The next day, as soon as it was dawn, Qi Zhen began to light a fire and cook.

It is said to be cooking, but it is a simple side dish by putting wild vegetables picked from the mountains in a pot and adding a little rapeseed oil and salt.

A few sweet potatoes were steamed on the pot, and the remaining polished rice in the rice tank was used by Qi Zhen to make porridge, after all, Lian Su's health was not good, and he had to eat something good to restrain himself, otherwise his condition would not improve.

After breakfast, Qi Zhen didn't care about the three of the Lian family, she found a stream not far from Dawan Village according to the memory in her mind, and looked at the red and blue flowers growing by the stream, such a gorgeous sea of flowers made Qi Zhen's eyes light up, and she only felt her heart pounding.

Red and blue flowers can be used as raw materials for rouge, and the color of the rouge water made is excellent, and when applied to the skin and flesh, it is like dyed with red glow, and it looks tight.

When she went out, Qi Zhen brought a basket, and now it is just right to pick, she picked off the red and blue flowers one by one, put them in the basket, carefully avoided the root system, and did not hurt the roots, so that the red and blue flowers will continue to bloom next year, and she will be able to make a steady stream of rouge.

Its practical method of using red and blue flowers as rouge has been available in the Daye Dynasty, but because the technology is not skilled, the rouge made is not the best, and the color is not very positive, and the red and blue flowers cannot be used as grease cream, so Qi Zhen can only make simple rouge water.

If you get a large number of high-quality roses, Qi Zhen can make rose dew, and if you rub the flower dew on your body, your skin will be nourished by the rose dew and it will be extremely delicate, and it can be broken by blowing.

Feeling a little pity in her heart, Qi Hao sighed, but it was not bad to have red and blue flowers, she cheered up and picked a basket of flowers in just a while.

There was a woman in the laundry around the stream, and when she saw Qi Zhen's movements, she pursed her lips disdainfully.

"This widow is really shameless, the dead man stays at home, and now she still runs outside to show her face, picking flowers and pulling grass, it's really shameless!"

The woman on the side also echoed, obviously they are used to doing rough work, why Qi Zhen's cheap hooves are very good, married to a teaching gentleman, and did not suffer much, let alone work in the field, but now that her man is dead, the little uncle is also sick and crooked, and he has raised two and a half children, so he will not have such a good time in the future.

Thinking of this, the several women who were washing the clothes showed a hint of schadenfreude on their faces, looking at Qi Zhen's slender waist and plump breasts, and their eyes were full of anger.

Whenever those men saw Qi Zhen's slut, they couldn't control their eyes one by one, and glanced at Qi Zhen's cheap hooves, and the women in Dawan Village couldn't wait to pull Qi Hao's skin, and she seduced men all day long.

But they also think about it, all of them have a thief's heart and no thief's guts, and in the end they can only stop it, after all, the days still have to be taken care of, and it is useless to worry so much about a little widow who has died of a man.

In fact, Qi Zhen's appearance is just beautiful, although her skin is not pimple, but she is a little black because of the sun, although she does not often do farm work, but compared with the young lady who does not touch the spring water with her ten fingers, it is like a difference between cloud and mud.

Her face is sallow and rough, but she can still see a good foundation, which others can't envy even if they don't envy her.

Qi Hao glanced at the two muttering women, and even if she couldn't hear what they were saying, Qi Zhen could guess a thing or two.

deliberately straightened her plump chest, Qi Zhen had a trace of sarcasm in her eyes, looking at the basket full of red and blue flowers, she was very satisfied, and she ignored the women who did the laundry and cooked, and returned home with the basket on her back.

As soon as she walked into the yard, Qi Hao directly found a large wooden basin, poured a basket of red and blue flowers into the wooden basin, and brought cool well water, constantly washing it.

Qi Hao's memory is not bad, and the steps of the old eunuch to make rouge water have long been familiar to her because she has been watching it for more than ten years. After washing the red and blue flowers twice with clean water, Qi Zhen poured out the water in the basin, looked at the wet red and blue flowers inside, Qi Zhen pursed her lips, walked to the kitchen, put the remaining egg shells into a porcelain bowl, pounded and crushed, and then put the slag on the stove and burned it to ashes.

There is an earthwork recipe in Dawan Village, that is, after the egg shell is pounded into powder, it is washed with boiling water and drunk directly, which has the effect of reducing inflammation and relieving pain, but it is not as good as serious medicinal materials.

After the eggshell was burned to ashes, Qi Zhen used chopsticks to pull and pull, looking at it was almost there, wrapped the porcelain bowl directly with a rag, and walked directly to the yard.

Qi Zhen made a lot of noise, Lian Zhongqi was younger, and he was very curious, so he hid behind the wooden door at the moment and probed his brain into the yard.

The child's eyes were black and bright, like purple grapes, and when he thought of the purple grapes that had been frozen with well water, Qi Zhen's mouth began to secrete saliva without anger.

She added water to the bowl, and when it was splashed, the powder in the bowl instantly floated, and she put the bowl on the stone mill, and when it was settled, the water in it was the alkaline water that Qi Zhen needed.

I went to the kitchen to get vinegar and alkaline water, and repeatedly added these two things to the wooden basin filled with red and blue flowers, and after washing it I don't know how many times, the water in the wooden basin was finally a bright red, which is also the coarsest rouge water.

Poured half a basin of rouge water into a porcelain jar, because Qi Zhen's movements were a little unstable, a lot of rouge water splashed outside, she rolled up her sleeves, dipped a little with her fingertips, and applied it to the inside of her arm, the color did not look exaggerated, as if covered with a layer of red veil.

