CHAPTER-14

　　"Madam, there are some methods that can remove the grassy taste and reduce the bitter taste, such as frying and steaming the tea leaves. Madam is well-informed, haven't you heard of it?" Gu Qingci asked Ruan Zhi excitedly.

　　"Does my wife know? How to do it?" Ruan Zhi looked at Gu Qingci and shook her head.

　　"I saw it when I went to the tea house with my grandfather. The locals know how to fry tea. They spread the picked tea leaves out to dry and then stir-fry them in a large iron pot. They first use a relatively high temperature to kill the green tea leaves, fry them for a while, take them out and roll them, then put them in a pot with a slightly lower temperature to fry again, and then..." Gu Qingci tried hard to recall the scenes of playing with her grandfather when she was a child.

　　Ruan Zhi listened carefully to what Gu Qingci said, showing a thoughtful expression.

　　Gu Qingci said grandfather?

　　If she remembered correctly, the one in the Gu family died before Gu Qingci was born.

　　"Madam, the pot is very hot, and Grandpa didn't let me touch it. I'm not very clear about the specific heat and techniques, but this is the process I saw. The fried tea is very fragrant. After drying, you can make a cup of tea with water when you want to drink it. It is convenient and much more fragrant than the current one. There is also the steaming method, which is..." Gu Qingci continued.

　　Ruan Zhi has been listening to Gu Qingci carefully.

　　"Do you have tea leaves at home? Otherwise, I'll try it!" After Gu Qingci finished speaking, he wanted to try it.

　　If this is done, it

　　will be amazing! Leading a new generation of tea drinking trends, and making a lot of money!

　　"Wife, the tea at home is all dried tea cakes, and there is no fresh tea leaves. I will send someone to do this kind of thing, and my wife should study hard. Later, if I can fry some finished products, I will bring them to my wife to taste." Ruan Zhi said slowly.

　　Ruan Zhi will send someone she trusts to do whether the method of frying and steaming green tea is feasible.

　　If Gu Qingci is not talking nonsense and it is really feasible, she should perhaps look at Gu Qingci from another angle.

　　"Madam, if you can really experiment, can you increase my monthly salary? Can the tea leaves sold be counted as a share of the technology?" Gu Qingci calmed down and said, his face was a little red.

　　Excited.

　　"Of course. But we have to succeed first, I won't break my promise." Ruan Zhi nodded.

　　This person never forgets to increase the monthly salary.

　　Wouldn't it be more profitable to do it yourself?

　　There is no need to think at all. He put this matter on her head, let her do it, and want to increase the monthly salary and share.

　　What exactly does she want to do?

　　What does she want?

　　Ruan Zhi glanced at Gu Qingci who was happy and energetic, frowned and said nothing.

　　This person is either a real fool, or a person who hides very deeply and is very good at disguise.

　　"Madam, I'm going to read a book." Thinking that the part of the money earned would include her money for future tax payment, Gu Qingci decided to read a book quickly.

　　Gu Qingci still drank the unpalatable tea soup.

　　Although it tastes bad, the refreshing ingredients in it are not fake.

　　After drinking tea, Gu Qingci read a book for a while, and then started to practice calligraphy.

　　The surroundings became quiet.

　　Ruan Zhi continued to do her own thing.

　　After visiting the official shops on the streets of the county town today, Ruan Zhi also had some new plans for the current situation.

　　While Ruan Zhi was thinking, Gu Qingci wrote a few pages and yawned.

　　The refreshing tea didn't seem to have much effect on her.

　　"Madam, I have to get up early tomorrow to go to the academy, so I'll go wash up first. Can I stay here for the night?" Gu Qingci felt Ruan Zhi looking at her and looked up and said.

　　Ruan Zhi looked at Gu Qingci, and no one else said staying overnight so simply.

　　"Okay." Ruan Zhi nodded.

　　Gu Qingci went to wash up happily, and came back happily to wipe his hair. Just like before, he fell asleep while wiping his hair.

　　Ruan Zhi frowned.

　　He always fell asleep so quickly, was he deliberately trying to piss her off?

