The alley is paved with neat bluestone bricks, quiet and tidy.

This Sun Shaozu's house has chosen a good place, although it is not as grand as Jiafu, but the location is wonderful, moving quietly, down the alley, first Shuangji Street, and then down, is Jian'an Street.

This is the bustling place of the capital, with a variety of shops on both sides of the street. The streets are full of people, and all kinds of shouts along the streets come and go, full of market atmosphere.

Yingchun lingered all the way in this prosperous scene in ancient times, looking for pawnshops all the way.

Xi'an didn't dare to squint, and followed closely behind Yingchun with her head down.

Sure enough, as Li Lai said, when he arrived at Jian'an Street, several shops on both sides of the street could be seen picking out flags with the word "畾" in front of them.

So Yingchun held the golden hairpin in his hand tightly and walked into the first shop.

This hairpin is heavy in the hand, it is estimated that it weighs half a tael, and how can it be exchanged for four or five taels of silver, but the courtier in this store took the hairpin, weighed it for a long time, and then said: "The color is not good, the style is also old, at most give you one or two halves of silver, I think the little brother is a Sven person, it should be an urgent matter at home, so, I will quietly write the color up for you, and give you a one or two eight dollars, which is considered to be a response." ”

When Yingchun heard this, his face blackened, turned his head and left, so he went to a few shops, but the price given was between one or two halves to one or two hundred dollars, helpless, tossed for a morning, tossed her mouth dry, and finally exchanged one or two eight coins of silver and two strings of copper coins back.

"Do you know, in Jiafu, our young lady's monthly case is two taels of silver," Yingchun said to Xi'an quietly: "This does not include food and clothing, simple pocket money." ”

"I heard the master talk about this before, he said that grandma's mother's house just doesn't know moderation, obviously the inner bag is empty, and he still has to put that shelf, and the children don't know how to improve, so it's what it is now." Xi'an said.

When Yingchun heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and found that Sun Shaozu's words actually made some sense, and he couldn't refute it, so he had to say angrily: "Hmph, it's not his turn to point fingers at my Jia family!" ”

At this time, it was nearly noon, Yingchun and Xi'an both felt tired, thirsty and hungry, Yingchun touched the two strings of copper coins in his arms, and said to Xi'an: "Why don't we go to that restaurant to eat something first, rest for a while and then leave." ”

After that, without waiting for Xi'an to answer, he walked towards a restaurant called Xianweilou on the street, and Xi'an had to follow closely.

This restaurant is not big, but the tables, chairs and benches inside are also clean and elegant, Yingchun took Xi'an to pick up a window position and sat down, Xiao Er sent a pot of hot tea, and the two picked up the cheap vegetable dry porridge, stuffed tofu, and mille-feuille crisp on the menu and ordered one or two.

may also be hungry, these home-cooked dishes for the Spring Festival and the two of them actually ate deliciously, and they all ate clean after a while.

"Let's sit down for a while and then go back." Yingchun didn't want to go back to Sun's Mansion in his heart, and it was good to just want to stay outside for a while.

In this early summer, the cool breeze is blowing, the streets are lined with green trees, Yingchun sits in front of the window, drinks the spring tea before the Ming Dynasty, looks at the people coming and going outside the window, and forgets to disturb Sun Shaozu for a while, but it is also very comfortable.

But her comfort didn't last long, when she heard a loud noise coming from the street at the door.

Yingchun looked out the window, but saw a gorgeous woman standing under a willow tree about two or three meters away from Yingchun, looking up at it coldly, a big man next to her stood with his arms crossed, and an old man about sixty years old bent over as if he was bowing his head and begging for something.

"No, the material of my dress is priceless, it is a new reward from Liu Gongzi, tomorrow's peony will be held, what do you want me to wear?" The gorgeous woman was furious, her long eyebrows were tightly locked, and her lips were as shiny as jewels opened slightly, revealing a few pearl-like teeth.

