Lin Tong returned to the watermelon shop, had a pot of tea brewed, and sat leisurely on a recliner in the side room.
A short while later, Gou Dan knocked on the door and came in.
"Dog Egg, you did a great job this time! The young master was very pleased and gave us five taels of silver! You did all the work, and I didn't help much, so you can have all the silver!"
As he spoke, Lin Tong took out five taels of silver.
"Brother Lin, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
Dog Egg shed tears of gratitude, "How could I dare keep this money all to myself? Let's split it fifty-fifty! I only need two taels and five hundred coins!"
"Isn't this a bad idea?"
Lin Tong declined.
"How is it bad? If Brother Lin hadn't come to me, I wouldn't have earned a single penny!"
"All right!"
Lin Tong accepted the silver, secretly delighted.
After receiving the silver, Gou Dan left and called Zhu Zi to the deserted backyard, where he mysteriously rummaged through his clothes.
Upon seeing this, Zhu Zi became extremely excited.
Looks like they're going to give a kickback!
After figuring this out for so long, this must be quite a sum of money!
Guess, five taels or ten taels?
When Gou Dan put five hundred coins in his hand, Zhu Zi was completely stunned.
"Five...five hundred coins?"
"Yes, Young Master Lin gave us a total of five hundred coins to thank us, but since you stole the ice-making method, you can have all the money. I don't want a single penny!"
Dog Egg waved his hand and said generously.
Zhu Zi accepted the copper coin in silence.
He never even considered splitting the money with Gou Dan—it was only five hundred coins, what was there to split?
He was very suspicious of how Lin Wenyao, who was usually generous and would spend tens or hundreds of taels of silver at a time, could give out such a small amount of cash as five hundred coins.
Dog Egg was somewhat displeased by his reaction.
He had given the small change from the two taels and five hundred coins to Zhu Zi and hadn't intended to ask for more—but he should at least have declined a little, right?
Just like before, he forcefully returned half of the five taels of silver to Lin Tong.
Seeing that Zhu Zi was so impolite, he changed his mind at the last minute and asked with a frown, "Zhu Zi, you can do this job, is it because I asked you to?"
The pillar nodded.
"Look, I let you go out and have some fun for more than a day, and when you come back you get five hundred coins all to yourself. How can you be so shameless?"
"..."
The pillar remained silent once more.
"You must be feeling embarrassed, right? Well then, I won't ask for more, I'll just split it with you! Here, you're a fool, and I'll be a fool too!"
"..."
Holding two hundred and fifty coins in his hand, Zhu Zi was completely dumbfounded.
He really couldn't understand why Fatty Qiu could get away with taking two hundred taels of silver while he was just a fool, since he and Fatty Qiu both knew how to make ice.
...
There are two sides to the story.
After assigning tasks to Pangqiu and the others, Jing Zhe stayed at Chen Mo's house.
He had someone bring over the alcohol distillation apparatus that had been used the day before yesterday. Jing Zhe spent the whole afternoon working on it, first making four jars of strong liquor, and then improving the distillation apparatus to make a simple volatile oil extraction device.
Chen Mo's yard was planted with many pear trees, which were now in full bloom with small white flowers. Jing Zhe picked quite a few and used a volatile oil extraction device to make some pear blossom essential oil.
By the time we finished doing all this, the sun was almost setting.
Because the device was rudimentary, it could not completely separate the volatile oil and water, but even so, it had already broadened Chen Mo's horizons.
"Young master, is this the floral water you made before?"
After asking the question, Chen Mo realized that the floral water he had given him seemed to be different from this one.
The floral water is a bright green color and looks like water when shaken, but this one in front of me is clean and clear with faint layers, and the traces look a bit like oil.
"no."
Jing Zhe shook his head, "This is perfume!"
"perfume?"
Chen Mo and Gui Zhi tilted their heads, puzzled.
"It's just like the face powder you women use, except this perfume is made from all-natural ingredients. When you spray it on your body, the fragrance lasts a long time, and it can even permeate the air! For example, if Guizhi uses perfume and you don't, and you spend a lot of time together, you'll pick up the fragrance too. That's called—you smell like her perfume."
After Jing Zhe finished speaking, Chen Mo's eyes lit up.
Women are naturally sensitive to these grooming products, and it's inevitable that they'll be tempted when they see something so nice.
"Is the young master planning to give me a ride again?"
Chen Mo lowered his head, fidgeting with his fingers, and said softly.
He gave me floral water last time, and now he's giving me perfume. He's quite thoughtful! If that's the case, then I'll pretend that what happened when I spied on him never occurred and forgive him?
"Dream on!"
Jing Zhe poured the perfume into a beautifully crafted, slender porcelain bottle that he had prepared beforehand, put the stopper on, and quickly put it into his pocket.
Seeing Chen Mo pouting and frowning at him, Jing Zhe smiled and changed his words, saying, "Miss Chen, your family is wealthy and powerful, what haven't you seen? How could I dare to give you such a low-class little thing?"
A worthless little thing?
Chen Mo sneered.
Do you really think I'm stupid? You're keeping this cheap stuff like it's a treasure, but I don't know who you'll give it to!
Who he gave it to is none of her business, but why does the thought of it make her feel a tightness and discomfort in her chest?
Jing Zhe's nose wasn't particularly sharp, but he could still smell a faint sour odor in the air. Knowing that he shouldn't stay there any longer, he got up to say goodbye, grabbed a jar of strong liquor, and jogged away.
"Hmph! Coward!"
Chen Mo stomped his foot and said angrily.
Fortunately, she had already changed into women's clothing, and this action looked like a cute and shy little woman. If Chen Mo, who was dressed as a man a few days ago, had done the same action, it would have been different.
She must be incredibly effeminate...
...
After leaving Chen Mo's house, Jing Zhe did not return to Qingliang Yixia.
Carrying the strong liquor, he left the city and went straight back to Mangshan.
When we arrived at the foot of the mountain, we happened to meet a simpleton who had cut bamboo tubes and was coming down the mountain. He had a large bundle on his back, which looked like it contained about a hundred bamboo tubes. Behind him were more than ten people, and some of them were leading donkeys, which were also carrying many bundles on their backs.
"How many bamboo tubes did you get?"
"More than three thousand four hundred!"
Hanhan wiped the large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead and said.
Jing Zhe was shocked.
From the time he scolded Hanhan for going up the mountain to collect bamboo tubes until now, less than three hours have passed at most. He thought that Hanhan would not be able to make three thousand bamboo tubes by nightfall.
Seeing that Jing Zhe didn't speak, Hanhan thought he was angry that he hadn't listened to him and chopped bamboo until dark. He hurriedly explained, "When I went back to the mountain, I told the chief about it, and she ordered the brothers on the mountain who had nothing to do to help me chop bamboo!"
"I originally wanted to listen to the young chieftain's words and fight until dark, but what the chieftain said is enough. The young chieftain won't blame me!"
After following Jing Zhe for a while, Hanhan has become noticeably smarter and has learned to use Lu Li as a shield.
Jing Zhe glanced at the setting sun and waved to him, saying, "By the time you get the bamboo tubes into the city, it'll probably be dark. Don't forget to tell Da Lian when you get back that they absolutely must make three thousand popsicles by tomorrow morning!"
"Yes, young chieftain!"
Hanhan agreed and led his men into the city.
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