After dressing as a widow

Because Chen Xing has an ordinary and slightly delicate appearance, and his skin is still a little yellow and rough. After using Lin Zhen powder, the changes are amazing, and he looks better all of a sudden.

Huang Yuwen held the bronze mirror in front of his eyes, and let him see his current appearance.

Finally, it was Gu Lin. When Lin Zhen mixed the powder and flower water suitable for Gu Lin, and watched him obediently close his eyes under his instructions, he gritted his teeth.

This kid is just superficially obedient!

In fact, it is very fierce!

Lin Zhen stood with liquid powder on his fingers, and gently patted it on Gu Lin's face. Although Gu Lin's complexion was not as fair as his, it was neither dark nor yellowish. Perhaps he often practiced martial arts. Due to the fast metabolism, the skin is full of elasticity and has almost no blemishes, and there is not a single acne that is inevitable for young people on his face.

So just put on a thin layer and touch up a bit.

He doesn't even need to trim his eyebrows, his own eyebrows are very beautiful.

Suddenly, when Lin really looked at his facial features, Gu Lin, whose face was being held by him, opened his eyes, looking at him with dark eyes.

They have never been so close in front of outsiders, especially in front of Huang Yuwen and others who know their previous relationship, they have always kept the distance between the elders and the younger generations.

But now in front of the three of them, Lin Zhen held his face, and unconsciously moved his body towards him, as if snuggling into Gu Lin's arms.

Lin Zhen blinked, straightened his back calmly, moved the stool away a little, and asked Zhong Yan, the only audience member, "How is this business going?"

"Uncle Lin always has ingenious ideas, and any business he does is eye-catching." Zhong Yan said sincerely.

Lin Zhen was also very satisfied with what he made, so he put away the powder and flower water.

In addition to flower water and powder, Lin Zhen also has lipstick in his plan. Making lipstick is much easier than powder and flower water. You can buy some natural pigments and beeswax that you can find on the market, and you can make it in half a day.

So as soon as the distillation and powdering of flower water were completed, Lin Zhen felt relieved.

Two days later, Lin Zhen put the packaged powder, floral water, and four tubes of lipsticks of different colors into a small box filled with cotton, and greeted Gu Lin to the largest rouge and gouache shops in the capital city. go.

The first rouge gouache shop that Lin Zhen chose was in the very center of Nancheng. According to the information he inquired about, it only opened in the past three or four years. It specializes in selling rouge gouache in the south, and has a certain reputation.

This time the water light powder is also sold at their home, and the quantity is quite a lot.

Lin Zhen walked into this shop named Furong Pavilion with the things he had made, and looked around, only to see that this rouge and gouache shop covers a very large area, and it is divided into two floors, neatly arranged There are all kinds of rouge powder, balm and lip balm on the cabinet. It is still early at this moment, and there are no customers in the shop yet.

So as soon as he entered, Xiao Er came up, "My husband, what do you want?"

Lin Zhen looked back and said, "I'm not here to buy anything, but to do business with your shop."

Obviously this is not the first time Xiao Er has encountered such a thing, and said: "Fu Lang also knows the craft of making rouge and gouache, and wants to sell it in our shop?"

Lin Zhen nodded: "Yes."

Xiaoer took no offense at all and said: "Wait a minute, Mrs. I'll go and tell our shopkeeper."

So Lin Zhen waited here, smelling some messy fragrance in the air.

"The shopkeeper, this husband, wants to sell things in our shop." Xiao Er came back soon, Lin Zhen turned his head, and saw a middle-aged man who thought he was of medium build coming down the stairs.

When he saw Lin Zhen, surprise flashed in his eyes, and his tone became softer: "Does Fu Lang make rouge or powder, or something else?"

Lin Zhen carried the box: "Powder, face moisturizer, and lip balm."

"Husband knows a lot."

Lin Zhen thought that he would let him show him something, but he didn't expect that the shopkeeper just looked at him straightly and said: "Then I don't know if Fu Lang knew the rules of our store before he entered our store, no matter what kind of goods, Powder and rouge are both ten pennies, and lip balm is slightly cheaper, eight pennies.”

Good guy, Lin Zhen was so shocked by the price that he thought he heard it wrong. The rouge and gouache in the store were almost sold to customers for more than one tael of silver.

And the shopkeeper gave such an outrageous price without even looking at the things, which is really unacceptable.

