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Chapter Thirty-Seven: Makeover

Shen Qiujun couldn't help but admire Li Yaoqin from the bottom of his heart. He was such a sweet and kind-hearted person. Not to mention his appearance, he always had some fantastic ideas in his mind.

Needless to say about Xiaoguishan Hot Spring, she could also find some ingenious recipes for making rouge gouache from ancient books.

Later, I even designed a lot of clothes and jewelry, but these were just small things.

What is unexpected is that she has dabbled in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, astronomy and geography, and even military warfare. Such a wonderful person is really not something that ordinary people can tolerate.

It's a pity that it's just a concubine's life!

In her previous life, Li Yaoqin was just a concubine. Although she came up with many ideas, most of them made money through her own hands.

I don't have those skills, so why not use them in this life, just to pay off the debt she and the wise king owed me in the previous life.

Anyway, she has many ideas to make money, but I want to see what new methods she has in this life.

Shen Qiujun said with a smile: "I heard someone talk about some recipes for making rouge and gouache, but I can't remember them exactly. I have to borrow the recipe from my mother's grandmother Ding!"

Mrs. Shen was surprised, but she smiled and said: "If it is really made, let mother try it first!"

"That's natural!" Shen Qiujun agreed with a smile.

After the mother and daughter had dinner, Shen Qiujun accompanied his mother to handle all the matters in the house. While Mrs. Shen was taking a breather, Shen Qiujun stepped forward and filially helped his mother's shoulders.

Mrs. Shen felt very pleased and teased her daughter: "Although you are usually filial, I have never seen you so fawning. Maybe you have something to ask me for?"

Shen Qiujun took the tea bowl from the little girl's hand, served her mother to drink it, and said with a smile: "Mom is really wise! I can't hide my daughter's thoughts from you at all."

Mrs. Shen said disdainfully: "You were born in my belly, and I raised you up with shit and pee. What kind of evil thoughts do you have, and how can you hide it from me, a mother!"

Shen Qiujun's face was a bit sarcastic, and everyone wanted to laugh but did not dare.

Shen Qiujun glanced at the girl.

Seeing that their faces had calmed down, he sat down next to Mrs. Shen, lowered his eyes, and said with a chuckle: "I went to play in my eldest sister's village a few days ago. Now that I know that I am locked up in this small courtyard every day, I am actually caring. I’m too young. I’m just a fifteen-year-old girl, but I’m living like an old woman, with a heart as dry as a well and no peace of mind!”

When Mrs. Shen heard this, she couldn't help but hold the handkerchief tightly, and turned to look at her daughter nervously.

Shen Qiujun smiled again and said: "Normally I don't think so, but when I went out and came back, I saw that my small yard looked like a snow cave. I couldn't compete with those who were monks and practiced. It was really boring. So, I’m going to decorate the room well. In a few days it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be my sixteenth birthday. I will also change my clothes and jewelry for a festive occasion.”

As soon as Shen Qiujun finished speaking, Mrs. Shen hugged her daughter tightly and said in a rather excited voice: "My son, what are you here? I will order someone to clean it up right away. No, I will arrange it for you myself, including clothes and jewelry." People have arranged it, and you will be completely renewed from the inside out before the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Shen Qiujun allowed his mother to hug him tightly and laughed softly: "I'm not in a hurry at this moment. Mother has many things to take care of. I just leave it to Grandma Chu and a few daughters-in-law!"

"What is there to care about? Everything in the house is there, and it is not an urgent matter. I haven't helped you take care of it for several years. This time I just want to show off my skills." Mrs. Shen stopped in a hurry. The daughter said, after thinking for a while, she asked with a smile: "Were you just thinking about this when we were eating? There was something you couldn't say."

