Fragrance Returned

Years later, Ding Xiang accidentally discovered something that could quickly ferment flour.

She experimented with corn flour, experimented for several days, and finally "invented" yeast powder.

This makes Ding Zhuang and others extremely happy. Xiangxiang is indeed the smartest girl.

This recipe does not need to be kept secret. Dingxiang discussed it with Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao, and told Dingshan, Guo Gufu, and grandpa's family after spring.

My family and several others went to nearby shops in the state capital to sell their seeds, making small profits but quick turnover, ranging from 2 to 50 taels. Whoever has the ability will sell more money, which can be regarded as a thank you to these companies in the first place.

Of course, we cannot say that it was discovered by Ding Xiang, but by Zhang.

Yeast powder is of little use to ordinary people in this era. For them, time is far less than money. But it will be of great use to dim sum shops, steamed bun shops and other shops with good business.

Dingshan earned the most, forty taels. Ding Zhao and Guo Liang each earned thirty-six taels, and Zhang Xiaobao earned the least, thirty-six taels.

The Zhang family was overjoyed to earn so much in two months. Zhang Xiaobao went to a farther place to sell, but the people who bought the prescriptions had already sold there first, so Zhang Xiaobao had no choice but to do nothing.

Because of this money, the Zhang family became the richest family in Liuwa Village, built an additional house, and Zhang Xiaobao also got engaged to the most beautiful girl in the village as he wished.

Zhang Xiaobao gained experience in the process of selling his children, and he realized more deeply that running a business could make more money than farming and hunting in the mountains, so he embarked on the road of running a business.

He bought game, tea, mountain products, herbs and other things in and out of the mountains and sold them in county towns and even further provincial capitals and state capitals. He then bought things there and sold them in towns or in the mountains.

I made money, and it also brought convenience to the villagers in the mountains.

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Time flies, spring passes and autumn comes, and it’s the end of July in the 24th year of Qingguan.

The swallow flew to the south again.

Ding Xiang is six years old, living a happy life in the Ding family, and is loved by the whole family.

She is white, fat, and cute. In the words of the villagers, the girl was fairer and tenderer than the landlord's son, and even the delicious food from the Ding family went into her mouth.

It had only been raining heavily for a few days, and it just stopped at noon.

Lilac stood under the eaves and looked at the apple tree, with a few drops of water falling from time to time on the leaves.

Lilac's pink little mouth pouted.

She missed her grandpa.

Maybe it was Ganoderma lucidum and old ginseng that played a role, or maybe Ding Zhuang's health was in good shape. Except for three severed fingers that couldn't be reattached, Ding Zhuang's health was much better. After getting used to working with my left hand with only two fingers, I started doing my old job again.

At the end of last year, Qian Er came to ask for help. One of his former military friends got a good piece of iron and asked Ding Zhuang to help him make a good knife.

He also reassured Ding Zhuang that the friend's character was absolutely trustworthy and he would not tell him anything.

Whether it was based on his original promise or to build a good relationship with Qian Er, Ding Zhuang had to do it.

Not daring to make weapons openly, Ding Zhuang made a small stove alone in the backyard. He also said that the sword must absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, and it must be struck at night, so he lived in the iron shop and rarely went home.

Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao made an excuse. Longfei Escort Bureau gave the shop a lot of work, and they couldn't finish it during the day. Ding Zhao and his two clerks had wives and children. One of the clerks was too young, so Ding Zhuang did his job at night.

Ding Zhuang did not allow his granddaughter to visit her in the town. He would go home to see her every three or four days, and then rush back to the shop after dinner. It has been raining these past few days and the roads are difficult to walk. Ding Zhuang did not come back for several days in a row.

In the past three years, several happy events have happened to the Ding family.

One, of course, is that the apple trees in the yard are blooming and bearing fruit this year. The apple tree is not very leafy, with only nine apples hanging on it, five of which have a faint red color and are larger than ordinary apples.

There won't be many fruits this year and next, but it would be good to have twenty or thirty in total. I will eat them all at home and save the seedlings for planting.

Even if there are a lot of apples, they won't sell them because they don't want others to come up with high-quality apples at the same time to steal business.

In the third year, when the apple trees enter the fruit-rich period and the orchard is planted, the apples will be sold again. Even if someone grows this kind of apple seedling, the family will earn two or three more years of money.

Five seedlings were planted from those two and a half apple seeds. They were planted last year, and it would take four years for them to bloom and bear fruit.

In order to build a high-quality orchard, the family bought five acres of sloping land. Nowadays, corn, wheat, sweet potatoes, peanuts, potatoes and other crops are grown, and fruit trees are planted after a large number of apple seedlings emerge. Only a small area was set aside to plant the five apple seedlings.

I also bought two servants, a couple. The man Yang Hu knows how to plant fruit trees. He is farming now and will tend the orchard in the future. The woman Yang Hu's family helps Zhang with housework and needlework.

The couple are both thirty years old and have no children. I once had a daughter who died of illness.

The second thing is that Ding Lichun was very skilled in martial arts at a young age and became the youngest bodyguard.

On the tenth day of July, 13-year-old Ding Lichun entered Beijing for the first time as a professional escort. Ding Xiang was as excited as him and gave him two important tasks.

The three things are that Ding Liren studies well and has a high level of understanding. He ranks first in exams every time and has a huge gap between him and the second place. He is Mr. Li's most proud disciple.

Mr. Li proudly said that this boy will be able to take the boy examination in two years.

Little Lolita Dingxiang has always insisted on learning from Ding Liren, and she can write and recite better and faster than Ding Liren.

Especially for Danqing, Ding Xiang's graffiti made Ding Zhao and Ding Liren look at her with surprise, marveling at Ding Xiang's ability to not only make money and study, but also have the potential to be a painter.

This also further stimulated the young man to work hard.

Ding Xiang sometimes deliberately spoke half-sentence in order to enlighten her little brother. When her little brother understood, he explained it to his sister with great pride.

The fourth thing is that Ding Xiang used her intelligence and thought of another way to make money at the beginning of last year.

It was a "copper charcoal pot". She drew it and asked the iron shop to beat it.

The copper charcoal pot is also the copper hot pot that was specially used to cook mutton in the previous life.

In this era, there is no delicious hot pot like the previous life, but I like to drink soup and put all kinds of meat and vegetables in the soup. Make a pot of fragrant and delicious soup. In winter, the soup will get cold soon after you eat it, and you have to take it to the kitchen to heat it up. Not to mention the trouble, the original deliciousness is also lost.

When Ding Xiang drew it and said it, Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao's eyes lit up. Put the charcoal in it, cook it while eating, and it looks nice and clean. This kind of pot will definitely make money.

Last year, Ding Zhao and Ding Changqiang spent half of their time fighting this issue, quietly. By the beginning of this spring, more than 300 will be sold, and Dingshan will sell them at the county wharf, while Zhang Xiaobao will sell them further away.

Ding Xiang's family made a net profit of more than 160 taels of silver, while Dingshan and Zhang Xiaobao earned more than 18 taels of silver and more than 20 taels of silver respectively.

It wasn't until other iron shops and copper shops started selling copper charcoal pots that the price dropped.

There are three other things that make Lilac unhappy.

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