Chapter 9. Hosta
Stepping into the door of the pharmacy, a familiar smell of medicine came to my nose, and I couldn't help but feel happy. A guy about thirty years old greeted him with a smile on his face. "May I ask if the two sons are going to see a doctor, or are they taking medicine?"
I was slightly stunned, Childe? Suddenly remembered that he was now wearing a light gray robe, his long hair was tied up by a wooden hairpin, and because he was not used to not having a bra to bind his chest, he pulled a strip of cloth instead, and it was reasonable to be regarded as a man. Suddenly I was playful: It's the first time for me to dress up as a man! I couldn't help but loosen my voice: "Grab the medicine." β
Hearing me say this, Kong'er hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Xuan'er?" β
I tapped on his head. "If you don't feel uncomfortable, you can't come to grab medicine?"
Sora raised his hand and gently touched the place I had just knocked on, and said no more.
I took out the pre-written prescription from my sleeve and handed it to the man, but I was a little apprehensive in my heart: I didn't know that the name of this medicine in another world was different from what I knew in my previous life.
I saw that the guy glanced at the prescription twice, and then smiled. "We have all the medicinal materials that the prince needs, please sit down for a while, and I will go and grab the medicine for the two of you."
As soon as I sat down, I was attracted by the row of wooden boxes on the counter of the pharmacy and stepped forward. When I stepped forward to see it, I was overjoyed. I saw that several of the boxes contained peach kernels, almonds, black beans, angelica, white roots, white and, atractylodes, white poria cocos, agarwood, soaphorn, and musk. These are all skincare and beauty baby!
Seeing that my eyes lit up, another guy who was grabbing medicine came forward. "What does Childe need?"
"Yes, yes, yes! This, this, this ......" I pointed to in turn. "Bring me three taels of the same." I was a little incoherent with excitement.
"Childe wants so much?" The man looked surprised. "Does Childe know the respective functions of these medicinal herbs? If you buy it back at once without distinction like Childe, I'm afraid it will go wrong. β
I laughed in my heart, how could I not know? I think he doesn't know. My mind turned again, no, this guy has been in the pharmacy all day long, how could he not know that these medicinal herbs are combined to have the effect of nourishing the skin? Could it be that this Nanli has never considered that medicinal herbs can also be used for skin care? Suddenly I had a thought: the cost of opening a pharmacy is too high, it is better to open a beauty salon first, and ensure that you can't find a second one in this southern country!
The more I thought about it, the more confident I became, so I said to the guy: "I have my own measure, and I still bother the guy to grab the medicine." β
But seeing that the guy was still suspicious when he grabbed the medicine, his movements were skillful.
When he came out of the pharmacy, he suddenly remembered that he didn't have a single woman's shirt in this time and space, so he searched for a ready-to-wear store. Sora was also quite good-natured with me.
As I walked, I saw a garment store with a magnificent front door, and the three words "Xianyunfang" were written on the plaque. When you enter the store, you will find that the store not only sells men's and women's ready-to-wear, but also has a variety of jewelry and rouge gouache on the shelves. A change of mind: since you plan to start from a beauty salon, you must first understand the market. Then he walked towards the shelves where the rouge gouache was placed.
I saw that small boxes of different shapes and materials were neatly placed on the shelves. I picked up a round white porcelain box, opened the lid, and found that it was a box of vermilion lipstick. I put it under my nose and sniffed it, the taste was sweet and greasy, and I sniffed it carefully, and I smelled a trace of sulfur, which was a bit like asphalt. My heart moved: it's cinnabar!
Sure enough, no matter what time and space it was, the main material of rouge gouache was always cinnabar. I sighed in my heart: I put cinnabar on my lips all day long, don't you know that cinnabar is poisonous?! The ancient woman was simply committing suicide in a chronic way! My heart suddenly became proud again, my female compatriots who left the country in the south, fortunately I came, let me save you!
Just as he wanted to put down the porcelain box, he heard a slightly hoarse but charming female voice beside him: "Childe wants to buy lipstick for the girl he likes?" β
I didn't answer, just smiled and turned to the shelf next to me. The shelves here are the kind of silver hairpins that I noticed when I first entered the city, but the workmanship and material are obviously several grades higher than what I saw on the road. And it is not limited to the single-strand hairpin, but also the double-strand hairpin and the step with hanging beads, the material is also from gold to silver and even gold inlaid jade, all kinds of colors, dazzling.
Seeing Kong'er standing in front of a set of hair accessories for a long time, I was a little curious, so I stepped forward.
I saw that he was staring at a set of mutton fat jade hairpins, the jade was white all over, and the hairpins of the three hairpins were carved with a begonia, a swallow and a full moon set off by auspicious clouds. I am a little puzzled, the hairpin head carved by the hairpin head I saw along the way are all related to three things, but why did this set of hairpins carve these three unrelated things? However, the carving technique of the hairpin is very exquisite, and I saw that the swallow's wings were stretched out, and the sharp beak was stretched forward, as if to peck the begonia. Look at the begonia again, the petals open like an umbrella, lifelike. And the full moon is carved extremely thin, almost transparent, and extremely transmitted, and it really looks like a full moon with its own brilliance. I like it very much.
