perfumer

Chapter 42

Ten boxes of head oil were sold for 250 renminbi, and as expected, the price doubled as Bai Xin said. With the money, he used it to grab medicine, buy oil and boxes.

When I returned home, it was getting late, Mrs. Cao had been guarding the door all the time, and when she saw Bai Xin's shadow, she immediately greeted her and took the basket from him. Originally, she wanted to ask if it was sold, but she noticed It was heavy in the basket, about the same weight as when it was taken away, and immediately frowned, "Didn't it sell?" Then he sighed and muttered, "I just said this thing is not easy to get, there are many tricks out there..."

Bai Xin didn't argue for himself, and followed Cao into the house. The aunt and the others also looked forward to asking how it was going. After seeing the expression on the mother, there was a thump in his heart, and the expression froze on his face.

Seeing that he had returned to the house, Bai Xin stopped hiding and said, "Don't worry, the oil is sold."

At the beginning, everyone was expecting it. Seeing Cao's reaction, they thought that Bai Xin hadn't been sold, but now they heard that they were all sold.

Mrs. Cao turned her head and asked in a daze: "Sanlang, what are you talking about? Don't you return some things in the back basket? They are sold everywhere?"

"Mom, do you see what's in there?"

When Mrs. Cao heard this, she quickly bent over and lifted the cloth covering it, and everyone stretched their necks curiously. Wu Niang thought that the third brother had bought something delicious again, so she was the first to rush over.

Under the white cloth are bags of medicinal materials, and there are several oil bottles standing upright beside it, stacked high, and there is something under it.

Seeing that there was no food to eat, Wu Niang was disappointed.

Bai Xin smiled slightly, and said: "The hair oil is sold, and a box sells for 25 renminbi. Why don't I buy some medicine and make some more?"

Cao's eyes widened, she stretched out her fingers and counted, "A box of 25 Wen, ten boxes is... 250 Wen?"

Bai Xin nodded.

Cao was stunned, but instead felt unreal, and muttered in a daze, "Is there really someone who wants it?"

But she looked at the stuff in the back basket, and worried again, "Although I sold it this time, what if I can't sell it next time? Hey, you should buy less and make less..."

Bai Xin is very confident in his formula. Back then, this hair oil was sought after by people in many places. Even hair oils made with more precious spices were not as popular as this one.

No matter how you say it, the hair oil that Bai Xin made sold out in a day, and the whole family was very happy. After eating lively, Bai Xin and the aunt went into the kitchen.

A few days later, Bai Xin went to the town again with hair oil on his back. The middle-aged woman selling spices saw him and praised, "Your hair oil is really useful, and your hair is easy to comb. And less."

Bai Xin was a little proud, "That's natural, this is my family's ancestral formula."

The woman nodded repeatedly, looked up at his basket, and then asked for fifteen boxes in one go, telling him to come back in a few days.

After going around for a long time, he finally sold all the hair oil. Now he has more than a tael of silver in his hand, and he used half of it to continue buying materials to make hair oil, and planned to save the other side.

Bai Xin made money secretly, but the villagers didn't know about it. When their family was still relying on selling Master Cheng's things for a living, they felt a little sympathetic for a while. Never asked.

One day, Bai Xin ran into a man in the village. He had a short stature, yellow complexion, splayed eyebrows, three rabbit eyes, and a square mouth. As he walked, he looked at him with slobbering eyes.

Bai Xin murmured in his heart. He felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it.

The two were heading in the same direction, Bai Xin deliberately slowed down, who knew that the man also slowed down, and walked for a while, the man turned a corner earlier than Bai Xin, Bai Xin stopped, hid behind a tree and watched for a while, Seeing that the man entered the Bai family's door, he couldn't help but patted his head, and then remembered that the person he met just now was none other than the third uncle of the Bai family.

When Bai Xin saw the Bai family members, even if the other party hadn't done anything, he felt unexplainably irritable.

Bai Xin returned home, but didn't mention the third uncle. He had very little impression of the third uncle of the Bai family, so he didn't recognize him at first. It seemed that the third uncle rarely came home, so he didn't know why he came back this time. thing.

It didn't take long for Bai Xin to know why Uncle Bai came back.

It turns out that this year is the year of the next year, and it is time for the exam every three years. The first exam is in August, and the place is in Daming Mansion. Erlang is going to rush for the exam, so he needs someone to accompany him. The only knowledgeable member of the Bai family is San Uncle, so he asked him to come back and go on the road with Erlang.

Fortunately, they were not far from Daming Mansion, and it was only a few days away by car.

Although the Sanfang family also hoped that Erlang could go to high school, they would be lucky, but this kind of thing is hard to say. Over the years, Sanshu has paid a lot of money. Erlang failed the exam again, and he couldn't help it. The inmate muttered, so he didn't want to take the money anymore, "Mom, I really only have this little spot on me, and there is no more."

Seeing that he only took out a few hundred dollars, Grandma Bai was a little embarrassed, "Where is this money enough? I have to travel by car, and I have to live in Daming Mansion for a while. Everything I eat and drink is money."

Seeing that her man was disgusted after taking the money, Ding felt dissatisfied and stabbed him quietly.

