Chapter Ninety-Four: Zhuangzi's Scheming

After shopping like this for a day, in the evening, Qiu Chen and Junwen got together again to talk about shopping during the day. Junwen has gained a lot in the day, and at this time, he confidently expressed it to his aunt, and Qiu Chen was pleased to agree: "Well, it's really not easy to see these things today." Starting tomorrow, we don't need to focus on the matter of bath beans......"

Junwen, who had just been shopping with his aunt for a day, was feeling that he had found a little bit of a way, but his aunt suddenly said that he would no longer be searching, and Junwen was inevitably a little surprised.

Junwen was slightly stunned, and wondered: "Then do we still want to go to the street?" ”

Qiu Chen said with a smile: "Of course we have to go to the street, but we have almost asked about the bath beans, and we should start to find out which store can cooperate." ”

Junwen thought for a moment, then smiled, "Cheng, I listen to my aunt's orders." ”

Qiu Chen nodded and said, "After collecting the news in the past two days, I have roughly circled a few shops......

As he spoke, Qiu Chen took out the layout plan of the shops in Anyang Mansion that he had drawn the night before, and pointed to one of the few points marked in red: "Ming'er, let's start with this shop......"

Junwen looked at it, and the shops circled by his aunt in red were all the largest north-south goods stores in Anyang Prefecture, and the one pointed out by his aunt was located on Fuya East Street, which can also be said to be the largest north-south goods store in Anyang Prefecture. This shop has a very complete range of goods, not only half of the groceries in the north and south stores, but also set up spice areas and special products in different categories, specializing in selling rare items from Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south and even from abroad, such as glass mirrors that can be delicately seen, such as all kinds of fragrance dew from abroad, and the price of goods is also the highest in the whole Anyang Province......

Unconsciously, Junwen frowned.

Although the homemade soap is easy to use for washing and washing hands, Junwen knows that it is made of cheap things like caustic soda pork, and the cost of a piece of soap has also been clearly calculated.

Qiu Chen looked at Junwen's face, and roughly guessed what doubts and uncertainties the other party had in his heart, but he didn't interrupt, but got up quietly, went to the luggage and took a delicate copper box back, and handed it to Junwen.

This copper box, the production is extremely fine, the buckle is tightly sealed, but there is a curled edge for easy opening and closing, the top of the copper box, there is a prominent flower pattern, the pattern is delicate and smooth, and the pattern shape is also very beautiful.

Junwen took it in his hand and looked at his aunt suspiciously.

Qiu Chen smiled and said, "Open it and take a look!" ”

Junwen then remembered that no matter how beautiful the box is, it is just a box, and the things inside are the main ones.

When the box opened, a ball of things wrapped in sunflower green paper was revealed, and at the same time, there was a faint fragrance that smelled very good. Junwen couldn't help but sniff, the fragrance became more and more obvious, but he wanted to describe the category of the fragrance, let him tell what kind of flower it was, but he couldn't say it for a while.

Regardless of the fragrance, just look at the fine grain paper wrapped on the outside, it is actually the highest end of the flower paper, and the extremely fine flower pattern that is slightly thicker than the color of the paper is spread out on the whole paper, continuously. Although it is inconspicuous, or if you don't look carefully, you will ignore the past, but Junwen has to admit that it is these delicate but unassuming patterns that make an ordinary piece of paper reveal a different kind of delicacy...... Well, as my aunt once said, no one really wears brand new clothes and dazzling gold and silver jewelry every day, but they prefer to use some half-used things to show their heavy heritage and grace...... That's right, it's elegance and grace!

The delicacy of this copper box shows grace. And the delicate flower paper used to wrap it inside reveals a delicate and elegant meaning......

What is it that is a good object to store and pack with such ingenuity?

Qiu Chen couldn't help but smile when he saw Junwen carefully looking at the contents of the box, but did not continue to unpack it. This kid, just a little packaging is too scared to start? This wants him to see the sky-high moon cakes made of pure gold in modern times, and this kid is not scared stupid!

Smiling and taking the copper box from Junwen's hand, Qiu Chen directly opened the sunflower green flower paper and took out a piece of object only the size of a palm's palm from inside. Moreover, it is the palm of Man'er's palm!

