Jinyi Spring

Chapter 51 Hu Mansion
There are many types of rouge bottles in this era, including various types of porcelain, carved wood, and carved copper... Some were made in official kilns, and some were made in small workshops, and the quality varied.

Without exception, these bottles have a concave circle around the neck of the bottle, and the bottle cap is just buckled onto the outer edge of that circle.

It looks like a perfect fit, but in fact it is not well sealed, the contents inside are easily weathered, and the shelf life is relatively short.

The small bottle designed by Feng Chuchen has an extra section inside the bottle cap, which fits perfectly on the neck of the bottle. A layer of flannel is pasted on the extra section, and some wrinkles are pinched on the cloth so that the cap can fit on the neck and seal better.

Small bottles can be used to hold pastes, and larger and longer bottles can be used to hold tea leaves.

In this era, the large tea cans in tea shops and teahouses had the entire lid sealed with a layer of cloth, which looked ugly.

At present, Feng Chuchen doesn’t need many small bottles, only to hold the Sophora flavescens repairing ointment. The Yao family can make more large tea cans.

Feng Chuchen took out another piece of paper with several jars drawn on it, with patterns of landscape, bamboo, peony and lotus.

The lotus is a small bottle pattern, and the others are tea can patterns.

The reason why she drew all the patterns was because the patterns on the bowls made by the Yao family were not good looking. The one who drew the patterns for the Yao family porcelain was her eldest cousin who had studied for a few years and whose painting skills were average.

"In the future, we will not only produce rough bottles, but also fine porcelain. Only fine products can make more money. I heard that adding some crystal clay when firing porcelain can increase its hardness and make it more shiny.

"Make 200 small bottles for me first, and you can make more large tea cans. The quality must be good, and they must be kept secret. When you make a large quantity, you can sell them to teahouses. You can get a good price at a time, and it can also help spread your reputation..."

The crystal soil of this era is the rare earth of the previous life. Feng Chuchen knew in his previous life that adding an appropriate amount of rare earth when firing porcelain can increase the hardness and brightness of the porcelain.

Feng Chuchen wants the Yao family to live a good life, and for now he can only help to this extent.

After looking at Feng Chuchen's drawings and explanations, the eldest uncle and the second cousin felt that the prospects were promising and rubbed their hands, indicating that they were ready to do a great job.

Uncle Yao was a little hesitant. "Fine porcelain is not easy to make. It requires great skills and a long time. We will make the bottles that Chuchen wants. We have worked hard to make those tea cans. What if they don't sell well..."

Feng Chuchen said, "Uncle, no matter what you do, you must make some improvements. Believe me, that kind of tea can will definitely make money. Not only round ones, but also barrel-shaped ones."

She picked up the pen and drew several jars of different shapes.

The second cousin said, "Grandpa, what Chuchen said is right. Without improvement, we will have to live like this for the rest of our lives. Look at the Li family kiln in the neighboring village. I don't know what they added to the clay a few years ago, but the porcelain they fired is hard and shiny. Before, it was not as good as ours, but now even merchants from hundreds of miles away come to buy it. It's likely that what they added was crystal clay."

Seeing that his children and grandchildren were willing to improve, Father-in-law Yao agreed.

After having lunch at Yao's house, their second cousin drove them home at the beginning of the afternoon.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Mrs. Yao gave birth to a baby, and my eldest cousin drove to pick up Feng Chuchen and Aunt Wang.

The birth went smoothly. Although it was a girl, the Yao family loved her.

In the middle of the month, I went to visit Doctor Fang at his home and gave him two cans of good tea and two pieces of silk.

A few days later, he went to treat Miss Wen again. Miss Wen's dysmenorrhea improved a little, which gave the Wen family hope and made them treat Feng Chuchen more courteously.

Perhaps the news released by the Jiang Mansion worked, as no one has come to ask Feng Chuchen to perform the Yin Shen needle treatment for such a long time.

It's the beginning of February in a busy schedule.

Spring is coming back to the earth, willow branches are turning green, and early-blooming forsythia flowers are blooming in the wind.

