In the last temple fair, more than 400 boxes of balm were sold in three days, and this time the lantern festival only lasted one night. Li Mo didn't know how many boxes to bring, but she thought that doing more is better than doing less, and doing more You can sell it slowly after you make it. If you don’t make enough, you will definitely regret it. So Li Mo plans to make 500 boxes this time. Including the 30 boxes left at home, it should be too much. I guess it won’t be sold. drop so much.
Like last time, the whole family went to the back mountain to pick flowers together. Li Mo, Meizi and Song Dashan each carried a backpack on their backs. Tie Zi didn't let him carry it, but let him watch the two little guys and don't run around. up.
The two little guys are sensible children, knowing that the adults are busy, they don't run around or make trouble, and they pick flowers like adults, and then put them in the adults' back baskets.
The child didn't need to be taken care of, and Tie Zi had nothing to do, so he slowly picked the flowers with his good right hand, and then gently put them into the basket. Everyone saw that he didn't hurt the wound, so they let him go.
There is plenty of time this time, and there is no need to be in such a hurry as the last time, so everyone picks them slowly, talking and picking them slowly, and they are not tired at the end of the day, but very relaxed.
When the flowers were almost picked, Song Dashan asked Uncle Zhang to make five hundred boxes.
Next, Li Mo and others spent three days slowly making the balm at home. After making it, it was left to dry for another two days before the Hairpin Festival came.
The hairpin festival lantern festival is at night, so going early in the morning to make up Qian Xianglian's niece does not delay things, and there is no time to catch up with the lantern festival at night.
Song Dashan drove a donkey cart, and before dawn, he drove Li Mo and Qian Xianglian who came with him to her eldest sister's house.
When the three of them arrived, Elder Sister Qian Xianglian's house was already a little bustling, with people coming and going in the house, all of them were relatives helping out.
When the host saw Li Mo coming, he didn't need to introduce him this time, and immediately greeted him enthusiastically.
Qian Xianglian's elder sister took Li Mo's hand and said, "Elder sister, it's hard for you to come here so early this morning, I'll trouble you today."
Li Mo shook her head, "Sure, sister-in-law, you're welcome, take me to the bride's room to have a look, I'll put on makeup for the bride as soon as possible."
Sister Qian nodded, asked her son to entertain Song Dashan, and then personally took Li Mo to her daughter's room.
The bride's wedding dress has been put on, and she is waiting for makeup.
When the people in the room saw Li Mo coming in, they all stared at Li Mo in amazement. They didn't expect that this beautiful little lady was really the makeup lady specially invited by the bride. They had never seen such a beautiful lady. A young and beautiful dresser.
Li Mo didn't care about the way other people looked at her, she just nodded to the people present as a greeting, then put the makeup box on the table next to her, and started to make up for the bride.
The bride is wearing a loose red wedding dress, but her plump figure can still be seen.
After Li Mo came here, except for Wang Cuihua who was lazy and fat, the other women she saw were all slender or even thin. Women from well-off families deliberately maintain a slender figure in order to conform to the mainstream aesthetics, while the daughters-in-law and women in the village cannot gain weight because they have to work in the fields every day because they can’t eat well and can’t get enough.
So this bride is the first fat young girl Li Mo has ever seen.
Seeing Li Mo looking at herself, the bride blushed, and said rather embarrassedly: "Sister-in-law, I'm getting fat, I'm making you laugh."
Li Mo laughed and shook her head, "What a joke, you are lucky to look like this, and you will have a peaceful life in the future. There is nothing wrong with being fat, as long as you are healthy."
The bride was cheered up by Li Mo's comfort, but she still secretly tugged on Li Mo's sleeve, and said in a low voice with embarrassment: "Sister-in-law, I still think you can make my face look thinner, so that I look good, okay Can not be done?"
Seeing that she was too shy, Li Mo couldn't bear to tease her, so she nodded immediately, "Okay, why not, my sister-in-law will make you look very thin and beautiful."
The bride was so happy that the people around her were also curiously staring at Li Mo's movements without blinking, just to see if this makeup girl is as powerful as the master said, and that this big bun can change her face. Can you slap your face? Stop telling jokes.
