Cui Xie entrusted Cui Liangdong with a plate of dried lead cores and the ingredients he tried, and asked him to prepare a few more and bake them as soon as possible. .
Cui Liangdong also listened to the work reports of the two shopkeepers. Looking at the dark lead cores on the plate, he asked expectantly, "Young master is doing eye-painting?"
Eye ink? Oh, the eyeliner… almost forgot.
But this ore thing can't be painted on the eyes, right? Nowadays, not many people use thrushes for eyebrows, it is definitely not good for the skin, and the makeup effect is not good. This kind of stone powder does not stay in the water. If the powder dries and falls into the eyes, what should I do if it is harmful to the eyes
They do small business, and they can't patronize to make money, and they don't take the interests of customers in their hearts.
He waved his hand and said, "I think the quality of these lead... thrush inks is not good. I insist on selling them with color pictures, but it has lowered the value of Ju Anzhai. I tried it with paper yesterday, but I felt that I used it to paint. Yes, it is too soft and easy to break, so I want to burn it with the earth, just like burning pottery and porcelain, won't it be easy to use when it is hardened?"
Cui Liangdong thought about it while holding the plate, then squinted and asked, "Why don't you ask for a few ready-made thrush stones? The stones are already very strong, and the ink is soft. It is for the convenience of the thrushes to be crushed first and then glued together. of."
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as much as you know!
Cui Xie rolled his eyes secretly and said, "How can you write with stones, it has to look like a pen? No matter what, first ask someone to make more ink sticks like this, and then go back and find a craftsman to use it. The extremely soft wood is cut to the size of a pen, and the ink stick is slotted in the middle, and I use it to write."
He seriously instructed Cui Liangdong, saying that this thing could be sold even if it was done well. He told him to let people watch it and burn it a few more times, and immediately test the effect after it was burnt. Easy to color, ink stick for writing on soft and thin cotton paper.
He explained it like this, and it seemed that it was as important as selling the southern goods store back then. Cui Liangdong couldn't ignore it, so he asked his own nephew, Xiao Shen, to keep an eye on him.
His nephew is only eighteen or nineteen years old now. Seeing that he is in charge of his own father in Zhuangzi, he is worried that he has no chance to enter the government. Now that I have such a serious errand, I have to work hard to get it done. I squatted outside the kiln and stared at it for several days. Finally, I tried three formulas that were soft and dark, and were especially fluent in writing.
The shades of these three types of ink are slightly different, but they are all very easy to write. If it is harder, it will easily scratch the paper, and if it is softer, it will easily fall off slag, making it look unclean.
When he burned the refills, he also tried out paper that could match the pencil.
After all, pencils are not as good as brushes. When they kneaded the lead, the tips they rubbed at both ends fell on the paper, and they broke the paper all at once. Or sometimes the writing is broken, and the broken edge is like a small blade, and it can also drag a big hole in the paper, and the thinner the paper, the more likely it is to break.
As a son, you have to use good paper when writing. If you can't find the paper that matches the ink stick, and you can't write on the ink stick after burning it, what's the use of the ink stick? What's the use of him who burns ink
Xiao Shen understands clearly, and naturally refuses to do things perfunctorily: burn ink sticks for a while, test strips for a while, and come back after tossing for many days, and finally came up with the results—
Raw vellum paper, cotton paper, and rice paper are not easy to use. Bamboo paper is slightly better. It must be paper that has been eaten with alum water and coated with white powder. It would be better if there was a thick paper coated with wax and calendered with stones.
As soon as he went back to talk to his uncle with the things in his hand, Cui Liangdong felt that his nephew was working hard and that it was of great use. So he also asked him to follow him, took those things and the accounts recorded these days, and told him to show his face in front of the son.
It was the first time that Brother Shen entered the mansion, and the first time he saw the eldest son, he didn't dare to raise his eyes. He was half nervous, half excited, and he stuttered when he spoke, stumbling about how he burned pencils and tried paper these days.
