Chapter Seven: A Day Tour in Luoyang (Part II)

Green sleeves opened the embroidered purse beside him, counted out twenty copper coins from it and handed them to the proprietress standing aside, the other party took it respectfully, and carefully stuffed it into the pocket on the chest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Shang Liyan stood up and held the hand of the green sleeve, the two went out unhurriedly, as soon as they went out, Shang Liyan looked back at the plaque on the door of the small shop: Xujiapu, although this is a small shop, but the food is clean and refreshing, and the price is fair, as she has no income now, it is the most suitable, and she will have to come more in the future.

The two of them held hands and walked along the shady place in front of the shop street, and they were not in a hurry, anyway, there was still an afternoon to spare.

Xiao Er and the shopkeeper in the shops everywhere are afraid that they have also gone to eat, and they are just leaving one person to take care of the store, and the occasional guests who enter the store are also looking at more and buying less, and Xiao Er does not say much, just by the guests themselves, and only when the guests do ask the price to come forward to support a few words.

Shang Liyan pulled the green sleeves and walked in the shade to eat, I haven't eaten so full for a long time! It's a bit of a stretch. It seems that people still can't be stressed! I'm under pressure, and I'm afraid to eat!

Just about to walk past a silk village, Shang Liyan's casual eyes suddenly crossed a silver light, this light is not so dazzling, but it is faint and warm, very interesting. It seems to be overflowing from the store.

Shang Liyan couldn't help but look at it twice, the fabrics in the store were stacked in the cabinet, at a glance, the flowers were clustered, in this cluster of purple and red, a plain cloth was quietly sandwiched in it with a soft pearl-like luster.

Shang Liyan was about to continue walking, but was pulled by the green sleeves, it was rare to see that the girl was interested in fabrics, but she couldn't just leave. The girl is good at everything, but she is too concerned about her appearance, and other girls are afraid that she is not beautiful enough, only her, lest she dress herself up more beautifully, rouge is never used, and the clothes are also plain, and the color of ten points is only willing to show five points on her.

"Let's go in and have a look, it's rare that the girl is interested. Maybe you like it, so buy it back! We haven't bought anything yet. The green sleeves pulled Shang Liyan into the shop half-pushing and half-pulling.

"No, Greensleeves, I'll just take a look." Shang Liyan was not very interested in going out of the door, in fact, she was just curious, she didn't have to buy something, she just had to breathe when she came out for a walk, and she didn't have any hope of buying.

"Little second brother, take down that horse and let our girl take a look." Without waiting for Shang Liyan to walk out of the door, Green Sleeves pointed to the pearl-white material on the shelf and greeted the little second brother. In desperation, Shang Liyan had to walk back again.

"Hey! Girl, wait. The little second brother agreed crisply, took off the fabric on the shelf with his hands and feet, and spread it out on the counter, and suddenly, a burst of silver brilliance flowed, like moonlight, flowing out in front of the two.

Shang Liyan was really amazed by a piece of material, in the Tang Dynasty, people prefer strong colors, like such pearl white materials, few people will like them, so, this color of the material, generally do not use good silk, often only for the backing, but this horse really made her stunned, not to mention the silkiness of the tentacles, the weaving of this fabric is also more complex than the general cloth, I don't know how to weave, in a piece of pearl white, due to the different refraction of light, it shows a faint pink at different angles, It's not dazzling, but it looks like the morning haze in the sky, faint, but intoxicating.

"Oh my God! It's beautiful! Green Sleeves looked at the material in front of her with bright eyes, she had seen a lot of good materials in Yunshuifang, like this one she really hadn't seen before.

"It's beautiful!" Shang Liyan fixed his mind, like this kind of fabric, even in modern times, it is rare to see, it can be seen that the textile industry in the Tang Dynasty was actually very developed!

"The two of them really have a vision, this material is the best one in the store, there were originally three other colors, but the two came unfortunately, the other three have just been sold, and now only this one is left, however, this pearl color is also rare, if the two girls like it, they have to hurry, and they may not have it after today." Xiao Er may have seen that both of them were already a little excited, and immediately added fire to the side.

"Girl, let's buy it, you must look good in this material. Well? Green Sleeves looked at Shang Liyan with bright eyes on the side, she could already imagine what the girl from the family looked like when she wore a dress made of this material, but she was afraid that her soul could be hooked out!

