The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Because I have been taking medicine with soup for several days and recuperating lightly, by the time the second sister's illness is about to recover, it has already entered February.

The cold spring is chilly, and the cold wind in early spring is still blowing like a knife on the face, but the willow branches in the yard are starting to twitch, the leaves are pale green, and the silk is like gold. In a few days, the whole back garden It is dyed with a layer of fresh green, which brings out the bright and tender spring.

When the light spring shirts were replaced by heavy cotton-padded clothes, and people could walk outside without feeling cold, Mr. Wu and his mother, Mrs. Wu, returned to Chen's house after their annual leave.The women's school, which had been shelved for more than a month, started again.In addition to the usual reading and literacy, this year also added piano, chess and female celebrity.

Qin and chess were naturally taught by Mr. Wu, but Nvhong Needlework was taught by her aunt Feng.In addition, Mrs. Chen urged Mr. Wu to teach the girls to read the account books on the grounds that the girls must learn some housework and human relations.Although Mr. Wu doesn't like mundane affairs, he has no choice but to comply with the master's request.

Seeing this, Mrs. Feng left the three of them to watch while she was handling housework and arranging gifts from various households. In her spare time, she even called the three of them to the front and told them.Therefore, although the three daughters are young and read poetry and books, they are not infected with Mr. Wu's arrogance and arrogance. On the contrary, they are more sensible and understanding.

Suddenly it came to the end of spring and summer solstice, and the flowers and trees in the garden were flourishing.The second sister started to play new tricks again, she only said that she wanted to pick fresh flowers and wash off the rouge paste.

It is common for children to like to use flowers to decorate their homes, so everyone in Chen's residence doesn't care.Let a few little sisters go to toss by themselves.

Unexpectedly, after reading "A Dream of Red Mansions", the second sister was quite curious about the section of Baoyu Taocheng rouge ointment, so she searched for technical posts on the Internet, and then followed the ancient method introduced in "Xiaoshan Huapu" After cleaning up a little bit according to the same method, I will toss about it in this way——

Firstly, in the back garden, peonies, roses, peonies, roses and other flowers that are bright red, beautiful, even in color and fragrant are picked. The cores are picked and the petals are left. .Then he ordered the old lady in charge of the teahouse to distill the water—that is, to leave the residual drops on the lid of the pot after the water was boiled, but the water produced by this method was not very pure, and it was useless after several times of boiling.The second sister couldn't help scratching her head.

The old woman didn't know much about these things, she just wanted to please the master's family, so she had to ask the second sister what she wanted for the Lao Shizi, and the second sister said what she meant.The old woman listened, and said with a smile: "The old slave understands what the second cousin girl means. We don't have the thing you want here. Why don't you ask the wine vessel. Because the old man and the master like things in the glass, every autumn our family They all brew some wine and save it for eating, maybe the person in charge of the wine vessel can tinker with what the second cousin girl wants."

The old woman was just an excuse to bother the second sister and the others, but it was difficult to refuse, but the second sister suddenly realized that she had to follow the words and bother the person in charge of the wine vessel.Hearing the words, the man in charge of the wine vessel had to do as he said.

It was very easy to get a Weng of pure distilled water.Taking advantage of Mrs. Chen's inattention, the second sister secretly brought her new high-quality double-material Hangzhi, soaked it in boiling distilled water, twisted it, filtered it, and roasted it slightly on the fire—when Mrs. Chen found out that it had been "stolen" When they arrived, the second sister and the others had already "destroyed the corpse" of the discarded cotton rouge "wreckage". Angrily, Mrs. Chen jumped on her feet and scolded the second sister, "It's a waste of things, and thunder will hit you."

After cursing a few times, Mrs. Chen saw that the rouge paste in the small sweet white porcelain box was as red as blood, sweet and fragrant. A drop of water was wiped on the lips, and the rest was applied to the cheeks.Looking at myself in the mirror, I feel so beautiful and full of fragrance.He couldn't help laughing and praised: "Sure enough, it's better than the rouge sold in the market. Now that it's done, you go on playing. I'll take these boxes of rouge first."

