Back at Xiaohu's house, Xiaohu was not at home, he should have gone to the forest with his brothers to hang lanterns, these lanterns were made by marriageable young men in various villages, digging out their minds, just trying to smile at the beauty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as he entered the house, he heard someone knocking on the door, Su Jin hurriedly greeted him, and saw that it was a middle-aged strong man, carrying a flat pole, and a large wine jar was hung at each end. Seeing Su Jin come out, he smiled honestly: "Master Su, let me send you something." ”

"Yo, Master Su, your body is noble, how can you do this kind of heavy work of a countryman, you see where you put it, I will send it to you." The man saw that Su Jin was going to come to pick up the flat burden, so he picked him into the house, and the countrymen were used to doing work, and it was very easy.

Su Jin followed behind the man and thanked him again and again: "Thank you so much, little brother." If you're in trouble, you can just put it in this corner outside the house. ”

"Hehe, where did the son come from, you paid the money, we are in a poor village here, and the silver you gave us is enough for a month or two! You see there's something missing, and tell me to get it again. The strong man unloaded his shoulder, moved the two large jars of wine to the corner, and turned back to Su Jin and said.

Su Jin came over to check, there was enough of the wine, and there was a basket with stone utensils for rice and a stack of snow-white cotton gauze.

"This little brother, thank you very much, in fact, this is not bad, it's just, can we find something bright red like cinnabar here?" Su Jin thought, since he wants to do it, he must ensure the quality of the things, and it would be good if there was cinnabar coloring.

The strong man frowned, with a sad face: "This ...... Cinnabar is hard to find, but what is Childe going to do? There is a cattle butcher in our village, and the remaining cow pith in their family is red, I wonder if it can be used? ”

Su Jin slapped his hands with joy when he heard this: "Wonderful!" If there is cow marrow, it is much better than cinnabar. Little brother, can I ask you for some for me? ”

"Childe is polite, I'll send it with Childe later." After saying that, the strong man said goodbye and went out, and Su Jin was sent to the door.

After coming back, Su Jin came to the kitchen, boiled a large pot of boiling water, put cotton gauze and stone scoop into the pot and boiled for a while, and then took it out to cool down. Remove the pedicles of the peach blossoms from the basket, and put the remaining petals and stamens into a stone spoon, and grind them carefully with a small stone hammer. It's a time-consuming and energy-intensive job that requires a lot of patience. Fortunately, the most important thing for Master Su is patience.

After a long while, the flower juice in the stone bowl gradually increased, and finally a basket of flowers bottomed out, and Su Jin used cotton gauze to suck out the flower juice. Scoop some wine out of the jar, pour it into a casserole, put cotton gauze soaked in flower juice into it, and then slowly heat it over low heat, and the flower juice slowly dilutes into the wine, dyeing the wine crimson.

Su Jin watched carefully, and Jiuyu had been circling around since just now, thinking that he was going to make food.

The low heat slowly boiled for a while, and the flower juice was almost melted, so Su Jin took out the cotton gauze with a bamboo skewer. The little brother just now sent him a small jar of beef pith, and Su Jin carefully cleaned it and added the bright red beef pith to the casserole that was boiling.

After another hour and three moments, the pith of the cow melted in the wine, and the wine boiled and gradually thickened, and became a bright red.

This rouge is about to be made when he sees it.

Su Jincai remembered that there was no box to hold the rouge, so he hurriedly rummaged around. It happened that Xiaohu came back after hanging the lantern, still carrying two fish in his hand.

"Young Master Su, what are you looking for?" Xiaohu saw Su Jin in a hurry and asked.

"Ah, Brother Xiaohu, you're back! Do you have a box of fat powder in your home? Su Jin asked.

Xiaohu helplessly spread his hands: "I'm a big man's family, where are those women's things, what do you want to do?" ”

"How is this good, Brother Xiaohu, don't ask, can you find me a few immediately?" It's too late, and Rouge is going to get old.

Xiaohu thought for a while: "There are no ready-made fat powder boxes, I learned from the carpenter a few years ago, but I made a few palm-sized small wooden boxes by myself, and I will get them for you when I have nothing to do."

Those small wooden boxes were very exquisitely made, Su Jinzhang played with them in his hand, and praised them again and again: "Brother Xiaohu is really ingenious, this pattern is finely carved, it must have taken a lot of effort." Miss Luoying will definitely like it. ”

"It's not... You want.. For Yingying?" Xiaohu's face darkened, obviously unhappy.

"Huh? Brother Xiaohu, don't get me wrong, it's not me who wants to send it, it's for you to give it to her. Come, I'll show you something. Su Jin went into the house with a few wooden boxes, and Xiaohu blushed and followed behind.

"Ah, it smells so good! Su Gongzi, what are you doing?" After Xiaohu entered the house, he smelled a fragrance, which was the aroma of wine mixed with the fragrance of flowers, which was particularly good.

Su Jin saw that the rouge was almost boiled, so he extinguished the fire and brought down the casserole. Use a small spoon to scoop the rouge into several wooden boxes, spread a thick layer, add the beef pith of the rouge is shiny, and when the condensation is good, you can apply it to your face or make mouth grease.

Su Jin looked very satisfied, so he put away the two boxes by himself and gave the rest of his brain to Xiaohu: "Thanks to Brother Xiaohu's care for the past two days, I don't have anything good to give you." Seeing the beautiful peach blossoms in the forest, he borrowed flowers to offer the Buddha and made these boxes of rouge, called 'Nu'er Mei', you give it to Miss Luoying, she will be happy. She will definitely be the most beautiful at the Peach Blossom Festival tomorrow. ”

Xiaohu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly thanked Su Jin, took the rouge and ran out quickly.

Su Jin looked at the sky, and before he knew it, it was already dusk, and he remembered that he hadn't eaten for a day, so he felt hungry. When I turned around and saw Jiuyu, lying under the eaves with a sad face, I was already hungry and listless, and I saw Su Jin busy in the kitchen early, thinking that it was cooking, but who knew that after a day of tinkering, I made a few boxes of rouge. Su Jin walked over and picked up the little fox, picked up the two fish that the little tiger had brought back, and went back to the kitchen to cook.

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The next day's Peach Blossom Festival was really lively.

During the day, Su Jin hugged Jiuyu to join in the fun. Walking in the forest, the purple peach branches are sprinkled with ribbons, and you can hear the soft voices of the girls, and the sound of warblers and swallows, which shatters the tranquility of the garden, but does not annoy people. The girls all changed into their favorite clothes, carefully pulled up their hair, and their pretty faces were slightly red, full of youthful brilliance.

The man also walked in the woods together, admiring the embroidery on the branches, and wanted to see what kind of beautiful woman was behind it from the handkerchief that was full of his daughter's thoughts. There are also bold men, who meet groups of women in groups of threes and twos, fall in love at first sight, cheekily go forward to ask for handkerchiefs, some in exchange for a shy smile, and some are spitted in the face.

Su Jin smiled, looked at the flowers, looked at the people, and occasionally stroked the ribbon tied on the branches with his hand, with a little loneliness on his face: "If it is, my beauty is also tied with such a one in this forest, waiting for me to find it, how good it would be."