045 Qiqiao Festival
On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, Qiqiao Festival.
Murong Xueyan chose to open her "Qingzhi Beauty Center" on this day because a grand "begging party" will be held at the Yuelao Temple in Haozhou City on this day. The ladies with faces in the city will participate. In addition to holding banquets and eating seasonal melons and fruits, this is also a grand event. Naturally, before going out, these young ladies will try their best to dress themselves up beautifully in order to be beautiful. According to Murong Xueyan's guess, there are also some women who have a lover who will date their lover by participating in the "begging party". Then, they should dress up as beautiful as immortals. As the saying goes, "Women please themselves. That's what it means!
After the crackling sound of firecrackers, Murong Xueyan came out, arched her hand and said to the people around him:
"Dear folks, fathers, on the occasion of the Qixi Festival, Qingzhi Beauty Center opened. Our store is responsible for makeup, designing clothes and hairstyles for all girls. Mu Zhiqing welcomes all girls to come and support us!"
"Good!" Everyone clapped their hands. Then a girl came forward and said to Mu Zhiqing, "Boss Mu, I don't know how to calculate the price?"
"This girl asked well. Mu is about to announce the price with you: there are three kinds of makeup: daily makeup, one or two silver at a time; banquet makeup, three or two silver at a time; bridal makeup, five or two silver at a time. Just opened today, I announced that in order to celebrate the opening, all makeup will be calculated at half price for three days today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!"
"Then help me put on makeup first." The girl smiled quickly.
Looking at her expression, there is a girl's shyness, which seems to have an appointment with her lover. Murong Xueyan called a servant to move out of the table and chair, and another makeup artist to whisper to her. The makeup artist made the girl sit down, took out the cosmetics one by one and put them on the table. In front of everyone, according to the usual steps of makeup, first apply a layer of foundation on the girl's face, and then apply fine makeup on her eyebrows, eyes and cheeks. The girl's skin is snow-white, and her appearance is just a Chinese figure. However, a dimple on her left cheek adds a lot of color to the whole face, which makes people feel good at a glance. The makeup artist focused on her cheeks and painted a delicate blush, which made the whole person look white and red, and looked better.
With a makeup, the girl seemed to have changed into a person, and her original ordinary appearance became extremely delicate. Everyone saw the whole process and couldn't help clapping their hands.
"This girl, look how you look today, you're going to meet your lover." A onlooker teased, "Your lover will definitely be fascinated by you today!"
"Boss Mu, how much money?" The girl was in full bloom and asked with a smile.
"This is daily makeup, a taels of silver." Murong Xueyan smiled and said, "The person in charge of collecting money in our store is Miss Xiurong. Just give her the money."
The girl's money had not been delivered, and three other girls also walked into the beauty center and said excitedly, "I also want to put on makeup!" And me!"
Murong Xueyan squeezed her lips and smiled, and she was secretly happy. It seemed that her decision was right. The first girl put on makeup in front of everyone, which had the effect of advertising. It seems that she has to thank the girl with courage!
Murong Xueyan brought the three girls into the store, sat in front of the dresser, and let the three makeup artists start working.
... One morning, the business of Qingzhi Beauty Center was not bad. When there were the most people, even she had to do it herself. In addition, two other girls who were about to get married customized bridal clothes.
Just like the modern way of working, the work system formulated by Murong Xueyan is to rest for half an hour at noon and get off work at dinner in the evening.
After a busy day, Murong Xueyan felt that she was so tired that she was about to step away. After everyone got off work, she and Xiu Rong took a count of today's income, which could be as good as fifty taels of silver. In addition to the cost of buying rouge gouache and the salary paid to the makeup artist, there is at least about 22 taels of net income. However, today is Qiqiao Festival, and it coincides with the grand event. Naturally, there are more people coming and going than usual. She chose to open today, which is the right choice. As for her usual business, it depends on her strength. Fortunately, this industry had no competitors in ancient times. Her store is currently the only one in Haozhou City, and there is no other score.
2
In the evening, Murong Xueyan sat in the courtyard looking at the moon.
