Chapter 6 Making Tobacco
When Shuang'er led Ao Lie to her room and saw Ao Lie excitedly pounce on the earthy fragrance piled in the corner of the wall, she realized that she had completely misunderstood Ao Lie. The second young master's excitement was on the earthy fragrance pile, not on her.
While breathing a sigh of relief, Shuang'er couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Who doesn't like the young man like the second young master who is both civil and military, and has both talent and beauty? Well, what am I thinking? The second young master regards me as his sister and I am with the second young master as his younger brother. How can I have such inappropriate thoughts? Shuang'er shook his head hurriedly and tried to get rid of the random thoughts in his mind.
Ao Lie's voice sounded at the right time, which immediately relieved Shuang'er: "Sister Shuang'er, please get me a carving knife, a pair of scissors, and a small pot of lacquer. I'm taking some Cai Hou paper." Shuang'er responded, turned around and walked out.
After a while, Shuang'er walked in with what Ao Lie needed and asked in confusion: "Second Young Master, what are you going to do with these things?" Ao Lie reached out to take the pile of things in Shuang'er's hand, then placed them one by one on the table, and whispered: "Sister Shuang'er, you have to keep this matter secret for me. Take a closer look at my actions and remember every detail. We will rely on these things to supplement our family's income in the future."
Shuang'er asked in confusion: "Supplement for household expenses? The thirty-odd money for you every month is not enough for you to build weapons. Can these things be more than thirty?" Ao Lie turned around and smiled at Shuang'er, and said mysteriously: "Sister Shuang'er, do you believe it? What I made later, let alone thirty, even thirty thousand yuan can be sold." After that, without waiting for Shuang'er to answer, he added to himself: "Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway." Shuang'er nodded seriously, and his tone was full of trust: "I believe it, no matter what the second young master said, I believe it."
Ao Lie felt Shuang'er's trust and felt moved. In his previous life, except for his master on Wudang Mountain, no one had ever cared about him like this. However, since his rebirth, his parents, elder brother Liu He, grandfather Ao, and Shuang'er in front of him all care about him. This made Ao Lie once again strengthen the direction of his efforts, and he must stabilize the Han Dynasty and let thousands of ordinary people in the world live a happy and stable life.
He reached out and pulled Shuang'er and sat down. Ao Lie said seriously: "Sister Shuang'er, I have never regarded you as an outsider, nor have you treated you as a servant. In my heart, you are my relative and my sister. That's why I am willing to tell you my secret and carefully watch what I do. If you get married one day, you can still use this craft to support your family."
Shuang'er hurriedly stretched out his jade hand to cover Ao Lie's mouth and said angrily: "What nonsense is that Shuang'er will always be the second young master." After saying that, she realized that there was a huge grammatical problem in her words. She didn't know how to remedy it for a while, so she hurriedly withdrew her jade hand, and her pretty face turned red in a hurry. Ao Lie was also embarrassed, coughed and concealed the embarrassment in front of her, and then said: "Then let's start." Shuang'er nodded gently.
Ao Lie spread Cai Hou paper flat on the table, and then cut the paper into a piece of palm-sized piece with scissors. In the blink of an eye, a piece of Cai Hou paper was cut into more than 30 small pieces. Cai Hou paper in the Eastern Han Dynasty was the most primitive paper invented by Cai Lun. It was rough in texture and yellow in color. Most people would not use such paper to write. One reason was that the paper was not good, and the other was difficult to preserve and easily damaged. Therefore, the paper in this period was not widely used. Most of them were used in large quantities when Taoist priests practiced it. It is said that the Yellow Turban Rebel Army led by Zhang Jiao used this paper when worshiping the sky.
After helping his mother wash his feet, Ao Lie stood up and said to his parents: "Father and mother, the child has made a cigarette roll today. He wants to sell it at the market tomorrow, so that it can be supplemented with the household expenses." Liu Yu asked in surprise: "What is a cigarette roll?" Ao Lie thought for a while and changed to an easy-to-receive statement: "It is incense, but the incense made by the child is not burned in the incense burner, but is ignited for people to taste with their mouths. In this way, although the range of the aroma has been reduced a lot, the taste will be more direct and has the effect of refreshing the mind and restoring physical strength."
Liu Yu and Mrs. Ao looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes. Liu Yu asked, "Lie'er, if this thing is really as you said, it will definitely be very popular in the long run and will be popular in the world. But where did you get the method of making this cigarette roll?"
Ao Lie knew that since his rebirth, all kinds of wild ideas were always shocking. If this continues, he would probably be regarded as a monster. He had a sudden inspiration and thought of an excuse. So Ao Lie knelt down in front of his parents and said, "There is something that has been hidden in his heart and has never been told to anyone. Today, his father asked him about it. The child never dared to hide again. Since the child was three years old, a master came to the child's room every night to teach him various skills. The Tai Chi sword technique, Tai Chi gun technique, Tai Chi fist and Tai Chi Mian Palm that he usually practiced were taught by this master, and he also taught some miscellaneous learnings to the child."
Liu Yu looked at Mrs. Ao again, shocked inexplicably. According to Ao Lie, wasn’t there a master in his family living in seclusion since five years ago? Liu Yu hurriedly asked: “Where is this master now? Let me tell you in detail.”
Ao Lie continued, "Later, the child became a master, but his master never told me his name. I only know that his Taoist name is Ziguang Sanren, who is the 32nd generation successor of the Wudang Sect. As for the whereabouts of my master, I lost contact with my master not long ago. I could feel that I would never be able to meet with my master again in this life." At this point, Ao Lie's tone fell down. At the beginning, he just planned to deceive his parents kindly, but as he spoke, he couldn't help but report the name of his master in his previous life. In the past life, Ao Lie was an orphan. He was abandoned when he was three years old. Thanks to his master's rescue of him back to Wudang Mountain and trained him carefully. Later, he taught Ao Lie all his life's learning. But now, he has been teleported to more than 2,000 years ago, and was separated from his master's heaven and man forever.
Thinking of this, two lines of tears couldn't help but slide down. Ao Lie turned around, knocked three loudly towards the direction of Wudang Mountain in the south, and said with a sob: "Master, I am unfilial to you and can no longer serve you."
Seeing Ao Lie's sad look, Mrs. Ao felt very unbearable and hurriedly walked down and collapsed, hugged Ao Lie's head, and hugged her tightly in her arms. She comforted her softly: "Lie'er, it's okay. Maybe that master will show up one day in the future, and you can continue to serve your master at that time."
Ao Lie felt the warmth coming from his mother's arms, and his heart gradually calmed down. He reached out to wipe away the tears from his face, patted his mother's hand with his backhand, and said, "Mother, the child is fine, don't worry."
The mother and son stood up with each other, Ao Lie helped Mrs. Ao sit on the couch again, and then continued, "This time the child made some tobacco according to the method of making the master. Originally, the child came to ask for a piece of spice from his mother for the last step of making the tobacco. Unexpectedly, he missed his master, and shed tears and the child was rude."
Chapter completed!