Chapter 29: Three Years Have Passed

Qianqian . , the fastest update of the latest chapter of the reborn little widow of the farmer's gate!

While speaking, Ren Yazi took out the deed of sale of the mother and son from his arms, and after writing his name on it, he pressed his handprint, which was handed over to Qi Zhen.

After carefully reading the deed, Qi Zhen was relieved, after all, the deed had already been stamped with the official documents, and from today on, this mother and son would be her people.

Qi Hao's method of making these balsams is not complicated, if he hires a guy outside, I am afraid that someone will soon steal the recipe, but these two people are different, with the body deed in hand, Qi Zhen can do anything except not be able to take their lives, and he is not afraid that these two people will have different intentions.

"Let's go."

After paying the money, Qi Zhen's red lips opened lightly and said.

The woman picked up her skinny child, and followed behind Qi Zhen with gratitude, her eyes red.

"What's your last name?"

"Slave maid Sun, my son is three years old this year, and his name is Sun Wei."

"Ah Wei, say hello to Madame."

Sun Wei was very attached to his mother, but the child was a little timid, and when he heard this, he only smiled shyly at Qi Zhen, and then buried his head in Sun's arms, as if he was shy.

Qi Hao nodded, she thought Sun Wei was very cute, and when a few people walked up the avenue, they heard a few scholars talking about the tea stall not far away.

"I heard that the royal driver is on the expedition today!"

"Really? Your Majesty doesn't stay in the capital, why do you have to go to the Jade Gate Pass? The barbarians at the border pass drink blood one by one, once they ......"

"Brother Li said cautiously." One of the scholars stopped the scholar who was speaking, for fear that this guy would say something that he shouldn't say, and only said:

"The so-called Son of Heaven guards the country, the king dies, our Majesty is full of soldiers and people at the border, it is really the blessing of my great cause, why should I grow the ambition of others and destroy my own prestige?"

Hearing the conversation between these people, Qi Hao paused, and couldn't help but think of Lian Su's appearance in her mind, that person looked very cold on weekdays, but when she arrived at the bed, it was as if she had changed someone, very bad, and took advantage of her again and again, making her a little unbearable.

Thinking of the scene half a year ago, Qi Zhen couldn't help but feel a little hot, and didn't dare to stay on the street anymore, and quickly returned to Yuyanfang with Sun.

It's not early today, Qi Zhen didn't open, and called out the two brothers Lian Boyuan and Lian Zhongqi, looking at the ragged Sun and Sun Wei, the two children of the Lian family were obviously a little surprised, but their temperament was calm, and they didn't ask.

Qi Zhen took off the hat on her head, and after Sun saw the woman's appearance clearly, she couldn't help but open her mouth in shock, only to feel that the appearance of the woman in front of her was too standard.

The goose egg face, apricot eyes, and the tip of the child's straight nose are dotted on the white and red skin, even if the skirt she is wearing is just ordinary material, but it still makes people feel very watery, and I can't wait to pinch her skin hard.

Qi Zhen had long been accustomed to other people's eyes, and she didn't mean to blame Sun at this moment, so she said:

"In the future, your mother and son will stay in Yuyanfang, Sun will be responsible for the daily meals, and Sun Wei will follow Zhong Qi and be a scholar, if Sun Wei reads well, I will exempt you from slavery, so that you can also participate in the imperial examination and get ahead."

Sun Wei was just a three-year-old child, so he naturally didn't know what it meant to participate in the imperial examination, but he kept staring at Qi Zhen with his big and excessive eyes, and he didn't blink his eyes, as if he was stunned.

"The slave obeys."

With tears in his eyes, Sun respectfully blessed his body at Qi Zhen, in order to sell himself at a good price, Sun learned the rules very seriously, and now he has the appearance of a servant woman in a big family.

Looking at Sun's actions, Qi Hao nodded secretly, a trace of satisfaction crossed her eyes, and said:

"You and Sun Wei go to wash up first, and I want to try your craftsmanship for dinner."

After speaking, Qi Hao didn't look at Sun's eyes, turned around and returned to the room.

Yumen Pass.

Even though spring has begun now, there is still a cold wind outside, and the wind is mixed with mud and sand, and a single mouth can choke people to cough.

Dozens of people lined up in a boxy direction, standing by the river, shirtless, let the cold wind blow.

There was a tall and thin man holding a horsewhip in his hand, and he whipped them hard, the barbs on the horsewhip had been sharpened, but there were some bulges, and every time he hit it, the flesh of his back would be hot and painful, and a bloody hole would crack.

Lian Su is also among these dozens of people.

Because of His Majesty's personal expedition, Zhao Baihu felt that Lian Su was a little literate, so he wanted to send him to wait outside His Majesty's tent.

