Shen Li was busy in the next few days, so she and Shen Liang went to the place to buy the ointment box.

"coming."

Shen Liang nodded: "My sister wants to come and talk to you."

"what's up?"

Shen Li heard from Shen Liang that the shopkeeper's surname was Nian. She smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Nian, I need a large number of ointment boxes. Can you negotiate the price?"

This person seemed unwilling to talk and very serious, so she was a little unsure.

"How much?"

“Maybe thousands of boxes a month.”

"No."

Shen Li was stunned: "What does the shopkeeper mean?"

"I can't make such a large amount, so I don't have it."

"Then shopkeeper, you think of a solution."

"I made that thing, but I didn't plan to make money. If someone wants to buy it, I'll make some. If not, I won't make it. You should look for it somewhere else."

Shen Li didn't expect that there would be such a person who would not make money. She looked at Shen Liang.

Shen Liang said, "Master Nian, I know you are the only one here and you must be too busy. How about this, I will come to help you make things for my sister every month, what do you think?"

Shopkeeper Nian looked at Shen Liang for a long while and asked, "Can you do it?"

"You can learn if you don't know how. I'm very interested in all of this."

Shen Li also said: "My second brother's craftsmanship is very good. He is very talented in this area."

The shopkeeper took something out from the counter. Shen Li took a look and found that it was a blind box doll, but the wooden box was gone.

“Did you carve this?”

Shen Liang nodded.

"Have you ever learned from anyone?"

"No."

"My name is Nian Xiucheng. You will be the one making the things she uses from now on."

Nian Xiucheng? Shen Li thought of this name. Isn't this what the original book said, the descendant of Lu Ban?

He is a king in every aspect of machinery, construction, and craftsmanship. How could such a god-like figure be here?

Since he had given his name and asked the second brother to come here, did he have some liking for him? If the second brother could become his disciple, wouldn't that be a step to heaven?

The original book did not say that Shen Liang became his disciple, but only said that later his craftsmanship surpassed that of Nian Xiucheng, the descendant of Lu Ban. But what is going on now?

No matter what, Shen Liang must be made to worship him as his master.

She originally came here to negotiate the price, to see if it could be cheaper, but now under the current circumstances, she definitely couldn't say: "Thank you, Shopkeeper Nian."

Shen Liang actually wanted to come here so that he could watch more of how Nian Xiucheng made things, so he also said: "Thank you, Master Nian."

Shen Li knew that the master he was talking about was not that master.

Nian Xiucheng nodded and waved to them.

The two of them left the store.

"Second brother, when you come here next time, you must perform well. It would be best if Master Nian could see your talent. He can tell at a glance that you are a great man. If he discovers your talent, he might be able to take you in as his apprentice. This is always better than learning on your own."

Shen Liang was puzzled: "How do you know he is so powerful?"

"He looks like a master, right?" Shen Li couldn't tell the truth.

"Yes, when I saw him making things, his technique was indeed not like that of an ordinary carpenter. He is an amazing person."

"Yeah, so you have to work harder. If you succeed in becoming my apprentice, then my second brother will have someone to teach him in the future. How great is that?"

"Oh, I see."

Afterwards, the two went to the oil shop, but unfortunately they didn't agree on the price. It seemed that the shopkeeper was telling the truth. Tea oil was indeed very cheap here and it couldn't be any cheaper.

So she bought thirty kilograms.

Next, he asked Shen Xing to go to the apiary and buy all the beehives for two hundred yuan, which cost him ten taels of silver.

During this period, Shen Liang went to Nian Xiucheng and helped to make a thousand boxes.

Now that everything is ready, let’s start making the ointment.

It took a family of four four days to wash the petals, filter the beeswax, distill the essential oil and pack it in boxes to make the ointment.

A total of 983 boxes of ointment were produced, of which 400 were scented with roses, a light fragrance that many men like, and the rest were scented with jasmine.

With so much perfume, Shen Li and his two brothers each carried a large basket and went to the Peach Blossom Rouge Shop.

"Sister Cheng, I'm here to deliver the ointment."

"I have been looking forward to seeing you for so many days."

"It's not the time for the temple fair, so it's a few days late." Shen Li and the other two put down the basket.

"I've made room for you, put it up now."

Shen Li nodded and started taking out the ointment from the basket.

This is a three-layer wooden shelf, about two meters long, which is enough to hold everything.

"Sister Cheng, I have two flavors here. They can be placed in two piles. You can write two notes to indicate which flavor they are. You can also write another one with the price so that people don't always ask how much they cost."

"Good idea, I see."

Shen Li only took out ten boxes of each flavor, and then took out twenty blind boxes from Shen Liang's basket and placed them not far from the ointment. Then he took out the complete picture of the blind box that Shen Han had drawn before.

"Sister Cheng, please put these two pictures on the wall above the blind box shelf, so that anyone who wants to buy can see them."

Cheng Xin took it and said, "I understand."

"Your plan is very reasonable. Let's calculate the cost of your perfume this time."

"There are a total of nine hundred and eighty boxes." Shen Li kept the remaining three boxes for himself, just in case.

Cheng Xin began to calculate: "One hundred coins per box, I take fifteen coins, that is eighty-five coins per box, nine hundred and eighty boxes, a total of four hundred and sixteen taels and five cents, is that right?"

"Yes, sister, just give me a haircut."

"Okay, Shen Li, you have a lot left after paying the capital, right?" Cheng Xin took out a silver note worth four hundred taels and sixteen taels of silver and gave them to Shen Li.

Shen Li checked and found nothing wrong, so he put the money away. "Sister Cheng, you know how expensive flowers are when you make rouge. I also used a lot of other things. Actually, after counting everything, there isn't much left."

"That's right. After all, it takes a lot of things to make it, so it costs a lot. Speaking of which, my store is actually not very big. I gave you so much money, which can be regarded as emptying my capital. If this can't be sold, I will lose a lot of money."

"Sister Cheng, don't worry about this. You have already spread the news. The ointment will be sold at your place in the future, and there is no limit on the quantity. I think a lot of people will come to you recently. This may boost your rouge business."

Cheng Xin smiled and said, "It's just the beginning, I'm still a little nervous, don't be offended, sister."

"How could it be? If it sells well, we can all earn more." Shen Li looked at a mirror on the middle table. It didn't look like a bronze mirror, but it was much clearer than that one. It wasn't as good as the modern ones, but it wasn't much worse either: "Sister Cheng, where did you buy this mirror?"

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