Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

When Luo Ding came back, it was the same as yesterday, still holding a lot of things in his hands. This time, Shen Chenai paid special attention to it, and found that he brought back two mattresses this time, although the mattresses were not made of bright red. , but still an extremely festive pink pink.

This time, Shen Chenai can be sure that this family is going to have a big happy event. While being happy for Luo Ding, Shen Chenai is also a little more worried about her future.

Seeing that Luo Ding came back, Mrs. Chen, who had been busy all day, planned to finish her work and leave home. Luo Ding, who was holding the mattress, hurriedly left her behind, then put the things he was carrying on the kang, and turned to go to the kitchen.

When he came to the kitchen, Luo Ding took out a large bowl from the cupboard, scooped out more than half of the large bones with meat from the big pot of bone soup, handed it to Mrs. Chen who came out behind him and said: "I heard Your third uncle has been ill recently, and he has no appetite. I am busy recently, and I don’t have time to go over to have a look. You can take this bowl of meat and bones back to third uncle, and see if it can whet his appetite.”

Mrs. Chen was still staring at the big porcelain bowl in her hand in a daze, thinking why did you give me a bowl of meaty bones? Now when she heard what Luo Ding said, she immediately felt warm in her heart, but polite in her mouth. Back: "Your heart is kind, but it's not easy for you to support a family alone. Grandma can't take advantage of you. Take this bone back quickly."

Speaking of which, Mrs. Chen sent the big porcelain bowl in her hand to Luo Ding.

Luo Ding didn't answer, but just smiled and said, "We are all neighbors, so we should take care of each other. These days, I have entrusted you to take care of me inside and outside my house. Don't say thank you, you have to let me show it."

Having said that, it was hard for Mrs. Chen to refuse. She promised to wash the bowl and send it back tomorrow morning, and then left with a bowl of meat and bones.

After Luo Ding sent Mrs. Chen away, he began to prepare for today's dinner. After the mother-in-law cooked the meals, they would put them in a pot and heat them up, and just serve them out when eating.

At dinner, it was still Luo Ding who fed Shen Chenai first, and after he was full, Luo Ding began to eat the rest of the meal with Shen Chenai, and started his own dinner.

After dinner, it was time for Shen Chenai to drink herbal soup again. After Luo Ding fed him a bowl of soup, he tore off the meat from the bones that were stewed in the soup, and prepared to add it to the porridge tomorrow. It has been stewed for a long time, and it is already very rotten. Put it in the porridge, and it will be easier for Shen Chenai to digest it.

Luo Ding didn't waste the rest of the soup base, not to mention the hawthorn, wolfberry and jujube, even the bitter-tasting heterophylla, he could throw it into his mouth, and his face didn't change after chewing it Swallow it down.

When she saw him swallowing the bitter medicine, Shen Chenai was still very surprised, but Luo Ding slowly rubbed his head and said to him: "They are all good things, what a waste to pour them out like this, you can eat them It’s okay to eat something, but it’s a pity to throw it away.”

Luo Ding's frugality made Shen Chenai feel very ashamed. Thinking that he, an outsider, lived a more comfortable life here than in the master's house, he felt more and more guilty in his heart.

Every time after breakfast and dinner, Luo Ding would always use the leftover vegetable soup to soak a large pot of multigrain noodle cakes, and send them out after soaking.I heard from him that those things were dog food for the dogs, but after living here for so long, Shen Chenai has never seen where the dogs were being fed.

After Luo Ding returned home after delivering the dog food, it was already dark, and after the bedding was laid out for the rest, Luo Ding began to help Shen Chenai move his body regularly every day.

He walked quickly behind Shen Chenai, passed his hands under his armpits from behind, hugged him with his arms around his chest, and let Shen Chenai, who had already straightened up, practice walking step by step.

At this moment, Shen Chenai's whole body was leaning on Luo Ding's body, and with his strength, she started to take steps hard, walking slowly on the kang.

He staggered every step, and after a few steps, he was already sweating profusely, but Shen Chenai, who was finally able to walk upright, didn't want to give up just like that. He gritted his teeth and struggled to control his body to continue walking. .

Luo Ding has been supporting him behind him, helping him with strength along his steps, and at the same time silently counting Shen Chenai's steps in his heart. When he counted to the 66th, Luo Ding stopped counting, but supported Shen Chenai to let him Standing still, he bent down and picked up Shen Chenai and put him on the soft quilt. While sweating, he said to him: "Today I took three more steps than yesterday, and every day I take a few more steps like this. One day, Ah Morning, you can be like a normal person."

Shen Chenai lay on the quilt silently panting for a long time, thinking that after walking these few steps, he could keep up with the 5000-meter run, but his condition was indeed getting better day by day as Luo Ding said.

Such a change made Shen Chenai very satisfied. He obediently lay down on the quilt that Luo Ding made for him, closed his eyes silently, and hoped that he would make greater progress tomorrow.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Chen came over early, and after returning the cleaned large porcelain bowl to Luo Ding, she drove him aside and began to take over all the housework.

Luo Ding, who was pushed aside, gave up his position helplessly, turned around and came to the yard, just about to clean the yard, when he heard the sound of rattle drums beating on the street outside.

This is not a family where the children were naughty and ran out to play with toys. The common people in ancient times knew that the people who would shake the rattle and walk around the streets were those small businessmen.

Those wanderers would carry a pair of shoulder poles, under which hung two shelves, on which were some needles, thread, rouge, gouache, cloth pieces and silk flowers, etc., anyway, they were the odds and ends that ordinary people would use, and then picked Carrying a pole and shaking a rattle drum, he sells along the street, earning some copper coins to support his family.

