Cub Nursery

Da da da, the ox cart stopped in front of the gate of Honglu Temple, Yan Xun jumped off the ox cart and said with a smile, "Brother, please trouble me."

"Hey." Sun Yuanbao was embarrassed, "My lord is the benefactor of our village, and the village chief told me to obey you."

"Just put these bags at the door." Yan Xun didn't insist, but took out a few copper coins and stuffed them into Sun Yuanbao's hands, "Here, buy some wine. Don't want it, I have to ask you to help me in the future." Mile."

When Sun Yuanbao heard this, he didn't dare to refuse, took the copper coins, helped unload the car, and left happily.

This time Yan Xun went out of the city specially, and happened to go to Sunjia Village, bought a whole cart full of beans, and had to continue to buy more. The farmers in Sunjia Village were very happy, and even specially asked Sun Yuanbao to drive the ox cart to deliver the beans into town.

The gate of Honglu Temple was opened, and Yan Xun moved in bags one by one.

As soon as the gate was closed, Jing Fengye and the cubs immediately ran out, surrounded by the pile of bags, looking at Yan Xun eagerly.

"Is the clay pot cleaned?" Yan Xun asked with a smile, seeing the cubs nodding obediently, he continued, "Very good, now spread out these beans and pick them out. Soak in the water."

The snake body cub immediately puffed up its cheeks, and the snake body began to hold its breath in one strand after another.

The black and long-haired cub was wearing a vest and shorts, and came over clumsily holding the clay pot. The snake-bodied cub immediately exhaled 'wow', and clear water immediately appeared in the clay pot.

Some of the cleaned beans are put in, and the rest are packed in other clay pots.

Jing Fengye worked the fastest, finished his part, walked up to Yan Xun, held his hand in both hands, and said in a low voice, "I'm hurt." As he spoke, he lowered his head and licked it.

The tip of the tongue was warm, with a tingling feeling, Yan Xun shook his hand, and when he looked again, he found that the small wound had disappeared.

"It's nothing." Yan Xun said, seeing the cubs who were busy looking over, he changed his mind, "There is indeed a small matter."

Not long after leaving the city today, Yan Xun found himself being followed.

He is the prime minister of Honglu Temple, although not many people know about it, but these days the soap business is flourishing, Yan Xun has money in his hand, he often goes out to buy this and that, and some people follow him, but this time he just followed him out of the city, I'm afraid it's unusual.

Fortunately, after entering the village, Yan Xun negotiated with the village head and clan elders, and nothing happened.

When Yan Xun was about to come back, he realized that those who followed Yan Xun had been arrested by the young men of Sunjia Village.

"These people are very sneaky. They don't look like good people at first sight. I'm going to send them to the Yamen." The clan elder's eyes were shining with wisdom, "Don't worry, my lord. You can come here in the future. Our village is absolutely safe."

Of course Yan Xun nodded obediently.

"You don't need to pick a field for beans, you can grow them on wasteland. There are many poor people in Sunjia Village, and there are many people who grow beans. They are used as rations." Yan Xun explained to the cubs, "I went to buy beans, and they were grateful. Naturally, I am willing to help deal with those people, not to mention that those people don't look like good people."

"It's easy to be dangerous, we can't help you." The cubs were all ignorant, but Jing Fengye frowned and looked at Yan Xun worriedly.

It is entirely due to Yan Xun that Honghe Temple has become what it is now. He wanted to help with something, but he couldn't.

The little cubs understood, and their heads drooped.

Yan Xun smiled mysteriously, and said: "Who said you can't help? Thank you so much for this." Yan Xun pointed to the long-haired, always wet cub, "If you didn't give I'm lucky, I'm sure it won't be so smooth."

If the people in Sunjia Village were timid and afraid to help Yan Xun, then Yan Xun might be in trouble today.Fortunately, there is no if in this matter, whether it is the credit of the long-haired cubs or not, Yan Xun thinks it is.

The long-haired cub immediately puffed up its chest, and raised its dark, long-haired face, revealing a pair of bright black and white eyes.

"If it wasn't for you, I definitely wouldn't have gone so smoothly." Yan Xun laughed, "So I bought some candied haws, whoever finishes the work first can pick the candied haws first!"

