For Li Mo, when she heard the news, her first reaction was not happiness, but worry.
As far as she is concerned, she does not want to deal with power, because in such an era, it is very simple for powerful people to do something to an ordinary person. They want you to live and you live, and they want you to die You have to die helplessly, so she doesn't want to do business with powerful people in her heart. As the saying goes, a man is innocent and he is guilty, so she has to think about the worst.
Seeing that Li Mo was not happy because she was going to make up the magistrate's family, but hesitated, Mrs. Chen couldn't help asking: "Miss Song, do you have any concerns? This is a rare opportunity, you should know , The money given by the magistrate's family may be more than the money you earn in a few months."
Li Mo doesn't know this truth, but money is insignificant compared to safety.
It is hard to speak out the worries in my heart, so Li Mo asked Mrs. Chen, "Madam, can you tell me why the county magistrate's ninth lady asked me to make up? It stands to reason that the county magistrate's family should have no shortage of maids who can make up, right?"
Mrs. Chen didn't expect Li Mo to be so cautious. Originally, she didn't plan to explain the specific reasons for this. She thought that Mrs. Song would rush there non-stop when she heard that she could go to make up the magistrate's family, but she didn't expect her to be so cautious. Overjoyed, he asked why.
If you don't make it clear today, Mrs. Song probably doesn't want to go with her.
Mrs. Chen thought for a moment in her heart, and finally decided to speak directly.
She looked around and made sure that there would be no ears on the wall, so she approached Li Mo and said softly: "Ms. Song, I really want to make friends with you, and we will definitely have many opportunities to deal with each other in the future. Just say it straight. There is a high-ranking official here who wants to come over and inspect the people below. The county magistrate wants to send his most beautiful nine girls to Mr. Shangfeng, but not only he has this idea, but also the officials below. I don't know how many people give women away, and the magistrate can't guarantee that his daughter will be favored by Shangfeng. , the third aunt of the county magistrate’s family heard that you did makeup for my Xiaoting last time, and your skills are superb, so she mentioned it to the magistrate. I specially invite you to do makeup for Miss Jiu."
After Mrs. Chen finished speaking, Li Mo knew what was going on.
It seems that the county magistrate wants to increase the selection rate of his own daughter, but if the people above don't like it, will they blame her in a fit of anger? If you fell in love with it, would you want to take her craftsmanship or her own craftsmanship as your own
Li Mo looked at Mrs. Chen, and asked hesitantly, "Madam, is there any room to refuse this matter?"
Mrs. Chen looked at Li Mo in confusion, and asked, "Miss Song, don't you want to take over this matter? Why? There must be a reason."
Li Mo said: "Mrs. Chen, you also said that the magistrate asked me to put on makeup to make Miss Jiu more likely to be favored by Shangfeng. I mean, will this responsibility be blamed on me? You also know that I am an ordinary village woman, how can I defend myself, and when the time comes, the adults will be annoyed, and I will be helpless."
Mrs. Chen fell silent after hearing Li Mo's words.
Her husband is a teacher, and she has seen a lot of officials bullying the people. It has always been only the common people who are bullied. Who would reason with the common people of your generation. Before, she only thought it was a good thing, and she thought that Mrs. Song would happily agree, but she didn't think about the worries that Mrs. Song said. What Mrs. Song said was indeed reasonable. Who knew that the magistrate or Miss Nine would He won't take his anger out on Mrs. Song just because she's unhappy.
Mrs. Chen looked at Li Mo, hesitated and said: "Miss Song, your concerns are reasonable, I absolutely don't want to harm you, how about this, I will go back and talk to the third aunt of the magistrate's family in private, to find out , if they insist on asking you to do makeup, you may not be able to shirk it, but I will try my best to give you a guarantee that the result is none of your business, what do you think?"
Li Mo knew that the county magistrate already knew about her existence. If the other party insisted on asking her to put on makeup, she, an ordinary village woman, would not have the right to say no. Now it is a great kindness for Mrs. Chen to ask for a guarantee. She thanked Mrs. Chen for her kindness, and immediately stood up and blessed Mrs. Chen, thanking her, "Madam, thank you so much, I will always remember your kindness, young lady."
