Flower Moon

Chapter 29 Men's Fragrance

Half a month later, Tao Yue'er was already a fragrance seller in Miaoxiangtang.

"The commonly used incense for good luck this year includes Baizigong incense, Tianlong incense, and Jingzhuangyan incense." Tao Yueer explained to the two female guests with a smile: "In the morning, burn two incense burners to fumigate clothes. The room is full of incense, and it will not disperse for several days."

"For example, this resting with happiness beads. The so-called benzoin crumbs fall into agarwood, which can be requiemed year after year. Requiem beads are mixed with agarwood, benzoin, frankincense, angelica, honey and other spices. The fragrance is rich and soothing, which helps to calm the mood and help sleep."

Tao Yueer picked up a string of incense beads and put them on the hands of the guests: "Benzoin is quite exotic, you can even smell the fragrance accompanied by the jingle of camel bells, from Anxi to Jingguo."

On the pure white wrist is a string of ink-colored incense pills, with red tassels hanging down the wrist, exquisite and chic.

The female guest hardly thought about it, so she nodded and said, "I'm wearing this string directly. Wrap three more strings for me, and I'll send them to friends." She shook her wrist, and the red tassels followed. She swings and dances, causing the fragrance to float.

Customers like to listen to Tao Yueer's talk, and think she is more friendly than any Xiangtong in the store, and Xiangpin's explanations are also easy to understand.

Tao Yue'er smiled, nodding and bowing, carefully wrapped her goods and put them on the counter. The special Xiangtong wrapped them before putting them in the hands of the female customers.

She has a poor foundation in perfumery, but she has a strong affinity and no pretensions. She greets guests with a smile and works very hard.Even Lan Sheng couldn't help swallowing the words of reprimand after reading it - because her working ability is beyond reproach.

Diligent, serious and easy-going.

He is the first to come and the last to leave every day, taking care of all the chores up and down in the store.

Even if she didn't like it, she couldn't find a reason to scold her...

Time passed by, and it was the beginning of June in a blink of an eye.

The first summer is still clear and peaceful, and the grass has not stopped.It's the time when the wind is blowing and the sun is warm.

Every year on June 26th, Miaoxiangtang releases new fragrances every two years.It is now less than a month away from June 26.

On the first day of June, several well-known figures from West Street came to Miaoxiangtang—Liu Dongshun, the shopkeeper of Dongjia’s ready-to-wear shop, Chi Jinyu, the shopkeeper of Jinyu Jewelry Shop, and Xi Xiangyue, the shopkeeper of Xilan Fan Shop. .

All three of them brought this season's new products to Miaoxiang Hall, and begged Ruan Yanluo to wear their own clothes, hair crowns and folding fans on the day when the new fragrance was released.

Ruan Yanluo had no reason to refuse, so he accepted them one by one, and then returned some high-quality spices for them to bring back to the shop, which was considered an advertisement for his shop.

In the afternoon, Tao Yueer saw off the last guest, and was called to the room on the second floor by Ruan Yanluo.

When Tao Yue'er saw Ruan Yanluo, he swept away his usual elegant and friendly appearance, and under the costume, he was unprecedentedly grand.

On the white gown, there is a gold belt with gilt embroidered threads, and a sachet made of gold and silver threads on both sides; the hair crown has a thin gold hairpin in the shape of willow leaves, and the tail is embellished with emerald green mother-of-pearl.A pair of snow-white boots inlaid with gold rims were hidden under the long gown, looming indistinctly, which would not make a statement, but also showed luxury.Dressed like this, compared to the only son of the emperor's general Xiang's family, he would not give in.

"This is the dress I wore on the day when the new fragrance was released," Ruan Yanluo fiddled with the golden crown, and raised her chin proudly at Tao Yue'er: "Does it look good?"

The sharp chin, thin and red lips, stared at Tao Yue'er motionlessly.

Where has Tao Yueer seen such a battle?Suddenly blushing, nodded dryly: "It looks good."

"Come here." Ruan Yanluo sat by the bed and beckoned to her.

Tao Yue'er glanced at it, feeling even more embarrassed, and hurriedly lowered her head to look at her toes.My legs seemed to be filled with lead, and I couldn't move a step.

Men and women are different, it is disadvantageous to be in the same room, let alone sitting by the bed?

"What are you doing standing there stupidly? Come and help me comb my hair." Ruan Yanluo brought a wooden comb from behind and waved to Tao Yue'er.

Tao Yue'er saw that his hair was indeed not arranged properly, so she nodded and walked over.

Just as Tao Yue'er was about to reach out to get the comb, Ruan Yanluo "accidentally" dropped the comb on the ground - by his leg.

Tao Yue'er saw that the comb had fallen into a very awkward position, and immediately dared not move it again.

The so-called inability to give and receive between men and women, her right hand was suspended in the air, and it stood still for a moment, and just about to retract, Ruan Yanluo held her palm and saw her move towards him.

Tao Yue'er lost her center of gravity, her whole body was on Ruan Yanluo's body, and she threw herself into his arms.

The distance between the two was very close, and Tao Yue'er could clearly smell the orchid fragrance exhaled from his mouth because of the orchid fragrance tablets in his mouth.

"You don't like me?" Ruan Yanluo asked softly in Tao Yue'er's ear.

"No, no, I like you very much." Tao Yue'er jumped away like an electric shock, shook her head and then nodded quickly: "But... what I mean is, I like shopkeeper Ruan very much, but this kind of liking can only be done with respect. It may be more appropriate to express."

"Don't you want to be my woman?" Ruan Yanluo narrowed her eyes and stared at her.

Tao Yueer shook her head more quickly: "No, I don't want to!"

"Why?" Ruan Yanluo sneered, "In Jingguo's incense industry, if I were number two, no one would dare to be number one. But you rejected me."

Tao Yue'er was a little at a loss.

How did it all happen?
Why did he suddenly become like this?
Aren't they simply the relationship between the shopkeeper and the buddy?

"That's all." At this time, Ruan Yanluo saw that Tao Yue'er was firm and didn't force her too much, so she said coldly, "Let's go."

Tao Yue'er looked up at him, pursed her lips, wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, but didn't know what she could say, so she had to be obedient and backed out without saying a word.

This is the first time she has rejected others.

This person is still her food and clothing parents.

Along the way, she blushed, as if she had done something terribly wrong.

Obviously no man has taken a fancy to her, she has never been cared for by anyone.Now that a rich and good-looking man offered her an olive branch, why did she reject it?
She regrets it.But she also knew very well that if she did it again, she would still refuse...

After Tao Yueer came home, Hua Ling was sitting cross-legged on the bed to adjust his breath, but when Tao Yueer opened the door, he suddenly opened his eyes, and then immediately got out of bed and came to Tao Yueer Beside her, sniffing her back and forth a few times, said: "Where did you go today? Who are you with?"

Tao Yueer was taken aback for a moment, and replied truthfully, "Staying in the shop all the time."

"Really." Hua Ling narrowed her eyes and said, "You have a special fragrance on your body."

"What scent?"

"Men smell."

"..."

(End of this chapter)