The Evil King's Favorite Concubine: Genius Perfumer

Chapter 48

"Sister Weilan," Su Cuiying graciously approached Lin Weilan, who was seated at the same table, and said with a smile, "The stewards have already toasted the owner of the workshop, shouldn't we also toast to Aunt Xu and Aunt Chen?"

"What are you in a hurry?"

Lin Weilan is different from the good-tempered Yue Ming. She is quite strict with the younger generation and will not give good looks easily.

But Su Cuiying was probably used to being scolded by Lin Weilan, she didn't show any embarrassment on her face, she still said in a coquettish and idiotic tone: "Sister, why am I in a hurry? I'm just afraid that it will be disrespectful to make Master wait for us."

Lin Weilan still sipped her tea with a sullen face, obviously not interested in talking to her.

Their table was in the corner, and there were only six female apprentices in total.The other three female apprentices had a good relationship with Gan Tiantian, they ate, drank, chatted and laughed happily.

Seeing that they were eating happily, Lin Weilan interrupted to have a chat with them occasionally, but she ignored Su Cuiying who was looking forward to the toast even more.

It's just that Su Cuiying couldn't feel the estrangement between herself and everyone at this time, and her eyes never left the table.

In the gap between trying to eat soy sauce chicken drumsticks, Gan Tiantian may also look up a few times there, mainly interested in the legendary Mrs. Yao, the shrewd and capable Mrs. Yao, a former widow and now a rich woman.

It is said that Mrs. Yao is one or two years older than the owner of the workshop, Chen Wenjin, but from a distance, he still looks like thirty people.Although she has given birth to three sons, her figure is still slender, in stark contrast to Chen Wenjin's big belly.

From Gan Tiantian's point of view, he couldn't see Yao Shi's face very clearly, he only felt that she was dressed in a low-key and generous way, and she was not full of jewels and emeralds in red and green.From a distance, one can only see a golden hairpin inlaid with eight treasures on her head, with fine tassels flickering, that is the only decoration on her whole body, and it looks quite elegant.

Reminiscent of the rumors that Yao's natal family is a well-to-do wealthy family in the neighboring county, and it seems that there was a master of Juren, it can be seen that Yao's family education is good, and there is no aura of nouveau riche.From this point of view, Chen Wenjin is really not worthy of his wife.

That is to say, Yao's unfortunate youth is widowed, so Chen Wenjin, a common man like Chen Wenjin, is taken advantage of.

Gan Tiantian lowered his head and continued to eat the chicken legs, but he was thinking about other things.

Also a widow, Gan Tiantian also knows many tragic examples.

There is a neighbor in Gan’s Alley who has been widowed for half her life since she was young. She looks 50 years old in her 70s and [-]s. She has lost all her teeth. She cooks every day with rotten leaves from the market In order to eat, sometimes there is no salt for mixing vegetables.If you want to eat meat, you have to rely on neighbors to help you.

Her deceased husband did not leave her a son or a daughter, and her natal family didn't know whether it was because she was poor or disgusted, but in short, she never cared about her life or death.Fortunately, the husband's family didn't do anything wrong, at least they didn't take back the two dilapidated houses left by the deceased husband, and finally had a place to live...

Gan Tiantian comes from a world that believes in individual struggle. However, in this place where she started a new life, she once again felt how important "natal family" is to women in this era.

Whether it's for her family or herself, she has to work hard to manage her natal family well in order to live a good life.

So... At that time, it was the right decision to decide to enter Xiangfang to fight for the status of an official family!
"All right."

Lin Weilan interrupted Gan Tiantian's wild thoughts, stood up happily, held up the wine glasses and led the juniors to toast to the female guests.

On the other side of the table for the male guests, Fangzhu Chen greeted Master Qiao and Master Wei and other male masters who stayed behind.The female guests are accompanied by Mrs. Yao, Aunt Xu, Aunt Chen and two female chefs, as well as Mrs. Xue who is in charge of the kitchen, and Aunt Wen who is in charge of sewing and washing.

