After dressing as a widow

Lulu took the news to Lin's gouache shop, first to Niu Dao, who now lives in the No. , Workers who work overtime at night will get an extra six Wen per day."

"In addition, the grass harvested in the No. [-] courtyard will be sent to the yamen tonight."

Yan Canghai bought all the previous goods of Lin's Gouache Shop. Seeing that the shop is about to open, it is necessary to get some stock for storage, so the workers have not been idle these days.

When Niu Da heard the news brought by Lu Lu, he immediately went to the No. [-] courtyard.

When he went in, the workers were about to leave work and were cleaning the utensils to prevent the rice milk from being sour.

Niu Da stood in the middle of the yard, clapped his hands to get them to gather together, and said, "Big fellow, put the work in hand, I have something to tell everyone."

The workers immediately stopped what they were doing, gathered around a little, and looked at him.

Niu Da said loudly: "Just now the boss called someone to pass the message that a large batch of jade powder is needed, so I asked them to make a few more hours at night."

"The extra hours of work are also paid for, and each person has an extra six cents per day."

"Those who don't want to work the night shift don't have to force it."

Workers are paid five cents a day, and if they work night shifts, they get eleven cents!

No matter which group the workers were in, they all raised their hands enthusiastically: "Boss Niu, I'm on the night shift!"

"Me too!"

Maizi and his elder brother, who got together when they came here, heard that there was an extra six pennies for the night shift, and felt that they had been hit by a pie falling from the sky. Eleven pennies a day, even if they only worked for five or six days, it would be dozens of dollars more arts.

Maizi raised her hand high, "I, I work the night shift!"

The brother next to him also raised his hand.

Niu Da looked at Quan's raised hands, and said: "Okay, I understand what everyone means. Boss Lin also asked Lu Lu to tell you that there are many girls and brothers among you. It is not safe to go home at night. So the worker from Lin’s Water Fen Workshop who worked on the night shift drove home in a horse-drawn carriage.”

Maizi was very pleasantly surprised. His brother also works here, so he can go back together when he is on night shift, so he is not very afraid.

But many of the friends he met here were single, and they were a little scared to go back.

Niu Dao: "Everyone who works the night shift comes here to write down their names, and the meal in the afternoon will be provided by Shui Fen Fang."

"The night shift will start tonight. Those who want to say hello to their families go home as soon as possible, and then come back to work after eating."

There was another six cents for a meal in the afternoon, and the people around Niu Da wrote down their names and dispersed in a hurry, almost running towards the house at a trot.

Maizi's elder brother is Xiaoshu, and he told Maizi to stay in the water powder workshop to eat directly, and ran back to tell his father and father at home.

Father Meng has not been alive for the past few days, so he went to dig grass with Meng Fulang. When he got home, he saw his eldest son standing outside the door with sweat on his face. He thought that the two brothers had done something wrong in the gouache workshop. Worrying about his heart, he asked, "Why did you come back so quickly today, where is Maizi?"

Meng Xiaoshu said: "Maizi is in the shuifen workshop, father and father, our boss wants someone to work the night shift to pay for the meal in the afternoon, and there is an extra six coins to pay. Maizi and I will not come back until early tonight. .”

"Really?!" Meng Fulang was overjoyed. Both of his sons were in the gouache workshop, so they earned an extra [-] cents a day, which was more than if only one person worked there.

Meng Xiaoshu nodded: "Father, father, I'm going back to the Shui Fen Fang first."

The batch of workers recruited by the gouache workshop are all from the state capital city, and it won't take long to go home.

A tall brother with fair skin said to his dad, "Don't worry, Dad, our boss and stewards have already thought of this, and they will set up a carriage to take us back after work."

Life is difficult, and he is only in his 30s, but Fu Lang, who seems to be in his 50s, saw his brother's face improved a lot, and took his hand: "Your boss Lin is a good man and has promise, You are still so thoughtful, you must not be lazy when working there, you know?"

The man next to him also said: "Such a good job can't be found outside with lanterns on. Look at what we are doing now. After a day of sweating and drying, the money we get is about the same as yours."

"Brother Daddy, I know, don't worry."

Elsewhere, it is the same topic.

Girls, brothers, and men are busy coming back to eat and go to work. They run on both legs when they go and when they come back, and they start working immediately after eating.

Bags of white rice, purple heart rice, green stem rice, and oriole rice were carried into the yard, and each group started their work in an orderly manner.

When night falls, several lanterns are lit in the yard.

Lin Zhen wanted to wash it clean, and Zhou Zhengchu and others sent the picked grass to the yamen in a carriage.

Lin Zhen asked them to move all the grasses to the room outside which was specially set aside to distill toilet water for themselves, and then ordered the people below to get firewood. After the fire was started, add Youcao and water to the porcelain barrel, and then connect the Wrap the mouth tightly with a wet veil.

As soon as the fire started, the water in the porcelain bucket began to boil within a short while, and the fragrance of the grass wafted out from the gaps of the poorly sealed joints, and incensed the entire yamen just like last time.

When the water in the porcelain barrel was almost boiled, Lin Zhen took the time to stop the fire, pour out the useless grass inside, wash the porcelain barrel and start the second distillation.

