There were people coming and going on the street, and Yan Niang raised her eyes to look at the lively scene around her, no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't see enough. She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had been out, since she was a child, she had only walked around outside a handful of times, and the place she went to the most was the Splendid Pavilion of the Qi shopkeeper.

Because she was fat and full of red spots, every time she went out, she walked with her head down, afraid of other people's fingers, and didn't even dare to speak loudly.

But since she had a daughter, she has become a lot bolder, and she won't blindly endure being bullied, under the influence of Begonia, she feels that she is getting more and more bold. After moving to the town, I didn't go out for several months in order to do embroidery work, and although I often went to the next door, I rarely went to other places.

These days, Begonia followed the Yun family to learn the beauty cream, she is smart and perceptive, the Yun family taught her the most basic things, she was able to draw inferences from the Yun family's teaching, and finally made a kind of scar removal cream.

After the paste came out, Yan Niang became the first person to try it, and after she first applied it, her face was swollen for several days. Seeing this, Begonia adjusted the recipe again, reduced the herbs in it, and wiped it again for the second time, and sure enough, it didn't have the stinging sensation last time, but it was warm and quite comfortable.

As a woman, how can she not love beauty, Yan Niang insists on applying ointment every day, and she also hopes that the red marks on her face can disappear as soon as possible. The effect of the ointment is very slow, but the effect is very good, Yan Niang insisted on using it for a few months, and when she was almost one year old, the red marks on her face were almost gone, although she could still see that as long as she rubbed some fat powder, she could cover up the past.

Yan Niang had long been thinking about going out two days before her birthday to buy some things needed for the birthday gift. On that day, Yan Niang went out alone, and Begonia went to the next door with Manman. Yun's more and more fond of Begonia, he has a posture of being his own daughter, and even with Yan Niang and Manman's love for the house and Wu, he put his daughter next door, Yan Niang is not worried at all.

She first went to the Splendid Pavilion of Qi's shopkeeper and bought some fabrics, planning to make a new set of clothes for each of the three of her family, and then make some other knick-knacks with the remaining fabrics.

Today's guard of the shop is the wife of the shopkeeper Wu Niangzi, Yan Niang has not come to the Splendid Pavilion for a long time, Wu Niangzi greeted her very happily, and when she saw Yan Niang's smooth and white face, she was stunned.

"Yan Niang, your face..."She didn't know how to speak for a while.

Yan Niang knew what she wanted to ask, and asked with a smile: "What's wrong with my face?." ”

Wu Niangzi took a closer look, and saw that her skin was so smooth that she couldn't even see her hair, and there were almost no flaws on her whole face, which was like a different face than before.

Wu Niangzi's heart moved, and asked, "What kind of elixir are you using, the effect is so magical?" ”

Yan Niang replied a little embarrassed, "It's not a panacea, it's a kind of ointment that Begonia has newly brewed, I wiped it for several months to return to the current appearance, you see that there are no red marks on my face, in fact, it is because I rubbed fat powder, and there are still some faint marks on my face." ”

Wu Niangzi heard the words and took a closer look, and sure enough, she could see some very light red marks, but they looked like natural redness under the cover of fat powder.

Wu Niangzi was moved by the ointment in Yan Niang's mouth, she touched her face, a woman who was nearly forty years old, not only had spots but also a few wrinkles on her face, compared with Yan Niang's face, she was like an old woman.

She asked Yan Niang if the ointment was sold, but Yan Niang said that she couldn't be the master, and she had to go back to discuss with Haitang before she could give her an answer. Wu Niangzi was a little disappointed, but she still hoped that Yan Niang could bring good news.

Coming out of the Splendid Pavilion, Yan Niang went to other shops to buy things, and when she got home, it was already noon. She went to the next door to pick up Manman, and the Yun family left her to have lunch together, and Yan Niang stayed by the way.

During the meal, she mentioned that Wu Niangzi wanted to buy ointment, and Haitang was surprised and fell into thought, "Yes, why didn't I think this could be sold for money." ”

"Godmother, can I sell this paste?" After speaking, he looked at Yun again, "I am very confident in our paste, and it will definitely sell well." ”

Yun said with a smile: "This is something you made up yourself, I don't have the right to call the shots, you can decide for yourself." ”

Haitang couldn't help but be overjoyed when she heard it.

