Chapter 14: Climbing the Wall
The capital is naturally prosperous.
The streets extending in all directions, the houses and shops, and the bustling crowd are slowly unfolding in front of you like a picture scroll.
Although Shen Qingli went out of the Hou Mansion for the first time, he didn't have the heart to appreciate the prosperity of the capital and the hustle and bustle of this other world at this time, and he only thought about whether he could buy a dog that was exactly the same as Heifeng.
Feng Cai, who was driving the car, looked simple and didn't like to talk, but he was very familiar with the capital, and soon sent them to Renyi Street, the most prosperous street in the capital.
Yan Yi Street is similar to the commercial street of later generations.
The dazzling array of shops dazzles the people who see it.
The huge flower and bird market is at the end of the street.
The stalls of bird fighting and cockfighting in the market are full of people, and the shouts come and go, so lively.
The two wandered around the market for a long time before finally finding two little black dogs about the same size and color as Black Wind.
These two puppies are all black and shiny, and their small black grape-like eyes are dripping, and they look a little like Black Wind.
Shen Qingli's eyes lit up suddenly.
The big man who sold dogs, with a dark face, looked five big and three thick, and stood there in a coarse kudzu cloth shirt, like a strong wall, and the asking price was unambiguous, and his opening was ten taels of silver.
"Ten taels of silver? Grab the money! Bi Tao was surprised. Although she didn't know the price of goods in the capital, she knew that if ten taels of silver were in Jingzhou, she could buy a good horse.
"Girl, my dog is a veritable wolfhound, and if I hadn't been in a hurry to get the money, I wouldn't have been willing to sell it! Don't look at how small it is now, when it grows up, it will be more than enough to deal with a wolf. The black-faced man patted his chest and promised, "As for those rabbits, wild boars or whatnot, not to mention, think about it, how much silver are those things worth?" It's not expensive to ask you for ten taels of silver. ”
"This big brother, the price of your ten taels of silver is to ensure that it can beat a wolf when it grows up, right? But what we buy now is now, and now I'm afraid it's difficult to chase a rabbit, so how can it be worth ten taels of silver? Although Shen Qingli didn't have a specific understanding of the prices here, but by feeling, ten taels of silver was definitely a big price, and after thinking about it, he took out the law of bargaining in his previous life, and said, "It's cheaper, five taels of silver is sold." ”
Last night, she rummaged through the money bag that the original owner had put in the drawer of the dresser, and it was pitiful, only more than twenty taels of silver.
asked Momozhi, and Momozhi said that Chun Tao had been in charge of her accounts, and she didn't know how much private money she had.
Well, there are also poor people in the big families, like her.
At present, buying a dog will cost half of her savings, and she is naturally reluctant.
"Five taels of silver?" The big man was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, and said with a smile, "Little lady, you're not a local, are you?" ”
The locals didn't bargain so much.
"Hehe, it's really a bargain." There were a few applause from behind him, and then a shadow was thrown from behind him.
The young man in the moon-white robe walked over with a smile, his figure was tall and delicate, his face was as angular as a knife, and his demeanor all revealed a strong bookish atmosphere.
The young man didn't look at Shen Qingli either, but just tapped the big man's arm with the fan in his hand, and chuckled: "The beauty is bargaining, how can it be unreasonable?" Five taels of silver, sell it to her! You can't pay again! ”
"It turned out that it was Xia Gongzi who came, disrespectful and disrespectful." The big man hurriedly stood up to greet him, nodded at Shen Qingli and smiled, "Which one is this little lady optimistic about, just pick, I sold it to you for five taels of silver." ”
That's it?
"Thank you." The situation turned around too quickly, and Shen Qingli paid the silver with some embarrassment, and bowed his knees slightly at the young man, which was regarded as a greeting.
Bi Tao hugged the dog.
Under that lukewarm gaze, the two got into the carriage in a daze.
"Xia Gongzi knows these two little ladies?" The black-faced man was a little puzzled.
"Where don't you meet in life, why do you have to know each other when you meet." Xia Yunchu smiled and still tapped the big man's shoulder with a fan, and said clearly, "I want this little black dog left." ”
When Feng Cai sent them back to the Hou Mansion.
It's already noon.
The two got out of the carriage, thanked him, and specially stuffed some more silver, saying that if they used the carriage in the future, they would look for him.