It's a pity that it is not easy to serve by His Majesty's side, he is just a scholar without any kung fu foundation, whether he can go through a selection is not certain, if he loses his life directly in the selection process, I am afraid that he will not even see His Majesty, and he will be buried in another country.

Among these twists and turns, Zhao Baihu also made it clear to Lian Su and let him make his own choice, Lian Su wanted to ascend to the sky in one step, so it fell into the hands of this She Qianhu now.

She Qianhu walked in front of Lian Su without hurry, his eyes revealed a bit of gloom, and said:

"I heard you're a scholar?"

Lian Su nodded, and before he could wait for anything, a whip that cut his head and covered his face fell on him.

"Lao Tzu hates you scholars the most in my life! One by one has no ability, as soon as he closes his mouth, the military salary is half of his mother's salary, do you know how many people die in a year at the border? ”

Lian Su gritted his teeth, there was no good meat on his back that was whipped by a horse, but he was a hard man, bleeding all over his body, and he still didn't say a word.

Seeing Lian Su's appearance, She Qianhu's heart was on fire, and the whip under his hands was heavier, as if he wanted to beat people to death, but fortunately, a patrolling sergeant rushed over not far away, and he stopped it.

Lian Su fell to the ground, his wounds were covered with mud, like a dead man, and he didn't get up from the ground for half a day.

The sergeants around him didn't even look at him, after all, there were more than a dozen sergeants who had been tortured to death by She Qianhu in the past few days, and they deserved to survive if they couldn't survive.

The corners of Lian Su's forehead popped out of the green tendons, and he reached out and slammed into the dirt.

He can't die here!

Absolutely not!

At night, after the Sun family had finished cooking, he knocked on Qi Zhen's door, and at this moment Sun had changed into a set of clean clothes, and his body was also clean, which looked a lot more pleasing to the eye.

Sun is twenty-eight this year, but probably because the life is not going well, the whole person looks a little old, as if he is thirty-four or five, the corners of his eyes are wrinkled, his lips are slightly drooping, and he looks bitter, but this person looks honest in the end, and at this moment he feels Qi Zhen's gaze, Sun is a little timid, holding the corners of his clothes with both hands, and pulling out a smile.

Qi Hao nodded, walked to the kitchen, and saw the two members of the Lian family who were already sitting at the table.

Approaching and looking at the dishes on the table, Qi Hao raised her eyebrows and asked:

"Are you from Shudi?"

Sun nodded and said, "The slave maid originally lived in Shudi, but because she was sold by her husband, she followed Renyazi to the capital. ”

Sun and Sun Wei did not serve the table, even if Qi Zhen was kind, they could not fail to follow the rules, otherwise if the master was annoyed, I am afraid that it would not be long before it would be sold again, Sun did not dare to toss anymore, she didn't know if the next master would be so kind, so that their mother and son could stay together.

Sun Wei is the heart of the Sun family, if something happens to his son, the Sun family may not be as good as dying headlong, and the province is helpless to live in this world, and there is no hope.

******

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed in a flash.

The fat powder of Yuyanfang is now a little famous in Beijing, after all, there are many fat powder shops in the capital like carp crossing the river, Qi Zhen can keep Yuyanfang, it is already because the quality of the things she makes is really not bad, and there are some fixed old customers to support it, otherwise the shop with such a good location may have been targeted by people a long time ago, where can it be left for such a widow with no background?

However, although Qi Zhen is a widow, this widow's appearance is really handsome.

Three years have passed, Qi Zhen will turn twenty this year, but her skin is soft and fair, much stronger than fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls, her soft face is not visible to a single sweat pore, plus this woman's body is very exquisite, her waist is not full of hand, but the plump two lumps on her chest are heavy and weighty.

Thanks to Zheng Sanniang's secret recipe, after Qi Zhen bought Sun's, he let Sun make soup with pig's trotters every day, for so long, her pair of babies have grown up by about one-third compared to three years ago, and now Qi Zhen only wears a tight skirt, and the two groups will tremble when she walks, attracting a group of shameless hungry ghosts to stare at.

At this moment, Qi Zhen is holding a bowl of bird's nest, sitting on the soft couch and looking at the shop, her store in Yuyanfang is not very big, and the price of the fat powder balm and other things in it is not cheap, and the ordinary people generally do not come in, so she can see it alone.

When Zhou Qinghe came to Yuyanfang, he saw Qi Hao's lazy and lazy appearance, like a Persian cat from the Western Regions.

She followed her mother-in-law into the palace once before, and she had also seen the Persian cat on the queen's lap with a snow-white body and blue eyes, which looked exactly like this woman, and it made people want to hold her in her arms and rub it hard.

Hearing the woman's footsteps, Qi Zhen raised her eyelids, and when she saw Zhou Qinghe's face, she fell back on the table.