Yun Shi said again: "This beauty cream is not like fat powder, it needs to be made according to each person's situation, your sister Yan Niang is a red mark left by acne, which is a kind of scar that is easier to eliminate." However, spots and wrinkles are different, and if you want to have a good effect, you need to improve the formula. ”

Begonia nodded, and after returning home after eating, she went into her room.

Yan Niang rented a small courtyard, although the place is small, there are many rooms, in addition to the main room and the wing room, there are two ear rooms and an inverted seat room. In order to facilitate the ointment, Begonia chose a backlit room to avoid the ointment losing its effect after being exposed to the sun.

In order to make freckle and wrinkle removal ointment for Wu Niangzi, Yan Niang specially invited her to the house. After Begonia looked at her face carefully, her brows furrowed and loosened, loosened and wrinkled, and then ran into the room of the medicine cream without saying a word.

Seeing this, the black lady asked suspiciously: "What is Miss Begonia doing?" In fact, she didn't know the bottom of her heart.

"She, since she became obsessed with this, she has often been in a hurry, and I guess she went in to improve the ointment." Yan Niang said with a smile.

Wu Niangzi heard this, and if she was a little uneasy before she came, she was a lot calmer now. After about an hour, Begonia finally came out of the house, still holding a palm-sized wooden box in her hand.

Wu Niangzi hurriedly got up and asked, "Miss Begonia, is the ointment you have in your hand for me?" ”

Haitang nodded, handed her the ointment, and explained to her how to use it and the contraindications of its use. After the black lady remembered it, she asked how much the ointment was sold for. Haitang shook his head and said: "This is just a sample, I don't know what the effect is, you take it back and use it first, and then give money when it has an effect." ”

Wu Niangzi listened and said happily: "Okay, I'll take it back and use it first, even if it doesn't work, I'll give the money." ”

After finishing speaking, he happily left with the box in his hand.

After Wu Niangzi came back from Yan Niang's house, she absentmindedly guarded the shop for a day. At night, I washed my face with water first, and then I couldn't wait to open the box and dig up a piece of ointment and slowly wipe it on my face.

Shopkeeper Qi came in from outside and smelled a faint medicinal fragrance, he glanced at his wife who was wiping his face in front of the bronze mirror, and asked, "What are you wiping here, it smells quite fragrant." ”

Wu Niangzi pointed to the wooden box on the dresser and said, "Oh, it's just this wrinkle and freckle cream." ”

When Shopkeeper Qi heard this, he frowned and said, "Can this thing be useful?" Instead of spending money on these things, you should buy some supplements to eat. ”

Wu Niangzi glanced at him, and said angrily: "I didn't spend money on this, this is Yan Niang's sister who made it herself, she said, it's okay to pay if it has an effect." ”

Speaking of this, she approached her husband and said, "You don't know, Yan Niang just used her sister's ointment, as if she had changed her face, and all those scary red marks were gone." ”

Shopkeeper Qi hadn't seen Yan Niang for several months, and said with some disbelief: "Come on, those scars on her face are left by acne, how many doctors took her face back then, and it can be cured with the ointment of a yellow-haired girl?" ”

Seeing that her husband didn't believe it, Wu Niangzi simply didn't bother to say it, she was still looking forward to the effect of the ointment. That night she had a dream in which her skin had become tender and white, that her dark spots and wrinkles were gone, and that her face was as tender as that of a little girl.

When I woke up the next day, I immediately looked in the mirror and found that the dark spots were still there, and the wrinkles were still there, but the skin on my face was much finer than before. She thought of what Haitang had said that this ointment to remove freckles and wrinkles is not achieved overnight, and she has to insist on using it.

She touched her cheek again, determined to wipe her face every day.

Two months passed quickly, and Wu Niangzi came to Yan Niang's house with an empty box. Yan Niang was teaching Manman to walk, and when she heard someone knocking on the door, she hurriedly picked up Manman and went to open the door.

"Wu Niangzi, why are you here?" Yan Niang asked in surprise.