I secretly said to myself: the one who can afford this set of hairpins must be a rich man. As if unwilling, I approached the three hairpins a little closer. Three hairpins were found on top of the wooden hairpins, placed from top to bottom, with a full moon, swallows and begonias, which looked more and more like a still life painting.
Hey? When I got closer, I realized that there was a poem on the handle of the flying swallow hairpin in small characters. I unconsciously whispered: "I am not afraid of the grass and sigh the shallowness, but I wish the swallow to think of the clear sky." β
Looking at the second half of the poem, my heart was shocked: this ...... Isn't this the poem that Sora read in my ear last night? How could it be......
Before I could think further, Kong'er suddenly grabbed my hand and said, "Xuan'er, can I give you this hairpin?" I looked into his eyes, and saw that his eyes were full of anticipation.
I was thinking about how to answer him, but I heard the proprietress say, "Oh boy, it's really unfortunate, we can't sell this set of hairpins." β
"Why don't you sell it?" Kong'er was a little angry.
"This set of hairpins is a distinguished guest of our Xianyun Fang sent someone to our store to customize, it is to give to his fiancΓ©e, and we are not allowed to make this style to sell it in the future, saying that we want to ensure that this set of hairpins is unique." The proprietress seemed to be telling us, and as if she was talking to herself: "But...... It has been two years since the distinguished customer made this set of hairpins, and he has not been seen to pick it up, and the distinguished customer did not leave the address of the house at that time, so he had to keep it in the store. β
Xu Shi sensed that it was a little inappropriate for him to talk about customers behind his back, and the proprietress coughed lightly and said to Kong'er: "Son, why don't you take a look at other hairpins?" The workmanship of our hair accessories is extremely exquisite. β
I was about to say something more, but I grabbed my sleeve.
I smiled and said, "Don't forget, we're here to buy clothes." "But the thoughts in my mind are chaotic, and the hosta ...... That verse...... And also...... Kong'er, what is the connection between this, or what is the connection between these and the original owner?
Absentmindedly, I chose three or four sets of autumn and winter women's clothes, and walked to the door of the store with my free time. At this moment, a young girl walked up, who seemed to be the same age as the original owner of my body. The girl was dressed in a peach-pink brocade dress and came in style. casually looked at her face, and couldn't help but be stunned: what a beauty! Willow eyebrows, apricot eyes, a high nose bridge, a small cherry mouth, and a pear vortex on the cheeks appear and disappear.
Xu felt my gaze, and she looked at me. Eyes met, she was stunned for a moment, and then there was an unbelievable expression on her face, her eyes were full of tears, and she suddenly rushed over and hugged my shoulder, I subconsciously wanted to break free, but because of the situation, I had to hold back.
She said in a choked voice: "Xuan...... Xuan'er ...... I...... I'm not dreaming, am I? As he spoke, tears fell down his face.
I smiled bitterly to myself, you are not dreaming, the person who is dreaming is me, otherwise how could I be so confused about the situation? But I was not moved in my heart: this girl was afraid that she was a friend of the original owner, and she would behave like this when she saw me when she learned about the original owner's jumping off the cliff.
But how to deal with it is a big question. Tell her she recognized the wrong person? I looked at her tear-stained face again, and I really couldn't give up. But if I don't say that, I don't know how long I can pretend to be the original owner, after all, I only guessed that she was the daughter of a big family, and I didn't know anything else. Pretending to have amnesia? β¦β¦
Before I could make a decision, the girl pulled me out, and said as she went, "Let's go to Mingxianglou and have a good chat." β
The girl was so excited that I wasn't allowed to react too much, but just pulled me to walk quickly. I had no choice but to look back, and saw the girl's two entourage of guards following closely, and then there was Kong'er, who was a little absent-minded, and did not know what to think.
We didn't go far before we arrived at the so-called Mingxiang Building. Stepping into the threshold, I found that this was a three-story teahouse, and there was a stage on the left hand side of the entrance on the first floor, but at this time it was a white-bearded storyteller, dressed in a navy blue robe, sitting in front of a mahogany table, on which were placed teapots, teacups, and a piece of wood. The storyteller was telling anecdotes in high spirits. Everyone sat in the antechamber opposite the stage.
Based on the furnishings of this teahouse, I guess only the princes and nobles can afford to spend it here.
There are wooden stairs on the left and right sides of the hall on the first floor, and the girl was just about to go upstairs with me, only to see a middle-aged man coming down from the upper floor, smiling happily, and said: "Eh, princess, you really haven't been here for a long time, and you are still Mu Yuexuan today?" His gaze swept towards me, but his expression didn't change significantly.
My heart jumped, princess? This girl is actually the princess of Nanli! Since the original owner can be friendly with the princess, he must have an extraordinary family background.