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The snowflakes outside are getting bigger and bigger, Pan'er is cold and breathing, and she can't help rubbing her hands vigorously, because of the cold and dry, her hands are red and purple, and she has to take some grease mixed with spring water and apply it carefully, and it is also cracked and peeling.

Looking down at the pot Wenjun listening to the qin, Pan'er hesitated for a while, the old man's face before meeting was not good, and he hurriedly said: "It's better to keep these flowers elsewhere and try it, if it's good, it proves that it's a problem with the warm house, if it doesn't get better, it may be something else......"

The old man nodded, suddenly stared at Pan'er, and said, "Why are you wearing a hat in winter?" As soon as the cold wind blew, the veil went straight to his mouth. ”

Pan'er didn't say a word, after the scar on her face disappeared completely, Lin asked her to wear a hat, at that time Lin thought that Qi Chuan was dead, and the mother and daughter were widows, and they must be cautious in everything they say and do, and there can be no inappropriateness, otherwise they can be drowned by the spittle of the villagers, so that she has long been used to wearing the hat for so many days, and she didn't think about taking it off for a while.

I found two young and strong little guys to help, and carried the flower pot with Wen Jun listening to the qin to another room, although there was no dragon in this house, but two charcoal pots were placed, which was warmer than Pan'er and Lin's house, Wen Jun's leaves were a little wilted, Pan'er dropped a drop of spiritual spring water into it, bent down and stared carefully, staring at it so much that his eyes were sore and swollen, and the veins of the branches and leaves were still fresh and full, not at all like the appearance of the loss of vitality in the greenhouse just now.

The old man carried a pot of wine in his hand, lifted the curtain and walked into the house, his eyes lingered on the flower pot for a while, and after feeling the taste, he said: "It looks like there is something wrong with the warming, I said how to raise what to die......

Obviously, this old man said that he was not a loyal and brave marquis, but he was very wanton when he walked in the mansion, and he cherished these flowers and plants, which was exactly the same as the old man described by the stone shopkeeper, and the more Pan'er looked at this old man, the more suspicious he became, and he couldn't help asking: "Since you are not the master of the Hou Mansion, why are you not following the rules at all?" “

Holding the spout in his hand and pouring the clear wine into his mouth, the old man smacked his mouth and said, "Who told you that I am not the master of the Zhongyong Mansion?" I'm just saying that I'm not the Marquis of Zhongyong, and the current Marquis of Zhongyong is my son......"

Pan'er held a bowl of hot tea in her hand, and almost squirted out the tea soup when she heard this, the old man in front of him was wearing a gray-brown short, which was not much different from the clothes of the little girl in the Hou Mansion, plus he was tending to flowers and plants in the greenhouse, where would Pan'er think that this was the father of the Marquis of Zhongyong?

With a shake of his hand, the hot tea soup splashed out of the tea bowl, and the snow greasy gelt on his hands was scalded red, Pan'er couldn't stop gasping for cold air, and couldn't wait to quickly pour out some spiritual spring water to smear, but the old man was on the side, spiritual spring water is a rare and rare thing in the world, even if Pan'er is a village woman who came out of the ravine, she can also figure out the secret, and naturally dare not expose the spiritual spring water in front of outsiders.

Seeing this, the old man directly called two maids in, one of whom held a palm-sized porcelain box in his hand, opened the lid of the blue and white vines, dipped his fingertips in some transparent pale green paste, and directly applied Pan'er's scalded flesh.

Originally, the wound was hot and stinging, but this ointment was cold and cold, and when it was applied, the cool taste penetrated directly into the skin and flesh, relieving the pain one or two, although it could not be completely eliminated, but it was much stronger than the ointment sold in ordinary medical halls.

"That's a good thing, isn't it? It is the aloe vera that I personally planted in the garden, steamed it in a large pot to make a transparent ointment, mixed it with a clear and swelling medicinal soup, and finally put it in a box, and it became this thing......" Hearing the old man's smug tone, Pan'er pouted secretly, she didn't think there was any magic in this ointment, and it was not as good as her spiritual spring water.

According to the old man's instructions, the little servants moved all the treasures in the greenhouse to this room, and Pan'er took four or five maids to watch here, beware of others doing something to the treasures, and a group of guards in armor were also surrounded outside the greenhouse, which was a good hand under the command of the Marquis of Zhongyong, and entered the greenhouse in a uniform manner, and did not let go of a brick or stone in the room.

