It seems that I am still too full [travel]

In the east courtyard, the eldest lady is holding the stove, eating dried fruit, standing behind her is Yunluo, the personal servant girl, holding her shoulders, and there is a little maid beside her legs, beating her legs. It can be said that the days are very leisurely and comfortable, but it is a pity that there are always people who don't like her. May she have a safe life and find problems for her if she has nothing to do.

"Ma'am, look at the meaning of what the old lady conveyed just now. Could it be that the clan elders want you to invite more noble girls to come to your house while the Patriarch is in the mansion, especially the prostitute daughter of Wang Canzhi?"

The eldest lady sneered, and said sarcastically: "Isn't that right, they were planning their own wishful thinking behind their backs, and they didn't dare to speak out in front of my uncle. They beat around the bush in such a way that they wanted me to be an offending role. Treat people like fools, see if I will arrange it."

Yunluo looked worried, and said: "But will the elders of the clan feel displeased with Madam?"

The eldest lady looked at the sky outside the high wall through the window sill, and said softly: "People in the world are taboo against people who please people at both ends. In the past, I didn't want to tear my skin apart. I pushed if I could. Do what the elders asked, anyway, just to meet these noble ladies, it's like someone to talk with you to relieve boredom."

When she said this, her erratic eyes became sharper, "It's rare for the Patriarch to be in the mansion now, and he even invited Mr. Xie to stay at home for a while. If I invite these ladies to be married to the mansion as guests, anyone with a discerning eye will know that they are drunkards." I don't mean to drink, I'm afraid that the Patriarch will get annoyed with me, I won't do such a thing without eyesight!"

Just as he was talking, a servant girl came to report outside, saying that the young master brought Mr. Xie to visit.Upon hearing this, the eldest lady tossed the fruit shells from her hand, and ordered the servants to invite the distinguished guests to sit in the hall and serve tea, while she got up and straightened her clothes, helped the pearl hairpin on her head, and then led the maidservants out. up the inner room.

In the living room, as soon as Xie Shifu sat down, he saw that the curtain of the inner room was lifted, and a group of women who combed their temples neatly came out from inside. Among them, surrounded by the crowd, was a man in a beautiful dress full of pearls and emeralds. The lady should be Mrs. Han.

Xie Shi only glanced at the person who came, then politely lowered his eyes and stopped looking directly at his face, but the corner of his mouth twitched indistinctly.He originally thought Mrs. Han should be around [-] years old, but if the woman in front of him only looked at her face, she clearly looked like a [-]-year-old girl, and she couldn't tell that she had given birth to a child as old as Han Ning!And this appearance is suitable for playing a queen in modern costume dramas. She is elegant and reserved without losing her beautiful appearance.

Xie Shi couldn't help turning the stairs, it seems that Mrs. Han usually pays attention to maintaining her appearance, so the gift he gave today should be very suitable for this lady, and it is not in vain for him to start "small handicrafts" again.Xie Shi handed the wooden box in his hand to a maid in front of the Da Furen, and then bowed his hands in salute.

The two parties met before the ceremony, Mrs. Han's attitude was kind but not too intimate, "A-Ning was taken care of by Mr. Xie in the academy, this time I went back to the old house in Fuzhou, I saw that not only has he grown taller and stronger, but his complexion has also changed. It's better than previous winters, thanks to Mr. Xie..."

Because it was a female family member and a foreigner, even though Han Ning was present, they were concerned about etiquette, and the two sides only exchanged a few words of greeting, and gave a gift when thanking them, and greeted the hostess in charge of the gift in the mansion, and then got up to leave with an excuse, Han The eldest lady didn't ask to stay either, she just told her son to take good care of Young Master Xie, and then watched them leave the East courtyard.

Seeing the person walking away, the eldest lady loosened the brocade handkerchief that had been twisted in her hand all the time, she threw away the dignified expression on her face, and said with a rare smile: "Yunluo, you just saw it, seeing it is better than hearing it, this Xie family The young master is really a rare appearance, peerless handsome, although his body and face are too much to wear, his demeanor has an orchid appearance. If I meet such a talented man in the morning, maybe I will not marry you No wonder my uncle likes him so much, if he faces this face every day, he just doesn't do anything, he must be in a very happy mood."

