Chapter 36 (1/2)
In the last temple fair, more than 400 boxes of perfume were sold in three days. This lantern fair is only one night. Li Mo is not sure how many boxes to take. But he thinks that more is better than less. After more, he can sell it slowly. If less is not enough, he will regret. So Li Mo plans to make 500 boxes this time, plus the remaining 30 boxes at home, which should be more, I don't think we can sell so much.
Like last time, the whole family went to Houshan to pick flowers. Li Mo, Mei Zi and song Dashan carried a basket on their back. Tie Zi didn't let him carry it. He just asked him to watch the two little guys and not run around.
The two little guys are sensible children. They know that adults are busy, and they don't run around or make trouble. They also pick flowers like adults, and then put them into adults' baskets. The small appearance is painful.
The child doesn't need to take care of him. Tie Zi has nothing to do, so he uses his right hand to pick flowers slowly, and then gently puts them into the basket. Everyone can see that he doesn't pull the wound, so he goes with him.
There was plenty of time this time, so we didn't have to rush as we did last time, so the people picked it slowly and leisurely. They were not tired at all, but relaxed at the end of the day.
When the flowers are almost picked, the 500 boxes that song Dashan asked Uncle Zhang to make will be fine.
Next, Li Mo and others spent three days at home slowly making balm. After making it, they dried it for another two days, and then they arrived at the hairpin Festival.
The Lantern Festival is held in the evening, so going to make up for Qian Xianglian's niece in the early morning doesn't delay the work, so there is no time to catch up with the Lantern Festival in the evening.
Song Dashan drove his donkey cart to her elder sister's house with Li Mo and Qian Xianglian in the dark.
By the time the three arrived, sister Qian Xianglian's house had become a little busy. The people in the house were coming and going, and all the relatives were helping.
The host's house saw that Li Mo was coming. This time, there was no need to introduce him. He immediately welcomed him warmly.
Qian Xianglian's eldest sister took Li Mo's hand and said, ”eldest sister, it's hard for you to come here so early this morning. I'm sorry to trouble you today.”
Li Mo shakes his head, ”yes, sister-in-law, don't mention it. Take me to the bridal chamber. I'll make up for the bride as soon as possible.”
Elder sister Qian nods, asks her son to treat song Dashan, and then personally takes Li Mo to her daughter's room.
The bride's wedding dress has been put on, waiting for makeup.
When the people in the room saw Li Mo come in, they all stared at Li Mo in surprise. They didn't expect that this beautiful little lady was really the dressing lady specially invited by the bride. They had never seen such a young and beautiful dressing lady.
Li Mo doesn't care what other people look at her. She just nods to the people on the scene to say hello. Then she puts the make-up box on the table next to her and starts to make up for the bride.
The bride wore a loose red wedding dress, but her plump figure could still be seen.
After Li Mo came here, except for Wang Cuihua's lazy and fat figure, all the other women she saw were slim and even mostly thin. Women with good family conditions deliberately keep slim in order to conform to the mainstream aesthetic, while women in the village can't get fat because they can't eat well and they have to work in the fields every day.
So this bride is the first fat young girl Li Mo has ever seen.
The bride looked at Li Mo and blushed. She was rather embarrassed and said, ”sister-in-law, I'm so fat that you can see the joke.”
Li Mo laughs and shakes his head, ”what a joke, you look so lucky, and you will be happy in the future. There's nothing wrong with being fat, as long as you're healthy. ”
The bride was comforted by Li Mo and was happy, but she still secretly pulled Li Mo's sleeve and said in a low voice with embarrassment: ”sister-in-law, I still want you to make me thinner, so it looks good, OK?”
Li Mo saw that she was so ashamed that she couldn't bear to tease her. She immediately nodded, ”OK, how can't it be? My sister-in-law must look very thin and beautiful for you.”
The bride's happy face makes the people next to her stare at Li Mo curiously. It seems that she just wants to see if the make-up girl is as powerful as the host's saying. Can this big steamed bun face be turned into a slap face? Don't tell jokes.
