080, Xian Fang (Wan more continue to vote!)

  Li Yutang never dreamed that his name would be linked to Su Lianwei's again in this way. This rumor was even more unbearable than the previous ones, and he had a burning anger in his chest, but even he himself didn't notice it. Although this rumor was worse than before, his anger was actually much smaller than before.

  The Xiao family is also a big household in Yuewang County, often traveling for business, mainly trading high-end wood with various countries. The Xiao family has only one heir, and Mr. Xiao is still strong and healthy, so the family cannot bear to let their only son suffer, and they casually arranged some small business in Yuewang County for him to play with.

  Xiao Duan, a young master of the Xiao family, was named after his tendency to indulge in sensual pleasures. It can be seen that his family members doted on him excessively.

  The Xue family, apart from this solitary son, consists entirely of sisters and daughters, rivaling the grandeur of the Rongguo Mansion and Daguanyuan. Similarly, Master Xue's life ambition is to sympathize with all the tender beauties in the mundane world and cherish all the lovely maidens under heaven.

  It's strange to say that Li Yutang, who is so proud and aloof, actually has a close relationship with Xiao Geng, the flirtatious playboy. They have been friends since childhood, playing together from a young age. Apart from Xiao Gongzi, Li Yutang doesn't have any deep connections with outsiders.

  This whole day, Li Yutang was depressed. Why did everyone look at him with strange eyes? His personality didn't allow himself to ask around everywhere, so he could only endure it. At night, he called up Fa Xiao and Xiao Dan to go to Fengyuan Building to drink away his sorrows.

  With a flick of his fan, he struck a pose, looking like a romantic young scholar. "Yutang, you've become quite famous in our county of Yuewang over the past two days." He said with a sly smile.

  Li Yutang, dressed in white, swept away his usual elegance, poured a cup of wine, tilted his head and drank it down, then slammed the cup onto the table. "How dare you! This is clearly a case of framing me with blood on my hands. How could I have been with Su Lianhui at night, secretly meeting in the stillness? My schedule has been publicly known, these past few days I haven't left Yuewang County City half a step."

  She raised an eyebrow and blinked deliberately.

  Li Yutang slammed his hand on the table, "How can you not believe me? We've known each other since childhood, do I deserve to deceive you over something like this?"

  Xiao Hua immediately jumped up from his seat like a monkey, found the chair farthest from Li Yutang and sat down, slowly and calmly shaking his fan again. "Calm down, I must calm down, I'm not going to fight with you, fighting is what rough people do." Why didn't he want to fight Li Yutang? Because since childhood, he had never won a single time, every time he was beaten by Li Yutang until his nose and face were bruised.

  When he was a child, his face was ruined, but now that he's grown up, he absolutely cannot ruin it. Without this dignified and elegant face of his, how can he go coax that beautiful young lady?

  Mo Jun was not by Li Yutang's side, he had already taken a group of people to investigate where this news came from.

  Xiao Yan furrowed his brow, "Yutang, do you think it's possible that Su Lianhui is trying to seduce you and spread the news herself?"

  Li Yutang was taken aback, lowered his eyes, and thought of the tall and elegant woman standing by the river, gazing into the distance with a quiet and gentle demeanor. When she first saw him, she was indeed startled, but it only lasted for an instant, and afterwards, she kept her distance as if they were strangers.

  He wouldn't misread it, it's not something she could pretend, she really... didn't remember him.

  Thinking of this, Li Yutang should have been happy, but for some reason, he still had a sense of unwillingness.

  "No, this message wasn't spread by her." Li Yutang's reply was firm and left no room for doubt.

  "Who could it be?" Xiao Dao was originally a spoiled young master, and after pretending for a while, he lost his composure. At this time, he simply threw away his fan and leaned on the table.

  Outside the door, a waiter's voice said, "Li Gongzi, Xiao Ye, there are several guests outside who have heard that you two are here and want to come in and say hello." Fengyuan Building is indeed Fengyuan Building, it protects the privacy space of customers very well. If the customer does not agree, outsiders are not allowed to enter the elegant room at will.

  "Alright, let them in." said Li Yutang.

  Xiao Xi hurriedly picked up his fan and sat up straight, putting on a young master's airs.

  Three men entered, all middle-aged, two fat and one thin, dressed in luxurious attire, speaking with a foreign accent. Upon seeing the two of them, they bowed their hands and said, "We've heard that Young Master Li and Xiao Ye are here, so we three have come to pay our respects, please forgive us for disturbing you."

