The merchant travels to various remote mountain villages, making a living by selling bits and pieces of trinkets to earn the difference.

If it was Shen Ningshuang in the past, she would definitely not look down on this kind of picker and hawker, but now that she has become Shen Niannian, she can only use this.

The grease sold by the merchant is mixed with an inferior aroma, which is not only pungent and coarse, but it is very cheap, and such a box the size of half a palm is only five cents, which is quite popular with these country women.

Shen Niannian spent five cents to buy a box of grease to wipe his hands, there are a lot of hard calluses on the hands of this body, because of the cold weather, there are cracks in many places, and a layer of white skin has appeared. Although she can't change the fact that she has become an ugly monster, she still wishes she could have a pair of beautiful hands.

Although this body is already old, it is definitely too late to start skin nourishment now, but it can always have some effect.

The aroma of the grease was very pungent, Shen Niannian frowned, scooped a small spoonful before wiping it on his hand.

Her face was also very dry from the wind, but she didn't dare to wipe this kind of thing on her face.

Shen Niannian sighed lightly, only when the weather is better next year and the flowers on this mountain bloom, then I can find a way to make some good grease to wipe my face, and this winter can only be made to make do with it for the time being.

Fortunately, Zhuyue told her a skin care recipe before, and now she remembers it very clearly, otherwise she would really have to use this inferior thing.

Hiding in the house, wiping his hands carefully, Shen Niannian put away the grease, and seeing that Shen had not come out yet, he tied the door, found the needle and thread hidden in the house, and began to make a purse.

Although these hands are used to farm work and are rough, they are a pair of intact hands.

When she was still Shen Ningshuang, she also had the reputation of a talented woman in Kyoto, with a pair of slender jade hands, making lifelike paintings, even the emperor was greatly appreciated.

She has even received a lot of valuable rewards for this.

It's just that......

Her former hands were ruined by a man she worshipped as heaven because of a woman! Shen Niannian pinched the needle, her eyes darkened, remembering the past that had made her feel hopeless, and a pair of beautiful eyes flashed with hatred.

She didn't draw any flowers on the canvas, but by feeling, in a few moments, a lifelike white plum appeared on the gray-brown coarse cloth.

She thought about it carefully, and embroidered a few small buds with buds next to the white plum, and added a few plum petals, and suddenly this small piece of coarse cloth became good-looking.

A white plum is only the size of a thumb, and her embroidery has always been very good, so it didn't take much effort.

After cutting the cloth, Shen Niannian quickly embroidered the purse, heard the sound outside, and hurriedly put the things away, and then hurriedly opened the door.

"Niannian, what are you doing? Why do you tie the door in broad daylight? Shen Xiuniang stood at the door with the food, and asked curiously while looking into her room.

"Mother, I'm rubbing the grease, you smell it, this grease is fragrant." Shen Niannian's face remained unchanged, and he smiled and put the back of his hand to Shen Xiuniang's nose, and the pungent fragrance immediately made Shen frown.

"You just took the money and went to buy the cream and came back? Didn't buy anything else? Shen asked curiously, not caring about his daughter's family buying some grease or something.

"I also bought some colored threads and came back, I plan to weave a head rope for my mother, this is not about the New Year, and we don't have to spend more money to buy those things outside." Shen Niannian smiled and took the food in her hand and went directly into the house.

The food on the eldest cousin's side must have been sent by Wang Sanniang, after all, there are two big men over there, and their family, a woman who has no relatives and no reason, naturally has to avoid suspicion.

Looking at today's obviously very rich meal, Shen Niannian pretended to be surprised and said: "Uncle Lizheng, they are really generous, they actually made so many meat dishes, can Du Gongzi finish eating?" ”

Shen Xiuniang entered the house, sat down directly at the table, poured herself a glass of water, and then said with a light smile: "In addition to the Du Gongzi, there is also their Heng brother's share, but our mother is not bad, but it is stained with Du Gongzi's light, you can also eat more good, look at your thin appearance, my mother will feel distressed when she sees it." ”

Shen Niannian pursed her lips and smiled, and said lightly: "How can there be, mother, our life will definitely get better and better in the future." ”

She said this very sincerely, although she felt that this cheap lady's attitude towards the original owner was really strange, but after all, she occupied the body of other people's daughters, even if it was not what she wanted, but it still made her feel glad to be able to regain her life.

Therefore, if one day, she can recognize her father and them, then Shen, she will naturally not be treated badly.

However, the secret of resurrecting the soul through the corpse will definitely not be known to her.

After all, this thing was too unbelievable, and she didn't want to be burned alive as a ghost.

The two didn't eat much, so they were in her house, and after lunch, Shen went to take a nap.

Shen Niannian took advantage of the excuse of taking a nap to embroider several purses, planning to sell them when the merchant came next time.

