Zhenshu saw that his eyes were wandering around, staring at the stairs from time to time, so he poured a cup of tea and handed it to him, and looked at him coldly to see how he spoke.

That Zhang Rui looked at it for a long time and stammered and asked, "Why don't you see the eldest girl of the Zunfu?" ”

Zhenshu smiled and said: "Embroidery upstairs, if Zhang Gongzi wants to see her, the little girl will go up and invite her down?" ”

Zhang Rui pursed his lips and smiled, and lowered his head.

Zhenshu willingly went upstairs, and saw Su lying on the stairs like an upside-down bat looking down, his eyes bright like a cat staring at a mouse. Zhenshu was afraid that Zhao He in the inner world and Zhang Rui in the outer world would see her, so he helped her up and complained softly: "Mother is going to scare people to death like this." ”

Su Shi turned in and lowered his voice and said to Zhenyuan: "No, no, no, can't see." I saw it all, the clothes were shabby and even more shabby, and at a glance they were distant poor relatives of Zhangfu. ”

Zhen Yuan told her to bluff, put away the needle and thread and asked Zhen Shu, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhenshu said: "That Zhang Rui came to look for you, and my mother had already interrogated him from head to toe as his new son-in-law, and now I look down on him." ”

Zhen Yuanfu took the needle again, lowered her brows, and said, "I don't see it." ”

Zhen Yi quietly rushed out and probed her brain on the stairs, Zhang Rui also looked up, and saw a little daughter with thick eyebrows and red lips looking at him, raising her hand and smiling.

Su Shi pushed Zhenshu and said: "Go and reject him, Zhenyuan here I want to find a person with good taste and rank for her." Poor relatives who fight the autumn wind do not consider. ”

Zhenshu looked at Su Shi still couldn't make sense, so he went downstairs and smiled at that Zhang Rui: "It's really unfortunate, my sister has a slight illness, and it is inconvenient to come down to see each other." Why don't you come back another day? ”

Zhang Rui got up and shook his head when he heard this: "That's the case, I'll come back another day." ”

Zhenshu sent out the door and came back from a long distance, and when he entered the door, he saw the middle-aged man who was selling paintings that day standing in front of the counter, and when he saw her come in, he bowed his head from afar and said, "Shopkeeper girl, how are you doing lately?" ”

Zhenshu returned the salute and asked, "I don't know what happened to the minister?" ”

The man said: "Little shopkeeper Huiyan, the painting you recommended to me really got my godfather's blue eyes." Now he wants to see you by name, and he asks me to come and tell you a word. ”

Zhenshu took two steps back and said: "We are doing business here, and recommending a painting is an internal matter, and the painting was originally selected by the Xianggong, and the little girl does not dare to pretend to be meritorious." If the elder likes it, he can send more in the future, presumably he said that he wants to see the little girl, which is also an unintentional remark, and the prince doesn't have to take it to heart. ”

The man frowned and said, "He did tell me to take you with me, girl, how is this good?" ”

Zhenshu was about to excuse himself, and Song Anrong came out and shook his head and said: "This is a little girl, she is the show of the boudoir, and she is in charge of the counter here because of family difficulties, but although the elders are different from men and women, I am afraid that it will not be good to go out to meet guests, please forgive me." ”

The man patted his head and walked around, looking particularly embarrassed, walked in front of the stage for a long time and looked at all the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, stretched out his hand and pointed around: "That's it, these calligraphy and paintings are worth something, I want them all, you come with me, can you?" ”

Song Anrong heard what he said a little too high, waved his hand and said: "If Xianggong is not a person who really loves words and paintings, why bother here, please go out quickly." ”

The man shook his head to Song Anrong and said: "Old shopkeeper, my godfather spoke immediately, and it was the first time he told me to do things, if I can't do it, where is there still filial piety?" I'll sell you short this framing shop, you give the price, and I have a filial piety, okay? ”

Zhenshu listened to his words and said that he was filial piety, and he said in his heart that he didn't know a single big character in Baiding, and he still had such filial piety, and he couldn't bear to let him down. Then he smiled and said to Song Anrong: "If it is for filial piety, what if my daughter goes on a trip?" ”

Although Song Anrong has been in Huixian for more than ten years, he is always a man who knows the sinister way of the world. He turned around and waved his hand, "I can't go." ”

