Chapter 1570 Summer Heat
After getting the full treasure, Zhou Lijun felt more relieved and had already planned how to run this business.
When they got home, Manbao took out the bags of medicinal herbs, weighed and divided them again, and then taught them how to make ointment.
Mrs. Lu got the hang of it the fastest. She had never made ointments before, but she had prepared medicinal herbs and made medicinal juices many times before, so she knew how to control the various temperatures.
Basically, she understood as soon as Manbao said it. Fang was a little slower, but no worse than the two princesses Mingda, so she could also learn it.
Zhou Lijun knew that he had no talent in cooking, so he just squatted on the side and watched, not daring to try.
After all, this medicinal material is not cheap. What if she breaks it?
But as she watched, she figured it out. This was medicine, and it didn't matter whether it tasted good or not. It was applied on the face anyway, so there was no need to worry about that.
Moreover, even if she couldn't boil the medicine well, she had no problem pounding the herbs, so she rolled up her sleeves and went forward to help.
When Mr. Zhuang and his two other apprentices walked over here, they saw smoke rising from the kitchen. Manbao and Zhou Lijun were sitting in the shade of the corridor pounding medicinal herbs.
The two people's reason was very practical. The kitchen was hot and they didn't want to warm themselves by the fire in it.
Fang and Lu, who were in charge of boiling the medicinal materials and dared not relax, were in the kitchen.
Liutou was at his most mischievous, so he brought his two younger brothers to mess with Manbao and the others. One of them snatched the herbs, and the other wanted to pound the medicine himself. After being scolded by Zhou Lijun twice, they behaved themselves.
When Manbao saw them sitting obediently on the ground with their heads down, he felt a little soft-hearted. Just as he was thinking about letting them play with him, Mr. Zhuang and his friends came over.
He looked at the two of them curiously, "What are you doing?"
Bai Shan took one look and said, "Are you making the ointment you gave your sixth brother?"
Manbao nodded and explained the benefits of the ointment to Mr. Zhuang in detail. He also asked, "Sir, would you like a bottle?"
Mr. Zhuang didn't understand what the ointment was for, so he shook his head and refused.
Bai Erlang was very tempted, "I want a bottle."
Bai Shan also said: "I want it too."
Manbao was curious, "What are you doing here?"
Bai Shan said, "Your sixth brother has them all, why can't we have them?"
"My sixth brother has a sore on his face. Do you have one?"
Bai Shan sat on the railing and said to her, "Didn't you say it has the effect of nourishing the skin? It doesn't have to be used when you have sores."
Bai Jilang: "That's right."
After thinking about it, he felt that he couldn't forget his brother, so he said, "Give my brother a bottle too."
Zhou Lijun couldn't help it, and stretched out his hand to the two of them and said, "Give me money."
Manbao: "That's right, I'll do it for you if you pay me."
Bai Erlang immediately looked at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "Give it to me, but we have this kind of relationship anyway. You guys don't want to make money from us, do you? What's the cost price?"
Mr. Zhuang sat aside and watched them silently.
Manbao turned her head to look at Zhou Lijun. She had not calculated the cost, but she remembered that Lijun had calculated it.
Li Jun thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll just charge you the cost, two taels of silver per bottle."
Bai Shan was slightly stunned, feeling a little pained, "The cost price is so high?"
Zhou Lijun, "Uncle-in-law, I'll have to make a good porcelain vase later. It's very expensive."
"You don't need to give us a very fine porcelain bottle. Just a wooden jar full of precious stones to hold medicine will do."
Manbao was about to nod when Zhou Lijun refused, "No, you have to use the same porcelain bottles we sell."
Bai Shan looked at her suspiciously, "You don't still want us to help you take out the food, do you?"
Zhou Lijun looked at his face and said, "No need. Just tell your uncle that you are using the ointment we make. Oh, and change the name. Neither Rouge nor Xiaochuang Cream sounds good."
Zhou Lijun wanted to take Manbao to choose a name, but when he saw Mr. Zhuang by mistake, he immediately asked his aunt to look at Mr. Zhuang.
Manbao also looked up at Mr. Zhuang.
Mr. Zhuang immediately turned around and said, "The sun is quite bright today. It's always been bright lately."
Bai Shan laughed out loud and said, "Please don't make things difficult for me, sir."
After thinking for a moment, he said to Zhou Lijun, "If you really want a good name, I'll show you a way."
He smiled and said, "Go find my mother, she will definitely be able to get it out for you."
"Yes, look for Aunt Zheng!" Manbao finally remembered and said to Zhou Lijun, "Aunt Zheng's names are very nice. Look at how she names the flowers and plants in the garden. She never uses the same name."
Bai Shan then said to Man Bao, "My mother also likes the ointment you gave her."
"No wonder I felt that Aunt Zheng had become prettier this time when I came home."
Although this is the truth, it always gives people the feeling that she is praising the ointment.
Manbao was tired of pounding the herbs, so he just stuffed the hammer into Baishan's hand and asked him to help.
Bai Shan sat in her seat and soon began to sweat. While pounding the medicine, he said, "It's so hot in the capital this year."
They also arrived in Beijing at this time last year, and it wasn't as hot as it is now.
Mr. Zhuang raised his head slightly and looked towards the sky. Of course, he couldn't look directly at the sun. He was not stupid, but just by looking at the almost white sunlight in the sky, he knew how strong the sun was.
He felt a little worried. "I heard there was a flood in Shengzhou, but it hasn't rained in the capital for over a month. The weather this year is a bit weird."
The others also raised their heads slightly and looked at the bright sunshine in the sky.
Bai Shan was also worried, "I'm afraid there will be a major disaster this year, I just hope there won't be any human misfortune."
Manbao: "It's very difficult. Both excessive heat and floods can easily lead to epidemics."
Bai Erlang: "It's already halfway through the year, and it's so hot right now. Isn't this already a disaster?"
Zhou Lijun was worried about his family. "I don't know how they are doing now. I just hope that Luojiang County has good weather and good harvests."
Liutou, who could already speak quite a bit, immediately followed suit, “Shun!”
Zhou Lijun reached out and pinched his face and said with a smile: "You don't have the final say, only my aunt has the final say. Aunt, you are the reincarnation of a fairy, tell me quickly."
Manbao: ...
Mr. Zhuang and Bai Shan: ...
Bai Erlang had always been skeptical about this statement, half believing it and half doubting it. When Zhou Lijun brought it up again, he looked at Manbao openly and asked, "Are you really the reincarnation of a fairy?"
Manbao: "If I really knew, even if I said it wasn't true, it would still be true."
Bai Erlang thought about it and it was true, but he couldn't help being curious. Since he couldn't ask Manbao, he asked Bai Shan, "Do you think she is?"
Bai Shan poured out the pounded medicine and looked at Bai Erlang silently.
Mr. Zhuang had a headache and called him, saying, "Bai hasn't come back yet. It's so hot right now, don't let him stay out for too long. Go find him."
Bai Erlang was stunned for a moment before asking, "My eldest brother is already an adult, he shouldn't get a heat stroke, right? Li Xue and the others are still outside."
"Li Xue and the others went to the bookstore, and Bai Zhi went to a banquet. How are they the same?" Mr. Zhuang said, "In this kind of weather, he shouldn't have gone out to attend a banquet."
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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