readx; After dinner, it was still early, Li Qingan planned to go to the West Market for a walk, Mrs. Pei did not dissuade her, Li Qingan and her husband's performance at the banquet was enough to satisfy her, as long as the first step to reconcile, the second and third steps will be smooth in the future, there is no need to do it in one step, sometimes the speed is not enough. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, it is the twilight of spring, the warm wind is slightly smoked, the weather is exceptionally warm, Chang'an people also took off the thick winter jacket, put on the summer single clothes, most of the men are dressed in robes, wearing flat scarves on the top, leisurely and calm, and women are dressed up one by one, the thick winter shirt is taken off, replaced by a single shirt and long skirt, the single shirt is mostly made of silk and satin, light and elegant, gorgeous and colorful, the translucent clothes reveal the woman's unique plump body, which is beautiful, like a Tang Dynasty picture with strong and dazzling colors.

Since the lifting of the night curfew, the night of the West Market has obviously become lively, the wide streets are full of stalls selling all kinds of things and gadgets, cheap incense powder, hairpins, combs, bronze mirrors, most of them are women's supplies, there are indeed more women on the streets, especially groups of young girls can be seen everywhere, they are like birds returning from the twilight, chattering in front of the stalls, bargaining with the stall owners, and buying a little little thing they like.

Li Qing'an also changed into a regular clothes, with a jade belt around his waist and a black gauze hat on his head, but it is a pity that the folding fan has not yet come from the book at this time, otherwise he holds a folding fan in his hand, but it also looks suave and dignified, quite Pan An's state, Li Qingan did not come to shop alone, he took Mingzhu and Pei Min's youngest daughter Pei Yu to the West Market to hang out.

Mingzhu changed into a pomegranate skirt, wore a green silk shirt on her upper body, and combed a double-ring braid, which is generally a sign of an unmarried woman, she and Pei Yu took a light Luo small fan, followed behind Li Qing'an, looked around excitedly, and followed by more than 20 guards, looking at the surrounding situation nervously.

The West Market is also known as the Gold Market, grain, cloth, tea, etc., all kinds of bulk commodities in Chang'an are gathered here, here is also the barometer of the Tang economy, the prosperity of the West Market directly indicates the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty, but now it is night, the big shops selling grain and cloth are almost closed, only some silk and satin clothing and fat powder jewelry and other shops are still open, doing night market business.

Li Qing'an came to a big store that sells jewelry treasures, he bought a lot of jewelry for Gao Wu here, the store only covers a large area, but the grade is not high, most of the ordinary jewelry sold is worth one or two, of course, it is a little more high-end than the kind of jewelry on the stall, hundreds of dollars, it can be seen that the business of this store is very prosperous, customers are full, dozens of guys are busy introducing all kinds of jewelry to customers.

"Big brother, do you want to buy us jewelry?"

Mingzhu looked at the four walls hung with all kinds of dazzling jewelry, his eyes were shining, Mingzhu's women's mentality is much slower than other women, other girls showed a strong interest in jewelry and clothing at the age of thirteen or fourteen, Mingzhu was still climbing trees and playing in the wild, a little older and put on strange clothes, dressed up very treacherous, until after the age of eighteen, when other girls have become mothers, she slowly showed a girl's normal mentality, with a mind, with a yearning for jewelry and clothing.

Pei Yu next to her is a normal girl, although she is only fourteen years old, she is already choosing all kinds of jewelry in a very old-fashioned manner, asking the guy for the price, Xiu Mei frowned slightly from time to time, obviously because the price was too expensive, her mother only gave her five hundred yuan of pocket money, at most she could only buy a silver hairpin.

At this time, the second shopkeeper in the store saw that Li Qing'an was not like an ordinary person, and there were so many soldiers following him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "The guest wants to pick a few pieces at random, and how many good pieces of jewelry do you want to buy?" ”

"Do you have any good jewelry here?" Li Qingan asked with a smile.

"Yes! Yes! Guests, please come with me. ”

The second shopkeeper was about to lead Li Qing'an into the inner room, but Li Qing'an called Mingzhu, Mingzhu happened to be Pei Yu picking out a few silver jewelry, and when she heard Li Qing'an calling her, she hurriedly pulled Pei Yu over, "Big brother, what's the matter?" ”

"Come with me, go inside and pick it up."

Li Qing'an took the two daughters and walked to the inner hall, the inner hall is slightly smaller than the front hall, surrounded by a circle of wooden frames, on which are placed a variety of small sandalwood boxes, there are labels, such as all kinds of bracelets, all kinds of hairpins, gemstones, etc., unlike the outer hall, the jewelry is hung on the wall, can be viewed and selected at will, in the middle of the inner hall is neatly placed more than a dozen wide couches, there is a small table on the couch, there are already two people sitting on the couch, two senior guys are introducing them to a variety of precious jewelry.