This object is in the shape of a leaf, pale green, held in the palm of my aunt's hand, like a delicate ornament carved out of green agate, the only difference is that this object is not transparent.

Qiu Chen handed the object in his hand to Junwen: "Look at it, can you recognize what it is?" ”

Junwen carefully held it in his hand, and gently touched it with his fingers, and the slippery feeling of kneading his fingers ...... So familiar!

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Junwen suddenly raised his head and looked at his aunt, a little incredulous, and even stumbled: "Auntie, this, this is...... Soap? ”

Qiu Chen nodded with a smile, shook his head again, and just before Junwen became more and more confused, he said with a smile: "This is similar to our soap, but it can't be called soap, I call it...... Soap! ”

He added: "This is not used for laundry, but mainly for washing face, hands, and bathing...... Oh, if the young lady of a wealthy family is not afraid of spending money, it is not impossible to use it to wash clothes, and it is also dirty, and it can also leave a fragrance and save the trouble of incense. As long as they are not afraid to spend money, it will be done! ”

Listening to Junwen, who was a little stunned, it took a while to come back to his senses and ask, "Auntie, how much silver do you plan to sell for this piece of incense and soap?" ”

Qiu Chen smiled gently and said lightly: "In our soap, I have added pearl powder and secret medicine, which has the effect of whitening and rejuvenating the skin, so at least ten taels of silver a piece!" ”

Ten taels of silver? At the very least?

Junwen subconsciously took a breath, revealing a toothache expression, which made Qiu Chen laugh.

"Don't have a toothache, hurry up and take Junyan Junzhang to sleep, otherwise, those two boys should fall asleep again!"

Hearing this, Junwen looked at the four little ones, and sure enough, the four little ones finished writing the big characters, climbed into bed together, and were talking in a low voice. It's just that listening to the sound intermittently, it really looks like I'm going to fall asleep.

The aunt and nephew smiled at each other, and each brought two small washes to sleep.

Although Junwen was very confused about what to do with his aunt, a teenager of this age did not have such a heavy mind, and coupled with the running and thinking for several days, he was really tired, and he fell asleep after lying down for a while.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Qiu Chen took three sets of cyan plain brocade shirts and sent them to the Junwen brothers.

This is the first time that the Junwen brothers have worn this kind of soft and slippery satin, which can barely be held by their hands, and they are all a little surprised, and a little overwhelmed, such a soft satin is worn on the body, and it always feels like there is nowhere to put the hands and feet.

Looking at the restrained appearance of the three nephews, Qiu Chen couldn't stop laughing, but he still tried his best to hold back, only a slight smile, stepped forward, sorted out the folds of the children's clothes and waists one by one, and said with a faint smile: "You don't have to think it's too much, although these heavy crepe are softer than the cocoons made for you a few days ago, they are not easy to wrinkle, and they are also very strong, and they are forbidden to pull and drag......"

Hearing her say this, Junyan Junzhang smiled and relaxed. Junyan also pulled his sleeve and dragged it twice, and was slapped by Junwen and still grinned: "What my aunt said is true, this dress looks so soft, it's really strong!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and raised his hand to pinch Junyan's nose, and said angrily: "You stinky boy, do you mean that your aunt and I always told lies before?" ”

"Hehe, no, no......" Junyan was caught by his aunt, and he laughed and wanted to explain, but he couldn't find the right words, so he had to say a string of 'no' in a stack, which provoked Junwen Junzhang, and Afu Aman next to him laughed, and the skin boy also blushed with laughter.

Junwen is dressed in bamboo blue, and he has also changed into a pair of blue satin square-toed shoes under his feet, wearing a square scarf on his head, and at a glance, he looks like a young scholar. And Junyan Junzhang is all dressed in lake blue, also wearing a pair of blue satin shoes, and his hair is tied into a bun on the top of his head, looking like a boy from a wealthy family. As for Afu Aman, they are all light cyan clothes and pants, Afu's hair has been able to be combed into two small buns, and Aman is still two small pigtails, and a few small silver bells are woven into the middle of the braids, which move slightly, and the subtle but clear bell sound is faintly moving, which is particularly lively and cute.

