Chapter 3 There is no money for shopping
"Look at it, there are two such big holes in this dress, can the eldest lady wear it out? Wearing this dress to go out without spring leaking?" Aunt Wang smiled and pointed out the hole in the clothes to Xiaomei: "In this way, I will wash the clothes first, remove the smell, dry them in the cold and sun, and then make up for them, and then smear the soil and ashes, as soon as you can, you can come and get it at noon." β
"Can you get it at noon?" Xiaomei asked hesitantly.
"Don't worry, the sun is big today, and you can get it at noon. Aunt Wang said with a smile.
Xiaomei had to go back and tell the eldest lady.
At noon, Xiaomei took the clothes and came to Qiu Miaoxue, Qiu Miaoxue was impatient to wait, took the clothes and smelled them, sure enough, there was no smell of sweat, although there was still a faint smell of earth, but she felt that she could still compromise.
Xiaomei said seriously on the side: "Aunt Wang specially instructed me when I gave me clothes, if you want to pretend to be a beggar, don't rub fat powder anymore." β
"Ghost girl, got it. After putting on the ragged clothes, Qiu Miaoxue turned around and asked, "How is it?" β
Xiaomei wanted to laugh when she saw it, but she still held back and said, "Not bad, not bad......"
"Then come and ash the bottom of the pot for me. Qiu Miaoxue looked at the bronze mirror and thought it was good.
"Ah, let me paint it......" Xiaomei looked reluctant, but when she saw the young lady's willow eyebrows, she had to say: "Okay, good, I'll paint ......"
After a while, Xiaomei painted the eldest lady with a big black face, even on her neck and hands, and after she finished painting, she looked at the eldest lady's appearance, and sighed and shook her head.
"Dead girl, what's wrong with you, sigh. Hearing Xiaomei's voice, the eldest lady asked very unhappily.
Xiaomei sighed again and said, "I said Miss, what are you pretending to be bad, you have to pretend to be a beggar, look, which beggar has such a bright comb?"
"That's right, then just tie up your hair and wear a straw hat. Qiu Miaoxue frowned slightly, and then said with a roll of her eyes.
"And the shoes are so new...... The pants have to be torn a little bit...... Spread some more dirt...... Smear some more ......"
It took more than an hour for the master and servant to finally finish their makeup, if it weren't for a closer look, Qiu Miaoxue's dress would really look like a little beggar.
She looked in front of the mirror and felt very satisfied with the outfit.
"Miss, what should I do if you dress up as a little beggar?" Xiaomei looked at the excited eldest lady with a face full of excitement, and suddenly remembered something: "Where can I find such a outfit again?"
"You ββ?" the eldest lady said with a grin, "You just stay at home, how can there be a beggar with a ...... ring"
"Ah, won't you take me with you, what if you let the master know?" Xiaomei was startled when she heard this.
"It's not the first time, if you don't say it, I won't say it, how will Daddy know, stay at home well, and come back Miss Ben will bring you sugar gourds to eat"
"Miss......"
When Xiaomei was about to say something more, Qiu Miaoxue just waved her hand behind her back, and then ran away without a trace.
Xiaomei looked at the eldest lady who went away and sighed, shook her head again, turned around and went to report to the old lady Qiu Datou, it is not a matter of once or twice that the young lady leaves her out alone, every time the young lady goes out, she has to report to the old lady first, otherwise she can't afford to afford it if something happens, but the eldest lady has not known about what she reported to the old man.
In the backyard of Fengyuan Villa, Qiu Datou was reclining on the Taishi chair under an old locust tree, drinking tea while basking in the sun half-asleep.
"You said that the eldest lady went out dressed as a beggar?" Qiu Datou leaned on the Taishi chair and took a sip of tea with a slight smile, and then asked unhurriedly, he was already familiar with this kind of nonsense.
"Yes, sir. Xiaomei bowed and replied.
"En-" Qiu Datou took another sip of tea and asked, "Which secret guest followed?"
The "secret guest" in Qiu Datou's mouth is the martial artist of the villa, and there are two kinds of martial artists in the villa, one is the martial artist of the courtyard on the surface, who usually stands guard in the gatehouse or receives visitors.
There is also a kind of martial artist called "Dark Guest", "Dark Guest" is generally a martial artist with high martial arts and is very good at disguise, and the main responsibility is to protect the important people in the villa, these "Dark Guest" easily do not show up, and they will not make a move if there is no big thing, but hiring a "Dark Guest" is several times higher than hiring an ordinary nursing martial artist.
"Back to the old man, it was Xu Yanke who followed. Xiaomei paused and said, "I sent a signal to Xu Yanke when Miss was putting on makeup." β
Qiu Datou nodded slightly, then waved his hand and said, "Good job, go down." β
"Yes, sir," Xiaomei bowed and turned to leave.
