Zhaojun's open life

"Don't bother, don't bother, it's my honor to be able to repair your appearance for the princess. It's a blessing that no one else can ask for."

Zhaojun is also very affectionate, because of the relationship with Princess Pingyang, the princess treats her kindly, and when they meet in other houses, the princess treats her like her own niece.

When outsiders see it, even if they are a little jealous, they dare not say anything.The prince's concubine, the current empress dowager's direct daughter-in-law, no ordinary person would dare to offend her, and it was too late to flatter her.

The princess has a small round face, and her eyes are like crescent moons when she smiles, full of affinity.Hearing this, I feel comfortable in my heart, smile openly, and laugh, making people feel like a spring breeze.

She just likes dealing with people like Wang.He is good at being a man, talking, winking and earning money. He is not charming and seductive. Even if he bumps into someone's hostess, he is neither humble nor overbearing, and never uses any kind of seductive tricks.I didn't waver and think about things I shouldn't think just because I was a widow.

There are only advantages and no disadvantages in associating with such people.

Zhao Mama, who was beside the concubine, called the little maid over to bring a round stool, prepare hot water, and clean the face again.

The next step is Zhaojun’s work, helping to apply face cream layer by layer, trim eyebrows, self-made eyebrow scissors, eyebrow pliers, and eyebrow trimming knives, long iron needles as small as sewing clothes, all inserted in self-made leather bags Inside.

The small alcohol stove next to it was lit, first scalded with high-temperature boiling water, then burned the long thin iron needles, then sterilized with self-distilled alcohol, and then placed on the alcohol stove to burn.

A few little maids on the side helped with these small tasks. She had already started trimming her eyebrows, and the messy and disorderly eyebrows were trimmed off.The long eyebrows that grow downwards should also be trimmed and trimmed.

Zhaojun did it step by step, first the eyebrows, then the eyes, carefully permed the princess's eyelashes, and applied homemade mascara. Although it could not make the eyelashes longer, it could make the eyelashes look thicker and darker.

It took half an hour to put on makeup, apply rouge, and complete the whole set.The newly made hand cream also has a faint fragrance of magnolia flowers, which is fresh and elegant, and the princess likes this smell very much.

When the concubine was done with work, Zhaojun said goodbye and left, she would have also attended.Ask the concubine to plead guilty and explain the reason. The concubine knows that every time the Wang family's children come home from the academy, they usually don't go out, and they will not agree to any banquet or going out to the streets.

Today, if she hadn't invited her to help with grooming, she probably wouldn't have gone out for a visit. It would be a great honor for them to come to help with grooming.

Smiling, she asked Nanny Zhao to present a thank you gift, and then sent a carriage to send her away.

"Lele, you are pouted again, you can hang on to the wine gourd. Come on, mother, take a good look at my precious little son." After returning to the mansion, Zhaojun went to the study room where the two sons were studying.

Xiao Lele heard the familiar footsteps, looked up, pretended not to care, quickly lowered her head, and ignored the mother who walked in.The little head shook vigorously, and there was a loud "hum".

Just hearing the sentence my mother said, "Baby little son", the corners of my mouth unconsciously turned up, and I was happy when I heard it.

The little head was held high, and her mouth was pursed, trying her best not to laugh or to show a smile.But children are children, and they can't learn to completely restrain themselves.

It was useless to restrain himself for a long time, the smile still got bigger and bigger, and in the end, he gave up himself, and said arrogantly, "Mother, you are not allowed to go out to do things when you are resting, okay?"

"Okay, I'll take baby Lele with me when I do things in the future, so it's okay." Holding the head of the youngest son, Zhaojun smiled lightly.

"That's fine, but it's agreed, you must bring Lele with you." Xiao Xiao whispered, quite aggrieved.Xiao Lele is very clingy to Zhaojun, and the safe haven in his heart is Zhaojun.

"Okay, take Lele. In the afternoon, call your brother, how about we go to the street?"

Zhaojun wanted to go for a walk in the street, don't be busy talking all day, if the patriarch hadn't brought people to stay in the mansion temporarily, she would have liked to live in Hot Spring Village for a few days.

Let the two children have fun.

"Okay, mother, what do you want to buy?" Xiao Lele raised her head from Zhaojun's arms.Just now, she had been rubbing her little furry head against Zhaojun's arms, but now she raised it up, showing a big smile, like an open little warm sun.

"Go to the leather goods store and buy some leather. I will make shoes for you two brothers. It will take time to make mature leather from raw hide. It will be easy to wear in autumn and winter."

Zhaojun hoards a lot of leather goods in spring every year, stocking up on expensive and cheap ones, and making cheap ones for shoe soles.

The thick sole is only resistant to winter.

The inside is covered with thick fur, even if you don't warm up in winter, your feet will not be too cold.

Mother and son three, make some pairs every year, and also make a few pairs for the royal father and queen mother every year.

At the same time, Zhaojun will also do more gifts.

Every year, there are not many families to give gifts to, but there are several.

Gifts should be given to others who are rare, but also what they like and need.

After lunch, the mother and son went to the street together.Zhaojun didn't want the two children to only know how to read and study, but not to know about common affairs.