After cleaning up for the children, Qiu Chen also went back to the room to change her clothes, she was wearing a cocoon silk dress, a moon-white shirt and a light cyan skirt, all plain and light, only embroidered the true color of the twig pattern at the sleeve collar and skirt, which revealed a touch of elegance in the lightness. Moreover, Qiu Chen changed his habit of not wearing jewelry, and today he used two small jade stoppers in his ears, and a green jade hairpin in his bun.

The mother packed up and went downstairs for breakfast. As soon as Zhuangzi saw this family going downstairs, he immediately hurried over, came to Qiu Chen and said deeply: "Thank you, madam, the pills given by Mrs., yesterday the boy sent it home to his father and mother, and this morning, the boy's father and mother sent his brother to send a message, saying that after his father and mother used the medicine given by his wife, they all felt much better, and the boy's mother also rarely slept well, and did not cough......"

Qiu Chen stretched out his hand to support Zhuangzi, and said with a smile: "No need to do this, it's good that your father's illness can be cured, there are still two bottles of pills I brought, wait...... In this way, you come upstairs with me, there are still two bottles of pills I brought, so I will give them to you together, so that your mother can eat for a few more days to get rid of the root of the disease. ”

When Zhuangzi heard the joy, his mouth was almost to the root of his ears, if he didn't remember that it was in the lobby of the inn, and there were many guests and shopkeepers watching, maybe this kid would have been able to kneel down and kowtow to thank him.

Junwen said beside him: "Auntie, why don't I go up and give it to him!" ”

Qiu Chen shook his head and instructed Junwen to take a few younger siblings to have breakfast in the lobby first, and she took Zhuangzi back to the guest room on the third floor.

Except for the silver tickets, the silver two, Qiu Chen and Junwen carried with them, other items were placed on the cabinet at the bedside of the guest room. Yes, Qiu Chen took Zhuangzi back to the room, and it didn't take much effort, he went directly to the baggage and took out two more medicine bottles, and handed them to Da Zhuang: "I didn't bring more with me when I went out this time, only these three bottles ......"

When Zhuangzi heard this, he wanted to refuse, thinking of his mother's illness, and a little reluctant, this slight hesitation, he heard Qiu Chen say again: "Fortunately, I still live here for a few days, you send the medicine back, if your mother has not recovered after eating the second bottle, you can come to me again, and I will be in time to prepare you a few bottles." ”

Hearing Qiu Chen say this, Zhuangzi was stunned with an embarrassed and hesitant expression, and for a moment, this somewhat treacherous young man didn't say a word, he knelt down with a puff, and slammed his head on the ground against Qiu Chen: "Thank you, madam, thank you, madam!" ”

"Hey, what are you doing here? Get up, get up......" Qiu Chen stretched out his hand to help Zhuangzi, but he didn't want Zhuangzi to be seventeen or eighteen years old, and his body was also very strong, so he insisted on kowtowing to thank him, Qiu Chen pulled hard and didn't pull it up, but he still kowtowed three times, and then he got up by himself.

Qiu Chen was still very uncomfortable with being knelt down, and after seeing Zhuangzi kowtowing, he was still grinning Huanshi, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head: "Okay, I'm busy downstairs at this time, you have a lot of work, I also have to eat and go out, let's stop mushrooms here, let's go down quickly." ”

Zhuangzi agreed again and again, and while walking out with Qiu Chen, he accosted: "Madame has been going out for the past few days, is there anything to do?" If there is a place for the villain, please ask the lady to do so. Although the little one is not capable, it is still possible to run errands and pass a word or something. ”

Qiu Chen smiled and was about to shake his head, but suddenly Fu Ling said in a heartfelt manner: "It's not a big deal, I just want to find a shop and prepare to start a small business." ”

"Well, I don't know what kind of shop Madame wants to open? The small field is very familiar, and it may be able to help a little. ”

"I have a thing that can wash my face and bath...... In addition, I also knew a few recipes for preparing the fragrance, so I thought of opening a small shop to sell these things......"

