Chapter 11 The Market
Two days later, Mo Yu supported her waist and dragged her tired body back to the Ye Mansion with a limp foot, and the maid in the house saw this and was busy supporting Mo Yu with a tired face, "Young Master, what's wrong?" ”
Mo Yu waved her hand weakly, "Help me back to the bed first, and put a few more layers of quilts on the bed." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The maid nodded, and asked the other maids to help pick it up.
Seeing this, Yueqiu pursed her lips and smiled, and stood upside down on the tree for three days? It's only the second day, so I can't bear it? The young master is too delicate! Just wanted to tell Tao Zhen, but when she saw Zhao Luoying who walked into the yard angrily with her cheeks puffed out, she shouted at Moyu, "Stinky boy, what kind of friends have you made!" Not a gentleman at all. ”
Mo Yu slowly turned to look at Zhao Luoying, "Who do you say stinky boy!" I'm two years older than you! Also, who do you say doesn't have gentlemanly demeanor? ”
Zhao Luoying stood in front of Moyu and pointed at Moyu with her finger, "You, you, and your friends, what is your name Jiang Xuan, right!" ”
"Why did Jiang Xuan offend you?" Mo Yu said angrily, he has been able to toss in the past two days, he has been standing upside down on the tree for two days, in addition to eating and pulling, even sleeping is in handstands, but his waist is enough to choke.
"He dislikes me...... said that he would never look down on me in his life, let alone marry a woman like me. A woman like me? I wondered, what's wrong with a woman like me? He doesn't look at which green onion he is, he doesn't look down on me, and I don't look down on him. Zhao Luoying was so angry by Jiang Xuan's words.
"If he likes you, I'm willing to do a handstand on the tree for three more days." Mo Yu swore an oath, "Jiang Xuan was born in a soldier's family, and he likes a gentle and virtuous woman like Zhen'er, you and Xianshu have nothing to do with each other, and you stinky girl, if it weren't for your ghost idea, how could I be punished by Zhen'er for three days of handstand." ”
Zhao Luoying smiled gloatingly, "You deserve it!" ”
Mo Yu was about to hit her, but her body that flashed her waist was out of support and couldn't do it at all, so she could only grit her teeth and give up.
Yueqiu looked at the two arguing and quarreling, shook her head helplessly, turned around and came to the side room, and saw Tao Zhen who was painting on the stone table in the courtyard, "Miss." ”
Tao Zhen put down the brush, picked up the painting that had dried, and gently rolled it into a scroll, "It's just right, Yueqiu will accompany me to the flower and bird market." ”
"Is Miss going there to sell paintings again?"
"Hmm!"
She has a wide range of interests, but her favorite is reading and painting, and many of her paintings are stored in boudoirs, often eaten by insects and ants, and become useless, so they are consigned to bookstores and markets.
is about to enter the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the pedestrians in the market are rubbing shoulders one after another, and the river is endless. The carved cars of Tianjie are stationed, the BMW of the Royal Road is racing, the golden green is shining brightly, and Luo Qi is fragrant. Liu Mo Huaqu smiled smartly, and the teahouse wine shop tuned the strings according to the pipe. Eight wildernesses contend, and all countries are salty. A collection of curiosities from all over the world, all of which are easy to return to the market; The peculiar smell of the Huihuan area is all in the kitchen.
Tao Zhen stopped in front of the booth selling paintings, a faltering old man with a faltering face was engraved with old wrinkles, and with a thick smile on his face, he introduced the origin of the painting to the guests, and after seeing Tao Zhen, a kind and kind smile appeared on his face, "Miss Yueshi, you are here." ”
Yueshi bowed her head lightly and handed the painting in her hand to the old man, "Uncle Chen, this painting is consigned to you, with a minimum of 100 taels of silver, if someone offers a high price, you will sell it to him." ”
Uncle Chen took the painting, opened it and looked at it, and nodded appreciatively, "Miss Yueshi's painting skills are getting more and more exquisite. This painting is more than 100 taels. ”
"Uncle Chen, you will charge the difference in the price of the painting, and I will only charge 100 taels of silver."
