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After lunch, they could make one more batch in the afternoon.
The molding tools had increased in number, but there were not many flowers. Two batches should be enough in one day.
When Chinese roses and roses, as well as pomegranate flowers were in full bloom, they were going to make four batches a day, starting from early in the morning.
That would not be too difficult, when they had many people working together.
The maids were still quite confused how those flowers turned into lipsticks, when they left with Qiao Xuan.
But no one was stupid enough to ask this question.
That was the secret only the mistress knew about.
Qi returned in the afternoon and brought back the IOU note, which was given to Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan.
They had two batches of lipsticks finished by the end of the day. The day after they would be able to get some more flowers.
The next day, Qiao Xuan, Taotao, Qi, together with Chunyu and Xiazhi, went to the river to fetch some fish and shrimps.
Shao Yunduan did not join them. He needed to visit Master Yun every single day.
Master Yun had been fed up with living here. So one week later, he was going to start his trip down south.
Hence, Shao Yunduan had very little time left to be instructed by him.
Shao Yunduan felt his heart emptied. He felt quite sad when telling Qiao Xuan about this, who consoled him.
But Shao Yunduan also understood that Master Yun did not belong to this place. He was a very knowledgeable person, and Shao Yunduan did not even know where he was from till now.
What he needed to know was that Master Yun had discovered him and educated him.
He was not going to stop him from traveling down south.
He was just a junior who had been taught for a small period, and he was not his official disciple, thus not having the rights to intervene in his decision.
All Shao Yunduan could do was to ask Master Yun what he wanted to know and what he needed him to prepare for him. Money or other things would do.
Master Yun did not lack money, so he did not ask for that. But he was very interested in the small snacks from the Shao Family. So he made a long list, which included smoked meat, sausage, duck, fish, salted eggs, preserved eggs, chili sauce, diced bamboo shoots and mushroom sauce, dried plums, dried bamboo shoots, jelly seeds, and so on.
Shao Yunduan accepted the request readily and asked Qiao Xuan for help with the preparation.
Qiao Xuan believed that Master Yun was like a saint in heaven, just as Shao Yunduan had put it. Qiao Xuan trusted Shao Yunduan and she could not help but develop some sense of admiration towards the old man.
She nodded in agreement and expressed that she was definitely going to make proper preparation.
He had done Shao Yunduan a big favor and it was a favor to her too. He was her savior as well.
So, Shao Yunduan was barely at home in the past few days.
Qiao Xuan did not need to make much effort to get those things in the list ready. So, they went to fetch the fish and shrimp during the daytime.
Yang Xiaoni and Shao Sanlang, together with the other maid, went into the vegetable field to plant another kind of vegetable.
Soon, the corn, taros and soybeans should be planted down as well.
The fish and shrimps scooped out of the river needed to be kept in the pond, so three buckets of medium size were taken along to carry the things.
There were many river shrimps there, and one casual scoop would lead to fetching abundant water creatures. There were loaches, small fish and crabs.
The crabs were thrown back into the river.
She knew that there were a lot of snails in the river. She managed to pick up two buckets and put them in to raise them. They could be eaten and even fed to the fish..