Chapter 010: Showing Talent in the Downtown Market
Aunt Zhang followed Li Siyu to learn songs for ten days, and finally met Li Siyu's requirements. There are still five days left before Hou Ye's birthday, and Aunt Zhang took out her private money to add a set of clothes to herself and Cao Xiuling. She is very close to Li Siyu and believes in her vision, so she plans to take her with her to help pick out clothes.
When Li Siyu heard that Aunt Zhang was going to take her out of the house, she was a little apprehensive and a little expectant. She was a fugitive who had escaped from the execution ground, and there were many people who had seen her, and she was afraid that others would recognize her. However, she has been in ancient times for more than a month, and she is bored in a small courtyard without computers, mobile phones, and TVs every day. She was eager to go out and see the ancient towns, and by the way, find out the news outside.
In order not to arouse the suspicion of others, Li Siyu did not dare to inquire about the fugitives who escaped from the execution ground on the day of the eclipse in the more than a month that Li Siyu had been in the Hou Mansion. So I don't know much about what's going on outside.
In fact, she didn't know that when she was at the execution ground, what everyone saw was not her true face, but a "black man" who was coated with medicinal juice, so even if she swaggered in Luoyang City, no one would recognize her, she was Li Siyu, the granddaughter of Li Shilang who escaped from the execution ground.
Even if she recognizes it and is caught, she will not be guillotined, because she is now the nominal Princess of Qi. was either sent to the Qi Palace, or to her biological father, the Jiajun Mansion.
Li Siyu thought about it for a while, and finally decided to go out with them under the veil. This allows you to go out shopping and prevent you from being recognized.
When they saw Li Siyu come out with a veil, Aunt Zhang and Cao Xiuling both showed puzzled expressions.
Cao Xiuling remembered that Li Siyu said that she had escaped from marriage, and quickly figured out that she was afraid of being recognized, so she covered her face with a veil.
Aunt Zhao heard Cao Xiuling say that Li Siyu was a sister of Xiaohe's fellow villagers, who escaped from marriage, and came to join Xiaohe when she was desperate, and finally stayed in the Hou Mansion as a maid. She thought the same as Cao Xiuling, thinking that she was wearing a veil for fear of being recognized, for fear of being caught by her father and marrying an old man.
The three of them went out of the Hou Mansion together and went to the ready-to-wear store.
Although Zhang's mother and daughter are not favored in the Hou Mansion, they represent the face of the Hou Mansion when they go out, so they have a carriage to travel when they go out. Although a carriage is not large, it is no problem to seat three skinny women.
Li Siyu sat in the carriage, lifted the small curtain on the side of the carriage, and looked at the scenery outside the carriage.
There were no high-rise buildings in ancient times, and the highest floor she saw was only three floors. From Li Siyu's point of view, Luoyang City, which was very prosperous in the current dynasty, is certainly not as prosperous as the modern city. But what was sold on the street was relatively new to her, a child who grew up in the city.
The people of the Great Jin Dynasty preferred things with bright colors, so most of the clothes in the ready-to-wear stores were bright and beautiful. Aunt Zhang and Cao Xiuling picked out a suit of clothes and went to the jewelry store. When passing by the calligraphy and painting shop, the three of them were attracted by the bustle in front of the calligraphy and painting shop. It turned out that this was a newly opened calligraphy and painting shop called Tim Xiang Pavilion, and it was said to have a good background. Today's opening is auspicious, and the owner has organized an event for the sake of a lively atmosphere.
Seeing the name Tianxiang Pavilion, Li Siyu thought of the word red-sleeved Tianxiang. The artistic conception is very beautiful, and the owner who will definitely give this name to his calligraphy and painting shop must be a person who values love and righteousness.
The shopkeeper hung a pair of upper couplets at the door, saying that those who could make the lower couplets would be rewarded with two pieces of money. 1,000 wen is consistent, two pieces of money is 2,000 wen, and the clothes that Zhang's mother and daughter just bought add up to less than 2,000 wen. Li Siyu probably converted, one penny of the Great Jin Dynasty is equivalent to one dollar in modern times, and two thousand wen is equivalent to two thousand yuan. This is not a small amount for Li Siyu now, because she is now penniless.
"Aunt Zhang, Second Miss, let's go and have a look!" Li Siyu really wanted to see what kind of couplet the shopkeeper came up with, and if she could match it, she would get two pieces of money.
In ancient times, it was said that the cold window studied hard for ten years, but Li Siyu has read books for more than ten years, and she thinks that there is no problem with a couplet.
Cao Xiuling saw that there were many people around the door of the calligraphy and painting shop, and she was a little scared, "Let's not go!" ”
She has had low self-esteem since she was a child and is afraid of crowds.
Aunt Zhang smiled slightly, pointed to a shop in front of the calligraphy and painting shop, and said, "Xiaoyu, you can go and see the excitement yourself, Xiuling and I will pick up jewelry at the jewelry store in front." ”
Li Siyu nodded, "Okay." ”
She didn't think of herself as a maid in her heart, so she didn't have the consciousness of following her master. Leave Zhang's mother and daughter behind and play by yourself.
Li Siyu squeezed into the crowd, and most of the onlookers were scholars and talents, and when they saw that she was a woman, they were polite, so she quickly came to the front. I saw a Shanglian hanging on the left side of the door, and everyone dared to play when the stars of the chessboard were the stars.
The people around were talking, but no one came up to write down the next couplet.
The shopkeeper said: "This is a link left by the pavilion master of our Tianxiang Pavilion, if anyone can be the first to match, they will get a reward of two thousand Wen." ”
Seeing that everyone was thinking, Li Siyu took two steps forward and said to the shopkeeper, "Can I try it?" ”
As soon as she saw this uplink, she had a downlink in her heart.
Shopkeeper Wu saw that the woman's hair ornament in front of him was simple, veiled, and her eyes were bright and confident. He nodded, "Since the girl is willing to give it a try, let's try it!" ”
He admired his master's talent very much, and he didn't think that the woman in front of him would be able to make this couplet. But seeing her confident eyes, he felt that she seemed to have such strength.
When the onlookers saw a masked woman wanting to couple, they couldn't help but feel that she was a little self-conscious. You must know that although the people present are not talented, they are also rich and rich. None of them came up with the next couplet, how could a boudoir woman come out lightly? It looks like someone is going to make a fool of himself in public.
Li Siyu picked up the brush next to him, dipped it twice in the ink tray, and then wrote down on the paper: Who dares to play the pipa road when the ground is made.
After the shopkeeper Wu read the next link written by Li Siyu, his eyes showed praise and amazement.
"The girl is so literate!"
Shopkeeper Wu hung up the couplet written by Li Siyu.
The purpose is a beautiful regular script, the words are beautiful and elegant, which is pleasing to the eye. Looking at the content again, everyone praised it.
The artistic conception of the upper link of the pavilion master of Tianxiang Pavilion is bold, and Li Siyu's lower link is not lost to him in the artistic conception.
The people who were originally waiting to see Li Siyu make a fool of themselves all showed approving glances at her at this time. It turns out that she is really a talented woman.
I don't know where such a talented woman comes from?