perfumer

Chapter 40 Dispensing

When the Bai family was about to stir up trouble, Bai Xin naturally didn't know it. He was showing the turpentine he made to the young shopkeeper in the pharmacy.

The young shopkeeper was full of praise, "The fat color is like white jade, it's really good." He had been in touch with Bai Xin for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what kind of family he came from. Looking at the rags and rags on his body, he must be a child from a poor family. , but he knows how to concoct Cyperus cyperus and refine turpentine. Last time, the young master of the rich family was with him. The shopkeeper was a little confused, but it didn't prevent him from liking the young and mature Bai Xin, "Your turpentine came just right. Recently, someone wants to make Fuling Fang Bigu, which needs a lot of turpentine."

When Bai Xin heard that he needed it, he was also happy. He had also heard about turpentine used in medicine, thought for a while, and said, "Then the turpentine I made is too hard, so it's not easy to make meatballs."

The shopkeeper was surprised that he knew a lot, and he couldn't help talking more, "It's not a problem, it's already very good, I boil it with wine three or four times and it will soften, but..." He sighed softly He breathed a sigh of relief, "It is recorded in the ancient books that taking Poria cocos for a long time can live forever and immortals can never die, but I don't believe it, especially the turpentine in it, if you eat too much, it will stick to your body and cannot be excreted. It's inappropriate!"

Bai Xin didn't know much about this, so he could only agree: "It's not good to eat too much."

The two had a conversation, and the shopkeeper weighed the pine resin for him. In the end, he sold it for 110 Wen, which doubled the price. Bai Xin couldn't help but feel happy that he had separated. Refining.

Bai Xin came out of the pharmacy, saw that it was still early, so he took a stroll for a while, and passed by many small vendors selling rouge and gouache. He couldn't help thinking of the first time he secretly came to the town to sell xiangfuzi. He was always frightened, and Erlang saw it A shadow, but luckily he didn't catch it on the spot, otherwise he wouldn't be able to save the money.

Feeling quite emotional in my heart, I couldn't help but stop in front of a stall for a long time.

At this time, a burly old woman squeezed over, and she asked in a loud voice, "Is there any hair oil for dandruff?"

"This Suhe oil is good, you can try it." The hawker strongly recommends it.

Unexpectedly, the old woman spat, "You're fooling me. Last time I also bought this sorrel oil. My fifth mother used it, and it's useless at all."

Bai Xin raised her feet back and listened carefully.

The peddler frowned, "This hair oil is mostly like this, how can there be any special ones for removing dandruff?"

"You guys are treacherous, you lied to my old lady. You didn't say that before, and you swore that you could get rid of wind dust." The old lady scolded.

Hearing that the peddler scolded him as "treacherous", he was displeased, and put on a straight face, "Our small business sells cheap ones, although they don't remove dust, but the inside is genuine. If you want good ones, old mother, Why not go to that big store."

Hearing what he said, the old lady became even more angry, and spat again, "You think I can't afford the things in the big stores? You sell the same thing, what's the use of sorghum oil, lingxiang oil, and Guangxiang?"

"I didn't make these sesame oils, so what's the use of yelling at me?"

The two quarreled for a while, and then dispersed. The peddler thought he was unlucky, and pushed the cart to change places.

Bai Xin had already thought about it, and with a pleasant surprise on his face, he hurried back and went to the pharmacy again.

Seeing that he came back, the shopkeeper couldn't help being surprised, and asked, "What's the matter? But what did you forget?"

Bai Xin nodded, "I'll grab some medicine."

"What medicine are you grabbing?"

Bai Xin recalled, and then said: "Tanggui, Nepeta, Black Petunia, Angelica, Wei Lingxian, Arborvitae leaves, and Myrobalan are three coins each, and a total of ten parts is required."

The young shopkeeper didn't move immediately, but calculated the effects of various medicines in his mind, and asked suspiciously, "What kind of medicine is this?"

Bai Xin didn't want to disclose, so he lied, "I don't know either, my family wanted me to arrest him."

The shopkeeper believed it was true, but he was still worried, and remembered his brother's head injury, so he ordered: "I can't figure out what your medicine is for for a while, but Wei Lingxian can open the meridians, pregnant women and people with blood deficiency Use with caution, Nepeta is stable, but do not eat scaleless fish..."

Bai Xin listened, but he was absent-minded, because his prescription was not for eating, but for rubbing, but he still thanked the shopkeeper for the kindness of the doctor. These medicines were not precious, but because he grabbed ten ten in one breath, it still cost a few dollars. For ten renminbi, he bought the medicine mortar and medicine hammer for pouring medicine. With the rest of the money, he bought a little sesame oil, but in the end he made almost no money left.

On the way back, Bai Xin was still worrying about how to tell his mother. After all, she was old-fashioned and stuck to the rules, but when he came home, the atmosphere in the house was sluggish, and no one asked him how much he sold for the first time.

"What's wrong?" Bai Xin put down the bamboo basket, and Wu Niang ran to his side in a hurry.

Dalang hadn't come back yet, there were only sister-in-law and Wu Niang in the hall, he raised his heart, walked over and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's the matter?"

"At noon today, Second Aunt is here." Man Niang didn't know how to speak, and she was embarrassed to imitate Xu's words.

Bai Xin's face sank, "What is she doing here?"

Manniang lowered her eyebrows and lowered her voice, "She seems to be borrowing money."