Shen Qiujun hurriedly smiled and said: "That's true! Even though it's just tidying up the house, it's hard to say it with your mouth. It costs a lot of money to replace these things inside and outside, and it takes a lot of effort from my mother!" "

Mrs. Shen smiled nonchalantly and said: "This little money is nothing, it's not something you can exchange every day according to your temper! Any mother who doesn't worry about her children also owes you. If you don't worry, this I’m still feeling unhappy!”

As if she was afraid that her daughter would regret it, Mrs. Shen hurriedly asked someone to open the warehouse and select the various furnishings and toys in the room, as well as the silk and satin fabrics for clothes and curtains.

In fact, most of the antiques and appliances displayed in Mr. Shen Qiu's room are simple and elegant, so in addition to replacing one or two pieces, and adding a few more festive pieces, it will be fine. So Mrs. Shen and her daughter took a while to select them. .

There were quite a few gauze curtains, but Mrs. Shen thought they were leftover from last year and were out of date, so she asked the lady in charge to buy some that were fashionable this year.

As for the cloth and satin used to make clothes, they really only chose a few pieces in fresh colors, but Mrs. Shen said: "The colors are too few, let me make them first, and I have to buy more!" and then ordered the steward. : "Tomorrow, ask people from each cloth village to send some designs for you to choose from."

Shen Qiujun couldn't bear to offend his mother's kindness, so he agreed. He just asked his wife in charge to tell the shopkeeper: It's okay to bring all kinds of colors, but leave out the bright red ones.

Mrs. Shen also said: "I told the shopkeeper of Baoyuan Silver House this by the way!"

When everything was done, Shen Qiujun said with a smile: "These ornaments are nothing more than ornaments, but clothes and jewelry cost a lot of money, which makes my daughter feel embarrassed. And Xiao Guishan, I'm afraid it's not a small sum."

Mrs. Shen smiled and said: "What are you embarrassed about? That Xiaogui Mountain is the ancestral property and must be redeemed. It has nothing to do with you! Our family is not so poor that we even bought the girl's clothes and jewelry. You can't afford it, otherwise you will lose the face of our Yongning Marquis Mansion, so you just enjoy it, there is no money, and your father and brother are still there!"

Shen Qiujun said with a smile: "When my daughter lets someone make rouge and gouache, we will open a shop and earn some money for the rouge and gouache!"

Mrs. Shen just thought her daughter was joking and laughed along with the words: "That's great! We can also make a lot of money and embarrass them!"

Shen Qiujun knew that it would not be easy for him to convince his family to open a rouge and gouache shop. Anyway, he was not in a hurry. He would wait until he found out how to make rouge and gouache before it was too late.

After the mother and daughter had lunch, they came to Shen Qiujun's room with great interest and discussed how to draw the curtains and display the antiques.

Mrs. Shen called the needleworkers in the house again and ordered: "Stop all other work in your hands and just concentrate on making the lady's clothes. We will make a few pieces before the Mid-Autumn Festival. Everyone will have something by then." Great reward!"

Then he explained to his daughter: "Mom has boxes and cabinets full of topless clothes. Your father and brother have a lot of clothes, and they wear official uniforms. Besides, you don't have to change them every day without wearing the same ones!"

Shen Qiujun hurriedly smiled and said: "The needlework is for the daughter, and the daughter will make clothes for her mother and father and brother. This also shows her filial piety."

However, Mrs. Shen teased her daughter and said, "You are very stable with a knife. If you hold a needle, be careful of pricking your finger!"

Everyone bent over with laughter. Shen Qiujun did very little needlework, and the time she spent holding needlework was far less than the time she spent holding a knife and whip.

Shen Qiujun snuggled into his mother's arms and smiled and acted coquettishly, but secretly thought in his heart: At this moment, at that moment, he did a lot of needlework for Sister Lan and his sister, and later he slept alone every night. Is sewing to pass the time? How could sewing be so bad!

At this time, the steward who went to inquire about Xiao Guishan's redemption came back, and Mrs. Shen hurriedly called him in to ask about the situation.
Chapter completed!
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