Cui Xie took the refill of the pen, and seeing that he was tangled up with the rope so that he could write when he picked it up, he first praised him "fine", and then took the writing test. The hand feels smooth when writing, and the pen is comfortable to hold, similar to when using ink sticks, but the color of the handwriting is lighter, about the same as 5B and 6B pencils.
He was writing comfortably, and when Xiao Shen saw his face stretched out, as if he was very satisfied with the deal, he couldn't help but add two more sentences: "This ink stick is best written on thick paper, The thicker, sturdier and more sturdy the paper, the better. Small guess, Ju Anzhai sells the best paper after all. People in Beijing are eager to buy it. ?"
... Well, their family is not rich enough to write on a piece of paper with four coins.
Cui Xie shook his head and said with a smile, "Your pencil burns well, so I'll burn him a few pounds when I look back. I always carry one with my family. I don't need it to write serious things. I usually write something down and write it on the wall. It can be put on the table or on the table, just wipe it off with water. Even if the clothes are stained, it is easy to wash, not as bad as ink."
However, the paper in Beijing is too expensive, so it hurts to use it. Or because the paper in Qian'an is cheap, let the people from the hometown bring him some ordinary pink paper when they bring things.
He took the handmade pencils that were thickly wrapped with twine, and the thread was exposed beside the nib. He immediately replaced the charcoal he usually used, and couldn't wait to take it to school.
In the first half of August, he will talk a lot and repeat less, which is the peak of note-taking. He experienced the pleasure of using a new pencil, and he copied notes for a while, and then went to Yilun Hall to borrow and copy books. behind the head.
He downplayed it, but others paid more attention to it. After the paper was posted this time, his exam papers were not compiled into a book, and they were accumulated until the end of the autumn and then handed over to the Hanlin Academy for sealing. Instead, they asked Eunuch Gao to send someone to take them away together with the imitation books of the month.
Eunuch Gao himself was taught by a small class in the Hanlin Academy. The Slijian's profession is so elegant that he can be called an internal minister. He has a very good eye for reading articles and ink posts. When I got the paper, I didn't read the content first, only the large, round and black pavilion body nodded for the emperor. Looking at the words and phrases of the article again, it is also profound, and the arguments are well-conceived and loud, like a eloquent person discussing in front of him, which makes people have to be convinced.
This article was written!
This spirit! This breath! This grammar!
The poem that should be made with him is simply not written by one person!
Eunuch Gao read it over and over again and again, and he could almost see the dialectics of materialism submerged in Cui Xie's thinking from the text.
The text of the imperial examination articles is based on the classics. Only when you have a thorough understanding of the scriptures, understand the science, and can express your own thoughts, can you have the confidence to write such a powerful article. If the study of the classics is not enough, the article will not have a foundation for the flowery and colorful writing. Even if they tried their best to imitate other people's articles, their words were vain and restrained, and those who were immersed in Confucianism could see their emptiness and weakness at a glance.
These articles are indeed not like those who read the meaning of the scriptures, memorize a few passages, and write them to fool people. Although this Cui Xie was a late student, he was indeed a child prodigy.
As expected of the genius he recommended to the emperor!
Gao Liang couldn't help recalling the situation since the two met, and he felt more and more that he had a brilliant eye, and that he knew the talents in the humble.
In the future, if Cui Xie is lucky enough to pass the jinshi exam, he can be considered a story of acquaintance that can be passed down in history; if he is a scholar in the field of science... It will be a matter of decades later, and we will talk about it later.
He wrote down the good sentences in those articles, ready to deal with the emperor's examination at any time, and told his nephews to pay more attention to the Cui family, not to call them orphans... the old and the weak were bullied.
Gao Su said in a big way: "Don't worry, my son often takes care of his family's business, and the rouge, eyebrows, and soap for your wife and your daughter-in-law are all from their family. I also ordered a new one from his family with Mr. Cui. Flower dew, when it's ready, I'll buy a few more bottles to honor your old man."