He looked at the shopkeeper: "Is there no room for negotiation?"

The shopkeeper looked at him with a strange expression: "Out of the door of our Furong Pavilion, no matter where Fulang goes, the price is the same."

"Actually, if Fu Lang is really good at craftsmanship, he can sign a contract with our Furong Pavilion to make rouge and gouache for our Furong Pavilion, and the money he gets will be higher than this."

Lin Zhen didn't even have the idea of ​​opening his own box, so he said no, and walked out with the box.

The shopkeeper was not angry when he was rejected, and said with a smile, "If Fu Lang changes his mind at any time, he can come back again, and the price we agreed on before."

Lin Zhen had already walked out of Furong Pavilion, he frowned slightly, thinking about what the shopkeeper said, he walked slowly, and arrived at the second shop that also sold rouge and gouache.

After entering, Xiaoer also entertained him, and when he heard that he was going to sell the things he made in their shop, he didn't ask the shopkeeper to come down, and directly quoted the same price as the shopkeeper of Furong Pavilion, and the lip balm was even cheaper. .

Lin Zhen turned around and left without saying a word, and the same was true for the third and fourth houses.

Suddenly, just when he understood a little bit of the inside, an old woman in a poor dress called him: "Brother, I see that you are also a craftsman who makes rouge and gouache when you come out of the Misty Rain Building?"

In fact, the old woman didn't think about it at first, but the rouge and gouache shop that Lin Zhen had just left was very close to the shop he entered before, and the old woman guessed something because she was still carrying something in her hand.

Lin Zhen stopped in his tracks and looked at the old woman.

The old woman sighed: "My family used to eat this kind of food, but now... oh..."

Lin Zhendao: "The bosses behind these rouge and gouache shops in Kyoto should all be the same person."

"What kind of boss, that's—" When the old woman mentioned this, she could hardly hold back her resentment and grievances, but she finally endured it in front of Lin Zhen, a stranger.

She said: "It's not the boss. The original bosses of these rouge and gouache shops either had to work for that person and just took care of the internal affairs, or they were all squeezed out like us and had no place to work."

From the woman's mouth, Lin Zhen knew that there were many large and small rouge and gouache shops in the city of Kyoto before, but a powerful person stepped in, relying on the power behind him to suppress him, he bought what he bought. Gather all the rouge and gouache recipes that are sold well in these shops, and then open several large rouge and gouache shops now, lowering the purchase price for each other and raising the selling price for customers.

When I met those top brats and wanted to confront them head-on, I used all kinds of shady means to force them down. Over the past few years, I have monopolized the rouge and gouache business in Kyoto.

Lin Zhen frowned, and didn't ask why no one cared. How many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital, and their family members intervened, how could ordinary people be able to compete.

It seems that he has to find another way to do this business.

Lin Zhen said goodbye to this down-and-out old woman who used to rely on rouge and gouache for a living, and now didn't know what she was doing, and stopped shopping in other shops, and went home with her things.

Seeing his expression when he came back, Gu Lin stopped moving his hands, wiped his hands with a handkerchief and walked over: "It's not going well."

In front of him, Lin Zhen didn't need to hide anything, and told the old woman and what he had guessed: "The rouge and gouache business in Kyoto is monopolized, and the price of our things is so cheap that we can't even return the money."

"I'll think of other ways."

Gu Lin looked at him although he was not going well, but he didn't look discouraged and depressed, and remembered the powerful person whose name he said he didn't know.

Lin Zhen knew him very well, he could tell what he was thinking just by looking at his expression, and put the box containing things on the table: "This kind of thing can be found everywhere, it's just more or less different, even if you and I put If this matter gets out, it may be just a trivial matter for that person, but it will be a disaster for us."

"Gu Lin, if you are not sure what the consequences of doing something are, then you have to keep going, go to a higher and farther place, look at him at the same level, or stare at him from a high place." l

Gu Lin: "I know, Uncle Lin."

He just doesn't like himself who can't help Uncle Lin solve his problems at the moment. He wants Uncle Lin to do whatever he wants.

Lin Zhen knew that he was smart, maybe smarter than himself, so he didn't get too entangled in this matter.

He just felt a little pity that the distilled plum blossom water did not have modern anti-corrosion technology and sealing technology. These flower water can be preserved for about nine days at most in this season, and the flower letter has 24 days, so it can only be thrown away.