The conservatory is connected to a special wood-burning warehouse in the backyard, and the smoke is mixed with the heat along the flue into the room, which can not only play the role of heating, but also has no fireworks brought by the charcoal basin, and the old man is also afraid that the charcoal basin will smoke his baby, so he spent a lot of money to build a greenhouse, but there is a large amount of cinnabar hidden in the flue, whenever there is hot air through, the cinnabar will melt a little, and it will pour into the greenhouse into liquid gas, and the person will inhale a small amount although it is not obvious. But these delicate treasures can't stand the toss, so they will be as shriveled and yellow as if they had lost their vitality.

Cinnabar is the main ingredient of alchemy, very valuable, ordinary people can rarely buy these amounts of cinnabar, and even can hide it in the flue unconsciously, if there is no cat, the ghost does not believe it.

Regarding these things, there are naturally people from the Hou Mansion who are loyal to the Hou Mansion to deal with, Pan'er's days are very leisurely, taking care of those treasures in the house every day, and from time to time there are snacks sent by the maid to the kitchen, the chefs in the Hou Mansion are really not bad, Lin's best is pickled vegetables, and the taste of other food is not ordinary, but after adding Lingquan water, it can be upgraded to a higher level.

West Street Yu Family.

The tender baby hugged the table legs, cried at the top of her throat, her eyes were like springs, and tears poured down in big drops, wetting her clothes.

"Mother, I want to eat chestnut cake...... Chestnut cake! ”

Yu Liu wiped his hands on the cotton apron, hit his son's buttocks a few times, and scolded: "What kind of chestnut cake to eat, a piece of cake is enough for ten yuan, you ate it once yesterday, and you are still clamoring to eat it today, why are you so greedy?" ”

Mrs. Yu on the side saw her daughter-in-law beating her grandson, she was distressed, walked forward a few steps, hugged the little baby in her arms and said: "If you don't buy it, you won't buy it, what are you doing beating the tiger?" I finally have a grandson, you can't toss the roots of our old Yu family like this......" Mrs. Yu's face was full of wrinkles with a smile, she reached out to wipe the tears and snot on Huzi's face, and hugged him out: "Grandma bought you cakes ......"

While talking, the grandfather and grandson walked out, Yu Liu angrily ripped off the apron around his waist, looked at the Xianggong who was eating tea slowly, and said hatefully: "Look at your mother, take Huzi to buy chestnut cakes every day, Huzi is only three years old, and I don't know what the things on the street are made of. ”

Seeing that his wife was angry, the man didn't dare to say anything, only poured a cup of tea and brought it to Yu Liu's, and took out a paper bag from his arms, the paper bag was a little oil-stained, Yu Liu took it angrily, took a sip of tea first, opened the paper bag, looked at the crystal clear light yellow pastry inside, revealing the sweet smell of osmanthus, and couldn't help but feel a little greedy in his heart, and took a bite lightly, and listened to the man's mouth:

"This is also the osmanthus cake made by Lin's, I heard that after the woman eats into the belly, the most beautiful beauty, although the conditions of our family are not good, but eating some cakes costs how much money of fabric, you work hard for the family every day, eating rock sugar osmanthus cake is also good for the body......"

Although Yu Liu's dislike this rock sugar osmanthus cake is not cheap, but she knows in her heart that the pastries on Lin's stall, because of the good taste, have to queue for a long time every day to buy the pastries.

At this moment, the rock sugar osmanthus cake is in the mouth, the faint sweetness spreads in the mouth, sweet but not greasy, the aroma is light, not like ordinary pastries choking, but like holding egg custard, with a gentle sip of the tongue, that is, in the mouth, a warm current spreads along the esophagus, has been diffused into the lower abdomen, originally Yu Liu did not believe that the rock sugar osmanthus cake can nourish the body, but after tasting a piece, she felt less tired than before.

"Just your sweet mouth," Yu Liu muttered, after taking a sip ......of tea, his face was obviously much better than before, he was angry with his mother-in-law and son before, and she was holding back the fire in her heart.

Since then, there is a husband coaxing, Yu Liu bought a few cakes every day, each family can eat a piece, after eating for a month, Yu Liu felt that the freckles on the face were much lighter than before, and the skin and flesh became more and more uniform and delicate, although I can't be sure whether it is the effect of the rock sugar osmanthus cake, but only with the good taste of the pastry, it is worth spending ten dollars to buy.

The affairs of the Yu family will not be known to Pan'er, she stays in the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion every day, and will return home before the evening, help the Lin family make cakes and make old soup, and constantly drop a few drops of spiritual spring water into it every day, although the amount is not much, but it is better in a steady stream, so that the chestnut cake and rock sugar osmanthus cake sold in the stall taste naturally not bad, and the number of repeat customers is also increasing, sometimes the Lin family himself is too busy, but fortunately, after the things are sold, they can collect the stall and leave, which is not too troublesome.

