Chapter 25: The method that shocked everyone
Under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, several old ladies were peeling corn. Aunt Ma also came under the tree with a basket. "Hey, Aunt Ma, what are you wearing on your head? It's quite beautiful," a round-faced aunt asked Aunt Ma curiously.
Aunt Ma confidently touched the scarf on her head and said, "This is called a triangular scarf. You can wear it around your neck or on your head like I did. It keeps you warm and your hair won't fall out when you work. It's very popular in big cities. A relative of mine gave it to me. It looks good, doesn't it?" After saying that, she stood up and turned around.
It's really beautiful. You look younger when you wear it, the round-faced aunt said with envy.
If you like them, I will ask my relatives to send me a few more and you can come to my house to choose. We are all old and it is time to spend some money on ourselves. We have spent our whole lives for our children and we should think about ourselves and dress up. When we visit relatives during the Chinese New Year, they will look so good in them and people will be envious.
A thin aunt asked, "Do you have a bright red one? My niece is getting married soon, and I want to give her one as a dowry."
Ma rolled her eyes and said, "Of course there are. There are several. This long scarf looks good too. It can also be used as a head wrap. It is so warm when you go out in cold weather. And this long scarf is made of cashmere. You can feel it. Then she took out a long red scarf from the basket and handed it to the lady who just spoke.
Several ladies came over, touched the scarves and sighed: After all, they are things from big cities, they are so good, how much is one?
You can't buy it at the supply and marketing cooperative in our town. The supply and marketing cooperative in big cities sells it for 18 yuan a piece, and you need a ticket. This is the preferential price that my relatives gave me at the factory. The long one is 13 yuan a piece, and the one on my head is 9 yuan a piece, and you don't need a ticket. There are many colors. If you are interested, I will ask my relatives to send it to you so that you can choose.
Several ladies immediately said they wanted to take a look first, and Aunt Ma agreed immediately and made an appointment to come to her house to take a look at the scarf tomorrow afternoon.
After dinner, Li Meng went to Aunt Huang's house again and knocked on the door. Aunt Huang pulled Li Meng into the house and said: I was thinking of looking for you later, and look, you're here. Haha, this is called telepathy, Auntie. Is my sister Xiaohua at home? Li Meng stuck her head out and looked around the room. She was at home, in the backyard. I came to call her.
Aunt Huang shouted a few times towards the backyard, and soon Sister Xiaohua came into the room. Li Meng took out the sheets and quilt covers, put them on the table and said to Aunt Huang, "This is the dowry I gave to Sister Xiaohua. Do you like it?"
This is unacceptable. You are a child who spends money recklessly. You dare to give away such expensive things. What should we say? Aunt Huang and Xiaohua were also shocked when they saw the things on the table. They had seen them in the supply and marketing cooperative before and knew that the price was not cheap, so they did not dare to accept them.
Sister Xiaohua, Auntie, you guys just take it, let me share in the good fortune, these are all internal prices and not expensive, if you don’t accept them I won’t come to dress up Sister Xiaohua tomorrow, Li Meng pretended to be angry and said,
Hey, kid, come here, Xiaohua, thank you Mengmeng sister, we will accept this gift,
And here's this, Aunt Huang, the scarf you wanted has also arrived. I went to get it today specially. Remember to bring it tomorrow. Then Li Meng winked at Aunt Huang, saying that everything was self-explanatory. You must accept the money for the scarf. Aunt Huang took out the money and handed it to Li Meng. Li Meng didn't say much. After all, one thing is one thing, so she put the money away. Then Aunt Huang, I'll leave first. I'll come early tomorrow morning. Li Meng was about to leave after saying this.
OK, remember to come to Auntie's house for breakfast tomorrow morning. Auntie Ma sent Li Meng to the door.
Sister Meng, where did you go tonight? As soon as Zhou Hui entered the courtyard, he saw Li Meng coming back and asked, "Oh, nothing, I went to Aunt Huang's house. Why haven't you slept yet? What are you doing here? You didn't come here to block me, did you?" Li Meng teased.
I wouldn't dare to do that even if you gave me a little courage, hehe. I just put away the bacon, it will be completely dry in two days and no longer need to be exposed to the sun. I'll go back to the house now. Sister Meng has put the bucket at the door for you, and my brother Yu has fetched water for you, hehe, remember to use it, she said, winking and running back to the house,
Li Meng saw two buckets of water at the door and was thoughtful.
The next day, Li Meng got up as soon as the rooster crowed twice. She tied her hair into a bun, put on a green plaid scarf, a black long cotton-padded jacket, put on lipstick, dressed up beautifully, took her makeup tools and went out. This is how she wanted to dress up today. Being a model herself, she would definitely attract young girls to ask about scarves, and then make a fortune.
The door of Huang's house was not closed, and many people who came to help were already standing in the yard. Nowadays, when a daughter is married off, no meal is left. The bride's relatives go to the groom's house with the bride to eat, and they all carry the dowry and other things with them, so the people who came to help arrived early. Huang's son-in-law is from the next village, and his conditions are quite good. In addition, Huang's brother is the team leader of the village, so more people come for the team leader's face.
Mengmeng, you are here, come in quickly. Aunt Huang quickly called Li Meng into the room. Xiaohua had already put on her clothes, a red cotton jacket, black pants and red cotton shoes. This kind of dress was considered very good. When other families married off their daughters, it was fine as long as they did not wear old clothes.
Sister Xiaohua, please sit down. I will trim your eyebrows first. Li Meng opened her makeup bag and used the eyebrow trimmer to trim Xiaohua's eyebrows into curved willow-shaped eyebrows. "Wow," the round-faced girl next to her exclaimed, "Your eyes look bigger after your eyebrows have been trimmed. It's amazing. You have really skillful hands."
I took out the moisturizing mask and scooped a dollop of it on Xiaohua's face. After waiting for 10 minutes, I could wash it off. Then I said to the round-faced girl, "I'm not busy anymore. I'll fix it for you too. It's a piece of cake." The girl replied excitedly, "Thank you in advance."
At this time, Aunt Huang handed a bowl of brown sugar fried eggs to Li Meng, saying, "Eat quickly, and then work." Looking at the four fried eggs in the bowl, Li Meng ate them all without hesitation.
When the time came, I wiped off the mask, put on some foundation, and light makeup. The last step was to apply lipstick, then braided Xiaohua's hair into a pineapple head, braided the hair below into a pigtail and put it up, and took out two big red ribbons and braided them into flowers, fixed them on both sides with black clips, and it was done.
Wow, wow, wow, the girls around were all shocked to see Xiaohua like this, she was so beautiful, none of the villages combined had ever seen a bride dressed like this,
Xiaohua was also stunned. Is this her? She had never looked so beautiful before, I couldn't believe my eyes.
Aunt Ma also came in and was surprised to see her daughter. Xiaohua looked really elegant when she was young after getting dressed up. Hahaha, she looks like her.
Before I could praise Li Meng, she pushed me onto a chair and had my eyebrows trimmed, my hair tied up, and I put on lipstick. After I was done, I looked in the mirror and couldn't bear to touch my face.
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