There are still crowds of people on the street, but Zhang Erzhen can't go back to the house directly, so he took Ruyue around and around, first went to Fenglou to eat the wine-stuffed Xi Balls recommended by Liang Yu, poured a pot of green radish tea happily, and went to the blacksmith shop for a walk, customized a large iron lock that was strong and not rusty, drew a striped iron frame and handed it to the blacksmith, and went to the spice shop, sniffed it carefully and took a look, in short, where are the more people going, the calves that went straight were sore, and then went to the ready-to-wear shop while strolling, while quietly slipping away from the back door. After this toss, Ruyue wondered and asked, "Childe, who are we hiding?"

Zhang Erzhen lowered her voice and said, "For the sake of our peaceful life in the future, I already regret coming to such a trip." Ruyue, pay attention to the birthmark on your face, don't wipe it. ”

Ruyue was speechless and looked at her girl's face covered with sweaty rouge, and whispered: "Childe, don't wipe your face, it's very flowery." ”

Zhang Erzhen subconsciously put down her sleeves, her feet flew fast, and she walked for another half an hour before returning to Zhang's mansion, and quietly made sure that there was no one behind her and ran in with a generous smoke. I hope that Zhang Erzhen is too worried, Yi Qian is a businessman who has drilled into the eyes of money, what is she staring at......

When he quietly returned to the Butterfly Courtyard, Zhang's Mansion was as calm as ever. Jin Qiu called warm water, Yinqiu handed over the handkerchief, Mingyue brought the clothes, the nurse was responsible for serving Zhang Erzhen to change her hairstyle and clothes, and her subordinates kept talking: "The girl went for most of the day, but Mrs. didn't call anyone to call the girl, there was a carriage on the front door, I asked Li Wei to say that Mrs. went to Jing'an Temple to incense, and I must have not come back yet." ”

"Madame went to incense again, and recently I ran to the Jing'an Temple really diligently. Zhang Erzhen stretched out her arms and let the nurse take off her crescent-colored robe, and the sleeves were already red and flowered. Zhang Erzhen still remembers the old monk Jing'an who was kind and kind at that time, saying that she was a blessed person, for so many years, she should be unlucky, unlucky, where is the blessing that the old monk Jing'an said, isn't it just saying it, hum, Jin still believes like that, tsk......

Another dull few days passed, the people of the Treasure Pavilion did not come to the door, Zhang's mansion was quiet as always, Zhang Erzhen passed a few days leisurely, and then instructed Mingyue to hand over the post and invite Li Zhuozhuo to come to the mansion to play. When Mingyue came back, her face was full of spring breeze, and she pointed to the scenery embroidered purse hanging on her waist and said that it was rewarded by the girl of Li Mansion, and it looked like there was a lot of silver in it-

Miss Li said that she would definitely come when the time came, and asked the girl to prepare the tea and fruit snacks to eat, and she would eat some unceremoniously. ”

Zhang Erzhen was carefully wiping the shiny big iron lock taken from the blacksmith shop, and said with a smile: "You have gained a lot of oil and water this time, don't you have to be more active next time Miss Li comes, the girl of the Li family looks much more generous than me, I have never given you such a big reward." ”

"The girl's goodness is not in these silver coins, let alone Wuchang, even if there are so many maids in Beijing, who can compare with me and Ruyue, free, the girl is a good master, even if I give me more silver, I will not change it." Mingyue said with a smile, and Ruyue, who was helping to sort out the cage on the side, also smiled: "Don't talk about us, even the golden autumn and silver autumn are all mellow when they see it, and the girl doesn't have so much to do here, peaceful and quiet, with a wide heart and a fat body." ”

"Yes, yes, it's not, there are really not many people like us in the house now. When the slave maid went out, she also saw some poor people wearing linen and filial piety crying in front of the Treasure Pavilion, so she listened to a few ears, saying that the daughter of the family liked the small jewelry of the Treasure Pavilion very much, so she bought it ruthlessly, and it turned out to be a fake, the gold fell off the gold paint to reveal the copper color inside, and the daughter of the family originally invited some playmates to show off, and I couldn't help but see that the jewelry that I had worn for a long time was a fake, and I lost my face, and I committed suicide after being hit by the cantilever beam......"