Luo Ding was not very interested in the sound of the rattle at first, because for the sake of business, most of the burdens carried by the wanderers were things that women and children liked. Man, the things you need are generally not available from them.

Thinking of this, Luo Ding, who wanted to let You Lang pass by, suddenly thought of something, quickly put down the big broom in his hand, quickly opened the door, and called You Lang who was walking the street into the house.

Mrs. Chen, who was cleaning inside, looked at the salesman that Luo Ding suddenly called in, and was a little confused about what was going on, but she stopped what she was doing to see what Luo Ding wanted to do.

Luo Ding asked the salesman who entered the house: "Do you have any facial fat here?"

The so-called facial fat is a kind of cosmetics of the ancients. It is generally made of animal fats and fragrance extracts extracted from plants. After mixing them together, they are boiled into a paste.

When using it, take some and apply it on the skin of the face or hands, and use them to moisturize the skin and muscles.

This kind of thing is often used by people. Of course, the salesman can have it. He heard that he took several boxes of face cream from the shelf, handed it to Luo Ding and said, "These are all kinds, in the pink box." The one in the box is peach blossom scented, and the one in the yellow box is sweet-scented osmanthus scented, let me see which one you like."

After Luo Ding took the box, he opened it to have a look, and was very dissatisfied with the cloudy ointment inside those boxes, so he frowned and said, "It's not this kind of ordinary facial ointment, don't you have better ones here?"

As soon as the salesman heard it, he knew that there was a big business coming this time, and quickly put down the shoulder pole that he had been carrying all the time, and returned: "Yes, yes, I have the most complete things here, but I don't know what you want, sir. kind of"

Luo Ding heard the words and said: "Of course I want the best, bring me the best facial fat from your place and show me."

Hearing this, the salesman bent down and dug out at the bottom of the shelf for a while, and took out a small light blue porcelain box that looked very delicate, probably about the size of a duck egg, and handed it to Luo Ding, saying: "Customer Officer, this is the best type of face cream I have here. It is from Zhuo Yuxuan in the Imperial City. It is filled with orchid essence. I am not bragging. You can search the entire Fengcheng, and it is only here. to be able to buy it.”

Ignoring the salesman's self-promotion, Luo Ding took the small porcelain box and opened it to take a look. It was indeed much better than the ones he had seen just now. At least the oil inside was very clear, and the smell was not pungent. It's a very natural floral scent.

Luo Ding was very satisfied with this box of facial fat, so he asked the seller: "How much is this box?"

Hearing this, the salesman smiled and stretched out two fingers and said, "Two coins."

Mrs. Chen was surprised when she heard this and said: "It's just such a small box, it won't last for two months if you save it. Such a little thing costs two renminbi, which is too expensive."

The salesman was a little anxious when he heard the words, he really wanted to close the deal, so he thought for a while and then took out a small white porcelain bottle from the burden and said: "The facial fat of the guest officer is for Kang Kang. The little brother above used it. It seems that the two of you are about to form a contract. To congratulate the two of you, if the guest officer buys this box of noodles, I will give you this as an extra. This There are good things inside, and they will definitely be used at night when the two of you form a bond."

Luo Ding was really interested when he heard the words, so he paid for the box of noodle cream without saying a word.

Don’t think that rouge and gouache are things that only women can use. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties of our country, the world admired character and favored beauty, and the story of throwing fruits and cars came from this, so the children of the family at that time More or less, some ointment powder will be used.

During the Tang Dynasty, because of the heyday of national power, as the exchange center of the world economy and culture at that time, the royal family and ministers of the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to their own image.

During the period when Emperor Wu was in power, this atmosphere was promoted to its peak. At that time, Tang officials stipulated that officials should retire at seventy, but for officials above the fifth rank, if your facial appearance is too old, then your superior will probably let you Early retirement, that is to say, if you are in your [-]s but have a face in your [-]s, let alone want to be a high-ranking official, it doesn't matter whether you can wear the black hat on your head It's two words.

In view of this, the civil and military ministers at that time paid great attention to their own maintenance, and many of them would carry a small bronze mirror with them so that they could observe their appearance anytime and anywhere.During the holidays, the palace would even give the ministers fat and mouth fat, which was a kind of welfare for the officials and ministers at that time.

Shen Chenai looked at the box of face cream in front of her, and suffered another occupational disease.If he remembers correctly, according to various researches, it seems that during the Tang Dynasty, my country already had its own well-known cosmetics brand.That brand should be called Zixue. Its business covers rouge, gouache, essence, lipstick, etc., each of which has dozens or even hundreds of products. Because of the solid materials and exquisite workmanship, it was not only a Royal tributes, along with the arrival of merchants from various countries, were exported overseas along the Silk Road, and were exported to countries such as Persia, Loulan, and Dashi at that time.

These traditional crafts are all the treasures of their Chinese nation. Thinking of this, Shen Chenai looked at the box of face cream in front of her with bright eyes.

Coincidentally, at this time, Luo Ding who sent the salesman out came back. Seeing Shen Chenai's appearance, he smiled and said, "Ah Chen likes this box of face cream, so I'll paint it on for you."

As she spoke, she stepped forward to open the box, dug out some facial fat from inside with her fingers, dabbed it on Shen Chenai's face, and then gently spread the facial fat on his face with her hands.

Luo Ding's hands are very thick, so no matter how careful he is, the burrs on his hands will still hang on Shen Chenai's face, the touch is really uncomfortable.

But I don't know why, but Shen Chenai enjoys this feeling very much at this time. The kind of cherishment in Luo Ding's expression makes him feel a kind of warmth that he has never had before in this distant and strange era.