Lord Quan teases Houmen's poisonous wife

Chapter 171
"En." Su Yan nodded with a smile, then took the bamboo basket from Yun Chuwei's hand and held it by herself, motioning her to pick the osmanthus flowers that were shorter and within reach.

Yun Chu smiled slightly and stood on tiptoe.

It is mid-autumn, and it is the best time for sweet-scented osmanthus to bloom. The small and tender yellow petals, the size of rice grains, are hidden among the bright green osmanthus leaves, exuding a light but long-lasting fragrance.

Autumn is strong, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant.

Because the petals are too small, Yun Chuwei casually grabbed a handful of millet grains. She looked at Su Yan and frowned at the basket in his hand. Did they all run into the gap?"

Su Yan took out a piece of gauze and covered the bottom of the bamboo basket like a magic trick, "This is much more convenient."

Yun Chuwei carefully put the sweet-scented osmanthus in his hand. Seeing that he was standing there, as if he had no intention of leaving, he couldn't help being curious, "Isn't Master Jiu going to the winery to prepare?"

Su Yan said: "Fresh sweet-scented osmanthus flowers have to be dried overnight before they can be used to make wine, so tonight we only pick sweet-scented osmanthus flowers, and the real wine making will be tomorrow."

Yun Chuwei suddenly said, "So that's the case, no wonder I saw you standing still, and thought I was ready!"

Su Yan put down the bamboo basket, took two steps forward, reached out and gently picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus that fell on top of her head, which was as big as a broken rice grain.

Yun Chu smiled and said: "No need to take it, you will have to drop your head after a while, just go back and wash it." Su Yan took the sweet-scented osmanthus from her head to the tip of her nose and sniffed it gently, then nodded gracefully, " good smell."

"This is golden osmanthus, of course it's fragrant!" Yun Chu raised her eyes slightly, and met his smiling eyebrows, her face burned instantly, and she stretched out her hand to push him, "It was agreed to pick osmanthus flowers for Master Jiu to make wine, but you Disturbing my mind in every possible way, no, you stand over and don't get close to me."

It was rare for Su Yan to be rejected, and his face was full of helplessness.

Yun Chuwei snorted softly through his nasal cavity, "Don't look at me, it's useless to look at me, we are here to pick sweet-scented osmanthus, not for affection, it would be bad for the servants to see for a while."

Su Yan smiled lowly, "Okay, you continue to pick, I won't bother you."

Yun Chuwei didn't look at him anymore, and tiptoed lightly to continue picking osmanthus flowers. He knelt down and sifted through the osmanthus flowers she had picked, discarding those with unfull petals and wilted edges.

After picking enough sweet-scented osmanthus, Yun Chuwei also knelt down to pick and choose with him.

After finally picking out all the sweet-scented osmanthus, she stood up, suddenly feeling dark and dizzy.

Su Yan's complexion changed, he quickly reached out to support her, took her pulse, and then frowned, "It turns out that you don't have enough energy and blood. Didn't you eat on time before I came back?"

There was no such situation in the southern border, and she has only come back for a few days, and she actually took care of herself like this?
Thinking of this, Su Yanfeng's eyes were dark and full of displeasure.

Yun Chu glanced at him quietly, not because he didn't eat on time, but because he couldn't eat for a few days after hearing what He Lianjin told her.

Feeling guilty, I didn't even dare to look at him, and forced myself: "No, I'm just doing this for a while, probably because I've been squatting for too long, just take a rest for a while."

"Do you dare to lie in front of the doctor?" Su Yan frowned even tighter, helped her to sit on a stone bench beside her, and checked her pulse carefully again, although it was only due to lack of energy and blood. There are no other major problems, but it is enough to make him angry.

Yun Chuwei knew that she couldn't hide from him any expression or look in her eyes at this moment, but she really didn't want to tell him even a single word about her previous life, so she only thought about it for a moment before explaining calmly, "Okay, don't you Staring at me, I admit, it was because I was not used to the days without you when I just came back from the southern border, so I couldn't eat, and that's why I lost my blood."

"Really?" Su Yan still had doubts on his face.

