Pursuing Immortality

In fact, Gu 玙 has no story to tell. It is probably the painful experience of parents of left-behind children dying and being raised by grandpa.

Grandpa Xun is not a native. He only settled here in the 1980s. He doesn't cultivate the land, but he makes a good fragrance. In addition to selling it himself, it is provided to the view of Ziyang on Phoenix Mountain.

However, later, the commercial development of Taoist Temple became better and better. Manual incense could not meet the demand, so it turned to a fragrance factory. That kind of straight, long and thick big incense, dare to sell nine hundred yuan a column.

Gu Gu learned this technique from a young age, and he really liked it and practiced it quite well. He studied hard, was diligent, and was admitted to a university in the provincial capital, but after two years of studying, his grandfather suddenly became seriously ill.

Without thinking much, he dropped out of school and went home to take care of himself. But unfortunately, his savings ran out and he owed a little foreign debt. Grandpa died, leaving only this small courtyard and a house of incense.

The only luck is that he didn't encounter any **** disputes, and inherited the heritage quite smoothly.

The situation of Gu Gu is actually very embarrassing. College students who have not finished their studies are not as good as those of a junior college or even a technical school student. Baicheng is a small place. He doesn't have much work at all.

After thinking about it, she took her heart and became a hawker. There are places to protect, the cost is low, but just suffering.

I am not afraid of suffering, stand up, go up the mountain during the day, and do odd jobs at night. It has been more than a year now. Not only was the debt repaid, but a little bit of money was saved.

"Tap!"

The wall clock on the wall was like a machine running out of oil, walking the needle unwillingly. Gu Shu turned off the computer, took a basin of water in the kitchen, and started washing his hands.

His fingers are slender, and the nails are very neatly cut. Without soap, he rubbed them slowly in the water, and seemed to wash every inch of the skin.

After a while, he pushed open the door of the room.

The lights together seemed to illuminate another world, neat, compact, and with a different sense of mystery. There are huge wooden shelves on three sides, with bottles and jars on them, each labeled with hundreds of species. There are also two large boxes stacked in the corner. In the middle is a square table full of strange tools.

This is Gu's studio, and never let a second person come in.

Wu Xiaozhai ordered the awakening fragrance, and he had to make it as soon as possible. The so-called refreshing incense is a kind of medicinal incense that can clear the mind and focus, and concentrate.

It is best to make incense at night without disturbing others. It is said that incense has ten virtues, feels ghostly, purifies the mind and body, becomes a friend in silence, sneaks in the dust, and can clean the dirt.

Quietness is fundamental.

Gu Gu turned around in front of the wooden frame, took out a few bottles and cans, and then sat down at the table. With this sitting, the temperament of the whole person has changed, calm, focused, and so little waves.

Alas, the waves are quiet and windy, the waves go on a boat.

If according to the Internet, making incense is burning money, because agarwood and sandalwood are used in almost every kind. These goods are scary and expensive, and they are not true.

But he inherited the grandfather's incense, which seemed to be passed on from a very unique faction, and the old man improved it. These recipes rarely use Shen and Tan, mostly common materials. For example, the awakening fragrance is made from stone iris, atractylodes, mint, night vine, white cardamom, borneol, and a round leaf grass on Phoenix Mountain.

Remove the tedious preparation of incense powder in the early stage, and the fragrance making is roughly divided into five steps: mud mixing, shaping, shaping, drying and cellaring. Those jars were made of fragrant powder and sticky powder, so he directly mixed the mud.

In short, it is to mix the powder with sticky powder and knead it like a noodle. The sticky powder is mostly made of elm bark. It has no odor and is sticky, but it should not be put more.

Many incense sticks in the temple are burned, and the ashes are winding continuously. This is because of the sticky powder, which is inferior incense.

Gu Gu first took a porcelain bowl, put the prepared powder, add a little water, and stir a little. Until the water is clear, the flour becomes a dough-like thing. He then repeatedly pressed from the periphery to the middle with a spoon to fully mix the dough and strengthen the density.

This is very simple, the following is the key step, forming.

If it is to make incense, nowadays, people want to be lazy, and put more fragrant clay into the needle tube, then squeeze out one by one. This is actually inferior because the extruded incense stick is not dense inside, and the smoke will be larger.