"Please be seated!"

The second shopkeeper invited Li Qingan and the two girls to sit down, and ordered someone to serve tea, so he smiled and said, "I don't know what the guests are interested in?" ”

"What do you two want?" Li Qingan asked the two women with a smile.

Mingzhu thought for a while and smiled: "I want to give my mother a pair of bracelets, and I want to buy a necklace myself, and I want to eat Cui Yanyan's son's first birthday wine in a few days, and I have to change to a low-cut dress, it doesn't look good with a bare neck." ”

"Good! The store went to pick it up first. ”

Li Qingan turned back to Pei Yu and smiled, "What about you?" What do you want? ”

Pei Yu was very embarrassed, she hurriedly waved her hand, "I don't want anything, I'm just here to accompany Sister Mingzhu to buy things." ”

"Who said that you didn't want to buy hairpins?" Mingzhu corrected her.

Pei Yu whispered a little embarrassed: "The things here are too expensive, I can't afford them." ”

Li Qingan smiled and said to the second shopkeeper: "Go!" Bring the hairpins as well. ”

After a while, the second shopkeeper took two guys to bring three rosewood boxes, put them on the table in turn, opened the lid of the box, and suddenly the jewels were shining brightly, and the two girls exclaimed together, a small rosewood box was divided into three layers, each layer had twelve grids, each grid had red silk, and there was a fine jewelry, which was simply a jewelry box.

The shopkeeper and the guy took out the lattice one by one, there were a total of nine layers of boxes in the three boxes, and the two girls were dazzled, although they were all women from large families, but the family education was strict, they had never seen this kind of jeweled thing, they were usually with their female companions, and they bought some cheap gadgets of thirty or fifty yuan on the stalls outside, this kind of real high-end jewelry had nothing to do with them before they got married, but today Li Qingan brought them here, which is the time of their big harvest.

Li Qingan said with a smile: "Even if you choose, take whatever you like, and you can have as many pieces as you want." ”

The second shopkeeper next to him was dumbfounded, he saw that Li Qingan was not an ordinary person, but the words 'take as much as he liked', even the prince didn't dare to say it easily, who is this person?

The second shopkeeper saw that he and his entourage did not seem to have a big bag containing money, so he cautiously reminded: "Guest, these jewelry, at worst, should be more than 100 yuan." ”

Pei Yu had just picked out an emerald feather hairpin inlaid with sapphires, and when she heard this, she was so frightened that she hurriedly put it down, how dare she ask for something more than 100 times, but she didn't know that the meeting gift bead that Li Qing'an gave her during the day was at least worth more than 1,000 yuan.

Mingzhu also hesitated, although Li Qingan was her brother-in-law, her mother had become more and more strict with her in the past two years, and she didn't dare to indulge herself easily.

Li Qingan waved his hand indifferently and said: "I said, if you like it, just take it, Mingzhu, pick two for your mother and Mrs. Zhang, Xiaoyu, pick two for your mother, it is my heart." ”

Li Qingan ordered again: "Bring all the other boxes!" ”

He wanted to pick a few pieces for his wives and concubines, but his posture scared away the guests in the two seats next to him, and also alarmed the big shopkeeper in the store, and the big shopkeeper hurriedly came out to give Li Qingan a salute.

"Under Liu Le, he is the shopkeeper of the store, may I ask the guest's surname?"

Li Qingan smiled and said, "My surname is Li, and I came here to buy a few pieces of jewelry." ”

At this time, the second shopkeeper secretly pulled the big shopkeeper aside and whispered in his ear: "I found that they don't seem to have so much money on them." ”

Although he said this sentence very lowly, he was still heard by Li Qingan, he sneered, took out a cup of Anxi silver dollars from his arms, and slammed it on the table: "Do you accept Anxi silver dollars?" ”

Seeing that the guest heard it, the big shopkeeper couldn't help glaring at the second shopkeeper fiercely, and hurriedly stepped forward to laugh and said: "Offended the guest, the Anxi silver dollar is the hardest money in Datang, a silver dollar is worth three hundred Wen, but if the guest wants ten pieces, ......"

He didn't say what he said later, but the implication was that ten pieces of jewelry would cost more than 1,000 yuan, and at least 1,000 Anxi silver dollars, and 1,000 Anxi silver dollars, and they had to carry a bag to fit it.

