Chapter 48: Ding Chunqiu?

  In front of her was a small building by the lake, with delicate architecture. Chen Xiao followed Mrs. Wang into the building, and Mrs. Wang lit the oil lamp, leading Chen Xiao to a table, saying: "Just do it here. Write down everything you know."

  "Oh..."

  Chen Xiao looked at the expensive pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of him, still a little hesitant - his calligraphy was really not good enough to show others...

  With a gritted tooth and a stamp of her foot, Chen Xiao picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote down the four characters "Yang Sheng Wu Fa". But as soon as she finished writing these four characters, Chen Xiao was pushed away by Wang Furen, who also snatched the brush from her hand. All that could be heard was Wang Furen's angry voice: "You illiterate little brat, your handwriting is so ugly that it's probably impossible to find a second person in the whole world who writes like this. You say I write."

  No wonder Mrs. Wang scolded Chen Xiao for his ugly handwriting, he was using a pen-holding posture to write after all...

  It's probably Chen Xiao who is the number one in the world to get a carefree person to take up their pen and write a document.

  At this point, Chen Xiao shook his head and repeated what he had just said slowly again. As he spoke, Madame Wang took note, but the brush strokes were slow to write, and it took more than an hour for them to finish speaking and recording.

  It's now midnight on the lunar calendar, roughly around 9:00 PM Earth time.

  But Madame Wang, in order to outdo other women in front of her crush, became even more spirited. At this time, Chen Xiao had repeated what he said earlier and was about to talk about the methods that complemented nourishing life.

  Seeing the bright light in Madame Wang's eyes, Chen Xiao also knew that if he didn't say it today, it would be too late. He continued: "After finishing this nourishment, we've reached the most crucial step. It's said to work from the inside out. Nourishment is about internal care, while beauty is about external care."

  Health preservation and beauty are two terms that Madame Wang has heard for the first time in years.

  She listened to Chen Xiao's solemn words and picked up her pen, putting aside the health preservation methods she had written earlier, and slowly wrote the two characters "beauty" on a new piece of paper.

  This Mrs. Wang's temper is indeed violent, but the words written with this brush are really beautiful. Bright and elegant, flowing and smooth. The momentum is clever and dense, powerful and natural, simple or elegant, square or round and soft, implicit or exaggerated, the pen movement is like floating clouds, like a startled dragon.

  From this, it can also be seen that she is able to make Duan Zhengchun, this charming old man, take a liking to her, and she has some real skills.

  When Wang's wife finished writing the two characters, Chen Xiao continued: "This beauty is divided into three aspects. Traditionally, chefs require dishes to have color, fragrance, and flavor; this beauty also emphasizes these three key points of color, fragrance, and flavor."

  Madam Wang then wrote down the three words "color, fragrance, and flavor" on a piece of paper.

  "Color, naturally refers to a woman's appearance. Although it is innate, heaven can also change some of it. For example, the eyelids. The eyes are the windows of the soul, and for women, having a pair of double eyelid big eyes is such a delightful thing. However, some women are born with single eyelids, which requires some modification later on."

  He said that, Mrs. Wang hurriedly took a copper mirror from the side and carefully looked at it, only then satisfied: "Fortunately, I have double eyelids."

  Chen Xiao found it amusing but didn't dare to show it, and solemnly said: "Madam Wang is naturally extremely beautiful. This type of double eyelid, like Madam Wang's, in the medical field, is called the 'open fan-shaped double eyelid'. The open fan-shaped double eyelid starts from the inner canthus or near the inner canthus, gradually moving outward and upward, leaving the eyelid margin, narrowing to widening like a folding fan opening. This type of double eyelid looks elegant and charming. What we usually call 'peony eyes' is this type of eye shape."

  Chen Xiao-xi carefully examined Madame Wang from head to toe and praised: "Madame Wang has a melon-seed shaped face, which is exactly the kind with double eyelids that is considered ideal."

  His words were substantial and subtly praised Mrs. Wang's beauty, which made her feel extremely pleased when she heard them, and for a moment, her eyes on Chen Xiao became even softer, after which she solemnly wrote down a line on the paper: "Double eyelids with open type are most suitable for melon seed face."

  Looking at her serious expression, Chen Xiao almost burst out laughing and continued to say: "Whether a person's eyelids are single or double is determined by heaven, but it can also be changed later in life. However, that requires extremely high artistic skills and knife work, cutting another line on the eyelid. You know, cutting the eyelid and cutting the eye are only one word apart, and the meaning is not much different either. So this kind of surgery can currently only be considered theoretically possible. If it really needs to be done, I don't have that kind of ability."

