Chapter 7 Fruitless Questioning
Ning Er walked out of Liufu alone, this is the first time Ning Er walked out of Liufu alone after her mother left, and she used to go out with the maid and Lu'er to buy. She had also thought about the scene of going out of the house alone one day, planning which pastries to eat after leaving the house, which store to buy her favorite spices, and to customize her favorite clothes.
But now Ning Er really walked out of Liufu alone, but the plans that she had originally thought of in her heart no longer existed, her heart was empty, her brain was also in chaos, and the whole person was chaotic and walking aimlessly.
Ning Er didn't know what to do, for the sake of her father, Ning Er had to agree to Fang Yuanwai's marriage, and at this time, she couldn't make any suggestions for Ning Er, you can help Ning Er, Ning Er felt a little desperate, her life had only passed so short, but it seemed that her final result had been defined.
Ning'er's mind has already appeared in Ning'er's future life, staying in the empty room, doing nothing else except eating and drinking every day, and finally fell lonely in the yard. Ning'er doesn't want to live such a life, the world is so big, Ning'er has always wanted to go out and see, but now her life is immediately bound by a marriage contract.
Ning Er walked through the bustling and noisy streets like a walking corpse, and was indifferent to the vendors who were selling, walking aimlessly, Ning Er was very interested in the gadgets sold by the hawkers in the past, but today she couldn't mention her interest. Somehow, I walked to the Golden and Silver Pavilion where Lu'er and Lu'er watched the plum hairpin that day.
Since her father's accident and the second lady fainted, Ning Er temporarily took charge of the affairs of the Liu family, and the subordinates also respected Ning Er a lot, Ning Er was no longer afraid that her things would be taken away by the subordinates, and the plum blossom hairpin that she had been thinking about finally dared to take it out and put it on her head.
When Ning'er saw the Golden and Silver Pavilion, she suddenly thought of the boy who gave her plum hairpin that day, these days because Ning'er was busy with things in the house, and she left all the things about looking for that son, and now Ning'er finally came out and decided to hurry up to find that son.
Ning Er plucked the hairpin from her head, held it in her hand, and walked into the Gold and Silver Pavilion. A few days have passed, but there is still a dazzling array of ladies and ladies who come to buy jewelry.
Ning Er didn't pick out the goods, and walked directly to the checkout counter. Walking to the counter, Ning Er saw the shopkeeper who looked down on them that day, and there was no complaint in her heart at the moment, but she just wanted to ask the shopkeeper if he knew who the son who bought the plum hairpin that day was, so that he could return the money to the boy in the future and solve a matter on Ning Er's mind. Although something happened in the family, the kindness of that son still needs to be repaid, and Ning'er is not the kind of person who does not repay his kindness.
"Shopkeeper, I want to ask if this plum hairpin is only sold in our gold and silver pavilion?" Ning Er handed the plum blossom hairpin to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper took the plum blossom hairpin and looked at it twice in his hand, "This young lady, yes, this plum blossom hairpin is a batch of hairpins that came in from the capital of the Golden and Silver Pavilion, and it is custom-made by the Golden and Silver Pavilion in the capital, and it is unique to our Golden and Silver Pavilion." β
"Shopkeeper, do you remember me, I came to buy a plum hairpin that day, but because I didn't have enough money, I didn't buy it in the end." Ning'er briefly talked about the plum hairpin she came to buy that day, hoping to make the shopkeeper remember.
The shopkeeper looked up at the young lady standing in front of him, and looked at the young lady of the big family who was dressed up, but the young lady of the big family didn't buy a hairpin because she didn't have enough money, this kind of thing is not common, and the shopkeeper was afraid of offending people, so he didn't dare to say anything for a while.
Ning Er saw that the shopkeeper didn't speak, and smiled, "The shopkeeper, I am the girl who called herself Miss Liufu that day." β
When the shopkeeper heard this, he suddenly remembered that this girl really looked a little similar to the girl who was dressed in shabby clothes that day, but she was really a little afraid to recognize it when she was dressed up in clothes and jewelry.
"It turned out to be Miss Liu, the strange villain has no eyes, I didn't recognize you, I'm really sorry for what happened that day, I'll give you a nine-percent discount when you come here to consume today, can you see it?" The shopkeeper faced the young lady of the Liu family in front of him, and he didn't have the confidence to speak that day, so he looked a little humble, handed the hairpin to Ning Er with both hands, and wanted to use a discount to show his sincerity, so that the young lady would forgive him for his reckless words that day.
Ning Er took the hairpin and looked down at herself, indeed, the dress is different, people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, this sentence really has a certain truth. In the past few days, for the sake of the faΓ§ade of Liufu, Ning Er has put on gorgeous clothes and jewelry, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a black chicken turning into a phoenix, and it is normal for the shopkeeper to not recognize it.
"Shopkeeper, I'm not here to buy jewelry today, I just want to ask who bought the last plum hairpin after I left that day?"
"Miss Liu, it's been a long time, and there are too many ladies and ladies who come to this gold and silver pavilion every day to buy jewelry, I really don't remember it, I'm really embarrassed." When the shopkeeper heard that Ning Er had come to ask who had bought the last hairpin, his speech was a little perfunctory.