Li Mo doesn't know the suspicion in the heart of the people around her, so she just starts to make up for the bride seriously.
The bride's face is really fat and fleshy, and the size is not small, but the only good thing is that her skin is white and tender, and she looks very comfortable and pleasing. This kind of face makeup doesn't need too much, just a thin layer of powder, which is very easy to worry about.
The easy step is to decorate the face, which must rely on a large number of shadow and highlight processing, resulting in visual differences, making people feel a lot thinner at a glance.
Li Mo casts a shadow around the bride's face to make the whole face smaller. Later, she casts a shadow under the cheekbones on both sides of the bride's face, and then slowly decorates it. It looks like her cheeks are concave. The whole feeling is that her face is thin. After the modification of high light, the whole face no longer looks fat and puffy, but has a clear outline, slightly concave cheeks, and looks very small.After that, Li Mo refines the make-up of the bride's eyebrows and lips, and her face is finished.
The last step is to deal with the hair. Li Mo takes apart the bride's unrolled hair and combs it slowly. She divides part of her hair on both sides of her forehead to decorate her face. All her other hair is put on a bun.
Curl the hair left on both sides of the face, hang it on both sides of the cheek, and let the tail buckle inward slightly to cover both sides of the face. With the shadow, the whole face changes greatly.
Although the bride's face is not as thin as those born with small face, it must not be called ”big” or ”fat”. It looks like a normal pretty face.
But because of the contrast of the big fat face of the bride, everyone present felt that the bride's face was really thin.
Li Mo is familiar with such a light car with face makeup. She doesn't feel surprised, so as soon as it's finished, she automatically retreats to tidy up her make-up box and leaves others in the room to express her feelings around the bride.
At this time, the room can be said to be bustling, women chirping around the bride, as if they found something great.
”My God, I'm afraid it's a magic trick. How can the face of Dani be so small?”
”Oh, I haven't seen such a make-up technique in my life for so many years. How can big baozi's face be so small? How can it be so powerful?”
”I didn't believe it just now. Now I have to believe it. Look at the change of face. It's too bad.”
”That is...”
after expressing their feelings, some people gathered around Li Mo and began to ask Li Mo all kinds of questions curiously.
A woman about 50 years old asked Li Mo, ”big sister, can you also make other ugly faces look good? What if it's defective? ”
Li Mo thought about it and said to the truth, ”you can make people look better, but you can't be a fairy. The original appearance is very important. If it's good, it will be more beautiful. If the original defect is too big, there's no way to make the defect the same as it doesn't exist.”
The woman nodded, her eyes turned and she looked thoughtful.
At this time, Qian Xianglian's eldest sister came in and saw her daughter's appearance. She looked at it again and again in surprise. At last, she took Li Mo and patted her hand and said, ”sister, thank you for making my big girl look so beautiful. Her face is the same as cutting off the meat. Come on, take this red envelope. It's hard today.” Said to Li Mo a red seal.
Li Mo didn't refuse either. She took it over and took it away. Then she said goodbye to elder sister Qian: ”sister-in-law, it's over. I'll leave first. You're busy.”
Elder sister Qian quickly grabbed Li Mo, ”sister, stay for a wedding. What's the matter with leaving so early?”
Li Mo waved his hand, ”sister-in-law, there are still things at home. I can't delay any longer. I understand your kindness. I really want to leave.”
Money elder sister see Li Mo go to idea firm, also not hard to stay, had to send people out.
Only song Dashan and Li Mo will go back, and Qian Xianglian will stay for the wedding.
By the time Li Mo and song Dashan got home, every family had already begun to have lunch. Mei Zi had already made lunch at home, waiting for them to come back and have dinner directly.
After lunch, a few people had a little rest, and then began to move things to the donkey cart.
First put the ointment into the basket, and then move the basket to the donkey cart carriage. After thinking about it, Li Mo directly took the small table in the family room and put it into the donkey cart. In this way, the table can be directly used as a stand, and the ointment can be sold on the table, so that the guests can stand and choose, and there is no need to squat down to choose as in the last temple fair.