"Can you tell me about your face? Although I may not be able to help you cure the cure, I may be able to make your face slightly better by understanding the cause of the disease. ”

"Really?" Dongzhu covered half of her face and raised her head, her eyes full of hope.

Supposedly, ghosts can also change, and she can choose to change her face to the most beautiful time on the day of the marriage. But Dongzhu's mother obviously doesn't want Dongzhu to know that she is dead, and Dongzhu cares about her face very much in her heart, so she has always maintained the appearance of when she was dying.

"Actually, I don't remember much." Dongzhu frowned slightly, and recalled carefully: "I only know that I want to go out to find him, who is my future father-in-law." At that time, outside Luoyang City, there was still some peace, and I met a group of scoundrels not far from the city. They gathered around me and used that language...... Ashamed and angry, I tried to run away, but one of them grabbed me by the wrist. During the struggle, I wounded the man with the package in my hand, and then they beat me in a rage and pushed me into the grass by the roadside. ”

Dongzhu said, wrapped his arms, and began to tremble all over: "At that time, I was scared, vaguely, and I also knew what they wanted to do to me. I'm a girl, no matter how hard I try, I can't resist these scoundrels. Then I thought of death, and I clung to the base of my tongue with my teeth, and I thought to myself, if they dared to bully me, I would kill myself by biting my tongue at once. ”

"And after that?"

Dongzhu was stunned for a moment: "I only remember that there was a person who rushed towards me, I subconsciously turned sideways, and that person fell to the grass, followed by a terrible scream." Before I could see clearly, I felt a tingling pain in my face. Later, a lot of small black insects crawled out of the ground, and the people screamed and fled. Oh, one of them, as he was leaving, kicked me with his foot, and I just felt that it was dark in front of me, and then I didn't know anything.

By the time I woke up, I was back home. My mother said that she found me. He also said, I'm good at everything, it's just this face, ruined. I cried, I made trouble, I resented, but then I figured it out. Even if my face is ruined, at least I'm still alive, and as long as I live, I will have the opportunity to wait for my father-in-law to come back.

Wishful girl, do you say yes? ”

"Yes, if a person dies, there is nothing, but there is still a glimmer of hope when he lives."

"Yes! I'm glad I got through it now. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had a chance to see him again. ”

"He? Your father-in-law! ”

"Hmmm! He's back! Dongzhu nodded shyly: "But he doesn't recognize me." I think it must be my face that has become so scary that he doesn't recognize me. ”

"That's why you and your mother want to heal your face, right?"

"Hmm!" Dongzhu nodded: "Actually, I don't have much hope. My face has not been injured for a day or two, and if it was easy to heal, my mother would have asked a doctor to help me diagnose and treat it a long time ago. But if I give up, I am a little unwilling. I've waited for him for so many years, I can't just watch him...... Look at him and he doesn't recognize me. ”

"So that's what you want!" Xing Ruyi said, got up, walked to the counter, and took out a few dried black silkworms from a dark compartment at the bottom.

This black silkworm is fed with ghost mulberry leaves. The so-called ghost mulberry leaves are mulberry trees that grow in the graves, because they are nourished by yin qi all year round, and the root system goes deep into the ground and absorbs the nutrients of the dead corpses, so the mulberry leaves that grow out are also greener than ordinary places. The silkworms fed with this mulberry leaf are also known as ghost silkworms.

These ghost silkworms can be regarded as a treasure of Xing Ruyi, after all, ghost willows and ghost locust are common, but ghost mulberry trees are uncommon, especially this kind of ghost mulberry with extremely strong yin energy, and there are not a few trees in the whole Luoyang. The fed silkworms can withstand the yin qi, and there are not many that grow to such a big size.

Xing Ruyi smashed the black silkworm, added it to the original recipe, made a new jade Rongsan, and handed it to Dongzhu: "This is my newly blended jade Rongsan, which has a new medicine, although it can't completely solve the traces left by the poisonous insects on your face, but it can also be diluted somewhat." In addition, these are creams used to fix the face, you just need to apply them evenly on the face, so that you don't encounter heavy rain and people next to you can't see it. ”

"These, they must be a lot of silver, right?" Dongzhu glanced at the label behind the counter, although it looked a little strange, but she could still see the silver taels marked on it.

"I don't need any money, but I've heard you tell you a story for half a night, and this medicine is considered to be a gift from me. If it's good, in the future, you can also help me do publicity. ”

"Propaganda?"

"Oh? It means to tell people that the rouge gouache in my store is very useful, and my medicine is also very effective. ”

"This is certain, but my mother said that although we are poor, we must also be poor and ambitious, and I can't ask for your things for nothing." Dongzhu said, got up, searched for a long time on his body, and his face collapsed: "It's a pity that I don't have anything to grow, and for a while, I don't know what to take to pay for these medicines." ”

"I see that the embroiderer of your handkerchief is very good, did you embroider the pattern on it yourself?"

"I embroidered it myself, but it was not the embroidery method of the Central Plains, but my mother's hometown, compared to the craftsmanship of the Splendid Workshop, it is still far behind." Dongzhu said, embarrassed to clench her handkerchief.

