Chapter XII

Tong Yan recuperated at home for a few days, and his life was leisurely, but Master Tong couldn't sit still. It's been several days, whether it's Su Hao or Shi Tianyu, they haven't appeared again, and they haven't even sent anyone to ask about Tong Yan's injury. If Tong Yan can't live next to these two young masters, how will he live the rest of his life. So, Master Tong decided to take the initiative and sent someone to inquire about the whereabouts of Su Hao and Shi Tianyu - in fact, Master Tong sent two family members to guard near Yunshang Xuan to see when Second Young Master Su arrived in the shop.

On this day, the family sent a letter to Master Tong, saying that Su Hao had gone to Yunshang Xuan, and Master Tong hurriedly sent someone to Tong Yan's courtyard to ask Tong Yan to clean up and dress up, saying that he was going to take Tong Yan out for a walk. Tong Yan was happy, and let Xinghua Chunlan dress up for herself, and then went out with Master Tong and a small sedan chair.

I thought that Master Tong must have taken him to the East City for a walk, but he knew that he was traveling in the inner city all the way, Tong Yan was a little puzzled, didn't he go shopping?

The two of them dropped the sedan chair in front of a house in the inner city, Tong Yan got down the sedan chair under the support of Xinghua Chunlan, looked at the inconspicuous house in front of him, the gray wall embedded in the red door that allowed a soft sedan chair to pass through, and the plaque on the door on the three big characters of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing - Yunshang Xuan. Tong Yan heard Xinghua mention that Yunshangxuan is Su Hao's shop, what are you doing here? Making clothes? Didn't you make several clothes when you arrived in the capital? But I heard that those young ladies have a lot of clothes, and they can even not bring the same for a year, so Daddy still has to make clothes for himself? The nursery rhyme is happy, and Daddy really still hurts himself.

The little second brother in the store came to answer the door, and when he saw that it was Master Tong, he couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that Master Tong was going to make trouble, and wanted to close the door.

Yunshangxuan is not like ordinary ready-to-wear shops, because the people who come to buy clothes are the families of officials or wealthy businessmen, so they did not open a shop in the downtown like other families, but bought a small house with three entrances in the inner city, which is close to the guests' mansions and looks much more upscale than ordinary shops. One enters the shop, selects fabrics and styles for guests, and there are special places for guests to measure and rest, and there are also compartments to make guests more comfortable; The second studied the garden and study, Su Ershao usually checked the account book here, and left a wing room for Su Ershao to rest; Sanjin is the warehouse and the place where the clothes are made, and there is also a wing room for the master in the store to rest; The entire house is connected by a long corridor on the west side, so that there is no need to go through the middle courtyard, and the master or shopkeeper in the store can go directly from the backyard to the front yard, and it will not disturb Su Ershao.

Now Master Tong and Tong Yan are sitting in the tea room for rest, waiting for the shopkeeper to choose the style of clothes. Yun Shang Xuan's selection of clothes style is also different from other houses, do not need guests to directly see the finished clothes, are painted on paper, bound into a book for the guests to choose, after the guests are selected, the master will come to discuss with the guests the color of the clothes and details, according to the guests' preferences and their own characteristics with the guests to make clothes, so, Yun Shang Xuan sold clothes, almost no duplicate. This is also one of the reasons why these ladies are willing to spend a lot of money to patronize Yunshang Xuan.

Here Tong Yan looked at the booklet and chose clothes, and really felt that which one was beautiful and the same as the fairy daughter's dress, and he hesitated and didn't know which style to choose. Over there, Master Tong greeted the shopkeeper and asked him about Su Hao's whereabouts. The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed, although the owner was in the shop, and just sent someone to tell the owner that the old man Tong and his party were coming, but the owner said that he only needed to entertain the usual guests, and then increase the price by two percent. Now Mr. Tong wants to see the owner, saying that the owner is not there, but Mr. Tong seems to know that the owner is in the shop, and the owner doesn't mean to see them. The shopkeeper had to find a reason to quit, and then send someone to Su Ershao to report to see what Su Ershao meant.