  Why is Li Yutang called Gongzi, while Xiao Xiaodong is called Xiao Ye? The former is a normal way of calling, the latter is intentional, because Xiao Xiaodong likes to pretend to be that big brother.

  Li Yutang and Xiao Xiaodao also stood up, clasped their hands in greeting, and invited the three to take a seat. This was how business socializing usually went - familiar upon meeting, friendly when cooperating.

  Those three men were traveling merchants who had come to the area on business, and Li Yutang was very famous in Yuewang County, so when they heard that Li Yutang was next door, they came over to make his acquaintance.

  One of the fat businessmen, surnamed Zhou, was in the wine business. Xiao Gao's interest was piqued, "Mr. Zhou, you're here in Yuewang County doing wine business, have you had dealings with Miss Su?"

  That week, the boss was stunned for a moment, subconsciously glanced at Li Yutang with the corner of his eye, and immediately returned to normal. "I, Old Zhou, have traveled all over the world, but it's the first time I've seen Miss Su, such an extraordinary woman. Her appearance is stunning, her beauty is unparalleled, she is straightforward and intelligent, wise and clever. With just one woman's strength, she can actually hold up the heavy beam of the Su family wine, what a rare woman!" He exaggerated while secretly glancing at Li Yutang again.

  His words are partly true, but also exaggerated. The meaning is simple - to flatter the adulterous woman Su Lianying, this adulterer Li Yutang will definitely be happy.

  "Hmph..." Xiao Geng couldn't help but laugh, covering his mouth with a fan and glancing sideways at Li Yutang. Sure enough, that guy's face had darkened another shade.

  The thin man next to him also spoke up, "What Boss Zhou said is true. Although I haven't had any dealings with Miss Su before, but having heard about the miraculous effects of the Su family's medicinal wine, I bought a jar to try it out. Indeed, after drinking just half a jar, my legs felt much more comfortable. A few days later when I left Yuewang County, I decided to buy some more on my way back."

  Li Yutang, who had originally intended to be polite, sat on one side, saying nothing and nursing his grievances.

  Xiao Xiao accompanied him and said a few more words. The merchants also had discerning eyes, seeing that Li's young master was not in a good mood, they said a few words and left as well.

  All three of them were puzzled, and they all said something pleasant, but why was that young master Li still not happy. Who would have thought that Li Yutang was being wronged at this time, greatly wronged.

  Continue eating and drinking, Xiao Gao said good things, coaxing Fa Xiao to drink, and they ate and drank until halfway through when Mo Duo came back.

  "Young master, I'm back." Mo Nong said.

  Li Yutang immediately lost his appetite, threw down his chopsticks, "Who exactly spread that news?" He was quite anxious.

  "Returning to Young Master, this news was spread by several village women from the Su family village. I personally went to ask them, and they indeed saw Su Lianhui playing with a handsome man outside at midnight, thinking it was you, Young Master...” Mo Nong didn't continue speaking afterwards.

  Li Yutang was originally very angry, and now hearing Mo Hong's words made him even angrier, he slammed his hand heavily on the table.

  Su Lianying had a secret meeting with a handsome man at midnight! Who is that person? "Has the identity of that person been investigated?"

  "Replying to Young Master, the village woman said that the man wore a suit of purple clothes, dressed in luxury, with a handsome face and peach blossom eyes."

  Li Yutang was shocked, the one who always wore purple clothes and swaggered through the streets with peach blossom eyes, who else could it be besides Ye Ci? Suddenly remembering, at that time in the Wan Zhen Building screen wall, Ye Ci said he had an interest in Su Lianyi. Could it be... Ye Ci wasn't just talking nonsense, but actually took action?

  Su Lianwei, I thought you had changed your ways, but it turns out you're still the same old flirt.

  Li Yutang's face turned darker and darker, his thick eyebrows furrowed, his clear and narrow eyes filled with intense anger, and his pale face was expressionless.

  Early got used to the wind and moon scene, Xiao Ye hooked his lips, he seemed to have seen something interesting on Yu Tang's body. Who says Li Yutang doesn't eat human fireworks? This tastes better than anyone else.

  The future of Fengyuan Building is not mentioned, and at the same time, Suzhai Village.

  That day, Liang Wei took a leave of absence and did not go to the county town wine shop or the winery. At home, he was studying something, with all sorts of materials such as bottles, jars, bowls, and basins. Sometimes he would add some, sometimes subtract some.