Li Qing'an took out a gold medal and put it on the table, and said lightly: "Use this gold medal to go to Juhaixing Cabinet Shop Tie'an West Silver Dollar, don't say a thousand silver dollars, even 10,000 is no problem." ”

The big shopkeeper's eyes widened suddenly, he suddenly knew who the guest in front of him was, he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down and pleaded: "The grass people don't know that the festival has made the general arrive, and there is a lot of offense in the words, beg the general to have a lot of Haihan!" ”

The second shopkeeper was even more frightened, and then knelt down, Li Qingan waved his hand and said, "Get up!" I'm not angry with you, so don't be surprised. ”

The two shopkeepers wiped their sweat and stood up, and at this time, they only heard a woman's voice coming from the back room, "I heard that there is a big guest, why don't you call me?" ”

"General, this is the proprietor of our shop!" The big shopkeeper hurriedly introduced.

Li Qing'an was very familiar with this voice, it was an old man, he picked up the teacup, smiled and waited for the arrival of the female proprietor, only to see the yellow dress flash, and walked into a gorgeous and unusual young woman, who was Li Qingan's old rival, Mrs. Yang Huahua.

"Where don't we meet in life, third sister, don't come to harm?"

"It's you!"

Yang Huahua's eyes shot a hint of surprise, she didn't expect it to be Li Qing'an, after many years, she also knew that she couldn't get Li Qing'an, and that feeling gradually faded, thinking of Li Qing'an, she was more of a regret and loss.

She also heard that Li Qing'an had entered Beijing today, but she didn't expect to meet here, which made her surprised and happy, so she stepped forward and smiled: "Qilang, how do you know that this store is mine?" ”

Li Qingan smiled: "I just brought my two little sisters to go shopping and wanted to buy something for them, but I didn't know that this store was opened by you, and the third sister made a fortune!" ”

"Hey! What kind of wealth, I just want to sell all the jewelry given by others, in exchange for some pocket money to support my family. ”

Yang Huahua sat down next to Li Qing'an, and said with a smile: "You guy, if I don't come here tonight, won't you come to see me?" ”

Mingzhu didn't like Yang Huahua, and when she heard that she was still coquettish to Li Qing'an in her tone, she couldn't help rolling her eyes and coughed dryly: "Brother-in-law, it's not early, we should go back too!" ”

"Brother-in-law?"

Yang Huahua glanced at Mingzhu, and saw that she was very beautiful, her skin was white and delicate and ruddy, and her body was full of a vigorous and youthful atmosphere, Yang Huahua couldn't help but feel a trace of bitterness in her heart, compared with them, she was already old.

"You're the pearl! Sure enough, she is as beautiful as your sister. ”

Mingzhu is young after all, far less mature and spicy than Yang Huahua, and when she casually flattered her, she felt that she seemed to be too mean to others, and she felt a little too bad in her heart.

Li Qing'an's heart was like a mirror, he smiled, then picked out a string of colorful gemstone necklaces from the jewelry box, put it on Mingzhu's chest and compared it, tilted his head and smiled: "This necklace is very suitable for you, I bought it for you." ”

He handed the necklace to the treasurer, "Wrap it up!" ”

"Wait a minute!"

Yang Huahua stopped him, she took the necklace, frowned and said, "I remember, this necklace was given to me by the fourth sister, how could I take it out and sell it?" Look at my fool. ”

She put the necklace away and smiled apologetically at Li Qingan: "I'm sorry!" Shichiro, I'm here today just to pick it up, some jewelry is commemorative and can't be sold, why don't you come back tomorrow! ”

Li Qingan smiled faintly and said, "Then I'll pay ten times the price to buy your colorful necklace, will you sell it?" ”

"Ten times?" Yang Huahua rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Qilang, you know that my chain is sold for a thousand yuan!" Ten times is 10,000 yuan, are you willing to do it? ”

"What am I reluctant to do, if the third sister wants, I can even give you a silver mine, so that the third sister doesn't have to cast iron and silver coins anymore."

Yang Huahua smiled and trembled, "You guy, you don't have any other skills, but you are very sarcastic!" ”

She took out the colorful gemstone necklace again, stuffed it into Mingzhu and said with a smile: "Forget it, I've always been stingy in money, and today I will be generous with my surname, and I will give you this necklace, so as not to annoy your brother-in-law." ”

"Nope! No! Mingzhu hurriedly refused, "This is given to you by the concubine, how can I ask for it?" ”

"I'm talking about playing, if it was really given to me by the concubine, I wouldn't put it here, this necklace is actually rewarded by the saint, it may have some special meaning in the eyes of others, but for me, it's just a more valuable necklace, for you."

She took out the sapphire-encrusted emerald feather hairpin again, handed it to Pei Yu and said, "Little sister, this emerald feather hairpin is also given to you, which is a meeting gift." ”

The two girls were quite embarrassed, but Li Qingan smiled and said, "You can take it!" It's rare for Third Sister Yang to be generous. ”

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(To be continued)