There is a beautiful garden somewhere in Lingzhou City.
Xue Yun looked at the few people around her, a trace of worry appeared in her eyebrows, and murmured: "It's already past the agreed time, why haven't they come yet?"
A woman next to her wondered: "Did I write the wrong time and place? It's just one person being late. How could there be so many people together..."
Xue Yun shook her head, "I've checked it many times, but there's nothing..."
"Sister Yun, Sister Yun..."
A rush of footsteps came from the front, and a girl ran over quickly and said, "They, they all went to Zhong's house..."
"What?" Xue Yun's expression changed and she said hurriedly: "Didn't they already agree..."
The girl breathed rapidly, patted her heaving chest and said: "They, they said, the Miss Zhong family knows how to make our women's skin white and supple, slow down aging and eliminate wrinkles, so they all went to the Zhong family...
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After she finished speaking, her breathing calmed down, she looked at Xue Yun and said, "Sister Yun, I just came over to talk to you. I, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first..."
After saying that, she turned around and ran out quickly.
"You..." A trace of anger appeared on Xue Yun's face and she stamped her feet. The faces of the women behind her all had strange expressions on their faces.
"Miss Xue, I suddenly remembered that I still have some things to do at home and I need to rush back immediately."
"Oh, I forgot too. When I came out just now, soup was still simmering in the kitchen..."
"I, I suddenly feel a little unwell, I have to go back early..."
…
Several women stepped forward one after another, and soon, she was the only one left beside Xue Yun.
Several young talents came in from outside, looked at her, and said in surprise: "Miss Xue, why are you the only one, where are the others?"
Xue Yun's face was pale, and she sat on the chair a little defeated, muttering: "Gone, everyone is gone..."
A young man seemed to have remembered something and suddenly said: "When I came here just now, I heard that Miss Zhong came out with a secret recipe tonight that can make people's skin whiter and more supple. I wonder if it is true or not?"
"Is this happening?" After one person was stunned, he subconsciously touched his face, looked at Xue Yun and said, "Miss Xue, I suddenly remembered that I still have some homework that I haven't reviewed today, so I'll take my leave first..."
A person beside him thought for a while and said, "Why don't we review together?"
Another person added: "You two don't mind adding me next, right?"
…
Today's Zhong family was a carnival for women, and the yin energy was too strong. Tangning didn't leave Xiaoru until their party was over.
In the morning, Tang Yaoyao had someone pick a large cart of fresh cucumbers and transport them over. When the party dispersed, not a single cucumber was left.
Tang Yaoyao has already sent people to guard the cucumber field. Everything is ready, just waiting for tomorrow.
Muyan is a talented woman who is well-known in Lingzhou. She is good at expressing emotions through scenery in her poems. Although she is not as well-known as Zhongyi, she is still considered a famous talented woman in Lingzhou.
Last night, according to what she learned from Zhongfu, she pounded cucumber into juice, added an appropriate amount of honey, mixed it thoroughly, and applied it on her face.
She looks pretty good, but her skin is oily, and she has been troubled by this for a long time.
When she woke up in the morning, the first thing she did was touch her face.
The greasy feeling that she had felt for a long time was gone, replaced by dryness and tenderness that she had never felt before.
She sat up from the bed suddenly and called loudly: "Qin'er, come in quickly..."
A maid came in from outside in a panic and said hurriedly: "Miss, what's wrong?"
Muyan said hurriedly: "Go out quickly and buy some cucumbers and come back, buy more..."
Not long after, the maid named Qin'er hurried out of the mansion and went straight to the market.
Li Pan is a petty official in Nghe An County Government. Today he got up early as usual. If there is no accident, his wife has already prepared breakfast. After he washes and eats, he will go to the county government office.
He opened his eyes in a daze, and what he saw was a "ghost face" in front of the bed.
"Ah, ghost!" When he saw that grimace, Li Pan was completely sleepless and his face was pale. He huddled at the foot of the bed and hit his head on the bed frame, causing a big bulge.
The ghost's face was densely covered with unknown objects, and only two eyes were exposed to look at him.
"Damn you, you scared me to death!" A complaining voice came from behind the grimace. The woman picked up the cucumber slices that fell on the bed and put them on her face again.
"It seems almost done..." She looked at the burning incense beside her, murmured, and then took off all the cucumber slices on her face.
Li Pan touched his chest and said angrily: "Madam, what are you doing? It's so early in the morning, you scared me to death!"
The woman seemed very happy and ran to the bronze mirror to have a look. Then she ran over and looked at him and asked, "Mr. sir, do you see that there are fewer wrinkles on my face?"
Li Pan took a look and said with lingering fear: "No..."
"Obviously there are!" The woman glanced at him and said, "When you leave the office today, help me bring two pounds of cucumbers. Don't forget..."
Li Pan, who had not had breakfast, walked out of the house feeling depressed.
At the same time, in Lingzhou City, among the major gates, countless maids and servants hurriedly walked out and rushed to the market...
A market somewhere in the city.
At the morning market on weekdays, most people are selling vegetables.
Most of those who can set up stalls outside are not vegetable farmers, but ordinary people outside the city. They pick out the vegetables grown in their own gardens and sell them to earn a few copper coins.
Two vendors squatted on the stone steps in the street, with a rag in front of them and some seasonal vegetables on it.
One person sighed and said: "This year's cucumbers are really hard to sell. If I had known, I wouldn't have planted them..."
"Who knew the sales were so good last year, but this year..." Another vendor shook his head and said: "Your family is okay, they only planted half of them. My family planted all the cucumbers. Now I feel like vomiting when I see the cucumbers...
"
He complained like this, raised his head and shouted: "Green melons, green melons are cheap..."
Another person also shook his head and shouted: "Cucumber, cucumber, fresh cucumber, you can choose any size..."
"Girl, give me two..."
…
A girl in a green shirt came over, threw down two pieces of silver, and said, "I want all of you cucumbers."
"Ah?" The two of them were stunned at the same time.
The girl said impatiently: "Ah, what, are you going to sell it or not?"
The two people turned around and nodded immediately: "Sell, sell, I'll wrap it up for you..."
A few steps away from the two of them, there was another stall.
A servant in green clothes urged the vendor: "Wrap all the cucumbers here for me."
Another man in gray looked at him and said angrily: "I was the one who came first!"
"Me first!"
"Me first!"
"Me first!"
…
When the two were fighting over who was first and who was last, the girl threw down a piece of broken silver, waved to the servant who was following her, and said: "Take these with you too..."
Overnight, the cucumbers that could not be sold in Lingzhou suddenly became a hot commodity.
It is said that eating cucumber can help you lose weight, and sticking it on your face can improve your beauty. Cucumber, which has always been ignored by people, has become a favorite among Lingzhou women in a very short period of time.
In half a morning, all the cucumbers in the markets in Lingzhou were sold out.
The maidservant who had been ordered by his young lady and his wife was very anxious because he was a little late and had not bought any cucumbers.
At this moment, someone suddenly patted his head and said, "We can't buy it here, why don't we go directly to the vegetable farmers outside the city?"
"Yes, there won't be anything there..."
After the crowd reacted, they headed out of the city in a mighty manner.
Countless restaurants and vegetable vendors also realized the business opportunities and began to take action...
Bell Mansion.
Tangning took a bite of the cucumber and saw Fang Xinyue walking in from the outside, staring straight at him - the cucumber in his hand.
Tang Ning thought for a moment, then simply broke the cucumber in her hand into two halves and handed the unbitten half to her.
