Chapter 018 Mosquito coils
Shen Yourong saw what he was thinking about and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. By the way, do you know any more powerful craftsmen?" Yang Lin thought for a while and said.
"Craftsman?" Shen Yourong was slightly startled when he heard this, and asked subconsciously: "Do you want to make something, sir? If it's something like wood, ceramics, etc., that's easy. The Shen family has its own craftsmen, so it should be relatively easy. It’s awesome.”
"Well, the Shen family still has this?" Yang Lin nodded, and then said: "I have a few things that I need help building. I will draw some drawings later and just follow the top."
"It just so happened that a batch of pearls were shipped from Jiangning to be ground into medicinal powder. If my husband needs it..."
"Ah, why do you want these?"
"It looks great when embedded in it."
"..."
"Some of the hairpins on my body are inlaid with pearls, which makes them look much more exquisite."
"No need..."
Shen Yourong nodded after hearing this and didn't ask any questions. After eating, she took Yang Lin's drawings and went out. She happened to have a banquet to attend in the evening.
As for Yang Lin, he asked Xiaoyun to go shopping together. Some of the raw materials could be found in his own pharmacy, so there was no need to work hard to make them himself.
Yang Lin, who has been working at the grassroots level for several years, has never enjoyed the life of traveling with a secretary, but in this life he has really experienced it.
It feels good to not have to carry a wallet when going out... If you want to eat something, just look at me and the little maid will understand and run over, and then come over with a big bag of things.
There are actually a lot of snacks in this era, such as candied haws, figs, various pastries, candied fruits, and the like. There are also highly ornamental crafts such as sugar blowing. In future generations, it will definitely attract a large number of tourists to watch. Here But it can be seen everywhere.
These are all handmade in the true sense. They are impeccable in terms of appearance and taste. Xiaoyun is holding a bunch of candied haws in her left hand and holding a candy man in her right hand. She follows Yang Lin with a happy face. later.
That's right. How could a little girl of this age resist the temptation of snacks? Seeing how happy she was, if he wasn't worried that she would eat too much and fill her stomach, Yang Lin would have wanted to take her to the entire Yujie. Everybody walked down.
"Um...Uncle, why don't you eat candied haws on a stick?" the little girl asked with a candied haws in her mouth.
“It’s too sweet and it’s not good for your teeth. There’s no special toothpaste these days, so it’s very uncomfortable if you get cavities.
"
"What is toothpaste? Yun'er has only seen tooth powder, but tooth powder is not easy to use. It always sticks to the body when washing in the morning."
"Uh, it's just tooth fragrance. It should be available by now, right?" Yang Lin said uncertainly.
Toothpaste should have appeared at this time, but its original name should be toothpaste. It was synthesized from spices and medicinal materials. It was expensive and the taste was not good. Later, the emperor sent people to develop a cheap and affordable toothpaste, which was It is made by boiling the juice of willow branches and gelling it with ginger water, not to mention the taste, so generally wealthy people would rather choose tooth powder.
"Well, it turns out that's what my uncle was talking about." The little maid suddenly realized: "That's something only used by the eminent monks of the Prime Minister's Kingdom. I heard the young lady mention it. It seems to be called tooth fragrant chip, and the medicinal materials in it are still from Shenyang. I bought it from my shop."
Toothbrush is a combination of toothbrush and toothpaste. It is made of spices and medicinal materials. After it is pressed in a mold, it is pressed into the shape of a toothbrush. It is packed in a small bag and hung on the belt. When you get up in the morning and after fasting, remove it from the bag.
Take out the dental fragrant chip, put it into your mouth, rub it up and down, left, right and right several times, and then rinse your mouth.
Paste tooth scent is disposable, but a tooth scent chip can be used for brushing many times. After each brushing, rinse it in clean water, put it in a small bag, and save it for the next time.
The thing is too cumbersome to use and is not popular.
When talking about this, the little maid is very proud. The Shen family has a wide range of business in Bianjing. In addition to a few fixed shops, places such as Daxiangguo Temple where senior officials visit will buy some from the Shen family on time and in quantity.
When the medicinal materials are returned, of course there are trees that attract the wind. The recent incident in the Shen family may not be without this reason.
In addition, toothbrushes have already appeared in this era. They use bamboo handles, a horsetail on one end, and can be dipped in tooth powder to rinse your mouth. It is not much different from later generations, so there is not much room for time travellers. Yang Lin
I have no intention of making a fuss about this.
It’s better to develop toilet water mosquito repellent incense quickly, otherwise you have to battle with mosquitoes every night, and then get up with double panda eyes the next day.
After eating and drinking, the master and the servant went straight to the Shen's pharmacy on Yu Street.
After experiencing the last mistake, the old shopkeeper of the drug store thought about it for a long time and vaguely guessed Yang Lin's identity. This time he was much smarter. When he saw the little maid next to him, he suddenly realized that it was indeed that person.
The second cousin's sister-in-law.
"Uncle Yang...it was my fault that I didn't treat you well last time."
"Haha, you are so polite, old man."
"I didn't know that Uncle Yang would come over this time..."
"Buying medicine
."
"Buy medicine?" The old shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "If Mr. Yang needs anything from our own shop, just ask his servants to pick it up."
After saying that, he waved to the young apprentice not far away and asked him to entertain Yang Lin well, while he returned to the counter to continue settling accounts.
In addition to wood flour and starch, making mosquito coils also requires some medicinal materials, such as rosin, mugwort, arsenic/cream and sulfur. Fortunately, these materials are easy to find in drug stores.
Under the doubtful gaze of the apprentice, Yang Lin packed up all the needed medicinal materials and took them back, not forgetting to ask Xiaoyun to pay for the medicines.
The old shopkeeper was about to refuse, but when he looked up, he found that the two of them had gone far away, so he had to give up. In his heart, he had a more complicated view of this uncle. He talked well, but acted quite strangely. He came to the drugstore twice.
They all seemed to be doing nothing serious.
Of course, Yang Lin didn't know what the old shopkeeper thought. After buying the materials, he and Xiaoyun strolled on the street for a while. When they passed by the alum building, they looked at it from a distance.
It was only after noon at this time, and at this time, the business had just started. There was an occasional intermittent sound of strings and bamboos inside, which must be someone practicing playing and singing, and the voice of the 'old mother' was lecturing the newcomers, and her tone was extremely stern.
Yang Lin looked at it twice and then withdrew his gaze. Even so, Xiaoyun next to him also made Xiaoyun next to him groan and said that after his uncle had done it once, he started not to learn well.
In a room on the second floor of Fan Building, two beautiful figures were sitting opposite each other near the window. One of them was the 'Qian'er girl' whom Yang Lin had met before.
The other woman is dressed in flowing white clothes. She looks to be about twenty years old. She has black hair vertical to her hips, snow-white skin, a delicate and delicate face, a pair of red and phoenix eyes with clear black and white, and as cold as ice and snow. Her pale lips are slightly pursed, but
It gives people another burst of cold warmth.
The two of them sat opposite each other, Qian'er in front of her, like a student attending a lecture, watching her play the guqin on her lap over and over again.
"The heart is in the art, and the path is not far away. This is the experience I have accumulated over the years of being in the industry. If you want to practice the piano well, it does not happen overnight."
The woman spoke, and when she was about to continue, she suddenly found that the girl opposite was looking out the window in a daze, and she couldn't help but frown slightly, "Qian'er?"
"Ah... Senior sister, look, it's that person!"
"Huh? Who?" The woman called Senior Sister was stunned for a moment, then looked towards where she was pointing.
Chapter completed!