Fifty-seventh rouge gouache
Xiao Buyi was not surprised when he saw his brothers being embarrassed and said straight to the point: "Miss Mengdie, I brought my brothers here today, but I actually wanted to do a business with you."
"What business?" Meng Die's heart trembled and her smile continued to decline.
"These are my brothers who have been through life and death. Everyone has to go out of the bush, and in the end they decided to do a rouge and water business. But we are all men and don't know anything about this, so I want to ask you for advice." Xiao Buyi signaled the brothers to sit down and not be the decoration of the small building.
Meng Die was a little surprised. Seeing Xiao Buyi so persistent, it would be difficult to dispel his enthusiasm. But from the bottom of his heart, he was still not optimistic about this business.
"Young Master Xiao is so polite. Mengdie must know everything." Mengdie looked for Xiaohong and whispered a few words in a low voice.
"I actually want to ask Miss Mengdie to find a few good sisters. It is probably better for everyone to focus on their ideas." Xiao Buyi said again.
He wanted to invite another singer, but Mengdie didn't mind and smiled slightly, "Young Master Xiao is born to do business."
The little red flew like a butterfly, and in a while, it not only brought rouge and water powder, but also brought several women, and it was also very silly.
When Xiao Buyi saw the embarrassment of Mengdie, he sighed in his heart. With Mengdie's delicate thoughts, there is no reason to know the means of Mengdie. From this we can see that Mengdie is a man of Qu Gao and Wu, and there are no real friends here.
Dream whispers actually look good, but beauty has always been compared, and ugly is the same, so beside Mengdie, Dream whispers can only be said to be average.
The other two women looked familiar, one was Qiuhen and the other was Yue'e. Xiao Buyi thought about it and found that they were also surrounding her women. Seeing Mengdie a little unnatural, Xiao Buyi understood that these people came over to see Mengdie's face, but mostly knew that Xiao Buyi was here.
When the three girls heard Xiao Buyi explain his purpose, they were a little surprised. Seeing a few big men like peddlers, they felt a little contempt, but they praised Xiao Buyi for his courage and vision. Of course, the singer knew to follow the uncle's wishes.
Three women are in one play, and five women are together, so they can perform two plays. The three women are chattering and want to attract Xiao Buyi's attention.
Just because Mengdie was here, the three of them were still restrained and asked Xiao Buyi to let go of his worries.
Mengdie had already brought Xiaohong the rouge powder he used. The makeup powder was decorated with exquisite boxes. Xiao Buyi nodded when he saw it and said in his heart that if you buy a box, don’t you buy a packaging in modern times? In this way, the ancients understood the importance of packaging very well.
Mengdie had not opened the makeup powder box and had already introduced it first: "Mr. Xiao, I don't know how much you know, but I can say something I know. In fact, there are many kinds of makeup powder. Among the people, the most common makeup powder is to grind the rice, then precipitate the rice juice, and finally a kind of white and greasy powder will be deposited, and then exposed to the sun, and the dried powder can be used directly for makeup."
"It's that simple?" Xiao Buyi was a little surprised. He looked at Mengdie and Mengyai's faces, which were smooth and white, and he couldn't believe that it was covered with rice noodles.
"Of course it's not just that simple." Mengyi was a little disdainful, and she looked down on Mengdie's introduction, and suddenly regretted her words, "Sister, I'm not talking about you, Mr. Xiao, you are a man, it's normal that you don't understand these things. We don't wear makeup."
At this time, a maid came forward to bring a box. After Mengyi picked it up and opened it, she said with some flaunts: "Sister Mengdi only talked about civilian makeup powder, but we actually used it completely differently."
Mengdie smiled, but did not open the box in her hand, and let Mengyong introduce it.
The box in Mengyi's hand was divided into small grids, and the makeup powder inside was blocked, square, round, and diamond-shaped, with patterns printed on it. It was not allowed to be seen by Xiao Buyi.
"This kind of makeup powder is used by the officials in the capital." Mengyi was somewhat showing off. "I heard that the rare white lead is turned into a paste, then sucked away the moisture and pressed into pieces. This lead powder has a delicate texture and a white color. I heard that it will not break if it is left for a few years. It is not like the rice flour used by the people. After a while, it will be damp and consolidated into pieces. It will be very good to apply it on the face."
Xiao Buyi understood a few more things. It turned out that the ancients said that washing away all the lead powder on their faces meant washing away the lead powder on their faces. The ancients' cosmetics actually used lead as the main material.
"I heard that lead is very harmful to the body." Xiao Buyi did not say that it causes cancer, but was just a kind reminder.