Now that she can save a little money, when the spring of next year comes, she will be able to make some flower cream powder and sell it secretly.

This was still her idea when she saw that the inferior grease in the burden of the merchant was also very popular in the village.

But it's still winter, so there's no hurry.

After embroidering seven or eight purses, Shen Niannian rubbed his eyes and yawned and went out.

Thanks to her cousin's blessing, Wang Sanniang specially brought their charcoal brazier over, and the hall house became very warm because of this, and her house was quite large, so the surrounding neighbors were also willing to come to the door after dinner.

When they have nothing to do, they will bring their own sweet potatoes and potatoes to throw into the brazier, and if they are hungry, they can eat something hot.

As soon as Shen Niannian went out, he smelled the aroma of food coming from the side of the hall, and at the same time, there was the laughter of the villagers, among which Wang Sanniang's voice was particularly obvious.

She hooked her lips and smiled, although the countrymen did not have enough money for them to squander their lives, but this kind of unguarded chatter and laughter sitting together was a life that the so-called aristocratic circle could not hope for in their lifetime.

Rubbing her eyes, she walked directly towards the location of the hall, although she really wanted to know the whereabouts of her father from the mouth of her eldest cousin, but now that Wang Sanniang is there, she can't go to the eldest cousin openly.

Otherwise, there will definitely be some ugly rumors coming out at that time.

"I'll just say that the old woman of the old Liu family is a demon by herself, now it's okay, don't say that her first great-grandson is gone, even Brother Qi is making trouble about the separation, I also saw them go to your house this morning, are they discussing the separation of the family?"

"That Qi Ge'er is really, isn't it just that he lost a child, and he won't be able to conceive in the future, why do you have to break up the family with such a trivial matter?"

"It's not that you don't know, the old lady of the Liu family is biased, she doesn't treat the family in the second room as a person, she all serves the big room and the third room, you can see Brother An'er's thin appearance and the white and chubby girl in the big room to know what kind of life they are doing."

"Then this separation, can Liu Er's stubborn temper agree?"

……

As soon as Shen Niannian entered the door, he heard the ladies in the house chatting about the village again.

However, after she entered the house, the aunts and aunts inside immediately changed the topic and greeted her with a smile.

"Niannian, are you awake? Come and sit down and try our baked potatoes, they are fragrant. ”

"How can baked potatoes be as delicious as roasted sweet potatoes? Come to Niannian, come to Auntie, let's talk. ”

The eldest lady was very enthusiastic on her face, but Shen Niannian also knew that these villagers were just covering up what they said just now.

Anyway, before that, their Shen family was still a family with the old Liu family, and of course they were a little embarrassed to gossip in front of others.

Shen Niannian smiled, as if he hadn't heard the words of these ladies before, just walked over, surrounded the brazier, while absorbing the warmth in the house, while taking the roasted potatoes handed over by a lady, and said happily: "Aunt Zhang, what did you say just now." ”

"It's nothing, it's just those trivial things in the village, Nian Nian, you're not too young, don't you really plan to find a good man to marry? You're staying at home all the time, but you're gossiping. Aunt Zhang smiled honestly, and did not answer her words directly, but directly changed the topic.

In the morning, they heard that someone was going to tell this ugly girl about kissing, but they didn't expect to be rejected by Shen Xiuniang without hesitation, and immediately said a lot of bad things about Shen Niannian outside, but their neighbors also knew the temperament of this old girl.

They also watched Shen Niannian grow up, although this girl was always gray before, but she still couldn't hide her natural beauty, they had never seen such a well-behaved and beautiful girl, and she didn't know how much better than those young ladies raised by outsiders in the town.

It's a pity that God is jealous of his face, and after he gets sick, his beautiful face is ruined.

Otherwise, when such a delicate little girl grows up, I don't know how many young men will be fascinated.

Shen Niannian was a little helpless, these ladies like to worry about here and there all day long, even if some things have nothing to do with them, they also like to make do with it.

sighed secretly, but she showed a somewhat shy smile on her face: "I listen to my mother, and it's not bad to live with my mother for the rest of my life." ”

"Hey! How can I listen to your mother? Whose girl is this girl who won't marry when she grows up? Now that I have listened to your mother, you will be the one who will suffer in the future! ”

Aunt Zhang said with a disapproving face, and the lady next to her also spoke straightforwardly.

"That's it! Even if you're ugly, it's not like you can't get married! Your mother doesn't know what to think, why don't I look at her like she doesn't care for you at all! If I were your mother, I would recruit a son-in-law, there is no man in this family, it is still a family! ”

Before the lady finished speaking, Aunt Zhang suddenly pulled her sleeve, and the ladies around her, who were still listening to it, also looked at her.

Shen Niannian noticed that something was wrong, and immediately raised his head, and saw Shen Xiuniang standing at the door with a black face, obviously hearing the words of the eldest lady just now.