While her father was sweating profusely and went out to drink water, Selena quietly opened the old basket on the ground. There were three layers of partitions, each containing various small items. The upper layer was filled with handmade headbands and some cheap handmade hair ornaments, hairpins and silk flowers, below is an embroidered handkerchief and perfumed sachets made by her mother Maria.
She looked through the basket and found that not a single handkerchief had been sold, but four or five fans had been sold. Now that summer is getting hotter day by day, some women in ordinary families need fan to match their clothes or to enjoy the cool air, what is popular in the metropolis this year is this kind of flowers pattern. Although the things are beautiful, the cost is also high. In order not to overstock the goods, the salesmen can only sell them at low prices, fifteen copper coins a handle. It's only has a profit of two copper coins.
Selena looked at another basket and found that only some oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar were sold, but these were unprofitable items. There were few poor families who were willing to buy more. Every copper coin had to be calculated carefully. She covered the lid of the basket and entered the room. Her mother, Maria, was sitting on the bed, mending clothes. She was not in good health to begin with. She had just caught a cold a few days ago. She has gotten better these days, but her face is still sallow.
When Maria saw her daughter coming in, she stopped and said: "Your dad always has a good temper, but this time he has been angry with you for several days. Although he ignores you, don't blame him in your heart. To be honest, you did something wrong this time..."
Maybe she was a little excited, so after saying this, Maria coughed several times, took the daisy tea made by Selena and took sips before she felt relieved and her face looked better.
Then she glared at Selena and said "Lucio' comes from a cultured family, and Lucio is good-looking and talented. If your father hadn't saved Lucio's father's life by chance, you would never have had the chance to become his fiancée. "
"Now that Lucio's parents are dead, he hopes to get our help. Even if his face is injured and has no money, even if you really don't want to marry him, for the sake of his dead father, you can't insult him. His father has helped our family a lot in the past, but now we don't lend a helping hand. How could you be so mean and drive people away... Tell me, why were you so indifferent and cold that day?"
Seeing that her mother's eyes were red, Selena immediately sat on the side of the bed, fell into her mother's lap, and began to cry. Seeing her daughter crying so sadly and her shoulders shaking, Maria couldn't say any more words of guilt that she wanted to continue saying. She is always in poor health. She only has one daughter. Even though she comes from an ordinary family, she still has Selena in her heart and adores her in every way possible. Thinking about what happened at home during this period, I soon shed tears together with Selena, the mother and daughter suddenly burst into tears.
Originally, Selena just lay on her mother's lap and pretended to cry in order to avoid being scolded. For a moment, she smelled the familiar smell on her mother's body, and then thought of the suffering after her mother passed away in her previous life, and she couldn't help but feel sad, burst into tears uncontrollably, and it only took a moment for Maria's clothes to get wet.
Outside the door, Jose, who originally wanted to enter the room, stood at the door for a while. The expression on his face finally softened a little. He sighed, turned around, took the tools, and went to the back mountain to collect firewood.
As soon as the sun set, Selena had already boiled water and took a shower, then changed into clean pajamas. She sat alone on a stool in her room, looking at an old and uneven mirror on a broken wooden table, slowly Slowly combing her waist-length wet hair, she looked at the young, sallow and skinny eleven-year-old girl in the mirror, with a strange look in her eyes.
Selena smiled, she was no longer the original Selena who only had the memory of eleven years old. In her previous life, she was the lover of an earl. After she enjoyed some wealth and gained some knowledge, she felt that her name was so tacky that she wished she could change it. She never thought that one day she would hear someone call her Selena again, and she would feel warm. It made her want to cry. While thinking about it, she used the wooden comb with several broken teeth to carefully comb the knotted areas of her hair, and then she sat at the window like a statue, quietly. Wait for your hair to dry naturally in the wind.
Yesterday, she accidentally returned to 12 years old from 30 years old. Looking at the face in the mirror that looked malnourished and thin, instead of the face that made her despair, disheveled and looked like an old woman, suddenly she had the desire again, the desire to live, this desire became more intense after confirming that this was not a dream.
After a while, the childish little face in the bronze mirror suddenly laughed, smiling so happily and wantonly. She stretched out her hand and touched her face and her slightly yellow hair. This was just because of insufficient nutrition. Wheng she grow up, she will look like a different person.
Otherwise, in her previous life, she would not have been favored by the earl and taken into the palace as his lover. She would not have stood out among the earl's many lovers and enjoyed the earl's favor for five years. After a long period of time, she was injured due to several miscarriages. She was unable to have any more children and fell out of favor. Even so, the countess still held a grudge against him. Finally, she was expelled from the count's palace and secretly sold to a balm seller.