"Of course it's true." Yun Chuwei argued, "If you don't believe me, just ask Yan Guige's servants, especially Aunt Han. She was with me all the time when I was eating. What do I do? She knows the situation best."

Su Yan took a deep look at her, "From now on, with me here, can you have a good meal?"

"Of course I can." Yun Chu showed a cute smile, "With Master Jiu here, the food tastes good, and the body looks great."

Su Yan shook his head helplessly, "Baby heart."

Yun Chu was slightly unconvinced, "Isn't the doll bad? How innocent and carefree!"

Su Yan bent down and picked up the bamboo basket filled with sweet-scented osmanthus, and held her with the other hand, "Go back to the room."

"Don't you still want to dry the sweet-scented osmanthus?" Yun Chuwei's wrist was tightly held by him, so he could only follow him step by step.

"It can be left anywhere, but you have to find a way to make up for your lack of energy and blood, otherwise both mother and child will be affected."

Yun Chuwei looked at his handsome back, stuck out his tongue lightly, and sighed secretly. Fortunately, it was night, and he couldn't see the subtle emotions on his face too clearly, otherwise, if he was really asked to continue asking, She didn't even know how to explain it.

Back in the room, Su Yan spread out the sweet-scented osmanthus in the bamboo basket in a thin layer, then took the basket to the window sill to dry.

Yun Chuwei sat on the armchair and yawned.

When Su Yan came back, he glanced at her and asked directly, "Would you like porridge or soup?"

"Ah?" Yun Chuwei didn't realize it for a while, "Isn't it not long after I ate, how can I eat?"

"Then drink the soup."

After Su Yan finished speaking, he gave orders to Aunt Han outside. Not long after, Aunt Han came in with a bowl of sweet soup cooked with red dates, dried longan and eggs.

Yun Chuwei understood that it was impossible not to drink, so he simply picked up the spoon and put it into his mouth one by one.

Su Yan has been watching from the side, until she finished the last bite of eggs before giving up.

After eating, Yun Chuwei lost all sleepiness, and wanted to go out for a walk again.

Su Yan didn't stop him either. After all, it's still early, and today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon is full outside, so it's good to go out to enjoy the moon.

The two of them walked out of the Yangui Pavilion, and a servant came to report in a hurry outside, "Jiu Ye, Young Master Lu is begging to see you."

"Lu Xiuyuan?" Su Yan narrowed his eyes, "Why is he here?"

The boy said, "Young Master Lu said, send Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to Master Jiu and his wife."

Su Yan nodded, "Come in, please."

After the boy left, Su Yan looked at Yun Chuwei, "It seems that it is impossible for two people to enjoy the moon tonight."

Yun Chu said slightly: "That doesn't matter, Young Master Lu is not an outsider, so it's okay to enjoy the moon together?"

Su Yan gave a soft "um", "It's nothing."

Not long after, Wan Tong pushed Lu Xiuyuan's wheelchair in.

The clear eyes without any impurities lightly glanced at Yun Chu, Lu Xiuyuan raised a gentle smile on his lips, and then looked at Su Yan, "Is Master Jiu here today?"

Su Yan nodded flatly, "I arrived at Mao in the morning."

Lu Xiuyuan half-jokingly said: "If you don't come back, I dare not come to the Duke's mansion to give Mid-Autumn gifts."

Last time when Yun Chuwei went to the southern border, Lu Xiuyuan took good care of him all the way back and forth. Su Yan was jealous, but he was not a person without tolerance, "Master Lu has a heart."

"You're welcome." Lu Xiuyuan smiled and motioned Wan Tong to take out the gift.

In fact, Yun Chuwei was very curious about what Lu Xiuyuan would give as a gift, but it would be impolite to dismantle it in front of others, so he could only hold back his thoughts and invite him to sit at the table.

Su Yan sent someone to the wine cellar to fetch a jug of wine. Aunt Han put the wine utensils on the stone table and poured wine for the two of them one by one.

Yun Chuwei couldn't drink, so he poured tea for her.