"What do you want to do with your face and bath? Fragrance? Zhuangzi subconsciously repeated, his heart quickly turned around countless times, paused slightly, and then said, "Madame, it seems that she hasn't found a suitable shop yet, right?" Today, Mrs. will go, and when the little one is busy with breakfast, she will go to the street to have a look, and the little one remembers in a trance that there are two shops for sale...... However, because I didn't use it, I didn't pay attention to the small ones after that, and I don't know if I was going to sell them...... Madame, please come back at noon, and report the news to you. ”

Qiu Chen nodded dispensably.

After walking a few steps, Zhuangzi suddenly said: "Madam, what, I don't know if you have anything to do with your hands and faces, can you give a small piece of ......?"

When Qiu Chen heard this, he raised his eyebrows and smiled: "What, you want to take it back to your mother?" ”

Zhuangzi touched his head and nodded with a smile.

Qiu Chen couldn't help but smile and shook his head: "You didn't say it earlier...... It's all in the room, and I'll have to go back and get it to you. ”

Although he said this, Qiu Chen did not hesitate for a moment, turned around and walked back to the room, took a copper box back, handed it to Zhuangzi and said: "This thing is also very easy to use for washing clothes and removing grease stains, and it is much easier to use than bath beans, but it is more difficult to get, and ordinary people are afraid of reluctance." ”

As soon as the copper box was in his hand, the smile on Zhuangzi's face couldn't be maintained, and after hearing Qiu Chen's words, he even showed a look of surprise: "Madam, this, isn't this thing very expensive?" The small, the small ones don't know what to do......"

Qiu Chen smiled and shook his head disapprovingly: "Okay, what's expensive, cheap, these things are made by myself, even if they are expensive, they will always be lower than the price they will sell in the future." These days, our mothers live here, and thanks to you taking care of you up and down, you don't have to worry too much. Don't grind here, delay your work, but you will be trained by your shopkeeper! ”

"Hehe, thank you ma'am. The little one will go down first, madam, you go downstairs and help some ......" Zhuangzi listened to Qiu Chen's generosity, so he stopped being verbose, stuffed the copper box into his arms, bowed, and rushed downstairs with a smile.

Qiu Chen didn't have the skills he could practice, and he didn't have any urgency, so he simply didn't hurry, and walked down the stairs slowly.

These days, she only cares about walking out, wandering around Anyang Mansion, and actually ignoring the Yunlai Inn where she is...... The bait was lowered, and she wondered if it would work as she expected.

Junwen sat in the lobby with four small ones, and the breakfast he wanted had been delivered, but none of the children moved their chopsticks, and they were all waiting for Qiu Chen to come down and eat together.

"Didn't you say you should eat it first?" Qiu Chen felt warm in his heart, but he still couldn't help but say a word, walked to the middle of Afu Aman and sat down, picked up chopsticks and beckoned the children to start eating.

At this moment, Zhuangzi was really as Qiu Chen said, and he was being trained in the dark behind the counter.

"You monkey cub, go and ask for medicine for your old lady at a busy hour early in the morning...... I'm not saying that your filial piety is wrong, it's right to honor your father, but you kid also looked at it, just a moment, even I went up to serve the plate...... If I was to do all the work, what else would you do as a man? …… Yes? ”

Zhuangzi had a flattering smile on his face, and begged for mercy again and again, and finally waited until Cheng's shopkeeper's training was dry, and the speed of his speech slowed down a little, Zhuangzi immediately interjected and interrupted: "The shopkeeper, today's small one has a clever thing, if it is done, the shopkeeper will be able to show a big face in the owner's place, and the reward is certain, so I look forward to the shopkeeper's reward, eat the meat, don't forget the small one, and also give the small one a sip of soup to drink......"

"You stinky boy, what do you say so evilly, and you still designate a reward...... How good is the owner's reward? You're still thinking about your little benefits......" The shopkeeper was still angry, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was reprimanded again.