Mrs. Chen helped her up with a smile, and patted her hand, "Mrs. Song, don't be so polite. I told you about this business. I definitely hope that everyone will be happy in the end. Don't worry, I will try my best to tell you, and I won't let you down." What you were worried about happened."
After Madam Chen finished speaking, seeing that it was getting late, she said goodbye to Li Mo and Song Dashan, and immediately left in a carriage.
Looking at the carriage going away, Li Mo sighed, hoping that she was just thinking too much, and maybe things were not as complicated as she thought.
Although Li Mo pretended to be busy, she did not forget about Zhu Meihua, and got up early the next day before dawn, preparing for the arrival of Zhu Meihua and others.
Li Mo didn't wait long, and the third aunt Lin Man came to the door with Zhu Meihua, followed by Qinhua who came with her.
Zhu Meihua and his wife rushed over from the next village before dawn, just to come here early to get dressed and meet each other. Li Mo also knew that the time was urgent, so she didn't say anything else, and immediately took out the makeup box to Zhu Meihua. make up.
The makeup this time is the same as before, and the speed is much faster. It took half an hour to finish it all. The effect is very satisfactory. Seeing that it is getting late, Third Aunt Lin Man hurriedly took out fifteen coins Give the money to Li Mo, "It's from the Dashan family, thank you auntie, if there is a good result today, auntie will thank you again, it's getting late, auntie won't tell you more, and I'm leaving now."
Li Mo responded well, and sent Lin Man Sangu and her party out the door, and did not turn back to the house until they left.
As a result, not long after sitting down, the carriage that came yesterday stopped outside Li Mo's house again, and Mrs. Chen walked in from the door.
Seeing Mrs. Chen coming, Li Mo knew in her heart that there was something to say, so she welcomed him into the room with a smile, and first poured two bowls of tea for Mrs. Chen.
Mrs. Chen looked a lot more anxious today than yesterday, and didn't drink much tea, so she went straight to the point and said, "Miss Song, I went to the third aunt of the magistrate's family yesterday when I went back, and I will tell her about you. An ordinary village woman who has never seen the world, she is relatively timid, and she is afraid that she will be blamed if the result is unsatisfactory, and she is so scared that she dare not put on makeup, she is so pitiful." At this point, Mrs. Chen smiled, and then Continued: "The third aunt heard what I said, and immediately said that as long as the ninth lady of their family is not made uglier than before, then it is none of your business anyway."
In fact, the original words of the third aunt were: "This little woman is too timid. As long as she behaves well, we can blame her for nothing. She also thinks our family is too unreasonable and unreasonable. We The master of the family loves the people like a son, how can he blame others so casually, you go back and tell her, tell her to just come, don't be afraid, in the end, nothing can be blamed on her, a village woman."
Mrs. Chen also breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this at the time. What San Yiniang said was equivalent to what the county magistrate said. Since Mrs. Song couldn't be blamed for what she said, she would definitely not go back on what she said, so the previous concerns were not a problem at all.
After Li Mo heard this, although she wasn't very happy, she was still a little relieved. This job cannot be pushed back, so I hope it can be completed perfectly and ended as soon as possible.
Li Mo asked: "Then madam, did the magistrate's family say when I need to put on makeup?"
Mrs. Chen immediately grabbed Li Mo's hand and said: "I came here early this morning just for this matter. The magistrate will invite Mr. Shangfeng to the mansion tonight for a banquet. At that time, I need Miss Jiu to show her face. So today I have to trouble you to go with me to your lord's house, pack up quickly and go with the carriage."
Li Mo didn't expect this matter to be so urgent, but she couldn't shirk it, so she could only stand up and prepare.
Song Dashan, who had been by the side all the time, spoke at this time, "Madam, I am worried about my wife going alone, can I go with her?"
Mrs. Chen nodded immediately, "Yes, of course, you can feel at ease when you go, your wife, then you should clean up as soon as possible, we have to hurry."
Song Dashan asked Li Mo to clean up, while he took Xiaobao to Zhao's house and entrusted Xiaobao to Aunt Zhao to take care of him for a day.
When Song Dashan came back, Li Mo was ready, and they got into the carriage and headed towards the county magistrate's mansion.
The carriage drove for an hour, and finally stopped in front of a rather spacious mansion. Mrs. Chen brought Li Mo and Song Dashan down, walked to the corner door next to the gate, and knocked on the door.