Looking at it this way, this rouge water applied to the face will indeed make people's complexion look better.

However, because of the addition of alkaline water and vinegar, this taste is a little unpleasant, and if this is the case, I am afraid that it will be difficult to sell the rouge water to the ladies of large families.

Qi Zhen frowned, she couldn't think of a way, and when it was time to cook, she walked out of her house, and suddenly a sweet fragrance poured into her nose, and when she looked up, it was the osmanthus tree in the yard that had bloomed.

Her eyes lit up, and Qi Hao suddenly had an idea in her heart, but now that she had finished the rouge water, she was not in a hurry.

first steamed sweet potatoes in the kitchen, called Lian Boyuan and Lian Zhongqi in turn, watched them finish dinner, and then went to deliver medicine and rice to Lian Su.

After everything was cleaned up, Qi Zhen moved a ladder and climbed the tree to pick some osmanthus petals.

She smashed the osmanthus petals with a wooden pestle, and while she pounded it vigorously, the juice of the flowers gradually seeped out, and the rich sweet fragrance was very strong.

When the juice was poured into the rouge water, the rouge water immediately emitted a floral fragrance, which covered up the sourness and smelled very pleasant.

Put the rouge water with osmanthus juice in the porcelain jar, carefully bandage it, and boil it in a large pot through the water, so that the color of the rouge can be corrected and it will become slightly viscous.

When applied to the face, it will not run around like juice, otherwise it may be a little difficult to grasp the amount.

After it was boiled, Qi Zhen poured the rouge water into the jar and put it in a cool place in the corner of the wall, which changed the taste.

When Qi Zhen was boiling rouge water, Lian Zhongqi hid at the door to watch, but he was afraid of Qi Zhen and didn't dare to come in, so he just shrank at the door and probed his brain.

In his previous life, he followed an old eunuch, Qi Zhen had no children in his life, and now when he sees Lian Zhongqi, his heart can't help but feel a little soft.

waved at Lian Zhongqi, the child hesitated, but after thinking about it, he still ran out barefoot.

Qi Zhen bent down, hugged Lian Zhongqi in his arms, pinched the child's little face, and said:

"Why did you come out without shoes?"

Lian Zhongqi was a little shy, scratched the back of his head, and said, "I forgot." ”

Carrying Lian Zhongqi back to the room, Qi Zhen looked at Lian Boyuan, who was drooling from sleep on the bed, wiped Lian Zhongqi's feet with a wet rag, and put the child on the bed.

Probably Qi Hao made some movement and woke up Lian Boyuan, as soon as the child opened his eyes, he probably didn't expect Qi Hao to appear in the room, his face showed a hint of surprise, and he hurriedly sat up straight, his back was straight, and he protected Lian Zhongqi behind him, and asked with some caution:

"Why are you here?"

"Fang Cai Zhongqi ran out, and I sent this child back."

Lian Zhongqi's face flushed, pulled Lian Boyuan's arm, and said:

"Brother, my mother brought me back."

Lian Boyuan frowned slightly and asked:

"What is your purpose in contacting Zhong Qi?"

Lian Boyuan is only a nine-year-old child, but since Lian Jun's death, he has become a little adult, and he must take good care of his young brother and seriously ill uncle.

Regarding Lian Boyuan's wary appearance, Qi Zhen was not annoyed, and said directly: "I want to go to the capital tomorrow." ”

Dawan Village is not far from the capital, but sitting on a donkey cart, you have to travel for half a day.

Hearing Qi Hao's words, Lian Boyuan was obviously a little surprised, but he didn't get to the bottom of it, and sneered:

"If you want to go to the capital, you can go, why bother to inform me? As if I could stop you! ”

Seeing that Lian Boyuan, a half-grown child, was talking so harshly, Qi Zhen rubbed his head and kissed Lian Zhongqi's little face before leaving their room.

Lian Boyuan watched Qi Zhen leave, his eyes were a little complicated, his sister-in-law was really very bad to the three uncles and nephews, but in the past two days, it seems to have changed his temperament, and he is completely different from the greedy and vain appearance before, and he doesn't know if it has really changed, or if it has another purpose.

The next day, Qi Zhen directly held the jar filled with rouge water, brought another fifty yuan, sat on the donkey cart, and walked towards the capital with a creak.

This donkey cart is a neighbor's house, their family has received a lot of grain this year, and now they are planning to send it to the shop in the capital, and they can also exchange some money for the envoy, as soon as they heard that Qi Zhen is also going to the capital, the old man of this family smoked dry tobacco, and pity Qi Zhen A widow, he didn't ask for Qi Zhen's money, and directly let people get on the donkey cart.

Even though it was already autumn, the autumn tiger was still very strong, and the sun was so hot that Qi Zhen was sweating and his face was red.

At noon, the donkey cart entered the capital, and the wrinkled Xu Laohan told Qi Zhen.

"Lian family, before the city gate is closed, the old man is waiting for you here, don't be too late, otherwise we won't be able to go back to Dawan Village today."

Qi Zhen nodded again and again, Xu Laohan's family was very simple, when Lian Jun was terminally ill, he helped Qi Zhen a lot, even if Qi Zhen did a lot of wrong things, but Xu Laohan still helped her, this kind of honest person, Qi Zhen can naturally trust his character, so he took Xu Laohan's ox cart into Beijing.

Holding an altar, Qi Zhen and Xu Laohan separated, walking on the streets of the capital, looking at the streets where people come and go, the cries are endless, the capital is worthy of being the capital of the Daye Dynasty, so prosperous, there is no resemblance to Dawan Village.

In her previous life, Qi Zhen had lived in the capital for many years, and was very familiar with the streets and alleys of the capital.