Lu Xiuyuan picked up his wine glass, raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly, "It's Mid-Autumn Festival again before I know it, I didn't expect time to pass so fast."

Yun Chu said slightly: "This year, Young Master Lu has gained a lot!"

This is not a compliment, but the truth.

For a while, she was idle and bored, and went to look at several cosmetic shops under the Lu Family Chamber of Commerce. Naturally, the shopkeeper would not hand over such an important item as the account book to her for inspection, but every batch of goods that she provided with prescriptions was issued after delivery. There are records in the warehouse before, and she can analyze the general trend by comparing the inventory with the spot on the counter.

She has cooperated with Lu Xiuyuan for a year, and there was no outstanding performance in the first half of the year, but fortunately, the reputation of "Lu's Chamber of Commerce" was resounding all over the country, and Yunchuwei's products were listed under the name of "No. [-] Royal Merchant". It became popular within half a year, and the ladies in the palace couldn't put it down, and began to order in large quantities.

And Yun Chuwei's formula has gradually extended from face oil and hair oil to makeup powder, rouge, lip gloss and hair cleansing balm, and the elements have begun to diversify.

Of course, her things can be popular, in addition to the reputation of the Lu family, her continuous efforts are indispensable.

Before researching new products, she still put in a lot of hard work to investigate and analyze.

The ancients had four steps in skin care: cleansing, facial oil, facial treatment, and hand medicine.

Needless to say, cleansing, beauty and skin care, cleansing will always come first.

When Yun Chuwei was in Quanzhou, he found that the ointment used by people here for facial cleansing contained pig pancreas and soap locusts, and some things were added to it. The smell was not very pleasant, but the effect was good. .Later, when she came to the capital, she discovered that sandalwood, clove, musk and other medicinal materials with strong fragrance were added to the ointment used by the people of the capital to clean the face. However, because these medicines are quite expensive, this product is only popular among the nobles. Ordinary people can only afford to use the medicine without medicine.

After cleaning, the second step is to apply facial oil.Most of the facial fats in this era are too greasy due to the limitation of production conditions, so when she was in Quanzhou, she was inspired and made the first can of simple aloe vera cream.I haven't been idle since I came to the capital, so I asked Lu Xiuyuan to make a set of tools. When she is free, she will find materials to test repeatedly, so that the effect of facial fat can be as moisturizing as possible.With a genius doctor like Su Yan around, it is more convenient for her. From time to time, she comes to ask what medicinal materials can be mixed with the face cream to achieve the effect of whitening, removing spots and delaying aging. As soon as this face cream comes out, the business of major shops is booming, and the stock is out of stock. It became commonplace, and even Concubine Xiao Huang once wanted to spend money to buy out this facial fat for her own use, but when Lu Xiuyuan told Yun Chuwei, she refused.

It is said that women earn the most money, this is true, a woman spends the most money on this face in her life, especially when your products are effective, they are willing to spend a lot of money.Concubine Xiao Huanggui may be rich enough to buy out her face cream, but Concubine Xiao Huanggui only has one face. Yun Chuwei's purpose is not to make money from one person, but from a group of people. After buying out the distribution rights, how will the word-of-mouth of her face cream spread, and how will she do business in the future?
The third step of skin care, "face treatment", refers to those with special skin problems, such as: acne, freckles, blisters, facial sores, moles, scars, etc. Not everyone has it, but it is very common, even if it is The ancients are no exception, and skin care products in this area are rare in the market, even scarce.

Why do you say it is rare?Because this kind of facial fat needs to be mixed with a lot of precious medicinal materials, the cost will be high if the cost is high, and the price of the finished product will inevitably increase, and the fewer people who can afford it, so most people in the industry think it is not worthwhile. Fat will not be well utilized.

After Yun Chuwei's investigation was clear, he went to ask Su Yan to try his best to find medicinal materials with similar effects but much cheaper to mix into the facial cream. In this way, the cost of facial facial cream with the same effect was reduced by more than half. The price is naturally not too high, so this one is also popular.