"How much does this cost?" Green Sleeves didn't wait for Shang Liyan to express his position, and immediately turned around and asked Xiao Erdao on the side.

"This cloth is the only one in our store, if the girl likes it, give three taels of silver!" Xiao Er also has a cheerful face.

"How can such a good material be worth only three taels of silver?" A delicate voice came from outside the store. The three people in the store were stunned for a moment.

Outside the store, I don't know when a sedan chair was parked by two people, the emerald green sedan curtain was lifted, and a slender beauty was holding the hand of the little girl, looking up at the three people in the store, while walking inside.

The head of green silk is pressed, a golden hairpin is slanted on the head, with her steps, a pearl hanging is also trembling and shaking, there is a lot of weak willow fufeng taste, the white goose egg face is thin with fat powder, apricot eyes and peach cheeks, full of spring, it is a rare beauty, but the apricot blossom red skirt on the body is half exposed, and somehow it is full of wind and dust.

"Little second brother, here are ten taels of silver, this cloth is for our girl, wrap it up." Tsing Yi Xiaohuan on the side helped the beauty into the store, reached out and took out a small ingot of silver from her purse and put it on the counter.

"W-isn't that right?" Xiao Er looked at the silver on the counter with some hesitation and then looked at Shang Liyan and Green Sleeves who were standing on the side, of course it was good to make more money, but this store was all about credibility, and the guests in front of him hadn't spoken yet, so he didn't dare to call the shots, and the shopkeeper was not there.

"We've already decided to ask for this piece of cloth, I'm afraid you're a step too late." Greensleeves said good-naturedly. Originally, this cloth was the first thing they looked at, of course, there was no intention of giving it to others, not to mention, the girl rarely liked something, but she couldn't give it to others, like this kind of cloth, the whole Luoyang City was afraid that there were not a few horses, and the color of pearl white was not popular, if this one was not bought, it might be gone in the future.

"Such a good fabric, I'm afraid that there is only such a horse in Luoyang City, these two girls must also have the beauty of adults, it is better to fulfill our girl, our girl wants this cloth to participate in this year's Oiran competition, looking for a city, it is not easy to see this one, if the two girls are unhappy, then our girl is willing to give more money to the two to accompany a no." The Tsing Yi Xiaohuan looked at the master's face, and said a lot of words crisply, although it sounded polite, but there was some uncomfortable taste of oppressing people with money in and out of the words, and it always didn't sound so pleasant.

Green Sleeves frowned a little dissatisfied, what's so great about participating in the Oiran Competition, our Ruyu from Yunshuifang is still last year's champion! I've never seen anyone show off like this!

At the moment, he snorted reluctantly: "What's the big deal about the Oiran Competition, there are many people who participate, and not all of them can get the Oiran, and Sister Ruyu in our workshop doesn't have such a big shelf, and she has to win people's love when she buys something!" After saying that, he rolled his eyes unhappily.

"It turned out to be Yunshuifang's sister, it's really disrespectful, the slave white peony, gave the two sisters a gift." The beauty, who had been watching quietly without making a sound, bowed her head deeply, but made a full salute.

Shang Liyan was also busy replying with a salute, and only then did he come back from his surprise, it turned out that this was the famous and famous white peony of the Peony Pavilion in Luoyang! is really glamorous and moving, but Shang Liyan has seen too many beauties packaged in modern society, and people like her can no longer amaze her. It's just a little surprising that it could be so coincidental.

"I don't know the names of the two sisters, can I tell them?" The white peony asked gently and politely, and her eyes were full of interest. These two little girls look like young prostitutes who have not yet been listed, and they can still wander around the street, and they still have the money to buy such expensive fabrics, which shows that their status in Yunshuifang is not ordinary, but they don't know what their identity is.

"I don't dare to be my sister to ask, my name is Lan Xin, this is the green sleeve, we just pass by here occasionally today, and see that the fabric is beautiful, so I moved my mind on a whim, since Sister Bai likes it, let it be given to my sister." Shang Liyan waved her hand lightly, and grabbed the green sleeve with her hanging other hand to prevent her from moving. Green Sleeves couldn't do it, so he had to stand aside and sulk angrily.