A nerd who dies in reading will not end well.She wanted to take them around the market more often.Learn more about the lives of ordinary people in the city.

No matter when you can't be separated from ordinary people, if you know more about people in the market, you won't be abandoned by society.You can also not be deceived by the servants below.

Buy fur goods, but Zhaojun is not in a hurry.The first stop was to go to the vegetable market, "Pingan, Pingle, go, you have to ask about the price of every vegetable, and then buy a catty of pork, a catty of pork ribs, and a few vegetables at a low price. Go separately, no Let's know together, shall we?"

The game of grocery shopping is played four times a year, and the time is not fixed.

The two brothers knew what to do as soon as they heard it, and immediately reached out to Zhaojun for a copper coin.

"Mother, wait, the price must be the most reasonable." Lele likes to play this kind of extracurricular games very much.

"Okay, mother knows. Let's go."

With the servant behind him, Zhaojun found a place where he could see the whole vegetable market and stood there.

It took one and a half hours to play the game, and the mother and son played it very hard. "Not bad, the price is not much different from three days ago."

Zhaojun's every training for her son has her purpose.

The children also learned a lot, and the boss, Ping An, learned a lot from this.I also understand my mother's good intentions.

"Mother, shall we go to the leather goods store later?" Xiao Lele is already eager to try, and he enjoys the fun of bargaining.

"Go, go right away."

The coachman in front had already started driving the carriage to the leather goods store.

It wasn't too late. I got out of the car and walked into the leather goods store. Xiao Lele had an amazing record in the fur goods store. She saved 30 taels of silver for her mother. The saved silver was added to [-] taels, and the mother and son divided equally.

When the front foot entered the house, the back foot began to rain heavily, torrentially, rushing down.

God really gave me face, it didn't rain halfway.

God, I haven't opened my eyes.The beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.

Zhaojun had no choice, the heavy rain was not caused by her.

Look at the sky, a natural disaster cannot escape.

She can summon all kinds of thunder gods and lightning women, but she can't stop God.

sad...

On the third consecutive day of rain, Zhaojun urgently summoned the stewards of the mansion and several villages in the suburbs for a meeting.

Her premonition might come true, and she could vaguely feel the change in the weather.

In the north, there is generally no flooding. After the heavy rain, it may be a drought.

Whether it is a one-year drought or two or three years is hard to say.

What should be prepared must be prepared, and you can't think about it when the situation is imminent.

"Everyone heard clearly, all the grain on the Zhuangzi cannot be sold. The vegetables on the Zhuangzi are not allowed to be spoiled if they can't be eaten up. They are all dried and made into pickles and kimchi for storage.

By the way, Manager Liao is in charge of the food for your brewing, and collect it outside, and charge more.If the money is not enough, just come to the mansion to withdraw it. "

Guanshi Liao is in charge of the winery. Today's Anpingbo Mansion has many shops, large and small.

Those who brew wine, those who sell high-end customized glazed utensils and glass utensils, those who sell cloth, and those who sell various paper products...

She has to ship back some of the brewed high-grade wine herself, keep it for later use, and refine it to make alcohol.

Originally, she thought about purifying the alcohol and giving the prescription to him as capital when her youngest son was older.

It seems that it will not work now, and we have to prepare in advance.

In the face of these people in charge, Zhaojun has always been unsmiling, but will give more benefits in terms of welfare.

"Yes, ma'am."

"Guard Liao, after your high-quality wine is finished, half of it will be transported back to the mansion. The young master has arrangements." From then on, she had already paved the way for Lele in front of others.

"Yes, ma'am, half is not a lot?" Guanshi Liao asked in surprise, frowning.

I don't know what's the use of asking for so much high-grade wine, just do what you are told, and then ask again.I can be regarded as reminding the master's family, the money given by the right wife.

"I know, you don't need to worry about it, just remember to send back half of the high-grade wine brewed in the first month. The rest will be discussed in a few days."

"Yes."

His eyes moved to a Zhuangtou, a tall Zhuangtou in a dusty suit, who was thinking about what his wife meant by these words.

Could it be that the weather has changed? He is a seasoned farmer. He watches the weather and eats. He doesn't think the weather is different.

It's just that the arrangement made by the wife is indeed an arrangement that only needs to be made when there is a natural disaster.

"Gao Zhuangtou, I asked Han Da to find a dozen or so well-digging teams. In addition to taking care of Zhuangzi recently, you have to take all the Zhuangzi in the mansion with them.

Remember, as long as there are places where wells can be drilled, and where farmers live, more wells will be drilled.

You can hit as deep as you can, you know? "

"Yes."

Gao Zhuang put away the surprise in his heart with a puzzled expression, and didn't say much.

Drilling wells is a good thing, but the host is so generous that he is willing to dig more wells, and he has nothing to refuse.

"By the way, I remember that there are fish ponds in every village. Remember, don't sell them. Keep them for a long time. I will use them in the future."

"Yes." The heads of the village looked solemn, and they had already realized why their wives made such arrangements.

It seems that this year God is afraid that if he does not reward the farmers with food, there will be trouble.

"Go back and tell the farmer, the tenants, if there is any grain left at home, you are not allowed to sell it. Don't sell it even if you are short of money. It may save your life in the future."