Zhang Erzhen's eyelids jumped, put down the handkerchief and asked: "Is it the Treasure Pavilion in Xiaoxiu Hutong?"

"The onlookers didn't all say that the family had bought fakes elsewhere and wanted to rely on the Treasure Pavilion, but when the slave maid left, he saw that the Treasure Pavilion invited the family to the hall, and the rest didn't know ......"

Zhang Erzhen changed into a piece of pure white silk and carefully wiped the golden rust that fell on the lock body, and Yi Qian's uninhibited face popped up in his mind, he wouldn't be so stupid, the Son of Heaven was fake at his feet? Use the gold spray leather surface to pass off as pure gold? This merchant method in the previous life was used here? Zhang Erzhen felt that Yi Qian was not so stupid, the big consumers in the Treasure Pavilion were all official eunuchs, and selling fakes was not a dead end. About him, he was still harmed by his peers, not only one or two families who do jewelry in Beijing, but since ancient times, peers have been enemies, and now they are just a small fall.

At this time, in the Treasure Pavilion, Yi Qian was listening leisurely to the shopkeeper's report on the situation outside, and said with a touch of coldness on the corner of his mouth: "Do I deserve to be the one who is wronged?"

"That's true, the beads inlaid with white diamonds are indeed printed with the mark of our pavilion, and I can't find who did it for a while, and the people who are crying and mourning are waiting in the hall, and many rich girls and ladies have left in advance......" The fat shopkeeper wiped his sweat and said with a drooping face: "In addition to the Modu Building in the west, there is also Jade Ruyi in the south, but they are all looking at us, this is not solved quickly, and the government will come down to check." ”

Yi Qian sneered: "I'm afraid I'm already on the way here at this time, don't worry, we don't have a waste that no one can handle in the background, just wait!"

"So what are we going to do now?"

Yi Qian smiled mysteriously and said: "Our shareholders are above 10,000 people under one person, what are we worried about...... Whoever provokes us, keep them can't eat and walk around. ”

............

The sky is high and cool, the wind is light and the clouds are light, it is a good day for autumn travel. On this day, the Jin family went out again, and Zhang Luan also went to the inspectorate early to report, Zhang Erzhen rarely got up early in the morning, and instructed Mingyue to tell the mother-in-law who bought the kitchen to buy some fresh mutton and vegetables today and send them to the butterfly courtyard. The materials of the Ming Dynasty were already very rich, potatoes, eggplant, cabbage, taro and so on, but the names were different, potatoes were called potatoes, and eggplants were called purple melons. Entertaining Li Zhuozhuo today, Zhang Erzhen felt that this lively and lovely little girl must like this kind of hospitality very much. He instructed Jin Qiu and Yinqiu to move the iron shelves to the garden, and instructed Ruyue to go to the kitchen and order the food materials to be cut into pieces and threaded with the silver and shiny iron wire from the blacksmith shop to ensure that it was clean. As the second generation of officials in the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Erzhen lay leisurely in the sun, squinting his eyes and enjoying it, he only needed to move his mouth, and the people in the courtyard were busy and orderly, which felt really good.

"Nurse, have you found all the spices I said?"

The nurse took out a few small brown white fungus ceramic jars, on which were written on red paper, chili powder, cumin powder, salt, oil, and a few thin brushes: "Girl, what are you going to do to entertain the Li family?"

Zhang Erzhen smiled mysteriously, and was not in a hurry to move, her slender white jade hand pinched a fan and said: "It can't be said to be entertaining Miss Li, I am also looking forward to it, I have been thinking about eating this thing for a long time, and I am very excited to finally eat it." Let's not go outside and shout today, just feel comfortable. By the way, Jin Qiu Yinqiu, you go and invite the second son and the second girl to come over, and say that if you want them to come for lunch, you don't have to eat in your own courtyard first. Jin Qiu Yinqiu finished arranging the iron shelves with a smile, and walked briskly towards the two courtyards.

