Chapter 8: Knife Mouth Tofu Heart
"Sister, what are you doing?"
Zheng Sanniang fanned the wind with a group fan, snorted coquettishly, and did not get angry because of this trivial matter.
Qi Zhen smiled and said, "Don't blame me for being cautious, this small bottle of rouge water costs a hundred yuan, if Sanniang spills it, who will reason with it?" ”
Zheng Sanniang's rouge is not bad, and it costs about one or two hundred yuan, she looked at Qi Zhen and asked:
"Since my sister didn't even let my sister look at it, what are you doing with this rouge water?"
Pouring a little rouge water into the palm of her hand, Qi Hao dipped her fingers in it and applied it to Zheng Sanniang's lips.
The original pale lip color instantly became red and lovely.
This rouge water is different from ordinary rouge-coated red paper, because it is very moisturizing, it will not peel when applied to the lips, and it will play a fragrant role.
The so-called breath is like an orchid, which is exactly the case.
Zheng Sanniang is a knowledgeable person, and after applying rouge water, she got up from the rattan chair, twisted her willow waist, and returned home directly.
Caught Zheng Erlang, Zheng Sanniang asked directly:
"How's it about my rouge?"
Zheng Erlang is a stout reckless man, frowning, staring at his sister as if he was facing a great enemy, and he didn't see the reason for it for a while, and said angrily:
"Sanniang, have you applied rouge? Where's the painting? Why didn't I watch? ”
Hearing this, Zheng Sanniang rolled her eyes silently, pushed away her stunned brother, and turned back to her room directly.
There is a bronze mirror in her room, and when she walked to the mirror, she looked at the very delicate woman inside, her skin was as white as clotted fat, her lips were red like petals, and her thick hair was very beautiful.
Pushing open the window sash, the sunlight shone into the room through the window, Zheng Sanniang picked up the bronze mirror, looked at it carefully, and found that the rouge water brought by Qi Zhen was indeed a rare good thing.
I can't complain that Zheng Erlang can't see that she has applied rouge, after all, this rouge water is completely different from what she used in the past, and it looks like this lip color in the first place, and there is no trace of makeup at all.
pursed her lips, Zheng Sanniang was really satisfied with this rouge water, which was much stronger than the rouge sold in Yuyanfang in Beijing.
And one hundred wen is nothing to Zheng Sanniang.
It is estimated that Qi Zhen saw this, so she took rouge water to her.
Shaking her head, Zheng Sanniang took out the copper mirror at the bottom of the box, because she already had a copper mirror, and this side has never come in handy, so it is still light and can not see the slightest loss.
After taking the bronze mirror, Zheng Sanniang returned to the small shed, with a smile on her delicate face, and said:
"Look at this bronze mirror, do you still like it?"
Qi Zhen put the rouge water on the table, took the bronze mirror with his hand, looked at it carefully, and found that the color of the bronze mirror was really not bad.
Pursing her lips and smiling, Qi Zhen asked:
"I don't know how much Sanniang's bronze mirror costs? It can't be more expensive than Kyori, right? If that's the case, I won't buy one for myself when I go to the capital next time. ”
Zheng Sanniang said: "How can I be so cheating on my sister? How about this bronze mirror count you as sixty wen? It's already brand new, even if you go to the capital, I'm afraid it won't be less than eighty Wen. ”
Qi Zhen knew that Zheng Sanniang was telling the truth, so she nodded and said:
"Sixty Wen, I can afford it."
As she spoke, Qi Zhen took out the copper plate in her arms, counted out sixty words, and put it on the table.
Zheng Sanniang didn't rush to accept the money, she stared at the bottle of rouge water, didn't turn around, and asked:
"Sister, where did you get this rouge water, can you tell my sister?"
Hearing this, Qi Zhen was secretly overjoyed in her heart and said:
"I made this rouge water myself, and it was sold to the capital for a hundred yuan a bottle, knowing that Sanniang was a good color, so I brought it to you to see."
"You made your sister?"
Zheng Sanniang was obviously a little surprised, she didn't expect that Qi Zhen, who looked very rough, would actually make something as delicate as rouge water.
She really looked away, and she really couldn't look good.
"Since my sister made it, if you can sell me this bottle of rouge water, it must be cheaper."
Qi Zhen knew that Zheng Sanniang was an understanding person, and she really wanted to do business with Zheng Sanniang, so she said:
"Sanniang might as well use this bottle of rouge water first, and I will take the bronze mirror back, and the silver will be gone."
"How is this possible? The bronze mirror is only sixty Wen, if my sister is like this, isn't it a loss? ”
Qi Zhen said: "If Sanniang uses it well, then ask me to buy it, and then give Sanniang a cheaper, a bottle of rouge water eighty Wen." ”
The smile on Zheng Sanniang's face was even stronger, and she picked up the white porcelain vase with her white hand, and then pushed the sixty wen placed on the table with her palm and said:
"Sister, put the money away."
As she spoke, Zheng Sanniang put the white porcelain bottle in her arms, and then filled Qi Zhen with two pieces of tofu from the wooden board, took a basin, and handed it to Qi Zhen.
