Opening it and looking at it, his wife came in.
"Master, I heard that the Xu family sent someone to deliver Mid-Autumn gifts? But is it true? Aren't they still in the mourning period? They didn't move around last year, why did they come this year? Did you hear that our house..."
At this point, Mrs. Lin had a lump in her throat and swallowed.
Ever since the master's opponent threatened to invite that unscrupulous villain to come to the Lin Mansion to do evil, people who were usually on good terms with the Lin Mansion have been staying away from him in recent days. Not to mention sending gifts to your door, if you meet them on the road, you will act like you don’t know them.
The world is really in a turbulent state.
"It seems like the Xu family is still upright! They obviously don't have to move around during the mourning period, but they specially sent gifts. The other families...sigh..."
Mrs. Lin said, pressing her temples.
I didn't sleep well for several nights and had a terrible headache.
If this continues, the evildoers will not come to the door, but will torture themselves to death first.
"Uh-huh."
Mr. Lin was concentrating on reading the letter and responded to Madam casually.
"Huh? What is this?" Mrs. Lin saw the gift box, "Is this...perfume?"
She whispered excitedly: "So much perfume? But it was sent by the Xu Mansion? Oh, sir, let me tell you, my daughter and I have not dared to sleep at night these days. We have terrible headaches during the day. We rely on Xu's spice shop to refresh us." I am holding on to Xingnao essential oil and perfume, and they are almost used up. This gift from the Xu family has been sent to my heart... But I don’t seem to have seen this packaging in Xu’s spice shop, but is it a new model? "
As he said that, he picked up one and was about to unscrew the bottle cap and take a sniff.
"No ma'am!"
After Mr. Lin read the letter, he just looked up and hurriedly stopped her.
"No, no!"
"What? I, Mrs. Lin, can't use the things sent by the Xu Mansion?" Mrs. Lin said with a straight face, "Tell me! Are you going to give them to your warblers?"
"Where is it!" Mr. Lin couldn't laugh or cry, and handed her the instructions written by Xu Yin, "Madam will understand after reading this letter."
Mrs. Lin accepted the letter with hesitation. She first scanned the ten lines at a glance. When she saw the back, her eyes gradually became focused. She started from the beginning and read it again seriously. After reading it, she was so excited that she could not speak coherently:
"Really? Is this thing real? Can it really resist those evil people? Can it still catch them?"
Mr. Lin actually didn’t quite believe it.
Can just a few small fragrances defeat the flower-picking thief?
But there is no other way at the moment. Where can we find top martial arts masters to come and take charge of the house? You can only treat a dead horse as a live doctor.
The fifteenth moon is sixteen round.
On the night of the 16th, the moon and stars were scarce.
Xu Yin went back to Xiangyuan to wash up and go to bed at nine o'clock after admiring the moon.
Little did she know that after she fell asleep, the Lin Mansion staged a story of outsmarting a flower-picking thief.
The next morning, the old housekeeper came to her happily and said, "Girl! The trouble that has troubled the Lin family for a long time has been solved!"
"Have the charlatan been captured?"
"Caught! Caught! The five-flowered thief was tied up and sent to the Yamen. The Yamen confirmed that he was the flower-picking thief who had been causing trouble for many years and had not been caught and brought to justice..."
The words stopped abruptly.
Old housekeeper: Oh! It's a slip of the tongue.
He slapped himself in the mouth.
"Ahem, in short, the evildoers can no longer bring trouble to everyone. Not only the Lin Mansion, but also all the prefectures can sleep peacefully. The Yamen has solved a difficult case, and the prefect is said to be happier than Mr. Lin!"
"Butler! Butler!"
At this time, Xu Xing hurried in, saw Xu Yin, and hurriedly saluted her: "Girl! Mr. Lin and Mrs. Lin are visiting! Should we let you in or not?"
"Stupid! Of course you're allowed in!" The housekeeper kicked him angrily.
The period of observing filial piety means that the host lives in seclusion and does not visit other people's homes. When others come to visit, you cannot keep them out.
Xu Yin followed the housekeeper to the front yard to receive visitors.
As soon as Mrs. Lin saw her, she held her hand gratefully: "My child, thanks to the self-defense perfume you gave me, my family, Lin, caught that evil beast. Otherwise, otherwise..."