Li Mo didn't know the doubts in the hearts of the people around her, but seriously started to put on makeup for the bride.
The bride's face is indeed fat and fleshy, and the size is not small, but the only good thing is that the skin is white and tender, and it looks very comfortable and pleasing. Such a face does not need too much makeup, only a thin layer Powder will do, very worry-free.
The worry-free step is the modification of the face, which must rely on a large amount of shadow and highlight processing, resulting in visual differences, making people feel that the face is much thinner at first glance.
Li Mo cast shadows around the bride's face, making the outline of the face much smaller as a whole, and then used shadows to cast shadows under the cheekbones on both sides, and then slowly modified it, so that it looked like the cheeks were sunken , The overall feeling is that the face is thinner. After being modified by highlights, the whole face is no longer chubby and bulging as before. Instead, it is well-defined, with slightly concave cheeks, making it look very small.
Afterwards, Li Mo fine-tuned the makeup on the bride's eyebrows and lips, and the facial makeup was considered complete.
The last step is to deal with the hair. Li Mo took apart the bride's untied hair, combed it slowly, and divided a part of the hair on the top of the head and on both sides of the forehead to decorate the face. The rest of the hair was combed up. Feixian bun.
Curl the hair left on both sides, hang it on both sides of the cheeks, and let the tail be slightly buckled inward, covering a lot of the sides of the entire face. With the shadow, the whole face changes greatly.
Although the bride's current face is not as good as those of those who are naturally thin and small, it can never be called "big" or "fat". It looks like the face of a normal and delicate little lady.
But because of the big fat face of the bride before, everyone present felt that the bride's face was really thin.
Li Mo was familiar with this kind of face makeup, so she didn't feel much surprise in her heart, so she automatically retreated to the side to tidy up her makeup box as soon as it was done, leaving other people in the room to express their emotions around the bride.
At this time, the room can be said to be very lively, and the women are chattering around the bride, as if they have discovered some great event.
"My God, I'm afraid it's a trick. How did Da Ni's face become so small?"
"Oh, I've lived for so many years and I've never seen such a makeup technique. The face of a big bun can really become so small. Why is it so powerful?"
"I didn't believe it just now, but now I have to believe it. Look at the change in this face, it's amazing."
"It's just..."
Some people also came to Li Mo after expressing their emotions, and started to ask Li Mo various questions curiously.
A woman about fifty years old asked Li Mo, "Sister, can your makeup technique also make other people with ugly faces look good? What if there is a defect?"
Li Mo thought for a while, and said honestly: "You can make a person look better, but it is impossible to become a fairy. The original appearance is still very important. If you are good at first, you will be more beautiful when you transform it. If the original flaws are too Big, then there is no way to make the defect as if it does not exist.”
The woman nodded and rolled her eyes, looking thoughtful.
At this time, Qian Xianglian's eldest sister came in, saw her daughter, looked and looked in surprise, finally came over and took Li Mo, patted her hand, and thanked: "Sister, thank you, you turned my big girl into a girl." It's so beautiful, that face looks like the flesh has been cut off, come on, take this red envelope, you've worked hard today." Saying this, he stuffed Li Mo with a red envelope.
Li Mo didn't refuse either, just took it over and put it away, and then said goodbye to Sister Qian: "Sister-in-law, this matter is over, I will take my leave first, you are busy."
Elder Sister Qian hurriedly grabbed Li Mo, "Sister, stay here for a wedding, what are you doing leaving so early?"
Li Mo waved her hand, "Sister-in-law, there are still things at home, we can't delay any longer, I appreciate your kindness, I really want to say goodbye."
Sister Qian saw that Li Mo was determined to go, and she couldn't force her to stay, so she had to send him out.
Back home, there were only Song Dashan and Li Mo, and Qian Xianglian would stay for the wedding wine.
By the time Li Mo and Song Dashan arrived home, every household had already started eating lunch. Meizi had already prepared lunch at home, and she could start eating directly when they came back.
After lunch, several people took a short rest, and then began to move things to the donkey cart.
Put the prepared balm into the basket first, and then move the basket into the donkey cart. After thinking about it, Li Mo directly took the small table in the room at home and put it into the donkey cart. The table is directly used as a stall, and the balm is sold on the table, so that customers can stand and choose, instead of squatting down to choose like the last temple fair.
