"Put this ginseng away. If we get a chance another day, it may be of great use."
After Nian Shilan finished speaking, she stretched out her hands lazily and looked at Xiaoman who was kneeling in front of her.
Xiao Linzi got the order, took the brocade box containing ginseng and went down.
The impatiens bloomed just in time in June. In front of Xiaoman was a four-compartment wooden box filled with four-color impatiens petals.
There are pink, purple, bright red, and a pink-purple color.
While Xiaoman gently polished the surface of Nian Shilan's nails with a nail file, he softly asked Nian Shilan which color of petals he liked.
Nian Shilan looked at the wooden box and said, "Just use the bright red one."
Xiao Man lowered his head and polished his nails carefully, while thinking about it, he said: "Fu Jin is as beautiful as a fairy. In my opinion, no matter what color you use, it looks great. It's just that a few days ago, I saw that Master Fuji was also wearing bright red. Otherwise, , Master, could you please change it to a brighter color?"
Guyu was playing with a small clay pot next to her. There was a small piece of alum in the clay pot. She was crushing the alum with a wooden pestle.
Nian Shilan looked at Xiao Man, who had his head lowered, for a long time before he chuckled and spoke.
"You girl, you know how to talk. Are you just afraid that if I use the same color as Fujin, people will say you are overstepping? But my eyes are not that particular. I only know that red looks good, so I will use it."
Xiao Man stopped talking and did what he was doing more seriously and carefully.
Guyu ground the alum into powder, held the wooden box containing the petals, put all the bright red impatiens petals into the clay pot, put them together with the alum, and continued to grind them gently with a wooden pestle.
After Guyu mixed and ground the petals with alum, Xiaoman also polished Nian Shilan's nails.
Xiaoman took a fingernail-sized amount of flower mud and gently covered it on Nian Shilan's nails.
He also took wild hemp leaves, wrapped the nails with impatiens mud one by one, and tied them with cotton thread without being tight or loose.
Nian Shilan had impatiens flowers wrapped around her fingernails, and all her food for the day was fed and served by her servants.
The dinner was served by Mang Zhong and Han Lu. Mang Zhong was responsible for feeding Xi Fujin with small mouthfuls of chopsticks, while Han Lu was responsible for serving tea.
Nian Shilan took a bite of the hibiscus-skinned chicken slices and said with a smile that it would only take half a month. If she had to dye her nails every two or three days, she would rather stay bare hands for the rest of her life.
Mangzhong picked up another piece of asparagus with chopsticks, and Nian Shilan shook his head.
"If I don't eat this today, I'll lose all the fat in my mouth."
Han Lu, who was serving tea at the side, covered her lips and smiled secretly.
"Master really loves beauty."
Nian Shilan had already stopped eating and drinking, and lazily waited for Mang Zhong to wipe the corners of her mouth before saying.
"There is no woman who doesn't love beauty. Don't you little girls love beauty? Then I'll go back to the master and stop using your rouge and gouache from tomorrow on."
Nian Shilan spoke with a smile on his face.
The little girls waiting in the room knew she was joking and felt relieved.
Han Lu has always been more courageous among the servants, she said with a smile.
"Master loves to joke with the slaves. Master, you are only seventeen years old. Besides, you are naturally beautiful. Even the slaves in this house combined are not as good as one of the master's fingers. The slaves know that they are vulgar, so they can only try their best to use their best. Some external decorations are just a crown jewel. Master, why don't you give charity and fulfill your slaves' needs?"
Nian Shilan heard Han Lu speak and had a new plan in mind.
This girl is clever with her words, and I heard she knows a few words. The only maid she has in front of her now is Songzhi, which is far from enough.
Let the housekeeper choose the ones that are useful, and I am afraid that others will get in the way, so it is better to observe and train a few useful maids from my own yard, which will also be useful in the future.
Nian Shilan suddenly realized that she was only seventeen years old in this life. Looking at the girls who were fourteen or fifteen years old, they were called with the memories and habits of the previous life.
She couldn't help laughing and shaking her head, she would have to be more careful in the future. She should be arrogant and indulgent now. If she is too old-fashioned, Yinzhen may be wary of her.
Songzhi came in with a delicate box in her right hand. Hanlu took it and opened it, revealing a box of spices.
The spices are made into several small plum blossom cakes, and the color is like red plums.
A box full of spices exudes a rich fragrance like a hundred flowers blooming. It was Nian Shilan's favorite smell when she was in her boudoir.
Han Lu brushed away the scent of spices with her hands, took a deep breath and sighed.
"It smells so good, but not cloying. Master, look at it, it looks exquisite. Do you want me to order one for you? Let your clothes be scented with this fragrance."
Nian Shilan only took one look at it, then sent Han Lu to close the box and put it away.
Before going to bed at night, Xiaoman and Gu Yu took off the impatiens flowers and wild hemp leaves that Nian Shilan had wrapped in her hands for the whole day, and then helped her clean her hands, face, and apply facial cream before lying down.
But others didn't know that Nian Shilan closed her eyes and fell into a dream again.
This dream was not only real, but also frightening. In her dream, she vaguely glimpsed something she had never thought of in her previous life.
