Chapter 35: Competing for Favor

The shopkeeper walked over with a cup of tea and handed it respectfully.

"Girl, what do you mean? The rouge has been changed, and it will be fine in two days? ”

The woman squinted at the shopkeeper: "Who knows what kind of medicine you gave me, in case it is poison, then I will leave and not die without proof?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "How can it be poisonous?" In broad daylight, who would dare to poison it? You're right? ”

Zhao Qianqian got up and walked over: "You don't have to persuade her, you let her sit for a while, we are not a black shop, when she is relieved, she will naturally leave." ”

The shopkeeper snorted, turned around and went in, and Zhao Qianqian lifted a chair and sat at the door with the girl.

Zhao Qianqian analyzed her skin type and what caused the rash and itching.

At first, the girl didn't care.

Slowly, the more she listened, the more engaged she became, and began to take the initiative to talk about what rouge gouache she had used before, and the effect of each use.

Zhao Qianqian told her some hydration and face washing methods that she usually does at home.

The two chatted and chatted, and they didn't know when they talked about the woman's friendship with Jinlan.

Shopkeeper Li frowned when he listened: "Why are you still talking about the shortcomings of parents?" What mother-in-law, man, girlfriend, what do these two girls talk about? ”

"Mother, I'm hungry."

Tianbao ran out at some point, and was shouting before he even entered the door.

Hearing Tianbao's shout, the woman seemed to realize that the hour was not early, and the sky was dark, so she got up and carried her chair into the room.

"It's not too early, I'll go back first, try it according to what you said, and I'll come back to you tomorrow."

As he spoke, he touched his face again: "I don't feel itchy, the effect of that medicine is really good." ”

Shopkeeper Li muttered in his heart: You have been sitting there for half an hour, and the effect of the medicine has come out, so naturally it is not itchy.

Suddenly, I remembered that the woman just said that she would come on the next day, didn't she say that she would come in two days?

"Miss Zhao, that girl just said that she would come tomorrow, why did she come tomorrow?"

"She's here tomorrow to help."

Shopkeeper Li was stunned.

Zhao Qianqian asked, the situation of the other people who came today, the shopkeeper talked about it in detail, and it was roughly the same as the woman today.

It seems to be caused by dry skin during the change of seasons.

Zhao Qianqian looked at the shelves: "How much rouge gouache is there in Nancheng that you originally entered in your store?" ”

The shopkeeper lady hurriedly said: "Not much, not much, tomorrow is about to buy, today is the snow to welcome the spring, the price is more expensive." ”

"Don't go into Nancheng for the time being, now that the climate is dry, the skin will become dry and dehydrated, and the goods to be replenished will still go to Aoxue to welcome spring."

The shopkeeper asked, "The price of Aoxue Yingchun is higher, will we not be able to sell it?" ”

Zhao Qianqian analyzed the rouge of Aoxue Yingchun for the shopkeeper Li and his wife.

His family's rouge is made of medium to high quality ingredients.

Nancheng's rouge is made of relatively inferior raw materials, there is no moisturizing, and it is not a big problem to use in the hot and humid summer, but it will be dry and itchy in autumn and winter.

I just talked to the woman and learned that in the past, she and her friends in Jinlan were all rouge gouaches from the imperial city that she bought in Jinfeng Hall, so there was no such situation.

And she just watched the rouge gouache of Aoxue Yingchun, which has a moisturizing effect, and the price is not as expensive as Jinfengtang's rouge, which also has a moisturizing effect.

Shopkeeper Li frowned: "Just now you two were talking about that woman's friendship with Jinlan, are you talking about rouge?" ”

Zhao Qianqian nodded: "I asked her which rouge her girlfriends use, and whether the elders in their family use it, and what kind of rouge they use." ”

Shopkeeper Li smiled: "I thought you two were just talking about your family's shortcomings, but it turns out that you are exploring sales." ”

Lanterns were vaguely hung on the street, and when Zhao Qianqian returned home, everyone was already waiting for her around the table.

"Slight, sit with me."

Xiao Chaoyang saw Zhao Qianqian coming over, moved his little fart, and vacated a position.

Qing Yao saw that Zhao Qianqian was about to walk over, sat down next to Xiao Chaoyang, and also moved her little fart.

"Sister sit with me."

