Cheng Maixiang quickly put on some clothes, got off the kang, washed up, and sat in front of the dressing table.
The so-called dressing table was just a wooden table in her room. On the table was a 30-centimeter-high mirror, a wooden comb, and a complete set of Xie Fuchun cosmetics bought for her from Guangzhou by Lin Jiayu, including vanishing cream, ice musk hair oil, duck egg powder, and hand oil. Because they were too expensive, Cheng Maixiang had kept them and was reluctant to use them.
Ruan Peiling had always been a fashionista, so she naturally recognized the preciousness of these cosmetics. Upon seeing them, she immediately exclaimed, "Wow, Maizi, you bought these from Guangzhou, right? My friends in the art troupe don't even have access to such fine cosmetics for their regular performances."
"Well, Jiayu bought it for me. I thought it was too expensive, but he refused and insisted on buying it."
Ruan Peiling noticed a hint of pride hidden in her smile and patted her shoulder gently, "Go away! Don't act so naive in front of me."
"Okay, hurry up and put on my makeup. You have to show all your skills today. I want to be the most beautiful bride."
Ever since she learned about Cheng Maixiang's marriage, Ruan Peiling has been clamoring to do her makeup on her wedding day. Cheng Maixiang agreed to her request, thinking that she had many friends in the art troupe and that she dressed fashionably.
Ruan Peiling returned to the provincial capital to celebrate the New Year before the New Year. She rushed to Shuangshui Village and stayed there yesterday afternoon so that someone could come and do her makeup early in the morning.
In her previous life, Cheng Maixiang had seen some nostalgic pictures of women of this era with makeup on. What she could not accept the most was the two patches of red on her cheeks, which looked like highland red and quite funny. So she kept brainwashing Ruan Peiling into wearing nude makeup in the future, and Ruan Peiling also agreed to put on light makeup for her.
Ruan Peiling took out her cosmetics and carefully put on makeup for her. Cheng Maixiang had very good skin, delicate and fair. She really didn't need much makeup to look beautiful.
Qiaomai and Yingying sat on the kang, curiously watching Ruan Peiling powder Cheng Maixiang's face. Qiaomai asked curiously, "Auntie Ruan, why are you smearing flour on my aunt's face?"
Cheng Maixiang and Ruan Peiling both burst out laughing. Ruan Peiling continued to put on her makeup while laughing, and teased Qiaomai, "Qiaomai, when you get married, you'll have to put flour on your face too. If you find it troublesome, Auntie will prepare a basin of flour for you. Just stick your head in it and you'll be done."
Although Qiaomai was young, she knew that Ruan Peiling was teasing her. She snorted, took Yingying's hand and said, "Yingying, let's go to the kitchen to find grandma and mom and see what delicious food they are making."
The two little girls jumped off the ground and ran away hand in hand. Ruan Peiling smiled and shook her head, "This child is so naughty, I can't help but tease him."
Ruan Peiling quickly put on her makeup. Cheng Maixiang opened her eyes and saw herself in the mirror with makeup on. She was more beautiful than usual, with a layer of brilliance. Her fair skin was bright and clear, with a faint blush on her cheeks, and her eyebrows and eyes were moving. She was really charming and beautiful.
Cheng Maixiang nodded with satisfaction, turned around and took out the bright red wedding dress that had been prepared long ago from the cabinet. Wearing wedding dresses was not popular in this era. Most people wore red clothes and pants when getting married. The style was old-fashioned and she didn't like it at all.
Although she could not wear the white wedding dress she would wear decades later, she did not want to compromise herself. As early as half a year ago, she had designed the style of the wedding dress and showed it to Cheng's mother. Cheng's mother was very satisfied, so after get off work at the garment workshop, she had nothing to do in the evening, so she made this wedding dress for her daughter. After several months of work, she finally completed the wedding dress.
The wedding dress consists of a top and a skirt. The top is a short red jacket with narrow sleeves and a cinched waist. The bottom is a flared cotton skirt of the same color with a high waist that reaches the ankles. Because the proportion of the clothing design is 3:7, her figure looks particularly slender.
The wedding dress was embroidered with patterns designed by her in golden thread, making the whole dress look particularly elegant and full of texture.
After Cheng Maixiang was fine, Ruan Peiling's eyes widened and she murmured to herself, "It's so beautiful, Maizi, so beautiful, I have to make a wedding dress like this in the future."
Cheng Maixiang smiled and picked up the wooden comb to gently comb her smooth hair. Decades later, brides would ask someone to do their hair when they got married, but that was not possible now. However, she was not impatient to sit for three or four hours to have someone do her hair, so she just let her hair hang naturally, which looked particularly beautiful.
Suddenly, the firecrackers outside the door rang out again with a deafening roar, and there was a constant noise at the gate. The children were shouting and laughing.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and Cheng's mother and sister-in-law ran in, "Maizi, are you ready? Xiaolin is here!"
As soon as the words fell, the two were stunned by the radiant Cheng Maixiang in front of them. Cheng's mother walked up, took Cheng Maixiang's hand and looked her up and down, while Cheng's sister-in-law smiled and said, "My little sister is so beautiful today, she is just like the fairy that the old people talk about."
Cheng Maixiang smiled and followed Cheng's mother and sister-in-law to the yard. A group of children had already gathered in the yard to join in the fun. When they saw Cheng Maixiang, they all exclaimed in surprise.
Lin Jiayu was stopped by the people who were blocking the yard. Da Zhou, who came with him, had to distribute the prepared wedding candies to the onlookers one by one. In this era, due to poverty, not many people would give red envelopes, and those who came to join in the fun would not accept them. However, wedding candies are indispensable at weddings no matter what time.
In order to get married this time, Lin Jiayu prepared dozens of kilograms of White Rabbit milk candies. When he entered Shuangshui Village, he gave candies to everyone he met, just to get some congratulations from others. Many children were greedy and followed the convoy all the way to Cheng's mother's door just to eat more candies.
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