  The firefly also came, propping up its chin without disturbing anyone, just staring like that.

  There was a sound of carriage outside the courtyard, and Old Horse hurried in with his horse cart. "Is Miss Lianyi at home?"

  Chu Ying saw the ripples and hurriedly got up and quickly left. Nowadays, Chu Ying can't fly around like a small butterfly because as time goes by, her belly is getting bigger and bigger, almost eight months pregnant, her petite body with a big belly is very tiring, and she pants when walking fast.

  "Uncle Ma, is there anything I can help you with?" She also followed Su Lianwei in addressing him as Uncle Ma.

  "It's Xiao Yue, isn't it?" Old Ma said, "Lian Wei had me help her get something made at the iron shop in town, and it's been delivered back today." As he spoke, he took out a pile of strange-shaped iron pieces from the carriage, got off, and carried them inside.

  Li An put down what he was studying in his hand and went forward to help lift it up. "Thank you, Uncle Ma."

  Old Horse smiled and said, "No need to thank me, you take a look first, is there anything missing? If there is, I'll hurry to the county town to find someone to make it."

  Lianyi smiled and nodded, counted it again, a total of 21 pieces. "That's right, just enough. Ma Dashi, you've worked hard, come in and rest, have a cup of tea?"

  Lao Ma refused, "No need, Miss Lian and Miss Chu are busy, the winery still has things to do, I'll leave first."

  "Alright, good work." Lianyi personally escorted Old Ma out, then continued to come back and study the things that had just been left unfinished.

  "Lianyi, what are these iron pieces for?" Chu Yue asked.

  "It's a distillation apparatus. I had Uncle Ma in the county town make it at several ironwork shops." Lianyi said, the drawings were done by her.

  Chu Ying didn't understand, "Why must it be done in several ironwork shops? Can't one blacksmith do it?"

  Lianyi shook his head, "There are two reasons. Firstly, making them at the same time can save time. Secondly, the design drawings won't be easily leaked out. If one blacksmith can make one, he can also make a second one, and outsiders can buy it with some money."

  Xiao Yue suddenly realized, "So Lian Yi thought it through and had them separate the parts for us to assemble ourselves? When do we start assembling?" She was very interested, curious about what it could be.

  "Big Tiger will be back soon to assemble." Ling replied, saying that, she finished the last adjustment, rolled up her sleeves high, revealing her white jade-like arms, and carefully applied the mixed substance onto her arm with a small wooden stick.

  "Done? I'll try too." As she spoke, Chu Yue also rolled up her sleeves.

  Lianyi shook her head, "No way, there's alcohol content in this, you're pregnant, it might harm your body."

  The firefly opened its small mouth.

  After a while, Lianyi removed the almost dry gel from her skin and rolled up another sleeve to compare, but found no obvious effect. Because of her young age and naturally smooth skin, not to mention body hair, even pores were scarce, how could she see any effect?

  Qing Se couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "The thing is done, but where was this experiment conducted?"

  Suddenly, she had an idea and thought of Sun Dajie Wu and her elder sister-in-law Zhao. She smiled slightly and said to Chunyue, "You stay here and watch the house, I'll go out for a while and come back soon."

  "Alright." Chu Yue smiled and said.

  Lianyi washed her arm with clear water and then quickly walked out after putting down her sleeve.

  It was midsummer, and except for the need to water the fields in the morning and evening, no one usually stayed behind. Wu Shi and Zhao Shi were doing household chores at home when Lian Ying arrived and took them back to her own home.

  "Ripples sister, what's up? Not going to your home?" Wu didn't understand, and Zhao was the same.

  Lianyi smiled and explained, "I made a skincare product and I want to find someone to try it out. Don't worry, I just tried it on my own arm and there won't be any side effects."

  "Skincare products? What's that?"

  "It's something that protects the skin. After a woman turns thirty, her skin starts to lose collagen, and over time it becomes loose and dull, with wrinkles or age spots appearing. If you use some skincare products, you can alleviate this to some extent. And since you're often exposed to the outdoors, your skin is damaged by UV rays, so you need to take care of it."

  Su Lianyi is a medical student, so she has some knowledge of these things. Whitening skincare products contain lead, firming skincare products contain alcohol, and purely natural things are not skincare.

  And what she's doing now is a wine yeast mask, the principle of which is the combination of modern toner and red wine mask. In modern times, there is a Japanese skincare brand that has launched a holy water product that also uses fermentation to shrink pores and promote skin metabolism.