It's hot in this summer, even if there is an ice basin in the shop, but the air is still very stuffy, even if it is motionless, this hot sweat will seep out of the flesh, wet the clothes on the body, sticky and clinging, very uncomfortable.

Zhou Qinghe stepped forward, slapped the woman's forehead fiercely, and said angrily:

"You've seen me, why don't you say hello?"

Qi Zhen covered her reddened forehead, and said with some grievances: "It's very hot this day, why don't you stay in the mansion and have to run out?" ”

Zhou Qinghe got married three years ago.

The reason why her face was dry and peeling to the point of seeping was because the stepmother specially prepared hot food for her, and every day she replenished it, a lot of fire poison accumulated in her body, which floated on the surface of the skin and damaged her appearance.

learned of the conspiracy of his stepmother, Zhou Qinghe would call his good sister whenever he had dinner and eat with her.

Probably because of her weak heart, the stepmother didn't tell her good sister about eating, and under Zhou Qinghe's deliberate concealment, only half a month later, my sister's face also became that person is not a ghost or a ghost, which is very scary.

At this time, Zhou Qinghe used the peach blossom dew and peach blossom balm from Yuyan Fang, and her skin had recovered its original appearance, and it was even a little more delicate than before, and then she followed her aunt to participate in a few more tea parties held by your lady, and the notoriety of the faceless girl before was swept away, and she even found a good family, her husband is Jing Zhaoyin, who is a fourth grade, although she is older, but she is a daughter-in-law, and she can't wait to hold Zhou Qinghe in the palm of her hand, and she loves it all the time.

"What? You can't go out when it's hot? What about Ziru? ”

Ziru is the maid that Qi Zhen bought back the year before last, she is well-behaved and peaceful, and her appearance is also beautiful, the most important thing is that this maid made a good snack, and the stewed milk eggs were very tender, Qi Zhen was a little greedy, so she sent this maid to the kitchen to make milk eggs for her.

"In the kitchen."

Zhou Qinghe sat on the round stool, and the two maids who followed her obediently stood not far away, smelling the faint fragrance of flowers diffused in the shop, and there was a hint of intoxication on her face, and then she was a little gloomy, after all, the things in this Yuyanfang are too expensive, even if they take out their monthly money, they can only buy a palm-sized bottle of flower dew, or the cheapest osmanthus flower dew, painted on the face, I am afraid that it will not be used for a month, if the face is larger, the time will be shorter.

Even so, there are many maids who compete for favor to buy these flower dew, in case they are favored by the master, the silver money will naturally be endless, and what is a bottle of flower dew?

However, there is a reason for the expensive, Cui Yao has been serving Zhou Qinghe for several years, and she has seen her wife's appearance become more and more beautiful day by day, although her facial features have not changed, but her skin is surprisingly good.

"Come here today, but you've run out of fragrance? I said that you used it really a little bit more, and it doesn't count if you rub it on your face, so why do you have to rub it on ......"

Zhou Qinghe glared at Qi Hao, who reluctantly shut up.

"You're embarrassed to talk about me, I don't believe you don't rub these perfumes and ointments on yourself." Zhou Qinghe wrinkled his nose and kept fanning the wind with a fan.

Qi Zhen naturally won't wipe it, every time the season changes, the skin on her body will be slightly dry, even if it is still white with the naked eye, but it is not as tender as before when touched on the hand.

Qi Zhen is a fastidious person, and she can't wait for nothing on her body to be beautiful, anyway, she can make these balms and flower dew herself, and it's not a shame to use it.

"Your rose dew is more comfortable to use."

"A bottle of rose dew costs ten taels of silver, which is twice as expensive as peach blossom dew, can it be used?"

In fact, there are two kinds of peach blossom dew, one is made of ordinary peach blossom petals, which can make a woman's complexion ruddy, and the spots on the cheeks can be eliminated by a few points, while the other Qi Zhen is not sold, after all, there is only one old peach tree that is over a hundred years old, although there are many petals produced every year, but it is made into balm and fragrance, and there are so many dried buds outside, Qi Zhen can use one-third of it herself, and the rest is also divided into Zheng Sanniang, and the woman in the province comes to her every day to sprinkle.

"Huh." Zhou Qinghe stretched out his hand and poked Qi Zhen's arm and asked:

"Do you still have the petals from the last time you made me tea? I only feel that my mouth is full of aroma, and it will not go away for a long time, and it is much better than ordinary peach blossoms. ”

"It's gone."

Qi Zhen shook her head seriously, the peach blossom bud was a lot of effort for her, she found an ancient recipe in the book, first added honey and burned it in a pot, and then put it in a cool place to dry, making such a jar of flower tea, which had to be tossed for several months, Qi Zhen also gave Zhou Qinghe a taste, and hung her appetite.

"Really?" Zhou Qinghe was obviously a little unconvinced.