When the man saw that Zhenshu answered, his eyes lit up, and he went up to the pole and said loudly: "It is for filial piety, my filial piety, and I hope that the old shopkeeper will be fulfilled." ”

Zhao He heard the noise outside, and came out to say: "Since Xianggong is so troublesome, why don't I accompany Miss on a trip?" ”

Song Anrong thought to himself that Zhao He had kung fu in his body, so he didn't have to be afraid when he was idle. Then he nodded and said, "That being the case, go early and return early." ”

The man said: "It's not today, my godfather is busy this time, and he won't have time until the beginning of the month, so I'll invite the shopkeeper girl to go, okay?" ”

He entered uninvited, and sat down with Song Anrong Guan Zhao He in the inner room, and then said: "The contemptible person's surname is Zhang, and he is noble." It is a native of Qinzhou, and a few years ago, he also ran some small businesses, and he knows the hardships best. Fortunately, my lady is a capable person, and she has worked hard for me to make the business bigger over the years. She is also a visionary, she bought many houses for me in Beijing and many fields in Linxian County, and now she is also a complete family. It's just that when the business is big, there are also big difficulties, the tax collectors are staring all day long, and the street ruffians collect protection money every day, it's difficult! ”

Song Anrong heard that he was also a businessman, so he relaxed his guard and asked, "I don't know what Brother Zhang does?" ”

Zhang Guidao: "Contemptible people are not as good as you, although you can make money, but you have no noble and elegant intentions, contemptible people make snacks." ”

Zhenshu came in and interjected: "It turns out that the king cake shop is opened by your family?" There are several shops in Beijing, and the dim sum is really delicious. ”

Zhang Gui apologized and smiled: "Actually, it was originally called the Jade Cake Workshop, and I invited an unobtrusive scholar to write as a king, and I was illiterate, so I only knew about it for a long time." Because it has already been called shun, it can only be settled. ”

His words made Zhenshu laugh: "If it's really called jade, it may not be able to do it." It is precisely because of this lack that you need that snack. ”

Zhang Gui said with a solemn expression: "Is this true? ”

Zhenshu said: "Seriously. ”

Zhang Guidao: "There is a kid in my family, but he is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and now he is also a talent. He clamored all day long to add a little bit of the word to the king, and I was a white man, and he would not listen to what he said, and since the girl said so, he would listen to him when I went back to him. ”

After he finished speaking, he repeatedly made a good day, time, and insisted on buying a few paintings before leaving. It has been three months since the first opening of the second room of the Song Mansion, and the only customer is Zhang Gui of this Wang Cake Factory.

Now it's winter, Zhenyuan and the others are better to stay upstairs all day, Zhenshu sits in the counter, the wind is blowing outside the counter, the wind is blowing in the counter outside, and the snow outside is cold like an ice cellar in the counter, since her life, this has become the hardest winter for her. Su Shi gave her two tiger head shoes the size of a cannon barrel, and the cotton inside was three inches thick, and it was still frozen after wearing it for half an hour. And all the shopkeepers, all the shopkeepers, and all the apprentices on this street have to survive the winter in this way, and the cycle repeats itself, which shows the suffering of the merchants.

If the wealthy families of Hui County have the money to build a new courtyard, they must mention the third word on the door, which is to say that our generation is farming, the next generation is studying, and when the grandchildren are staying, they hope that he can read and pass.

Shinong industry and commerce, Shang is at the end, and among the thirty-six lines, Shang belongs to the ninth class, most of which are also because of their suffering.

It's just that since that day, some people have taken calligraphy and paintings to mount, and some people have come to the shop to sell ready-made calligraphy and paintings. It was probably because the Chinese New Year was approaching, and everyone needed important decorations in their homes, and the business in the framing shop was gradually improving. A day as little as three or five taels of silver, more than dozens of taels of silver, in addition to the development of rent, there can be some surplus, this business is considered to be smooth.

After the winter moon into the wax moon, the third day of the lunar month of the light snow slightly, Zhang Gui sent the coachman to drive a carriage to the framing shop, he himself did not sit in the car, but followed the car to step on the snow.

When he came, he saw Song Anrong and Zhao He in the room, and then came out to worship Zhenshu and said: "Shopkeeper girl, I want you to deign to go today." ”

Zhenshu had already changed into a set of palace brocade round-necked cotton jacket that Su Shi had replaced her two months ago, with a Tihua satin pomegranate skirt tied underneath, and a long sampo satin jacket with windy hair on the outside. Su Shi deliberately applied some lipstick for her, and at this time, she was also dressed up, standing in the snow with her hair swaying, which was extremely moving.