Chinese Valentine's Day, known as Valentine's Day in China, has been a very important festival since ancient times. On this romantic night, the girls put seasonal melons and fruits on the bright moon in the sky, worship the sky, beg the fairies in the sky to give them smart hearts and dexterous hands, make their knitting female knitting skills proficient, and beg for the marriage of love and marriage.
Love...
The ancient words of Qin Guan floated in my mind, adding a little sadness in vain:
The tenderness is like water, and the good period is like a dream. I endure the way back to the magpie bridge! If the two love last for a long time, how can they be in the morning and evening?
Two feelings... Can't you forget it? There was pen and ink on the case. She wrote it down with a pen, and one side was full of words - Nangong Yi Nangong Yi Nangong Yi... It was not until the whole piece of paper was full of his name that she put down the pen. He picked up the paper negatively, kneaded the whole piece into a ball, and threw it away.
What will Nangongyi do at this time? After a few months, he may have married Meijiao, mother, or, he has resurrected with Yan Guifei again... They have nothing to do with each other. Why do you still miss him? Why?
On such a night, in different places, Nangong Yi was also under the starlight and moonlight, thinking about his love with Murong Xueyan.
When they first met, what he saw was a wayward woman who desperately wanted to get rid of the relationship with him and break the marriage contract. Later, by chance, they had been in trouble several times. When she sang to him, in addition to being amazing, could he be completely sure that there was no different feeling in his heart? Perhaps, love began at that time. Little by little, he found her beauty, her good, her shining points, and a better heart under her beautiful appearance.
Unfortunate, when he knew how to let go of everything, it was too late.
He once thought about cherishing her. At that time, he thought he couldn't let go of Yun'er, but he told her that he just wanted to grasp the people in front of him and cherish the people in front of him. It's ridiculous. After all, he couldn't do it. He hurt her for Yun'er. When she cried in despair and brokenness, he didn't know how deep he had hurt her.
She will leave. She is completely injured and can't see any hope at all, right?
Where will she go? When she was drunk, she inadvertently revealed her secret from the future time and space. If so, would it be possible for her to return to her own era in some way?
Will they see each other again? If she has returned to what she said in the twenty-first century, it is impossible for her to return to this era that does not belong to her own...
No, he would rather believe that she just went to another country for a break. Then one day, she will come back, standing in front of him with a smile and calling out crisply: Nangong Yi!
Cher, Cher, Cher...
The world is full of her face, her smile, her satin-like long hair...
He raised the bottle to the sky and poured a cup of pear blossoms in spring. He remembered what he had seen and heard in the prime minister's mansion that day.
It was the first time he visited Murong Xueyan's father Murong Rui in private after the disaster relief. He would ask for an "old book bag" that he was not used to in the past in order to find out about her news.
Looking at Murong Rui's appearance, he obviously knew his daughter's where to go, and he was not worried at all.
"It's just right. This is the divorce letter left by Cher. Since then, our two families have nothing to do with each other." Murong Rui handed a piece of paper to Nangong Yi's hand so politely.
My wife Murong is not pregnant after two years of marriage. If you violate the "nothing" clause in the seven articles, I specially set up this rest book. From then on, it will be cut off!
Xiu Shu... Does she want to "sever" with him? Even the rest book has been prepared by itself. He took the book and felt that the whole world was gray.
"Father-in-law, Cher, where did she go?" He asked in a trembling voice.
"It doesn't matter where she went. The important thing is that she will live well from now on." Murong Rui glanced at him with cold eyes and added, "In addition, you don't have to call me 'father-in-law' anymore. From now on, you and I will not offend the river."
When he returned from the prime minister's house, the heavy rain was like a note. He did not take an umbrella and let the heavy rain water his body, so that the pain of his body made him forget the pain in his heart.
He went to a wine house by the roadside and got himself drunk.
"Sheer, sheer..." That day, when he was drunk, he still read her name vaguely.
Who said that wine can relieve worries? Why, why is he still so worried, wants to forget, or can't forget? In a trance, I remembered the time when they got drunk together. She held the jar and poured it into her mouth like a man.
She said that wine is a good thing...
It's a lie. These are all lies. Wine can't help him at all.
On this night when it was supposed to be reunited, Nangong Yi sat alone in the court, looking up to the sky and sighing, his thoughts were like a tide.