Early the next morning, Aunt Liu was going to buy vegetables on the street, so Ruan Jiao watched the fire, and the soup was boiling in the pot, just because the old lady said that Ping'er's face had been dry, and she wanted to drink more soup to nourish her yin and beauty, so from now on, there must be two clear soups for each meal.

"Aunt Liu, I also want to go to the market." Ruan Jiao tugged at Aunt Liu's shirt and begged her.

Aunt Liu glanced at her and sighed: "Okay, you haven't gone out for a few days, I'll make a list, you buy it according to it, don't buy it cheaply, you have to buy it well." ”

Ruan Jiao agreed, found a pen and paper, listened to Aunt Liu, and wrote it down, Aunt Liu looked at her writing, and shook her head with regret: "It's a pity that a young lady has fallen to such a point, which is really distressing." ”

Ruan Jiao put away the list, took the money bag, and said with a smile: "Aunt Liu, if you don't bury me a few times a day, you won't be able to pass this day, I'm still a young lady, but I'm just an eldest sister." ”

"Let's go, let's go, come back early, don't just play around." Aunt Liu patted her on the shoulder and urged her.

Ruan Jiao stuffed the money bag into her sleeve, and ran out of the door happily, some days did not go out, the stuffy brain hurt, the market is once every five days, the goods from the surrounding ten miles and eight towns are gathered here, and the people who rush to the market are usually bustling, and there are many fatal.

She came out early, and the sellers all opened stalls, but there were not too many people who bought them.

Ruan Jiao put out the list, and when she saw that she was a young girl, the seller saw that she was a young girl, and she was not very embarrassed about her, so she told her about the price of one or two cents, and bought the goods from her.

Ruan Jiao finished buying the dishes on the list and walked towards the butcher shop, but Liu Da, the owner of the butcher shop, was from the village, recognized her, saw her coming, and asked her with a smile: "Miss Ruan, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I am getting better and better, how about telling you a matchmaker?" ”

"Uncle Liu, don't make fun of it! Take two catties of lean meat and cut it into thin cubes. Ruan Jiao smiled, took out money from her sleeve and gave it to him, and put her hand in, but her face changed color all of a sudden!

Liu Da, who was about to cut the meat, stopped and asked, "Dare the money bag has fallen?" ”

Ruan Jiao ignored him and ran back along the way he came, where was the shadow of the money bag! I ran all the way to the head of the bazaar, but there was no landing.

The vegetables she bought first cost a small amount of money, and the money for chicken, duck, fish and meat was all stored in the money bag, a full fifty or sixty yuan, which is nothing, but it is bad!

Ruan Jiao sat on the side of the street, cold sweat oozed from her forehead, she thought for a long time, gritted her teeth, got up and walked towards the stall selling rouge gouache.

There are a lot of stalls selling rouge gouache in the bazaar, and Ruan Jiao's family walked by, looking at the owner who sold the goods, thinking about who could do her a favor and let her show her skills.

At the end of the walk, I saw a stall owner in a long shirt selling gouache to a chubby middle-aged woman, who seemed to have the intention of buying it, so the boss picked a hairpin and put it on the back of her hand, asking her to wipe it on whether it was really light.

The woman stretched out her hand and wiped it, and her mouth pursed to leave.

"This girl, stay, this gouache is good, but it's not used like this." Ruan Jiao stopped her, and the fat woman turned her head to look at her, with a displeased face, and sneered: "Where did you come from, wild girl, you mean I won't use this gouache?" But because she was so comfortable with this girl's call, she kept her footsteps and waited for her to reply.

"I didn't mean that, girl, sit down and wait for me to paint you, keep the color and be obedient." Ruan Jiao said with a smile.

The fat woman sat down suspiciously on the stool in front of the stall and held out her hand.

The stall owner hurriedly picked up some gouache on the back of the fat woman's hand, Ruan Jiao took out a homemade puff from her sleeve, gently applied it to her, and said with a smile: "Look, this is uneven?" A little more puff, won't it be enough? ”

The stall owner hurriedly handed over a box of gouache, Ruan Jiao didn't use his, he took out his own from his sleeve and pounced on the fat woman, the fat woman put the back of her two hands together and compared, with a happy face: "It's easy to use, it's really obedient, it looks natural, and it's not fake." ”

"Girl, do you want me to put your face too?" Ruan Jiao asked.

"My bones are crispy when a girl of yours calls me, am I really young?" The fat woman squinted and laughed.

"Ahh It turned out to be a lady, offended, offended. Ruan Jiao apologized.

"I see that you girl is very real, it's okay, you just wipe it, wipe it well, Madame has wrapped the rouge gouache on your stall." The fat woman laughed.

When the stall owner heard this, he smiled all over his face, hurriedly took the bronze mirror, put it in front of the fat woman, and turned to Ruan Jiao to make a long series.

Ruan Jiao smiled at him, took out a set of makeup utensils from her sleeve, put them on the stall, and began to apply makeup to the woman.

The fat woman looked like a landlord's wife, and her clothes were delicate and luxurious, but her makeup was clumsy and terrible, and although the rouge pink paper was used a lot, her face was very unsightly.

Ruan Jiao asked the stall owner to fetch some water to remove her makeup first, and then used the rouge paste she made to powder her base makeup.