Zhang Gui bent down and lifted the curtain and said: "Shopkeeper girl, I baked warm in this car, I didn't dare to sit for fear that I would sit in the smoked car, please go up." ”

Zhenshu picked up her skirt and got into the car, Su and Zhenyuan bent down to look in the small window upstairs, because they saw that Zhenshu had already gotten in the car, Su turned back to Zhenyuan and said: "She knows clothes and makeup the most, and she usually pays it back, and she can show it by wearing a little good." It's a pity that I was born behind you, and I was too stubborn to be controlled, so I was delayed. ”

The car was really fragrant and warm, but Zhenshu sneezed several times, and the carriage didn't know how long it went, and after passing the royal street and the Hanlin Courtyard, and then walked more than two miles, just when it reached the moat outside the palace, it stopped in front of a mansion. Zhang Gui trotted over and lifted the curtain, asked Zhenshu to get out of the car, and passed through the gatehouse, before bringing Zhenshu and Zhao He into the house.

This courtyard is also a building on the south side, and the entrance door is on the wall, and a few thin bamboos are painted on it. Because of the sporadic light snow today, these thin bamboos are called snow lining, which makes people feel a little chilly.

After the large open space of the Zhaobi, it is presumably to be planted with flowers and plants in summer. There is no main house in this main courtyard, only two eaves and partial houses are built on both sides.

Zhenshu has grown so big, and he has never seen a serious person who does not build a house, and he is secretly surprised in his heart. This mansion is also heavily guarded on the outside, and there are more guards on the inside. She followed Zhang Gui into the inner courtyard, and saw that the people walking around inside were all fourteen or fifteen years old, all of them were gentle and meticulous, and she was secretly surprised in her heart. And Zhang Gui is even worse, he has to give up his hands no matter who he sees, but those boys are used to seeing it, so he nodded and left.

Walking to the outside of a courtyard surrounded by bamboo, Zhang Gui stopped, and made a noise on the door, and after a while, an older man, wearing only a coarse linen coat in winter, listened to Zhang Gui whispered a few words, turned around and glanced at Zhao He and Zhenshu, and asked, "Which one?" ”

He was Mei Xun, and his voice was very strange, as if he had been scraped by a knife.

Zhao He listened, and suddenly stopped Zhenshu and said, "Third girl, let's go back." ”

Before Zhenshu could understand, the noble man ran over again and bowed his hand and bent over, and said to Zhao He: "Shopkeeper, give me face, give me face." ”

Mei Xun came over and said, "My master is waiting inside now, and since he is the shopkeeper of the Song family's framing shop, please come with me." But the rest of the people don't have to go in, just wait. ”

Zhenshu turned back to Zhao He and said, "Since you are here, it must be only for a while, and I will come when I go." ”

Zhao He had no choice but to stand in the snow with Zhang Gui and wait.

Although Zhenshu Meixun entered the courtyard, he saw a tall building surrounded by stones, with a few feet on the left and right, which was extremely gloomy in such a gloomy sky, making people shiver when they looked at it from afar.

This building has been seen for some years, and it is not a building that ordinary people in Beijing should have, and it looks like Zhenshu from the north has never seen it. She was a little apprehensive in her heart, but when she arrived at the door, Mei Xun didn't enter, glanced at the two snow-stained shoes on Zhenshu's feet and said, "Go in on the left hand side, take off your shoes outside, don't stain the floor." ”

When Zhenshu entered the door, he saw that the floor inside was clean and bright, the walls on all sides were pasted with raw wallpaper, and there were lights everywhere, but they were bright and bright, completely different from the outside. There is no main seat in the main hall of this room, and there are many calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, but they are not as square as ordinary people, but they are decorated as they like, one here and one there. But for some reason, the calligraphy and painting are hung like this, and they have some meaning.

Ordinary calligraphy and paintings are hung in a square and neat manner, aiming to decorate the house. And this disrupts the hanging method, although it can not decorate the house, but it can highlight the elegance of the painting itself. Zhenshu looked around, and said in his heart that this is not a house where ordinary people live idlely, but like an exhibition hall that sells calligraphy and paintings.