Chapter 328 Qin Keqing wants to become a full-time employee
Talking about love with Qin Keqing is as touching a thing as talking about money with Qin Keqing.
This is really something that makes Jia Lian feel strange.
How can a woman talk about feelings so thoroughly and talk about money so thoughtfully?
But Qin Keqing can do it.
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Jia Lian will get the winter brew recipe from Gusu Rouniang and give it to Ke Qing:
"This is a recipe based on southern wine. I would like to try using our wine combined with this recipe to make the wine softer and more nourishing. I can also add some wine suitable for women to drink." Ke Qing carefully read the wine recipe twice and nodded repeatedly:
"You can try this.
Uncle Qu happens to be improving the recipe for Po Tan Xiang recently, and he also wants to make a wine with a softer mouthfeel, which is perfect for this."
Ke Qing carefully put the wine recipe into the cabinet, took out a small wooden box from it, and placed it on the table in front of Jia Lian.
"Second Master's wine is mostly used to earn men's money. My fragrance is used to earn women's money."
As he spoke, Wu Xia bare hands gently opened the small wooden box, and his slender jade fingers took out six small-mouthed porcelain bottles of different colors from inside.
First pick out a rose red one:
"Rose dew can harmonize the blood and calm the liver, nourish the stomach, widen the chest and relieve depression."
Pick out another snow-white one:
"Jasmine clear dew can clear away heat and detoxify, regulate qi, calm and soothe the mind."
Then he pulled out a pink one:
"Lotus dew can relieve heat and dampness, nourish the kidneys, promote fluid and cool blood."
He picked out another pine green one:
"The clear dew of pines and cypresses can relieve heat and dampness, expel wind and cold and unblock meridians."
The remaining bright red one is rose dew, and the pale yellow one is honeysuckle dew.
"Actually, some pots are not good at making wine now, and some are used to make floral dew instead.
It's just that they use a large steamer to steam wine, or use a method similar to distilling shochu, so the floral water that comes out has already changed its taste, and it doesn't sell well on the market.
The steamer used by Uncle Qu's family today was originally made according to the style of the distiller used by Westerners to make rose water. The sky pot is divided into upper and lower layers. The lower part is filled with distiller's sake and the upper part is filled with cold water. The temperature can be lowered, so this
The scent of the fragrant dew steamed in the seed pot is corrected and fuller.
Not only can it be added to tea or wine, but it can also be mixed directly with water and some honey to make it fragrant, sweet and delicious."
Jia Lian picked one up and opened it. As expected, the fragrance was so fragrant that it was hard to put it down.
But Qing felt a little proud when he saw Jia Lian smiling:
"It's not yet the season, but there will be sweet-scented osmanthus dew later, and it will definitely be delicious.
Nowadays, all the precious gold items that can be stamped with goose-yellow paper are placed in small glass bottles with screwed silver lids. Ordinary people have no place to buy them even if they have money.
I have tried it before, but it may not be as good as mine."
Jia Lian smiled and said:
"I tried your rosin flavored one last time. A small drop made me feel refreshed. It's really good."
"I've improved this a bit, it's more refreshing than the last one.
I bought six new small pots, and I plan to start making this kind of floral dew, but I haven’t decided yet, should I sell them in North and South stores? Or sell them in dim sum shops?"
But the way Qing holds her face and thinks seriously is more beautiful than her charming smile and beautiful eyes.
Jia Lian held her face and looked at Ke Qing seriously. This woman is so beautiful.
But Qing was completely unaware, holding the small bottle in her delicate hands and looking at it, muttering something:
"Glass bottles are too expensive, so we use porcelain bottles. But the color of porcelain bottles can't be seen, and there are so many things in the stores in the north and south, I'm afraid it's not easy for buyers to see them.
It’s better to put it in a snack shop. This fragrance goes well with the snacks, and it’s easy to sell at a high price.”
He suddenly raised his eyes and was shocked to see Jia Lian's squinting expression.
Jia Lian had no choice but to restrain his expression and said seriously:
"What kind of snack shop do I want to put it in? Can't we just open a shop ourselves and sell it?"
"Open a shop and only sell several kinds of fragrant dew?" Qin Keqing felt that Jia Lian was talking nonsense, "How can there be such a shop? Women from small families can go shopping casually, but unfortunately they cannot afford it; women with big houses and large courtyards
They can afford it, but they can't go shopping at all. The comprador who goes shopping for them will not enter such a shop."
Jia Lian thought what she said made sense, so he bowed his head and said nothing.
But Qing saw that his brows were slightly furrowed, and his slender white fingers were tapping lightly on the table. Knowing that he was thinking about something, she stopped disturbing him and just looked at him quietly. Unknowingly, she also held her cheeks in her hands and opened her lips.
Jiao smiled slightly.
I don’t know how long it took, but Jia Lian slapped his fingers on the table, raised his head and said with a smile:
"You just said that this fragrant dew is edible, but I think it's much more than that.
For example, we can make floral dew into incense that can be smoked in an incense burner, add fragrant powder and rouge, or make perfume and spray it on the body, or even make it directly into snacks.
This kind of thing is cheaper than pure perfume, so wouldn’t ordinary women be able to afford it?”
Keqing smiled in surprise:
"The second master said this, there is no room for all these good things in one shop."
Jia Lian also smiled and said:
"Of course? Who said I only need to open 'one shop'? If I want to open one, I will drive all the way from north to south. At least I will open seventy or eighty shops."
"What a big ambition." Keqing covered her mouth and smiled.
"Opening a shop is called ambition? Doesn't it scare you to say other things?"
When Keqing thought of the seventy or eighty shops, she couldn't help but get very excited: "How about calling it 'Fushui Xianglu Shop'?"
Jia Lian didn't say anything. He took a pen and paper and wrote "Qinglian Baihua Fragrance Shop" on it.
"The 'Baihua Fragrance Shop' is just fine, Qinglian is a bit..." I suddenly realized that there was "Qing" and "Lian", but Qing's cheeks suddenly became hot.
After a long while, he said nonchalantly: "Green lotus... is not big... how about changing it to red lotus?"
Jia Lian saw her shy look, gently touched her cheek with his fingertips, and said with a smile:
"Sure enough, it has to be changed to Honglian, hahaha."
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Before it got dark, Jia Lian left Xing'er in Fushui to cook a pot for rest, and returned to the city alone. The moonlight was unclear tonight, and Qu Siping was worried about anything he said. He insisted on taking his assistant to see Jia Lian off in person. Jia Lian couldn't refuse, so he had to
Let him send you all the way.
They were sent all the way to the official road leading directly to Xizhimen. Jia Lian refused to let him go any further, so Qu Siping agreed to stop.
Before leaving, Qu Siping asked his waiter to wait for him in front and said to Jia Lian alone:
"I have something to trouble Second Master, please help me."
Seeing how solemn he was, Jia Lian hurriedly said:
"You said, I will try my best."
Qu Siping is an honest man and does not know how to beat around the bush. He said straightforwardly:
"Jiuhua is not young anymore, so she should have found her husband's family a long time ago, but her mother and I are just such a girl, and we have always been reluctant to let her go.
What's more, she was injured again. I originally thought that I would find a son-in-law to support her, but she couldn't stand the baby in the pot and said she had no knowledge.
So I want to ask the second master to help you find a son-in-law in the city. As long as he is willing to be our pensioner son-in-law and he and Jiuhua can like each other, that will be fine."