Chapter 29 Life is tough, Song Li sighs.
Song Li smiled and said, "Miss Tang, you are too kind. It is all thanks to the doctor and your young lady's good health that she recovered so quickly. It has nothing to do with me, so how can I accept your thanks?"
In ancient times, the daughters of officials were equivalent to modern-day celebrities. With Miss Tang's endorsement, her cosmetics would be like having a celebrity spokesperson, and sales would skyrocket.
In the past, she would have been overjoyed.
However, after the Wang Laocai incident, she developed a negative view of the officials of this era.
It was clearly a case of trafficking women, yet the laws of the Great Yu Dynasty failed to uphold justice.
In this chaotic world, it would be inappropriate to readily agree. She was cautious and, learning from the ancient social etiquette she had read about in "Journey to the West" in her previous life, she made some polite remarks.
Hearing Song Li speak so eloquently, Ying'er smiled even more warmly: "Miss, you are too kind. If you hadn't reminded me, my young lady wouldn't have thought of seeing a doctor."
She leaned close to Song Li's ear and whispered, "My young lady listened to your method and her complexion improved greatly after taking the medicine. Yesterday, she used your whitening lotion and shone brightly at the party. My young lady was born with dark skin, and while the ladies flattered her to her face, they laughed at her behind her back. Yesterday, our young lady finally got to hold her head high."
Song Li was surprised.
Was appearance anxiety really that severe in ancient times? Even the daughter of a village head couldn't escape it?
Having said all that, it would be pretentious to refuse any longer, so Song Li smiled and said, "Then I'll go with you, sister."
Ying'er was seventeen or eighteen years old, and could be considered the older sister of this body.
Ying'er said, "Don't be so formal with the older sisters, just call me Ying'er. All the sisters in the manor call me that too."
She was a straightforward person. Even though she was born into a family and had served the young ladies in the inner quarters since childhood, she never liked the way the women addressed her as "sister" or "younger sister." She found it sour!
Song Li smiled and replied, "Sister Ying'er."
Just as I was about to pack up, three customers came in.
One of the young women, carrying a red lacquered food box, hurried over and said to Song Li with a smile, "Girl, you've finally arrived! I've been looking for you for days, I thought you weren't doing business anymore!"
Song Li replied with a smile, "I was delayed by something the other day, but you look great today, sister."
A woman dresses up for the one she loves. Overjoyed at the compliment, the young woman glanced at Song Li unexpectedly, "You still remember me?"
Song Li smiled slightly: "You have a sweet appearance and a good temperament, it's hard to forget you."
This woman is actually the owner of a rice shop on the street corner. She set up her stall here twice. How could you not recognize her?
The young woman smiled, her eyes narrowing.
In business, who doesn't say a few flattering words to their customers? But Song Li is the first to praise her like this.
"Little girl, you're so good with words. It's no wonder I came all this way today to buy your things."
My sister-in-law bought some before, and I gave some to her. She found it to be very useful.
The three customers each bought a bottle of white makeup liquid, and since they thought cushion foundations were convenient for touch-ups, they also bought a box.
In the blink of an eye, three bottles of whitening liquid and three boxes of cushion foundation were sold, and more than four hundred coins were successfully deposited into my pocket.
Even though it was out of stock for several days, business was still good.
Beside her, Ying'er watched with envy. Four hundred coins! That was half a month's wages for her!
This little village girl earned it in less than fifteen minutes!
Is it too late to redeem myself and join now?
After packing up their stall, Song Li and Song Xiaoxiao followed Ying'er to the Tang residence.
Given their status, they wouldn't have been qualified to enter through the main gate in ancient times. Ying'er led the two sisters into the mansion through the side gate.
Unfortunately, Tang Shaoyao's etiquette class went poorly today. She was kept after class by the instructor and wouldn't be released until dinner. She asked another maid to pass on a message:
"I'm so sorry for breaking my promise this time. Please come to the tea house for tea in three days."
In ancient times, life was not easy for women, whether they went from commoners to ladies. Song Li sighed.
Ying'er then saw the two sisters off from the mansion.
Song Li was good at interpersonal relationships. She took out two boxes of whitening cushion foundation and gave them to Ying'er—one box for her and one box for Tang Shaoyao.
