Chapter 5 The Way of Producing Wealth
"Wanrong, let's go!" Li Qingquan was sent to the gate for the first time for the first time, and then waved his hand to say goodbye.
"Old Master Li, you're busy!" Chen Wanrong said goodbye to Li Qingquan with a strong nasal voice.
Looking at Chen Wanrong's back, Li Qingquan was still inexplicable. The person who had originally looked at him became more and more attractive today. Even Chen Wanrong's clothes full of patches felt clean and refreshing, which made people feel comfortable. He patted his forehead and remembered that he had to test the hot alkali. He quickly walked to the workshop and waved to the two guys to start. He prepared the hot alkali solution according to the method taught by Chen Wanrong, and soaked the skin.
After walking for a while, Chen Wanrong looked back and saw Li Qingquan going to the workshop. He thought he was really anxious and went to try it immediately. He licked his lips. The fragrance of the Qingcheng Snow Bud still existed, and he really deserves the praise of "Yuxiang Leaves the Origin of the Tongue".
Chen Wanrong painted a beautiful blueprint for Li Qingquan, which made him excited. Chen Wanrong didn't doubt his attempt to use Huobei. The next thing was to teach him some details, especially the protection of Huobei. Huobei is too alkaline. If there is not enough protection knowledge, there will be big problems in the body. Chen Wanrong is responsible for it.
Li Qingquan listened very carefully and did not miss a word. After hearing this, he kept pouring tea for Chen Wanrong. Qingcheng Xueya, which he originally regarded as a treasure, was sifted to Chen Wanrong cup after cup. When Chen Wanrong finished his explanation, most of the pot of Qingcheng Xueya was also drunk.
This explanation Li Qingquan has never heard of and never heard of, even if he never dreams, he would be amazed in his heart. He only felt that the Qingcheng Snow Bud is worth it, and he did not feel a pity at all.
The use of stearic acid is very wide in modern society and is used in many industries. The Tang Dynasty had no industry, only handicraft workshops and no industrial chains, so its use was naturally not as wide as that of modern society. There were two main industries that would be used, one was tanning and the other was printing and dyeing. Chen Wanrong came out this time to find these two industries in Luojiadian. Unfortunately, there was no printing and dyeing workshop in Luojiadian, and only Li Qingquan, the tanning workshop, so the idea of finding customers could only be dispelled.
Luojiadian came and went, with shops everywhere, and shouting and shouting. Although it was a small rural town in the Tang Dynasty, it was not worse than that of modern cities. What attracted Chen Wanrong the most was the ancient style and charm, and he was not in a hurry to go back. He just walked around the street, browsed east and visited the west, as if he was enjoying travel, and had endless fun.
After half an hour of shopping, I went all over Luojiadian, and then I was satisfied and went to the vegetable market to buy meat. The meat in the Tang Dynasty was not expensive, five cents per pound, and Chen Wanrong bought two pounds of meat. The unit price of pork ribs was 7 cents, and one pound was required, and it cost only 17 cents in total.
Chen Wanrong is good at making sweet and sour pork ribs. He is ready to make some pork ribs and honor the two elders. With pork ribs, you have to ask for sugar. There is a shop selling sugar in the vegetable market. The business is deserted and there are no customers in the shop. Chen Wanrong took the meat and went straight over. As soon as he arrived at the shop, he smelled a strong sweet fragrance and couldn't help but twitch his nose twice.
The owner of the candy shop is a woman, in her forties, wearing a round-neck, low-cut shirt on the upper side, revealing the red jacket inside, and a red pomegranate skirt on the lower side. Her eyebrows were trimmed into crescent moon eyebrows, and she was slightly pink, which was quite "old and pretty".
The women in the Tang Dynasty had a very high status, just like men. It is normal for women to show up in public to do business, and Chen Wanrong was not surprised at all. What surprised Chen Wanrong was her words. She looked at Chen Wanrong, and then came over and asked, "Do you buy candy?"
Hearing her tone, she didn't believe that Chen Wanrong would buy candy. Chen Wanrong looked at the woman in surprise, and saw that she looked at her eyes a little despised. She thought she could just sell some candy, so she nodded and said, "Yes. Come two pounds."
This time, it was the female boss' turn to be surprised and looked at Chen Wanrong carefully. He looked at him with a very handsome appearance, but there were too many patches of clothes on his body, which exposed his poor identity: "You want two pounds? I'll give you a thumbs up." After being surprised, he was respectful, as if he had met a big customer, and a flower bloomed on his face.
Two pounds of candy are very common in modern society, and no one will take it seriously. Chen Wanrong is a little difficult to understand.
The female boss raised an axe quickly and knocked on the black sugar in the wooden frame. With a bang, a crack appeared on the sugar.
Chen Wanrong felt something was wrong and asked, "How much does this sugar cost per pound?"
