills, which could be exchanged for silver in a few days, and then converted into spices to make fragrant pills. Xiangwan then exchanged for more silver... Bai Huahua's silver was getting bigger and bigger like a snowball, and the 30 taels of silver was almost within easy reach.

When I return to the south of the Yangtze River, I can call friends and play as much as I want.

The more he thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and he saw that the small courtyard was full of moonlight, the sky was clear and clear, and there was a faint scent of flowers in the evening wind.Suddenly Shixing became very popular, and he walked into the yard.

Hufu saw that the young master was about to compose a poem, so he hurriedly put down his bowl and chopsticks and waited eagerly.However, Qi Yuan coughed lightly and walked around the courtyard two or three times, but he couldn't find a few words that suited the occasion.

He couldn't hold back enough, and remembered the several poems about the scenery of Pian Si Li Liu written by the original body, and when he saw Hu Fu looking at him expectantly, his face became hot, and he cheekily pretended that he was digesting food, and went for a walk After a few laps, he resentfully went back to his room to sleep.

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Xu Xuan: Slowly fade out...

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