Uncle Chen hung the painting in the most conspicuous position, took out bits and pieces of silver from the cloth bag on his waist and handed it to Yueshi, "Miss Yueshi, this is the money you entrusted me to help you sell the painting last time. ”
Innis looked at the silver taels in her palm, took five taels of silver, and handed the rest back to him, "Uncle Chen, I said that you will earn the difference in the price of selling too much." ”
Uncle Chen was embarrassed to return the money to Innis, who put her hand behind her back, "Uncle Chen, this is what you deserve, if you don't accept it, I will never consign the painting here again in the future." ”
After hearing this, Uncle Chen hurriedly waved his hand, "Miss Yueshi, why are you embarrassed to be old." ”
Yue Shiyan smiled at Yan Yan, "Uncle Chen, my paintings can only be sold thanks to you, otherwise they will be just waste paper piled up in the boudoir." We're mutually beneficial, aren't we? ”
Uncle Chen looked at Yueshi with a kind heart like a great bodhisattva with tears in his eyes, "Thank you!" ”
He had a bumpy fate in his life, but fortunately, he was happy to have the help of nobles when he was old. It was a time when the youth was in a civil war, and he was sent home after killing the enemy and destroying one of his legs. The old man was happy to have a son, and he could have shared the joy of family ethics with his wife and children, but he met Emperor Wuzu next to the overhaul palace, and recruited the young and vigorous men in the family as laborers, but unfortunately the sky did not open his eyes, and the only offspring of the family worked to death, and the state received compensation and was not warm in his arms, but was taxed by the government. The only thing left is his bedridden wife, who has no farmland to cultivate, is too old to work, and has no livelihood to eat, so he can only beg on the streets.
On that day, I found a painting and wanted to sell it to the stall owner, but I was ashamed of it, so I waited for the lost person in the same place. He stood all day long, shivering with cold, until in the evening, when the lost appeared before him, and was moved by his search for gold, and gave him ten taels of silver as a reward. And he took only a tael of silver and left.
The lost one is Innis, and the lost painting is her favorite picture of red plums stepping on the snow to welcome spring. On that day, she searched hard for a day, but fortunately, the scavenger found gold and waited in the ice and snow for a day, and this spirit really touched her.
Since then, Innis has often seen Uncle Chen begging on the streets, dragging his injured leg to walk, staggering and difficult, and several times seeing him hit the ground for a hurried passer-by, and his heart was inexplicably worried!
It happened that the shopkeeper Tong had a stall in the market to rent, so Innis was kind enough to rent the stall, and took some excellent calligraphy and paintings from the pawnshop to sell in the stall, so she found Uncle Chen and asked him to be the stall owner.
Uncle Chen thought that he was not the material for doing business, so he excused himself in every possible way, so he asked the shopkeeper Tong to teach him hand in hand. Although he is old, he is self-motivated and can eventually take on the responsibility of a stall owner.
Innis bowed lightly to Uncle Chen, moved lightly, and turned to leave.
Yueqiu looked at Yueshi's back and smiled from ear to ear, Miss is always so low-key when she does good deeds! If anyone can marry her in this life, it is from him who burned incense and worshiped the Buddha in his previous life.
As soon as Innis left, Hao Rui, a man in white behind him, stopped in front of Uncle Chen's stall and looked at the hanging paintings hanging in the most conspicuous position: the peach blossoms in the mountain temples are blooming, and the falling flowers are colorful and fluttering in the wind.
"The flowers in the world wither in April, the peach blossoms in the temple begin to smile, and the faces of people do not know where to find, and I only hope to meet you again in the coming year." The man in white looked at the inscription in the painting and smiled, "This painting, is it sold for one or two gold?" ”
After hearing this, Uncle Chen looked at the noble Hao Rui in front of him with joy, for fear that he would regret it, so he nodded busily. Put away the painting and hand it to Hao Rui, "Childe has a good eye!" ”
Hao Rui asked the attendants around him to give money, and admired the painting as he walked. He had just come out of the pawnshop, but unfortunately Innisie was not in the pawnshop, so he could only give up in a huff, but he did not expect to see such an outstanding painting in the market, and he loved to collect paintings, and he had never been stingy to spend a lot of money on paintings. The style of painting and handwriting are very similar to the handwriting of Innis, and the dazzling style of Innis suddenly flashed in my mind, and I smiled softly, I must wait for her next time.
Walking to a stall selling fans, Innis took a fancy to a sandalwood fan with peach blossoms, the fan surface is carved with sandalwood, hot stamping technology combined with hollow carving, the texture is hard, delicate and smooth, the material color is pleasing to the eye, the pattern is beautiful, the wood has a light fragrance, and a fan spike hangs under the handle of the fan, the whole fan looks unique.
The slender jade hand wanted to pick up the fan, but as soon as it touched the fan, the other white hand also put it on the fan.
