Naturally, such a highly cooperative Mrs. Dai was also liked by Cui Wanqing and Cao Tang.

Therefore, when Mrs. Dai offered to take their family's painting boat and go to Caiping Mountain to play together, Cui Wanqing agreed without much thought.

She really didn't know what it meant to her that she had decided to get closer to Dai Fu.

Cui Wanqing was fortunate countless times later, when she was not as dustless as in her previous life, and she did not let her suspiciousness come out of bad things!

In short, Cui Wanqing established a good relationship with a businessman's wife for the first time, but felt a rather harmonious atmosphere around her.

Seeing Mrs. Dai tell Cao Tang interesting stories about her daughter in a gentle tone, it seems to feel quite good.

Cui Wanqing also felt quite surprised, Cao Tang's impression of Mrs. Dai seemed to be a little surprising, you see her smiling, holding her cheeks, listening quietly

Wait, Cui Wanqing observed this, and suddenly understood why Mrs. Dai captured Cao Tang's heart so easily.

It turns out that Mrs. Dai's gentle and virtuous energy is very similar to the dead Xiang's, of course, it is not difficult to see that Mrs. Dai is really virtuous, and the one who died is virtuous on the outside and vicious in her bones.

"Forget it, what do you want to do with all this? Anyway, the grass on the woman's grave has grown so tall, why should I still think about it? Cui Wanqing sighed softly in her heart.

I was also quite conflicted in my heart, knowing that the rational approach was to reduce the meeting between these two people, so as not to cause Cao Tang to appear because of Mrs. Dai. I thought of my birth mother again.

My third uncle and cousin Xiu came all the way to Jiangnan for what?

Isn't it just to let the young and uncertain Cao Tang forget Xiang and start a new life?

But seeing Cao Tang smiling so happily, the whole person was so relaxed and happy, she couldn't help but soften her heart again, "Anyway, we can't stay in Jiangyuan County for too long, let's let Tang'er be happy for the time being." ”

"It's obvious that I'm taking the children out to play, so why bother because of this. Swept away her interest? ”

She has a smiling face on her face. Wu was distracted, Mrs. Dai and Cao Tang talked happily over there, the atmosphere was not abrupt at all, and the picture was quite harmonious.

But even if it's harmonious. Eventually, we have to separate. Mrs. Dai looked at the sky and it was getting late. Thinking that everything has to be done in moderation, so as not to annoy people.

She said to Cui Wanqing: "Miss Nine, because the painting boat at home has to be cleaned up. Check, so the day we go to Caiping Mountain may as well be set the day after tomorrow. ”

Cui Wanqing nodded in response, "Then let's say okay, let's leave the day after tomorrow." ”

When Cao Tang heard what they said, he didn't say anything, but his eyes couldn't help showing disappointment, and Mrs. Dai's heart tightened.

Thinking that the two children are alone and unfamiliar with life, they will definitely feel bored, right?

An idea quickly popped into my mind, "Why don't you just invite the two of them to go to the county tomorrow?" ”

Originally, she planned to rest for two days after returning from Caiping Mountain, and then take the two young ladies to start transferring to the county seat, but now she broke the plan and advanced a day earlier, so what's the matter?

The most important thing is that the children are happy, she really can't stand Cao Tang's big watery eyes, stained with sad mist.

I couldn't help but clear my throat and said, "Miss Nine, if there is nothing to do tomorrow, why don't we go out for a walk?" ”

"In our Jiangyuan County, there are not many things that are particularly outstanding, but at least there is one thing, you will definitely be interested."

Cao Tang's pitiful little appearance changed in an instant because of this sentence, she pulled Mrs. Dai's sleeve and asked delicately, "Madam, is it fun?" ”

"Still delicious?"

"Don't sell it, let's talk about it."

Mrs. Dai smiled softly, and she relied on Cao Tang and spoke carefully.

It turns out that in this Jiangyuan County, there is a different object, which is a pillow core of various materials, plus an embroidered pillowcase with silk satin.

The pillow core of different materials has different effects.

For example, the pillow core of chrysanthemum petals has the effect of brightening the eyes and clearing the fire, and the pillow core of cassia has the effect of cooling and helping sleep.

There is also a kind of blue vanilla pillow core that comes from the Western Regions, which has a particularly fragrant taste and has the effect of calming the nerves.

As for what green tea pillow core, black tea pillow core, Chinese medicine pillow core, there are more, this kind of pillow core is made of elegant and pleasant fragrance, very practical.