Zhuangzi still smiled, pulled the arm of the shopkeeper Cheng and said, "You shopkeeper, dissipate your anger, listen to the little one...... I had just followed Mrs. Yang upstairs to get the medicine, and I happened to have a few more words, asking them what was going on on the street every day. At that time, I didn't expect it to be so coincidental, but I just thought that people gave me medicine to cure my mother's illness, and if I could do something to repay my kindness...... Mrs. Yang was the most gentle, and she didn't hide it from the little one, so she said that she had a thing for washing her face and bathing, which was much better than bath beans...... Moreover, Mrs. Yang also said that she still has a few recipes for fragrant dew, and they go to the street every day just to see a shop, and prepare to open a small shop to sell the kind of things and fragrances she said...... The most important thing is that Mrs. Yang didn't seem to care about it later, and she said that this kind of thing of washing her face and bathing was also her own doing......"

Cheng shopkeeper's face was still three parts angry and seven points impatient, listening to Zhuangzi talking, this anger and impatience gradually disappeared, and instead showed a contemplative and calculating color, under this calculating and contemplative color, Zhuangzi of course did not let go of a trace of joy and excitement in Anyin......

As he spoke, Zhuangzi secretly observed the expression of the shopkeeper Cheng, and couldn't help muttering secretly when he saw this: "Hey, you scolded me just now, aren't you also tempted?" ’

Here Zhuangzi had finished speaking, but Shopkeeper Cheng was still silent for a while, and then he turned around and said to Zhuangzi: "You, what Mrs. Yang said you can see?" ”

Zhuangzi pretended to be stupid and shook his head: "No, the little one didn't expect this...... However, the shopkeeper, since Mrs. Yang can dispense pills and cure my mother's old illness for many years, she must have some ability...... Besides, Mrs. Yang took the children to the street all day looking for shops, and it was just a coincidence with the little one, so it shouldn't be so ...... to deceive us."

Shopkeeper Cheng glared at Zhuangzi, but did not reprimand again, only nodded and instructed: "Okay, don't talk here, it's still busy outside, you hurry up and go to work!" ”

Zhuangzi seemed to agree with some disappointment, turned around and took a step, still persuading without giving up: "Shopkeeper, I think the owner of this matter will definitely be interested......

"It's done, it's done, you don't care about it, hurry up and get to work......" Shopkeeper Cheng didn't wait for Zhuangzi to finish speaking, he waved his hand and sent him away, and waited for Zhuangzi to walk to the door with his head bowed, but suddenly instructed, "You know that this matter is done, don't mention it to others." ”

Zhuang Zi replied, didn't look back, and went straight out to the lobby to be busy.

It's just that the strong son who was carrying the shopkeeper Cheng on his back flashed with a sly smile on his face at this time: Don't let me tell others, you are so greedy for all the credit, right? Hmph, I'm holding that thing...... I'm not afraid that you, old fox, will be greedy and take it alone!

Qiu Chen didn't know about the sharp exchange between the shopkeeper of Lu Daocheng and Zhuangzi, took Junwen and the four little guys to breakfast, drank the tea sent by Zhuangzi kindly, and went out with Shi Shiran.

If you said that you had to pay attention to the news from time to time when you went shopping two days ago, now that you are on the street again, Qiu Chen and his party are really leisurely and casual.

They weren't in a hurry, they walked slowly all the way, and walked slowly all the way, but today, they didn't just pick up fat powder shops, grocery stores, and spice shops two days ago, but to see what they were interested in, so they went in and walked around, and saw what they liked, as long as it wasn't too expensive, Qiu Chen would buy it. In this way, the speed at which they go shopping can be imagined, and the slow ones can be. Moreover, just this one Miaoqian Street, the five mothers walked around for a full hour, bought a number of books, four treasures of the study, as well as cloth snacks and the like, and they didn't have to be tired to take things when they bought them, but they just gave the guys in the store ten big money, and those guys thanked them and sent them back to the inn happily.

In the past two or three days, they have also been almost familiar with Anyang Mansion, from Miaoqian Street to Fuyadong Street, there are still six or seven streets in between. After the five mothers finished shopping on the street in front of the temple, the two small ones couldn't walk. Before, Qiu Chen noticed that at the intersection of Miaoqian Street, there were two or three sedan chairs parked there, at first, she thought that the rich family took a sedan chair to go shopping, let the sedan chair drivers wait at the entrance of the street, after two days of understanding, she learned that these sedan chairs are public, equivalent to modern taxis, who wants to go out, say hello, you can take the sedan chair to go.

