Chapter 32: Drunken Red Makeup
Everything is ready to open today. Early in the morning, Dr. Li's family arrived at the shop, packed up and prepared to open the door at an auspicious time, and Mr. Feng Shui was drinking tea in the house and watching the hour.
Li Tang hurried to make a lot of honey milk bath beans, rouge gouache, spent a lot of effort to use lime powder to adjust Su Fangmu and blue grass dyed snails, and made green paste, the lip grease made two days ago, the dyed ones were also dyed, and the hand paste was also made, and the cans were packed with brocade boxes, and they were placed one by one in the shop.
Bai Mei Xue will also come over to take a look, Lantian heard that she was going to open a shop, and specially came to see it twice from Chongning, saying that she must come over to support her on the day of opening.
Because Li Tang couldn't show up in the store, the shopkeeper was also found, he was from the village on the edge of Qingxi Town, and he had worked as a teahouse in the city earlier, but because he was too far away from his parents to take care of him, he quit his job and happened to be found by the Li family.
Usually the guy only needs to greet in front of the store to get the goods to collect the money, if there is a lady and a lady to come, you can make an appointment to the inner hall by Li Tang personally received, the guy occasionally has to help Li Tang do some simple handling things, this difference is far easier than the teahouse, Xu He has a lot of monthly money, he is happy to come.
Although Li Tang is worried about the trivial affairs in the shop, it is still the Li family's shop to the outside world, and the daughter's family can not be too public, and there are a lot of relatives and friends near the Li family, Dr. Li has been practicing medicine in Qingxi Town for several years, and his reputation is very good, and the neighbors have also come to congratulate.
The whole Qingxi Town knows today that Dr. Li's family has opened a fat powder shop, and some people talk about it, this rouge gouache, the girls and ladies buy it in those old shops on weekdays, and the better ones go to the city to buy, and there are also some people who specialize in buying good goods from other places, how much business can this shop have in Chunxi Town?
Seeing that the hour was coming, Li Tang was anxious and expectant, Lantian brought someone early in the morning, drove a carriage with a congratulatory gift, and arrived happily, and Li Yu stepped forward to greet him.
Although Lantian is a noble son, he never puts on a score, and takes the initiative to say hello to Dr. Li and Mrs. Li, he has always been courteous, Mrs. Li is very appreciative and like, although it is not good to visit, Mrs. Li often makes something for Lantian to bring back to his mother.
But after a while, Bai Shaojie also came over with Bai Meixue, and now Bai Shaojie is doing things in Qingyaju in the city, and he often has to go back to Qingxi Town, and Li Tang has not seen him for a while; Xia'er followed Bai Meixue, along with Lu Yezhen and a young lady, who was next to this little girl.
Li Tang hurriedly stepped forward to see them one by one, so she pulled Bai Meixue to the inner room to talk, she didn't have to worry about the outside affairs.
Li Tang, who has never been powdery, also wore light makeup today, with a light narcissus dark flower skirt on her upper body, a lily bun on her head, and hairpins on both sides, Bai Meixue pulled her to turn around and look:
"Tang'er is so well-behaved when she dresses up."
Li Tang has been soaking in the pharmacy since he was a child, and he is used to wearing long shirts, although she doesn't hate this daughter's shirt and dress, she always feels troublesome, much more cumbersome than long shirts and scarves, seeing her joking, her mouth is a little awkward:
"You're making fun of me."
Bo Mei Shela sat down with her:
"There, I'm serious, my Tang'er is also a little beauty." The two were laughing, and the sound of firecrackers suddenly sounded outside, it was an auspicious time, and the two looked out of the store at the door of the inner hall hand in hand.
The firecrackers at the door were still exploding, the shop was full of people inside and outside, Dr. Li and Li Yu stood at the gate, the two of them took off the red satin on the plaque together, and the words "drunk red makeup" were displayed in front of everyone.
The name was given by Dr. Li to his friend Mr. Shuyuan, and he asked for his own cursive script and sent it to the craftsman to engrave, he was very satisfied, and Li Tang also liked it. Everyone congratulated one after another, and Dr. Li also returned the salute one by one:
"Thank you for your support, then please move to the welcome building, Li has prepared a thin wine to express his gratitude, and please enjoy it."
After that, he led everyone to the welcome building together, as for the women and girls who led the neighborhood, they were not in a hurry to go, so they stayed in the shop and looked around.
I want to come to the Li family to practice medicine, and it is even more reassuring to do these things, the girls saw that the rouge color in the drunken red makeup was good, and the snail was also very good, so they picked some and wanted to buy them back to try, and the guys were busy collecting wallets in the shop.
Li Tang watched in the inner hall that the things he made were liked by the girls, and he was happy in his heart, and pulled Bai Meixue out of the store to watch people choose.
"Mei Xue, who is the young lady who came with Lu Gongzi, but I have never seen it." Li Tang looked at the three people on the counter at the door and asked.
Bai Meixue looked at the eye-catching red skirt, and the lower skirt was embroidered with a big white lotus:
"I didn't know earlier, I didn't hear Ye Hao say it, but when I came here, I heard on the road that it was Aunt Lu's cousin Miss Ning's family, whose name is Yunjie, said that she came to the Lu family to talk to Aunt Lu and live there, and today I heard that Ye Hao was going to come to see the opening of the rouge shop, so I came to see it together."
At this time, Lu Yezhen was accompanying Ning Yunjie to pick up things, Ning Yunjie picked up a box of green paste and snail Dai to take a closer look, and asked the shop guy Fang Zhiqing paste to be used to paint the eyes, but it was rare, so he asked for two boxes.
picked up a box of osmanthus gel paste and smelled it, it seemed that he was very satisfied with the taste, and happily approached Lu Yezhen:
"Brother Ye Hao, you smell this." Lu Yezhen saw her handed it to her, so she leaned over and smelled it, and seemed to think it was good, just nodded, but when she raised her eyes, she saw Bai Meixue not far away, and she was a little stunned.
