After dressing as a widow

Gu Lin paused for a moment with the hand under his pigu.

Lin Zhen bit him on the back of the neck with his teeth, and lay down on his back.

Gu Lin: "Why don't you eat?"

Lin Zhen hugged his neck: "If you can see but not eat, forget it."

Gu Lin's body tightened, and she turned her head to look at him. Looking from him, Lin Zhenxiu's straight nose slid out a beautiful arc, and there were still some water marks on her lips.

He turned Lin Zhen up and down, stretched the back of his hand forward, and replaced it with a less sensitive wrist under Lin Zhen's pig.

Juxianju is not far from the Yamen of the state government, Gu Lin carried him steadily, and soon came to the gate of the Yamen.

There was only one yamen servant on duty at night, when he heard the sound of footsteps coming out, and saw that the lord was carrying a slender person on his back, he subconsciously looked away: "My lord."

"Go down."

"Yes." The yamen servant didn't dare to look more, and didn't dare to ask Gu Lin who was carrying it back, so he stepped back.

Suddenly, the yamen servant saw the clothes worn by the man on Gu Lin's back, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, thinking that wasn't that the clothes Boss Lin wore this morning? It was also a black shirt, but the buttons were made of pearls.

Looking again, the headband that binds the hair is also the one worn by Boss Lin, with pearls on it.

The yamen servant patted his head, feeling that Mr. Gu really respected Boss Lin, he was a dignified magistrate of Lizhou, and he came back with someone on his back.

Suddenly, the yamen servant remembered, Boss Lin is a husband, Mr. Gu is a young man, is it wrong to carry Boss Lin behind his back?

The Lulu in the backyard was no longer surprised. Seeing Gu Lin coming back with Lin Zhen on his back, he hurriedly said, "My lord, this servant is going to pour a basin of hot water for the boss."

Gu Lin put Lin Zhen, who was already asleep on his back, on the bed, sat on the edge of the bed, put his feet on his lap, and took off his shoes and socks.

The fair-skinned feet were exposed, and the ten fingers were somewhat round.

Gu Lin looked at Lu Lu who had already brought in the water, got up and twisted the handkerchief first, and wiped Lin Zhen's face and neck.

He didn't admit that he would be drunk by the rice wine at the moment, but Lin Zhen, who was really confused, opened his eyes reluctantly, looked at Gu Lin who was wiping his face, grabbed his robe, and rubbed his face .

Now he is different from usual, making it even more difficult for Gu Lin to resist.

Gu Lin stared at him with dark eyes, with restraint and patience in his ruthless brows, quickly took off his outer robe and pulled the quilt over him.

Lu Lu looked at Mrs. Gu who walked out of the room, and then at the boss who had closed his eyes on the bed, brought out the used water, and lay down on the couch specially for night watch servants sleeping with a smaller quilt.

She had better watch the boss here after drinking, in case the boss got up at night to drink water to go to the toilet or something.

As far as Yingcheng in Yunzhou, the young man who returned here after half a month's boat ride and seven or eight days in a carriage, did not find Lin Xiaoyao in the house after entering the city, and asked others: "Where is the boss? "

"I went to Xinkan to see a batch of goods, why have you been here for so long this time?"

"Do something for the boss, I'll go to Xinkan to have a look." The young man just got off the horse, and when he heard that Lin Xiaoyao was not here, he immediately jumped on the horse.

Suddenly, he turned his horse around and said to the man just now: "I brought a batch of goods, which is a return gift from the big boss to the boss, you can accept it."

Seeing the eagerness of the young man, the man responded.

Everyone here knows that Boss Lin picked this kid up from the pile of dead people. He treats Boss Lin as his father and respects him. If anyone speaks ill of Boss Lin, he can catch up and beat the dead.

The man walked out of the yard, thinking that the gift from the big boss whom the boss had mentioned several times should not be a vulgar thing, but when he came out and saw more than 20 carriages, he almost thought he was wrong.

