Fengqiwu of the Red Chamber

更新时间2014-6-615:26:10字数：2162

Wang Zhong was overjoyed when he saw this pair of glasses, thinking that his daughter was not in vain after all, knowing that he was getting old and his eyesight was not good, so he bought a pair of foreigner glasses for himself.

Xifeng watched Wang Zhong try on the glasses with a smile, and took a book to read back and forth, feeling very good.This pair of glasses is the presbyopic glasses that are often used by modern people. Wang Zhong is already old, and he often stays up late to study, and now the lights are not very bright at night, which caused his presbyopia early. It can only be seen outside the study.

Wang Zhong was very satisfied with this gift in his heart, but he still had to put on his strict father's airs. He just hummed slightly and said, Brother Feng has a heart, and then carefully put away his glasses.

Xifeng couldn't help laughing at it, and beckoned to another little girl. The box was flat and looked like it was only filled with thin paper. Xifeng held it and brought it to Madam Liu. Madam Liu looked at the box. I muttered to myself: This girl won't give herself a ledger, the box is so thin!

Xifeng gently opened the box, only to see a stack of blue fabric inside, but the size of a palm. When Xifeng took it out of the box, the stack was less than five inches long and less than half an inch thick. It was opened layer by layer, and it reached a dozen or so layers, and there was no room for it to be placed on the table.

Mrs. Liu's eyes widened in surprise. Even though her natal family was rich, she had never seen such a rare fabric. She even asked what kind of fabric it was?

Xifeng laughed and said: "This thing is called a shark silk tent. Mother, you see there are two folds in it, and you have to go to a high room to open it. This is woven with shark silk. It is stretched in the main room in hot weather, and flies and mosquitoes can't stand it." Come in, light and bright."

Mrs. Liu gently caressed the gauze curtain, full of praise in amazement.Mrs. Liu's skin is delicate, but she loves to attract mosquitoes. She is often caught by small insects accidentally, and her body will be red and swollen; The son didn't dare to let go easily, for fear of biting the young master, his whole body was red and swollen, and he kept crying.

Mrs. Liu was holding this precious fabric, her lips from ear to ear. The gift from her daughter was really just right. Although it was expensive, it was a thoughtful gift. It was said that her daughter was a little padded jacket that fit her mother, which was true.

The original Wang Xifeng was an exquisite character in the Grand View Garden, but today's Wang Xifeng lacks the philistine spirit, has a bit more natural beauty, and pays more attention to family affection.These two gifts cost nearly half of Xifeng's savings, but after all, this is the first gift for her parents after she was reborn, and the second most expensive gift is the most sincere one. These two things are what parents really need, no matter what How expensive Xifeng wants to buy it back.

Besides, although these things are priceless in the mainland, but at the coastal ports, through Uncle Xue's connections, these two treasures only cost 600 taels of silver, and some exquisite Chinese porcelain and silk are barely enough. .

The one given to Wang Ren and his wife is a black lacquer lacquer panel with chicken wing wood and glass small kang screen, with a wooden frame around the screen, a total of five leaves.The front of the screen is inlaid with silk paintings of flowers, such as camellia, plum blossom, osmanthus, magnolia, orchid, chrysanthemum, wisteria, etc.The vermilion lacquer floor of the skirt board is painted with gold and inlaid glass consecration, and painted with flower patterns, and the painting style absorbs Western techniques.On the back, there is a black lacquer painting of pavilions and pavilions painted in gold and lacquer.On the screen and on the side, there are wooden carvings of chicken wings and peonies.

This screen is in the private collection of a bearded European businessman. Because the merchant's ship was torn apart by the waves and he was in short supply of money to repair the ship, he had no choice but to sell all his collections at a low price. Xifeng bought it. The bearded beard trembled when he walked on the small kangping screen.This gorgeous and ingenious screen combines lacquer, hardwood inlay, glass interior painting and other techniques.

This kind of glass kang screen should be a very fashionable and rare ornament in this society, not even in Ningguo Mansion, which is as noble as in the Dream of Red Mansions. Put it on, fill the scene.

Today's Xifeng will not have any in-laws with the Rongguo Mansion, let alone take such a good treasure there, and let Mrs. Wang fill the vacancy in the mansion. No, I really don't know why the original owner, Wang Xifeng, likes to exercise power in Jia's mansion so much. No matter how many things he manages, there is still a covetous old woman behind her pointing fingers.

Now that she spends the money she earned on her family who loves her like running water, Xifeng doesn't feel sorry for her at all.

Then he took a few small boxes, which contained the Western cosmetics that Xifeng bought from Mrs. Yang, including lipstick, blush, and perfume.Women naturally have a strong interest in cosmetics. The three hostesses in the house are curiously swinging the crystal clear vials, sniffing the fragrance inside from time to time. All those precious decorations were forgotten.

Generally, Chinese lipstick is called lipstick, and it is also very finely made.First make fragrant wine, use two kinds of spices, clove and wrinkled patchouli, select the best quality and wrap them in newly harvested clean cotton without impurities, and then put them into the wine that has been burned to slightly scalded beforehand, and use the hot wine to absorb the spices in the cotton taste.

The absorption time is one day and one night in summer, two days and two nights in spring and autumn, and three days and three nights in winter.After soaking expires, take out the cotton and spices, put the butter or ox marrow into the fragrant wine, boil it over high heat, add the butter once after boiling, remove the fire and fry slightly after a few rolls, then slowly mix in The red pigment extracted from cinnabar is blended with green oil, stirred evenly, and after the fire is extinguished, it is allowed to cool naturally. The condensed red fat is fine and bright, and has a subtle fragrance. It is a favorite lip decoration product for women.

The use of rouge has a long history. The main raw material for making rouge in ancient times is red and blue flowers.Later, people used rose juice to make silky red cakes; they could also be used as ointment petals; some were mixed with rice flour to make powdery rouge and filled in boxes; other than petal-shaped ointments, there were also bean-shaped and cake-shaped ones. , columnar; as for those impregnated with materials, in addition to cakes, there are also rolls, called "cotton rouge", and small flakes impregnated with gold foil paper, light and portable, one piece at a time, called "golden flower cigarettes" ".

Moreover, with the increase of types of rouge, especially the wide application of ointment, lip balm made of cinnabar is gradually being replaced. The rouge that Xifeng uses in daily life is only picked up with a thin hairpin, wiped in the palm of the hand, and washed with a little water. When it melts, put it on the lips, and the palm of your hand is enough to smack the cheeks. It can be seen that Chinese rouge is common for both lipstick and cheek red, and it is pure natural and pollution-free.