Eunuch Gao smiled and said, "What kind of flower dew does my husband use, just give it to your wife." After thinking about it, he said, "I have to serve in the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival. You can spend the holiday with your wife at home. Please invite a good show troupe. Tell your wife and children to have a good day, be sure to be lively, and don't begrudge your money."
Gao Su sighed: "It's hard to book a good show troupe now. After I went to the beauty pageant in Ju Anzhai, I wanted to book a family who played the beauty of the Three Kingdoms, but unfortunately it was a step too late, and I asked conductor Wan to book Jinyun in one go. , Fushou two teams. Shao’s mother’s family also booked a Xing’an class. I inquired about the British father Zhang’s family and Liang’s father’s family. Kenyun to our house."
Eunuch Gao had never seen anything in the palace, so he didn't care about these little folk tricks, and said indifferently: "It's just a Three Kingdoms opera, which one can't play it, so do you have to watch them? It's good for us to have a lively life at home."
Even though he said that, Gao Su didn't dare to take it lightly. When choosing a cast, he always asked if he would have the makeup and acting like Ju Anzhai's.
Asking and asking, he suddenly patted his head and came to understand: Ju Anzhai hired not-so-famous opera troupes, but they put out new plays that had never been seen before, so couldn't it be their own idea?
Just ask their owner to come and ask!
Ju'anzhai's old boss is in the countryside, but the young boss lives in Cui's house. He has been to that house, and he has had a good time chatting with the little supervisor of the Cui family. Looking for a small businessman to save trouble
He was not afraid of trouble. After the curfew, he quietly took the sedan to Cui's house and called him out from the main hall of the second elder of the Cui family.
As soon as Cui Xie saw him, he said apologetically, "My lord, the flower water has not yet been obtained. If you are in a hurry to use it at this time, there is some real flower water from foreign countries in my powder shop, and I will send it to you tomorrow. ?"
Gao Su said: "No, no, we didn't come here to see that, we came to ask you to do a little favor—
He didn't even drink tea, and couldn't wait to say: "Did you know that they held a beauty pageant on the Qixi Festival in Ju'anzhai? At the meeting, the actors and singers all dressed up like fairy girls, and they also acted like fairy girls. It's like. My wife wants to watch a new play, and I also want to honor the two elders and invite those groups to sing a Mid-Autumn Festival show. Who would have guessed that those groups would be sold out. I was worrying about this, and suddenly I remembered Ju Anzhai Isn't the young Shaodong living in your house? Can you ask him to find a way for me?"
...Young man, you are looking for the master, and the chief director of the party is sitting right in front of you!
Cui Xie took a sip of his tea and said reservedly, "Master Gao, don't worry. The opera of the Three Kingdoms has been handed down since the Yuan Dynasty. Where would you like to come from a group that can't sing? The original ones that Ju Anzhai invited were not well-known. Team, adults can find a family at will, and they can sing."
Gao Su shook his head: "You son-in-law can't go out to watch the play, you don't know how lively the conference in his house is. The opera and tune singers are all dressed up like angels, with big eyes, small mouths, and faces. It's so red... I look at the painting with the light on, and when the light goes out, people walk out from the painting enchantingly—"
Thinking of that scene, he couldn't help swallowing. Looking at Cui Xie's indifferent expression, as if he didn't understand anything, he said with a little sympathy and pride, "There's always someone else who can't think of that way, and can't make such a moving scene. I There are also big pictures of beautiful women at home, and they can also make pictures, but they can't make such beautiful and beautiful women. Go back and tell the singers at home, they will not draw those dark circles. "
What kind of dark circles, that's called eyeliner...