　　It's a pity that sleeping is not like eating. When you see others eating more, you will unconsciously eat more.

　　Ruan Zhi felt that something heavy was pressing on her head. Even if she felt very tired, it was still difficult to fall asleep.

　　After reading the booklet in her hand for a while, Ruan Zhi got up and went to the desk where Gu Qingci had sat before to look at the words Gu Qingci had written.

　　Although it was still at the beginner's level, it was much better than yesterday.

　　If he had worked so hard before, he would not be at this level now.

　　But this word was a little strange.

　　The title on one side read, Simplified and Traditional Chinese Comparison Table.

　　It listed some words that Gu Qingci had asked her about before, some with correct and some with incorrect writing.

　　Ruan Zhi looked at it carefully, but didn't know what Gu Qingci was going to do. She

　　simply stopped reading.

　　Gu Qingci was sleeping soundly. Ruan Zhi took a closer look, but Gu Qingci didn't wake up.

　　It seemed that he had lost the feeling he had before.

　　Maybe it's not that magical.

　　Ruan Zhi went back and read for a while, wrote a few letters to the shopkeepers in various places, and went to wash up.

　　There was a simple sweet fruity fragrance in Gu Qingci's room. Although Ruan Zhi still had trouble falling asleep, she went to bed a little earlier than usual.

　　The next morning, Gu Qingci got up first.

　　Sleeping on the soft couch was indeed comfortable, and people were much more energetic.

　　When Gu Qingci got up, he moved very quietly, fearing that he would wake Ruan Zhi and be scolded by her again.

　　The school starts too early, so Gu Qingci has no time to exercise.

　　Without exercise, his body is not in good condition. Today, he got up early. Gu Qingci asked Shi Mo to take a carriage, and she ran with the carriage for a while.

　　When Ruan Zhi got up, there was naturally no one in the room.

　　After Ruan Zhi packed up, she remembered what Gu Qingci said the day before, and ordered someone to go to the nearby tea garden to pick some tea.

　　As for the specific implementation, Ruan Zhi found Madam Zhao and two maids brought from home.

　　"Madam Zhao, I will tell you the process. Xiuhe and Xiumei are responsible for frying tea. You are responsible for recording the process of frying tea every time, and you can't miss any details. The tea you make must be marked after it is packed, and you can't make mistakes. I will allocate a room specifically for you. Only you can enter it, and no one else can get close." Ruan Zhi told Madam Zhao about the situation.

　　Ruan Zhi can imagine doing many experiments for such unknown details.

　　Record from the beginning of picking.

　　See which one is the best way.

　　Ruan Zhi arranged her family affairs and went out to the official store again.

　　Becoming a supplier of the official store was something Ruan Zhi needed to do before she could find the helpers in her previous life.

　　The official store represented the court, and becoming its supplier also showed a kind of influence, laying the foundation for what Ruan Zhi would do later.

　　Ruan Zhi took a sedan chair for more than half an hour to arrive at the official store in Minshan City, which was the official store in the county where they lived.

　　Ruan Zhi had just stepped off the sedan chair wearing a hood when a light snort sounded.

　　Ruan Zhi glanced over and saw a woman in a lavender waisted gown standing not far away with her arms

　　folded. The woman did not cover her face, her hair was tied high, and she looked a bit heroic.

　　Ruan Zhi knew the person in front of her, her name was Xia Lingyan, and she had known her for more than ten years.

　　However, when she reached the age of 15, she became a concubine and this person became a concubine, so they had less contact.

　　In addition, the two businesses had conflicts, and they became rivals.

　　"Some people are really short-sighted. They think they have picked up some treasure with such a low-ranking title and a class in the academy. What's the use? Should business people look down on themselves? Ridiculous, who knows what kind of people their descendants will be in the future?!"

　　Xia Lingyan's sarcastic tone was not concealed.

　　Ruan Zhi was silent.

　　Xia Lingyan did not go to the birthday party of the county magistrate's daughter, and she didn't know what happened.

　　Those who met at that time all gave a large sum of money to "keep their mouths shut."

　　Ruan Zhi didn't want to argue with her. She had long since taken these things lightly.

