Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 675 Lipsticks
"Hey, look what you said, I already have more than 40 yuan, why would I still be greedy for such a small amount of money?"

The thicker the wallet, the stronger the waist of Master Zhou, and the wind becomes windy when he walks.

Zhao Kang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "That's it, we'll talk about it later if anything happens."

"Okay! Then Ba Ba, I will go back to tell my mother the good news."

At this moment, Master Zhou, who was thinking about where to spend money, trotted away quickly.

Zhao Kang casually handed the box containing the banknotes to Shopkeeper Ma and asked him to put it away. He was not worried about anyone coming back to snatch it.

Chen Jianghe and Nangong Long are still working as door gods in the shop.

"Lao Ma, no matter who comes to me and Lao Cao from now on, you will always say you are not here. If others look closely, you will say that you have gone out and will not come back for four or five days. Do you understand?"

Shopkeeper Ma nodded quickly, and Zhao Kang went upstairs to look at the bored woman, smiling and saying, "Would you like to go out with me for a walk?"

Cao Bailu became interested upon hearing this: "Where are you going?"

"You can go anywhere, the main thing is to hang out with those people for a few days."

Upon hearing this, Cao Bailu got up, put on a veil, and followed Zhao Kang downstairs.

They left the inner city all the way and arrived at the inner city where ordinary people lived. The two of them wandered around for an afternoon and chose a small courtyard. They paid ten taels of silver to rent it for a short period of time and spent a rare leisure time.

Prime Minister's House.

Zhou Ming, who rushed to report the good news, handed the banknote distributed by Zhao Kang to Song Qingyan, and told her with a happy face that it was given by his good brother.

Song Qingyan was also a little shocked when she heard that. Looking at the more than 60 movie tickets that Zhao Kang shared in Zhou Ming's hand, she immediately said: "Tomorrow, you can keep the flowers for the [-] and give the rest to mother."

When Zhou Ming heard this, he immediately quit: "Why, mother! I earned this!"

Song Qingyan frowned and said: "Your father is away from home, and the Zhou family's business also needs this money. When your father comes back in the future, knowing that you have helped so much, how big a good thing is this?"

Even so, Zhou Ming was still a little reluctant to part with it.

Helpless, Song Qingyan could only coax: "Think about it, when your father comes back and knows that you are successful and can help the family, how can he stop interfering and blocking you wherever you want to go in the future?"

Zhou Ming nodded: "That's true, then I'll keep [-], right? Mom, now that I have entered the Hanlin Academy, I have to take care of everything, and people also know that the auction house sells more goods than I do. Yes, I have to treat you!"

For this reason, Song Qingyan relaxed after hearing what Zhou Ming said: "Okay, you can keep [-]."

"okay!"

He happily handed over the money, and with a huge sum of 2 taels, Master Zhou immediately went to show off to his former friends.

Looking at the heavy banknotes in her hand, Song Qingyan sat alone in the room for a while.

Then he laughed to himself, wondering what was wrong with him these days, why he always had unrealistic ideas.

After calling the accountant of the Zhou Mansion and depositing the large amount of banknotes, Song Qingyan said nothing more.

In the past, she would have been so happy that she couldn't sleep for two or three days, but now she always felt a little empty.

……

Two days passed, and the afternoon sunshine was just right. Cao Bailu was leaning on the deck chair and basking in the sun.

The courtyard door was pushed open, she stood up and saw Zhao Kang entering the courtyard carrying a large basket on his back.

She hurriedly stepped forward to help and saw what was in the basket on her back. Cao Bailu was stunned: "Why do you have so many thorns?"

Zhao Kang closed the courtyard door and said with a smile: "This is a good thing."

The thorn in Cao Bailu's mouth in the basket on his back was none other than a cactus.

It's just that the name in this world is different.

Cao Bailu asked curiously: "Are you going to do something new again?"

"I'll give you a good thing for your seductive little mouth!" Cao Bailu blushed immediately. She had been eating porridge every night while living in this small courtyard for the past two days.

"It's getting late. I'll go out to buy some food and come back to cook. Lao Cao, you can use a spoon to scrape off the white bits on the thorns and put them in a bowl."

Zhao Kang ordered, Cao Bailu nodded quickly and watched Zhao Kangti slip out with the vegetable basket.

She couldn't help but smile knowingly, feeling proud and satisfied.

Who would have thought that the majestic Imperial Master of the State of Qian, the great figure who stirred up troubles in the Four Kingdoms and organized the world, would be in this small courtyard these days.

She and Cao Bailu lived an ordinary married life, and he still cooked three meals a day.

If he remembers correctly, even His beloved Queen, Her Majesty, did not receive the treatment he received at the moment.

It was almost dusk.

Zhao Kang made four side dishes and cooked some rice, and the two of them set a table in the yard to eat.

It's been like this for the past two days, just like an ordinary couple.

After eating, Zhao Kang set up a wok in the yard and put the cochineal insects that Cao Bailu had scraped off earlier in the pot to fry them dry.

The rouges of this era all used flower pistils that were dried and ground, not to mention lipstick.

They all use red paper to dye their lips, and no one has discovered the magical effect of cochineal on the cactus.

In the previous life, this thing was extremely expensive, and only high-end lipsticks could use raw materials.

Cao Bailu squatted aside and watched Zhao Kang stir-fry those cochineal insects curiously.

After frying them dry, he began to grind them with a stone mortar, and saw that the cochineal insects were ground into a pile of fine red powder.

She was surprised: "What on earth is this?"

Zhao Kang smiled and said: "This thing is called cochineal insect. From the name, you should know what it does?"

"Used to make rouge?" Zhao Kang nodded.

Cao Bailu asked: "For selling?"

He shook his head and said with a smile: "Just give it to a few of you for use. This thing is just for convenience. If you really sell it, it won't cost much."

Hearing this, Cao Bailu was filled with joy. This was specially made for his woman, and no one else had it.

Heat the water, then pour in the powder and stir until the liquid turns red.

Zhao Kang began to filter and extract the pigment mud until he had a bowl of pigment mud. When the sky turned dark, he put it outside to dry.

the next day.

Zhao Kang went out and bought a few pieces of beeswax and oil. After melting the beeswax, he poured in the dried pigment mud and started stirring.

This stuff isn't anything difficult, so it went smoothly.

After the mixed sludge is introduced into the wooden mold, wait for it to dry and demould.

On the third day, Zhao Kang's lipstick was ready.

Looking at the bright red lipstick, Cao Bailu, who is very interested in lipstick these days, hurriedly asked: "Did it succeed?"

Zhao Kang nodded, took off the first lipstick, looked at the beauty in front of him and said with a soft smile, "Would you like to try it?"

The woman nodded. She was shorter than Zhao Kang. She raised her delicate face. Zhao Kang took the lipstick he made and applied it carefully and gently on his lips.

The pink lips were covered with a layer of bright red. Their eyes looked at each other, but their silent hearts were getting closer and closer at this moment.

Zhao Kang lowered his head and bit the bright red upper lip. The woman also stood on tiptoes, and their lips and teeth were entangled.

(End of this chapter)