Mrs. Dai said that the pillow core used by all their families has different preferences for each person, and the pillow core used is different.

She said to Cao Tang with a sigh, "Anyway, there are only things we can't think of, and there is nothing they can't do. ”

For this special pillow core, Gu's mother also mentioned it in the afternoon, and the Cui Wanqing sisters were very moved at that time.

With such a natural fragrance, there are also medicinal good things, and it is really good to buy them back as gifts.

Seeing that Mrs. Dai also just took it out, the sisters even felt that this thing was good, so they nodded and agreed.

The shopping trip on the second day was quite enjoyable because of the guide of Mrs. Dai, a native of the hometown.

This shop, called Ruyifang, is located in the most prosperous main street in Jiangyuan County, with a façade of eight rooms wide, covered with three floors, and the carved beams and paintings are not magnificent.

Thinking about Qishui Street and Jinsui Street in Jiangzhou City, such a prosperous place, the largest storefront is only five rooms wide, although I know in my heart that the land prices on these two sides cannot be compared.

But looking at such a magnificent place, Cui Wanqing still couldn't help but feel envious, thinking that she only had five shops in the capital, and she was praised and widened by the third brother.

"Alas, he didn't see the façade of these eight rooms," she suddenly sighed in her heart, "Why is the price of land in the capital so every inch of land?" It would be great if it could be as cheap as the price of land in Jiangyuan County. ”

It was about Mrs. Dai who sent someone to greet the shopkeeper yesterday, and the owner of Ruyi Fang was standing at the door waiting for their arrival.

Mrs. Dai smiled and introduced Mrs. Cheng to Sister Cui Wanqing. Everyone greeted each other, and Mrs. Cheng warmly beckoned them into the store to take a closer look.

The first floor of Ruyi Fang is the lobby that is opened, next to the wall there is a circle of pineapple carved counters, and the counters on the east side are placed pillow cores, pillowcases, there are many varieties, I am afraid that there are at least hundreds of kinds.

The counter on the west side is a number of Jiangyuan County's specialties, from food, coarse cloth, to tea. Spices. The variety is very complete.

Cui Wanqing felt that this kind of selling method was really rare, a bit like a grocery store in the countryside, but the grade was much higher.

Generally come to the county as a guest. People who play. Just take a walk around their house. It's all complete.

Mrs. Cheng waited for the two of them to finish looking, and then smiled: "Miss Cui, Miss Cao." Our Ruyi Fang is mainly the most distinctive pillow core. ”

"You two see, are you going straight upstairs to the private room? Or just pick and choose here? ”

Cui Wanqing looked at the guests in the hall, all of them were women, and she thought that it would be troublesome to move around in the private room, so it was better to choose it here openly and brightly.

Mrs. Cheng was quite surprised when she heard that the two distinguished guests were going to choose directly in the lobby, and personally led the guests to the east counter.

took the opportunity to tell the maid beside him, "Go, let Chang Si hang up the list outside, and stop doing business for the time being." ”

A few people walked to the counter and looked closely, and saw that under each pillow core, the material and effect inside were written in hairpin letters.

And under all kinds of beautiful embroidered pillowcases, the name of the style and the name of the fabric are written.

It can be said to be very detailed and clear at a glance.

Cui Wanqing began to look at the first counter, and after looking at the two, she really admired the Cheng family's thoughts.

Indeed, in response to Mrs. Dai's words, only you can't think of it, and they can't do it.

Not only are there countless types of pillow cores, but even these Jiangnan embroidery girls' finely crafted pillowcases are also embroidered well, with a wide variety of patterns, which are particularly attractive.

At the moment, these two young ladies who are not short of money can't help but buy a lot of money, and basically buy all the high-quality goods in this Ruyi Fang.

Cui Wanqing just chose three or four pillows for her grandmother and grandmother, each of whom could correspond to their physical deficiencies.

After choosing for all the relatives in the family, Cui Wanqing specially chose two for Qi Xuanhui, one is the cassia pillow and the other is the blue vanilla pillow.

But only she didn't give these two pillowcases, it's not that Cui Wanqing doesn't like the work here, but she plans to take advantage of Qi Xuanhui's absence to embroider two pillowcases for Qi Xuanhui by herself.

I have seen so many embroideries with Jiangnan characteristics, she even decided what pattern to embroider, since it is in Jiangnan, so in order to commemorate this unforgettable journey, why embroider the most representative lotus pond moonlight?