"Little Liu, what's going on?" A displeased male voice came from the back hall of the cloth shop. As the voice turned out of the back hall, a man in a brocade shirt, who looked to be about forty years old, with a dusty face, seemed to have just gone out of the door.

"Shopkeeper, our cloud and smoke brocade, only this one is pearl-colored, it just so happens that the two girls have taken a fancy to it, no, just talked, this white girl wants it." Xiao Liu obediently stepped forward and explained the situation in front of the shopkeeper.

"Oops! It turned out that the white girl from the Peony Pavilion was here, what a rare guest! But I haven't seen the girl for a while, so I wonder how the girls are preparing for this year's Oiran Contest? The shopkeeper seemed to be very familiar with the white peony, and when he saw the person who came, he immediately stepped forward to greet him.

"Shopkeeper Qiu, when did you get such good materials in your store, and you didn't tell our girl, and your girl almost offended someone!" Xiaohuan in Tsing Yi on the side smiled and asked the shopkeeper about the crime, with a familiar face.

"Miss Yinhuan, this is to blame me, I went out to see the goods a few days ago, and I just arrived after dawn today, and I haven't drunk a sip of this tea, where can I take care of the store." The shopkeeper defended himself while making amends.

"Yinhuan, don't tease Shopkeeper Qiu, this Yunyan Brocade is just this one, but I and this Lanxin girl have taken a fancy to it, fortunately Lanxin girl is generous, otherwise, I really have to be disappointed and return, Shopkeeper Qiu, I don't know if you will still have goods in the future?" The gentle smile on Bai Peony's face made her smile so that her bones were crispy, and the shopkeeper Qiu was so beautiful that she couldn't wait to pick off the stars in the sky.

"This cloud smoke brocade to make quite troublesome, and the source of goods in Shuzhong, a batch of goods only four colors, one of each horse, our store this time into the sale of all the time, to time, I am afraid that it will take some time. How? How much more do you want from the white girl, I, Lao Qiu, try to do it for the girl. Shopkeeper Qiu patted his chest and assured, with the spirit of a big man, he has the momentum that I can do whatever you want.

"Is that so?" Bai Peony looked deeply troubled, and gently pulled her willow eyebrows and said to Shang Liyan with a humble face: "I don't know that this fabric is so troublesome, and it robs my sister's love, it's really mine!" He turned his head and took Yinhuan's hand and said, "Yinhuan, quickly take ten taels of silver to apologize to my sister!" ”

"Yes, girl!" Yinhuan untied the purse around his waist, took out an ingot of ten taels of silver, and held it in front of Shang Liyan and the two with both hands.

"Two sisters, my sister shouldn't have been loved, but I really couldn't find a more favorite one, these ten taels of silver, the two sisters took it to drink a tea, and the right to be the sister to make amends." Bai Peony gave a salute while talking, which made Shang Liyan and the others not embarrassed.

"The white girl is really polite, then we might as well be respectful!" Shang Liyan took the silver handed over by the silver ring, pulled the green sleeve's hand and stuffed it to her, turned to a room of people and saluted: "The two of us have been out for a long time, and we should go back, so we won't stay longer, sister, let's go shopping slowly, let's go first." After speaking, without waiting for the white peony to react, he pulled the green sleeves out of the store and walked away.

Bai Peony thought that Lan Xin would refuse, so she would get down the donkey and take back the silver, and she had a good reputation for being modest and polite, who knew that the other party would leave without saying a word and take the silver, and she folded ten taels of silver for nothing, and was stunned there with her mouth half open, not knowing how to react.

Shopkeeper Qiu was also stunned, and after half a ring, he reacted, shook his head, and said to Bai Peony: "The white girl's kindness, I'm afraid that this layman can't understand it!" With that, he stretched out his hand and led to the store with a flattering face.

"I don't know if the girl has anything else to look at, you can take a look at it more. The girl is always given the cheapest price. ”

"No need, it's enough to find this horse today, so I won't bother Shopkeeper Qiu much, Shopkeeper Qiu has come back from afar, and I should rest more, Yinhuan, let's go." The white peony came back to his senses and secretly regretted that he had made a mistake, and took the hand of the silver ring and left from the door to the sedan chair. Leaving the shopkeeper Qiu alone in the same place to look at her back, he thought to himself: What a considerate person!