"I think it's pretty good. Although the things in Jinxiufang are exquisite, anyone who has money in this Luoyang City can afford it. Your embroidery method and embroidery are unique, and others can't buy them. Xing Ruyi said, pointing to the medicine on the table: "Don't hide it, I'm about to get married." But my hands, making rouge gouache, mixing a medicinal powder or something, can make do, and the work of the female celebrity can't be done at all. If Miss Dongzhu is willing to help, you might as well help me embroider a pair of purses, just use the embroidery method of your mother's hometown. ”

Xing Ruyi said, and motioned to Li Mao to send some high-quality silk cloth: "These fabrics, please also ask the girl to bring them back, if there is any leftover, the girl will look at it and see what else can be done." ”

"Just make two purses, where do you use so much fabric! If you don't dislike it, girl, I can also help with this embroidered clothes, embroidered shoes, or something. ”

"In this way, there is Miss Lao Dongzhu." Xing Ruyi said, and sent the medicinal powder and the cream to repair the face together.

Dongzhu's face was slightly red, and after hesitating for a while, he still reached out and took it.

"Dongzhu knows in her heart that you are not interested in Dongzhu's embroidery, you just understand Dongzhu's difficulties, so you use such a method to alleviate Dongzhu's embarrassment. Rest assured, Dongzhu will do her best to do these things. The girl's kindness will never be wasted. ”

"It's true that I want to get married, it's true that I won't be a female celebrity, and it's true that I like Dongzhu and your embroiderer. So I won't take these words to heart, and you shouldn't take them to heart. Before you and me, it was an equivalent exchange relationship, so you don't have to feel like you owe me anything. Xing Ruyi glanced at the sky: "It's not too early, you should go back." If you wait for dawn, I'm afraid that your mother will worry about it for no reason. I will also ask Li Mao to send these fabrics over later, and put them at the back door of your house, and you can pick them up yourself when the time comes. He's a big man, so it's hard to get in. ”

Xing Ruyi was very thoughtful, Dongzhu nodded, and left with the medicine first.

Li Mao looked at the cloth on the Zhuo and asked Ruyi: "The shopkeeper really wants her to help you make things for your own use?" ”

"Can't you?"

"Naturally, not!"

"Why not?"

"Didn't you ask knowingly, shopkeeper? This winter pearl is not clear to others, can't you see it clearly in the shopkeeper? She's a ghost, and she's a strange one. The yin qi on this body can be felt across the street. Didn't the shopkeeper find out that in the middle of the night, the outside of our shop was frozen? ”

Xing Ruyi raised his eyes, and sure enough, there were a few icicles hanging outside the shop, which looked very beautiful.

"I remember that there were still some red beans in the kitchen, and you asked Aunt Lu to make red bean paste. As for you, don't be idle, knock all those icicles at the door for me, put them in a box, and we'll make sorbet later. Well, on this cold day, eating sorbet around the stove is not bad! ”

"Oh, my shopkeeper, you have such a big heart! When is this time when you still want to eat sorbet? By the way, what is sorbet? Li Mao scratched his head: "Forget it, no matter what this sorbet is." Let's move on to the fabric. The shopkeeper's marriage, this is a great joy, you said that you will wear a bridal dress made of ghosts when the time comes, what is the matter? ”

"It's serious! The so-called world has rules for doing things in the world, and this netherworld also has rules for doing things in the netherworld. As for this marriage, the fox has already told me that he will go to Qingqiu to hold a game first. I thought about it, and when I returned to Luoyang City, I would do it again. After all, none of us know the rules of Qingqiu, what if it doesn't quite suit my heart? Even if it is very agreeable, I can't bring all this good friend in Luoyang City to Qingqiu. So this one in Luoyang, I must do it.

You said that Qingqiu has done it, Luoyang City has done it, and the group of friends of Yin Si, don't I invite? Don't talk about the side, it's the ghost king, the king of the underworld, and the boss in the underworld, do you think I won't invite him? You are all cultivators, and there is no problem in living for hundreds or thousands of years, even if you are tired of living crookedly in the future, you will not be able to go to the underworld. I'm different, I'm a little mortal, at most forty or fifty years to live, it's time to go down to drink tea and chat, if I don't have a good relationship at this time, when the time comes, they won't be allowed to wear small shoes for me. ”

"So what?" Li Mao asked puzzled.

"So, I'm going to do it down here, too. Although I can't invite too many people, these main characters, such as the Hades who have a good relationship, such as Cui Fujun, the judge, the bull head and horse face, as well as those who usually cooperate in work, such as the city gods and ghosts in various parts of the city, still have to be invited. If you want to be invited, of course, you have to wear new clothes. Aogaoka's costume doesn't quite fit, right? The splendid workshop is made of Yangshi's clothes, which is not very suitable, right? So, you said that Dongzhu helped me do this set, is it very appropriate? ”

Li Mao was snorted when he was sentenced, and the knot in his head was not untied for half a sound.

Xing Ruyi lowered his head and smiled, and kicked Li Mao with his foot: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Hurry up and get me the icicles. What if it melts at dawn and hits someone? ”

"The shopkeeper can rest assured that he will never smash people."

"Wait!" Xing Ruyi called out to Li Mao: "When these icicles are dealt with properly, you can go and ask me about Dongzhu's fiancé." I always feel like there's something strange here. ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)