Su Hao received the news from Xiao Er, raised his hand and touched his chin, this old man Tong seemed to be looking for someone to watch this shop, waiting for him to come. See it, it's not a big deal anyway, so I told Xiao Er to raise the price of the clothes by another percent, and he Su Er Shao is not someone who can see each other, so it's better to help increase the income in the shop. Su Hao picked up the peach blossom fan and walked to the front yard step by step.

Tong Yan was looking at the clothes with the master, and the old man Tong couldn't interject, so he quietly told the apricot blossom not to choose too expensive for the nursery rhyme, so he came out alone and walked around the yard. Seeing Su Hao walking in step by step, he hurriedly walked over, and the two exchanged pleasantries. Su Haoqing entered the tearoom and sat down, only then did he ask why Master Tong asked to see him.

"Ahem, just bring the little girl over to make two clothes, thinking that if the second young man is here, please ask the second young man to also help the little female staff officer." Master Tong was full of smiles.

Su Hao was disdainful in his heart, but he was very modest on his face: "I don't understand my daughter's clothes, but my master Mr. Xu, the master of Yunshang Xuan, is a good player, whether it is color matching, cutting or needlework, it is definitely first-class, you can hand it over to him." As he spoke, the peach blossom fan pointed in the direction of Tong Yan. Mr. Xu heard the owner praise himself, turned around and nodded to Master Tong, and continued to introduce the characteristics of various clothing materials to the nursery rhyme. Su Hao sat in this hall, Tong Yan was a little uncomfortable, after all, he made his own clothes, and there was an extra foreign man, he always felt a little awkward, and his eyes kept glancing in the direction of Su Hao. Su Hao seemed to receive Tong Yan's gaze, turned his head to look at Tong Yan and smiled charmingly, and Tong Yan was almost stunned for a moment. I have to admit that Su Hao is very beautiful, but he has that childlike personality, which makes Tong Yan a little helpless.

Su Hao chatted with Master Tong, and Tong Yan also chose the clothes and fabrics and finished measuring the size. The shopkeeper picked up the abacus and pulled it, one hundred and fifty-six taels, wiped a small amount, one hundred and fifty taels, and paid a deposit of fifty taels first. Master Tong's flesh hurts, and his face is shocking. Now ordinary clothes are only three or five taels a piece, and the exquisite one is thirty or fifty taels, and the one hundred and fifty taels of clothes have not been worn by Master Tong himself, and Tong Yan is even more unheard of. But Master Tong still has his own purpose, so he can only drip blood in his heart and let Xiao Si, who came with him, pay the silver taels with the shopkeeper.

Now that the business has been completed, it is not interesting for Su Hao to stay, and he was about to leave, but he was stopped by Master Tong again, Master Tong smiled and took out a post from his sleeve pocket and sent it to Su Hao: "The little girl will be born next month, and I want to invite Su Ershao to appreciate her face and come to drink a glass of thin wine." Su Hao raised his eyebrows, this old man Tong is really not outside, he dares to hand over the post to himself after seeing two sides, it seems that he not only wants to be the prime minister of Shi Zuo, but even the Su family has not let go, it is really good. But since the post was handed to the front, I couldn't help but accept it, so I sent someone to send two satins when the time came, so I also took the post, said a few words of greeting, saluted Master Tong and Tong Yan, and turned to leave.

The tears of Tong Yan on the side were already rolling in his eyes, it turned out that his father still remembered his birthday, and he had to hold a banquet for himself, and his father really hurt himself.

The day after Su Hao received the post, Shi Tianyu came to him. It turned out that Shi Zuoxiang also received a post from Master Tong, and Shi Zuoxiang naturally would not come to the scene in person, so he threw this matter to his sons. Then, the eldest said that the yamen was too busy, the second said that there was a poetry club, and the third Shi Tianyu was left. But Shi Tianyu really didn't want to go, so he came to discuss with Su Hao.

As a result, Su Hao took out the identical post and put it on the table, and Shi Tianyu was hehe, Master Tong's abacus was really loud, and he didn't miss a single one.

Originally, the two of them thought the same, sent some gifts and sent them away, and stopped drinking the wine. But Su Hao was unwilling, feeling that he was not happy in his heart if he didn't make up the old man. As soon as the two discussed it like this, the idea came out. Gifts are given, wine is drunk, and there is a little blockage for Master Tong.