The construction of the archway began again, and there was a lot of noise in front of the Feng family's gate.

On the eighth day of the second lunar month, Feng Chuchen took Feng Buji, Shaoyao and Datou to their new home in Bei'anfang and would stay there for two days.

The furniture has been made, and Aunt Wang went over there yesterday with Banxia and some bedding.

As soon as you enter the alley, you can hear the sound of reading.

After knocking on the door, Banxia smiled and said, "Miss, Master, the furniture was delivered yesterday, and the kang is also lit, it's very warm."

At Feng Chuchen's request, a small house was built specifically for Datou between the back house and the west wing.

The trees in the yard have grown new leaves, and the red plum blossoms in the corner are in full bloom.

Opening the door, the dry and warm wind blew into the house, and the bright sunshine shone into the house, which was very comfortable. Feng Chuchen and his friends were cleaning the house, while Feng Buji stood in front of the courtyard gate with Datou to listen to the reading in the private school.

His mouth was wide open. His illness had improved a lot. Not only would he not die early, but he could also study, practice boxing, and become a royal doctor to treat the emperor in the future, support his sister, and marry a wife who was willing to hang on his belt...

Thinking about the good things, the little guy laughed out loud.

Big Head also likes his new home and sticks out his long tongue and calls out.

I went to the street corner to eat noodles for lunch.

After dinner, Banxia took Feng Buji home to rest, while Feng Chuchen, Aunt Wang and Shaoyao went to the market to buy things.

When cooking dinner in the evening, you should cook a few more dishes.

The market is less than a quarter of an hour’s walk away, and the things there are more expensive than in the country markets.

Feng Chuchen bought many potted plants and flower seeds, including roses, peonies, herbaceous peonies, morning glories, orchids, wintersweets, cycads, etc., both for the new house and for the old house.

I also bought tofu, bamboo shoots, fungus and other ingredients.

It cost more than ten taels of silver.

After returning home, Feng Chuchen planted the flower seeds and arranged the potted plants with great interest.

From now on, I would have people come to my new home to take care of the flowers and plants. As soon as we moved in, the garden would be filled with colorful flowers and spring colors.

Although the dinner was a vegetarian feast, it was still very sumptuous, with six dishes and one soup.

At the end of the next day, Feng Chuchen and his sister took gifts and went to visit Hu's house with Aunt Wang in a donkey cart.

The donkey cart traveled for more than half an hour.

Arriving at the East Corner Gate, Feng Chuchen said to the gatekeeper, "My brother and I are the nephew and niece of Mrs. Feng, and we have come to pay a special visit to Mrs. Hu."

After saying that, he handed over two small silver coins.

The doorman knew that his young master was delivered by Doctor Feng, and he had also seen Midwife Wang who came to deliver babies.

He took the silver coin and said with a smile, "Wait a minute, I'll go in and report to my wife."

A quarter of an hour later, the concierge came running over and said with a smile, "Miss Feng, Master Feng, my wife wants to see you."

Feng Chuchen and his companions followed a maid to the main courtyard.

In the side room, a middle-aged woman in her forties was sitting on the bed, with a two-year-old girl in her arms, who was holding a sheep doll, which was given by Feng Chuchen.

Sitting on the side are a young woman and a young girl.

Feng Chuchen knew that Lord Hu had a son and a daughter.

Mr. Hu's eldest son, Hu Youming, is 26 years old this year. He passed the imperial examination last year and is working in the Taichang Temple.

Grandmother Hu, Ms. Song, and her husband had three children: twin sons Hu Qingsong and Hu Qingyang, six years old, and a daughter Hu Qingluo, two years old.

Mrs. Hu suffered from a chronic illness due to the difficult labor of her eldest son, and gave birth to a daughter in her thirties.

The little girl's name is Hu Youjia, and she is just eight years old this year. She is eighteen years younger than her eldest brother and two years older than her two nephews.

The little girl is fair and pretty, with a smile on her face.

The five children and grandchildren of the Hu family were all delivered by Doctor Feng, and they all survived in good health.

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　　(End of this chapter)