Mrs. Han really let herself go too much this time, and even ridiculed her uncle who had been in awe.Yunluo at the side did not stop her master from speaking out, and those who can serve in this yard are trustworthy people, and these rebellious words cannot be spread outside, the important thing is that the madam is rarely happy.

Yunluo thought about the demeanor of the person she saw just now, nodded her head in agreement, and said, "Young Master Xie is indeed good-looking, and I'm just watching from the sidelines. Seeing that Young Master Xie's conduct should be excellent, his eyes are clear, and he is polite when he advances and retreats." , such as Mr. Yu, don't know if there is a marriage?"

"I heard it hasn't happened yet, he's only [-] years old, so the family shouldn't be in a hurry, but I heard Mr. Xie and his mother passed away early. Poor child, I don't know if anyone will take care of such important life events for him..."

"Ma'am, you said this as if you were so old. According to this slave, you and Mr. Xie stand together, and you look like siblings."

"No matter how well I take care of myself, I can't resist being confined in this deep house and compound every day. My heart is already old..."

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Yingge'er was holding the salute that Mr. Xie gave her just now, seeing that the conversation between Mrs. Xie and her aunt had come to an end, she stepped forward and asked softly, "Ma'am, do you want to see this Mr. Xie's salute?" Or directly into the warehouse?"

Mrs. Han slightly raised a pair of finely sculpted eyebrows, and she became interested again, "Show it up for me to have a look."

Although the wooden box Xie Shi sent was made of agarwood and had a woody aroma, it was not as gorgeous as the items in Bazhen Pavilion. They were all decorated with carved dragons and phoenixes. plain wooden box.However, the eldest lady did not show any contempt. Instead, she lifted the lid of the wooden box with some expectation, and saw that in the small space inside, there were four long and thin oval tubes and a rectangular buckle. The gold box looked like a jewelry box in a woman's boudoir, but it was much flatter, and it also contained two white jade round boxes.

Among these things, only the white jade box is the easiest to guess. Looking at this box, it should contain rouge. The four long thin tubes are the most difficult to guess. The eldest lady became more and more interested. This Mr. Xie The items sold are not rare, but they are definitely rare.

She took the lead in opening the lid of one of the small white jade boxes, and it was filled with rouge as expected, but the color and taste were different from the ones she usually used. Madam sniffed the thing up to her nose, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be rose ointment." She asked someone to fetch a clean thin hairpin, picked a little in the palm of her hand, and it melted away easily, and the color was a little brighter. Neither is thin.

Yunluo took a look at the side, and said: "This rouge must look great when it hits the cheeks."

Sure enough, no matter what age a woman is, she will never lose her instinct to love beauty. Just now she was still talking about her old lady, and now she smiled and said: "Bring me a bronze mirror quickly, and I will put on makeup." Ge'er quickly brought the bronze mirror, and Da Furen wiped some on both sides of her cheeks. The rose-colored rouge was on the back of her face.

She opened another white jade box, and it turned out to be another pink rouge color. It looked tender and too young when applied to the face. What woman doesn't want to look younger and more beautiful?

However, compared to the next two items, these two high-quality rouges can only be regarded as an inconspicuous foil. They are all used by Xie Shi to make up the quantity and make the gift box look better.

"What... is this for?" The lady then opened the long flat gold box with buckles, but she was a little puzzled. The gold box was not a jewelry box, but divided into six compartments. It is a color paste of different colors, red, orange, pink, purple, and even a white and brown.

Yingge'er's eyes were sharp, and she saw that there was a piece of paper inside the wooden box, which should be similar to the instruction manual that came with Bazhen Pavilion, so she sounded a reminder.When the lady saw it, there really was one!She is literate, picked it up and took a closer look, then suddenly realized and said to the left and right: "This is actually something called eye shadow, which can be applied on the eyelids to brighten the eyes."