The female boss was crisp and crisp: "My candy was shipped from Lingnan, and it's the best quality goods. You want more, I'll give you a little cheaper price. If you don't count 60 cents, you'll just collect 55 cents. If you give two pounds, you'll be 110 cents."
Lingnan refers to the areas before Wuling, mainly in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Vietnam (Vietnam was also a territory of China in the Tang Dynasty). Lingnan has a hot climate and is suitable for planting sugarcane, and sugar sugar is very famous.
"You don't..." Chen Wanrong thought that Chen Hushen was busy making a bucket a day but buying two kilograms of candy, which was too unintentional, so he said, "You might as well grab it." Then he remembered that in the Tang Dynasty, candy was a luxury, such as our current shark fin and abalone, which only rich people could afford. He was a poor child wearing patched clothes, who could only smell the fragrance of candy. Buying two kilograms of candy at one time would definitely be considered a big deal. How could the female boss not be excited?
If he really bought two kilograms of candy back, Chen Laoshi would be so distressed that he beat his chest. Chen Wanrong thought that this embarrassment was a big deal.
The female boss took a breath and asked, "What did you say?"
"I said, don't smash it. I'm sorry, I didn't bring my money with me, so my brother took it to buy cows. I forgot, I'm so sorry." Chen Wanrong said something, and regardless of the female boss's reaction, he turned around and left.
The female boss threw the axe and pulled her face down. She pointed at Chen Wanrong's back and scolded fiercely: "I am so tired that my heart beats like a rabbit in my arms, as if I were carrying a rabbit, but you are here to eat my tofu, you hairless boy!"
After she finished scolding her, Chen Wanrong had already gone far away. After leaving the vegetable market, Chen Wanrong thought of this and found it funny. If the money was earned by himself, not to say 110 cents, it would be 210 cents. He would still buy this candy. If he loses face, he can't lose people!
However, this money was cut by Chen Laoshi with one axe. There is no reason to be a human being like that if you spend his money, you have to use the money you earn to be a man. Only then can you endure the scolding of the female boss.
When I looked back, I saw the female boss pointing at him and splashing his saliva. I thought to myself that I will let you once today. A good man will not fight with a woman, and promote a gentlemanly demeanor, and not just like your wife!
I bought what I should buy. The weather was quite cold, so I would rather go back early. After thinking about it, Chen Wanrong started his journey home with the meat. He walked ten feet forward. A plaque was hung above a brick house with the words "Zhihe Medicine Shop". Chen Wanrong passed by the door and turned his head to look into the house. There were many people in the house, and the guy at the counter was busy grabbing medicine.
He did his business, and I went back to my house and did my own things. Chen Wanrong didn't take it seriously, and walked non-stop. After walking almost three or five feet, he stopped suddenly with a flash of inspiration, turned around and walked quickly towards the pharmacy.
After stepping in, I saw more than a dozen people in the room, looking through the cracks, I saw a doctor in his fifties touching his beard with his left hand and his right hand on a woman's white wrist, his eyes half open and half closed, looking happy and contented. I don't know if he was taking the pulse for someone or taking the opportunity to eat the tofu of this woman with three-point beauty.
A young man of fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a green hat, had a few thin fluff on his mouth, stood behind the counter and said to Chen Wanrong, "Customer, are you seeking medical treatment or taking medicine?" His voice was eighty-nine, and there was also a sharp and thin age group of voice-changing ages.
"I want five kilograms of alum." Chen Wanrong said his purpose straight.
The young man almost dropped his eyes to the ground: "Five jin? Guest, this alum and hot vinegar can relieve cough, but you can't finish eating so much. If you are sick, please give us a look and take your medicine to cure the disease."
Chen Wanrong stared at the young man: "Don't you talk? Who is sick? Yes, or not?"
The young man was very dissatisfied, but when he saw Chen Wanrong's eyes were a little unkind, he had to endure it: "Mr. Qi, this guest official wants to buy five kilograms of alum, or not?"
"Sell!" The doctor opened his eyes half-opened and half-closed, and then made a decision without looking back. Then he turned around and asked in surprise: "What? Five kilograms of alum? Eat as a meal?" Looking at Chen Wanrong, he looked at him: "Is your family sick? Just bring him to me and I will treat it. If you are afraid of trouble, I will go to your house. The medical expenses of the villagers are all counted less, just two hundred cents. The medicine money is calculated separately."
The angel in white is so unscrupulous, and he is really right! Chen Wanrong couldn't stand his face as a stubborn person and was too lazy to pay attention to him: "Will you sell it? If you don't sell it, I'll go to another house."
If you have money, you will be a pig. Doctor Qi refuted Chen Wanrong's face and said a little unhappy: "Just pay, just four cents per pound, five cents per pound, twenty cents per pound."
Chen Wanrong took out twenty cents and placed them on the counter. Then the guy weighed it, wrapped the alum in oil paper, and handed it to Chen Wanrong.
Chapter completed!