As soon as the voice fell, the little cubs immediately accelerated.

Looking at these energetic cubs, Yan Xun smiled, went into the house and wrote down the words to be taught today on the sand.On the ground, there are also gestures written by the cubs during practice, one stroke and one stroke, horizontal and vertical.

"Is it possible to put other things in the soap formula?" Jing Fengye squatted beside him, watched Yan Xun finish writing, and silently recorded the appearance of these words in his heart.

"Well, the existing steps can be subdivided. Bases and soap bases don't have to be made of plant ash and suet, and other things can be added such as flower petal essential oil, fruit juice, etc." Yan Xun laughed, " You want to explore?"

Jing Fengye looked at Yan Xun intently, and said softly, "I want to try."

Monsters don't necessarily need to become stronger to be able to live comfortably, they can also use their wisdom, and even the things they create will be even more amazing.

Seeing Yan Xun again, Du Qinsheng almost cried.

His father sent someone to follow Yan Xun secretly, trying to catch him and ask for soap recipes, but he didn't know how to do it, so many people with good skills were sent to the Yamen, and it was Du Xuanfeng's personal servant who went to arrest him bring it out.

It was a coincidence that this incident was seen by the upright Xie Changting, and it happened that he hated Du Xuanfeng, so everyone in the capital knew about it.

Du Qinsheng didn't dare to show his face these few days, for fear of being seen by those idle and boring family members, who would ridicule his father for being bold enough to bully the common people.

"I want a few big rocks, preferably like this." Yan Xun drew a picture, showed it to Du Qinsheng and took it back.

"What do you want stones for?" Du Qinsheng didn't want to help, but now the aristocratic families in the capital, big and small, only asked him for soap, and he didn't dare to say that the soap came from Honglu Temple.

And that Pei Yu'er, it's simply unreasonable to ask him to keep and sell all the soap that looks like a squat snake cub to him.

"You don't need to ask so many questions." Yan Xun looked at Du Qinsheng indifferently, those eyes seemed to see through the secret in his heart.

Du Qinsheng suddenly felt guilty, not only did not dare to ask, but also immediately sent out servants to find a suitable stone.

The stone was placed at the gate of Honglu Temple, Yan Xun took out a small wooden stick of the same thickness and placed it on the ground, and put a few thick wooden sticks vertically, moved the stone up, and pushed the stone into the gate of Honglu Temple by himself .

Once inside, the cubs hurriedly gathered around, looking at the big rock curiously.

"It's up to you." Yan Xun looked at the cub with sharp claws, cutting iron like mud, ugly and vicious like a ghost, "I'll cut a little bit of rock and see if it's okay."

The sharp claw cub raised its head, and walked out amidst the envy of the other cubs. Its sharp nails popped out like steel blades, and it easily cut off a stone. The incision was very smooth.

Yan Xun looked at the cub's sharp claws, then at the stone, nodded and said, "I'll draw the shape on it, and you can cut it into this shape."

"En!" Cub Claw nodded emphatically.

There are two big stones in total, one has a cylinder in the middle, a groove around it, and an opening. The top is just a cylinder, which just fits with the cylinder below, and the center is connected with a wooden stick as a bearing.

There are two holes on the side of the upper column, and wooden sticks are embedded in it, exposing a part. There is a larger penetrating hole at the top, and there is a funnel-shaped oblique section at the bottom.

The bottom is supported by gravel, and a long wooden stick is used as a pole to support the wooden stick of the upper column, which is connected with a strong rope.

This is the complete stone mill.

Put in the soaked beans and water, push the stone mill and turn it around, and the fine beans will be squeezed out.

The cubs are small in size and not strong enough, so Yan Xun and Jing Fengye are the ones pushing.The two walked around the stone mill with their long legs, Yan Xun added beans from time to time, when he looked up, he happened to see Jing Fengye looking at him intently, subconsciously smiled.

Jing Fengye's ears were a little red, but he didn't look away.

The beans are mushy and filtered, and the bean juice can be drunk after boiling.

Yan Xun took a small wooden bowl and scooped up half a bowl for each cub, "Try whether it's delicious or not."

