Chapter 44: The Show-off Li Xiufang

Jiang Xiaoxiao thought about it again on the way back. The feeling that the yamen runner gave her was too weird and unpredictable. Could it be that he is the future male lead?

It's not right either. Her mother is so powerful, how could the future male lead be just a small yamen runner?

Jiang Xiaoxiao scratched her head. Damn it, she hadn't finished reading that book before transmigrating!

She only saw the second half, and at that time the male lead's shadow hadn't appeared yet. This yamen runner appeared so early, he definitely wasn't the male lead in the original book...

Jiang Xiaoxiao walked on the way home with her mother, passed by the big locust tree in the village, and saw from afar a figure wearing red and green showing off everywhere.

"Auntie, are you going to fetch water again?"

"That's right, Xiufang, why did you come out dressed like this?"

"However, don't say, the material of your red clothes is really good. I'm afraid only rich families can afford to wear it, right?"

Several women going to the Li Zheng's house to fetch water surrounded Li Xiufang, looking at her one by one.

Li Xiufang enjoyed this feeling of being the center of attention, raised her chin, and proudly displayed her new clothes.

This was one of the sets of clothes sent by the Huang family. She picked the one with the best fabric to wear out, and also wore the green head flower bought in town a few days ago on her head.

Jiang Xiaoxiao only saw clearly this red and green outfit after getting closer, and felt it was spicy to her eyes.

The aesthetics of these ancient people are really...

But looking closely, the fabric of Li Xiufang's outfit was indeed good, but it seemed to have been pressed in the chest for several years. The color was not bright, gray, and there were countless wrinkles, looking very old-fashioned.

And this outfit was somewhat loose, worn on Li Xiufang's fifteen-year-old malnourished body, clearly not fitting.

However, Li Xiufang didn't think so at all. Before going out, she was complacent and applied the rouge and powder sent by Sun Shi to her face, just to show off this outfit.

She noticed Jiang Xiaoxiao looking at her, and her chin raised even higher: "Hmph, country bumpkin, don't think you can earn money by selling a few snow cakes. I will be a rich young lady marrying into the Huang family in the future!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao: "..."

Well, respect, and bless.

"Hmph, you must not envy me!"

Not seeing the envy she wanted in Jiang Xiaoxiao's eyes, Li Xiufang added unwillingly, "That Huang family in the county city is a famous rich gentry family. They have everything at home, snow cakes, goat milk, I will marry into their house, and I can eat as much as I want!"

While talking, her gaze couldn't stop aiming at the ice cabinet Jiang Wei was carrying.

"... Well, I don't envy you." Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at Li Xiufang's red lips opening and closing, thinking how much rouge was applied, it was as red as a female ghost who had just swallowed a child alive...

Li Xiufang originally inherited that pair of thick big lips from Old Madam Li. Now that she applied rouge, it was like two fat sausages.

Look at that face again, it was also wiped as white as a powder wall.

Ancient cosmetics are not like modern ones, which have strict product quality requirements. Most of the inferior rouge and powder in ancient times contain a lot of lead.

Rouge and powder with too much lead can be quickly absorbed by the skin, achieving the whitening effect that ancient people want, but the harm is undoubtedly huge.

Why are beautiful women in ancient times red-faced and short-lived? A large part is due to lead poisoning.

In this ancient era where medical care is not developed, once lead poisoning occurs, it is basically hopeless.

Especially, the rouge and powder Sun Shi gave Li Xiufang were originally the inferior kind that no one bought.

"Yo, Xiaoxiao is going to town with your mother to sell snow cakes again?" Several women who were surrounding Li Xiufang saw the mother and daughter passing by and greeted them with a smile.

Don't hit people with smiling faces. Jiang Xiaoxiao also returned a sweet smile: "Yes, Auntie, just came back."

"Xiaoxiao is also, look at this little appearance, she grew up really handsome." Perhaps influenced by Li Xiufang, several women also joked, "Xiaoxiao, did you have a doll marriage with any family?"

"Haha..." Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't know how to answer, so she could only laugh dryly twice.

Li Xiufang's gaze fell on Jiang Xiaoxiao with the words of the crowd. The simple lotus-colored narrow-sleeved woven-pattern garment, the most ordinary style, was clean, without patches, and completely different from the gray-headed and face-dirty villagers doing farm work around.

Especially that little face, white and clean, with delicate features, and a mouthful of white teeth when smiling.

In poor ancient villages, even people with good looks were sallow and emaciated. Those with slightly better living conditions at home also became big and round because of the heavy burden of farm work. Where are they like the Jiang mother and daughter, slender, tall, and ruddy and healthy?

Li Xiufang couldn't help but feel a trace of jealousy. Why is she red-lipped and white-toothed even without makeup?

Hmph, sure enough, like her mother, she is also a shameless fox spirit!

"My daughter is still young, what doll marriage to talk about." Jiang Wei replied lightly, pulled Jiang Xiaoxiao, and left.

"Hmph, what's the use of looking good, what's there to be proud of!"

Anyway, the one who will marry into the Huang family to enjoy happiness in the end is her, not Jiang Xiaoxiao!

Li Xiufang was still somewhat indignant. The show-off mood when she first came was gone, and she twisted her butt and went home.

And at this moment, the Li family.

Sun Shi was hiding in the kitchen, studying the snow cake she had just bought back.

She slipped away before the people from the County Yamen arrived. She didn't dare to stay and watch the excitement, and hurried home.

According to normal times, if Jiang Shi's business had trouble, she would definitely stay and watch the excitement, but this time she slipped out secretly. If she went back late and was discovered by Old Madam Li, it wouldn't be good!

This snow cake was frozen hard, and it hadn't melted when she returned home.

Sun Shi swallowed, leaned closer and smelled a faint milky fragrance. Could it be that this thing was made of milk?

That cost is too high, right?!

But where can she find milk?

Old Man Zhao in the neighboring village has an old yellow cattle, but it doesn't produce milk either...

A few days ago, she heard villagers say that Jiang Shi bought a milk goat. It is estimated that this snow cake was made of goat milk.

If she wants to imitate this snow cake, she must first get some goat milk...

Sun Shi was pondering where to get goat milk, when the tightly closed kitchen door was suddenly pushed open. Li Xiufang walked in aggressively.

"Little, little sister-in-law..." Sun Shi was caught off guard, hurriedly hiding the snow cake behind her back.

But it was a step late. Li Xiufang saw the snow cake in her hand at a glance, and her face sank: "What are you hiding in your hand?! Take it out quickly!"

Li Xiufang just returned home. Her mood was bad at this moment, and her speech was no longer polite to Sun Shi as usual.

"No, nothing!" Sun Shi hurriedly denied, while quickly walking out of the kitchen, but was blocked by Li Xiufang.

"Little sister-in-law, don't stop me, I still have to go feed the pigs!"

"Did you buy that dead girl's snow cake!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 45 =====