Li Mo boiled another pot of hot water, put it in the only clay pot at home, covered it with a bowl, and put it in the car, so that he could drink it directly when he was thirsty at night.
After everything was packed, it was almost evening. The family cooked dinner in advance, ate it early, and then drove the donkey cart to the town.
Not only is there no curfew tonight, but there is no charge for setting up stalls, so there are a lot of people setting up stalls tonight, and even the vegetables at home are sold by villagers.
Before it was dark, the street was already bustling with people, all the small vendors were busy preparing their stalls, Li Mo and the others searched for a long time before they found an empty seat with a good location, right in front of a cloth shop.
Li Mo, the owner of this cloth shop, knows him. Not only did he buy cloth from his house a few times before, but he also met him at the last temple fair, and also met him several times in the town after that.
The owner of the cloth shop saw someone occupying the seat in front of the door and was about to come out to drive him away. He didn't expect to see that it was Li Mo, but he didn't say anything. He just greeted him with a smile, "Sister Li, I didn't expect it to be you Ah, you also come to sell balm?"
Li Mo nodded, and said politely: "Boss, I'm going to set up a stall in front of your shop tonight, don't disturb me?"
The boss quickly waved his hand, "Don't bother, don't bother, I will come out to set up a stall later, it will be lively if the two families sell together."
Li Mo nodded, stopped talking, and focused on removing the things in the carriage and starting to arrange them.
The owner of the cloth shop didn't leave immediately, he watched for a while, and when Li Mo looked over again, he nodded with a smile, turned around and entered the cloth shop, moved a table out after a while, and then moved the shop The cloths were placed one by one, just next to Li Mo's table.
It was getting dark, and the lanterns at the door of every house on the street were lit up, especially the shops selling lanterns, which moved all the lanterns in the store outside the door and lit them up, making the whole street brightly lit. Everything can be seen clearly.
At this time, the flow of people gradually increased, and the yelling of the vendors also sounded, and the street became full of people in an instant.
Meizi had the experience of last time, this time she didn't ask Li Mo, she immediately opened her voice and shouted, "Selling balm, cheap and affordable balm, only 8 cents per box!"
Meizi attracted customers with a few voices. When everyone heard a box of eight coins, they all followed the sound and came to Li Mo's stall. They found that the box containing the balm was so big, they immediately became interested, and asked to open it to see what was inside. How about the balm.
Li Mo opened a box of rose-flavored balm and a box of chrysanthemum-flavored respectively, and showed them to everyone, and then said: "If you want to try it, stretch out your wrists and try the balm for free. If you think it's not good, you don't have to. purchase."
Good things like balm can be tried for free, which is enough to attract a large group of people, no, as soon as Li Mo finished speaking, the women around the stall all stretched out their wrists.
"Boss, give me a try."
"Boss, I want to try."
"boss… "
Li Mo was not in a hurry, and responded one by one, and then put a little ointment on the extended wrists one by one.
The women who tried the balm were very happy, and immediately smelled it again and again, and found that it tasted really good, so they bought a box with money.
On a festival like today, most people are ready to spend money when they come out, so it is much cheaper to buy things than usual, and many men do not hesitate to spend money to buy things in order to make the women around them happy. The woman laughed coquettishly.
After a while, Li Mo had already sold a lot, and because there were too many people in front of the booth, under the effect of herd mentality, a steady stream of customers flocked to Li Mo's booth, and they didn't even have to shout.
Li Mo found that tonight's guests were much more willing to pay than those at the temple fair last time, and this business was busier than last time. Li Mo, Mei Zi, and Song Dashan were all so busy that they couldn't stop for a moment. Tie Zi, who was watching the child by the side, also occasionally reached out to help, which was better.
Because Li Mo's balm here sells well, there are many more people looking at the cloth in front of the owner's stall, and the owner of the cloth village said to Li Mo during Li Mo's free time: "Sister Li, it's a real shame tonight." Thanks to you, my cloth business has also improved a lot."
Li Mo smiled.
The owner of the cloth shop didn't say anything more, but after a while, he brought out a few benches from the cloth shop, put them behind Li Mo and the others, and said, "I can't stand standing like this all the time. Come on, take a moment to sit down. Rest your legs."
