said that Lu Chengyong walked to the side of the street with Xia Chunchao, and the girl Zhu'er hurriedly followed and chattered; "The young master is brave, he is really unparalleled in the world! I watched from the sidelines, and my heart was in my throat! Grandma covered her eyes and didn't dare to look, and she couldn't stop asking me again, and her voice was hoarse. I said that the young master would be fine, and sure enough, it was fine. When Lu Chengyong heard this, he glanced at Xia Chunchao with a smile. Xia Chunchao's face turned red and reprimanded: "On the street, don't talk such nonsense, if you are heard, you dare to laugh at us for being arrogant." Zhu'er grinned and said, "What I said is clearly the truth, who will laugh?" As he spoke, he asked Lu Chengyong, "Young Master said, am I right?" Lu Chengyong smiled and said, "What you said is very true." Xia Chunchao said angrily to Lu Chengyong: "You are still indulging her!" ”

The three of them talked and laughed endlessly, Xia Chunchao suddenly remembered something, looked at his body, the thing was really gone, and hurriedly turned around to look for it. Seeing this, Lu Chengyong asked, "What are you looking for?" Xia Chunchao replied eagerly: "The noodle person you bought for me is unknown." I think it's because there are too many people to squeeze it out. Lu Chengyong said: "There are so many people on the street, where can you find that person who fell underground, just don't look for it." Xia Chunchao didn't follow, and said in his mouth: "That's what you bought for me, and I will definitely find it." When Lu Chengyong heard about it, he followed her and searched for it together.

The three of them walked back dozens of steps, Xia Chun saw a bunch of colorful things on the ground with the tip of his eyes, and hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up, and sure enough, it was the person opposite Lu Chengyong who bought it before. It's just that it was trampled by the crowd, and it was already broken and muddy, and it didn't look like it. Xia Chunchao pinched the noodle man, felt sad, and hung his head silently. Lu Chengyong saw it and said, "It's just a thing, if it's broken, it's broken." Since you like it, let's find that old man and pinch it again. With that, he pulled her to look for the stall again.

Unexpectedly, when I walked to the place, I saw that the stall was gone, so I asked the vendors around me, and it turned out that because of the crazy horse in the market, the master of the man was afraid of stepping on the guy, so he cleaned up the stall and went. Both of them felt very disappointed and had to leave. Lu Chengyong saw Xia Chunchao's expression, deliberately laughed with her, thought for a while, and said: "I heard that a silk shop has recently opened in the alley of West Street, and the materials on it are very fresh and beautiful, and the weavers are fine. Since you have become a lady, the xia tunics is indispensable. Let's take advantage of the past today to choose a few horses, so as not to be busy when we call the tailor to the door in the future. ”

When Xia Chunchao heard this, he glanced at Lu Chengyong a few times, and saw that he had a dark straight shirt on his body, and his clothes were worn in all places, and he still wore them at home before he went to the northwest, so he nodded and said: "It's okay to go and have a look, the two sweat towels that Sister Hong asked for happened to be bought by the way." ”

At that moment, the three of them turned to West Street Hu Xiang.

Walking to the shop that Lu Chengyong said, Xia Chunchao looked up, and sure enough, it was a newly opened shop, with a new plaque hanging on the top, engraved with the three big characters of "Ni Shang Xuan".

She took a look at it, and then walked up the stairs with her husband into the store.

When I entered, I saw that the store was elegantly furnished, the cloth on the counter was piled high, several rows of pear wood shelves stood against the wall, hundreds of tubes of cloth were inserted, and the door was hung with a green bamboo curtain, and the two guys stood to greet the goods. The shopkeeper does not sit behind the cabinet, but sits in front of a desk to write accounts, which is the specification of the Jiangnan cloth shop.

Xia Chunchao looked at it, didn't look at the goods first, but asked Lu Chengyong in a low voice: "I haven't seen this shop before, since it is newly opened, how do you know that you just came back?" Lu Chengyong said: "It was said by a colleague in the army, he said that this silk shop is a joint name with a famous rouge shop in Beijing, and I heard that the owner behind it is the daughter of an adult in the court." The color of the goods is excellent, they are all knitted from Jiangnan, and I think about it when I think about it, so I think about it with you. ”

Xia Chunchao smiled and said: "It's really strange that there is an official's wife who comes out to do business." Lu Chengyong said: "What's so strange about this, aren't you so now?" ”

While the husband and wife were laughing, the shopkeeper had already greeted him and greeted him: "Two guest officers, our store is full of excellent goods, such as Songjiang cloth, Weitang yarn, Hangzhou crepe, and Suzhou satin that are fashionable on the market today." What do you two look at? ”

