Chapter 70: Night Market
The little girl hurriedly went out to find the new housekeeper Wang Shun, and after a while, the carriage was ready. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Zijuan helped Daiyu change into an apricot pink silk shirt, and Baidie wore flowered shoes and went to get a hat. Daiyu thought that it was getting late, the lights on the street were dim, and she couldn't see anything if she put on a hat, so she excused herself.
Zijuan thought about it for a while, and also felt that it didn't matter if she didn't wear a hat. No one can see who clearly at night, and there are mostly women in the fat powder satin shop, so there is no special need to avoid it.
Zijuan went down and changed into a water-blue shirt for herself, and then saw that Qiuwen was wearing a lake-blue shirt, and Qingwen came over in a goose-yellow shirt, so she took some broken silver and copper coins from the small box, a silver ticket of twenty taels, and came back to Lin Daiyu.
Everyone laughed and went out, so that the little girls were optimistic about the house, and they all came to the gate together.
Daiyu and Zijuan got into the front carriage, Jia Baoyu occupied the wheel of Lin Daiyu's carriage, and squeezed together with the coachman, and Qiu Wen and Qingwen went to the back carriage.
Wang Shun escorted with five small servants, the carriage was unhurried, starting from the big weeping poplar tree in front of the Lin Mansion, walking smoothly on the bluestone street, walking through two or three streets, and came to the most prosperous street in Suzhou City.
Suzhou has been known as a water town since ancient times, which is not only the hometown of fishing and rice, an important grain production town, but also the production area of precious silk embroidery. Due to the humid and warm climate, there are many varieties of flowers, and even rouge, gouache, and flower dew are also highly praised.
Lin Daiyu sat in the carriage, smelling the fragrance of the street, listening to the shouting in her ears, and couldn't help but open the curtain to see:
I saw that on the side of the street, those who sold fresh water chestnuts, fresh lotus leaves, hosta flowers, and new tea before the rain all carried the burden of bamboo weaving and shouted while walking.
There are snacks sold on the street, such as spring rolls, small wonton stews, wine-stuffed cakes, and sugar porridge; There are also those who sell sugar gourds, rose candied fruits, begonia fruits, stalls, boil a pot to sell sugar paintings, and even clay figures, fortune tellers, calligraphy and paintings, and write letters for others.
The most eye-catching thing is the rows of long shelves, on which there are purses, sachets, and threads of various colors, and the shelves are supported by crossbars, tied with silk scarves, handkerchiefs, and sweat towels that are as light as hank, goose yellow, green onion, lake blue, gouache, and all kinds of colors, under the light of the lantern, like a ball of light clouds.
Wang Shun asked Lin Daiyu's opinion and drove the carriage into the backyard of his silk shop.
Lin Daiyu and Zijuan Qingwen Qiuwen both got out of the carriage and walked through the inner hall to the shop to take a look, only to see that the shop was full of finished satin materials.
Some of them are common, and some are particularly tender and soft, listening to the shopkeeper, this is also a local specialty, because of the small shipments, basically bought by the local people.
Lin Daiyu looked at the material, and then looked at the embroidery placed in the store, there are embroidered with a hundred butterflies wearing flowers, magpies climbing branches, champions and first, baifu, pomegranate flowers, fortunately, there are one or two double-sided embroidered screens, embroidered with hundreds of pomegranates, particularly fresh and realistic.
Zijuan, Qingwen and Qiuwen also looked at the desirable materials and embroideries in the shop, and the guys in the shop knew that this was the girl next to the owner, and they all worked hard to please and answer all questions.
At that moment, a group of people came into the shop, including older women and teenage girls. When Daiyu saw that a guest was coming, she ordered the shopkeeper to come over to receive her, beckoned Zijuan, Qingwen and Qiuwen to come out, and met Baoyu and a few others at the door.
Qingwen first saw a pine nut candy seller opposite the silk shop, so she went to ask for six packets first, and ordered the guy to send them to Daiyu, Baoyu, Zijuan, Qiuwen, and even Wang Shun got a pack.
Qingwen was eating a packet of pine nut candy by herself, and when she saw someone selling jujube paste sesame cakes, begonia cakes, and plum blossom cakes, she asked the stall owner to wrap some for her, and as she spoke, she took out a small silver ingot of one or two from her purse.
The stall owner who sold pastries and sugar hurriedly waved his hand and said that he couldn't find it, Zijuan came over and snatched the silver in her hand, and said with a smile: "I'll keep your silver for you first!" Then he asked the price, counted twelve copper coins from his purse, and gave them to the sugar vendor, and five copper coins to the cake seller.
Qingwen smiled, even Qiu Wen was full of interest, picked a wooden hairpin with plum blossoms on the stall selling jewelry next to her, and smiled and called Zijuan to come and pay.
Daiyu pinched the pine nut candy that Qingwen gave her and tasted one, and next to Baoyu had already drilled back from a clay figure stall, holding a small statue of a freshly pinched clay figure in her hand.
Daiyu couldn't help but smile when she saw that this clay figure had picturesque eyebrows and eyes, and it was also an apricot pink shirt, and her black hair was a little similar to her. Seeing Jia Baoyu go back to the clay figure stall, he asked the stall owner to make a small statue for him.
Wang Shun took the little servant to Lin Daiyu's side, watching several other people joking happily, but Daiyu was the youngest among them, but she was as calm as a little adult, and she didn't know why she was a little blocked.
He asked the little guys to take care of Lin Daiyu carefully, and he got into the crowd by himself, and after a while, he squeezed back, holding a small gadget in his hand and sending it to Lin Daiyu.
Lin Daiyu saw that what Wang Shun sent over was a little tiger toy worn with a thread, so she thanked her and took it. At this time, Qiu Wen also came back, and he happened to be carrying a small leather tiger in his hand, and when he saw Daiyu holding this leather tiger in his hand, he knew that it was given by Wang Shun, and Daiyu didn't know how to play.
Qiu Wen smiled and said to Daiyu: "Girl, this is not like this, watch me play with you!" Wang Shun was annoyed that he wanted to make Lin Daiyu happy, but she thanked him politely, and when he saw Qiu Wen say this, he suddenly felt that the gloom clouds in the sky were gone.
Qiu Wen saw Wang Shun next to him at a glance, and said, "Come over and help me get something." Saying that, without waiting for Wang Shun to agree, he piled up the sachets, fan pendants, sugar paintings, snacks, and silk handkerchiefs she had just bought in Wang Shun's arms, took the leather tiger from Daiyu's hand, first pinched the leather tiger with his hand, and slid it from top to bottom on the line, and the leather tiger suddenly made a sound like a kitten's meow.
Daiyu was really interested, and Wang Shun didn't care to complain that Qiu Wen had piled up the things he was full of, and Qiu Wen was playing with the game she had just learned from the vendor, gently shaking the line of the leather tiger, and the leather tiger made a "croak" frog cry.
Qiuwen had a lot of fun, and even Daiyu was happy. Wang Shun saw that the master was happy, and suggested that everyone go to the right, not far away is the Xuan Miao Temple, where the bustle is even more than the door of this shop.
Baoyu also came back with his small clay figurine, Daiyu took it and took a look, only to see the clay figurine's blue clothes, tied with hair, and a round face like a young man who had not yet grown up, and Baoyu had a four-five resemblance, and couldn't help but laugh.
Zijuan and Qingwen are also back, and as soon as they hear that the excitement of Xuanmiaoguan is better, they have to go to Xuanmiaoguan to play again.