Seeing that the sun was gradually rising, Zhang Erzhen got up lazily, went into the room and changed into old bean-green clothes, opened his sleeves and put charcoal on the iron shelf: "Mingyue, come, make a fire-"

Mingyue had already brought two flint stones, and Lisuo lit a fire. Zhang Erzhen hadn't worked in a barbecue restaurant for a long time, and finally saw a faint flame and thick white smoke, and Ruyue appeared with all kinds of carnivorous vegetable materials......

"Sister, I'm here. Zhang Yanling ran in with her calves, looking very cute with a small tugging on her head, wearing a small tan gown, and a very hard-working little thread embroidered by Zhang Erzhen last time. Er Shu also arrived, followed by a girl, Er Shu gave the name of Harvest, the other girl called Fruit, the kind Er Shu said that the autumn will be a bumper harvest of the field, fruitful, so that the farmer can fill his stomach, so happy that Zhang Luan hugged her lap and praised her for being sensible.

The two children surrounded Zhang Erzhen, looking at her sister's bulging cheeks curiously, and Er Shu said glutinously: "My sister is like Xiong Er, stupid." ”

Zhang Yanling was dissatisfied: "Second sister is nonsense, big sister is a gourd baby, who will breathe fire." ”

Zhang Erzhen rubbed her sore legs and stood up and said, "Sister, this is the god of cooking, and she can conjure delicious food." Stay away, and it won't smell good when you smoke your clothes. ”

Er Shu was already a little girl who loved beauty, and when she heard this, she shrank back, Zhang Yanling shook her little head and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm a man, don't be so fragrant." ”

This side was cheerful, and Mingyue shouted over there: "Girl, the carriage of the Li Mansion is parked at the front door." Mingyue ran in and panted, and Zhang Erzhen hurriedly put down the teacup, lifted her skirt and walked out of the garden. Li Zhuozhuo only brought a maid, and walked quickly, seeing Zhang Erzhen in a bean-green dress, he couldn't help complaining: "Oh, it's been more than ten days since the last goodbye, and I've been bored in the house all day, if you don't come to play with me, I'm afraid I won't be able to go out of the house." ”

Zhang Erzhen was already holding Li Zhuozhuo's hand and said with a smile: "That's still my fault, I shouldn't wait for Sister Zhuo's post, go directly to the door to ask for a cup of tea, and eat some delicious food by the way." ”

Li Zhuozhuo smiled: "That's still my fault." I should have come back after lunch, but I'm not allowed to eat lunch yet, I guess there's something to be done waiting for me. ”

Zhang Erzhen took Li Zhuozhuo into the second gate, and saw the thick white smoke in front of him through a maple forest, Li Zhuozhuo pointed to the two children squatting on the ground and said: "This is your younger brother and sister, looking at the lucky doll is so cute, I like children the most." Li Zhuozhuo let go of Zhang Erzhen's hand, stepped forward to look at Er Shu affectionately, and said enviously: "The little girl looks really blessed, this white and chubby face looks like a meat bun." Zhang Erzhen sneered, Li Zhuozhuo's skin didn't look very fair, her complexion was the honey color that many beauties liked in her previous life, but Li Zhuozhuo was very envious of Zhang Erzhen's bright complexion, and complained more than once.

Er Shu greeted Li Zhuozhuo very politely, Li Zhuozhuo was even more happy, took off the bracelet of mutton fat jade from his wrist and put it into Er Shu's hand and said, "Sister gave you this, put it away quickly." Er Shu looked at Zhang Erzhen suspiciously, Zhang Erzhen smiled and nodded, Er Shu grinned and thanked him, and Zhang Yanling on the side also thanked him, and Li Zhuozhuo couldn't help pinching his face.

Over there, Mingyue Ruyue has skillfully turned over the pork, mutton and vegetables on the grill, and after brushing the oil, it makes a "squeak" sound, accompanied by curling white smoke, lively and festive. Li Zhuozhuo finally looked away from the two children, saw this novel way of eating, and asked, "Zhenzhen, what are you doing here?"