"Shopkeeper, the person who bought this last plum hairpin should be a son, see if you can think about it, it's really important to me." Ning Er held the hairpin and nervously said her request, hoping that the shopkeeper could think about it.
Ning Er took out a little bit of broken silver from her purse and put it on the counter, "Shopkeeper, please think about it, this matter is very important to me, and this bit of silver will be regarded as your hard work." β
When the shopkeeper saw the silver, his eyes lit up at once, and he reached out and took the broken silver from the counter, and wiped it with his hand, and put it in his sleeve. "Childe?" After the shopkeeper heard Ning'er say that it was a boy who came to buy a hairpin, he lowered his head and thought about it, "Are you talking about the boy who bought the hairpin after you left, and the one who bought the plum blossom hairpin?" β
"Yes, it's that son, do you know which family he is?" When Ning Er heard the shopkeeper say this, she immediately asked the shopkeeper, for fear of missing the information of this son.
"I don't know, we won't leave the buyer's information when we come to the Golden Silver Pavilion to buy jewelry, but that son looks a little faceless, probably a son from other places." The shopkeeper accepted the money, and sure enough, his attitude was a little different, not as perfunctory as just now.
When Ning Er heard the shopkeeper say this, her heart was full of loss, and when she looked at this hairpin, her sorrow added a little more. "Thank you shopkeeper, then I'll go first, if you meet that son to buy something in the future, please be sure to help me ask him which son he is, I'm sorry for you."
"Okay, Miss Liu, I will send someone to Liu's house to deliver a letter to you when there is news."
"Okay, don't bother, you get busy first." Ning Er couldn't answer when she saw the shopkeeper, and she didn't want to stay any longer.
Ning Er left the counter with the hairpin, and when she walked to the door of the Golden and Silver Pavilion, Ning Er turned her head and looked inside the Golden and Silver Pavilion, she hoped to see that son again, and she could say thank you in person, and return the silver taels to that son, which was also a matter in Ning Er's heart.
When Ning Er turned her head to look at the Golden and Silver Pavilion, she suddenly found that there was a son who looked a bit like the boy who gave her plum hairpin that day. Ning'er immediately turned around and ran towards the son.
"Childe, may I ask if you have bought a plum hairpin in this Golden and Silver Pavilion?" Ning Er ran behind Childe and patted Childe, Ning Er turned around with anticipation and replied to Ning Er after Childe turned around, "Yes, hey, aren't you the girl I gave you the hairpin that day?" β
But things often don't go as expected, and the boy turned around, "Girl, I haven't bought any hairpins, and I don't know you, girl, did you recognize the wrong person?" β
The figure of that son is indeed somewhat similar, but when Ning Er heard that son say no, she was still a little disappointed, "I'm sorry, Childe, I recognized the wrong person." Ning Er apologized to the boy and walked out of the Gold and Silver Pavilion again.
The son-in-law who gave him a hairpin was not in the Gold and Silver Pavilion, and Ning'er left with some loss.
After Ning'er left, a young man suddenly appeared behind Lao Ding, this young man was the son who gave Ning'er the plum blossom hairpin that day - Chengfeng Gongzi (also called Xifeng Gongzi, Chengfeng Gongzi is his name externally).
"Lao Ding, you are not small, usually hairpins are expensive, and it is not enough to collect so much oil and water, and now the girl just asked you for a message, and you even accept the broken silver of the girl?" The boy stood behind the shopkeeper, holding a fan in his right hand.
"Less, young master, I, how dare I?" When the shopkeeper heard that the young master was coming, and he also said that he had received broken silver from other girls, he seemed a little flustered, and he even stumbled a little when he spoke.
"Yes, confiscated, then why did I just see the broken silver on the counter into your cuff, don't you tell me that the broken silver grew its own legs and ran into your sleeve, right?" As he spoke, Master Chengfeng touched the sleeve of the shopkeeper and took out the broken silver from the sleeve of the shopkeeper.
"Less, young master, I was wrong, I shouldn't be greedy for money, take money from other girls, I'll go and pay back that girl." The shopkeeper saw that the young master took out the broken silver from his sleeve, and hurriedly told the young master that he was going to return it to the girl.
"Lao Ding, tell me about you, you've been doing it for so many years, how could you do such a thing, is it because I usually give you less wages?"
"No, no, young master, it's not a lot at all, it's me who is too greedy for money, I'm obsessed, young master, it's me who is wrong, I shouldn't be greedy for money." When Lao Ding heard the young master say this, he was afraid that the young master would dismiss him because of this matter, so he quickly admitted his mistake.
"Don't do this in the future, let's get to work." The young master Chengfeng asked Lao Ding to hurry to work, but he took the broken silver and hurriedly walked out.
"Hmph, I think I'm accepting other people's broken silver, isn't this to create opportunities for you, young master too, if you like other people's girls, you will chase them bravely, grinding and chirping, and you won't let me tell other people's girls my identity, and now I'm chasing them out with broken silver. Tut-tut, the young master is really difficult. The shopkeeper sighed a few words, and hurried to settle the accounts.
It turned out that the boy who bought the hairpin had been standing in the back room of the counter, and just now Ning'er asked the shopkeeper about it, he heard it, and secretly lifted the curtain to look at the girl a few times, and saw the girl's anxious little appearance several times, and almost laughed out loud.