  Su Lianyi naturally didn't understand what formula was inside, so she could only rely on her own experiments.

  Now, the prototype of wine yeast mask has been made, just need to put it into practice.

  Wu and Zhao didn't understand what Su Lianyi was saying, but they both thought to themselves that as village women, they didn't have much experience or knowledge, so those things must be something Lianyi had come into contact with while she was out in the world.

  Arriving at Su Lianwei's home, Lianwei had Wu Shi and Zhao Shi lie on her bed with their heads facing outwards. Since there were no men in the house, they simply removed their outer garments and lay down in their undergarments. After Lianwei helped them wash their faces, she used coarse salt to gently exfoliate their skin before applying a wine yeast face mask.

  They only made up half of each person's face, leaving the other half untouched for comparison.

  The two lay there, letting Su Lianying play with them. "Lianying, don't talk, let your clever hands play, my face feels quite comfortable." Zhao said.

  Lianyi smiled and shook her head, "Auntie is overpraising me, I don't know any massage techniques, I just tried to apply these face masks as evenly as possible."

  Chu Ying still moved a small stool and sat down beside him, watching with great interest.

  Half an hour passed, and Liangzhu got the two up. First, they used a wooden stick to scrape off their face masks, then wiped them clean with a cloth dipped in clear water.

  "Wow, how strange!" The two had not yet gone to look in the mirror when Chu Yue suddenly called out, "Auntie, your face is uneven, it looks like they don't belong to the same person. Sun Shu, you've become a yin-yang face, half black and half white."

  Lianyi, who was packing things up, saw this and felt secretly delighted. It seemed that the experiment had been a preliminary success.

  Both of them rushed to the front of the mirror, and it was fine if they didn't look, but when they did, they were frightened.

  "Oh my, this is too amazing! This is really incredible, Lianyuzi, what's going on? How can you look so young again?" Zhao exclaimed in surprise. Although she was already quite old, which woman didn't care about her appearance?

  Wu also reached out to touch her slightly pale face, the smooth and cool sensation had not been felt for over twenty years, she was very moved, her eyes were red.

  Ripples smiled and said, "You guys lie down well, I'll give you the other half of my face to use too. When I come back, I'll bring a few more copies and tell you how to use them."

  The two of them lay down in a hurry, and Lingling began to apply masks to the other half of their faces, following the same procedure.

  When the other side is also done, it's another incense time.

  The two stood in front of the copper mirror, stroking their faces in amazement, admiring and thanking.

  In fact, this effect is nothing in modern times, but what about the ancient people's perspective? Moreover, both are village women who rarely take care of themselves on a daily basis. Their faces have been exposed to wind and sun all day long, so now that they're using it, the effect is quite obvious.

  Su Lianwei, why did you develop this mask? As mentioned earlier, it is part of the treatment for Da Hu, its function is to shrink pores and promote epidermal cell growth.

  The two of them happily returned home, eager to show off to their husbands as soon as possible. Along the way, they were seen by many village women and attracted countless envious and jealous glances, naturally without saying a word.

  "This thing is awesome, if it can be sold in the city, it will definitely make a lot of money." Chuying said.

  Lianyi thought for a moment, and smiled slightly. "Actually, it wasn't meant to make money at first, but since it's been done, why not make money from it?" Just as she said this, Lianyi paused, and suddenly remembered the problem that had been bothering her all along.

  Su Jia wine's uniqueness lies in its mouthfeel, which is the pollen of the silver flower. This thing can't be patented, although it can be hidden for now, but only temporarily, not forever. As Su Jia wine becomes a bestseller, more silver flowers will naturally be needed, and they won't be able to be secretly picked like they are now.

  Mass harvesting will surely be noticed, and if you want to counterfeit it's too easy.

  At this moment, Su Jia's wine is still on the run, and it must not be imitated by anyone at all costs. So, she needs a cover, a legitimate cover to disguise herself.

  That skincare product is the best method!

  "Lianyi, what are you thinking?" Chu Yue asked curiously as she saw Lianyi remaining silent.

  Lianyi was very satisfied with this inspiration, pulling Chu Ying's small hand to sit on the bed, "Chu Ying, I have a plan, hiring villagers at high prices to raise scorpions and plant silver flower seeds, how about it? Scorpions are naturally used for medicinal wine, while silver flowers have many uses."

  "The fireflies didn't understand, 'Aren't there many on the mountain?'"