Because they bought a lot of things, they were rare big customers, so Mrs. Cheng not only gave the two of them several extra valuable pillows, but also gave every maid and mother around the two of them a set of pillows with soft satin embroidered green tea cores, which made these people very happy.

Mrs. Dai watched Cui Wanqing and the sisters have chosen, so she asked, "Why don't we go to Ya to rest?" It took a while for things to be packed, and besides, I saw that a few mothers were also moved, so why not let them choose while they were available? ”

Cui Wanqing happily agreed, and the sisters, accompanied by Mrs. Dai and Mrs. Cheng, went up to the private room on the second floor.

Cui Wanqing has already found out that the place of Ruyi Fang is big, but half of the territory is selling groceries, so she is a little curious.

Obviously, the sales of this kind of pillow core are very good, so why not specialize in this one?

Although there are more things and convenience, it will inevitably give people a messy feeling, in comparison, it is better to specialize in a business of this level like the Cheng family.

Anyway, waiting is waiting, Cui Wanqing simply asked the question in her heart.

When Mrs. Cheng heard this, she had to explain to the two young ladies with a smile.

Because all the processes of the pillow core are labor-intensive and time-consuming, it can only be fine, but it is not good to make it bigger.

Previously, their family had also opened a branch, but if they were not careful, there would be flower petals, the medicinal materials were not dried properly, or there was a problem with the selection of materials, and they were not carefully selected.

Think about it, the people who can buy these exquisite objects are all families with family backgrounds, once there is a problem with the pillow core that one buys back, it is a big trouble, but it is not a matter of losing money.

After several mistakes, Master Cheng, who was tossed and had palpitations, simply had a ruthless heart, closed the branch, and carefully operated this store.

As for why she sells half of pillows and half of all kinds of groceries, it was her son's idea that it has been fashionable in Beijing recently.

Master Cheng guarded this sister-in-law, and saw that his son was coming up with ideas for business, so he was afraid that if he didn't agree, his son would lose his enthusiasm, so he simply let him go.

I thought that if the groceries didn't sell well, I would change back to the old ways, but I never thought that the business of these groceries would be very good

Most of the people who come to their house to buy pillows are from other places, and after buying pillows, they inevitably buy some souvenirs and go back.

No, in a quarter's book, the profit from selling groceries is higher than the profit from buying pillows.

Master Cheng couldn't close his mouth happily at that time, and said that there was a successor, and decided on the spot, and he would continue like this in the future.

Cui Wanqing and Cao Tang were a little confused when they heard this, they didn't go out much, and everything was prepared at home, so they didn't need to go out at all.

So it's really not clear, when did the capital start to sell things in a mixed fashion?

At this moment, a young mother came in from outside the private room, and after saluting the people in the room, she retreated behind Mrs. Dai and whispered something.

Cui Wanqing saw that after Mrs. Dai heard this, she had a bad look on her face, and said with a smile: "If Madam has something, just go and busy with you, just leave Mother Gu to lead the way for our sisters." ”

Mrs. Dai shook the lotus fan embroidered with a white cat on both sides in her hand, shook her head and sighed: "It's not something I can come forward with, it's the daughter-in-law of the third child of our family, didn't she go back to her parents' house yesterday?" I thought I would have been able to come back last night, but who knew that I would never return. ”

"When I went out in the morning, I didn't see her turn around, so I had to worry about her, so I sent someone to her mother's house to see what was going on."

"As a result, yesterday was the birthday of her long-lost sister, and she rushed back to her parents' house, but she was also afraid that her mother would be sad and sad again.

"Who knows that my mother-in-law really can't think about it, all these years have passed, and she still can't start thinking about it day and night, crying and fainting, and the family is in a panic, no, I just sent someone to pass the word, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back at night."

Mrs. Dai also suffered from this, she could understand her mother's discomfort very well, and muttered with coaxing eyes, "Children are a piece of meat that fell from the mother's body, who can not feel distressed if they lose it?" ”

"But this day has to go on, don't you? There are other children who have to worry about being mothers, why don't I, a mother-in-law, think about other children? ”

Cao Tang had a good impression of her, and when he saw that she was sad, he quickly got up and walked to Mrs. Dai's side, and whispered a few words of comfort.

I saw Mrs. Dai wipe her tears with a handkerchief, stretched out her hand to hold Cao Tang in her arms, and said softly, "My good young lady, it's okay, it's okay." ”

"It's been so many years, I can think about it, but it makes you worry, I really shouldn't be."

"Later, Auntie will be the east, let's go to the guests to eat game, the taste is good, and you will be happy to use it." (To be continued......)