If she dies, when the earl remembers it again, the previous memories will be all wonderful. But if she runs away with another man, then these beautiful memories will become disgusting things. The countess's move was undoubtedly vicious, and it also completely eliminated Selena's chance of escaping back to the Earl's Mansion and seeking protection from the Earl.
Thinking of the few years of life after leaving the Earl in her previous life, Selena stoped smile and paused the comb. Selena in her previous life was an extremely vain woman, otherwise she wouldn't insist on being a lover.
She only lives for the external flashy glory, so she has all the habits of a vain and vulgar woman. She loves money, beauty, and luxury, but so what, she just loves those expensive brocade silk and lace clothes, loves that makeup box filled with all kinds of enviable precious jewelry, and is willing to eat There are all kinds of exotic cakes to satisfy her appetite.
She would rather die than live the hard life of eating black bread, even never having a good meal, and she didn't want to work like an ox or a horse every day, and be beaten and scolded by men when she didn't get what she wanted. For these reasons, she is willing to give up the truth love between men and women that ladies expect, and she never asks for a lasting, wholehearted relationship with a man. She is satisfied as long as she can live a prosperous life. Was she wrong?
Selena looked at the blurry figure in the mirror for a long time, then reached out and clasped the mirror on the table. At this time, the moon was in the west, and her hair had been blown dry by the gentle evening breeze. She walked towards the hard wood bed, her steps were light but firm, and she finally understood that her idea had been wrong all along. The mistake was that she should not beg and rely on others' charity. Such a life would not last long, so in this life she wanted to rely on herself and her own efforts to live the prosperous life she wants.
Suddenly, Selena thought of Lucio, and Selena paused her step. Lucio was just a shadow in her vague memory. The reason why she remembered it was because of Lucio's angry eyes when he turned around and left after being insulted by her words. His eyes were really dark and scary. A few years later, she seemed to have seen him again in the Earl's Mansion, but by then he was already in a high position, and even the Earl treated him with courtesy. When Lucio looked at her at that time, there was only indifference in his eyes, and now that she think about it, Selena still feel a little scared.
Now that she is reborn, it is a pity that she has already insulted him. What has happened has already happened, and it is irreversible again. However, when I think about it, the two of them only met a few times in the last life, so there is no need to take this matter to heart. If she meets him in the future, she will avoid him. Thinking that many years had passed, Lucio should have forgotten her. Selena felt relieved immediately, and then she lay down on the simple wooden bed and slowly fell asleep.
There are many flowers and plants growing on the mountain behind Selena's house. These days, she has been following her father, Jose, like a little tail. Even though Jose has been angry for a few days, she is his daughter after all, and he talks softly to her. She looked innocent and well-behaved, following him for a few days after he lost his temper. He calmed down and looked back from time to time while colecting wood, for fear that she would fall while playing. After Selena picked a few flowers, she turned back and smiled sweetly at her father, Jose. In the memory of her previous life, her father loved her the most and was never willing to let her work. The family was poor at that time, but he would give her some copper coins every time he earned it, and buy some trinkets to take home to make her happy. This feeling of being held in someone's hand as a treasure was something she could no longer experience after her father passed away. For a while, she was happily humming a little
After a good night's sleep, Selena got up refreshed and refreshed the next day. She went to the yard and folded a soft wicker stick, grinding it slowly with her teeth. Then she dipped some fine salt in it and began to brush teeth one by one carefully. When she was a lover in the Earl's Palace, she had nothing to do every day. she didn't learn anything else, just studied how to become more beautiful and more charming. Over time, it became a habit. Even if she was later sold by the Countess and followed the incense seller around all day, and became unkempt due to the wind and sun, she would still have to clean her teeth every day. She even took pleasure in the hardships and figured out a way to make her teeth more whiter. After Selena brushed her teeth, she rinsed the salt out of her mouth with water from a bamboo tube. Then she ran to the wild flower she planted in the corner that day, pulled off a pale red petal, and put the petal on her teeth, rubbing it carefully. If there are many
