Chapter 140: Two or Three Things About Life in Jinling
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"Crackling, crackling......" A long series of firecrackers rang out in the bustling street market, and the firecrackers were hanging in front of a ready-to-wear store, and a group of people watching the excitement were outside the store. As soon as the sound of firecrackers stopped www.biquge.info pen "Fun" pavilion, I saw a middle-aged man in a long coat come out and bow his hand to everyone, saying that the opening of the small shop was supported by the neighbors, and the first few days of the opening would give everyone a discount.
Originally, the crowd who was just watching the excitement heard the owner say this, and the clothes were cheaper than normal in the first few days of the store, and they couldn't stay stunned, and they began to pour into the store.
"Sixth girl, it seems that our ready-to-wear store is very popular, and there are so many customers when it has just opened!" Xingyu's eyes stared at the newly opened ready-to-wear store diagonally opposite, and her voice turned back to the people in the room in surprise.
Dipping clothes walked to her side and looked at her with disgust, while closing the window, "You don't know what to pay attention to just open the window like this, this is a restaurant, although it is a private room, you can't make sure that anyone can see it on the other side or anywhere! β
Xingyu grimaced at the clothes, stuck out her tongue, and ran to Shen Junqian's side with a shake of her head, "Girl, it seems that there will be no problem with the opening of this ready-to-wear store, can we go back, go back at this time, pass by Quanfu Building on the way, and you can bring a drawer of crab roe soup dumplings back." β
"You!" Without waiting for Shen Junqian to answer, he poked his finger at Xingyu's head first, and said in a tone of hatred: "Your mouth, you really can't be idle for a moment, you said that you just sit here for a while, and the snacks on this table have entered your stomach, and you are still thinking about the soup dumplings in Quanfulou at this time, and I don't know how you can hold so many things in such a belly?"
Xingyu and Zhanyi are both people who have been with Shen Junqian since childhood, not only the master and servant get along, but also the two maids are more intimate than others. Between the two maids, they have always been dressed calmly, Xingyu is lively, talking like this, I don't know how much I have said over the years, therefore, Xingyu doesn't care very much, but wrinkles her little nose and complains to Shen Junqian.
"Oh, girl, look at Sister Dippy, she is getting more and more nagging, if she continues like this, she will become another Mama Zhou. β
She glanced at Xingyu angrily, then directly ignored her smugness, and asked Shen Junqian instead, "Girl, according to your idea, I shouldn't have to worry about the business of the ready-to-wear shop these days, but we have to go back now when we come out for a while?"
Shen Junqian just took the opportunity to go out, but in fact, he didn't pay much attention to the newly opened ready-to-wear store under his name.
The palace incident of that year interrupted the Shen family's originally thriving situation, and soon after the year passed, he entered the cabinet soon after the year and was called the great future of the Shen family's eldest master, Shen Jizhong, and now he is only at home, Shen Junqian's father Shen Jia's second hometown has only returned to Beijing for only three years, and he has been released out of Beijing again, but fortunately, this time the place of release is Jinling, which is not very far from Beijing.
It has been almost six years since Shen Junqian followed Shen Er and his wife to Jinling. In the past few years, she can be regarded as keeping to herself, and the only bold thing is to try to open a lot of stores, but there are also losses and profits, only to know that what she learned in her previous life is actually not much help in making money, but fortunately, she is also a reincarnation expert, and she basically does not need to fight on silver money in this life.
"Come back!" Now that you've come out to see it, it's time to go back and finish your homework.
Jinling City has been inherited for a long time, and within the city wall, it has formed its own unique pattern of "rich in the south and rich in the north, poor in the east and cheap in the west", as the name suggests, the south of the city is mostly the official eunuch or the people of the local family, the north of the city is the gathering place of rich merchants in Jinling, the east of the city is more poor, and the beggars and ruffians are mostly concentrated in the west of the city. Shen Junqian's family's residence in Jinling is located in the southeast of Jinling City, but the house in Sanjin does not cover a large area, but it is quite good in the south of Jinling City.
Shen Junqian's newly opened garment store is located in the north of the city, here is a famous prosperous block in Jinling City, all kinds of shops and restaurants are concentrated here, Quanfu Building is in the center of this street, three sides of the street, extending in all directions, Shen Junqian's master and servant go back just to pass here.
The carriage stopped slightly, and Shen Junqian and Zhan Yi sat in the carriage and waited. The soup dumplings of Quanfulou are a must in Jinling, there is an endless stream of people who buy them every day, and they need to wait for a moment every time, but they didn't expect Xingyu to get out of the car today and hear her voice outside the car curtain.
"Girl, I met Xu Gongzi. β
Shen Junqian looked out from the curtain that was lifted by the clothes, and saw Xingyu standing next to the carriage with empty hands and a smile on her face. When Shen Junqian looked over and nodded slightly, she took a step back and let go of the people behind her.
"Sister Coriander. β
The sound of Qingyue like a clear spring stream sounded outside the carriage, and a young man about ten β‘β‘years old dressed in a white Confucian shirt, bowed his hand, and when he got up, a gentle smile appeared on a sword-eyed face like a warm sun.
