Time Travel Adventure

Chapter 290 Red Makeup

It sounded like two sentences with two meanings. One was thanking me, and the other was asking me to take care of Lingling for a while. I should have asked clearly just now, how long I would be asked to take care of her.

What will he do with Lingling after taking care of her? He won't wait until the baby is born and then kill Lingling, right? That's impossible. If that were the case, Master Xiao wouldn't have reacted like this.

You can't think like that. The child hasn't been born yet, but the person died first. All the plans are ruined. When Master Xiao came out just now, there was indeed no expression on his face.

But Master Xiao has never acted like that before, and his troubled mind is about to explode.

Forget it, I’ll talk about it when the time comes. There’s no point in thinking too much, and I don’t know what’s going on with Master Xiao.

It is more comfortable to drink my own tea. I just sat down and took a sip, but my mind was still restless. I don’t know where Shen Jing has been. Why hasn’t he shown up for such a long time? This is not right.

It seemed like this guy just popped out of nowhere and then disappeared again. Even Lingling didn’t seem to have seen him. After all, the child was his own. How could he be so unhappy? Was this guy so cruel?

He is so cruel, he won't do anything bad to Zi Fu, right? He'd better not do that, otherwise he'll twist his head off and kick it around like a ball.

Just thinking about it makes me feel relieved. I kept thinking about it and I felt sleepy. I wanted to make up for the sleep I didn’t get just now, but it was getting dark. I have been busy for so long and it’s time to have dinner.

"What are you doing? Why do I see you sleeping?" Nannan appeared on my shoulder. I pretended not to hear what she said, as if I was asleep.

"Don't pretend, I just saw that your eyes were still open." After being discovered, he opened his eyes tiredly and turned his head to look at her.

"What? Have you researched something?" I guess this guy didn't figure it out. If he had, he wouldn't have reacted like this.

"No." As expected, he turned his head away, closed his eyes and continued to sleep.

"Then what are you doing here?" I asked weakly. Nannan, who is so impatient, actually came out to chat with me without even figuring out the whole thing.

"Take a break and catch your breath. However, even though I haven't figured out the product, I have figured out the wood." Nannan crawled to the other side of me so that I could see her angle, and she pointed at the wood and said to me.

"Didn't you say that if there was something dropped up there and people smelled it too much, they would have a headache?" I became a little interested and opened my eyes recalling what Nannan had told me before.

"That's right. I went back and researched it, and found that the thing that caused the headache was simply the smoke from the wood. It didn't seem to have anything to do with the things sprinkled on it." Nannan told me with her arms folded across her chest.

I rolled my eyes and thought, it seems that yes, burning wood does make people feel uncomfortable, but I don’t quite understand this, what’s the point of doing this?

I was a little better at thinking about it when I had a headache before, but I really don’t understand this. “I don’t know. If I want to know, I still have to start with the other party.”

I touched my chin and thought, "What's wrong with you? Have you grown a beard?" Nannan saw that I kept touching my chin and even touched it with her hand to see if I felt uncomfortable.

I rolled my eyes and said, "This is called pretending. What do you know? Go back if you have nothing to do. Can't you see I'm catching up on sleep?" I sent this guy away with one hand. If he didn't catch up on sleep, it would be time for bed soon.

"It's already dark, how can you make up for the sleep?" Nannan looked at the sky that had already darkened and looked at me with confusion.

"Okay, okay, I give in to you. What did you mean by that before? What are you going to do?" This guy had been next to her, and she knew that she would not be able to sleep, so she just decided to talk about serious things.

"I don't know." Nannan also looked at the night sky in confusion. There was a crescent moon hanging in the sky, and there were also a few stars.

"......What about the golden pig?" I inquired carefully. It seemed that I was incompetent. I wanted to care about everyone, but in the end I didn't care about them completely.

"He's much better, but he can't keep up with his cultivation, and he's suffered a great psychological blow." Nannan swung her feet and spoke to me thoughtfully.

"Can't keep up? With whom? You?" What the hell is can't keep up? That means you are learning from someone, and that definitely isn't Nannan. This girl has been sticking to me every day recently, and I haven't seen her practicing or anything.