The best method is to rub by hand, prepare spices and knit incense, these two are the biggest ways to make incense.

"Hoo ..."

Gu Gusi sat under the lamp, took a deep breath, and the whole person became quieter. He pulled a small piece of incense stick, placed it on a wooden chopping board, and rubbed it with one finger upright.

Do not rub horizontally, you can adjust the direction and thickness of the incense stick.

He was focused and focused on that finger, not looking, but feeling. Feeling that small piece of incense stick slowly stretched, thinned, and extended ... just like controlling with your own mind.

This feeling is very subtle. Anyone who has practiced Taiji knows how to listen, and it is similar to rubbing incense. Let the skin of your fingers "listen" to the strength and response from the incense group.

There is a saying: fragrant is to reassure.

Is still a static word.

Time passed by a little bit, and the night was deep, Gu Min finally got up and exhaled a long breath. It took a long time to make a total of fifteen sticks, about ten centimeters long, with the thickness of a toothpick.

He cut the incense neatly, put it on flat paper, and covered it with a few pieces of white paper, so that it will dry faster.

Wait until tomorrow, the incense sticks are completely dry, and then sent to the small cellar in the yard for storage. It takes about half a month for the flavors of various spices to converge, and the pyrotechnic gas decreases.

This is the first batch. You know, he has sixty sticks.

So why do not many people make handmade incense because it is too energy-consuming to close.

Uh ...

That night Gu Gu made a total of thirty, and slept very late.

He didn't get up early in the morning the next morning, he didn't care about eating, he packed his things and went out. As soon as I went out, the goods ran back to the house and took three insect-repellent incense pills.

This kind of fragrant pill is harmless to humans, but the snake worm and rat ant are extremely disgusted and almost avoid it. He goes into the mountain every day, it is necessary to carry with him. As for the original one, well ... it has been given to the two sisters.

"Small, aren't you in good spirits?"

"Well, I didn't sleep well yesterday. Did you eat?"

"No, just make a sip on the mountain."

哟 "Oh, Pharaoh, you sell souvenirs today, how about skewers?"

"Don't buy duck meat, rest for a few days."

In the messy conversation, six or seven donkey riders drilled out of the alleys, and then they naturally lined up and rode towards Fenghuang Mountain.

They are all small vendors and their occupations are not fixed. If you have any odd jobs today, then you won't go up the mountain. If you don't work tomorrow, then you will continue to carry the burden. It sells everything from fake lamb skewers to wholesale souvenirs to home-grown cucumbers and tomatoes. It can be described as everything ~ www.readwn.com ~ This camp is basically contracted by the people of Fenghuang Ji, said Foreigners, that is, those from the east, south, and north cities, who want to go up the mountain, will be kicked and smashed.

Gu Gu followed silently, listening to the uncle and uncle's various persecutions, and soon arrived at the old widower's yard. Everyone put the donkey down and went into the mountain.

I was still in a line, going up one by one, each with its own booth, no one could compete. He is still at the end. In front of him is a man in his forties, whose last name is Fang Qing's father.

"Small sister, I have been worried about the girl's performance, do you think you can get a high score?"

"I have read the Qingqing paper, to be honest, Yi Gao is more difficult, Er Gao's hope is still very big."

"Well, she just has a little skill for you! Look at you, that was the year of study, but the first college student in our village."

"Uncle, don't worry too much. It's still a month before the middle school entrance exam, so you can make a surprise attack. Besides, the exam is all about playing ..."

The first high school is the first high school, the provincial key school, and the second high school is one level behind. Gu Yan was carrying his burden and was comforting his poor father all the way.

Fang's family has always taken care of himself no matter if grandpa is alive or not, Fang Qing is also like his little sister. However, she is really not interested in studying. Even in the second high school, the probability is half and half.

The two talked about each other. They walked to the mountainside for a long time, and the people in front of them were invisible.

"Squeak!"

"Coo!"

I was walking, and somehow there was a call, very anxious. The two stopped and looked around. Uncle Fang pointed to the other side: "There!"

Gu Guyu looked, but in the dense forest on the right, a large gray-haired squirrel was tripped by weeds, and not far away, there was a green snake swimming slowly.