Li Mo and the others hurriedly thanked the boss for his kindness, before they had time to say more, they were busy again.
The flow of people didn't start to subside until after midnight. At this time, Li Mo found that there was not much left of the balm brought from home, which greatly exceeded her expectations. She thought it would be good to sell three hundred boxes, but no. Thinking that almost 500 boxes were sold in one night, more than what was sold in three days at the last temple fair.
After midnight, the streets were gradually deserted, and the vendors began to pack up their things and go home one after another. Li Mo and the others also packed up their things and planned to go home.
Song Dashan moved the table back into the carriage, Meizi moved the back basket into the carriage, Li Mo was packing up the rest of the things, the cloth shop owner next to him came over, and delivered two batches of brightly colored and fine cloth to Li Mo In front of Mo.
Startled, Li Mo raised her head to look at the owner of the cloth shop, "Boss, what are you?"
The owner of the cloth shop laughed and said: "Take these two batches of Buli girls. I think they suit you very well. They should be very suitable for making dresses."
Before Li Mo could refuse, the owner of the cloth shop said again: "Sister, don't refuse, just take it as my thanks for bringing me so much business tonight, I specially reserved these two batches of cloth for you, take it .”
Li Mo frowned fiercely, looked into the boss's eyes, and finally understood why the boss was so enthusiastic about her, and he still had other ideas about his feelings.
Didn't he know she was married? Doesn't he know that Song Dashan who has been with her tonight is her husband
Now that you know, why are you still courting her!
Li Mo's face turned cold, and her voice also turned cold, "I'm sorry for the boss's kindness, the little girl dare not accept it, and the little girl is not blessed to accept it."
After Li Mo finished speaking, she quickly picked up her things and walked towards the donkey cart.
What Li Mo didn't know was that until their donkey cart went a long way, there was a pair of eyes staring at them behind them.
The owner of the cloth shop looked at the donkey cart going away, his eyes darkened, and he put the cloth in his hand on the table.
The proprietor of cloth shop is surnamed Zhang, named Zhang Zeshi. He is in his thirties this year. He is in the middle of his life. He lost his wife in his early years and left only one son. He never married again and brought up his son alone. There is no burden at all.
Of course, men are in need. He usually goes directly to the brothel to vent his anger, but never remarries. It’s not that he can’t forget his dead wife. It’s just that he hasn’t met a single attractive woman for so many years, so He simply didn't marry, until the last time Li Mo came to his shop to buy cloth, his heart suddenly moved.
But looking at Li Mo combing a woman's hair in a bun, it was obvious that she had a husband. Although he was tempted, he still kept that thought firmly in his heart, no one knew.
At the Fahuashan Temple Fair last time, it was a coincidence that I met Li Mo again. Seeing her calmly deal with the guests, and seeing her laughing at each other even though she was tired, he felt even more moved. This is the kind of wife he wants. Appearance, beautiful and virtuous, generous, smart and capable, everything meets his requirements for his wife, but unfortunately, she has a husband.
However, after observing for three days that time, he found that it was very possible that the crippled country man was her husband. He immediately felt uncomfortable. He couldn't believe that such a beautiful woman married such a man, it was too wasteful.
After going back, he still couldn't forget her, and after seeing her in the town again, he asked someone to inquire about her situation, and the news he got was that she was sold to the countryside and bought by that lame man in the countryside. He lost his daughter-in-law, and the man is also a widower, and has an innocent son.
Such news aroused hope in his heart. She must not like that country man, but she couldn't help herself and couldn't get rid of it.
If he could get rid of that country boy for her, wouldn't she be willing to follow him? Although he is not considered a rich man, he is still considered a small rich man. He has no worries about food and drink. With him, she will live a very good life. It is not a little better than that lame man in the country. A fool knows how to choose. Can't think of a reason why she would reject him.
When he hadn't figured out what to do next, he didn't expect to see her at the door of the shop by such a coincidence tonight, so he couldn't help but reveal his thoughts to her.
Unexpectedly, even a little ambiguous thought was rejected by her without hesitation.
Are you concerned about being reserved, or are you really unwilling
He is more convinced that it is the former.