Talking about the spring liquid in her hand, Selena thought of the miserable life she had spent with an balsams seller in her previous life. The hand holding the cup couldn't help but clenched. Although the incident has long since passed, she still trembles. She could tolerate a little bit, but the balsams seller was a beast with no humanity at all. When he was happy, he would give her something to eat. When he was unhappy, he would be tortured in every possible way. She was originally such a beauty-loving person, but she was tortured when she was only in her twenties. He tortured her until she looked like an old woman in her forties or fifties. Thinking of this, Selena couldn't help but take a deep breath before relaxing. Fortunately, a few years later, the drunkard beast fell to death. Otherwise, she really doesn't know how long she would have had to endure. Although the incense seller was cruel, he had some skills in making essential oils and perfumes. Apart from the pile of unso
Selena has used osmanthus and smoked a lot of unsold handkerchiefs and purses in the past few days. She also put the handkerchiefs and purses in wooden boxes, and put a few bunches of dried osmanthus in the box to preserve the fragrance, and then let Jose took it to sell, and it turned out to be very popular. After all, how can women in ordinary families afford perfume, even the ordinary price is not cheap. Women are born with a love for fragrance, but cannot afford good perfume. Now those handkerchiefes and purses are scented with fragrance. If you put it in your sleeve, you will carry a floral fragrance with you wherever you go, which is stronger than ordinary essential oils. It smells good, and more importantly, the price is very cheap, half cheaper than the smoked ones in the store. At that time, many young girls and women gathered around, and they were all choosing from the wooden box with bright eyes. As soon as they got the aroma, they can't bear to let it go. Jose has a good
On the second day, Selena woke up when the swallows were chirping under the eaves. She immediately got up to wash up, applied essential oil and combed her hair. She put on the new light pink skirt made of cotton that Maria had sewn for her and left the room. Although The fabric was not expensive silk, but fortunately the color was pretty good, and it was very flattering to wear at this age. Jose also gave her a pair of cotton embroidered shoes. After leaving the room, even Maria's eyes lit up. She vaguely felt that her daughter had been different since she didn't know when. In the past, she wanted her to pay more attention to her appearance and learn some things that girls should learn, like her step-grandmother's daughter, Iris, usually learns more about knitting skills and cultural knowledge. But Selena was spoiled by her father. She ran up the mountain with a group of children every day. Her hair was always messed up and her clothes were dirty. Selena couldn't listen to what she s
Seeing the anger in Lucio's eyes and the smell of his sweat in the air, Selena felt like she had entered some animal's territory, did not dare to move. She had no choice but to stiffly turn her head and pass the thing in her hand to him. She tried her best to smile as brightly as possible and said: "Your dry breads are not enough for you. This is for food. Here you go... just take it. you're hungry. It can fill your stomach..." Anyone under that unkind look would feel nervous, their scalp would be numb, their heartbeat would speed up, their speech would stutter, and their eyes would dodge. Others would probably faint from fright. The scars on his face were even more terrifying up close. When Lucio saw her look and heard her words again, his eyes that were already full of anger were about to burst into flames. He knocked over the unsightly pastry package in front of him with one palm. Thinking of the insulting words she had said before, he was so angry that his eyes almost burst int
The owner of the grocery store, Pedro, just bought a batch of bottles for essential oils and prefume a few days ago. The styles are quite pleasing. Selena looked at these large and small exquisite bottles in front of her and couldn't help but pick them up one by one and look at them intently. Due to past life experiences, she knew almost everything about production and sales.Don't underestimate the packaging of perfume essential oil bottles. The more exquisite they are, the more eye-catching they are, and the more people will ask, and sells faster than other things. Although we all know that the most important thing is whether the perfume or essential oil inside is made of good materials, in fact, it is human nature to love beauty. Just like women, good-looking things are always more popular than ugly ones. Selena picked up a bottle and looked at it carefully. She had recently used essential oils to care for her hands and face, and now she has begun to see results. The skin on her
Selena cheered up, pulled Jose's sleeve and told him her thoughts. Jose also felt a little guilty for his wife. His wife had suffered a lot of grievances due to him. She couldn't even see a doctor when she was sick, and she hadn't made a decent set of clothes for many years. He couldn't help but nod, he just picked up some groceries today, and he still had some money in his pocket. After getting the goods, there were more than a hundred copper coins left in the principal, plus the money sold to Pedro for the two jars of essential oils and the deposit for the other two jars of essential oils. Now there are eleven silver coins. Excluding the purchase of tea seed oil and olive oil, the rest should be enough to buy cloth. Seeing that Jose agreed, Selena smiled and pulled Jose for two quick steps, and finally entered a nearby cloth shop. The shop was not big, but it had dozens of kinds of fabrics. There was a whole cabinet arranged, which made people dazzled. Especially in summer, the m