The few sets of clothes that Jiu'er brought were all ordinary goods, and the fourth aunt was not afraid, she was originally a needlework girl, and after several cuts and sewing, she was not inferior to the customized good clothes. The fourth aunt has a good foundation, and she is not inferior to the other aunts when she dresses up.

Jiu'er watched from the sidelines and sneered: "The master hasn't been here for a long time, what's the matter, the master will come over if he changes the yard?" ”

The fourth aunt glanced at Jiu'er and didn't speak.

Su Xiujin, who was instructed by the ancestors, will go to Pujialou today to learn things with Su Changfang, of course the fourth aunt knows what Pujialou does, Pujialou is a place where Suzhou literati gather, and people with heads and faces in Suzhou City will go there to sit, if Su Xiujin can show his face there, he will be able to add the advantages of a good reputation to his son-in-law in the future.

The fourth aunt held the needle and thread, and rushed out a shirt for Su Xiujin overnight, remade it with a simple white gauze feather coat, removed the white goose feathers on the shoulders and waist, and sewed flowers with pink brocade to embellish the shoulders and skirt, Su Xiujin's posture is not superior, the fourth aunt knows her daughter's size, and has made many improvements in the details.

The next day, Su Xiujin waited by the carriage an hour in advance, and sure enough, Su Changfang arrived at the agreed place half an hour in advance, and saw Su Xiujin wearing a plain white cotton jacket, the hem of the feather coat was full of pink flowers, and only pink rouge was dotted on her face, and she pulled a lily bun to reveal her whole small and fair face, and only a plain silver hairpin was pinned between her hair, but there was an indescribable elegance and pity.

Su Changfang has always known how to dress up, the women of the whole Suzhou City are quietly imitating her dress, she knows that the ancient cosmetics contain lead, so the makeup has always been light, today is the annual poetry meeting of Pujialou, so she specially wore a crimson tunic skirt, the upper body did not wear a jacket, only a silver-white fashion, in winter, few people wear brightly, the crimson dress is not good will make people feel vulgar, but her beauty can suppress the crimson, a beautiful and atmospheric, eye-catching.

Su Xiujin stepped forward to give Su Changfang a salute, Su Changfang wanted to get rid of Su Xiujin as soon as possible, and then said that Su Xiujin had misremembered the time, but he didn't want Su Xiujin to be prepared.

The two of them didn't speak, they were silent all the way to Pujia Tower, and Su Changfang looked at Su Xiujin from time to time along the way, for some reason, she always felt that Su Xiujin was the same as her, but Su Xiujin had always been calm, and she was silent all the way.

Pujialou is located on the bank of the Huai River in Suzhou City, next to it is mostly private schools and academies, although there are many businessmen in Suzhou, but there are also many businessmen who have foresight, Shinong industry and commerce, business is the last, a few years ago the imperial concubine Liang Jinxiu advocated businessmen in politics, the year before last the imperial court issued a decree, businessmen can participate in the imperial examination, only five Xiucai recommended, and pay one hundred taels of guarantee silver, this policy is not the threshold for wealthy merchants, these two years, businessmen send their children to private schools or academies more and more.

Su Xiujin got out of the carriage and looked at the three-story small building in front of him, the Pujia Building was exquisite, making a living from for-profit tea, and the tea in it was not cheap, but in order to be elegant and elegant, or to meet a few nobles, there were also many people who squeezed their heads and wanted to get a flower note from the Pujia Building.

Su Changfang got out of the car, which naturally made many people look sideways, and the two scholars who were guarding the door dressed up were all smiling and said: "The eldest lady is here, and before the door opens, the lobby is full!" ”

Su Changfang nodded lightly, Su Xiujin didn't know that she had to pay a note to enter the door, and the follower Su Changfang was about to enter, but was stopped by the two little guys.

"This girl, do you have any flower notes?" The little guy asked.

Su Xiujin thought about it and shook her head, Su Changfang entered the lobby early, seemed to notice the situation behind him, but kept walking forward as if he couldn't hear it.

"You can't go in without a flower note, there is a restaurant next door, you, you're in the wrong place." The little guy said loudly, and there was a burst of laughter around them, they were just the young lady who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the sky who wanted to infiltrate the Pujia Tower.

Restaurants? Su Xiujin frowned, "Can't you go in without a flower note?" Su Xiujin pointed at Su Changfang and said, "Then why can she go in?" ”

The little girl just wanted to laugh out loud, just wanted to laugh a few words, but Su Changfang stopped walking, this rule that you can only enter the door with a flower note was set by her, wouldn't it be a break to the rules for her to come in by herself?

"Didn't you say that there is still a rule in Pujialou?" A handsome man in a clear cloth shirt walked up, and he didn't have a flower note in his hand, "As long as you answer the three questions set by Miss Su correctly, you can still enter Pujia Building." ”

Su Xiujin turned his head to look at this young man, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with pride and conceit on his face, his appearance was not bad, the green cloth shirt was an extremely simple shirt, and the corners were washed a little white.

The little girl teased: "Jin Laibao, even if you go in, can you afford to drink the tea of our Pujialou?" ”

Jin Laibao's face turned red: "How can you not afford to eat?" Don't underestimate me! ”

As soon as I heard that someone was going to challenge Su Changfang's three questions, the interest of the entire teahouse was raised.

"Miss Changfang's question is not very answerable."

"No, it's been a long time since anyone dared to answer those three questions."

"This Jin Lai Bao is really self-sufficient, I haven't even seen his name on the hero list of Pujialou."

……

Su Changfang also thought it was interesting and went up to the private room on the second floor, opened the window and looked, Su Xiujin saw that he rushed out of a person, he was a talented scholar, so he didn't speak, and wanted to quit the crowd, she has always pursued a low-key work, and being pointed at like this is not good for an unmarried woman.

Jin Laibao saw that Su Xiujin was leaving, so he didn't follow it at the moment, stepped forward to stop Su Xiujin, and stepped forward to say: "This young lady, aren't you also going to enter Pujia Tower?" Why don't you stay and take a look at Miss Su's three questions? ”

The corner of Su Xiujin's eyes swept to Su Changfang, who was watching the show, and shook his head: "I am a businesswoman, I don't know how to write and ink, I came here to find my eldest sister, since I didn't see my eldest sister, I will leave." ”

As he spoke, he leaned over slightly and returned the salute.

When Jin Laibao heard Su Xiujin say that she was a businesswoman and didn't know how to write and ink, she took a step back with some disgust at the moment, and said awkwardly: "Then I won't force it." ”

Su Xiujin has seen too many scholars who look down on businessmen, thinking that they are noble, and despising the copper stench of businesswomen, but they don't know that everything in their clothing, food, housing and transportation is earned by the hard work of businessmen.

Su Xiujin also smiled slightly, and was about to withdraw from the crowd with Cuizhu, but he didn't want to, he was hit by a big man who rushed into the crowd, his feet were unstable, and he didn't know what he stepped on, Su Xiujin took three or four steps back, Cuizhu subconsciously came to help, but he was tripped and fell to the ground by the cabbage scattered all over the ground, and everyone around him opened his mouth wide, Jin Laibao was the closest, just raised his hand, and remembered that this girl was a businesswoman, what if she helped her!

Jin Laibao hurriedly retracted his hand like an electric shock, and Su Xiujin chuckled in his heart, what if-

All the movements were just an instant, and a flat pole suddenly crossed Su Xiujin's waist, and the flat pole was able to catch Su Xiujin's strength, and then turned around to "support" Su Xiujin steadily.

Su Xiujin had palpitations, and subconsciously turned his head to look at the "benefactor" who helped him.