Speaking of which, riding a horse and sitting in a sedan chair was the most basic way to travel in ancient times, and Qiu Chen was no stranger to riding a horse.

At this time, seeing that Afu Aman's two children were tired, she asked her to carry one of them all the way to Fuya East Street, and she couldn't stand it, so she had the heart to experience the feeling of sitting in a sedan chair.

called Junwen, Qiu Chen instructed: "You go over there and hire three sedan chairs to come over, and let's take a sedan chair to Fuya East Street today." ”

Hearing that his aunt was going to hire a sedan chair, Junwen was still very surprised, stunned, and said, "If my aunt feels tired of walking over, why don't I go back and set up the car, let's go to the ......."

Qiu Chen didn't wait for him to finish, then waved his hand and interrupted: "No need to set the car, let's take a sedan chair today!" ”

As he spoke, he squinted at Junwen and smiled: "We are all wearing silk clothes today, and it won't look like it if we walk over." Besides, it's only twenty dollars for a sedan chair, and you can't even buy a bowl of meat sauce noodles in Anyang Mansion...... You don't have to be reluctant! ”

Junwen saw that his aunt had made up his mind and couldn't persuade him, so he had to agree to hire a sedan chair.

After a while, Junwen hired a sedan chair and turned back, but he was followed not by a three-seater sedan chair, but only by two......

"Hey, didn't you hire three vehicles?" Qiu Chen didn't see that it was wrong, and he asked directly without thinking about it.

Junwen waved his hand again and again: "I'm not tired, I'll just walk over, and you and your younger brothers and sisters will sit in a sedan chair, Auntie!" ”

Seeing Junwen like this, Qiu Chen was no longer reluctant, looked at the sedan chair man who carried the sedan chair, picked two who looked young and strong, and took Afu Aman to the sedan chair.

This kind of sedan chair rented out is the regulation of civilians, but it is the most simple two-person sedan chair, and the space is relatively small, Qiu Chen took the two children to sit in, or she held Aman, and only let Afu sit by himself, still feeling cramped. What's more, the inner enclosure and cushions arranged in the sedan chair are also obviously very old, and there are still some stains...... Qiu Chen was inevitably a little disappointed when he saw it, but he called everyone over, and it was not good to send someone back, so he had to sit reluctantly. At the same time, I kept comforting myself in my heart, and I couldn't pick out whether it was clean or not when I sat in a taxi in modern times, and besides, this kind of public thing couldn't be paid attention to......

While doing psychological construction, Qiu Chen subconsciously felt a little nervous. Afu Aman has also never sat in a sedan chair, and he blinks two pairs of big eyes at this time, but he can't hide the little excitement in his eyes.

"Madam, please sit down and get up!" The sedan chair man in front shouted, and Qiu Chen felt the sedan chair shake violently, and then left the ground in a slight shake.

After a short pause, the sedan chair began to rise and fall in a regular manner...... What, a word flashed out of Qiu Chen's mind--fan......

This sedan chair carried by manpower travels in response to the frequency of people's walking movements, isn't it just a fan!

However, the two sedan chair drivers walked smoothly, except for a slight fan, there was basically no shaking and bumping. Soon Qiu Chen secretly sighed, this sedan chair is a little slower, but it is really much more comfortable than the carriage of this era.

The smooth road in the city was better, and as soon as I got out of the city, the hard wooden wheels of the carriage pressed against the potholes, and it was really bumpy. Even though Qiu Chen deliberately put two old mattresses under the mat in the Lin family's carriage, he still couldn't reduce the bumps much.

At first, Qiu Chen also fantasized about making some wire springs and making an anti-shock system for the carriage...... However, she soon gave up in discouragement.

Her major is chemistry, and it is drug application and biochemistry, whether it is steel wire springs, or shockproof systems, they are all in the category of physics, and she really only has imagination!

After the sedan chair marched, Afu Aman quickly relieved himself from the initial slight nervousness, and soon began to look out of the small windows on both sides of the sedan chair with great interest, the brother and sister were still chattering from time to time, Qiu Chen also followed the small window to look out, just saw Junwen Manbu following the side of the sedan chair, saw his aunt looking out of the window, and hurriedly took two steps closer and asked, "Auntie, what's the matter?" ”

Qiu Chen smiled and shook his head: "Oh, don't forget to tell the palanquin man to wait for us later, let's go back to the inn at noon today for dinner." ”

"Well, I wrote it down, aunt, don't worry!" Junwen immediately agreed.