"It's that little black snake." Nannan gestured to the length of the snake and told me, little black snake? Who is it? Why didn't I react? When did I get to know a little black snake?

"Oh, you mean Dabai?" I asked half-doubtingly. Seeing Nannan nod, I became even more confused. How did they know each other?

"Why is he the one teaching you?" I don't understand. When did they get together? How come I don't know anything about it?

"I don't know either. Anyway, when we found them, they had already practiced for a long time. That Xiao Hei, ah bah, Da Bai taught very hard, and Jin Zhu learned it well, but not as good as me, hahahaha."

Nannan became more and more confident as she spoke. The way she held her head high and chest out made me want to laugh. "Okay, okay, this is not how smart our Nannan is."

I went over to pinch her little nose, but before I could touch her, Nannan suddenly disappeared. I was shocked. Hey, where is this person?

"Miss, what are you doing?" The voice at the door drew my attention. I saw Hongdou standing at the door of the yard with a plate in her hand. She looked at the strange posture of my hands and there was no light in the yard, so she asked me curiously.

"It's okay." I took my hand back awkwardly and touched my chin.

"Miss, why don't you light the lamp?" Hongdou came over, put the plate on the table, and lit the candle with a tinder.

"Aren't you looking for bugs?" It was just right. As soon as I lit the candle, a small bug flew around in front of me, and I stretched out my hand to drive the mosquito away.

"Tomorrow I will ask someone to plant mugwort around here, and then use incense to fumigate." Hongdou also saw it, and told me after walking around the yard.

I looked at the rice in the plate and nodded. When I finished eating the red beans and was about to leave, he suddenly turned around and came back to me.

"Miss, I think I have found the person." Hongdou put down the plate and spoke to me in a low voice.

"Oh? How do you mean?" Finding out the answer is not the point; the process is still very important.

"The gatekeeper's wife worked for the boss's wife. It seemed that he did it. When he went to ask for money, my men heard it." Hongdou said while fanning me.

"Oh, that's right. It's her style to delay paying the craftsman. Did she pay him in the end?" This is what I care about. It would be easier for her to take advantage of the situation if she didn't pay.

"I gave it to her, but her wife said she would report me if I didn't give her the money. How uncomfortable it would be to hold it in her hands when we haven't even met each other yet." Hongdou was so excited that she fanned herself a little faster.

"Is this family short of money?" After thinking for a long time, it seems that it is a problem of money. When I saw the courtyard that day, I felt it was very normal, not in a very poor state.

"They don't have any family to rely on. They earned a piece of land and built a house by themselves. Now they don't have much left. They want to have a child. They have been trying hard for the past two years."

It turns out that you want a child. No wonder. I stretched myself and knew almost everything. It was time to go to bed. I still had to think about what to do later.

When she appeared in the rocking chair in the yard again, she was pulled up by Hongdou, "Miss, just accompany me to see how to repair the backyard."

Hongdou is really fast. I just said yesterday that I wanted to buy the backyard, and today I already got the title deed. I opened my blurry eyes, and I always felt that Hongdou was fooling me before, how come the title deed was obtained so quickly.

Did he buy it a long time ago and keep it from me?

When I wanted to think about what happened next, Hongdou's towel was already on my face. I had also woken up. After I took it, I washed myself, packed myself up, and went with Hongdou.

When we arrived at the backyard, someone was already waiting there. From how politely he spoke to Hongdou, we realized that this was the original owner of the mansion. He told us roughly everything about the yard.

After he finished speaking, he looked at the yard reluctantly and said, "It has been with me for most of my life. Alas, I really don't want to leave it."

The original owner looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He said "Okay" for the last time, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then left.

Looking at the original owner's departing figure, he asked, "Why is this person so reluctant to sell it?"

"There are many houses in his family, and this one is not the best one." Hongdou curled her lips and said that after all this time, it turned out that she was the clown.

After Hongdou finished this topic, she pulled me to look around. The decoration of the yard was already okay, except for the corners which needed some tidying up.

"The things in here look pretty wrong. They need to be cleaned up. Do you have a picture?"