After a while, someone came to open the door, and after knowing the person who came, he immediately took the group to a main room for guests, served tea to several people, asked them to wait for a while, and left in a hurry.
Li Mo and Song Dashan didn't look sideways all the way, and they also lowered their heads to drink tea at this moment, and didn't look around.
After a while, hurried footsteps came, and the person who had just greeted them came again, followed by a middle-aged woman, who seemed to be the woman in charge in front of the lady or lady.
After the woman in charge arrived, she looked at Li Mo, and said hello to Mrs. Chen, and then said to Li Mo: "I think this lady is here to make up my Miss Jiu today?"
Li Mo stood up, nodded, and replied, "Exactly."
The mother-in-law smiled and said: "Then please follow me to the backyard, Miss Jiu is waiting for you there." After speaking, she looked at Song Dashan who was standing aside, "Please ask this gentleman to drink some tea and wait a while .”
Song Dashan looked at Li Mo worriedly.
Li Mo nodded to him with a smile, signaling not to worry, and then followed her mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law directly led Li Mo around, and finally entered a rather exquisite courtyard, and then entered a simple and luxuriously decorated women's boudoir.
Although Li Mo didn't look much along the way, she still learned about the status of this Ninth Miss in the mansion through the exquisite and luxurious courtyard. Presumably this Ninth Miss is very favored, and her appearance must be first-class.
When Li Mo was brought to Miss Jiu and saw the real person, her guess was indeed verified, she was a beauty.
No wonder he was selected by the county magistrate to give it to his superiors to seek connections.
Li Mo only glanced briefly at Miss Jiu, then lowered her head without looking sideways.
Miss Jiu saw Li Mo and Mrs. Chen approaching, so she went up to greet her personally, and took Mrs. Chen's hand first, "Madam, I have troubled you for the past two days."
Mrs. Chen immediately waved her hand, "Miss Nine, you are welcome."
After Madam Chen finished speaking, she introduced Li Mo to Miss Jiu, "Miss Jiu, this is Mrs. Song who came to dress you up today."
Miss Jiu looked at Li Mo with interest, and said: "This is Mrs. Song who put makeup on Xiao Ting back then. I heard that her skills are very good, and she can transform people into a beauty like a fairy. I can see it today." Arrived."
Li Mo smiled and bowed her head, not speaking.
At this time, Miss Jiu said directly to Li Mo: "Miss Song, then I will trouble you with my makeup today."
Li Mo hurriedly said: "Miss Jiu is polite."
Miss Jiu didn't say any more, she sat down in front of the dressing table and said that it was time to start.
Li Mo put the makeup box in her hand on the dressing table, opened it, and said to Miss Jiu: "Miss Jiu, that little lady is starting to make up for you now, and you have to ask the people in your room to do it first." Basin of warm water, wash your face first."
Miss Jiu nodded, and ordered the servant girl behind her to fetch water.
After the maid brought water, Li Mo cleaned Miss Jiu's face, then applied a layer of beauty ointment on her as usual, rubbed it gently with her fingers to absorb it, and then took advantage of this time to carefully look at Miss Jiu's face.
This Miss Nine is the most beautiful woman Li Mo has ever seen since she came here. She has an oval face with willow leaf eyebrows, big eyes and a small nose, all of her facial features are good, there is nothing bad about her, so the whole face looks very beautiful.
But it is impossible to say that Miss Jiu is as beautiful as a fairy. I can only say that she is beautiful. Li Mo has to make up for the leeway.
Li Mo began to find out the shortcomings of Miss Jiu. Only by finding out the shortcomings first can she make up for them and create a better effect.
After watching it for a while, Li Mo knew it in her heart.
There are three shortcomings of Miss Nine. One is her skin. Her skin is not as smooth and tender as a baby's, and there are a few moles and spots on her face. Although they are not obvious, it would be better if there were no one. The second point is her nose. , although her nose is considered small, it is not straight enough and not delicate enough; the third point is the lips, although it is a small cherry mouth, but the shape of the lips is slightly thick, and there are too many textures on the lips, not smooth and tender enough.
After finding out these three points, Li Mo made a plan in her heart, immediately took out tools and started to make up.