Qiu Chen also felt that there was nothing special, and there was no difference between sitting in a sedan chair and taking a car, so he simply stopped stretching his neck and looked out, leaned on the backrest of the sedan chair, closed his eyes and recuperated his spirit.

In the first two days, the group of them were all heading towards the goal, even if Qiu Chen took a few children to walk leisurely, it was not too much.

On this day, with enough time and energy to spend time, Qiu Chen got up to see Fuxue. Moreover, she came to Fuya East Street two days ago, and she also learned that the little guy in the restaurant outside the city did not finish talking about the fangzi that day, which was actually Fuya East Street, and the two or three alleys that walked in and turned into were similar to the eight alleys in old Beijing. Of course, even if Qiu Chen was a little curious about the ancient Qinglou, with a large group of children, large and small, he couldn't open his eyes.

However, along with these brothels of Qinglou, there are also some wine shops and teahouses, which have small stages, or storytellers, or opera troupes that sing excerpts, and guests can listen to a piece of opera or storytelling when they go in to dine and drink tea, which is also quite interesting.

Traditional arts such as opera, Qiu Chen's influence is limited, and there are no subtitles at this time, so it is estimated that she will not understand it when she goes. So, Qiu Chen first chose a teahouse with storytellers and walked in with his five children.

In this era, although women are not too restricted from going out to the streets, teahouses and restaurants, especially those with such entertainment services, rarely have women coming in.

Yes, the young man at the door couldn't help but be stunned when he looked up and saw Qiu Chen and his party, and then immediately put on a smile on his face, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, you are here, please come in, may I ask if the guests are in the lobby or upstairs?" ”

Walking in, there is a huge landscape screen at the door of this teahouse, and two large blue and white porcelain vases are placed in front of the screen, one bottle has seven or eight peacock feathers, and the other bottle has two or three fresh flowers. It is the beginning of May, the peony peony and the like have been thanked, but the pomegranate has just spit out, yes, at this time, this porcelain bottle is inserted in a fiery red and lively pomegranate flower, although not as gorgeous as the peony peony, not as elegant as the plum blossom, but there is a lively and prosperous scene.

Qiu Chen could see clearly the discoloration on the young man's face just now, and she also heard the noise and noise in the lobby through the screen, and then looked at herself A woman with five children...... Frowning slightly, Qiu Chen waved his hand directly: "Go upstairs!" ”

"Oh, okay, guest officer, please come here!" The young man was stunned for the first moment, and then he started his service work naturally and enthusiastically, and at this moment, while enthusiastically leading Qiu Chen and his party to the stairs, he thoughtfully asked, "I don't know what kind of tea the guest officer wants to drink?" ”

Qiu Chen picked the corners of his mouth and said with a slight smile: "Tell me what tea you have here, and I'll listen to it when it comes up!" ”

"Listen up, ma'am...... You came to our Yunzhong Xian Tea House to drink tea, but here you are, our teahouse just got a few days ago Longjing, as well as Mengshan Yunwu, Biluochun, and good melon slices...... They are all new teas made this spring, and they are the most fragrant and far-reaching...... Why, what does Madame want? ”

Qiu Chen didn't have much research on tea, and the reason why he asked the young man to report it was just to give himself a choice.

Yes, when he heard the young man ask again, he said casually: "Where are your melon slices?" The new tea and the old tea of the melon slice are far behind, if you fool me with the old tea, I won't you. ”

The young man smiled flatteringly and said: "Look at what you said, Madam, what we do in Yunzhong Immortal Teahouse is a child, honest and trustworthy, how can we make a deed of using old tea to fill new tea!" ”

As they spoke, the group had already arrived upstairs, and the young man pushed open a door and invited Qiu Chen and his party in, and said with a smile: "Madam, wait a minute, the little one will go and get you tea...... The little one took the tea leaves and brought hot water. You've seen the tea leaves, approved the tea, how about brewing the small one for you? ”

Qiu Chen didn't say anything, only smiled and waved his hand, and the young man bowed, closed the door and pedaled downstairs.

