Because Dr. Shi said that Xiao Yan'er's condition has improved, there is no need to worry too much about it except for the scar. In addition, the medicines given by Qi Heng happened to play a big role, she was very grateful in her heart, and she was not as cold as before, and after Liu Yun sent away Old Doctor Shi, she warmly greeted him with a few polite words.

"Mishi-sama, are you here to make a mistake?"

Qi Heng clenched his fist loosely with his right hand, covered his lips and coughed lightly, and said yes down the slope to the donkey. As a result, she looked curious and said, "It's almost the New Year, don't you take a break?" ”

He made a pause, and then naturally slowly put down his hand, his face was a little serious: "Yes, the position of supervising the imperial history is indeed more difficult, all year round, not as good as the Beijing official who rests every five days." However, it is better to be able to travel around the country, firstly, to observe the people's feelings, and secondly, to increase knowledge and broaden horizons, which is also a good thing. ”

Pei Baoer nodded, very much in agreement.

"And where have you been?"

Qi Heng was silent for a while, his eyes seemed to glow with a strange light, and he slowly spit out a few place names.

"Jinzhou, Qingzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Anzhou......"

Pei Baoer had read a travelogue before, which probably mentioned these place names, some of which she was familiar with and used by later generations, such as Suzhou and Hangzhou, but the other part was completely unfamiliar, and she was completely blind to where she was, after all, the function of the map in these years was relatively sensitive, and it did not belong to the category of ordinary commodities that could be circulated.

She was a little envious of Qi Heng. In this era, except for the businessmen who run from the south to the north of the world, I am afraid that they are the only ones who have such freedom, but they are still on a business trip at public expense, and they are protected by a large number of people, so they don't have to worry about encountering robbers or something, thinking that it is really beautiful. Of course, this beautiful fantasy of hers will be disillusioned when she meets the "real imperial history" a few months later.

Seeing the slight envy on Pei Bao'er's face, the light in Qi Heng's eyes slowly faded, as if what he was expecting was disappointed.

What's even more infuriating is that after saying these few words, she politely and very tactfully ordered the expulsion of customers.

Qi Heng's eyes moved slightly, and the little white face didn't dare to say anything to her, but just in case, it was better to throw the dark six over and guard it every day.

When he left, he told Pei Baoer that he would be in the city for the next two days, and he could go to him if he had anything.

Pei Bao'er suddenly became unnatural for no reason, and En'en passed perfunctorily. Xindao, this person is really angry, how could he have expected that he would go looking for him? You can't have any big problems at home, you have to ask him for help, right?

As a result, the next day, she was finally able to pull out, and when she went to Ruyu Pavilion with the eyeshadow she had made after staying up all night in the past few days, she found a big problem.

"Shopkeeper Qin, why is there so much eyeshadow left?" She pointed to the section dedicated to eye makeup, frowned slightly, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, there shouldn't be that many of them." ”

Pei Bao'er didn't make a lot of noise, and didn't let Erhu and Luo, who were busy with their work, hear it.

The old face of the shopkeeper Qin froze, hesitated, and pretended to be confused: "Is there any?" Is it that Naniko Ome is mistaken? ”

Pei Baoer glanced at the shelves in confusion, only to see that they were full of them. But she clearly remembered that Qingmei told herself that the eyeshadow was about to be sold out, and there were only two or three boxes left in the shop, and she couldn't replenish her at that time, and she didn't look like she was faking with an anxious look on her face. But now that these days have passed, there is no replenishment, where is so much inventory? It can't be that all the customers have returned intact.

She has never liked to play the game of "guess me guess", usually talking and doing tai chi is nothing, but she is very straightforward when it comes to critical moments.

Pei Bao'er stared at Shopkeeper Qin's eyes and asked sharply, "Shopkeeper Qin doesn't want to tell him directly?" ”

Shopkeeper Qin wiped his sweat, sighed, lowered his voice and said, "Pei Niangzi, this is all what Mrs. means, I just do things as I am told." After all, I'm just a steward, and there are a lot of people like me under my wife, and if I don't do anything well, I will change it......"

"I don't understand what you said."

Pei Bao'er continued to ask, but the shopkeeper Qin was as silent as a dead mussel.

She felt a little strange in her heart, what did Mrs. Lin mean? Could it be that because of the shortage of goods, I purchased other fonts to make up the number? It's impossible, there is no eye makeup in traditional makeup techniques, and ordinary fat powder shops don't sell eyeshadow at all, where can she find a substitute? Unless......

The bad suspicion in her heart grew bigger and bigger, and after thinking about it, she decided to go directly to the Lin family to ask for advice.

"Why is Pei Niangzi here? This is a rare guest. Mrs. Lin still greeted warmly and politely, but it seemed a little different in her eyes. Is your Xiaolang's illness cured? Just say what kind of medicinal materials you need to use, it just so happens that the shop manager in the south has sent some New Year's gifts, and those old ginseng are all good things......"