Although the Great Hsiao also paid attention to different seats for men and women, the etiquette was not as strict as that of the previous generations, and the banquet in the same hall only needed to be divided into seats instead of partitions.The festive drinking atmosphere at the female guests' table was not inferior to that of the male guests, and it was very lively with persuasive drinks and dishes and endless laughter.

Seeing the female apprentices coming to toast, Mrs. Yao put on the loving and gentle smiling face of her elders, and sat on the first seat smilingly waiting for the little girls to come up.

Similar to Gan Tiantian's imagination, Mrs. Yao's facial features are dignified, and it can be seen that she looked quite good when she was young.

The makeup on her face is so elegant and natural, a layman may only find it comfortable and beautiful.

Gan Tiantian has been in Xiangfang for a long time now and knows a little bit about it, but he knows that this makeup that does not slick, does not stick to powder, pearly luster, red lips and white teeth... that is definitely the effect that can only be achieved by super expensive tribute powder and rouge!
It's not that people don't pay attention, they only pay attention to where they should pay attention!
Aunt Xu was well-dressed as usual, but compared with Mrs. Yao, she fell behind unknowingly, she was too gaudy.

But Aunt Chen, who was sitting on the other side of Mrs. Yao, had a different style.

Aunt Chen, who has never been married, is in her early thirties this year, and her appearance is not much different from her age. She does not pretend to be a young unmarried girl, which makes people look pleasing to the eye.She combed a simple bun, lightly adorned with two pearl hairpins, and her expression was also light.

However, Gan Tiantian glanced out of the corner of his eye and recognized the pattern of the rose red pleated skirt worn by Aunt Chen, which is a popular over-dyed color recently. It seems that even an old aunt has a girlish heart!
According to the apprentices of Yujinfang, the four stewards have different personalities, and generally they all think: Master Qiao is low-key and good-natured, Aunt Xu is hot-tempered, Steward Wei is shrewd, and Aunt Chen is ruthless and ignorant. It turns out that Aunt Chen is also a strict character who is not easy to talk about when dealing with her subordinates and apprentices.

In fact, Gan Tiantian can understand that Aunt Chen's age and qualifications do not have any advantages, and she is a woman, how can she be as leisurely as Master Qiao?Then how to convince the public?
Even when Master Qiao was 30 years old, he didn't have the "rarely confused" temper he has now.

"Come on, the little girls have worked hard. Are you ready to eat?"

Mrs. Yao chatted with them kindly, and took the trouble to ask about their family affairs one by one. She was kind and kind, and her demeanor of being in charge of the family was heart-wrenching.

No wonder people say that at least half of Yujinfang's existence today is due to Mrs. Yao's fortune.Gan Tiantian felt that even if Yao's rich dowry and connections were not included, just looking at his good communication skills, he was a well-deserved good wife.

Originally, according to the rules, it was enough for the female apprentices to ask Lin Weilan, the leader, to say auspicious words to their wives and masters.But when Mrs. Yao politely asked Su Cuiying if she was still used to being in the workshop, Su Cuiying immediately got excited.

"Madam, you don't know that you and Fangzhu are really Cuiying's reborn parents..."

Wow, do you need to be so exaggerated in your acting skills?
Gan Tiantian was stunned to see that Su Cuiying's eyes welled up in response to the occasion, and then heard her start to talk about her family history, which was naturally the same thing she had said to Gan Tiantian and others countless times.What father and mother died early, brother and sister-in-law rejected him, but fortunately he was taken in by Yujinfang and started a new life, uh...

Mrs. Yao is really good-natured, she doesn't interrupt her, just laughs, other female masters don't like to say anything about her in front of Mrs.

It was just that the female apprentices who hung their heads behind Su Cuiying and waited for the toast, all had sarcasm in their eyes and exchanged glances to show their disdain.

(End of this chapter)