  "Remember the food chain I told you about before? Scorpions are also a part of it. If all the scorpions on Mt. Xian Shui were gone, the locusts would multiply unchecked and become a disaster, ultimately affecting the villagers. That's why we need to cultivate them. As for that flower, I'm worried that some people will over-harvest it until it becomes extinct."

  Suddenly enlightened, "So that's it, your eyes are so far-sighted, you can even think of things that will happen in the future."

  A faint smile of sorrow, it's not what she thought was far-sighted, but rather witnessing with her own eyes the various ways humans brought about their own downfall due to greed.

  Just then, Big Tiger came back.

  "Big Tiger, you're back just in time, there are some things that need your help." Lianyi hastily came out of the house.

  Datou's face didn't look good, after going around the ground and seeing that most people were looking at him with mocking and pitiful eyes, as if he was still wearing that green hat on his head. Some honest young farmers who could still talk to Datou tactfully told him the rumors.

  Dà Hǔ naturally knew that the group of people were spreading rumors, and he had witnessed the incident with his own eyes. There was no such thing as Li Jia's second son. But thinking about Su Lian Wei and Ye Ci's joyful voices, his heart felt suffocated.

  "Alright." Although he was in a bad mood, Da Hu still listened to Su Lianwei's words.

  Then, the two of them started working together, assembling those twelve pieces into this.

  "What's this?" Big Tiger asked in doubt.

  Lian Wei carefully examined it and said, "This is the distiller I designed, used for distilling spirits, just like the one we made in the kitchen last time."

  Dahu eliminated distractions, carefully flipping through and studying it.

  "The following is the largest basin, which is a container for storing water. The basin and the lid above are sealed together. The lid can be opened to change the water, which is used to cool down the steam. If the water in the container on top of the lid becomes hot, it should be replaced immediately. Do you see these several grooves? The cooled water droplets will flow out from here."

  Dà Hǔ listened patiently, his gaze following Su Lián Yuè's pointing direction, thinking back to the distillation process that day, and then discovered that this strange equipment could indeed achieve continuous distillation.

  "Su Lianwei, are these all your ideas?" Da Hu was surprised. There would always be something astonishing about Su Lianwei.

  Ripples smiled, "The principle wasn't thought of by me, but this thing was indeed designed by me, so it's full of loopholes." If a professional distillation machine could be brought from modern times, she wouldn't have to rack her brains designing one.

  The big tiger was still flipping through it, shocked, but his thoughts had already jumped out of the distiller and thought of the next thing.

  "Big Tiger, come with me." Lianyi said, getting up and entering the house.

  Dahyu didn't know what Su Lianwei wanted to sit on, so he obediently followed her.

  Only the initial spark was left, still curiously studying this strange machinery.

  "Lie down." Lianyi went to Dahu's room, had him lie on the bed, still like that, head facing outwards, so she could tidy up beside him.

  Lianyi waited for a long time and saw that Datou was still standing upright beside her, "What's wrong, is there anything else?"

  The great tiger burst into laughter, but it was a bitter smile. "My face, I don't care about it anymore."

  "What's wrong with you?"

  Da Hu hesitated, wanting to ask if his face was cured, would she accept him. But he felt ridiculous, not to mention that he didn't know what his appearance would be like after his face was cured, but relying on appearance to attract a woman was also too superficial, let alone Ye Ci's appearance was already beautiful to the extreme, which was hard for anyone to surpass.

  The big tiger lay down, closed its eyes.

  From now on, he will be good to her. Whatever she wants to do, he will help; whatever worries her, he will find a way to solve it; whatever she wants, he will try his best to get it for her. He won't speak sweet words or have a handsome face, but if she can see his true heart, he will protect her for life.

  If they can't see each other, then it's just fate that they are destined to be apart.

  Dahai thought so much, but Su Lianwei didn't know at all. Her mind was filled with Dahai's treatment plan, the development of the winery, the production and promotion of skincare products, and the plans for artificial breeding of scorpions and cultivation of silver flower seeds.

  Su Lianyi was very busy, so busy that she didn't even have time to think about her own lifelong matters, let alone guess what the man in front of her was thinking.

  After the big tiger finished cleaning his face, he carefully checked the acne. Those acnes had their second pus discharge two days ago, and now they have no more pus, some have healed, and some are still accompanied by redness and swelling.

  Alcohol can tighten skin and reduce inflammation, and yeast face masks are also part of the treatment.