Ying'er was very happy.
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After leaving the mansion, Song Li led Song Xiaoxiao to the mutton soup stall they had visited before, and ordered two bowls of mutton soup and a plate of mutton offal pie.
She earned four hundred coins from her stall last time, and she did the same this time, adding up to a little over one tael.
That's enough money for her to eat something nice.
The two sisters ate with great satisfaction, taking a sip of the delicious, hot mutton soup and then a bite of the fragrant, oily meat pie.
After eating and drinking their fill, Song Li packed a portion of cakes for Qian Hutao and a string of candied hawthorns for Song Xiaoxiao to eat on their way home.
Song Li pulled Song Xiaoxiao out of town and saw someone selling chicks by the roadside. She took out her money and bought three chicks.
She thought that if a hen lays one egg a day, then three hen lays three eggs a day, and everyone in her family would have eggs to eat every day.
Holding the chick, Song Li walked to the city gate to queue up.
As evening approached, villagers from surrounding villages who had set up stalls and worked in the town all had to go out, so there was a queue.
Just then, a few malicious laughs suddenly came from a quiet alley nearby.
"Still trying to hide? I'll see where you run to today!"
A group of burly men surrounded a thin, plain-clothed scholar and snatched his bundle.
The scholar tried to snatch it back, but he was no match for several strong men. He struggled for a moment before being pinned to the ground.
Several men attacked him with fists and feet, and the scholar fought back desperately.
His eyes were bloodshot as he roared, "Give me back my bundle!"
But why would the others pay him any attention? They continued kicking and hitting him.
"sister."
Song Xiaoxiao was the first to hear the sounds of fighting.
Song Li peeked into the alley and said calmly, "It's nothing, just a fight."
Seeing that none of these people's clothes were patched, it must be an internal conflict within a large family. She didn't want to get involved, since fighting wouldn't kill anyone anyway.
Just then, a cold glint flashed in the alley, and the burly man at the head of the group pulled out a sharp knife from his waist and suddenly stabbed it towards the scholar's heart.
This is murder!
Song Li's eyes sharpened.
The scholar clearly saw the blade aimed at him, but he was restrained and unable to resist.
Sizzle!
The scholar's cotton-padded coat was punctured, the fabric opened with a crack, and white cotton fluff floated out.
In the next frame, the sharp blade will slice through his flesh!
The scholar closed his eyes in despair.
The burly men grinned smugly.
In that critical moment, something flew through the air with a whoosh.
It is a pebble.
"Hmph, child's play!"
The burly man with the knife didn't take it seriously and even tried to catch the hidden weapon with his left hand.
The one who threw the hidden weapon must have been the servant boy next to the scholar. They had been tracking and investigating him for several days and knew that the boy knew a little bit of martial arts.
Unexpectedly, the stone was extremely powerful and pierced through his palm, creating a bloody hole!
"Who goes there!" The burly man with the knife was shocked and shouted loudly.
For a moment, I couldn't even feel the pain.
The other men were also astonished.
Could it be that the scholar has a master by his side?
They were bodyguards from a security escort company, who had traveled all over the country and seen the world before the company went bankrupt.
To break through a person's hand with a pebble the size of a date pit, one must be either a naturally strong person or a martial artist with more than ten years of profound internal strength.
A group of people couldn't understand it, but upon closer examination, it seemed to make perfect sense.
Despite the scholar's plain clothes and unassuming appearance, he was the only son of Magistrate Lou of the county!
Although he was born to a concubine, he was still an only child.
Magistrate Lou felt sorry for his son and secretly assigned several skilled guards to protect him, which was quite normal.
The more they thought about it, the more likely it seemed. The burly men felt a chill run down their spines, and cold sweat poured down their foreheads.
They were entrusted by the county magistrate's wife to ambush and eliminate this illegitimate son in a dark alley without anyone noticing, but now that a master has appeared, things have become complicated.
If the county magistrate finds out they murdered his only son, how many heads would they have to lose?
The burly men were terrified and quickly fled.
In an instant, the people in the alley scattered, leaving only Lou Yicong, who had been beaten to a pulp.
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