When Chen Wan, the eldest sister and the second sister heard the words, they couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Needless to say, the boudoir was leisurely and quiet that day.It only said that Chen Gui's house came at night, but told another happy event——

How about you.But it turns out that these days the prince and the other princes are fighting each other and tearing each other down.Because of this, there are constant turmoil in the court, and it is inevitable that some methods are not clean. The courtiers who are not slick are implicated because of this, or they are impeached and demoted, or they are imprisoned for crimes, or they resign when they see the opportunity and want to withdraw. Those, and not in the minority.

So in three to five days, there were many vacancies in the positions that were originally full of radishes and pits, which were considered redundant, which slightly affected the normal operation of the government.

Seeing that the officials in the court are in a state of panic, they don't want to bury their heads in doing things and only care about the same party and fight against differences. The saints who have been watching from the sidelines have to come forward to beat each other in person and check and balance.He also ordered the relevant principals of the six ministries to recommend virtuous people to fill the vacancies, and immediately curbed some uncontrollable situations.

The crown prince and the princes heard the holy will, and they had to stop their flags and drums.On the surface, he stopped, but secretly he did not forget to plant his confidantes in various ministries of the court.The saint is well aware of the open and secret struggles of his sons, and when he sees these people in various newspapers, he knows who is behind them.What's more, these officials recommended by the princes have their own shortcomings in terms of temperament and qualifications. The saint is not satisfied, so except for a few people he likes, the rest are left undecided.

As a result, the gods fought, the snipe and the clam fought, and the situation persisted for a long time. When the situation was stalemate, the prince was reminded by Zhao Bihe, the commander of the Jinyi Army, and he couldn't help but think of Chen Gui.Not only did he think of Chen Gui, but he also couldn't help but think of this fight in court——

In all fairness, if it is said that this turmoil was caused by Chen Gui, it would be to overestimate Chen Gui.But if it weren't for Chen Gui's work, his younger brothers wouldn't have raised their voices so early.What's more, Chen Gui's uncle and nephew also registered with the saint for the incident of fighting bandits on the Lantern Festival.Let's take a look at Chen Gui's resume since he became an official. Although he didn't have much achievements, it is also remarkable and beautiful.

Most importantly, the crown prince also took a fancy to Chen Gui's handling of people and things.For example, Zhao Bi, the commander of the Jinyi Army, and this person, because of their family background and outstanding military achievements, are quite arrogant and arrogant, and they are self-willed.It's out of the eye of anyone else.But such a person is willing to make friends with Chen Gui, and personally recommends him to him. It can be seen that Chen Gui must be a long-sleeved, good at dancing, and exquisite character.

The prince likes such characters.What's more, there was such a period of incense in the Shangyuan Festival-Chen Gui acted bravely, and his family suffered because of it.There are all kinds of official means, and it is presumable that even if you come to the saint, you will not be able to say anything bad about him.Wouldn't it be beautiful to push him by myself, to be a good friend, to complete a good story about the monarch and his ministers.

The prince thought so, and he really reported Chen Gui's name.It stands to reason that it is not necessary for a sage to personally handle the affairs of an official of the seventh rank entering the sixth rank.His Majesty is always in charge of all kinds of affairs, making decisions on important matters in the court every day. He always only cares about the appointment and dismissal of officials of the fourth rank and above in the court, so he has no time to pay attention to trivial matters.

But the crown prince did what he liked, so that when the sage saw the name Chen Gui, he couldn't help but think of the love affair with the white dragon fish costume in the Shangyuan Festival.The prince took the opportunity to jokingly say something from the sidelines. Since the Shangyuan Festival, folk storytellers and opera singers have adapted this story into a storybook and opera excerpts and sung it in the market. , His Majesty is more pleased with it.

