At this moment, she was staying alone in the inner room, using the excuse that she needed to rest. After the maids left, she entered her own companion space.
She specifically looked for flowers and plants with strong fragrance, such as lavender, tulips, grape hyacinth, chamomile, lilac, mimosa, rosemary, thyme, rose, etc. These flowers and plants that she had collected from various worlds before were all beautiful and fragrant.
In addition to flowers and plants, Xu Shichu also plans to plant several kinds of trees. These trees with strong fragrances, such as red nanmu, camphor, juniper berry, sweet pine, patchouli, and cypress, are commonly used in making spices, and it is more convenient to grow them by yourself.
Although the types of plants to be planted were a bit more diverse, Xu Shichu was poor now. She could not use the money in the space to buy a farm specifically for planting flowers, plants and trees, so she had to do it in her own yard first. Fortunately, the prime minister's mansion was grand enough and the yard allocated to her was big enough.
Since she was the only master living in this yard, she decided to demolish all the empty and unnecessary houses and leave the land for growing flowers and plants.
Xu Shichu worked hard to pull out the flower and tree seedlings in the space by herself. She was exhausted, but there was no way she could find anyone to help her. She could only take a break for a while before continuing. It took her a long time to finally sort out all the necessary flower and plant seedlings. She planned to find a time to put them outside and pretend that someone was sent from another place to get them, so as to avoid being exposed.
It will take a long time to grow these flowers and plants until they are ready for use. Now that Xu Shichu wants to make incense, she can only buy the materials from outside. Some of the herbs she bought at the pharmacy before were used for making perfume.
However, she could still secretly mix the ingredients grown in the space with the ones she bought and use them together. She believed that she could survive the initial period of the spice shop.
Without further ado, Xu Shichu planned to disguise himself and go out in the afternoon so that the seedlings could appear legitimately.
After lunch, Xu Shichu drank the medicine and said to Zhichun, "I seem to be getting more and more sleepy. It seems that this medicine for conditioning the body is quite useful. I heard from the old doctor that people like to sleep, which means that the body's self-recovery ability is awakening. The human body uses sleep to repair its internal organs."
Zhichun was delighted to hear this and said, "That's great. Madam, if you are sleepy, go to sleep. You can't delay your recovery."
Xu Shichu nodded seriously: "Then I'll go to sleep. Don't let anyone disturb me, otherwise I will get angry."
After successfully fooling the maid, Xu Shichu took the time to "change his appearance" and prepared to disguise himself as a lean and thin middle-aged man.
Her disguise skills are very advanced. There is no other way. She has gained these skills by risking her life in one world after another. How could she not be superb
Soon her eyebrows became thicker, her eyelids drooped, her skin became rough and dark, and her facial contours became much more rugged. She looked like a middle-aged man who had been working hard outside.
She also did not forget to paint her neck, hands and other parts of her skin exposed outside her clothes black, leaving no flaws at all.
After changing into a pair of coarse cloth men's shorts that came from some unknown world in the space, Xu Shichu carefully climbed out of the window, walked around where there were people, and prepared to climb over the wall to get out.
Fortunately, the courtyard where she was located was remote enough, and the guards in the prime minister's mansion rarely came to patrol, so she successfully escaped from the mansion.
Xu Shichu walked towards the flower and bird market that she had already inquired about. She had been collecting this information while outside these days, so she didn't need to waste time and went straight to her destination.
Arriving at a remote and deserted back alley in the flower seedling market, Xu Shichu quickly took out all the flower and grass seedlings he had prepared in his companion space and piled them up.
Then she walked into the market and asked a kind-looking old man who was buying a parrot: "Uncle, I bought too many flowers and plants. I can't carry them back by myself. Is there any guy here who can help me deliver the things to my door? Of course I will pay for the work."
The old man raised his eyes, looked Xu Shichu up and down, and then said, "What kind of assistants are there? Those who buy less take it back by themselves. Even if someone buys more, they bring their own helpers. It's rare to buy a lot without a plan like you."
Xu Shichu touched his head and said with a simple smile, "I didn't plan to buy more, but I happened to meet a florist who sells rare species. My master likes strange and exotic flowers and plants the most, so I bought them all. Now I don't know how to move them back."
The old man kindly told him, "Isn't the dock just one street away? There are many coolies waiting to work there. Can't you find a few coolies to help you move your things back?"
Then he kicked a seven or eight-year-old kid who was playing with a bird nearby and said, "Tiezhu, go to the dock and find some laborers to help your uncle!"
The child immediately responded and left.
Soon, a few tall and strong men came over. Xu Shichu took out a few copper coins and threw them to the child: "Use them to buy candy."
The child cheered and ran away, causing the old man to laugh and scold.
Xu Shichu thanked the old man, then took a few men to the back alley where the flower seedlings were piled, and said, "Just help me deliver these to Prime Minister Luo's residence in the inner city."
When the coolies heard about the Prime Minister's Mansion, they were immediately shocked and waved their hands hurriedly, saying, "No, no! The Prime Minister's Mansion is not a place for such vulgar people like us to go. We dare not go to the Prime Minister's Mansion. My legs are weak!"
Xu Shichu didn't expect that they would be so respectful of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Did she underestimate the common people's fear of high officials
Although she had a headache, she had to comfort them: "What is there to be afraid of in the Xiangfu? You are working, not doing bad things for no reason. Can the Xiangfu blame you? Just deliver it to the door and tell the doorman that these are the flowers and plants that the lady wants. The doorman will naturally report to the master, and you don't have to face those nobles."
The coolie still shook his head, so Xu Shichu had to raise the stakes: "Double the delivery fee!"
They were still a little hesitant, so Xu Shichu simply said, "Double! Triple!"
"Let's do it! It doesn't matter if we die!" The man as strong as a bear patted his chest and agreed. Seeing this, the other few also agreed.
Xu Shichu looked at them with a dark face. They were just going to the Prime Minister's Mansion to deliver goods, but they acted like they were going to the battlefield, with an appearance of being ready to die. He could not help but smile bitterly.
So Xu Shichu spent three times the price to send his flower and plant seedlings back to the prime minister's residence.
After finishing this matter, she took a shortcut back to the prime minister's residence, intending to arrive home before these people delivered the goods to avoid being exposed. Although she instructed Zhichun not to disturb her, what if
Xu Shichu returned to her room unknowingly, quickly removed her makeup, changed into her own clothes, and returned to her female appearance.
The room was still quiet, and no one disturbed me.