Her gaze uncontrollably stayed on the black lady's face, and she couldn't help but be taken aback, "Your face..."

Wu Niangzi touched her face and asked excitedly, "Yan Niang, do you see that my face is very smooth and fair?" ”

Yan Niang nodded, from her point of view, the spots on Wu Niangzi's face were almost gone, and her originally yellowish complexion had become fair and delicate, and she looked several years younger than before.

Wu Niangzi said excitedly as she walked inside: "I'm really happy, this ointment of Begonia is so useful." ”

"But your wrinkles..."Yan Niang said hesitantly. It was true that there were no black spots on her face, but the corners of her eyes were still there, and she looked a little lighter than she had been a month ago.

Wu Niangzi said disapprerovitically: "What I hate the most is the spots on my face, these are all grown after giving birth to children, and they have grown for many years, not to mention how much I hate them." As for wrinkles, they will grow as long as they get older, and I'm not so obsessed with this. ”

Yan Niang didn't expect Wu Niangzi to see it so openly, and she still admired her in her heart. The black lady talked to her for a while, and after the begonia came back from next door, the black lady stuffed a purse into her hand.

Haitang was about to refuse, but she heard her say: "Haitang, this is what you should receive, my face can become beautiful thanks to you, if you don't accept it, I will not have a face in the future." ”

Hearing her say this, Begonia had no choice but to accept it. Wu Niangzi took the opportunity to propose that she wanted to buy a few boxes of ointment, and Haitang answered, turned around and went to the house to get a few boxes, but this time she refused to accept the money.

Begonia actually has her own thoughts, these days she has made a lot of ointments, including beauty and freckle removal, scar removal, and incense-like ointment, she pondered that she could open a shop.

She told Yan Niang first, Yan Niang didn't object, she knew the effect of the ointment made of Begonia best, and it would definitely sell well, but the craft of this medicinal ointment was taught by the Yun family, and before that, she proposed that Haitang go to inform the Yun family first.

Haitang went to mention this matter to the Yun family again, and the Yun family did not object, and even supported it. Haitang wanted to pull her into the shares, but she didn't agree after thinking about it for a few days.

Haitang persuaded: "Godmother, you can open a shop with me, and I don't want you to pay, just borrow your name." You also know that Sister Yan Niang and I are weak, if you don't have a town, what if you are bullied? ”

"Besides, the righteous brother has just started to be an official now, and he doesn't have much money, and he has to go out to socialize, at the feet of the emperor in the capital, it is really difficult to move an inch without money. Even for their sake, you should think about it. ”

Yun was not interested in doing business, but when he heard Haitang say this, he was also a little shaken in his heart, discussed it with her husband, and finally agreed to Haitang's proposal.

Silver is indispensable to open a shop, Yan Niang divided the only fifty taels in the family into two parts, of which thirty-five taels were handed over to Begonia for business, and the other fifteen taels were kept for the family.

Although the Yun family agreed to partner with Begonia, she really couldn't come up with any money, and finally took a golden hairpin in the dowry as twenty taels of silver, and Begonia didn't want it, but she was forced into her hand.

Haitang is young and a woman, looking for a shop these are indispensable to ask someone to come forward, Yan Niang went to the shopkeeper Qi and his wife to help, the shopkeeper Qi moved quickly, and finally chose the shop that sold fat powder diagonally opposite the Splendid Pavilion.

The fat flour shop was dismal because of its business, and the boss planned to close the shop and return to the village, but the shopkeeper Qi had some friendship with the boss, and the two took down the shop after a meal.

Shopkeeper Qi became a Chinese person for a while, Yan Niang gave him the usual money as a thank you gift, and Shopkeeper Qi happily accepted it after a few words of refusal. After Wu Niangzi found out, she also said that this thank you gift was too heavy, and she had to return half of it.

Yan Niang said: "Since we moved to the town, Wu Niangzi and Shopkeeper Qi have helped us a lot, and the silver is not much, if we return half of it, won't we have no face to see people." ”

Wu Niangzi wanted to say something, and listened to her again: "In the future, the shop will open, and Wu Niangzi needs to support her more." ”

Hearing her say this, Wu Niangzi patted her chest, indicating that this matter was wrapped up in her.