When she finished putting on the fat woman's makeup, half of the people around her stopped talking and let out a sigh.

"Girl, how is it?" Ruan Jiao held the bronze mirror in front of the fat woman, and the fat woman took a picture left and right, twisted her body in a gesture, showed an excited smile, and kept nodding.

"This boudoir is a goddess, the sow has become a fairy." There was a loud giggle from the crowd, and the spectators burst out laughing.

"Get out, get out! What the hell! The fat woman was annoyed and angry, opened her mouth to curse, and turned back and ordered the two little servants who followed her to drive people away.

The little guy stepped forward to catch up with people, and everyone saw that there was no excitement to see, so they dispersed in a hurry.

"Madame, don't worry about those bastards, after all, your foundation is good, you are plump and fresh, so you are good-looking, this makeup is just the icing on the cake, how can you turn ugliness into beauty." Ruan Jiao said with a smile.

When the fat woman heard this, she smiled again, took another shot at the bronze mirror, nodded with satisfaction, stood up, and instructed the girl behind her: "Quickly give this girl a reward!" ”

The girl took out a handful of copper coins from her sleeve, and without counting them, she handed them to Ruan Jiao.

"Stingy, the girl helped us a lot, this money is enough for something, give silver!" The fat woman scolded the girl.

The girl stuck out her tongue and handed it to Ruan Jiao. Ruan Jiao hurriedly thanked him.

"Thank you, I want to thank you, today I am going to the county for a banquet, I was afraid that the old men in their county town would laugh at us in the countryside and not know how to dress up, now it's okay, I don't believe that I can't laugh at me with such makeup." The fat woman touched her face lightly and said proudly.

The shopkeeper of the long shirt came forward to make a compilation, and said with a smile: "Madam, you are a woman with eyebrows, and with the help of this fairy girl, you will be able to shine at that banquet today. ”

The fat woman flashed her eyes and laughed: "Count, of course, second girl, give money, buy this boss's goods." ”

The girl agreed and put down the money.

The stall owner was so happy that he held it up to the girl and put it in a cloth bag.

"Girl, your surname, but you live here?" The fat woman took Ruan Jiao's hand and refused to let her go, insisting on asking for details.

Ruan Jiao had no choice but to tell her about living in the Gu family.

"Poor thing, I'm in a hurry today and don't have time, I'll talk to you when I come back, do you like this rouge gouache? Take a few boxes and use them back. The fat woman laughed.

"Thank you Madame for your kindness, then Ruan Jiao is welcome, just take a box of gouache." Ruan Jiao said with a smile.

"Just take it, take a few more boxes, I won't need so much." The fat woman picked up a few delicate boxes and stuffed them into her arms, but said with a smile: "The thing you gave me in the face is quite magical, can you give me one?" ”

Ruan Jiao took out a puff from her sleeve and gave it to her.

The fat woman took her hand again and said a lot of gossip, until the girl stepped forward and urged her to leave quickly, for fear that the old man would be annoyed and annoyed by waiting at the market entrance, so the fat woman reluctantly parted with Ruan Jiao.

Let's say that the owner of the caftan stall got a lot of money so easily, and since he was grateful to this Ruan Jiao, after the fat woman left, he couldn't afford to pay attention to Ruan Jiao, and he was grateful.

"Hurry up, I can't stand your worship, besides, I'm not for you, it's for myself." Ruan Jiao said with a smile.

"Why should the girl be humble, if it weren't for the girl, if Xiaosheng wants to sell these things, it won't be done in three or five months, this worship is a must." The stall owner said with a straight face, and bowed down again.

"You look like a scholar, how did you come out to make such a living?" Ruan Jiao asked him curiously.

The stall owner's face was sad, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't explain, he only divided the one or two taels of broken silver into two piles, pointed to one of them and said to Ruan Jiao: "Girl, because I have the capital to carry here, so I have a little more, I am six and you four, this silver is what the girl deserves, there is no need to refuse." ”

"Look at what you said, as if I want to be greedy for your money, put it away quickly, Madame has given me more than that, and I want to ask you something." Ruan Jiao said with a smile.

"Girl, excuse me." The stall owner hurriedly said.

"You often come to this market to set up a stall? If you come often, let's be a partner, wouldn't it be easy to make money? Ruan Jiao said.

The stall owner snorted, and two blushes flew up his cheeks.

Ruan Jiao covered her mouth and laughed: "I know what you are afraid of, are you afraid of men and women partnering, and being talked about is yes or no?" Said that you are a scholar, and you still refuse to admit it, these years, in addition to the reader, where does a small merchant and hawker care so much, whether you have money to make or not is not a fool, I don't force it, if you want, we will partner, if you don't want to, forget it, I'll go to find someone else. ”

With that, turn around and leave.

The stall owner called her behind her back: "Miss Ruan, please stay, I promise to do so, I don't dislike the girl in the next place, but I'm afraid that it will affect the girl's name." ”

"Sour Xiucai!" Ruan Jiao turned around and smiled at him, grimaced, and ran away.

"Miss Ruan, I will come to the next episode, see you or leave." The stall owner shouted at her back.

Ruan Jiao had already run away, and she didn't know if she was listening.