It meant that the third uncle was not a character who could be rubbed round and flattened by others, his face sank, "I can't afford any more money."

Although Mrs. Xu is usually domineering, but now she will ask someone for money to see people's face, so she will inevitably lower her posture, and will not say a word when she sees Mrs. Ding's small actions.

The third uncle frowned, and said again: "The day I came back, I saw Sanlang, and saw that his face was rosy, and he seemed to be living a good life. He didn't look like he had no money to eat? I heard you said that he climbed up with the young master of the Cheng family, What's going on? If that's the case, it's better to ask him for something."

When everyone heard him mentioning Bai Xin, they snorted unanimously. Mrs. Xu was especially resentful when she remembered being kicked out last time. She glared and said, "Little uncle, don't you know that their big house is not a thing. Last time I went to them Hey, he was kicked out before he even said a few words. He thought he could talk to Master Cheng and fly to the top of the branch? Don't you want to see if Master Cheng still pays attention to him?"

"Then the Cheng family is just a family of merchants, so what's the point?" Erlang heard the mention of Young Master Cheng, and he couldn't help but think of that haughty figure, so provocative that his heart burst into flames, and he opened his mouth with a bit of disdain in his voice.

Mrs. Xu immediately laughed so hard that she couldn't see her teeth, "Yes, yes, yes, my son will not even look at them when he is in high school."

Erlang's face softened a little, and the third uncle also had greater hope in his heart because of these words. If Erlang can really go to high school, they will all enjoy the blessings in the future. He finally gritted his teeth and said: "That's all I have on me, or go when I leave Go to town, I'll borrow some from others."

When Ding heard that he wanted to borrow it, he was very unhappy in his heart, and kept winking at his man, but was ignored.

The next step was to prepare for Erlang's exam. None of the saved eggs were sold, and all of them were boiled for him to take with him on the road. In order to save some money, Grandma Bai made a lot of dumplings at home and pickled some pickles.

Since Dafang's family was separated, the original work fell on other people. Xu and Ding didn't know whether it was because they hadn't cooked for a long time or what. Once it was steamed, it disintegrated like a plate of sand, and the stones could be mixed into it even after washing a dish, and it almost broke my teeth. I cook by myself, but other tasks such as washing and carrying water fell on Xu and Ding, which made them miserable. Do everything you can.

Grandma Bai has been working too much, and her body is a bit overwhelmed, especially her wrists. A little force is like a needle prick. She remembered how she used her to do so much work when Mrs. Cao was at home. Grandma Bai is not grateful for Mrs. Cao. Well, on the contrary, she resented her white-eyed wolf more and more, her heart was full of fire, she didn't know who to vent it on, the Sanfang family paid a lot of money, so she endured it all the time, even if Mrs. Ding stopped doing embroidery on purpose, she would He didn't say anything, Mrs. Xu was Erlang's mother after all, and in the end, when Erniang was caught stealing dumplings from the kitchen, the evil fire broke out completely, and she chased after Erniang with a rolling pin in her hand, driving Erniang all over the yard.

While chasing and beating, Grandma Bai scolded, "The whole family counts you as the one who eats the most, but can't do much work. You're lazy, and you can't even wash clothes well. Who would want you like you?"

"Grandma, I was wrong, I was wrong, don't hit me." Erniang couldn't hear what grandma said. She was beaten a few times in the kitchen just now, and now her body is still in burning pain, with snot and tears flowing all at once.

Grandma Bai vented her anger and felt a little more at ease, but Er Niang was beaten several times and ran back to the house crying. She hated grandma for beating her, and even more hated grandma for driving Dafang out. If Sanlang was still at home, It will be able to match her with Master Cheng.

In early August, Uncle San and Erlang left.

The people in the village didn't know how many months to rush for the exam, until Mrs. Xu talked to everyone like a trumpet, and everyone knew about it. I wash my clothes eight hundred times a day, and just grow up by the river, listening to others' flattery and praise.

Others knew that Bai Erlang was going to rush for the exam, so they couldn't help but rush over to say goodbye, and the threshold of Bai's family was about to be broken.Where did Mrs. Xu enjoy this kind of treatment? She obviously doesn't like these little ladies in the village anymore, but she still has everyone's appetite.

After taking the test for three days, the Daming Mansion was not far from them. The Bai family reckoned that they would be back in the past few days, and they prayed for God's blessing every day. They couldn't continue their work, so they guarded the door.

On the [-]th day, a small donkey cart stopped at the gate of Bai's house, and the two people got out of the cart. The third uncle smiled so hard that his face was wrinkled, and Erlang couldn't wait to look at people with his nostrils.

The Bai family all came out to welcome them. Seeing their expressions, their hearts were raised and they held their breath.

The third uncle yelled, dancing with his hands and feet, "We, Erlang, know about scholars!"

The author has something to say: the months mentioned in the article are all lunar calendar

I think it's kind of boring to let Erlang fail all the time.

Give them hope, let them down

The Bai family is the biggest cannon fodder in the full text, I am afraid that after Bai Xin leaves the village, they will not have the chance to play ╮(╯▽╰)╭