The man who came back with the young man said: "Put the things here first, let's take them apart when the boss comes back."

"Oh." The man nodded blankly.

The young man who was looking for Lin Xiaoyao had just rode out of the gate of Yingcheng when he saw a familiar figure leading five or six people towards this side. The horse's hooves kicked up the yellow sand like a cloud of yellow wind.

"Hey," Lin Xiaoyao, who was riding at the front, tightened the reins, "You're back?"

"Father," the young man drove the horse to Lin Xiaoyao's side respectfully, "Did you go to Xinkan smoothly, did you encounter any problems?"

"All good, I bought two good stones." If Lin Zhen and the Lin family came here, they might not be able to recognize the person in front of them as Lin Xiaoyao after just one or two glances.

His complexion is not fair, and his hair is tied with a golden crown. According to local customs, the loose hair is braided into a small braid wrapped with multicolored silk thread.

He wears a robe with narrow sleeves, a cloak that protects from wind and sand on his shoulders, and a fixed hood that half covers his head.

I don't know when the slender and healed scar on the left cheek appeared, but it doesn't hurt that many girls and boys in the city want to marry this Boss Lin.

He is rich and well-born, so it pays off to be his roommate!

The young man said: "Father, the letter you asked me to send to the big boss has been delivered, and the big boss returned a lot of gifts to you."

Lin Xiaoyao's complexion suddenly changed from what the youth remembered, and she even asked eagerly, "Where is my brother now, Kyoto?"

Over the years, Lin Xiaoyao has been reading books by herself, and has never stopped since she came out. She is very familiar with the imperial examination process.

If that kid Gu Lin goes well in the imperial examination and gets a good rank, the most likely thing is to be a small official in the capital and slowly gain his qualifications.

And if the ranking is average, it is necessary to fill the gaps of local officials everywhere, and work in unknown places for three to five years, ten to eight years, and only when they have achieved political achievements can they make a move.

The young man said: "I found the big boss in Lizhou. According to what I heard, the big boss' nephew is now the governor of Lizhou, and the big boss also lives in the government office of Lizhou."

Zhizhou?

Lin Xiaoyao thought about it for a while, and was shocked. She didn't know what happened, but Gu Lin became the Zhizhou from the fifth rank.

He urged the horse, took the young man and the rest of the people towards the house in Yingcheng.

When he arrived, more than 20 carriages were still in the open space outside the house. Several handymen in the house ran out to see what the goods were, and circled them several times.

As soon as he saw him coming, he hurried up to greet him: "Boss Lin, you are back."

Lin Xiaoyao stepped off her horse, walked to more than 20 carriages, and untied one of the carriages with her own hands. It just so happened that the one he untied contained floral dew, and just lifted the straw and The quilt was blown head-on by the cold air inside, which was extremely refreshing.

The young man came over and together with him uncovered the straw and quilt covering the ice to keep the ice from melting slowly: "I used ice to protect the car when it was loaded from the state capital of Lizhou. The big boss asked me to hand over this thing together with the letter Adoptive father, said foster father will understand."

Lin Xiaoyao sold milk tea with Lin Zhen, and knew that her third brother could make ice, so it was not unusual to see things preserved with ice.

But his subordinates are not like this, Bing, Bing is a rare and good thing in Yingcheng, and you may not be able to buy it with money.

Now it's used for storage!

Lin Xiaoyao unfolded Lin Zhenxin's letter amidst the restlessness of them groping here and there around the carriage.

The expression on his face became softer and softer, and finally, there was even a smile on his face.

From another piece of paper, he also understood what Lin Zhen gave him. The total value of all the goods was 8 to [-] taels, which was much more than him.

He folded the letter, carried it close to his body, and told the people under his hand: "These are goods that need to be handled with care. Move them all in and send someone to guard them."

"Yes."