The rich bean aroma has a faint milky taste, without any beany smell, and it enters the throat smoothly, and all the cubs' eyes are bright.The snake-body cub carefully curled its small wooden bowl with the tip of its tail, and sipped it in small sips.

His small wooden bowl was remade by Yan Xun, and there is a circle of grooves on the outside, just enough to be rolled up firmly with the tail without being burned.

The long-haired cub took a deep breath, poured some brown water into the pottery bowl, and looked at Yan Xun worriedly.

Jing Fengye was also very worried, "His monster power is not strong, and the water he produced is very little, but there is du. Only big monsters are not afraid, and monsters with weak monster power will be poisoned if they drink it."

Monsters are generally stronger than humans in physique. If humans drink it, even if they are young and middle-aged, I am afraid it will be bad luck.

"I know." Yan Xun nodded.

After pouring out some warm bean juice, Yan Xun scooped up some water from the long-haired cub, and gently swirled it around in the clay pot.

Seeing the light yellow soy milk start to separate out, Yan Xun heaved a sigh of relief, his guess was right.It's just brine, and it's still very clean.

Add brine to make bean curd, and squeeze out soy milk to make tofu.

Jing Fengye stayed by Yan Xun's side all the time, watching him lightly tap a few times with both hands, the beans changed their appearance, even the water from the long-haired cub was used up.

The sweet soy milk was lighter in color than the water made by the long-haired cub, but it was not poisonous at all. The long-haired cub drank three full bowls from the small wooden bowl by himself, and his eyes were always bright.

"Have you remembered the proportions?" Yan Xun asked Jing Fengye.

The tofu making process was rather troublesome, and the cubs had to enter the house to learn how to read. Only Jing Fengye followed Yan Xun to watch the whole process.

Nodding heavily, "I remember." Jing Feng said at night.

"That's good, if I haven't come in the morning, you don't have to wait for me to eat, cook a pot of soy milk first." Yan Xun thought for a while and said, "Get more rest, staying up late at night is not good for your eyes."

A few days ago, the cubs studied during the day and made soap at night. At that time, they were short of money. Now that Yan Xun has the final say, there is no shortage of money for the time being, so there is no need to work so hard.

"En." Jing Fengye nodded, and he really let the cubs rest at night, but he squatted outside to make soap, ready to try adding extra flower petals and fruit juice.

The finished tofu is tender and tender, soaked in soy milk, it is heavy and soft when taken out, dripping with water.

When Du Qinsheng saw the tofu, his eyes almost popped out, "Yan, Yan Yanxun, what is this?"

"Eat, the price is the same as soap." Yan Xun put the tofu back into the bucket, "Here are two recipes, and they will come with the tofu."

"I don't want to..." Du Qinsheng was terrified of selling soap every day, and this time came tofu again.

"You have no choice to refuse." Yan Xun said calmly, "Don't worry, your father will help you."

Du Qinsheng had nothing to say, so he brought the tofu back home, and asked the cook to try it alone in his own yard. Not to mention, the tofu was delicious and tender, especially the roasted fish. The taste, Du Qinsheng's grandfather, God of the Du family The teeth are not good. I almost swallowed my tongue after eating tofu, and I ate two extra bowls of rice.

The father also ate tofu, and hurriedly called Du Qinsheng to the study, "Is it Honglu Temple again?"

"Father, I can't help it. But tofu is really delicious, I bought a lot..." Du Qinsheng said with a bitter face, "It's all Yan Xun..."

Du Xuanfeng also blushed, he hadn't given up for a while, and wanted to send someone to catch Yan Xun, but either the person he sent was unlucky, or he was delayed by choking on his own tea.

This delay doesn't matter, Honglu Temple actually produced a new moth.

Thinking about what Yan Xun said, my father will take care of it anyway, so Du Qinsheng tentatively said: "Father, if this business...if it is in the hands of another family, we will lose a lot of money."

"All right, all right, my father knows." Du Xuanfeng didn't know what Du Qinsheng was thinking, and besides, he was also reluctant to part with such a big business, so he had to find a way to do it.

Du Xuanfeng is the emperor's favored minister, and what he does is to help the emperor solve problems, buy some small errands, the small Honglu Temple...he can still handle it for the time being.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of entering the palace, Du Xuanfeng said: "The Prime Minister of Honglu Temple started to make beans again, and made some food."

