After dressing as a widow

"Ma'am, take a look, are you satisfied?" Lin Zhen said, taking the matching small powder making tool made of extremely fine flannel, and applying a thin layer of white jade powder on Mrs. Shi's face.

Mrs. Shi, who had her eyes closed, opened them and looked at herself in the bronze mirror. She saw that the eyebrows of the person inside were not as heroic as usual, but rather slender, adding a bit of softness without being weak.

Her complexion was fair and clear, her face seemed to be slightly flushed naturally, and the lipstick on her lips was bright and lively. It was only a short cup of tea, and Mrs. Shi seemed to be several years younger.

Mrs. Shi herself couldn't believe it. He moved closer to the bronze mirror, gently stroked his smooth and delicate face, and looked back at Lin Zhen, his eyes full of surprise.

The maids who watched the transformation of Mrs. Shi's makeup with their own eyes were also shocked and liked, and they were very envious when they saw the things Lin Zhen had used.

"You really have a pair of skillful hands." Mrs. Shi couldn't help admiring.

Lin Zhenxin said, thank you for the era of information explosion that I live in. Whether I like it or not, I will be pushed to some girls' makeup videos, so that I can watch some bits and pieces. This will come in handy ?

He said: "Ma'am, it's absurd."

"Mrs. Ben understands whether it's true or not." Madam Shi was overjoyed. She originally wanted to reward Lin Zhen with something, but when she thought of what Lin Zhen had done before, she said to the servant girl, "I remember a golden crown with tassels, you can find it." .”

Mrs. Shi looked up at Lin Zhen: "This is a gift from me, and I will often come to the mansion to play in the future."

The maids kept all her things well, and found them in no time. They saw that the golden crown was in the shape of a hair crown, but it was made of gold branches and gold tassels. The girl wore it, and the brother also wore it, luxurious. extreme.

She had already rejected her reward, and she clearly said it was a gift, so Lin Zhen accepted it after thinking about it.

In the future, when he makes glass, he will just give Mrs. Shi a few things, and he will not worry about not being able to return the gift.

Lin Zhen saluted Mrs. Shi: "Thank you, Madam."

Mrs. Shi looked at herself in the mirror left and right: "I'm going to the banquet soon, I'm here today, I'll ask someone to invite you to the mansion to talk when I have time."

"Yes." Lin Zhen walked to the gate of the courtyard following the maid who was holding a gift for him. Like when he came, he was first led by the mother-in-law, and then was led out of the courtyard of the second entrance by another servant, and out of the gate of Shifu. door.

At this moment, Lin Zhen had already held the golden crown with tassels in a box, and he walked up to the bearers waiting outside: "Which mansion is closer to here, the Mansion of the Minister of Industry or the Mansion of the Marquis of Yong'an?"

The bearers heard that he was coming out of Shi's Mansion and going to the Minister's Mansion of the Ministry of Industry and Yong'an Hou's Mansion. They didn't dare to neglect Lin Zhen at all, and hurriedly said: "Hui Fulang, not far from here is Yong'an Hou's Mansion. The minister's mansion is still outside."

Lin Zhen sat in the sedan chair and soon arrived at the Yong'an Hou Mansion.

He ran three places in most of the day. When Lin Zhen returned to Huai Sifang in a sedan chair, he gave the four bearers an extra tip. He put on makeup for the two noble daughters of Mrs. Shi. It took a long time, so he felt that he should give this tip.

Otherwise, if they do other short-term business, they have done several back and forth.

The three powders of rouge and gouache are all the same price, adding up to 110 four taels of silver. Compared with the previous distillation equipment and custom-made porcelain boxes and porcelain bottles, the principal of buying rice, flowers and various materials is still a big difference, but the distillation equipment is There are still many porcelain boxes and vases that can be used for a long time, and the three kinds of jade powders can be stored for a long time, and there are still about a hundred copies, only flowers need to be purchased.

Calculated, the profit he can get is actually quite astonishing, and now he just waits for Mrs. Shi and the two ladies to use it to arouse a good response.

In Prince Cheng's mansion, the old concubine was talking with several women who were about her age, and the girls brought by the women. The female family members in the room couldn't get around the topic of clothing and use.

Suddenly, a maid outside came in and said, "Princess, Mrs. Shi has arrived."

The old concubine smiled and stood up: "She came just as I was talking, why did she come so fast today?"

She can say that about Mrs. Shi, but others dare not. Mrs. Shi's surname is Shi, which is different from those present here.

Because the historian is now in her direct line of blood, and her husband is a minister of the Ministry of Industry, and his official position is the second rank. Will be called Mrs. Shangshu, or Mrs. Wu.

The old concubine stood up, and everyone else also stood up. The crowd only heard a series of footsteps and the sound of servant girls saluting. Mrs. Shi was surrounded by servants.