Now that the weather is getting colder and colder day by day, Pan'er can't bear to let the Lin family go out to set up a stall, but fortunately, he got five hundred taels of silver a few days ago, and he was closed for a few days, so he found a suitable shop to put down, and staying in the house was much better than the sunrise stall.

In order to find a shop, Pan'er also specially took leave with the stone shopkeeper of the Marquis Zhongyong's mansion, and was ready to spend a whole day to find the shop. When renting a house before, the Lin family had found Ya Po, these people were the most well-informed, rather than bothering to inquire in person, it was better to use some silver and find a shop directly from Ya Po, which saved time and effort.

Following the Lin family according to the previous road, directly looked for the Ya Po who was standing on the street, after the mother and daughter said the request, the Ya Po couldn't help but be surprised, after all, the two of them have been in Beijing for less than three months, and they can save such a large amount of silver, and they are going to buy a shop, this courage is much stronger than that of ordinary men, plus they have plenty of money, so they are naturally big customers who have to hold it well.

The shops in the capital are not cheap, the Lin family has only six hundred taels of silver in his hand, so he naturally does not dare to spend it all, fortunately, the West Street is the residence of ordinary people, here is more lively than the East Street, but the land price is a lot cheaper, if you want to have a shop on the front street, you can find two hundred taels to one thousand taels, but the mother and daughter don't want a house that is too cramped, it is best to bring the backyard, so the price is expensive.

Ya Po has a lot of houses in her hands, so she simply took the two of them to take a few looks, in fact, there are not many empty shops, after all, I don't know how many businesses in Beijing, if it is a good location, someone just vacated the place yesterday, I am afraid that it will be bought today.

Pan'er and Lin took a closer look at each other, but they fell in love with a two-story shop, and there was a small courtyard behind them, so that they could make some pickles in the small courtyard, and it was a good time to make soybean sauce in winter.

This shop is not cheap, it costs seven hundred taels, they don't have so much silver in their hands, even if they sell a lot of pickles and cakes these days, but because of small profits and quick turnover, if it is expensive, I am afraid that no one will buy it again, even if the business is good now, most of the customers who come are regular customers, and the Lin family is not good at raising prices, so that in just three months, they will not make a hundred taels of silver in any case, but this room is in line with the hearts of the mother, if you miss it, you may not be able to buy such a suitable one next time.

The mother and daughter have just come to Beijing, and they are not familiar with each other, and they can't raise money from others, even if all the money is counted, they only have 650 taels, and there is still a difference of 50 taels, so even if they smash the pot and sell iron, they can't make it up.

Fortunately, the tooth woman wants to make this big business, although the shop is not hers, but if it is done, she can draw thirty taels of profit from it, and it is easy to make money in Beijing, plus these two women are not like people who rely on debts, and if they set up the note, these fifty taels will not be bad.

After just tossing and turning, Ya Po agreed to collect six hundred and fifty taels first, and the rest of the silver would be settled within a month, so that she could have a month's respite, even if it was difficult to earn this silver by selling food, she could think of other ideas.

When they first came to the capital, the mother and daughter only carried their burdens into the city, and now after March, there are not many things left in the small courtyard, and they cleaned up a little, and after a few trips, they directly put the things together in the shop.

Although the man promised Pan'er that he would not appear in front of her again, the world was unpredictable, so it was better to hide carefully, so that she could feel at ease.

Even if there are not many things, Pan'er and Lin also spent a lot of effort to clean up, and when they returned to the shop at night, Pan'er sat on the chair tiredly, and didn't even want to move, Lin's Zhao was slightly better than her, dragging her tired body to boil some hot water, and after brewing two bowls of honey water, she said slowly: "The day after tomorrow is the fifteenth, if you think Wu Xiucai is not bad, go to Huguo Temple for a walk, and you can also see each other......"

Hearing the Lin family mention Wu Xiucai, although Pan'er has never seen that person, her heart can't help but ripple a little, for her daughter's family, lifelong events are naturally the most critical, she didn't marry well first, and Qi Chuan's marriage will fall to the point where she is now, if she can marry a good person this time, she must be able to live comfortably in the second half of her life.

Besides, Wu Xiucai is only in his early twenties, and he already has a fame, he must also be a smart and knowledgeable person, and he will definitely have an official and a half-position in the future, and when the time comes, he will become an official wife, which is already an excellent destination for a second-married girl like Pan'er.

The day after tomorrow is exactly the fifteenth, the fifteenth day of the first month of each month to go to the Huguo Temple in the incense of a lot of people, because today to see Wu Xiucai, Pan Erchen was woken up by the Lin family before the arrival of the Chen, Lin's appearance is beautiful, will also dress up, before the special Pan'er made a peach-colored jacket, although there are no complicated patterns, but because of the recent Pan'er figure plump, the chest is bulging, the clothes are up, the small waist is slender like willow branches, with the same color skirt, more delicate.