  He was talking about the method of double eyelid surgery in modern medicine, which is a feasible and practical approach. Madame Wang thought for a moment and said, "Well, if it were my mother who did it, I'm afraid it might be possible."

  It's said so, but still wrote down these five words "eyes can be cut in pairs".

  "After finishing with the eyelids, Chen Xiao continued to say: 'These eyelids can be processed later, and this nose bridge, mouth lips are also possible. It's just that the current conditions are not yet reached, so this can only be considered my fantasy. However, although these details cannot be changed, there is one thing that can still be done.'"

  He said with emphasis: "This method is called a face mask."

  Today is truly a day of great harvest for Madame Wang.

  First heard about health and beauty, then heard about double eyelid surgery, and now this face mask. He asked solemnly: "What is the use of this face mask and how do you make it?"

  "His whole body was full of confident charm, this is his knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and beauty care. He said: "This mask, uses pearl powder, mixed with egg whites, milk, banana or aloe vera and applied to the face, can achieve effects such as fading spots, whitening, reducing inflammation and removing wrinkles. It can be said that with the method of nourishing life, plus this mask, Mrs. Wang, you will look 5-6 years younger, no problem at all."

  The method, formula, and everything else were all noted down by Madame Wang. After she had finished writing, she asked: "This face mask you're talking about, does it really have such a great effect? Can it make me that much younger?"

  Chen Xiao replied, "This mask is paired with nourishment, which requires long-term persistence. One or two days will definitely not show any results. However, if you persist in doing it every day, within half a month at most, you can feel your skin becoming more tender and soft. With a bit more time, your skin will become even whiter and cleaner."

  These things used for making face masks are all edible and non-toxic, absolutely not something Chen Xiao would come up with to harm herself.

  At this time, Mrs. Wang had already believed ninety percent of it, nodded and carefully read it twice more, firmly remembering it.

  "Now that the word 'color' has been said, Chen Xiao slowly opened his mouth and continued: 'The word 'color' is finished, next is this word 'fragrance'."

  Madam Wang's attitude towards Chen Xiao was like a drowning person grasping at a thick wooden stick, and she said respectfully: "Please, sir, tell me in detail."

  At this time, after Chen Xiao's persuasion, Wang Furen was obedient to Chen Xiao and her attitude became much better.

  Chen Xiao smiled and said, "There's a saying that goes 'smell the fragrance to recognize a woman', women have a unique scent, which is one of their most attractive features. However, men who wear fragrances are often seen as being too effeminate, so this scent is something that belongs exclusively to women. The thing is, women naturally have a very light body scent, and unless a man has an extremely sensitive nose, he won't be able to smell it."

  Chen Xiao was just thinking of Tian Boguang, who could smell whether a woman was a virgin or not. He smiled secretly and said, "I don't know how Brother Tian practiced this, it's really amazing."

  At this time, Wang Furen was really puzzled and asked while thinking: "According to the young master's meaning, how should this fragrance be obtained? Should flower petals be used for washing... washing baths?"

  Petal bath? That kind of method is really too outdated for Chen Xiao.

  What kind of person is Chen Xiao? Is he a 21st-century university student, or an undisputed top student in school? If he were to take a flower-petal bath, wouldn't that be laughed at?

  Smiling, he said: "That method is feasible, but the effect is still not good. I happen to know that there is a way to extract this fragrant liquid, which I call perfume. Madame Wang can try it."

  "Perfume?"

  This is another new term, Mrs. Wang hurriedly took note of it and then asked: "Then please ask the young master, how to make this perfume?"

  She had just finished speaking when she suddenly heard a rustling sound from downstairs, and someone stepped onto the stairs of this building. The person's footsteps were light and gentle as they ascended the stairs, almost making no sound at all, revealing their exceptional internal strength.

  Madam Wang suddenly stopped writing and listened carefully, then softly asked: "Father, is that you?"

  As soon as she finished speaking, Chen Xiao suddenly felt a stir in her heart and thought to herself: "Who is Wang Furen's father? Who is this person? Why can't I remember at all?"

  Only to hear the person outside let out a long sigh and replied, "Yes, come on up!" As soon as he finished speaking, the person suddenly said again, "Huh? No, there's someone else's breathing sound. Who's here?"

  A figure suddenly rushed in, and before Chen Xiao could react, his neck was already pinched by the person's palm. It wasn't until then that Chen Xiao saw the man's face. He wore a cyan long robe, with long hair draped over his back, and white hair at the temples, making him appear to be quite old. However, upon closer inspection of his face, it seemed smooth and pale, causing Chen Xiao to feel a sudden shock in his mind, thinking: "Could this person be Ding Chunqiu, who can use the 'Great Transformation Skill'?"

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  Yes, yes, there's a surprise at the end, really!