  Just as the mask was done, it was put on Da Hu. Da Hu wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with him, but unexpectedly, Lian Hui handed over a sentence and turned around to leave, running back to his room to take out paper and ink to start writing a plan book.

  Half an hour later, Liang returned and began to treat Da Hu's face.

  It was just one mask, and the redness on Tiger's face had disappeared a lot. It has to be said that Su Lianwei succeeded.

  Chu Yue ran over, looking at Da Hu's face with a smile, "Da Hu, you're even more handsome than before, Liang Wei, don't you think?"

  Lianyi took a look, and Da Hu's skin was much smoother, so people's line of sight could ignore the skin and directly look at his facial features. It had to be said that Da Hu's facial features were very handsome, with a sharp and angular handsomeness that in modern terms would be described as having a lot of style. "Yes, Da Hu is also very handsome." Smiling in agreement with Chu Yue.

  Dà hǔ de xīn, pēng rán yí dòng, tā xǐ huān bèi Sū Liú Wù zàn yáng.

  Translation:

  The big tiger's heart skipped a beat, he liked being praised by Su Liu Wu.

  Although he was humble in appearance and ugly, he had never expected his appearance to be handsome, but if Su Lianhui liked handsome people, he really hoped that his appearance...

  Unconsciously, it was already evening. Liangli and Chuying cooked dinner, and after eating, Chuying obediently returned home to be a good baby who sleeps early and rises early. Liangli pulled Datou and couldn't wait to "try the stove" for the first time with that distiller.

  The experiment was very successful, and the two pans of wine actually distilled out a whole half tank!

  Dà Hǔ had been distracted all along, wanting to ask many times but finally spoke up after the experiment succeeded, taking advantage of Sū Lián Yī's excitement.

  "Su Liangwei, can you seriously answer a question for me?"

  Lianyi was taken aback. Da Hu rarely called her by name, even less so with both her first and last names together. He nodded. "En, you ask, I'll definitely answer you properly."

  Dà Hǔ yī yǎo yá, jiān dìng le xìn xīn. "Nǐ xǐ huān Yè Cí?"

  Translation:

  Big Tiger gritted his teeth and steeled himself. "Do you like Ye Ci?"

  Lianyi was stunned again, she liked Ye Ci? How could that be, the two were clearly just ordinary friends. Suddenly thought of it, might not be Da Hu misunderstanding, "Da Hu, there's something I need to explain, maybe Ye Ci and I only called each other affectionately, but that wasn't my intention, it was when Su Jia wine had no sales route, Ye Ci said he would help order two thousand jars of wine, but wanted me to call him Ci, I was desperate for sales and reluctantly agreed, so I've been calling him that until now."

  The big tiger's breath solidified, does this count as Su Lianying explaining it to him?

  Although there is no expression on the surface, but the mood is extremely excited!

  "So you like him?" Da Hu asked.

  Lianyi shook her head, "I don't like him, we're just ordinary friends, or rather, partners."

  "Ah." Da Hu was even more delighted in his heart, more so than winning a great victory with fewer numbers.

  Su Lianyi felt a bit embarrassed, "That...Dahuo, would you think I'm just trying to sell things and have no integrity at all? That..."

  "No," Da Hu replied firmly.

  Ripples' mood warmed up a bit, "Thank you, Big Tiger, thank you for not misunderstanding me."

  "But there's one thing I think it's necessary to tell you." said Da Hu.

  "What's wrong?" Ling asked.

  Dà Hǔ thought for a moment, organized his words carefully to avoid irritating or hurting Sū Liú Méi. "Nowadays, there are rumors circulating outside that you and...Li Yù Táng have an ambiguous relationship, the rumors are quite unpleasant."

  Su Lianyi was startled, "Me and Li Yutang? How is that possible?" She and Li Yutang are now sworn enemies, aren't they?

  Dà Hǔ nodded, "Someone said they saw you and Li Yutang playing under the tree at midnight, I suspect they mistook Ye Ci for Li Yutang."

  "Ripples in the water, 'fight... fight noise'?"

  The big tiger nodded.

  Su Lianwei was surprised, and then found it funny. How could they spread such rumors when she and Ye Ci were just leaning against each other, not even holding hands, with a distance between them from head to toe, without any physical contact?

  This makes a modern person very puzzled!

  Modern? Ripples suddenly discovered the problem. Right, at this time she was already in ancient times, in ancient times, women were not supposed to be alone with strange men, and they had to avoid suspicion, but she and Ye Ci were out late at night, which was indeed a bit improper.