Not long after, a few things appeared in Yingcheng of Yunzhou that fascinated the girls and boys.

Jade powder, flower dew, and lipstick all of a sudden became the latest words. Girls and buddies gather together, and if you don’t talk about these three things, you are too outdated.

Moreover, this trend is still blowing towards the surrounding area of ​​Yingcheng. Many rich women and brothers will not hesitate to travel dozens of miles to Yingcheng in order to buy these three things.

Lizhou state capital, Lin Zhen's business expanded again after the shop opened, but there were twenty or thirty merchants who ordered here on the second day, and at least they only needed more than 1000 cents of jade powder because of the money in their hands. Shower, lipstick, and some soap.

Yan Canghai, a big customer, bought tens of thousands of soaps, scented soaps, and creams after he took the goods promised by Lin Zhen.

If he hadn't run out of money in his pocket, he would still want to get some more.

Plus other merchants...

Even if Lin Zhen's small workshop with dozens of people worked day and night, he couldn't get out so many goods, so he simply recruited workers for the second time.

This time, not only were they recruiting workers for Yurong Fen Hualu lipstick, but they also recruited people from Lin's Soap Shop, Lin's Soap Shop, and Lin's Cream Shop.

Each square recruits 100 people, seventy girls and thirty men.

Maizi's elder brother, Meng Xiaoshu, who had already worked in Lin's gouache workshop and received his first month's wages, was sweating profusely as he walked on the mountain road. When he saw the familiar village entrance, he ran straight down.

"Grandma, grandpa, where are my uncles and uncles?"

The stooped old man was very happy to see his grandson coming, "Little tree is here, sit down quickly, I'll scoop water for you to drink."

"Why did you come here? The family is fine. Nothing happened."

Behind the two old people is a thatched hut that looks like it is about to collapse. It is very narrow, but there are seven or eight members of the family living in it.

Meng Xiaoshu stood up by himself to scoop up water, drank and said, "Grandma, my father and father called me here, and I have something very good to tell you."

To visit relatives, Meng Xiaoshu didn't empty his hands, and bought ten catties of buckwheat noodles and two catties of sorghum rice pragmatically.

His family is not rich, and if he and his younger brother Maizi hadn't worked in Lin's gouache workshop, they wouldn't be able to produce these things.

When the old man saw what he brought, he refused to take it. What kind of life did his brother live? They still don't know that these grains can be eaten for ten days with some wild vegetables and vegetables. They can't bear to take , Let my brother and grandson go hungry.

Meng Xiaoshu knew that Grandma had a good heart, otherwise, Dad wouldn't have asked him to come over and tell his uncles after hearing him that Boss Lin would recruit hundreds of people, if the uncle's boys and elder brothers could also follow him As if I still have wheat, working under Boss Lin's hands makes life much easier.

Meng Xiaoshu can still recall the day when he and Xiaoshu received their wages, when they put the wages in front of Father and Father, they were so happy that they couldn't help clapping their hands.

"What a great thing, Xiaoshu, come here, here are the chicken legs I dug up on the slope, and I'll eat them for you." Meng Xiaoshu was talking, a middle-aged man who was not short but a little too thin called his chicken legs But it was just a root of a plant handed to him.

There is not much of this stuff in the land, and it is a bit sweet to chew. It is a snack for children in the village.

Every time he came here when he was a child, Meng Xiaoshu would eat it, either dug by his cousins ​​or dug by his uncle.

Other people who came back with him also greeted Meng Xiaoshu one after another.

Meng Xiaoshu took the chicken leg, looked at his uncle, father and cousins ​​and said, "Uncle, it's really good for me to come. Before that, Maizi and I found a job in the state capital, 150 yuan a month. , and a meal at noon is also included, if you meet-"

Before he finished speaking, the grandparents behind him, the uncles and uncles in front, and the cousins ​​behind him all surrounded him: "What, what are you talking about, 150 yuan a month for work , give me a meal!"