Powder and tube lipsticks are fine, especially powder, as long as they are stored in a dry place, they can be used for several months.

"It seems that we have to find a way from other places." Lin Zhen took out the things in the box and put them together with the stock in the house.

Huang Yuwen, Chen Xing, and Zhong Yan, who often came to the house, knew about Lin Zhen's business failure within two days.

Lin Zhen also put this matter in the back of his mind for the time being, wandering around the capital city from time to time, as the weather gradually warmed up, the day of Huaxin was getting closer, and the flowers and plants on the street became more and more.

The shopkeeper who sold plum blossoms to him once saw the pork belly in Lin Zhen's hand, and greeted him: "Fu Lang bought two flowers and put them home to smell. The house smells very fragrant."

The flower seller has a greenhouse in his own home, and he looks after the flowers in the greenhouse all day and all night for Huaxinshi's business. He looks a little haggard, but he is in good spirits.

Lin Zhen suddenly thought of something, and walked over: "Then get me two evening incense sticks. By the way, shopkeeper, can you get me some plum blossoms? The amount I want is the same as last time."

"Yes, this year's last crop of plum blossoms. Although the flowers are not so dense, they are not bad."

"Does Fulang's family use so many flowers for food?" Since Lin Zhen's face is so eye-catching, many people on this street have already noticed it.

He rented a shop with a backyard, but he hasn't opened for business for so long, everyone is guessing what kind of business he is.

Lin Zhen smiled and didn't say anything, but said: "Then trouble the shopkeeper and send the flowers to me as soon as tomorrow morning."

The shopkeeper nodded: "Okay, I will send it to you tomorrow morning."

Lin Zhen's mood suddenly brightened. He thought of a way to start this business. Instead of selling things in rouge and gouache shops, he would be able to have some room for movement by specializing in high-end customization.

As long as your stuff is good enough, the people who use it won’t let go of it. Even if the people behind the shop want to make trouble for you, they will have a little bit of scruples about your customers, and they won’t beat you to death if you want to deal with yourself. At most It is to give two killing sticks, sharpen them first, wait for yourself to beat the first one for a while, slowly stabilize the business, and then use your strength from the place.

The most important thing now is how to find customers.

Those noble ladies and ladies are not cabbages on the street, just pick two at will.

In fact, the authorities were deluded. What he had thought before was to open a workshop to supply goods to shops outside. If that didn’t work, he would just open a shop and lock himself up there. He didn’t expect to do business secretly.

Now that I finally figured it out, I walked more briskly, carrying the pork in one hand and the evening incense bought from the florist in the other, and returned home with the smell of meat mixed with the smell of flowers.

There are only five or six days to Huaxin, and on the first day of February, there are only two months before Gu Lin's hospital exam. These days, Gu Lin spends more and more time in the study.

Lin Zhen took the action a little lightly, seared the pork belly he bought in a pot, soaked it in warm water for a few minutes, washed it, then added water to boil it, took it out, cut it into pieces and stir-fried——

After a while, braised pork was stewed in the casserole. When the stew was half-cooked, add radish slices cut by a hob and continue to stew.

Needless to say, Lin Zhen's cooking skills have been surpassed by no one in the Lin family for many years. When the lid of the cooking pot was lifted, the strong smell of meat rushed out domineeringly, making Gu Lin, who was warming a book in the study, pause. for a moment.

He put down his book and came out, and saw Lin Zhen carrying a chunky casserole towards the dining table, then walked to the stove to fetch two small bowls and two pairs of chopsticks, and by the way put the other on the stove A plate of fried vegetables was brought over.

"Gu Lin, quickly try the braised pork I made today. It tastes better if I add a small handful of dogwood together." Lin Zhen picked up a piece of braised pork and handed it to Gu Lindu's mouth.

Gu Lin saw that Lin Zhen was in a good mood now, he opened his mouth to eat the braised pork, and said, "Has something good happened to Uncle Lin?"

"So obvious?"

Gu Lin nodded.

Lin Zhen told him what he thought of, and while talking, Lin Zhen suddenly had an idea when he talked about the source of customers.

He can be the first person to eat crabs by himself. On Huaxin's day, all the girls and brothers in the capital were there, and he couldn't believe that there weren't one or two who were not tempted to see the actual effect!