The "hand medicine" in the fourth step is called "hand cream" by later generations. Someone once regarded a woman's slender fingers as "the relationship between the ingenuity of the whole body and the relationship between a hundred years of dryness and prosperity".Mrs. Gouyi, the biological mother of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because of a pair of strange hands. It can be seen that ancient women also paid great attention to the maintenance of their hands.

After Yun Chuwei understood the four major steps of ancient skin care, he went to buy the most famous and best-known products on the market and took them back to study their efficacy, then took the essence and discarded the dross, combined with his own unique formula, and finally made himself things are sold.

It can be said that in just half a year, the several skin care products listed under the banner of the Lu family have almost monopolized most of the market, but because of their mysterious and unique formulas and extremely effective effects, the peers can only silently envy them.

Lu Xiuyuan paid close attention to the sales and profitability of the second half year of cooperation, so he knew that Yun Chuwei's words were not exaggerated at all, but he would not take credit for it, "My harvest comes from my wife's all-out help. "

Yun Chu smiled slightly.

In this era, "shares" have long been mentioned, but they are not called "shareholders" here, but "treasurers". That is to say, all the shopkeepers of the Lu Family Chamber of Commerce are shareholders. Chuwei's current shares are only under Lu Xiuyuan's. Due to her status, she often entrusts Jiao Yan to go to the chamber of commerce. Therefore, except for the shopkeepers who had dinner together last year, there are few people in the chamber of commerce. Someone knows the true identity of this "big shopkeeper".

Lu Xiuyuan seemed to have thought of something, "I heard that Master Jiu and his wife plan to build a private school in Quanzhou?"

Yun Chu was slightly stunned, "How did you know this?"

Lu Xiuyuan smiled, "It's business, what if you don't have good news?"

"It's indeed my idea and Master Jiu's." Yun Chuwei said embarrassingly that he just wanted to let Yunzheng have a share in the serious business of Xinghua Village, and lied: "The place is too poor, many people are born I haven't studied for a day in my life, so when I went back last time, I thought about setting up a private school, and let the children go to study in it, whether it's literature or martial arts, as long as it can make them useful in the future , I will be gratified to let them fly out of the mountains."

Lu Xiuyuan said: "I also want to contribute."

Yun Chuwei and Su Yan looked at each other, and asked, "Young Master Lu, do you mean...?"

"I am willing to donate 20 taels."

20 taels!

Yun Chuwei gasped. Judging from Nanliang's price level, 20 taels was a huge sum of money. Moreover, Yun Chuwei had already budgeted. The private school was only 4 taels of silver at most from the groundbreaking to the completion of the project. Allotted the full amount, "Master Lu, the private school is actually not that big, it won't cost 20 taels, you still..."

Lu Xiuyuan smiled indifferently, "You also said that it is to seek a future for the children in the mountainous area. Although Lu is a businessman, he has been in business for many years. The first thing is integrity, and the second is the word 'righteousness', the heart of helping the poor, I still have it. Since Master Jiu and his wife proposed to build the private school in Quanzhou, then I will hand over the money to you. No matter how much you spent on building the private school, from now on, all private schools All expenses will be allocated from the 20 taels."

Yun Chu looked in surprise at the gift from Lu Xiuyuan on the stone table.

Lu Xiuyuan said: "There are two things in here, one is the food brought back from the sea by the shopkeeper in charge of shipping a few days ago, there is no such thing in the north, so I brought it for you to try something new, and the other is the bank note of the bank, 20 taels It's all in the bank. When you need to use it, go directly to get it. I wrote the redemption code of the dealer's ticket on a separate paper. Madam, it's best to keep it in mind and then destroy the redemption code. Otherwise, if it is leaked, those money It's not going to be safe."

Yun Chuwei was a little confused, "But this money is too much."

Lu Xiuyuan just smiled and said nothing, 20 taels is only a drop in the bucket for the Lu family.

Su Yan persuaded: "Wei Wei, since it's Young Master Lu's wish, you can accept it on behalf of the children!"

Yun Chu was slightly discouraged, picked up the gift box, "Thank you, Young Master Lu."

Lu Xiuyuan smiled, "You're welcome."

(End of this chapter)