The moment she came in, the old concubine and the others only felt their eyes light up, and they were speechless by her seven or eight years younger face, and she changed her dignified and noble appearance in the past, and she was both heroic and soft, gorgeous At the same time, it was bright and warm, a look that no one present had ever seen before.

The old concubine took her hand and looked around her twice: "Who is this, could it be Qiu Ling's younger sister, born with such a symbol."

The sick lady who appeared with Mrs. Shi at the Huaxin Banquet held by Mrs. He that day was a little bit more energetic: "Mrs. Shi is really radiant today. It looks like she is only 25 or [-] years old."

Mrs. Shi, who is in her early forties this year, was delighted by their reactions, and said to the old concubine, "Even the concubine says I have a sign, then I am a real sign, and you can touch it."

The friendship between the two was unusual, and the old princess immediately touched it politely, and found that the skin under her palm was smooth and delicate, which was particularly easy to touch, not at all like the skin of a 40-year-old.

Mrs. Shi winked at the old concubine: "Is it different?"

The old concubine was amazed: "What kind of panacea did you take, and give us some."

Those wives who had been curious for a long time couldn't help but gather around: "Mrs. Shi, please tell me, what is it that works so well? When you walked in, I really thought you were in your twenties. young man."

Another person stared at Mrs. Shi's face: "That's right, compared to Mrs. Shi's face, we spent a lot of time tossing about it, so we might as well not bother!"

Mrs. Shi's temper is notoriously fiery, and there are few in the capital who can get a few good words from her. On weekdays, these wives are trembling in front of her and dare not approach her.

Right now, in order to know why Mrs. Shi became beautiful, she inflated her guts.

Mrs. Shi looked at the people around her, she was not serious, with a smile she couldn't hide: "I bought it from a man who is very skilled in making rouge and gouache. If you want to buy it, I will send it to you someday." Someone called me to my house, you can tell him yourself."

She is very satisfied with her makeup today, and her mood is soaring along the way.

When the wives heard this, they said one after another: "Then I will disturb Madam."

"We are waiting eagerly, madam, don't forget about my concubine."

They didn't go to the banquet, and the two noble girls who wore the makeup that Lin Zhen painted for them were also questioned by their sisters and elders at home. They all asked why they suddenly changed so much today. Get it there, and the impatient people immediately sent people to Huaisifang to find someone.

Not long after Lin Zhen returned home, he heard a knock on the courtyard door, and when he opened it, he saw four or five well-dressed people standing outside. When he saw him, he was stunned and said, "You are a beautiful woman?" Lu's husband."

Before the few people came, they had heard from their master that Lin Zhen was a husband, and that he was very good-looking, so he told them that he would know when he saw him.

Now I understand the meaning of the master's sentence that you look very good, and you will know it when you see it.

They have never seen such a good-looking person.

Lin Zhenxin already knew who they were, but he didn't expect the effect to be so fast. He said, "Yes, how many are they?"

The maidservant at the front said: "I am the maidservant next to Mrs. Marquis of Yong'an Houfu. I learned from our young lady that Husband made jade powder, flower dew and lipstick, so I came here to buy a few."

The servant girl next to her also continued: "I am the person next to the second-bedroom grandma of Yong'an Houfu, and I am also here to buy Yurong powder flower dew and lipstick."

Then a few other people also reported their families. A total of four servant girls came to the Yong'an Hou Mansion, and the other three were from the Ministry of Industry's Minister's Mansion.

Lin Zhen stepped aside to let them in, and said: "There is still some Yurong pink flower dew, but I used it for myself before, if I didn't send it to Mrs. Shi and the lady of your house this time, I wouldn't have prepared it. extra."

The servant girls all came with orders from their masters, and they were a little anxious when they heard the words: "How many copies are there? My wife still wants three or four copies, are you going to give them away!?"

Lin Zhen looked at the maid next to Mrs. Hou: "Seven parts will be enough, and there will be no more."

As soon as he said that, several people frowned, obviously they all received more lives from their master than this amount.

Lin Zhendao: "The shelf life of jade powder is longer, and there is no problem in using it for a few months, but the flower dew can only be used for eleven or two days in this day, and it cannot be used even if it is stored. Why don't you take one back each of you. Do you wait until the next batch is ready?"

The maids looked at me and I looked at you. Although they were not very satisfied with the acceptance, they thought that the lady at home said that they didn't know about this good thing. It was Mrs. Shi who asked Lin Zhen to send it. There was a name there, and he reluctantly and willingly agreed to Lin Zhen's statement.

There are seven sets of jade powder flower lotion and lipstick sets, a total of 260 six taels of silver. The maids all knew the price from the lady at home, and they had enough money in their pockets.

After confirming that the things were correct, he gave the money to Lin Zhen and left.

In addition to the money earned from Mrs. Shi and the two noble girls, there are 340 taels a day. Lin Zhen weighed the heavy money in his hand and deeply felt that doing this business is really a huge profit.