Shen Junqian's eyes flashed secretly, and he nodded with a smile in return: "Cousin Xu." β
It is Xu Zhuqing, the eldest son of the second room of the Wenling Xu family who was married to Shen Junqian's aunt.
It is said that the two brothers and sisters of the Xu family are also fated to be very close, and they only saw Xu Zhuqing not long after returning to the ancestral home of the Shen family in Laizhou, and later when they entered the Cangwu Women's Academy of the Shen family, they were classmates with their sister Xu Yaqin, of course, they are not friends, and there are some small frictions, but those insignificant willfulness when they were children are nothing now.
Xu Zhuqing lived in the Shen family, because he discovered some secrets of Shen Junqian in the study of the Shen family, so he and Shen Junqian have always had a tacit understanding that is different from others. It's just that later, because of some unhappiness with his sister Xu Yaqin and Shen Junqian, he was somewhat ashamed to see Shen Junqian, a cousin younger than himself, so that when he left Laizhou to study in Jinling, he didn't even say goodbye in person and left with only a letter, or he was somewhat shameless to escape at that time.
originally thought that after these many things, one stayed in Laizhou and the other was in Jinling, and the two of them were so difficult to intersect before, but they never expected a palace incident, so that Shen Junqian followed Shen Er's master to Jinling, sometimes fate is really a ruthless thing.
Xu Zhuqing was not a serious young master of the Shen family, so he was somewhat favored by the Shen family, so after the second master Shen arrived in Jinling, he also went in and out of the Shen house from time to time, but he was somewhat estranged from Shen Junqian, a very smart cousin, but fortunately, the two of them were getting older, and they couldn't be as close as they were when they were young.
"Today's academy repair, I wanted to come to the second cousin and cousin to say goodbye, I was going to bring some snacks from Quanfulou to my cousin and cousin, but I didn't expect to see my sister's maid Xingyu when I came out, thinking that most of my cousin was also nearby, so I came over together. β
Without waiting for Shen Junqian to ask, Xu Zhuqing explained the matter clearly, and turned slightly sideways, so that Shen Junqian could see the little guy Xu Si behind him, Xu Si bowed to Shen Junqian and sang Nuo (singing Nuo, bowing while saluting), but it was a pity that he hugged his big bag and small bag, looking somewhat funny, Shen Junqian laughed secretly.
"In that case, I'm going back now, and my cousin is going to go along?"
Xu Zhuqing responded, and when the little maid brought the horse, he rode on the side of the carriage.
As a junior who came to the Shen family, Xu Zhuqing naturally wanted to go to the front yard to meet Shen Jitang, the second cousin, first, and Shen Junqian went straight back to the inner courtyard.
When I entered my yard, I saw Ming Hong, who was beside Xiao, coming out, "Sixth girl." β
"Sister Minghong, why are you here with me? I went out early this morning, but I made you wait?" While smiling and talking, Shen Junqian brought Minghong into the house and asked people to move the stool and pour tea.
Ming Hong hurriedly stopped Shen Junqian's kindness with a smile, "Sixth girl, don't let them be busy, I'm here to help Madame bring a word, and I'll leave after speaking." β
"Say, what does my mother command?"
"Madame asked Mrs. Song and Miss Song to go to Bao'en Temple tomorrow, let me inform Miss Song, and the matter of going out tomorrow should also be arranged by the sixth girl. β
Miss Song, Shen Junqian pouted, "Mother is really, why are you making an appointment with Miss Song, if you want to go to Bao'en Temple, we can go by ourselves." β
Mrs. Song is the wife of Song Tongju, a subordinate of Second Master Shen, and she has been in Jinling for a lot of contacts in the past few years. This Miss Song is not a concubine, but because her biological mother had a difficult birth, so she has been raised by Mrs. Song's side, and Mrs. Song's daughter has already been married, so she is often taken with her when she goes out.
Shen Junqian naturally doesn't have any opinions on Yan Shu, the key is that this Miss Song, I don't know how to raise it, looking at the spring breeze on her face, the rules and etiquette are not bad at all, just a mouth, just a flattery, I don't know if it's because Shen Junqian's father is Song Tongju's boss or because Shen Junqian was born in the Shen family. The first time they met, Shen Junqian got goosebumps, and they were not very happy to deal with her after that, but the two families moved around a lot, and there were really many opportunities to meet.
As the eldest girl beside the Xiao family, Ming Hong naturally knew what Shen Junqian meant, and said with a smile at the moment: "Madame knows that the sixth girl doesn't like Miss Song, so she only asked me to bring a word girl, so that you don't lose the rules of the Shen family." β
"Uh......" Shen Junqian knew that this was Xiao Shi cutting off his back road as soon as he heard it, in case he was looking for a reason to slip away tomorrow, he waved his hand angrily, "I know, I know, I will get along with Sister Song tomorrow!"
"It's really rare to see six girls who are as fearful as a tiger, and this Miss Song is also powerful. β
Ming Hong smiled again and said a few more words to Shen Junqian's master and servant, and then retired.