At this moment, a few small ones had already pushed open the windows of the box. As soon as he arrived, the sound of loud laughter came from the window, mixed with the voice of a storyteller...... It turns out that the windows of the private rooms on the second floor of this tea house are facing inward, and guests can go upstairs to drink tea without worrying about not being able to hear the storytelling. And because of the rising voice, sitting on the second floor listening to the book, there is no noisy talking in the lobby on the first floor, and the content of the storyteller is heard more clearly than the lobby on the first floor.

Qiu Chen also walked over, looked downstairs through the window, and saw the guests drinking tea, the guys pouring tea and waiting, talking and laughing, even if he lowered his voice, it was still lively.

She glanced at the crowd in the lobby and turned her gaze to the storyteller on the stage. At first glance, I couldn't help but be slightly stunned, this loud and clear voice storyteller, sitting on the platform, with a three-stringed string on his knees, and a small drum in front of him...... When it comes to the most important points, you can play a three-stringed string or beat a drum to accompany yourself...... This kind of storytelling situation is estimated to be extinct in modern times, but this did not surprise Qiu Chen, what surprised her was that the storyteller on the stage was actually a blind man!

Stunned, Qiu Chen sighed secretly. This blind ancestor was able to learn to tell stories to earn money to support himself, and he didn't know how much suffering Lu Dao had suffered!

After glancing at it, Qiu Chen also closed his gaze, turned around and sat back at the table.

Sitting down, he couldn't see the noise downstairs, nor could he see the special storyteller, Qiu Chen listened to it instead, and soon heard the development of the story.

This storyteller is not talking about this paragraph, but actually about the story of the young hero of the general of the northern part of the town, who won a big victory in one fell swoop, expelled the Rong people, and won tens of thousands of heads and captured more than 50,000 people in a battle. In fact, it was not long ago that the great victory that was widely spread......

Although this Ming Dynasty is not as mediocre as the Ming Dynasty in history, it has been constantly harassed by the Rong people in the north for more than 100 years since its founding. From time to time, the northern guards will also have good news, but it is only to kill a small group of Rong people. For example, this time, the general of Zhenbei defeated more than 10,000 people at a time, captured more than 50,000 people, and drove the remnants of the Rong people directly into the desert in the extreme north.

This storyteller, although blind, speaks very well. The great victory of the general of Zhenbei is also told of twists and turns, ups and downs, especially when it comes to the general of Zhenbei who personally commanded the army, bravely rushed into the enemy formation, waved the general's rotten silver spear back and forth and killed nine in and nine out, until the blood flowed into a river, and the corpses were floating, and the bright silver armor of the general of Zhenbei was also dyed red by the enemy's blood, and there was no clean ...... The descriptions of all kinds of killing enemies were vivid and vivid, as if he had seen them with his own eyes.

It's just that this is impossible, this ancestor was on the battlefield at that time, and he couldn't see it!

Qiu Chen listened and listened, somehow thought of this, and couldn't help but shake his head with a smile. Junwen and the four little ones listened attentively, and from time to time they let out an exclamation, or a cry of joy, or an exclamation as the storyteller told him...... Qiu Chen looked at the five children, lying on the window and throwing themselves in, that is, smiling, but not bothering.

At this moment, the young man just came back. Sure enough, I took a small paper bag and came up with a large pot of hot water.

"Madam, please see, this is a new melon slice made this year? Look at this tea, this color, you can smell this again......" The young man Luo Li said in a rambling voice, but Qiu Chen had already pinched a handful of it in his palm and looked at it carefully, and threw it back into the paper bag

smiled and said, "You don't have this tea." Although it is a new tea, it is not the best spring bud, which should be fried from the tea grass picked in the second crop! ”

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It's been a day, and it's not until it's a little bit done, so let's leave it at that......

Xie Lu Xie Qiu's drill ...... Su Su was very impressed! In addition, Xie Lu's monthly pass and various encouragement and support, Xie Lu Xie......

In addition, let me state that Su Su is a female, and at most she can only be an aunt, not an uncle...... Embarrassment!