Xiao Chaoyang looked like a little adult: "Sit down, it's rude to call people up again, be obedient, eat." ”

"You should call your sister, you can't call your sister's name." Ye Qianfan reminded.

Xiao Chaoyang tilted his head and looked at Zhao Qianqian: "I can't call her sister, she will be punished by God." ”

"Poof!" Zhao Qianqian just drank a sip of soup, squirted out, and was choked and coughed.

Xiao Chaoyang hurriedly stood on the stool and punched Zhao Qianqian's back a few times with his small fist, seeing that Zhao Qianqian stopped coughing and spoke seriously.

"Qing Yao, look, you don't say anything about eating, you choke on shallowness, eat quickly, don't talk."

At night, Xiao Chaoyang and Zhao Qianqian squeezed into the same bed to sleep.

The little guy didn't sleep honestly, and he changed his position many times in one night, and the whole person rotated 360 degrees in bed.

When Zhao Qianqian got up, Xiao Chaoyang's little feet were on her nose, and the little guy was like a little pig, drooling on his stomach.

Zhao Qianqian thought she got up early, and when she arrived at the kitchen, she found that Chengshuang had already cooked breakfast and was washing clothes in the courtyard.

Didn't this little girl sleep?

Zhao Qianqian walked over and picked up the washed clothes to help hang them up.

"Why do you wake up so early, and it's not dawn yet? Your injuries are not healed, so you need to rest more. ”

Chengshuang looked up and saw that it was her and said with a smile: "I just got up for a while, I stayed at home for the past few days, I didn't do anything, I was so idle that I couldn't sleep and got up." ”

"Shallow, what is your name as the one who hangs clothes? It's very convenient, you can dry a lot of clothes, who did you learn this from? ”

Chengshuang picked up a hanger and looked at it, the workmanship was simple and practical, why didn't anyone think of it?

"It's called a hanger, it's practical, right? I thought that when I had time, I would make something to sell, and maybe I could exchange it for some silver. ”

The clothes were dried, the sky was not yet bright, Zhao Qianqian and Chengshuang had breakfast, heated the rice in the pot, and the two went out.

Brought Chengshuang to the mountain, there are still a few kiwi fruits on the kiwi tree, and it is not easy to pick them back, so they simply stay on the tree and pick them every two days.

Now many people in the city have accepted this thing, mainly as a gift in the Qian Mantang, and everyone has tasted the sweetness.

Zhao Qianqian put some on sale in the future nut shop, and diners who came out of the money hall would also buy some when they saw it.

One to ten, ten to hundred, more people to buy, now can sell dozens of catties a day.

Now there are not many trees, Zhao Qianqian wants to keep it at home to eat, and sometimes send some to Tianbao.

Yao Cunfu is surrounding the chicken coop, and most of the side has been enclosed, which is seven or eight meters high and more than 20 meters wide, and it is all surrounded by trees the thickness of small bowls.

Zhao Qianqian told Yao Cunfu about the bamboo mat and asked him to help find someone to weave the bamboo mat.

"Uncle Yao, you go and cut a few raw bamboos and move them back in a while, and then find a few trustworthy honest people, let them wait for me at your house after lunch, and I will come over and tell you what to do."

"Hey, Miss Zhao, are you going to send chickens and eggs to the money shopkeeper today?"

"I'm in a bit of a hurry today, catch two pheasants, and don't pick up eggs."

When passing through the walnut forest, I also picked up some walnuts that had not been beaten on the trees.

There are still a few chestnuts on the chestnuts after beating, but there are a lot of piles on the ground, there are some skin that has not been cracked, let it be left for a few days, and then step on it with your foot when the skin becomes soft, and you can quickly peel the chestnuts out.

Under the few chestnut trees that were not beaten, a lot of cracked skins were dropped, Zhao Qianqian asked Chengshuang to follow her example, peeled the chestnuts out, and after a while, picked up half of the back basket.

They came to the mountain this morning mainly to pick peppercorns.

Fortunately, they are all thornless peppercorns, and they are relatively quick to pick.

In half an hour, the two of them picked up a basket full of backs.

Now that the weather has begun to cool, there are still some wild fungus.

I came down from the mountain and went to the house of my husband in Yao Village, where the old lady was feeding the rabbits in the yard.

"Grandma's morning."