"Hmph!" Bai Xin yelled coldly, gritted his teeth, and said angrily, "She really has such a face!"

Manniang thought that she not only had the face to come, but also had the face to say ugly things.

Bai Xin looked around, "Where are your mother and elder sister?"

"The eldest sister is in the house, and mother is with her."

Bai Xin sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter? Why is the eldest sister hiding in the house in broad daylight? Why did the mother go to accompany her on purpose?"

Man Niang stopped talking again, and Bai Xin was so anxious that she annoyed women procrastinating like this.

At this moment, feeling the hem of the clothes being pulled, Bai Xin lowered his head, and saw Wu Niang's big pitiful eyes, and said, "Eldest sister and second aunt got into a fight, and elder sister chased her away with a broom, she scolded elder sister."

Bai Xin was surprised by the behavior of the aunt. It was not easy for her to secretly resist the Bai family, but she did not expect to dare to confront her face to face. Bai Xin raised her eyebrows and asked, "What did she say about the eldest sister?"

Even though Wu Niang was young and had few worries, she was a little embarrassed to learn, but she wanted the third brother to vent her anger on the eldest sister, so she squeezed her fists and said angrily: "She scolded the eldest sister for not being able to marry, and said that the eldest sister would marry out." You have to be sent back too."

Bai Xin's face turned dark when he heard this, and he thought that even if he had nothing to do with his enemies, he might not scold an unmarried lady so viciously. Thanks to the relative relationship between them, each of the Bai family members It was like a white-eyed wolf, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, his body trembled.

At this time, there was movement at the door of the auntie, and Cao Shi came out of it lightly. Her eyes were red, and she cried for a long time when she saw it, "Sanlang!" Her voice was choked with sobs.

"Mom, what's the matter, big sister?"

"I'm tired from crying and fell asleep. I'm afraid she won't think about it for a while, so I will always be with her." Cao's face was a little haggard.

"Mom, what's going on?"

Mrs. Cao pulled him away from the aunt's room, and then told the whole story.

Bai Xin liked this elder sister more and more like Cao's in his eyes before. He didn't want her to have such explosive power in her body. The third room can just watch the eldest brother waiting to die on the bed, should we be good people to help them now?"

"That's not what I meant, it's just..." Cao Shi couldn't even say what it was.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Bai Xin said again: "Mother, if they were kind to us at the beginning, I wouldn't be so cruel and ignore them. Now that they have separated, why should they ask us for money? Does their family have any money?" Broken arms and legs."

Seeing her still hesitant, Bai Xin gritted his teeth and came up with a harsh medicine, "Mother, let me tell you the truth, when I fell into the water, my second uncle actually saw me, but instead of saving me, he left by himself. If Yu Xiaobao hadn't passed by, I'm afraid I would have died long ago."

Mrs. Cao couldn't believe what she heard. As if she had been shocked by an electric shock, the blood on her face faded instantly, her lips trembled, and she couldn't speak a word for a long time.

"Mom, do you still want to help such a person? Don't forget, they even sold Wu Niang back then!"

Cao Shi took a big step back, almost unable to stand still, her eyes were dim, but the original hesitation disappeared instead.

She didn't say a word in the end, and swayed back to the house. Seeing her like a candle in the wind, Bai Xin felt a little bit sad, but what he said was not a lie, and he hoped that his mother would never treat the second and third bedrooms again. Relentless.

At dinner in the evening, the aunt came out, her eyes were swollen into walnuts, her spirit was listless, Cao's was not much better, Da Lang heard the whole story from his wife, because of this kind of daughter's family, he didn't know what to do Persuaded, he had to bow his head to eat, and the atmosphere was depressed for a while, even Wu Niang stopped talking.

Bai Xin liked the aunt more and more in his heart, and wanted to make her happy, so he said, "Sister, guess what I bought today?"

"What?" The aunt was absent-minded, forcing a stiff smile.

"I prepared some medicine at the pharmacy today and made it into hair oil. It can remove wind dandruff, remove scale and greasy, and relieve felt knots."

After hearing this, the aunt really became interested, and her eyes were a little bright. She touched her hair unconsciously, and the more she touched it, the more itchy she felt, and she couldn't help asking, "Can it really remove dandruff?"

"Of course, this recipe is... But Master Cheng sued me, don't tell others, I will give you one when I make hair oil."

The aunt waved her hands again and again, "I don't need it, are you going to sell it?"

"What's wrong with this one?"

Looking forward to it, the aunt stroked her hair again.

Bai Xin asked, "Do you want to watch me do it?"

The aunt nodded again and again, and the two of them entered the kitchen. While refining the turpentine on the pot, they sat on the ground and ground the medicinal materials into fine powder. The aunt remembered that she had almost been lazy for a long time, and she was a little embarrassed. It was inevitable, and she remembered Xu's words , feeling a stabbing pain in her heart, she grabbed the medicine mortar, "I'll grind it, you sit and rest for a while."

The two took turns and grinded up all ten doses of the medicine. The aunt asked again, "And then?"

"Then put the sesame oil in the pot and boil it until it boils a few times. Then boil the medicinal powder together. After it's ready, let it cool down. Apply it to your hair at night, and then clean and comb your hair the next morning. It's ready."

The aunt looked at the pot, and the sesame oil in it gradually thickened, exuding a faint medicinal fragrance. It seemed that just by looking at it, one could imagine that the dry knots on the hair were moisturized and smooth.