"My sister has two children at home, and I heard that Asu is still sick, and it is good to eat some tofu, which is not money."
Qi Zhen didn't want to take advantage of Zheng Sanniang, so she directly counted out the four yuan, and then put the rest of the money on the twine, holding a basin in her arms and a bronze mirror in her hand.
"Sanniang, I'll send you the basin back tomorrow."
Zheng Sanniang smiled, waved her hand at Qi Hao, and said, "Don't be in a hurry, when you come back when you are free, it will be the same." ”
After Qi Zhen left, Zheng Sanniang took out the white porcelain bottle from her arms, and her face showed excitement.
Zheng Dalang had been hiding behind the door just now, but now he walked out, looked at the white porcelain bottle in his sister's hand, and asked:
"Just such a small bottle costs a hundred Wen, the Qi family is really out of the eye!"
Looking at her eldest brother's expression, Zheng Sanniang stood up and said in a low voice:
"Big brother, the price of rouge used by my sister on weekdays is not cheap, are you willing to let me use more than a dozen things?"
As she spoke, Zheng Sanniang was crying, covering her face with a handkerchief, obviously very sad.
The two brothers of the Zheng family doted on their only sister very much, and Zheng Dalang didn't care about how much rouge water was, so he hurriedly appeased him.
Anyway, the Zheng family has a strong background, and the younger sister can buy whatever she wants, and their family can still afford these silver money.
Seeing that her brother softened his tone, Zheng Sanniang hid behind the veil and laughed softly.
On the way back to Lian's house, Qi Zhen spent another five cents to buy a fish and put it directly in the basin.
The carp had obviously just been caught, and it was so fresh that it was fluttering in the basin and almost crushed the tofu.
Qi Hao quickened her pace and returned directly to her small courtyard.
At this moment, Lian Boyuan was helping Lian Su, walking slowly in the yard, as soon as he saw Qi Zhen, Lian Su's face turned cold, and he said to Lian Boyuan:
"Boyuan, let's go back to the room."
Lian Boyuan was a little scared of his own uncle, and he didn't know why his uncle had a cold face at the moment, so he didn't dare to gasp, so he helped Lian Su and went directly into the house.
Looking at the man's back, Qi Hao snorted coldly, not hiding his anger at all.
Lian Su probably heard Qi Zhen's voice, and his footsteps paused, but he didn't turn around, his back straight.
Back in the kitchen, Qi Hao first removed the carp from the internal organs, put the blood in the water, and then set up the casserole and put it in the casserole to boil.
After changing the tofu to a knife, I put it in as well.
The so-called 100000 tofu and 10,000 fish are put together with the fish, and the longer they are cooked, the more delicious the taste will be.
Qi Zhen himself is a picky, and now that he has the conditions, he naturally won't treat himself badly.
She put only a piece of tofu in the fish soup, and the remaining piece, cut it into pieces, put it in a pot and stew it with sauce, and soon the kitchen was filled with the smell of sauce.
There are four people in the family, and the food they eat on weekdays is not cheap, plus Lian Su's body, he must buy some good things to come back to make up for it, so the cost of eating is really not small.
Put the polished rice in the basin, after washing the rice, Qi Zhen did not pour out the rice washing water, but kept it, and used the rice washing water to take a bath, which can make the skin and flesh white, and she will not let go of any little thing that can be used for maintenance.
On the pot to steam rice, Qi Zhen steamed a large pot of rice, and when the rice was steamed, she walked to the door of Lian Su's room and shouted:
"Come out to eat! Otherwise, if I starve to death, I can't afford to be guilty of it!" ”
Qi Hao's words were very ugly, but Lian Zhongqi was no longer as afraid of her as usual because of the previous osmanthus candy, so she directly opened the broken wooden door, hugged Qi Hao's calf, and called softly.
"Mother, what kind of food did you cook today? It smells so good! ”
In her previous life, Qi Zhen didn't have the opportunity to give birth to her own child, but in this life, she felt very sorry for Lian Zhongqi's little baby, and really treated it as her own son.
Holding Lian Zhongqi in his arms, Qi Zhen kissed his little face, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.
Recently, because of the good food, the child in front of him is no longer as skinny and bony as before, and there is more meat on his cheeks, although it is still very light to hold, but it is still much better than a few days ago.
Lian Boyuan helped Lian Su out, and when Qi Zhen saw Lian Su, the smile on his face immediately retracted, and he turned around directly and walked towards the kitchen.
The four of them sat at the kitchen table, and Qi Zhen put the food on the table and filled Lian Su with a bowl of fish soup.
Qi Zhen is a knife-mouthed tofu-hearted person, even if he looks cold on his face, he is very concerned about Lian Su.
Because Lian Su is not in good health, he can only eat some soup and water, so the fish soup is specially made for Lian Su, otherwise such a carp, steamed and braised are all good, why bother to stew soup every day?
This point, Lian Su only needs to think about it a little, he can understand the taste, at this moment, he looked at Qi Zhen's gaze, and he couldn't help but reveal a little complicated.
However, Qi Zhen was heartless, but she didn't notice the change in the man's expression.