Xu Darker ranked among the top five martial arts in the entire villa, and he has always been responsible for protecting the safety of the eldest lady, so when he heard that Xu "Darkguest" followed, he didn't have anything to worry about, his body shrank on the Taishi's chair, squinted his eyes and became drowsy, and muttered: "The little girl can really make a fuss...... After a while, the snoring gradually sounded.
Of course, Qiu Miaoxue didn't know that there were still people secretly protecting her, if she knew that someone followed her when she went out to play, it would definitely be a troublemaker, or maybe she would try her best to get rid of the people who followed her when she went out to play, so Qiu Datou strictly ordered that the eldest lady must not let the eldest lady know that someone was protecting her.
Qiu Miaoxue dressed as a little beggar and came to the street to shake it, and sure enough, no one could recognize her, neither reached out to her to ask for money, nor acted for her, and there was not even anyone who looked at her twice.
Walking around here, looking at the beauty in my heart, pretending to be a child and no one recognizes me, I feel a little accomplished.
Maybe it's because of the different mentality, everything I see today is full of freshness, there are people selling flowers, powder, paintings, birds, and cloth on the street...... There is a wide range of everything, and she was always attracted by those singing operas before, but she really hasn't gone shopping.
Touch this, look at that, but I don't buy a thing, and sometimes I am pushed aside as a little beggar "go away, go away, go away...... go".
It was fresh for a while, but my stomach suddenly "gurgling, gurgling-" screamed, and it was just before the time for lunch.
When I got up in the morning, I felt no appetite, so I didn't eat much, and when I was at home just now, Aunt Li had already brought the meal to her boudoir, but she and Xiaomei were patronizing and putting on makeup, and they forgot to eat when they left, so they suddenly felt hungry.
Although it has already passed the meal, it is a main street in the Xicheng District of Qinglin City, and it is crowded with people from morning to night, from the south to the north, those who collect medicine, those who drink wood, those who hunt, those who sell art, and those who sell dog skin plasters...... There is a constant stream of comings and goings.
Since there are people who come there to sell a lot of food, there is a small stall selling cakes not far from Qiu Miaoxue.
A white-haired little old man fried the big cake there with his hands and feet, although the small stall only had six tables, but the guests were full, the cake was fried layer by layer, the color was golden and beautiful, and there was a sign next to it, with a row of three big characters above the top "mille-feuille cake" and a row of four small characters below the four small words "crispy and salty".
Eating mille-feuille cake with a bowl of spicy soup or tofu brain, the diners are feasting, and Qiu Miaoxue is drooling.
There are really a lot of delicious things to look at, "Master Huang's roast duck" looks at the duck roasted with red color and delicate meat, presumably the taste is mellow, fat but not greasy. There are also her favorite "numb, spicy, fresh, fragrant, sour" and oily but not greasy hot and sour noodles, wow, there are beef soup dumplings, vegetable porridge, sour soup dumplings, fried rice cakes......
The more Qiu Miaoxue looked, the more hungry she became, she used to be full of wine and food every time she came out, and occasionally ate some street snacks, but she never found that there were so many delicious foods on this street, it was really appetizing, this one also wanted to eat two bites, and that one also wanted to eat two bites.
She took a few steps forward, because she knew that not far from here, there was a Chen Ji hot and sour noodles, and when she walked up to see that there were not too many people, she found a table and sat down and said, "Shopkeeper, bring me a bowl of hot and sour noodles, to add spicy." β
The shopkeeper was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks of the diners who had just left, looked up at Qiu Miaoxue and was slightly stunned, and said secretly: "Why is it a Huazi." β
The reason why he was stunned and didn't say anything was because the general caller saw someone, his eyes were dodgy, and the voice of asking for food was also a low voice and called "Okay, okay, okay." And this voice called Hanako was full of energy, and she sat there directly.
Qiu Miaoxue saw that the shopkeeper was stunned, and saw that the diners on the side were eating with their mouths full of oil, and the sound of "shhh β
"Haolerβplease wait a minute, guest officer, and it will be right away. "This time, the shopkeeper can hear it clearly, this voice is clearly a woman, and she saw this guest just now, although her face was black when she looked up, but the neck under the collar was white and tender.
After a while, a bowl of fragrant hot and sour noodles was served, Qiu Miaoxue was hungry and not polite, and ate it all in three or two, and even drank the sour and hot soup.
This bowl of hot and sour noodles went down Qiu Miaoxue felt much better in her stomach, and reached into her arms to take out a square towel to wipe her mouth, but this stretch out of her hand secretly said: "It's broken." β
It turned out that she and Xiaomei forgot to bring this purse and square scarf after changing clothes.
Qiu Miaoxue had no choice but to take her hand out of her arms, find a clean place on her sleeve, gently wipe her mouth, and shouted, "Shopkeeper." β