"What am I lying to you for?"

Qi Hao's eyes widened, and there was a hint of innocence on her face, as if she hadn't lied at all, but it was a pity that this woman's heart and liver had already been blackened, even if she lied, her face was still not red and her heart was not beating, and her face did not change her face.

"Can you make that streamer you said last time? Recently, my head has been very full, so I can feel at ease by slapping a little bit on my face. ”

Ever since she used the things from Yuyanfang to restore her appearance to the same state, Zhou Qinghe has trusted Qi Zhen very much, even if this streamer is just Qi Zhen's casual mention, she still wants to give it a try, and she doesn't doubt whether this thing has any effect at all.

The so-called streamer scattering is to take a whole piece of rutile and soak it in vinegar, then boil it over high heat, steam the vinegar in the pot, and grind the condensed hard lump into powder, which adds some purple jasmine powder and a little peach blossom pollen.

This streamer is also Qi Hao from an ancient book to see, but also thanks to Lian Boyuan's courage, worshiped a great Confucian as a teacher, the great Confucian every day let Lian Boyuan into their home study to read, Qi Zhen once told him that once he found a skin care recipe, he would copy it down, and he could also let Yuyanfang make some new products.

From the hole in the wooden table, he took out a palm-sized porcelain box, on which were painted slender willow branches, swaying as if blown by the wind, and the painting was very exquisite.

"Your Boyuan's painting skills have improved a lot compared to before."

Qi Zhen, like all the elders, would be very happy when she heard others praise the children in her family, but she was humble and said:

"It's just a child's playful drawing, and you can see it."

While speaking, Qi Zhen opened the porcelain box, dipped a little fine powder in a muslin cloth, pounced on Zhou Qinghe's face, and said:

"I've used this streamer a few times before, and it does have some effect, but now the weather is very hot, if you sweat, you must make up for another layer, otherwise it will be wet with sweat, and this thing will be useless."

When Qi Zhen was busy working, a small guy suddenly came into the Yuyan Fang, his eyes were looking at him very actively, holding an oiled paper bag in his hand, he walked to the counter in a few steps, licked his face and smiled at Qi Zhen:

"Boss, this eight-treasure duck will add food to you at noon, the duck is just made by the cook, it tastes so good, I can't hold it hot."

The little maid directly put the Eight Treasure Duck on the platform not far from Qi Zhen, and saw Qi Zhen take out a piece of loose silver from his arms and throw it to him, saying:

"Go back and tell Boss Liu, I don't like to eat Babao duck, so I won't work in the future, and Boss Liu will send someone to send it over every day."

The little guy listened to Qi Zhen's words, his face was full of bitterness, and he wanted to say something more, but Sun came out of the backyard with a broom, and he was about to fight, but the little guy was startled, and he didn't dare to stay longer, so he ran back to the Babao Building opposite.

Zhou Qinghe looked at the eight-treasure duck on the table, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

"Then Boss Liu thinks about beauty, and he doesn't look at what kind of virtue he is, he already has a wife and children in his family, and he even beats you every day, and wants to take you into a concubine, it's really shameless!"

Qi Hao's eyes crossed with a thick disgust: "But he is also the boss of Babaolou, and his family has a big business, my orphan and widow really can't afford to offend, otherwise I wouldn't have to endure it anymore!" ”

Zhou Qinghe didn't leave directly after buying a box of streamer scattering, but approached Qi Zhen's side and asked:

"You're really not going to remarry? Look at this crystal clear little face, as well as this plump and soft two lumps, how many men look at you and drool secretly, if it is for the sake of the Lian family to be widowed for a lifetime, I feel distressed when I look at it. ”

Qi Zhen herself doesn't want to be widowed for the rest of her life, but because she has been married once, although it is not difficult for a widow to remarry, it is not easy to choose a good person.

Now Yuyanfang has a lot of money coming into the account every day, I don't know how many people have the idea of Yuyanfang, that Boss Liu is one of them, he wants to take her as a concubine, and then he accepts Yuyanfang together, this kind of greedy and lustful person, Qi Zhen is disgusted when he looks at it, where can he marry casually?

"Wait, I'm not in a hurry."

"You're not in a hurry? Originally, I wanted to tell you that there was a good candidate who wanted to introduce, but now it seems that it is exempt! ”

Qi Zhen's eyes flashed, and she scooped a spoonful of stewed soft bird's nest into her mouth with a spoon, and she was not in a hurry to ask, but Zhou Qinghe had always been very concerned about Qi Zhen's marriage, and finally she couldn't bear it anymore, and took the initiative to speak:

"That person is the palace of the Imperial Forest Army, from a poor family, married a wife before, did not leave him a son and a half daughter and died, he is an old love, waiting for seven years, now he is thirty years old and alone, I look at his character is also good, this is why I want to tell you."