Innis looked at the person next to her, dressed in a white peach blossom bandeau embroidered with pale pink, a flower-pulling skirt around her waist, a beaded hairpin pinned to her hair, and her long black hair like a waterfall naturally fell on her left shoulder. Her eyes are moist and bright, her eyebrows are dotted with red cinnabar, and her demonic facial features are provocative, she is really a stunning beauty!
This person is the top brand of Zuiqinglou, Zhiyan, who is followed by a maid.
The stall owner, a middle-aged man, looked at the two of them and confronted each other quietly, and said embarrassedly, "There is only one sandalwood fan left with peach blossoms carved into it." Look at the other sandalwood fans I've got here......"
People are as their name suggests! Innis felt that Ye Ze-min had married her a very beautiful name, 'The peach is dying, and its leaves are verious.' She loves peach blossoms, and she took a fancy to the peach blossoms engraved on the wooden fan, but unfortunately there is only one left, so do you have to give it to others?
Zhiyan didn't say a word about the stall owner's words, looked at Yueshi, and asked in a cold voice, "Do you like it?" ”
Innis bowed slightly, her gaze falling lightly on her.
Zhi Yan smiled and said in an unyielding tone, "I like it too!" ”
The stall owner was suddenly embarrassed, looking at the eyes of the two of them, both of them held on to each other, "This ......"
At this time, a middle-aged woman wearing a coarse linen dress and carrying a basket in her hand came over, and when she saw Miss Yueshi, she smiled at her, "Miss Yueshi, you are here." ”
Innis bowed her head gently.
The middle-aged woman noticed the fan in her hand and smiled all over her face, "Innis likes this fan?" ”
Yueqiu said, "The girl likes this fan very much. ”
The girl behind Zhiyan glanced at Yueqiu and snorted coldly, "It was my young lady who saw it first." ”
"Not really! It was the girl who took a fancy to it first. Yueqiu argues with reason.
The stall owner was busy persuading peace in the middle, and the middle-aged woman pulled his sleeve, glanced at Zhiyan with disdain, took the fan in her hand and handed it to Innis, "Miss Innis, since you like this fan, I will give it to you." ”
Innis looked at the middle-aged woman and the fan in her hand in a daze, "Why?" ”
"Innis, you are so generous and extravagant, you deserve this fan. And you have a kind heart, and you have helped so many poor people, as long as innisie likes it, you can take as much as you want! The middle-aged woman said with a smile, and after finishing her words, she glanced at Zhiyan next to her.
Zhiyan's heart was lonely and melancholy, and that kind of disdainful look hurt her self-esteem.
With one look, you can see the gap between people. She didn't commit murder, illegal behavior, or stealing and abduction, but she was a wicked person in the eyes of others. And innis, born into a wealthy merchant family, is clean and innocent, and is loved everywhere wherever she goes.
Yueshi turned her head to look at Zhiyan, only to see that her eyes were moist and frustrated, and her eyes fell on the middle-aged woman, and smiled at her, "A gentleman doesn't like people!" He took the folding fan in his hand and handed it to Zhi Yan, "The costume on your body matches it very well." ”
Zhi Yan looked at Innis blankly, and did not reach out to take the folding fan, but the maid behind her took it, and snorted coldly, "Hmph, you know the goods!" ”
When Yueqiu heard this, she was so angry that she frowned angrily and wanted to scold, but she was pulled away by Innis.
Yueqiu said unhappily, "Miss, you see how uneducated she is." And, miss, why did you give it to her? You like that folding fan very much. ”
innis is noncommittal. The reason why I can't bear to cut my love is because I don't want to see something that makes others feel unfair because of myself. Although Zhiyan was born humbly and dedicated herself to performing arts in the Qinglou, if she was not forced by the real situation, who would want to do such a spurned thing? No woman is willingly defiled by the world. It's just that the reality is too helpless. If I hadn't met my adoptive father and adoptive mother, where would inniss be now? Maybe he was starved to death, or he was sold to a green house.......
Zhiyan looked at Innis's light back in a daze, and a warm air flow flowed through her body in her heart......
Innis suddenly became playful, bought a few Kong Ming lanterns and put them home, and the full moon of the Mid-Autumn Festival should be reunited. On the way back, Yueqiu was like a sparrow, chattering non-stop.
innis didn't feel annoyed, but felt that she was there, and there was a companion by her side to talk and relieve boredom.