Beans have a strong fishy smell, and only poor people can produce them, and they are used to feed livestock in the palace.

"Give those... beans to eat." The emperor smiled, looking a little happy.

The Tiger Demon King sent ten cubs and one adult monster. The emperor was on high alert. Naturally, he knew that monsters had ever-changing abilities, so they had to be confined in the small Honglu Temple.

The emperor was naturally happy to feed those cubs beans, just like livestock, and felt that Yan Xun was really interesting.

"Recently, however, I've observed that the faces of several lovers in the court have turned pale, but I don't know why." The emperor suddenly came again.

Cold sweat broke out on Du Xuanfeng's forehead immediately, and why, it was naturally because he used soap from Honglu Temple, an unrefined thing made by Honglu Temple.

But Du Xuanfeng naturally couldn't say that, "This... I don't even know about this."

Coming out of the palace, Du Xuanfeng almost turned his head gray with worry.

On the street, two young brothers from aristocratic families were confronting each other.

"I asked everyone to come to my house to enjoy the flowers. My brother has grown a lot of tofu." Pei Yu'er put one hand on her hip, very airy.

"What is tofu?" Wang Zhen'er was curious. He just snatched Pei Yu'er's friend because he didn't like it.

"Naturally, it's a delicacy that's hard to find in heaven and earth." Pei Yu'er raised her face, asked the servants to give Wang Zhen'er an invitation, and left triumphantly.

The people around heard a lot of curiosity, so they asked in private: What is tofu?Naturally, someone who knew it whispered back: "A kind of food. The grandson of my eldest cousin and aunt works in Pei's mansion. I was lucky enough to see it once. It is like white jade, but soft as water, it melts in the mouth, and it is extremely delicious."

Du Xuanfeng happened to hear it in the carriage, and suddenly felt that one head and two big.

"Stay at the top or stay in the hotel?" The waiter's voice was crisp and clear, "If you stay in the hotel, you will get a piece of soap in the first-class room of Tianzihao. It is very refreshing to wash your hands and face."

Yan Xun happened to pass by and heard it, so he asked, "I heard that soap is not cheap."

"Hey, we are not particular about ourselves, but the masters are very particular, and our shopkeeper's entrusted relationship only earned a few dollars." The waiter said this, but his face was proud, "It's not me, if the masters live in the store , I still have to live in a restaurant like ours, which is clean."

"That's right." Yan Xun thought for a second, but that's not the case.

Washing clothes with soap is clean and refreshing, which is slightly different from ordinary starched clothes.

Back at Honglu Temple, Yan Xun talked about this, and said with a smile: "I inquired about it today, and this time your soap is the best seller." Yan Xun pointed to the Cub Claw, "Many people say it looks good. Mile."

Cub Claw's eyes were shining brightly, instead of hiding in the back, he took the initiative to walk to the front and approach Yan Xun.

Just look at the cub with sharp claws, but when he is not working, he seldom shows his claws. Although his face looks scary, he is actually very timid. hide.

However, in the soap mold, the sharp claw cub is short and fat, wearing clothes, with a small glove on its paw, not only not afraid, but also very good-looking, no wonder people outside like it.

Explaining today's words to the cubs, Yan Xun came out curiously, not seeing Jing Fengye by his side.

The square wooden molds that were no longer used were put out again, and inside were some different soaps.

Yan Xun squatted down and looked, and found that there was a transparent soap with a lifelike flower inside.

"What kind of flower is this?" Yan Xun remembered that he had never seen it before.

"It's the flower on the cub." Jing Fengye shyly took the mold away and hid it behind her.So many soaps tried, only this one worked out.

"There are cubs that will bloom?" Yan Xun slightly widened his eyes, he had never seen it before.

Jing Fengye nodded slightly, "He only knows how to bloom this kind of small flowers, it's useless."

Before coming to Honglu Temple, the cubs and Jing Fengye thought it was useless, but after coming to Honglu Temple, Yan Xun said personally, "Look at your clothes, you look good."

The cubs didn't need to wear clothes because it wasn't cold, but they wore them because they looked good.

Just because they look good, the cubs are happily wearing clothes, and they are very precious.

Then flowers are not useless, because they look good.