Feng Cai patted his chest and promised that if he used a carriage in the future, he would let Ma Gui come to him and promise to be on call.
But the master and servant were worried.
At some point, the back door was closed.
and they cannot enter through the gate.
What to do?
You can't just stand here and wait all the time, can you? After thinking about it, Shen Qingli said, "It's better for us to go around to the back of Qingxin Garden, and then knock on the door from there and enter." ”
There is a small corner gate on the wall over there, which communicates with the main courtyard of Qingxin Garden.
The two went around to the wall of the backyard of Qingxin Garden, only to find that the small corner door was also closed.
"Bi Tao, can you climb the wall?" Shen Qingli calmly bent down and tied the hem of his clothes.
In the past, because she was reluctant to go home, her stepmother closed the door decisively when it got dark, and no matter how she shouted, she would pretend not to hear, so she was no stranger to climbing walls or something.
"Climbing a wall?" Bi Tao was instantly stunned.
What she saw and heard, must have been hallucinations.
The young lady who has always been raised in the boudoir wants to climb the wall?
Ching Shin Yuan.
The second floor of the study.
Mu Yunting, who was in the dust, sat on the rattan chair a little tiredly, squinted at the familiar qiqi in the four times, and breathed a long sigh of relief, but his arm was wrapped in thick gauze, and even a little blood had oozed out, obviously injured.
Turning his head, he saw a purple figure hurriedly walking out of the back room with a basket, seeing that her face was full of anxiety, Mu Yunting smiled faintly: "Aunt Cui, don't worry, it's just a little injury." ”
Aunt Cui is the dowry girl brought by Mu Yunting's biological mother Wu, her original name is Jiang Xiaocui, and everyone in the house calls her Aunt Cui.
The Jiang family has practiced medicine for generations, and they used to be well-known in the capital, but later Jiang Xiaocui's father was executed because he was involved in a murder in the palace, and the people in the house were naturally implicated, and most of them were exiled to the army.
At that time, Jiang Xiaocui was only six years old, and he was demoted to an official slave, and after several journeys, he went to Wu's mansion to become Wu's personal maid.
Until she was seventeen years old, Wu married into the Hou Mansion, and she also followed into the Hou Mansion as a dowry girl, and the Wu family entrusted her with two children before she died, with the intention of letting Mu Changyuan take her into the house, and Mu Changyuan also had this intention, but she refused to live or die.
After Wu's death, she combed herself to show that she would never marry in this life, and volunteered to stay in the Hou Mansion to take care of the children left by the Wu family, and regarded Mu Yu and Mu Yunting as her own siblings, especially Mu Yunting.
Mu Yunting naturally respects her very much.
Regarding his injury, Mu Yunting explained that he accidentally broke his arm when he was riding a horse in Youzhou, so he had to go back to the house to recuperate.
"A small injury? Broken arms or minor injuries? Cui Gu squatted down with some reproach, gently untied the gauze oozing blood on her arm, applied medicine, wrapped the clean gauze again, and complained, "The prince is really rash this time, and he didn't say anything in advance, and the house should invite a doctor to wait, if there is a root cause of illness in the future, how can it be good." As he spoke, he quietly glanced at Mu An, the young man standing beside Mu Yunting.
Mu An scratched his head, smiled wryly, and said in his belly, it was the prince who didn't let him say, how dare he make his own opinion......
"With Aunt Cui here, where do you need to ask for a doctor." Mu Yunting smiled, Aunt Cui studied medical books and tinkered with medicinal materials on weekdays, and her medical skills were no worse than any doctor in the capital.
Cui Gu touched his wound and was stunned for a moment, then calmly bandaged him, and sighed lightly: "The slave maid went down to refill some medicine." ”
"There's Aunt Lau." Mu Yunting raised his eyebrows, stretched his arms disapprenously, got up and paced to the window, looking out of the window casually.
After walking for more than a month, the emerald color of the eyes has gradually dyed a little desolate color, especially the light pink Hehua and Huan tree, which has fallen under the tree with a lot of pink.
"Shizi, it's time to go to Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Tai's side to say goodbye." Mu An reminded,
"Well, let's go!" Mu Yunting responded, and just wanted to turn around, but saw the end of the field of vision, on the wall of the back house of Qingxin Garden, there seemed to be a figure shaking.
Is someone climbing the wall?