Thinking of the dangerous scene last night, Mrs. Lin was so frightened that she could no longer speak.
Mr. Lin took over: "Last night, the evil thief really came to the door. Fortunately, the little girl held the self-defense perfume sent by the virtuous niece in her hand. At the critical moment, she sprayed it on the evil thief and escaped. She also killed the evil thief. It is all the credit of the virtuous niece to bring him to justice. Today my husband and I came to express our gratitude to the virtuous niece. The younger daughter originally wanted to come, but she had not slept well in the past few days. Last night she experienced great sorrow and joy, and she was in a state of emotion. She was unstable, couldn't hold on, and fainted, and didn't wake up until noon. My wife and I made the decision and didn't let her come. We will come another day to express our gratitude to my virtuous niece."
Hearing this, Xu Yin asked Ziyuan to return to the Xiangyuan and fetch a bottle of specially blended lavender essential oil from the desk in the study.
"This lavender essential oil has a very good effect on calming the mind and promoting sleep. Just put a few drops in the aromatherapy burner before going to bed. I will give it to Miss Lin."
"thanks, thanks!"
Mrs. Lin was extremely grateful.
She knew the value of this thing. Even if it was a small bottle, people would grab it as soon as it was put on the counter at Xu's Spice Shop, so she didn't have to worry about selling it.
"Yin Yin, I don't know how happy you would be if your mother were here." Mrs. Lin held Xu Yin's hand and looked at her with a smile. The more she looked at her, the happier she felt for Xu Ningxiang, "By the way, there is one more thing I want to ask. you."
Mrs. Lin turned sideways, approached Xu Yin, and whispered: "Are you willing to sell the self-defense perfume you gave us yesterday? To be honest, the magistrate knew the process of arresting the evil thief last night. Madam Magistrate's private She came up to me down there and asked me where I got the good stuff, and wanted me to distribute it evenly for her. But don’t worry, I didn’t reveal that it was from you. I thought you didn’t sell it in the shop. I think there is a reason. But this self-defense perfume is really a good thing, and every female family member in every house would not want to hold one in their hands. Lest one day my family almost encounters misfortune..."
Xu Yin sighed softly: "Aunt Lin, you have seen the effects of your stuff. If it falls into the hands of someone with evil intentions, it will undoubtedly be a double-edged sword."
Mrs. Lin understood: "That's why you didn't sell it in the shop? Good boy! It's hard for you to think about it so carefully."
Xu Yin thought for a while and said: "I know another way to deal with evil people, but that one has no antidote and will be quite painful if you accidentally hurt your own people. You have to be extra careful when using it."
"What is it?"
Xu Yin taught her how to make homemade chili pepper water.
When she returned home, Mrs. Lin was holding a bottle of chili water that she had just made at Xu's house under Xu Yin's teaching, and she was still a little dizzy.
The next day, the prefect's wife came to visit again, and Mrs. Lin bravely told her how to make chili pepper water.
"The benefactor said that it's not that she doesn't want to sell it, but that the thing is a double-edged sword. Once it falls into the hands of evil people and is used to do evil, the consequences will be disastrous."
"I see..." The prefect's wife nodded in understanding and expressed curiosity about the pepper water. "What about this? Aren't you afraid of falling into the hands of evil people?"
"This is actually very easy to accidentally injure, so don't use it unless absolutely necessary."
The prefect’s wife went back with the chili pepper water and the method of making the chili pepper water.
Unexpectedly, it came in handy that night.
The flower-picking robbers are actually not one person, but two brothers.
Now that one was arrested, the other wanted to avenge his brother, so he sneaked into the backyard of the prefect and wanted to kidnap the prefect's daughter to vent his anger, but he was sprayed with pepper spray.
"Ah ah ah ah ah--"
Screams echoed through the sky.
A sparrow fell from the tree in shock...
The next day, Mrs. Lin brought another carriage to the Xu Mansion to thank her. She said that the prefect's wife was thanking her, but she felt unworthy of the thank you gift, so she brought them all to the Lin Mansion.
Xu Yin: "..."
She doesn't seem to have used the [Prosperous Luck and Disaster] skill. How come it's such a coincidence every time?