Pei Baoer had something in her heart, so she didn't have much patience to talk to her, and directly took out a few small boxes from Lishun in the shop, including eyeshadow and makeup powder, and put them in front of Mrs. Lin.

Mrs. Lin's original smile was retracted by seven or eight points, "What does Mrs. Pei mean?" ”

Pei Bao'er's expression remained unchanged, and she looked straight at her: "This question should be asked by me." What does the wife mean? ”

There was silence inside the house, and the wind outside the house was tighter.

Seeing that Mrs. Lin was sitting on it, and she didn't take the initiative to explain, Pei Baoer went straight to the point: "Mrs. couldn't get the recipe from me, so she found someone to copy it." These are the products of that amazing master. Am I right? ”

After a pause, she frowned again and asked, "I don't understand, you are a shrewd businessman, and you must understand the principle that you get what you pay for." The price of Ruyuge's fat powder is not low, because I dare to say that the things we sell are absolutely safe, and there are no things doped with lead powder in them, so I dare to shout this price. But this ......"

She opened the makeup powder box, dug out a little, rubbed her two fingers, and could clearly feel the slippery feeling, and then sprinkled the fine powder into the tea beside her, only to see that the powder sank straight down, obviously containing heavy metals such as lead and mercury.

"If you want to sell these things, you can. But that's the end of our cooperation. ”

Smack-

Mrs. Lin slapped the small case at hand.

"Okay, you, how did you beg me to partner with you to open a shop before, but now your wings are stiff, and you want to cross the river and tear down the bridge, you have to ask the river if you agree!"

Mrs. Lin finished getting angry, and the maidservant next to her handed over a half-warm cup of tea very brightly. She took a sip, her voice was still cold and hard: "Pei Niangzi, you must know that the contract we signed is clearly written in black and white." At least for a year, you have to supply to the shop on time and in quantity. Otherwise, don't say that you can't get that two-component red, even if I sue the yamen, it is justified. When the time comes, I'm afraid you'll have to pay me a lot of money. ”

Pei Baoer sighed in her heart. Well, this shrewd old witch really made a fuss about the contract.

At that time, she was worried that she was weak and insecure, and if something went wrong, the Lin family would find a reason not to admit it, kick her out, and it was possible for the shop not to give her a penny, so Mrs. Lin signed a one-year contract. Unexpectedly, he tied himself to death on this "thief ship".

She tried to play the friendship card: "Mrs. Lin, you know that I am not that kind of person, if we want to cooperate for a long time, we have to give each other enough trust, right?" I know that some time ago, because of changes in my family, I had slackness in supply, which had a slight impact on the shop, these are not mine, and I am willing to deduct the loss of the shop from this month's dividend. In the future, I will find a way to avoid this from happening, what do you think? ”

Seeing that Mrs. Lin's expression was relaxed, she added: "But I have professional ethics, I can't make this kind of thing containing lead powder, I can't sell it, and I can't sell it in my name." ”

Mrs. Lin's heart, which had been calmer, became more prosperous again.

"You're right! If there is something in the family, it will drag me down so much. I ask you, today your baby is sick, you can resume production, but what if he gets sick again tomorrow, or something else happens? Moreover, now it's just a shop, you can't be busy, if you open a few more in the future, or even a dozen semicolons, when the business grows, you and I will naturally be a source of money, but you have to think clearly, when the time comes, you alone, even if you catch your whole family, I'm afraid you won't be busy, right? ”

Pei Bao'er was very angry when she heard her hypothetical that Yan'er would be sick in the future, and no one who was a mother could listen to such words, but she had just experienced a serious illness like smallpox, and at this time, the little guy was still drinking the medicinal soup as water every day.

Listening to what the other party said later, she was even more sure of what she thought.

Whether it is such as the fish eyes of the Jade Pavilion or the lure with a semicolon, Mrs. Lin is just forcing her to hand over the prescription.

She lowered her eyebrows and lowered her eyes for a moment in silence, and squeezed out a soft smile: "What Mrs. said is also reasonable, let me go back and think about this matter, okay?" ”

Mrs. Lin saw that Pei Bao'er seemed to be loose, and was about to strike while the iron was hot, but the maidservant next to her gently pulled her sleeve, pretending to add tea for her, leaned over and approached her ear, and persuaded in a very low voice: "Madam, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it~" She let out a long breath and nodded unswervingly.

"In that case, you should go back and think about it first. I'm not trying to force you to do anything, but I'm just thinking about the future. Pei Niangzi, you are a woman with outstanding characteristics, you must not be willing to live in such a small county forever, just keep such half a shop to live, right? ”

On the way back, Pei Baoer kept thinking about this sentence.

Mrs. Lin was indeed vicious, and she spoke her mind very accurately. But there is one thing she didn't guess right, that is, the insistence of a screw on a modern industrial production line to the moral bottom line.