　　She didn't expect to meet this person this time. He seemed to be very emotional about her marrying Gu Qingci.

　　Ruan Zhi ignored her and walked towards the door of the official store. Xia Lingyan blocked Ruan Zhi sideways.

　　"In previous years, the gambling house would open a handicap before the college entrance examination, and bet on who would pass the examination. They would only bet on students in Class A. This year, I opened a handicap and bet on a student in Class D. I bet one penny on her passing the examination, and one hundred taels of silver on her not passing. Do you think I will lose or win?" Xia Lingyan was still talking to the people she was traveling with, but this sentence was obviously meant for Ruan Zhi to hear.

　　Ruan Zhi paused, lifted the veil around her hat and glanced at Xia Lingyan. Xia Lingyan,

　　who was paying attention to Ruan Zhi with her peripheral vision, looked back at Ruan Zhi, her mouth closed unconsciously, her eyes widened a little, and her breathing was unstable.

　　Ruan Zhi quickly put down the veil and continued to walk into the official store.

　　Xia Lingyan behind her was stunned for a while and stomped her feet in anger.

　　"Let's go find Eunuch Li!" Xia Lingyan said, and walked into the official store quickly and went directly to the second floor.

　　Ruan Zhi was blown by the wind. Seeing Xia Lingyan go up to the second floor where she couldn't go yesterday, she turned back and looked at Ruan Zhi as if to protest.

　　Ruan Zhi stopped and turned to leave the official store.

　　"Madam, why don't you go in?" Lian Rui asked curiously.

　　"There's no need to go." Ruan Zhi said.

　　Each official store is managed by a eunuch sent by the court.

　　The eunuch Li now is not the same person that Ruan Zhi met in her previous life.

　　I wanted to see him yesterday but didn't.

　　Xia Lingyan went up to the second floor so easily, which means that she had been trying to build this relationship for a long time.

　　Ruan Zhi's several dowry shops have special cakes, Su Jin's satin, rouge, etc., which are exactly what she saw in short supply in the official store yesterday.

　　And these, as the long-time rival of the Ruan family, the Xia family, they also have.

　　But now there are no such products in the official store, which means that the Xia family failed to negotiate.

　　Most likely, the price offered by the other party is too low.

　　Ruan Zhi wanted to do business, not to pay money.

　　Just now, based on Xia Lingyan's attitude towards her, Ruan Zhi guessed that Xia Lingyan might rather lose money to get the supplier's quota.

　　Then why not let this person pay more money.

　　She can buy more raw materials .

　　Ruan Zhi thought about this, so she didn't stay idle. She went directly to a dowry shop to find the shopkeeper to discuss.

　　While Ruan Zhi was busy here, Gu Qingci was dazed and went to class all morning.

　　After class, Gu Qingci wanted to lie down and sleep for a while, but the few people who came to find her yesterday came again.

　　When Gu Qingci was about to cover her ears, what the few people said aroused her interest.

　　"Gu Qingci, do you know that the gambling house has opened a handicap, betting on whether you can pass the exam to become a scholar. If you can pass, you will lose 100 to 1." The man said and winked at Gu Qingci.

　　"..." Gu Qingci instantly became more energetic, but then became listless again.

　　According to the current situation, one month is too difficult.

　　Unless she gets the questions in advance and memorizes a standard answer in one month.

　　I wonder if there are past exam papers or mock papers for her to do.

　　Let's get an expert in setting questions for the college exam to teach her.

　　Gu Qingci propped up his face, his mind wandering.

　　The sudden sound of a gong brought Gu Qingci back to his senses.

　　"We need to gather, why gather at this time?" Someone heard the meaning of the gong and said.

　　Gu Qingci couldn't tell, so he followed them out.

　　The students in blue shirts arrived at the gathering place in twos and threes.

　　"General Song is here to mobilize again!"

　　"Are you crazy because you can't recruit people for the martial arts department? Come to Honglu Academy to recruit people!"

　　"Who dares to go? If you go, you will lose half your life. Who can pull a stone bow after practicing every day?"

　　The students in front of Gu Qingci were discussing.

　　Gu Qingci blinked and looked forward.