The morning sunlight streamed through the window into the room as Selena and Lucio got up early to prepare for a special day — the baptism ceremony of Selena's brother, Adrés. Selena wore an exquisite dress, smiling as she held hands with Lucio in the carriage, feeling full of anticipation.The carriage slowly made its way through the streets of the town and soon arrived at the church. The baptism ceremony proceeded solemnly and warmly, with family members gathering together to witness this special moment. Adrés was cleansed with holy water, appearing incredibly sacred and pure. Selena and Lucio felt immensely happy and content in their hearts.After the ceremony, the family gathered together to enjoy a lavish lunch, with the table filled with various delicacies. However, when it was Selena's turn to taste the food, she felt nauseous and had no appetite, hardly able to eat anything. Her face turned pale, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, indicating obvious discomfort.L
At this moment, she was both shocked and afraid, too late to think about how the fire started. Her mind was in chaos, and her last thought was of the child in her belly. She felt her heart and courage shattered, tears streaming down uncontrollably, but soon they were dried up by the flames.As the fire grew bigger and bigger, she felt surrounded and trapped in the inferno. Despair engulfed her, and even though she covered her nose and mouth with a wet cloth, she knew she couldn't hold out for long in the intense heat. Looking at the piled blankets on the bed and thinking of the flesh and blood in her womb, Selena gritted her teeth. She was determined to fight, either to burn to death or to escape alive with her child.Just as she took a few steps back, preparing to close her eyes and charge forward, the door suddenly burst open with a loud bang, as if someone had kicked it from outside. A figure rushed in.The comer was none other than Lucio, who had been too busy to come home for dinn
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 having a profit of two copper coins.Selena looked at another basket and found th
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 collecting 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 carefully brushed her teeth one by one. 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 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 whiter.After Selena brushed her teeth, she rinsed the salt out of her mouth with water from a tube. Then she ran to the wildflower 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 petals, you can ch
Talking about the spring liquid in her hand, Selena thought of the miserable life she had spent with a 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 unsol
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 handkerchiefs 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 birds 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 said