Xia Chunchao took a look at the shelf, picked up a navy blue satin, and took a closer look, but saw that the satin was smooth and slippery, finely knitted, and it was indeed a good product, so he compared it to Lu Chengyong, and said in his mouth: "This satin is good, and the color is also very suitable, how much is a foot?" The guy hurriedly replied: "This lady has a good eye, this is the Suzhou goods that only arrived in our store." If the wife wants it, it will be counted as five hundred dollars per foot. ”

When Xia Chunchao heard this price, he was secretly dumbfounded, the current price of silver, five hundred yuan is about half a tael of silver. Lu Chengyong is tall and tall, and he needs about ten feet of fabric to make a straight clothes, and a piece of clothing is not considered a tailor's money, but five taels of silver. Although she had plenty of money in her hand, she also felt that the price was amazingly high, and she was speechless for a while. Lu Chengyong watched from the sidelines, and said, "You care about me, just buy yours." As he spoke, he pointed to the makeup yarn and woven gold satin on another row of shelves and said, "Those materials are also very good-looking, you can see if there is a suitable one, buy a few feet and go back to cut the skirt." Xia Chunchao shook his head and said softly: "You don't have decent clothes at home now, or the ones you had before you left." Now that you have become an official, you will inevitably go out to socialize in the future, but how can you do without seeing people's clothes? ”

The shopkeeper watched for a long time, and knew that today's transaction was on this wife, so he flattered Xia Chunchao vigorously: "What Mrs. said is that our satin weavers are exquisite and have excellent patterns, and their clothes are more luxurious and beautiful than those of other families." This son is tall, burly and handsome, wearing clothes made of our family's materials, he must have an extraordinary bearing, and he is also very beautiful when he goes out to meet guests. As he spoke, he took a big red scorched cloth from the other shelf, and said to her, "Madame, look at this again, the best plantain is silky, and it is dyed by the most skillful dyer, and it will not fade when you take it back and wash it." After Qingming, the day will be hot, and this fabric is made of clothes, which is light and cool. Without saying a word, he turned to Lu Chengyong and said: "Son, Mrs. Ling has a good appearance, her skin is so fair, and she looks even more gorgeous when she wears this big red." When Lu Chengyong heard this, he looked at Xia Chunchao with a smile and said in a low voice: "It is appropriate for you to wear red." ”

Xia Chunchao listened to these words in his ears, although he knew that it was a businessman's sycophancy, he was also very useful in his heart, reached out and touched the satin, thought about it for a while, and asked, "How many colors does this satin have?" Pointing at Lu Chengyong, he added: "They men wear them." ”

When the shopkeeper heard the question, he knew that the deal was coming, and hurriedly replied: "In addition to this navy blue, there are three kinds of royal blue, dark color, and wormwood color, all of which are calm and good-looking colors, and the pulp can't be washed off." Xia Chunchao scolded with a smile: "How can there be a cloth that does not fade? Shopkeeper, you're talking a lot. Although he said this, he still gritted his teeth and said, "You can pull ten feet each of these three colors." The big red charred cloth also pulled twenty feet. After that, he turned back to Lu Chengyong and smiled: "It's hot, so I will also cut clothes for Sister Hong." Lu Chengyong said: "You also look at what you want to wear, don't just care about others." Yesterday I saw that most of the colors in your closet were lotus lotus, moon white, green onion white, honey color, or autumn fragrance. Young daughter-in-law, when it's time to dress beautifully, what do you do to be so plain? ”

Xia Chunchao smiled, didn't answer, turned his head and saw a grape purple makeup flower weaving gold Luo on the side shelf, delicately knitted, peony entangled pattern, exquisite and fresh, but in his heart, the shopkeeper said: "What is the price of that makeup flower?" The shopkeeper laughed and said: "This yarn is difficult to make, it is more expensive, and it costs one or two silver for a foot." When Xia Chunchao heard this, he only nodded and did not speak.

It happened that the girl Zhu'er was standing on the door, and when she saw the pearl flower seller coming, she called out, "Grandma, the flower seller is here." Xia Chunchao left here and went out.

Lu Chengyong frowned, and whispered to the shopkeeper: "You cut that purple sara twenty feet, wrap it with the materials next to it, and I will pay you separately." After speaking, he took out two treasure bills from his arms and handed them over, and said, "Quietly, don't let my lady know." ”

When the guy saw the vermilion lacquer ticket number on the treasure banknote, he smiled all over his face, and said with a smile while cutting the yarn with a sharp smile: "Can't you see that the son is so heroic, but he is afraid of the inside?" I want to please my wife, and I am afraid that my wife will be angry, so I sneak like this. When Lu Chengyong heard this joke, he was not annoyed, but only laughed in a low voice: "Don't talk about it, it's serious to send things for me." I'm a son of Lusu, if you take your hands and feet slowly, this business can't be done. ”

When the guy heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly cut the material before wrapping it up, and Xia Chunchao had already stepped into the door.