Not to mention Yunluo, even the maidservants in the room pricked up their ears curiously, wanting to hear what kind of novelty this eye shadow is.Since Xie Shi knew that he might time travel, he actually read a lot of weird ancient business ideas. Once he found a booklet that taught people how to make ancient cosmetics to make a fortune. He didn't read it carefully at the time, but After a few glances, because the method is simple, I finally remembered it, and now it comes in handy in preparing gifts for the female family members of the Han family.

In addition to the eye shadow, the long and thin tubes that are unpredictable in the wooden box are actually lipsticks that can be rotated and used. The most difficult part of making this lipstick is not the cream inside. , In fact, it is the iron pipes that can spin out the paste.

Fortunately, since he knew that Xie Shi would fiddle with things from time to time, and many of them were good ideas for making money, Cen Yu told him early in the morning that he needed something and told the craftsman, and he assured Xie Shi that he would find it. .This time, it was an old jewelry craftsman hired by Cen Yu who was ingenious and experienced. According to Xie Shi's description plus sketches, it took a lot of effort to make it.

Cen Yu heard the sound and came over. When he saw this thing, he immediately wanted to take it away and make a sample production. It was only when Xie Shi told him that it was a gift for Mrs. Han that he gave up.But without samples, the old craftsman is actually enough for Cen Yu to develop new products.So the old craftsman won the silver reward, and overnight he changed from an ordinary craftsman to a master instructing a workshop of craftsmanship. From then on, he was so grateful to Xie Shina, and praised the young master for his kindness when meeting everyone, it was also a good story.

The few things Xie Shi gave, especially the lipstick and eye shadow, have completely become Mrs. Han's favorite treasures. Regardless of the thoughts and difficulties of those clan elders, she is completely immersed in the world of beauty makeup.

When he stepped out of the moon gate, Xie Shi suddenly sneezed twice while walking, and Han Ning beside him looked at him worriedly, "It's getting colder these days, sir, did you catch a cold?"

Xie Shi didn't feel any signs of fever, so he shook his head and smiled and said, "It's nothing, maybe it's just that my father misses me at home." After he finished speaking, looking at the day, he changed the subject and asked about something, "Ning Brother, will it snow in Fuzhou in winter this year?"

Han Ning thought about it for a while and replied: "There will be one or two games when it is the coldest, but it doesn't snow every year. Do you like snow, sir?"

As a southerner, Xie Shi loves snow very much. When he was studying in the capital, he saw snow for the first time, but Xie Shi was so happy. After standing in the snow for a long time, he caught a bad cold the next day and was caught in the snow. Several old professors repeatedly bombarded him with phone calls, telling him to take care of his body.

Hearing what Han Ning said at this time, Xie Shi was not disappointed, but raised his head and said softly: "Auspicious snow heralds a good year, I hope God will show you my face, let's end with a little snow."

Han Ning was curious, "Then sir, why is it just Xiaoxue?"

Xie Shi walked and said: "Because the snow is too heavy, the crops will grow well next year, and the poor people will have a hard time this winter. Most of their houses can't withstand the heavy snow, and the cotton clothes are not warm enough. I'm afraid It would freeze a lot of people to death."

Han Ning didn't expect that there was such a layer, secretly said, Mr. is so gentle, so compassionate to the people, my uncle is right, I should study hard with Mr.

"My God, it's really snowing!" Xie Shiben just saw the gloomy sky, and said casually, but he didn't expect the sky to be so gracious, and there were catkin-like snowflakes in the sky at this moment.

Han Ning was also a little surprised. He looked up and saw that it was snowing, and saw that the gentleman next to him was wearing thin clothes, and persuaded: "Sir, why don't we find a pavilion to avoid it, and let the passers-by get off?" People go and get two umbrellas before leaving."

From this, we can see the difference between southerners and northerners. Unlike the north, the snow of southerners is mostly mixed with water vapor, which easily wets hair and clothes. Some people who pay attention to snow will hold an umbrella.

"Don't hide, look, your uncle is here to pick us up."

At the end of the courtyard, in the snowy sky, a black figure walked slowly.