The same is true for the other distillation equipment, pour out the boiled and yellowed Youcao and replace it with new ones.

Carts of secluded grass were pulled in, and turned into yellow grass that could not be used, and correspondingly, there were more and more flower dew.

After saving another five barrels of dew, Lin Zhen picked up the wet handkerchief that Lulu kept outside, wiped the sweat from his face and neck, and stretched out his head from the room: "Lulu."

"Boss." Lu Lu, who had been waiting outside and obeyed his orders, came over.

Lin Zhen applied the last bit of cool wet handkerchief on his face, and pointed to several large wooden barrels behind him: "Have Zhou Zhengchu and the others returned to the Shui Fen Fang?"

"No, they said that there is nothing to do in the No. [-] and No. [-] courtyards, and I only follow your orders first."

Lin Zhen said: "You go and ask them to take Hualu to No. [-] Courtyard, and pretend to store it first."

"The day is getting hotter and hotter, and the dew will change its taste after a long time."

Looking at the scorching sun outside the house, Lin Zhen felt that he had underestimated the weather in Lizhou.

A few days ago, it was still a bit cold in the morning and evening, and now the sun is not only outside, but even in the house, sweat is dripping off in four spots.

Lin Zhen looked at Lu Lu's hot red face, and his head flashed: "You tell them to come and go to the street to buy some saltpeter."

"Saltpeter?" Lu Lu didn't know what Lin Zhen was buying that thing for, it was a medicine that could cure wind, cold, heat and dampness.

Lu Lu hurriedly asked Lin Zhen: "Boss, are you getting hot? How about I go buy some ice and put it in the house for you to feel better."

Buying saltpeter by yourself is making ice, Lin Zhenzhen said, and he said to Lu Lu: "I'm fine, you just do this well, remember, buy as much saltpeter as you can get."

"???" Lu Lu suspected that he had heard it wrong.

But seeing that Lin Zhen didn't seem to be lying to her, he took his life and went down.

After a while, Zhou Zhengchu and the others were called by her, and Lin Zhen asked them to move out several barrels of flower dew, "It's hot, and the flower dew can't be stored. When you take it to the No. [-] courtyard, ask them to pack it up immediately. procrastination."

"Then go back to the yamen, and I have something to tell you."

"Yes." Zhou Zhengchu and the others went into the house to carry the dew. As soon as they stepped into the door where the dew was distilled, they were suffocated by the heat inside, thinking that Lin Zhen had been soaking in it all the time for the past two days. , couldn't help but secretly smacked.

Several large barrels of dew were brought out and carried to the carriage. Lin Zhen watched the backs of them leaving, wiped the sweat that appeared again with a handkerchief, and plunged into the room behind.

The water and Youcao in the two distillation equipment are boiling, and drops of fresh floral dew are dripping into the large porcelain bottle through the condenser. By tomorrow, there will be several barrels of floral dew again.

On the other side, Lu Lu followed his instructions and took Lu Xuan, who specialized in shopping in the yamen, with him.

Lu Xuan often went out to buy things, and when Lu Lu said that she wanted to buy saltpeter, the more the better, she wondered what Boss Lin was doing with so much saltpeter, but she didn't ask any further questions, and took Lulu straight to the shop in the state capital city. A grocery store.

"Shopkeeper, how much saltpeter do you have here?"

"Saltpeter?" The shopkeeper is familiar with Lu Xuan, and has dealt with him a lot on weekdays, so he said honestly, "It's about three hundred catties, and I'll pack a couple of taels for Mrs. Lu?"

Lu Lu standing next to Lu Xuan said, "It's only three hundred catties?"

The shopkeeper laughed, thinking that he regarded saltpeter as a delicious thing, and said: "No one has much of this kind of saltpeter, what do you do with so much saltpeter?"

"What the master wants to buy, let's say three hundred catties, and send it all to the yamen." Lu Lu said.

When the shopkeeper heard that it was sent to the government office, he immediately didn't dare to underestimate the childish Lu Lu: "It turns out that she is the elder sister in the government office. The young one has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai."

"I'll send someone to the Yamen right away."

Lu Lu, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, was called a sister by him in his forties, and Lu Lu was a little flustered, she said: "The shopkeeper, please tell us which store still has saltpeter, and we will go buy some more. "

The shopkeeper was naturally very happy to help her with this favor, and said: "As far as the young ones know, there are four or five shops with them. The small ones will take you there."

Xiao Er has already carried out the saltpeter, and each of them is carrying a bag of saltpeter, preparing to send it to the yamen.

The shopkeeper took Lu Xuan and Lu Lu to buy more saltpeter.

After another distillation, Lin Zhen couldn't stand the heat, so he soaked the veil in the water, twisted it not so dry and put it on his neck.

He came out of the house and walked along the corridor to the front yard. Just after he finished the corridor, he saw the servants from the yamen servants come in with three men carrying bags.

The servant came over quickly and bowed to him: "Boss Lin, they are the waiters of the grocery store on Changping Street. They said that they are the shopkeeper and asked to send saltpeter."

"!!!" As soon as Lin Zhen heard the word saltpeter, he thought of ice, "Send it to the backyard!"