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Chapter 168 An apprentice

Azhi told Chen Tong about Yanzhi.

When Master Qi was in the shop in Yulin, the old owner of the shop once took a box of rouge in front of Master Qi and said, "This box of rouge is from Suzhou Baimudan. It just became popular in Yulin. Can you see if we can do it accordingly?"

Suzhou Baimudan is a time-honored brand. Not only is the color of his rouge, but it will not take off his makeup after applying it all day. Some merchants sold it from Suzhou to Yulin, and the price was priced at three taels of silver per box, but the supply was still in short supply. Yulin's powder shops were secretly following the imitation. The old boss valued Master Qi very much and wanted to let Master Qi see if it could be made. This was not an exaggeration.

But no one expected that Master Qi's face suddenly changed when he looked at the box of rouge. He waved his hand subconsciously and swept the rouge in front of him.

The rouge box is blue and white porcelain. It falls to pieces when it falls to the ground. The red rouge spills all over the floor, which scares everyone in the room.

Although Master Qi apologized to his old boss's family afterwards, Master Qi's reputation of being difficult to get along with was confirmed. Everyone in the shop kept him away. Fortunately, he left not long after, and no one mentioned this matter.

Last year, the emperor's wedding was held, and the gifts presented by Suzhou Prefecture included more than a dozen kinds of white peony rouge. The queen and the queen mother liked it very much. The white peony rouge has since become a tribute and can no longer be bought in Xi'an City.

After walking around for a day, Chen Tong and Fangfei finally found a rouge that was both blue and white porcelain boxes. This rouge is an imitation white peony, which looks a bit similar at first glance.

Chen Tong was also helpless. She knew that she could not buy Bai Mudan in Xi'an, so she came up with the idea of ​​letting Master Lan be rouge. Apart from the old servant, only Fangfei and Master Lan were closest. Since Master Lan refused to do it, this idea would be useless.

When he returned to Baihuitang, Fangfei took the box of rouge to show Master Lan as if he had found a treasure.

"Master Lan, I said, please make it. If you don't make it, it made me spend a ounce of silver to buy it." Although it was an imitation, it could be sold at a high price of one or two silver.

Master Lan's eyes swept over Fangfei's hand, and his brows moved slightly, saying, "If you can sell for one or two silvers, the things should be fine."

Fangfei blinked her eyes, and the lady asked her to pay attention to Master Lan's reaction. So is Master Lan's reaction normal now?

She didn't give up, opened the lid of Rouge and held Rouge in front of Master Lan: "Do you smell it, see if it's worth a liang of silver?"

Master Lan shrank back, but the box of rouge was still presented to him.

"Fortunately, one or two taels of silver is not expensive." Master Lan said gently.

Fangfei was completely confused now. She walked out of Baihuitang and found Chen Tong who was buying loaches on the side of the road.

"Miss, I can't see it." Fangfei said everything that happened just now in a low voice.

Chen Tong smiled and said, "You have done a good job."

She handed Fangfei the loach she had just bought: "I bought it for oranges."

Oranges not only like to eat small fish, but also like to eat loaches. After the spring comes, more and more people sell loaches on the streets. Whenever they encounter them, Chen Tong will buy some and take them back.

Fangfei took over the loach that was still leaping, with a happy face and threw what had just happened.

Chen Tong stood by the roadside and looked at the gate of Baihuitang.

As a master in this industry, I would not have the same attitude when I see other people’s rouge.

Even if he was disdainful, he would take a look at it, but Master Lan didn't look at the box of rouge at all. Even if Fang Fei put rouge in front of him, he avoided it.

Master Lan is indeed resistant to Yanzhi, which is the same as Master Qi back then.

Through the open paving door, Azhi saw Chen Tong and Fangfei across the road. He found an excuse to come out, walked up to them, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chen Tong nodded to him and said, "It should be him. Please find someone to keep it next to him."

They are all bosses, so they can't always follow Master Lan. Fangfei is a maid, but she is Chen Tong's person. She will also cause suspicion when she puts it in Baihuitang.

A few days later, there was an apprentice in Baihuitang.

There were originally four apprentices in Baihui Hall, saying they were apprentices, but in fact, Master Lan didn't teach them anything. They just followed the old servant and did whatever the old servant asked them to do. These four people were honest and diligent, but the new one was different. His name was Chai Yun, who was fifteen or sixteen years old, with beautiful eyebrows, red lips and white teeth.

The day after Azhi posted the notice of recruiting an apprentice, Chai Yun came to him.

Chai Yun was an orphan. He was originally adopted by a family, but after the family gave birth to several sons in a row, he despised him as his adopted son and asked him to sleep in the cattle shed, and he would not give him any food at all. His father and brothers would beat him or scold him if he was unhappy.

"One day, I overheard them saying they wanted to sell me to a Shanxi mine to dig coal, and they would never come back in their entire lives. I was scared and ran out of my house." When I talked about the sadness, Chai Yun wiped his tears.

He has a road sign, and he can register and settle down in the yamen with the road sign. He is a pure and innocent identity.

Seeing that he was handsome and clever, Azhi asked him to stay in the shop as an apprentice.

Everyone called him Xiaochai.

Within a few days, Xiao Chai became familiar with the big girl and wife in Changlai's shop. The other four senior apprentices were still grinding powder day and night, and Xiao Chai was already greeting guests in the shop.

Xiao Chai is sweet-mouthed. Except for Master Lan, he gets along well with everyone in the shop.

The spring cold is getting warm, and Huang is stained with the cold wind. Chen Tong has not come to the shop these days and takes her home to take care of Huang.

He said he was taking care of the medicine, but the work of picking up medicine was done by Xinwu and Fangfei, and Chen Tong was talking with Huang.

Huang was not seriously ill, but he was also sticky for half a month. When all the peach blossoms on the street were in full bloom, Huang was completely cured.

"The spring is in full bloom, you little girls' home, don't hold it in your house, go shopping on the street." Speaking of this, Huang looked at his two daughters, "You are still young now and can still go out to play. In a few years, you will not be able to show up like you are now."

Chen Tong and Xinwu both smiled. Xinwu glanced at Chen Tong quietly. Although Ah Mother said this, she felt that even if she was in trouble, Tongtong would go wherever she wanted. Ah Mother would definitely not lock Tongtong at home like other wives, without leaving the door.

"Sister, can I go to Baihuitang with you?" Xinwu's eyes were lit, which made people unable to refuse.

"Does sister want to buy cosmetics? OK, let's go with me too." Chen Tong said.

"My grandma is already over the age of dressing up. You sisters, let's go together. My grandma wants to sew a few pairs of socks for you." Huang's widow is a widow, and it has become a habit of not applying makeup on weekdays.
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