Cui Xie, the chief director, chief planner, and producer of the Qixi Festival party, smiled lightly, and said, "This eyeliner is really easy to draw. My shop has made a new eyeliner, and my family is trying it out. They say it's more convenient than using an eyebrow pencil, and it's better. Color. Just take a very fine pen or wicker and dip a little on the eyes.
"As for the show... Although Brother Xiao Qi lives in my house, he is young and ignorant. He thinks that the big event is ordered by his family, maybe the shopkeeper knows more. I will ask him to talk to the store tomorrow. Regarding this matter, the adults even ordered a play troupe, just let the people tell Ju Anzhai, and let the people in the store explain the rehearsal method to the class leader, and then go to the adults' house after the rehearsal, wouldn't it be easier?"
Gao Su nodded: "It's still as thoughtful as you think. I'm a man with 100 households in fine clothes and guards, and I'm a man who does errands for the emperor. It's not good to ask about the troupe in person."
However, if you ask the troupe, you have to ask your stepmother and your wife: "The 'eyeliner' that your family sells is specially used for eye rims? Don't you use Luozidai outside? So what kind of ointment is easy to apply? It looks good on it. ?"
In fact, it is better than eyebrow pencil, and healthy. This is the prescription of the Republic of China that he has looked through the chemistry book, and it is made of pure natural medicinal material "Monkey Ginger" into powder. Because the powdery eyeliner is not sticky, he was afraid that it would fall off when he wiped it. After studying a whole chapter of cosmetic knowledge, he picked out the sesame oil for mouth grease and mixed it with the powdered medicine, and kneaded it into a paste.
After adding the nail polish, the mouth fat will be shiny and not easy to fall off, and it can also be used as nail polish. This Jiajian is made of medicinal herbs and sesame oil. It can be applied to the mouth and is definitely not toxic, but the oiled version is not as good as eyebrow powder to remove makeup. Anyway, nowadays, when women put on makeup, they always put on a white face first, and the foundation is thick, which can be regarded as a segregation.
Cui Xie smiled and said humbly: "I'm not a businessman, I don't have to lie to a person like Master Gao who takes care of the Han family for the sake of a product. I'll see if the eyeliner is good or not, and I'll call if it's good. I will send it to the adults, and if it is not good, I will ask the adults to find it outside."
Master Gao slapped the table and said loudly, "How can I not believe you, a scholar, and a profiteer outside? I'll be at home waiting for your good news!"
He swaggered away, and Cui Xie also went back to the study to find Cui Qi, and whispered that the Gao family was going to sing the Three Kingdoms opera during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they had to ask the people from Ju Anzhai to help.
Cui Qizheng was tracing Guan Yunchang flooding the Seventh Army in his room, making those waves and light and shadows make life and death, and he still didn't wake up after going out for a walk. Tell the shopkeeper Ji and ask him to find a guy who has arranged the audience to watch this matter."
Cui Xie saw that he was in a daze, everyone was a little stupid, he patted the top of his head lovingly and said, "Go back to sleep, don't stay up all night every day, your bones are softened. You are also a bit... "
Cui Qibi measured his body and his body, and he was slightly shorter, but he didn't feel ashamed at all, and said calmly: "My father is not very grown up, he married my mother and gave birth to me. It only matters if the man is of good character, there are so many big men in the world."
This chicken soup was dry, and Cui Xie refused to drink it.
He forced Cui Qi to go back to sleep, locked the door, opened the 2T hard drive in his head, closed his eyes and studied how to draw the eyeliner of beauties from all over the world, preparing to draw an eyeliner tutorial for the Gao family's troupe. If it is feasible, it can be printed as a book and sell cosmetics teaching materials.
Do not…
no…
It's not appropriate to give makeup tutorials alone. In such an elegant study as Ju'anzhai, it's best to follow the pure literati route.
This picture is simpler, and it is more suitable when the instruction manual is sold with the eyeliner. Anyway, the rouge shop is originally a place to sell cosmetics, and it is normal for the store to do a little bit of thinking in order to sell well.