  Detestable feudalism, detestable ancient times, how can you so restrict women!

  How dare you!

  In modern times, Su Liang is not a feminist, but nowadays she really is a feminist. She can't accept the low status of women and the unequal treatment everywhere.

  Su Lianhui's face didn't look good, and Da Hu didn't know how to comfort her, so he prepared to get up and leave, letting her calm down by herself. As he stood up, Su Lianhui suddenly grabbed his arm.

  "Big Tiger, are you being ridiculed by others outside?" Concern flickered in her eyes.

  The big tiger's eyes slightly warmed up, "I don't care."

  "Sorry." Although Da Hu said he didn't mind, Su Lianwei still felt apologetic because her own thoughtlessness had put someone in an awkward situation. "In the future, I will pay attention to keeping a distance."

  The big tiger was overjoyed and couldn't wait to swim a few laps in the Xian Shui Tan, his lips curled up at the corners, although outsiders might not be able to tell.

  "Until your task is over, we will sever our relationship." Da Hu had not yet fully immersed himself in happiness when he heard Su Lian's words, like a basin of cold water, pouring from head to toe.

  "En." The slightly raised corners of his lips fell again, and Da Hu walked away.

  ……

  Rumors will collapse on their own as time passes, but the premise is that there is time.

  Li Yutang and Su Lianwei are both celebrities in Yuewang County, so everyone is familiar with the names of these two people. Therefore, the scandal between them cannot be calmed down for a short time.

  Lianyi hesitated for a long time in front of the Li's mansion, holding a delicate wooden box in her hand, which contained the skincare product, wine yeast mask.

  To go in or not to go in?

  Lianyi knew that although Mrs. Li was in the backyard, her news was certainly spiritual, and she also felt the different eyes of others looking at her, as well as the gaze of women who hated to crush her bones and ashes, but had no way to explain.

  She went to the Li's house to ask for an audience with Mrs. Li, would she be beaten out by a stick? Obviously a married woman, still having an affair with someone else's second son.

  But... just not going in is not enough. Firstly, I had promised to get some skincare products for Mrs. Li, and secondly, it's to open up the sales channel. She wants to sell this mask at a high price, and the best way to do that is to let these wealthy women spread the word among themselves. Mrs. Li is the biggest living advertisement.

  Alas!

  Su Lianying was lost in thought when a horse carriage stopped in front of the Li's mansion. Someone got off and turned around to see Su Lianying, looking surprised, and hurriedly came forward. "Miss Lianying is here to see the mistress, why hasn't she gone in yet?" This person was Liu Mama, who attended to Mrs. Li by her side.

  Mrs. Liu's face was full of enthusiasm, and she warmly pulled Su Lianhui's hand, making a gesture to lead her into the Li Mansion.

  As soon as she entered, she saw the people below Li's mansion stealing glances at her with accusing eyes, making her feel wronged and ashamed. She really hadn't done anything improper with Li Yutang, and in fact, she hadn't even met Li Yutang!

  But the cry in his heart was something that outsiders could not hear.

  Entered Peony Courtyard.

  A group of young maidservants came forward and greeted her with courtesy, their mouths sweet as one another, addressing her as "Sister Lian". It seemed that she held a high position in the Peony Courtyard.

  When she saw Mrs. Li, Lianyi didn't dare to raise her head, and sighed bitterly in her heart.

  Mrs. Li seemed to have never heard of the rumor, "Lianyi, you've finally arrived, I've missed you so much lately." Her tone was affectionate, as if they were close relatives.

  The ripples were embarrassing, thinking about hurrying up to finish what needed to be done and leaving quickly. "Madam, do you still remember the skincare product I told you about last time?"

  Mrs. Li naturally knew about the unpleasant rumors, but after all, she was a businesswoman, different from officials and aristocrats. When reputation and interests conflicted, her first priority was always interests. This was also why she wanted to use her second son to win over Su Lianwei.

  Su Lianying's methods were ingenious, and in just a few short months, she had made the Su family's small winery so big. Every evening when it was time to eat, Master would always use Su Lianying as an example for Yutang to learn from.

  If it's a man, then forget it. If it's a woman, and she also liked Yutang, why not just take her in directly? Although she can't be the legitimate wife like Su Lianhui, making her a concubine is possible, if only for her business talent.

  This is Mrs. Li's abacus of good fortune.

  "Remember." Mrs. Li smiled warmly, just like an elder to their own child, of course, that smile had a few parts true and a few parts false, but only the person themselves knew.

