It was late at night.

Ning Xiu slowly stroked his wife's cheek.

So warm.

It's been a long time since it's been like this. Since he had been training the new army, he seemed to have spent very little time with his wife. Today he has to make amends and fulfill his responsibilities as a husband.

"Husband, my father wrote a letter to urge me again, saying that I want to hug my grandson as soon as possible."

was thinking about it, but Ling'er took the initiative to speak, full of tenderness.

Ning Xiu smiled a little uncomfortably and said, "What, this is the original words of Old Taishan?" ”

"Of course, or else? Ah, don't you think I made these up? ”

Ning Xiu took Ling'er into his arms and kissed her lightly in the center of her eyebrows: "Shhh, don't speak." ”

Ling'er nodded and lifted her body, trying to meet Ning Xiu.

After a long time, Qi Ling'er gently pushed Ning Xiu away.

"Husband, you, the Guangdong Haiphong Provincial Inspector, have worked too hard. The concubine pondered whether to move around and change to an idle errand? ”

"You think I'm hard?"

Ning Xiu asked with some surprise.

"Of course, didn't you notice that you have lost a lot of weight recently?"

Ning Xiu smiled bitterly: "I really didn't notice this. But I think the current errand is very good, people have to keep themselves busy, otherwise the whole day will be the little thing in front of you, and you will not be bored to death. ”

Qi Ling'er still didn't give up: "Husband, don't you want to be a Beijing official?" With your experience of being released, it is definitely not a problem to be transferred back to Beijing, not to mention..."

Ning Xiu shook his head and said, "I don't have that plan for the time being." The Jingguan are all talkative, and they are all old-fashioned. I don't want to work with a bunch of old guys. Besides, Guangdong is far away from Beijing, so everything is done casually, and there is no need to be strict in everything, worrying about the impeachment of the imperial history. ”

"Well, that's just as well."

Qi Ling'er sighed, obviously a little disappointed.

"That's right!"

Ning Xiu seemed to suddenly remember something, and turned over to himself.

"Husband, what are you doing?"

Ning Xiu smiled and said, "Show you something, you'll know in a while." ”

Qi Ling'er sat up expectantly, waiting for Ning Xiu to surprise her.

The room was pitch black, Ning Xiu lit the lamp first, and after getting used to the light, he walked to the table and opened a small box.

"I call this lipstick, you can try it."

"What is lipstick?"

"It's similar to the lipstick you use."

"It's rouge."

Qi Ling'er smiled: "Then I want to take a good look." ”

Ning Xiu spun and pushed the lipstick head out and said, "I made the inside into a thread, so that when I use it, as long as I rotate it like this, the head can be pushed out." ”

Ning Xiu demonstrated it to Qi Ling'er, and then said, "You can try it." ”

Qi Ling'er took the lipstick with great interest, squeezed it for a while, and carefully applied the lipstick to her lips.

"Husband, is that so?"

"Yes, exactly. Apply lightly to lips. ”

It has to be said that women are really gifted when it comes to using cosmetics. Many can be understood at one point, or even without a teacher.

"When not in use, rotate it in the opposite direction and put it away. Then cover it with a hat to protect it from moisture. ”

"Wow, this method of use is really novel, the concubine body has never seen it before."

In fact, in ancient times, there was lipstick similar to lipstick, and the main material was rouge. But it is generally packed in a utensil, and when used, it is applied evenly on the face and lips with your hands.

The lipstick made by Ning Xiu is indeed subversive in the way it is used.

"Like it? Use it. ”

Ning Xiu enjoyed the feeling of showing off in front of his wife.

Qi Ling'er only felt that she couldn't put it down, so she broke it over and over, and was busy.

Eventually, she lit a few more lamps and took a glass mirror to admire for herself.

"Ah, it's more evenly applied than ordinary lip balm. Husband, look at it, isn't the concubine's lip makeup beautiful? ”

"You're so beautiful, you look good in whatever you paint."

Ning Xiu's love words were straight to Ling'er's heart, and he rushed towards him smartly.

The red lips lightly touched Ning Xiu's cheeks, and there was a bright lip print, mixed with a fragrance that made people intoxicated.

"Husband, you're so nice."

"Oh? Then you'll have to serve your husband well tonight. ”

Ning Xiu's hooked lower abdomen was hot, and he pounced forward and pressed his wife under him.

Suddenly, there was Ling'er's gasping and murmuring...

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Ling'er got up to freshen up.

Unlike in the past, today she added a step to apply lipstick.

Although it was also smeared yesterday, it was all stuck to Ning Xiu's face when it was intimate, and he had to start anew.

When Ning Xiu woke up, he saw that his beloved wife was still putting on makeup, so he gently leaned over and said, "Why hasn't the freshness passed yet?" ”

"Ah, doesn't your husband walk silently?"

She said with disgust: "Of course I won't get tired of it, the concubine is going to promote it to tens of millions of families." ”

Ning Xiu also had this intention, but it was not appropriate for him to do it. After all, no matter what he says now, he is also an official of the imperial court.

Ling'er took the initiative to invite Ying, which is naturally the best.

"How are you going to promote lipstick, through the Chamber of Commerce?"

"Of course not."

Qi Ling'er rolled her eyes and said: "We supply all the rouge shops in Guangdong, so that there will be more profits from the Chamber of Commerce." ”

"But in this way, the promotion will be much worse."

"No, it won't."

Qi Linger argued: "The Chamber of Commerce has a good promotion of bulk trading. Like silk tea and the like. But for gadgets like rouge gouache, which one will go to the Chamber of Commerce to ask? This lipstick should also be considered rouge, I think it will sell well in the rouge shop. ”

"That's just as well."

Ning Xiu nodded and said, "But why do people help us sell lipstick, isn't this equivalent to smashing our own business?" ”

As a modern person, Ning Xiu certainly knows the power of lipstick, and if it is really promoted, the lip grease used by women in the Ming Dynasty will probably withdraw from the stage of history.

"No, we can give them a commission, so that everyone can earn. On top of that, they are eager to work with us when they realize the irreplaceability of lipstick. ”

Ning Xiu nodded, and he recognized the plan proposed by his wife. The only problem is that you will encounter crazy imitations.

There's no way around it. After all, Daming does not have a copyright patent. Under the interests, the merchant will do anything.

But that's not a problem.

After all, Daming is too big, and it is impossible for Ning Xiu to monopolize the entire rouge industry.

As the creator of lipstick, he only needs to make a lot of money from it.

As for the subsequent thinning of profits, it is inevitable that it can only be maintained in a position of relative advantage with the help of high quality.

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you."

"Don't worry, husband, but the concubine has a requirement."

"What is it?"

"The name of this lipstick is Qi's lipstick."

"Well, it's all up to you."

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