Mengmeng was a little disdainful, "Young Master Xiao, what you said is completely wrong. This is an official fan in the capital. It can only be beneficial to people. How can it be harmful? Besides, many warlocks are swallowing things like this. I heard that they have the effect of turning into immortals."
Xiao Buyi thought to himself that he would become an immortal after he died. He knew that his dream was good, but his mind was not smart, so he would not say more.
But this cannot be blamed for her. Superstition and authority are common problems for people. Women have this common problem, and the same is true for her in her era, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many beauty accidents.
"Actually, we are nothing. The empress around the emperor heard that they use pearl powder and sea scent as seasonings." Mengmeng showed off her knowledge and broad knowledge.
After expressing his gratitude and amazement, Xiao Buyi looked at Mengdie.
Mengdie opened the box, and a fragrance had already come to her nose. She glanced at Mengdie and it had already stopped automatically.
"This is Fengchun's old-fashioned purple powder. I don't know how to make it," Mengdie smiled bitterly and said, "But the effect is pretty good after I use it."
There is also a blocky makeup powder inside the box. Mengdie picked out a little with a jasper hairpin, melted it with a drop of water, rub it gently with her hands, and patted it on her face.
The room was filled with fragrance, making people feel refreshed. My brothers had never seen such a dress. I only saw that Meng Die's face seemed to have changed, but she couldn't figure it out. She was just crystal clear and pure on her face, and couldn't help but admire her.
"Sister is really lucky. Fengchun's old-fashioned purple powder is only a liang of silver to buy one or two. This kind of luxurious makeup powder can only be bought by my sister." Mengmo said with some jealousy.
"If my sister likes it, I'll give it to you." Mengdie handed the box to Mengyi casually, not caring, "Actually, I only yearn for a day with plain faces."
I was shocked and couldn't believe it, "Sister really wants to give me this box of purple powder?"
The other two sisters were also surprised. The silver price is now high, and one tael of purple powder costs one tael of silver, which shows the preciousness of purple powder. This kind of luxury has always been used only by wealthy gentry or famous prostitutes like Mengdie. Mengdie casually gives it to others. Although she has a net worth, why has she suddenly become so generous?
Xiao Buyi's heart moved and had guessed Meng Die's intention. She made this statement in fact, she wanted to prove her determination to leave Lefang to him. Seeing that she was looking at her, she had expectations in her eyes and smiled.
Mengdie couldn't help but feel happy when she saw Xiao Buyi knowing her feelings, and she was in a flash of spirit.
In the following time, Qiuhen and Yue'e also showed off the makeup powder they used.
Only then did Xiao Buyi realize that his ancestors had infinite wisdom. In addition to rice flour, the materials for makeup powder are really diverse, from the cheapest rice flour to very high pearl powder, from white lead powder in the northwest to silt powder in the East China Sea.
As for the powder grinded corn, clam shells, and waxy grinding, there are countless people who use it to wipe the face.
In order to show off in front of Xiao Buyi, the three women tried their best to show off. Mo Feng and others were impressed and thought that if they were to let the young master deal with it, that would be a problem. If they were not the young master, they would never see these names in their lifetime.
Mengdie did not show off, but carefully explained various common sense and makeup skills to Xiao Buyi. Xiao Buyi had a headache when listening to him, pulled Han Xue to study, stared at her brothers, and ordered them to remember.
Mo Feng's memory was frowning, and while Xiao Buyi was not paying attention, he whispered to Arrow, "Arrow, I don't know if we want to open a music shop, otherwise how could we learn these things."
"When you were dividing money, you didn't look at your frown?" Arrow was learning attentively.
Women in this area have talent, but men are much worse. Meng Die saw Han Xue squint her beard and her eyes were as bright as black. She suddenly smiled and lowered her voice: "Young Master Xiao, is this your wife?"
Han Xue was a little embarrassed and happy when she heard this. She was hard to admit it, but she didn't want to deny it.
Xiao Buyi was stunned, and then realized that Meng Die was so smart, and smiled bitterly: "Can you see this too?"
"What's this?" Mengdie almost came to Xiao Buyi's ear. "The one around you is also a big expert, with the pollen of the hosta, and a famous product produced in Xijing. I said, when you came, why did you still have a smell of floral smell? Your wife is wearing good makeup elsewhere, but she forgot to put on makeup palms."
Mengdie exhaled like orchids, almost pressing on Xiao Buyi. Although Han Xue was Xiao Buyi's wife, she did not avoid suspicion of Xiao Buyi and had a tentative look on her behavior.
Xiao Buyi didn't notice the woman's delicate thoughts, and couldn't help looking at Han Xue's hands and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with her hands?"
Chapter completed!