  Seeing Mrs. Li's smile, Su Lianwei shuddered twice and made up her mind to finish the facial mask for her and leave immediately, without staying!

  "Madam, I've brought the skincare products we discussed last time," he said, putting down a delicate wooden box and opening it. Inside were several jars and bottles that Su Lianwei had carefully selected from a boutique store, each one exquisite and beautiful.

  Product packaging is very important!

  "What's this?" Mrs. Li wondered, and Liu Mama beside her also looked at the wooden box.

  Lian Wei smiled slightly, "This is called the Divine Formula, used on a woman's face, it can restore her skin to its former whiteness and tenderness, persist in using it, and you can regain your youthful appearance."

  Mrs. Li was shocked, "Really?" Decline and aging are what all women hate and fear most.

  Lianyi smiled and continued to explain, her voice soft and gentle, extremely pleasant to listen to. "Of course, it won't restore your youthful appearance overnight, that requires long-term persistence, maybe several months, or perhaps several years, depending on the skin quality and luck, but each use will make your skin look better."

  How can Su Lianwei boast about that kind of skin? Even modern high-end skincare products don't dare to make such claims. The reason is simple: if they can deceive people, they will deceive them. After all, her goal is just to attract the attention of Mrs. Li, and the effects a few years later will be talked about a few years later.

  In these years, she had already sold out this "magic recipe".

  But this wine yeast mask is harmless and beneficial. Even if it doesn't restore a girl's complexion, shrinking pores and reducing wrinkles are truly effective.

  Mrs. Li believed Su Lianwei, and since Su Lianwei could say it, she must be able to do it!

  With joy and expectation, she lay down on the small bed being attended to by Liu's mother, while Lin Ying instructed the maid to prepare some cleansing water and towels.

  A noblewoman like Mrs. Li would naturally also use moisturizing products, using some ancient ointments, which at most can barely keep the skin moist, but their molecules are too large and difficult to absorb.

  The real skin care product, Su Lianying is also a foggy water, and it takes time to develop. For now, only this one wine yeast mask has been made, inspired by the source of inspiration - a certain Japanese cosmetics brand's holy water, called "Holy Formula".

  Lianyi first used a handkerchief to wipe away the rouge, powder and cream from Mrs. Li's face, then took out a small bottle and poured out sparkling grains.

  That grainy stuff with a fragrant smell, nobody knows what it is. Actually, it's just coarse salt that has been processed by Lianyi and some fragrance powder added to it. What is this coarse salt used for? It's used to remove cuticles.

  Ancient people didn't understand what keratin was, but modern people are familiar with it. This stuff has a very obvious effect and can easily deceive people.

  After exfoliating and wiping clean with a towel, she applied some wine yeast face mask.

  Liu's mother kept watching Su Liuwei's wooden box, seeing her pour out all sorts of things from the delicate container, then stir them into a paste and apply it evenly to Madame Li's face.

  Then, Lianyi casually pressed on Mrs. Li's face, actually also blind pressing, promoting the absorption of the mask. After a while, she removed the mask and Liu Mama brought over a copper mirror to reflect for Mrs. Li.

  Mrs. Li touched her face, it was cool and smooth, really like her own face? Looking in the copper mirror, the fine lines of everyday life had almost disappeared, and her whole face was tender and smooth, just like a peeled egg.

  Is this really her face!?

  "Madam, you seem to have returned to sixteen years old." Liu's mother exclaimed.

  The little maid beside her also gathered around, marveling and praising, naturally picking out the pleasant words to say.

  Mrs. Li was overjoyed and satisfied, unable to take her hands off her tender cheeks. "This is truly a divine prescription, only a god could have created such a formula! Lianyue, how did you manage to do this?" Her two hands kept stroking her cheeks, while her eyes were glued to the copper mirror, gazing at herself.

  Mrs. Li was amazed! This is the first person she has ever been amazed by, and that's Su Lianwei. She runs the Su family winery, which can bring people back from the dead, and now there's a way to make women regain their youth.

  She saw infinite silver in Su Lianwei's tall and slender body, Su Lianwei was a treasure, an inexhaustible treasure!

  No matter what, she won't let go, and by any means necessary, will bring Su Lianwei down to the Li family!

  Digression

  Dear ones, I had too much fun chatting with readers and sisters in the group this afternoon and forgot about time. As a result, there may not be enough writing time, so you might see typos everywhere. The editor is checking and correcting now. Sorry!

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