Passing by a remote alley, a bleak voice with a crying voice reached Yueshi's ears, and Yueshi and Yueqiu glanced at each other, and Yueshi wanted to follow the sound.
Yueqiu tugged at her sleeve, "Miss, don't be nosy. ”
Innis let go of her hand, "Either wait here or come with me." After finishing speaking, he ignored Yueqiu and walked towards the remote alley.
Yueqiu bit her lip anxiously and followed closely behind Innis.
In the small alley, the two saw a ragged and black-faced woman lying on the ground, begging for mercy from several men in coarse linen clothes in front of them, "I beg you, let me go!" I have no money. ”
The man in the lead kicked her skinny body, "No money? Then sell you to the Qinglou. I don't believe you can't pay it back? ”
The two men behind him pulled up the woman one by one, and the woman begged bitterly, "Please, don't sell me to the Qinglou, I will pay it back to you slowly." ”
"Big brother, this girl is very attractive, I have a good idea, let our brothers have a good time and then sell it to the Qinglou, how about it?"
"Good idea, or you think about it thoughtfully, it's going to be sold anyway, let's cool down for a while."
"No, I beg you...... Help......." The woman begged hysterically for help.
Several men laughed obscenely and ambiguously~ and covered her mouth......
Innis couldn't stand it, and said angrily, "Stop! ”
The man in the lead looked at Innis, "Who are you?" If you want to be nosy, you choose one! ”
"I want both!" innis said coldly.
"Then it depends on whether you have the ability to do so." The man raised the stick in his hand and swung it at Innis's body.
Seeing this, Yueqiu shouted nervously, "Miss, be careful!" ”
Innis turned her head and struck the man in the chest with her right hand, and the man fell to the ground.
"Do you know martial arts? Brothers, give it to me. "The man touched the place where he was hit, and it hurt.
Innis looked at the few people who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and knocked them to the ground with one palm at a time.
Seeing that she was saved, the woman ran to Innis and hid behind her.
"What did she do wrong, why did she have to work hard?" Innis said angrily as she looked at the man lying on the ground.
"She owes money and doesn't pay it back."
"I didn't!" The woman shouted in fear.
"Your father owes me a gambling debt and doesn't pay it, and now he has escaped, and the father and son pay the debt, which is justified!"
The woman's dirty hand tugged at the dark blue sleeves of Innis's body, and her crying voice was helpless and helpless, "Help me...... I don't want to be sold to a green house. ”
Seeing this, Yueqiu's eyes were a little displeased......
"How much money you owe, I'll pay it for her."
"There are 2 taels of silver left."
Yuexi's eyes motioned for Yueqiu to take the money, and Yueqiu took out her money bag and threw two ingots of silver to the ground, "Don't get out of here!" ”
The man took the money and left in a hurry with his brothers.
Yueqiu walked up to Innis's side and pulled Innis past her, keeping her distance from the woman with messy hair, dirty face, and tattered clothes.
The woman looked at Innis with red eyes, and knelt on the ground, kowtowing constantly, "Thank you!" Thank you! ”
Innis pulled the woman up, "It's all right, you can go back quickly." ”
The woman shook her head and grabbed Innis's hand, "Great benefactor, thank you for saving my life." I can't repay you for your great kindness, let me be a cow and a horse for you. I'm willing to do anything. ”
Yueqiu stepped forward, swept away the woman's hand, protected Innis in her arms, and said angrily, "Don't move your hands and feet." ”
The woman looked at Innis and cried sadly, "I...... I'm homeless......"
Innis: "......"
"My father has escaped the debt, and the family has been repaid for the debt, my mother ...... She was by my father......."
Although Yueqiu felt sorry for her experience, she was helpless, and Miss was not a living bodhisattva who could benefit all sentient beings, so she took Nessie's hand, "Miss, it's getting late, let's go back, otherwise Madam will be in a hurry." ”
Innis glanced at the woman kneeling on the ground, crying on her dirty but rather beautiful cheeks, so pitiful, I felt pity.
"If you will follow me, go back with me, if you are ......"
Before Yueshi's words were finished, the woman nodded desperately, "I am willing, I am willing, I am willing to follow you for the rest of my life and be a cow and a horse for you." ”
Yueqiu pouted on the side, and the fart was really loud.
"Get up."
The woman stood up and wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand.
"What's your name?"
"Yufu! My mother's name for me. ”
"Come back with me." Yueshi took the lead in taking a step, and Yueqiu glanced at Yufu and followed behind Yueci. Yufu sniffed and followed them slowly.