Zhao Qianqian and Chengshuang greeted the old lady outside the courtyard.

"Ouch, it's shallow, come in!"

"Mother, is it shallow?" Aunt Yao asked in the house.

The voice was much louder than the previous two, and the breath was a little more sufficient.

"It's me, auntie." Zhao Qianqian raised his voice and replied.

No one in the room answered.

Zhao Qianqian asked Chengshuang to put down the basket and poured half of the chestnuts to the old lady.

He took a ginseng from his back basket and gave it to the old lady, who had never seen ginseng and thought it was some kind of grass root.

Cheng Shuang was surprised: "Ginseng! ”

The old lady was shocked, like throwing a hot potato, and threw the ginseng to Zhao Qianqian.

She had never seen ginseng, but she had heard the old man say that it was a precious medicinal material, and this kind of thing could only be used by the rich, so they had only heard of it.

Zhao Qianqian gave Cheng Shuang a look, and Cheng Shuang hurriedly said: "This thing is a bit like ginseng, but if you look closely, it's not."

"That's right, what kind of ginseng is this, this is the herb I bought at the market, I heard that stewed chicken is eaten to nourish the body."

As he spoke, he put the ginseng into the old lady's hand.

"I also happened to buy it, you can divide this herb in half and stew it with the chicken in a while, and stew the rest in two days."

The old lady looked at the ginseng in her hand with disbelief.

"Is this really a herb?"

"Really, you see that Chengshuang just said it, but it just looks like it, but it's not, and I can't afford to buy real ginseng, right?"

A sick voice behind him asked, "Which one is shallow?" ”

Looking for the voice, Zhao Qianqian saw a yellow-faced and thin-skinned woman holding on to the door of the house, looking at them.

Zhao Qianqian hurriedly walked over to support the woman.

When I grabbed her hand, I felt that what I had caught was a bare bone wrapped in skin, and my heart was a little sore.

"Auntie, I'm shallow, why did you get up, it's a little cold outside."

The old lady was also a little surprised.

"I haven't been out of the house for a few years, why did I come out today?"

"I just listened to you guys, I wanted to come out and see, I haven't coughed much lately, my body has some strength, and I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of the house in my life, and I just tried to be able to walk."

Aunt Yao finished speaking in one breath, panting a little.

Zhao Qianqian helped her sit down in the courtyard, and took a piece of clothing under the eaves to put on her.

Aunt Yao sat down, took Zhao Qianqian's hand, and looked at it carefully.

"What a handsome girl."

After saying that, he sighed.

"If my kid were still around, he would be about the same age as you."

Aunt Yao began to wipe her tears as she spoke.

Listening to Aunt Yao say this, it should be that her child died at an early age, but she didn't know how to comfort her.

"Auntie, you are still young, you will have children in the future, don't think about those past things, you are still sick, grandma is still looking forward to you getting better as soon as possible to serve her."

As soon as Zhao Qianqian said this, Aunt Yao cried even more, and she was a little at a loss.

"Grandma, hurry up and persuade Auntie, this body is still weak, don't be serious again in a while."

"It's been more than ten years, you should also accept the reality, listen to the shallow, take care of your body, life has to go on, my old bones, I am still looking at you to the end."

Chengshuang squatted in front of Aunt Yao: "Auntie, we will often come to see you in the future, if you don't dislike it, treat me as your daughter." ”

Aunt Yao took Chengshuang's hand and nodded: "Hey! ”

Suddenly, she noticed the whip mark on Chengshuang's neck and reached out to touch it.

Cheng Shuang hurriedly took her hand: "This is me who accidentally fell on the mountain, it's okay, it'll be fine in two days." ”

Zhao Qianqian got up: "Grandma, I still catch two rabbits today, you can help me find a cage." ”

The old lady caught two rabbits, put them in the cage, and tied them to Zhao Qianqian's back basket, even if the rabbits moved around, they would not slip down from the back basket.

Coming out of Yaocunfu's house, Chengshuang sent the rabbit and peppercorns to Qian Mantang.

Zhao Qianqian was worried that Xiao Chaoyang would not be able to play with a few children, so he brought some food home by himself and took a look at a few children by the way.

Thinking that the children were not in harmony at dinner last night, I was afraid that it would make a fuss.

When she returned home, she was stunned by the scene before her.