Pressing Pan'er directly in front of the bronze mirror, Lin held the finely ground purple jasmine powder in his hand, squinted his eyes and looked at Pan'er carefully, and found that the little girl's skin and flesh were white and delicate, without a trace of flaws.

In desperation, Lin only took Qingdai to paint a thrush for her, the delicate lip flap was ruddy, and there was no need to rub the rouge at all, so Lin dipped it slightly with his fingertips, and directly blurred at the end of the eyes, although the color of the rouge was strong, but at the moment it was like peach petals falling on the snow, so that Pan'er's little face revealed a faint charm, Jiao Han slightly reduced a few points, but a little more different evenness.

Lin Shi saw it in his eyes, and felt very satisfied, reached out to get the fat paste that evened the face, and applied a little bit to Pan'er on the face, which also saved her daughter's fine skin and tender flesh from freezing outside.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Pan'er was stunned for a while, the woman in the mirror was very beautiful, a pair of apricot eyes were rippling, red lips and teeth, Qiong's nose was small and straight, with delicate skin and flesh like clotted fat, it was even more prominent, because of her young age, her eyebrows still revealed a bit of coquettishness exclusive to the girl, but she had lived two lifetimes, plus because of the spiritual spring, it seemed to be more aura than ordinary women.

Pan'er has never dressed up as carefully as she did today, because of the bowl-sized scar on the left side of her face, even on the day she visited the church with Qi Chuan, she covered her face with a red cloth and hastily went through the motions, and now she feels that she is not inferior to those beauties in Beijing, at least compared to the daughter of the prime minister named Xu Qingling, she is not inferior at all.

Bei Ya bit her red lip lightly, and Pan'er asked timidly: "Mother, do I still want to go out with a hat?" ”

"What kind of hood to wear? This is not in Shiqiao Village, the reason why I wore a hat before, but because the scar is good, I can't explain it to the villagers, in order to avoid right and wrong, I cover it up, and now we are in the capital, no one knows us, and you are going to Huguo Temple to meet people, how can you see clearly? ”

Lin has lived for so many years, her heart is like a mirror, she knows that her own conditions are really not good when you look at the capital, she is a widow herself, and Pan'er has also been separated from people, if this good skin is not covered up and not seen, I am afraid that the marriage with that Wu Xiucai will not be done.

snatched the hat in Pan'er's hand and threw it on the table, Lin thought that the hour was not early, so he pulled Pan'er out of the door, and said as he walked: "Mother doesn't plan to force you, if Wu Xiucai doesn't like it, you should go to Huguo Temple to make incense, anyway, you just entered Beijing, and you haven't been to such a lively place as Huguo Temple, but you can open your eyes......"

Huguo Temple is outside the city, and the mother and daughter took the carriage directly in order not to delay the hour.

Because of the cold weather, the driver who drove the car originally held his head in the car and squinted and fell asleep, and was woken up with some dissatisfaction in his heart, but when he saw this pair of mother and daughter, he only felt that his eyes lit up, and the whole person was stunned.

And no matter what the coachman was thinking, Pan'er couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in her heart, if nothing went wrong today, presumably the Xiucai named Wu Yong would become her husband in the future, as long as she thought about being with a man for a lifetime, she was a little flustered.

The cold wind gusted outside, the snowflakes were constantly falling, accumulating a layer on the road, and the wheels creaked when they ran over, Pan'er lifted the curtain with her hands, and the cold wind blew on the face like a knife, stabbing people's pain, she saw a lot of carriages on the road, and asked in a low voice: "Mother, these people are all going to Huguo Temple?" ”

"Huguo Temple is full of incense, the abbot of Huizhen is really capable, and the interpretation is extremely effective, I heard that even the nobles in the palace will come to the Huguo Temple in private, and want to ask the abbot Huizhen to solve the doubts......"

There is a big Buddha in the temple, and it is natural to be lively, after all, today is catching up with the fifteenth, there is a temple fair at the gate of Huguo Temple, and there are a lot more people than usual.

The carriage walked and estimated that there could be an hour, and finally arrived at the foot of the mountain of Huguo Temple, Pan'er helped Lin to get off the carriage, because this snow is not small, looking from afar, the mountain gate has become a silver-covered elephant, awe-inspiring and inviolable, but at the foot of the mountain because of the temple fair, people come and go with the fragrance of vegetarian pastries, the sound of selling is endless, and the mountain forms a sharp contrast, as if one foot on the fairy gate, one foot in the mortal dust.