But Bai Meixue didn't seem to care, didn't pay attention to it, picked up a box of hand paste on the side shelf and continued to gossip with Li Tang.
Seeing that the time for dinner was almost over, and the women and girls in the store were gone, Li Tang took Bai Mei Xuexia'er and Lu Yezhen to the welcome building together, Li Yu had already brought Bai Shaojie and Lantian over first, and there were many people today, so he couldn't let Lantian pester Li Tang, so as not to spread out badly.
Today, the Li family has chartered the entire welcome building. There were guys in the store watching, Li Tang and his party arrived at the restaurant, everyone was sitting in the hall, and Dr. Li and Mrs. Li were greeting guests.
Knowing that a few young ladies were not good outside, Dr. Li ordered a few private rooms, and instructed Li Yu to lead people to the private rooms, and waited for Li Tang and a few people to enter the room, sitting in Lantian between Bai Shaojie and Li Yu, and when he saw that the people who had been waiting for a morning finally came, he hurriedly called her:
"Tang'er, you're here."
Li Tang nodded happily, pulled Bai Meixue to sit next to Li Yu, Ning Yunjie took the first step to sit next to Bai Meixue, and Lu Yezhen could only sit next to Bai Shaojie, and there was an empty seat between him and Ning Yunjie. Xia'er and Ning Yunjie's girls each stood behind their own young lady.
Originally, the Lu family and the Li family had nothing to do with each other, but Bai Meixue came, and Lu Yezhen also came, and the Li family brothers and sisters have always been polite and polite, and the relationship is not bad.
The hall was lively and lively, and a few young ladies in the private room also ate happily, Li Yu, as the host, naturally wanted to toast and thank him one by one, and he didn't dare to drink too much wine, which meant more.
Originally, everyone was talking to someone they knew well, but Ning Yunjie was Bai Meixue on her left, who was not familiar with her, and Lu Yezhen on her right had an empty place with her.
She originally thought that if she sat next to Bai Meixue one step earlier, Lu Yezhen could only sit next to her, but unexpectedly, Lu Yezhen sat so far away from each other, she sat here, so she was not embarrassed.
Ning Yunjie was inexplicably angry in her heart, her mother had told her cousin earlier that she was now at the age of talking about marriage, and asked her cousin to help find relatives, and her words implied that she hoped that the two families would be close to each other.
Although the Ning family is a small business in Longjing Town next door, it is not as big as the Lu family's business, and Lu Yezhen is an only son, so she has a higher vision, but she feels that her character is not bad, and she only has one daughter in the family, and her parents naturally want to choose a good family for her.
She has liked Lu Yezhen since she was a child, and her mother never thought of climbing the door of the Lu family, but she was arrogant, and told her mother at home that if she wanted to marry, she would only marry the brother of the Lu family, and her mother then moved her mind to plan for her.
Now that I have the opportunity to come to the Lu family to live, I have to find a way to impress Lu Yezhen first, and as long as Lu Yezhen is willing, the Lu family will not be able to stop it.
Originally, in the Lu family, she lived in another courtyard, and she didn't have any chance to be alone with Lu Yezhen, but when she came out today, her cousin also agreed, thinking that she could talk more alone with Lu Yezhen.
Unexpectedly, when she saw this Bai Meixue, Lu Yezhen changed her eyes, and there was something she didn't understand in her heart, so she poured a glass of wine after thinking about it, and suddenly said to Bai Meixue:
"I have heard for a long time that the sister of the Bai family is both talented and beautiful, and she knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and now she can see it, it is better to meet if she is really famous, and she is called a good sister by looking at the flowers and the moon, and she borrows flowers to offer Buddha, and drinks a glass of wine to her sister."
Bai Meixue was picking up a piece of bamboo ginseng and putting it on Li Tang's food plate, when she heard this, her face seemed to be smiling, but her heart was cold and full of disdain, thinking that she was now entangled with Lu Yezhen, it was a little clear, but the Bai family was just good friends with the Lu family, what did she have to do with her, but asked someone to come to the door:
"I think Miss Ning is afraid that she heard the wrong person and recognized the wrong person!"
Li Tang on the side heard Ning Yunjie shouting Sister Bai Meixue, and she really felt that Bai Meixue was going to say that she recognized the wrong person, wouldn't she recognize the wrong person if she was blind, obviously the two looked the same age, if they were not calling Sister Bai, who was your sister, dressed like a butterfly.
Li Tang resisted the urge to glance at her, put the piece of bamboo ginseng he picked up back on the plate, pretended to be a little surprised and said to Ning Yunjie:
"Sister Ning, I'm afraid that I really recognized the wrong person, although our Miss Bai is talented and beautiful, she is now fourteen years old, I think Sister Ning, you seem to be older than Mei Xue!" Li Tang is one year older than Bai Meixue, but he called Sister Ning Yunjie, thinking that he would help Bai Meixue go back.
When Bai Meixue heard Li Tang's words, Rao was used to holding a young lady posture outside, and she couldn't help but pick up a handkerchief and cover her mouth and smile, and secretly looked at Li Tang with a smile.
Ning Yunjie didn't expect that she hadn't been angry yet, but she was poured another breath, and it was even more embarrassing when Li Tang said this, Li Tang ignored her embarrassment, picked up the bamboo ginseng and put it in her mouth, and sighed that it tasted very good.
Ning Yunjie was still holding the wine glass, Bai Meixue saw that she was embarrassed, thinking that Li Tang had also helped her get angry, and she didn't care about it, so she picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine, and raised the small glass towards Ning Yunjie, who had a fire in her belly.