The Crown Prince flattered His Majesty very much, and His Majesty had to regain his loving father's feelings while feeling emotional, because he also thought of the Crown Prince's innocent suffering in this matter, so he couldn't help but soften his heart.With a swipe of the imperial pen, several officials in the DPRK and China who had been at odds with each other decided to settle this matter.And painstakingly taught the prince himself the way of being a king.

Monarchs and ministers, father and son get back together again, and there is no need to elaborate.

At the moment, I only say that this game is the crown prince's superior skill, and I bid farewell to the Holy Majesty.The crown prince turned his head and ordered the eunuch in the palace to send a message to the household department, and received Chen Gui in the East Palace.It goes without saying that the monarch and his ministers are full of grandeur of knowing people and being good at their duties.It is only said that Chen Gui came out of the palace, but hurriedly told his parents and relatives about the happy event, and everyone in the Chen residence rejoiced because of it.As a result, the family members in Fuzhong also got an extra month's salary.

Xinran finished the meal and had refreshments.Mrs. Chen joked about how the second sister and others had worked out good rouge creams, and then forwarded two boxes of them to Mrs. Feng.Chen Gui looked at Feng's hand for a while, but saw the rouge like blood, and the fragrance was tangy.Although Chen Gui was a foreigner, he also knew that these boxes of rouge were much better than those sold in the market, so he praised with a smile: "It's really good."

When Chen heard this, he was very proud.Still laughed and said that the second sister led the sisters to tinker with it.After being so complacent, he completely forgot about the matter of jumping and cursing just now.

Chen Gui glanced at the girl with a smile, and then asked the second sister with a smile: "It's so good, why did you think of doing this?"

The second sister replied with a smile: "The other day I read an ancient book, because I saw that it recorded the production method of the red pigment used in painting. I thought that the meaning of rouge and red pigment are probably the same, so I got some. Anyone can do it."

After hearing this, Chen Gui clapped his hands and smiled and praised: "This is very true. It seems that our second sister is not only not a hard-educated student, but also has a clever mind. If you do this, don't waste this talent in vain. Tomorrow, I will instruct Chen Li to buy more related books, as long as the second sister likes to tinker with these, let her go. There is no need to restrict her."

The tutors of the Chen family have never been perfunctory with childish urgency, let alone oppress others with secular rules and principles.That's why they brought up Chen Gui, who is good at drilling and is slick, and Chen Shi, who doesn't care about etiquette and rules and only cares about his own wishes.Such people have a good temper because they are quick-witted and flexible, and they don't stick to the world, so they have many means and don't fall into the stereotypes.But if it's not good, I'm too used to taking the edge of the sword, opportunistic, I'm afraid it's not as solid as a calm person, even if you don't get rich, you won't have big ups and downs.

But these are gossip, let's not talk about it for now.

It's just that Chen's heart was moved after hearing what his brother said.While playing with a small sweet white porcelain box containing rouge paste in his hand, he said with a smile: "I think so too. Let the second sister be idle and tinker with it. If it is done well, From now on, our family won’t need to sell it at the market. If we have more, we will sell some spare money in the shop to buy cakes for our sisters.”

When everyone heard this, they laughed and said: "It's narrow again. Our family is short of their sister's pastries."

Talking and laughing, the night is already deep.Everyone dispersed and went back to their rooms to rest.Nothing to say all night.

On the next day, the masters of the Chen family went to work and went to school.After Mrs. Feng has taken care of the housework, he and Mrs. Chen go to the upper room to talk to Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen.After saying a few words, the boy at the door came to report that Chang Yougui, the manager of Yutai Commercial Bank, came with his family.

Seeing this, Mrs. Chen had to order people to be led to the main hall for tea, because Chen Gui was not at home, so he changed into the clothes he had seen outsiders and went out to accompany him.Feng also took sister Wan and the housekeeper's wife to the second gate to welcome guests.Mrs. Chen and her two sisters stayed at home, so there was no need to go out.

Everyone thought that Chang Guanshi was just an ordinary visit.But he never thought that Guan Shi's visit this time would bring prosperity to the Chen family.