The splendid youth of the farm gate

Chapter 506 Don’t You Think I’m the Youngest (2)
Another theory is that in 139 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions.Zhang Qian's trip not only strengthened the ties between the Han Dynasty and countries in the Western Regions, but also brought back a large number of exotic cultures and ethnic customs, including rouge.

Judging from these two arguments, rouge should have originated from the Huns and then spread to the Han.During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ban Gu came back from his envoy to the Western Regions and said: "The famous wife of the Xiongnu is called Yanzhi, and she is as cute as Yanzhi."

Aunt Zhuang mentioned that the owner of Zhang Ji claimed to be outside the Guan, so I'm afraid he was referring to the Xiongnu!
It's just that I don't know what the Huns are called in this other world?
"Go in and have a look." Qing Guo said to Aunt Zhuang.

Aunt Zhuang followed beside Qingguo and accompanied her to the shop.

There are many customers in the shop.

The clerk was sweating profusely, seeing Qingguo and his party come in, he raised his voice and greeted them.

"Girl, take a look at whatever you want, if you like it, I'll give you a discount!"

Qingguo nodded with a smile, and walked to the shelf by herself without being greeted by the waiter, and slowly took a closer look.

It must be said that the owner of this store does also do business. Each series has an open box of trial makeup. There are even target mirrors and soft cloths on the counter. If you are not satisfied with a trial, wipe it and try again. of.Until, try out what you are satisfied with!

"Girl, this box smells like jasmine, you can smell it." Fengli took a box of rouge and handed it to Qingguo.

The green fruit was picked up, put it on the tip of the nose and sniffed gently, there was indeed a faint jasmine fragrance, but unfortunately the fragrance was a little stronger, not the type she liked, the green fruit sniffed it, and handed it back to the pineapple.She continued to walk and watch along the counter, and occasionally looked at the women who were trying on makeup.

"Dude, do you have any fat in your family?" Qingguo asked a slightly empty buddy after shopping around.

The lip balm that Qing Guo mentioned is the lipstick of later generations, and in this era, or recorded in the official history, it is called lip balm!

She remembered the record in the "Book of Tang": "La Ri offers mouth cream, face cream, head cream and clothing sachets, and bestows on Beimen bachelors, and the mouth cream is filled with blue tooth tubes."

The bilu tooth tube is actually a carved ivory tube. It can be seen that compared with rouge, lip gloss is the most valued and loved among many cosmetics!You know, in the Tang Dynasty, there were sixteen types of mouth fat!
"Mouth rouge?" The man was stunned, then smiled at Qingguo: "Girl, you are joking, our family's rouge is rouge if you put it on your face, and it is rouge if you put it on your mouth." ?”

Uh!
Qing Guo looked at Aunt Zhuang.

Is it true that rouge and lip balm are used together in this era, as this little guy said?

Although Aunt Zhuang didn't understand why Qingguo would ask about lip balm, but because Qingguo had never worn makeup before, and she grew up in the countryside, she didn't know that rouge and lip balm were used together, so it was not surprising.

Seeing Qing Guo looking at her, Aunt Zhuang nodded her head, expressing that this young man never cheated.

So, in the end, it was Qing Guo who was stunned.

She didn't expect that the practice of lip balm in Nanbei Dynasty was not available in this era. Everyone just used rouge instead of lip balm habitually!

Ha ha……

Although this business is a bit small, but if it is operated well, it is also a good business.After all, rare things are precious!
Qingguo had an idea in her mind, and said to the little guy with a smile: "This is the first time I've come to your house, and I don't know which one is easy to use, which one is slightly inferior, please let me introduce you!"

The buddy was about to speak out, but a sweet and soft voice sounded from behind Qingguo.

"This girl must not be from Kyoto, right?"

Qingguo turned around in surprise, and turned to a face that was both happy and angry. The woman was about seventeen or eight years old, with exquisite facial features. Seeing her, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, giving her a friendly smile .

is her?

After being startled for a moment, Qing Guo returned the woman with a shallow smile.

"Ma'am, you haven't been here for a long time, do you want to add something today?"

It was obvious that the woman was a regular customer of this store, the clerk put aside the green fruit, and went forward to greet the young woman who was dressed in gorgeous clothes but behaved gracefully.

"Go ahead and do your own thing. I'll take a look around, and I'll call you if I like it." The woman said to the clerk.

The clerk responded and was about to greet Qingguo, but unexpectedly, there was a customer calling him to pay the bill on the other side.The clerk said modestly to Qingguo: "Girl, take a look for yourself first, call me if you like it."

Qingguo nodded.

The man walked away, and Qingguo was about to call Aunt Zhuang to help her choose, but a woman standing behind the woman suddenly said to Aunt Zhuang in astonishment: "Oh, big sister, why is it you?" ?”

Qingguo looked at Aunt Zhuang.

The woman also looked back at the mother-in-law behind her with a look of surprise, and asked softly, "Nurse Yu, do you know this girl?"

The mother-in-law called Yu Yu smiled and said softly to the woman: "Grandma, you forgot, last time we went to Ci'en Temple to offer incense, we met this girl once!"

At this time, Aunt Zhuang also explained softly to Qingguo: "The last time we were extorted money, this mother once said a few words to the old slave."

Qingguo nodded, and was about to speak.

Unexpectedly, Nanny Yu smiled and stepped forward, and said to Qingguo: "Girl, it really is fate. Last time when our grandma heard about the girl's kind deeds, she sighed that she had no chance to see her. I don't want to, this time But we met again!"

Qingguo smiled at Mammy Yu, and said lightly: "Mammy won the award, it's not a good deed, but I just think that one more thing is worse than one less thing. After all, this is the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in Kyoto. Who did you meet, don't you think?"

Listening to Qing Guo's words, Nanny Yu's smile deepened, but the smile in her eyes faded a bit.

"The girl is really a smart person!" Yu Yu smiled and said to Qingguo: "By the way, since we met by chance, I would like to ask, which family's young lady is the girl?"

Without waiting for Qingguo to speak, she said to herself: "My grandma's maiden name is Yu, and my father is a cabinet scholar, Yu Yi, Mr. Yu, and her husband's family name is Duan, and my master is the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and my uncle is in the Department of General Affairs!"

Qingguo stared at Grandma Duan who was looking at her with a smile on her face, bent her knees, and said softly: "The daughter of the people has seen the lady."

"Young lady, why are you so polite!" Grandma Yu hurriedly stepped forward and raised her hand to stop Qingguo's salute, then turned her head to look at Yuma Yu displeased, and reprimanded: "Madam Yu is really too, what are you talking about so much?" ? Look, you scared this girl! I originally wanted to be friends with her, but if you are like this, I'm afraid the girl will keep her at arm's length!"

Nanny Yu quickly apologized and said to Qingguo with a smile: "Girl, our grandma is the most kind, it's rare that you fall in love with her, but don't be separated just because of your different status!"

(End of this chapter)