Chapter 239: Pleasing (2)
In the next few days, Shen Yuechen lived a very peaceful life. Every day, I was busy taking care of the housework and taking care of the new shop, and occasionally I was busy and made some rouge paste by myself and showed it to the maids.
Shen Yuechen's own powder paste smells fragrant, but it is not delicate and smooth enough. Therefore, many samples were given to the maids in the courtyard. Those maids were also very happy when they got these things, thinking that this was a reward from the grandmother, whether it was good or not, it was a decent one.
Shen Yuechen doesn't know much about the production process, but he can always come up with a lot of fresh ideas. Fortunately, Mama Song is a skillful person, and after listening to her words, go back and ponder, and you can make better things according to her intentions.
On this day, Mama Song sent two more boxes of rouge cream, and after Shen Yuechen read it, she was quite satisfied, and couldn't help but praise: "Well, Mama has done a great job, it's really hard." This time, the finished product smelled and looked at it, it was really no worse than those Jiangnan goods, and it was estimated that if it was taken out, some people would be willing to buy it if they wanted two taels of silver. ”
Mama Song still didn't smile, and said lightly: "It's all grandma, you teach well, and the slave maid just does what you ask, so it's all the credit of grandma." ”
Shen Yuechen smiled slightly when she heard this: "Mama said this, wouldn't it make me embarrassed, and you have the greatest credit for this." ”
If you can't talk on paper, you can still do it and be the most reliable.
Although Shen Yuechen and Mama Song have not known each other for a long time, they can be regarded as falling in love, so she wants to treat her more intimately. However, Mama Song didn't seem to appreciate it very much, she was still respectful and distant, except for business, she didn't have a word of gossip, and seemed to consciously keep her distance from her.
Shen Yuechen didn't mind in his heart, but occasionally felt a little strange. It stands to reason that Mama Song has been a poor person in the Zhu family for so many years, and she is a capable person, so she should stay in a better position, but it is a pity to put her in the flower room.
Shen Yuechen wanted to promote Mama Song, and wanted her to do things for herself, so she went to the west courtyard and was responsible for teaching and managing the people in the courtyard.
In the past, Mama Li was gone, but now, all the chores in the courtyard are watched by Mother Wu alone, and she has to take care of the kitchen, busy at both ends and hard at both ends, and for a long time, her body will definitely be unbearable. Shen Yuechen originally wanted to promote a maid around her to help her, Chunming and Cuixin were her wedding maids, but the two of them had not been in the house for a long time, and they were not experienced enough, and they didn't have the ability to take care of things alone, so they could only wait and see. However, just when she needed to employ people the most, Mama Song appeared in front of her, she was low-key, did things safely, and she was also very smart, and she could understand everything at a point, which saved a lot of effort.
Shen Yuechen thought so, so she took the opportunity to tell Mama Song what she meant.
Who knows, when Mama Song heard this, instead of displeased, she frowned and refused again and again: "The slave and maid thank Grandma for her kindness, but the slave and maid are already old, and their brains are useless, and they can only do some rough work." Grandma, you are a delicate person, and you don't need an eye-catching person like a slave or maid around you......"
Shen Yuechen was stunned for a moment, seeing that she looked serious and her eyes were firm, she couldn't understand her thoughts more and more.
It is said that being a disciplining mother in a hospital is much better than being in charge of a flower house. Moreover, there is a lot of oil and water, the days are moist, and there is decency, no one will easily refuse......
Shen Yuechen was silent for a moment before she said, "Mama is an understanding person, so why do you need to say these polite words to coax me?" I know that Mama must be worried about me as a master, so she will repeatedly refuse. Since Mama won't want to come, I won't force you, but I just ask Mama to go back and think about it, don't miss the good opportunity at your fingertips in vain. ”
Shen Yuechen didn't want to talk too hard, so she left some space to come out, allowing her to have a place to turn around and think.
When Mama Song heard this, she was silent, and her face became more and more heavy, which couldn't help but make Shen Yuechen wonder, could it be that she had something unspeakable to hide?
After Mama Song left, Shen Yuechen was slightly distracted for a while, and then remembered that it was time to send Brother Ming back to Li's place, so she called Chun Ming and ordered: "You go to Sister Ying'er's house and bring Brother Ming." ”
Chun Ming left in response, and after a while, he hugged Brother Ming steadily.
Brother Ming has been sticking to her for several days because he is not worried about Shen Yuechen.
Shen Yuechen was worried that Li Shi would not be happy, so he talked to Brother Ming and discussed it before persuading him to nod his head and go back.
However, Brother Ming will never be obedient in vain, and he still has his conditions, that is, let Shen Yuechen find an opportunity to take him out to have a look and walk around.
Shen Yuechen agreed with a good attitude on the surface, but he didn't think so in his heart.
Brother Ming wants to go out, not to mention that he has to wait for another two years, he is such a small person now, not to mention that Li Shi can't let it, even the old lady who has always spoiled him will not nod.
Shen Yuechen took the initiative to send Brother Ming to Li's side, firstly, to be considerate of the elders, and secondly, to deliberately behave and find an opportunity to please Li's like.
However, Li Shi's attitude towards her has not changed much, and she still has a cold face, a cold tone, and cold eyes.