"Yes." Hongdou said yes. We have planned where each member should be and also have to consider the sound insulation.

Finally, when the plan was almost done, someone came to Hongdou and knocked on the door. Hongdou called the person in, whispered a few words in his ear, and then sent him away.

The smile on Hongdou's happy face slowly froze, "What's wrong?"

"The lady boss across the street has already started spreading the news and talking to customers about this matter." Hongdou, who probably hasn't experienced this before, said a little nervously.

"It's normal. The samples have been produced. According to the speed of the craftsmen, a batch should be produced." This was also within his expectations and there was nothing strange about it.

Hongdou still hadn't relaxed her brows, "What's wrong?" she asked curiously.

"An old customer is asking about this." It turns out that this guy is annoyed by this point.

"No hurries."

"It seems we haven't started yet." It's normal for Hongdou to be anxious. I don't have any manuscript or anything else.

"The difference between us is the materials. Recently, I've been keeping an eye out for carpenters with good skills." I think I've already thought about the materials, so I'll just find the right people first.

"Okay, what about the draft?" Hongdou just agreed when she remembered that she didn't have a draft. Oh, yes, the previous draft was stolen, and the finished draft hasn't been given to Hongdou yet.

I patted my head, wondering how I could have forgotten about this. "Hongdou, you take a look at it first. I need to go back and finalize the manuscript."

I was thinking about it. Last time I thought about it, I almost forgot that the logo has not been decided yet. By the way, what is the name of the Hongdou store? It has been so long that I really forgot.

"What's the name of the store?" I turned back and asked Hongdou as soon as I left. Hongdou was confused and didn't react. I pointed to the name on the sign.

"It hasn't been decided yet. It was previously called Hongdou Pavilion." Hongdou's plaque has never been made a better one, and the old one has been hanging there for a long time.

"Hongdou Pavilion, that's great, I'll prepare it if you're sure." This name is quite good, so I planned to find a craftsman to make a good plaque, and then design the logo.

"No, I want to change it." Hongdou said awkwardly. Then he sat back down and studied the name.

Hongdou and I thought of several names but we were not satisfied with any of them. Hongdou wanted to add my name, but I felt that this was Hongdou’s own store and it should only be hers, which also showed that she had truly become independent.

"Hongzhuang?" I was shaking my pen and suddenly thought of this name.

"Red makeup? It seems pretty good."

"Yes, when you come to Cui Festival, you specially bring Hongdou. How about this?" I knocked on the board immediately, afraid that Hongdou would change her mind, so I slipped away.

I returned to my study and started to study on paper. These two words really gave me a headache. The artistic conception of the two words "hongzhuang" should be highlighted on the hairpin.

I have been studying it for two days, but the draft is still not finalized. I have also found several craftsmen, but the craftsmanship of each is not satisfactory.

"I'm still studying it. It's just two words, right? Why is it so difficult?" Nannan really speaks without any hesitation.

"You don't even think about it for me, you just make sarcastic remarks." He poked Nannan's face with the pen in annoyance, and the frequency increased several times.

"I haven't figured out my stuff yet. It's so boring. I'm leaving." Nannan ran away. I looked at the empty space and said with some disappointment in my heart.

Finally, when Hongdou came to me, I showed her the manuscript myself, the one without the logo. Hongdou was very satisfied and kept praising the perfection of the manuscript.

"What do you think about adding those two words directly here on the wings?" He pointed to a place and really couldn't think of it. Would it be better to add it directly?

"It seems to be possible." Hongdou licked the pen and added the two words "Hongzhuang" at the position of the wings. The addition of these words made the completion and perfection of the hairpin much more difficult.

All this pressure was put on Hongdou. It was really hard to find such a craftsman. She asked everywhere if there was a suitable craftsman, but after two days there was still no news.

"Why not just find two, a carpenter and a printer?" Looking at Hongdou's anxious look, he also became annoyed and thought of this solution as much as possible.

I seemed to have been inspired, and said I was so smart, then rushed out of the house.

Looking at the wide open door and the empty space, it felt even stranger and somewhat familiar.