When Lu Chengyong saw her come back, he smiled and said, "What did you buy?" Xia Chunchao took the bead flowers to him and said, "There is nothing to look at, just these few branches." Lu Chengyong looked over, but saw that it was a pomegranate flower pressing sideburns, a Ruixiang flower through grass, and a velvet phoenix wearing peony, the materials were mediocre, and the workmanship was not fresh, so he said: "Such flowers are everywhere, and you have to buy them." Zhu'er interjected: "Young master, I don't know, in the past few years, grandma has packed up all the jewelry that should be worn because the young master is not at home, or they have been given to others." But if you want to wear it, your wife will definitely be angry. ”

When Lu Chengyong heard what Zhu'er said, he remembered the incident of the eight-treasure golden hoop in the morning, and did not say a word.

Xia Chunchao reprimanded: "Don't talk about it here, I won't talk about you, you are more and more arrogant!" Mrs. Dare to arrange the rights and wrongs at will! After drinking the pearls, he asked the shopkeeper to cut a few feet of three shuttle cloths, and then ordered to wrap them, and asked for the banknotes, and said: "I have never brought that much cash with me, you have written the accounts, I will write you a note, and go to the 'Lu Family Dry Goods Store' in the east of the city to collect the accounts?" The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Madame only needs to pay for the three shuttle cloths, and the boy has already paid for the bag of materials." ”

Xia Chunchao looked back at Lu Chengyong and said angrily: "Why do you pay first?" Lu Chengyong said with a smile: "The lady goes out with the prime minister, how can there be any reason to ask the lady to pay the bill?" In the past two years, the court has received a lot of rewards, and it is not difficult for me to get on this. It's not early, don't just hate me, buy something and go to our house. ”

Xia Chunchao didn't say much, the three shuttle cloth was cheap, only twenty or thirty yuan per foot. She paid the money, and the shopkeeper wrapped up the material, handed it to the girl, and went out.

Seeing that it was getting late, the three of them discussed returning home, so they walked back to Baixiangzhai together, met with their families, and went back by car.

When he arrived at the head of the house, Xia Chunchao got out of the car, and saw a sedan chair parked on the door, so he guessed that the mother and daughter of the Zhang family were here again, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, and he didn't bring it out on his face.

When Lu Chengyong saw it, he said, "Is there a guest at home?" Xia Chunchao didn't answer, but Zhu'er said quickly: "It must be that my aunt's wife and cousin came, and these two came when they liked to pick grandma out." With that, the three of them entered the door together.

Just bypassed the shadow wall, and saw the little girl Honeysuckle in the upper room running in a panic, and said to Lu Chengyong and his wife: "Grandma, go and save Sister Changchun, Mrs. is going to send her out, and she has already called Wang'er to call people's teeth!" The two of them were taken aback, they all knew that although this Changchun was bought by the Xia Chun Dynasty, they had been serving in the upper room since they entered the door, and they were diligent and clever, and the Liu family treated her well, but for some reason there was such a change today.

At that moment, Xia Chunchao walked briskly to the upper room, and asked as he walked: "What happened to Changchun, and Mrs. is going to send her out?" Honeysuckle sobbed and said, "Today, the young grandfather and grandmother went out, and the wife sent someone to pick up the aunt's wife and cousin." After lunch, and after another conversation, my aunt said that she wanted to go home, and my cousin suddenly shouted that she had lost the hairpin on her head. When my wife heard about it, she ordered someone to look for it, but she couldn't find it anywhere, and the cousin girl bit it to death and threw it at our house. Later, I didn't know how to say it, but I said that it was Sister Changchun who stole it. Sister Changchun naturally didn't follow, and the cousin said one sentence at a time, and the wife was angry and was going to send Sister Changchun out. Lu Chengyong listened, and said: "Changchun has been at home for many years, and he has always been cautious and sensible, how could he suddenly covet such a small bargain?" I'm afraid there will be some misunderstanding in this matter. ”

Xia Chunchao listened to it once, and he already understood in his heart, so he didn't say a word on his face, and walked to the upper room.

Stepping into the hall door, I saw Liu sitting on the top, Aunt Zhang and Zhang Xueyan on both sides, and Changchun knelt on the ground, sobbing and crying.