Shen Yuechen didn't expect too much, so she only handed the rouge paste sent by Mama Song to Li Shi, and said, "Madam, this is the rouge paste prepared by Yuechen herself, please take a fresh look." ”
When Li Shi heard this, he didn't raise his eyelids, just looked at the tea bowl in his hand, and said lightly: "Leave it there." ”
Shen Yuechen put the rouge away with a smile, and then said: "In half a month, the new store outside will open, and then Yuechen wants to invite you and the old lady to go over and be lively." ”
Li Shi's tone was still light: "Let's talk about it then." Seeing that the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, there are still many things to be busy at home. ”
Shen Yuechen smiled a little embarrassedly when she heard this.
Although she did not directly refuse, she had already made her intentions clear.
Li Shi didn't want to stay in the same room with her for too long, so he put the tea bowl on the table, making a crisp sound, as if it was an eviction order.
Shen Yuechen was also interested, so she immediately got up and said goodbye, not wanting to continue to rely on her shamelessly and dislike her.
Li Shi replied lightly, and when he saw her pacing out the door, his face sank slightly, and he secretly complained.
She knew that she didn't like her, but she had to deliberately bump into her eyes, deliberately making people unhappy.
Li Shi thought silently, his eyes inadvertently fell on the two small boxes on the table, his brows frowned even tighter, and he still didn't even look at it, so he directly ordered the maid Qiao'er: "Throw this thing out for me." ”
What rouge cream? Who is rare of these. I can't be sure, what kind of fragrant and poisonous moth is, it's weird when it smells.
When Qiao'er heard this, she hurriedly picked up the box, sniffed it unconsciously, and felt that the fragrance was very good, so she couldn't help but move her heart and secretly stuffed the box into her sleeve.
Suddenly, Zhu Quan, the little servant in the account room, came over to deliver the account book to the Li family, and when he saw Qiao'er standing in a corner of the courtyard sneakily, he was looking down and fiddling with something, so he couldn't help but joke, and secretly stepped forward to scare her: "Qiao's girl, what are you hiding?" ”
Na Qiao'er was secretly smearing rouge on his mouth, and when he was so frightened, his hand shook slightly, but it was smeared, and he suddenly shouted in anger: "You want to scare me to death!" ”
Zhu Quan saw her panicked appearance, with rouge on her mouth, and continued to smile and said: "Another person is secretly here to stinky and beautiful, be careful that Madame knows and punishes you." After speaking, he saw the box hidden in her hand, and without thinking about it, he reached out to take it: "Where did this rouge come from?" Show me. ”
Qiao'er protected it in her hand and didn't let him touch it, and said with some annoyance: "Women's things, you are also rare?" What should I do in a hurry? Don't get in my way here. ”
Zhu Quan didn't think much when he heard this, but he became bolder, and directly stretched out his finger and touched a little bit of the rouge on the side of her mouth, and then put it in his mouth and tasted the taste, and whispered: "Hmm...... What a fragrant taste! Where did you get such a good thing, it can't be stolen, right? ”
Zhu Quan often came over to deliver the account book to the Li family, so he got acquainted with the maids in the yard from time to time, laughed with them from time to time, and flirted and scolded for a while.
When Qiao'er saw that he was stealing something, her face immediately changed, and she pushed him away and said, "You get away from me, what nonsense?" You're the thief. ”
Zhu Quan originally just wanted to tease her, but seeing that she was really annoyed, his face was flushed with anger, and he hurriedly relaxed: "I was playing with you, why are you still serious?" After speaking, he leaned over and said, "I don't think this thing is cheap, why is the eldest lady in a good mood today, so I rewarded you with this?" ”
Although rouge gouache is a woman's thing, he can be regarded as half an expert. There are so many maids in the courtyard, all of them are greased and powdered, and he usually takes the opportunity to rub oil to steal the rouge on the mouths of the maids.
Qiao'er didn't want to entangle with him, so she only put the box back away, glared and said, "This is not for the eldest lady, this is what she doesn't want." The eldest lady is not in a bad mood at all today, if I want you to hurry over, lest you turn around and get off the board. ”
When Zhu Quan heard this, he suddenly didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly raised his feet and left, but he didn't forget to turn around and say, "Don't leave first, when I'm done, let's talk." ”
Qiao'er saw the frivolity of his hippie smile, and hurriedly lowered his head and spat on the ground, and said, "Phew, who is waiting for you, faceless bastard." ”
Qiao'er took the rouge back into the house, originally wanted to hide this good thing and use it slowly for herself, but unfortunately she didn't hide it, everyone followed the fragrance and quickly turned the box out.
In order not to misunderstand everyone, Qiao'er had to tell the ins and outs of the matter.
Everyone couldn't help but be amazed when they heard it, passing the box to each other, smelling and smelling, wiping and wiping, only to feel that the grandmother was really capable, and even rouge could be made.
Among them, a maid who was in charge of delivering flowers followed: "I heard that the eldest grandmother has found a lot of people to make rouge gouache in the garden." If you want to come to those flower houses, everyone must have this good thing in their hands. ”
Her seemingly unintentional words moved everyone's hearts, and they all wanted to go to the garden to see what was going on, and by the way, they also hoped to get some benefits and rouge.