"I thought you—I thought women couldn't go out." Yingchun looked at the woman outside the window and sighed.

"This woman should be a woman on Yang Huai Road." Xi'an whispered.

"Yang Huai Road? Is there anything special about the women there? Yingchun was surprised.

Xi'an couldn't help but laugh.

"Grandma is really a daughter in the mansion, so naturally she doesn't know Yang Huailu." Xi'an said in a low voice: "There are more than a dozen famous Qinglou in the capital, and I have often heard the master mention it before." ”

"Oh~!" Yingchun looked at the woman and asked, "How did you know that this woman is Yang Huailu?" ”

"Grandma, do you see the small waist bag embroidered with gold-rimmed peonies hanging on her waist, I heard Li Lai say that these women in the Qinglou, when they go out, they have a special purse on their waist to distinguish them from the women of the good family."

"Eh, Li Lai, he also goes to the Qinglou?" Yingchun was greatly shocked.

"He often accompanies the old man to go, a place like the Qinglou is not a rich family, even if he wants to go, he can't afford to go." Xi'an said with a smile.

The master and servant were talking and laughing, but the situation outside the window was getting worse, but seeing that the old man didn't know what he was saying, the big man next to the woman stepped forward and pushed the old man away, and the old man stumbled, and then fell backwards to the ground.

Seeing this, Yingchun couldn't help frowning slightly.

At this time, a girl in a blue silk skirt ran out with a dress in her hand, first to help the old man up, and then pleaded eagerly to the woman: "I know that Sister Dou Niang's piece of fabric is worth a lot of money, but I was too nervous and cut my sister's material, sister, don't embarrass my grandfather, we must compensate each other." ”

"Compensation, you can't afford to tear down your shop, either you will take eight hundred taels of silver, or you will wait for me to sue the official!" The woman named Dou Niang was high up and said coldly.

It seems that this bean lady took a skirt to the old man's shop to modify, and was accidentally cut by the little granddaughter, and the bean lady claimed it.

"What is so expensive? I'll take a look. "Yingchun crossed here before the student of the clothing department, some research on clothing, although I don't understand the ancient materials, but see how rare things are, I can't help but be curious, so I hurriedly walked out to see what it is.

Xi'an had long been familiar with their grandmother's impulsive temperament and wanted to stop it, but when she couldn't stop it, she had to follow quickly.

At this time, there were already a few onlookers standing outside the door one after another, Yingchun squeezed in and stepped forward, and said to the girl: "Sister, what's going on with this dress in your hand, let me see." ”

"You? Anyone can touch this material? This is a drag skirt made of Feihua Jade Luo Jin that is not easy to find in the palace, this material can only be produced at most eighteen horses a year in the entire Jiangnan weaving, it was originally Liu Shilang's second son who rewarded me, I want to change the fit and leave tomorrow's peony bar will wear, you see, they twisted my skirt into this, you say, should I let him pay? Dou Niang said loudly.

When Yingchun heard this, her curiosity was even stronger, so she stepped forward and said: "Since she broke your material, the compensation should be compensated, but even if the girl is compensated for eight hundred taels of silver, the girl can't wear it tomorrow to participate in that, what will, if you let her open me to see, maybe there is a way to remedy it." ”

Dou Niang squinted at Yingchun, but saw that although this little minister was dressed in coarse clothes, his face was extremely handsome, and his skin was as delicate as fat, as if he came out of a big family, his heart moved, and he said to the girl: "How can this be remedied, if you don't believe it, you let him see." ”

The girl's face was still stained with tears, and when she heard this, she shook the skirt in her hand slightly, but she saw a long skirt leaking down like a waterfall, and in the sunlight, the bright rose material flowed with changing colors.

Although the people watching around didn't understand anything, they couldn't help but marvel at the dress.

It's just that the hem of this long skirt is missing a big one, presumably the material is still there, but if you put it up, it will definitely affect the overall sense of fluency.

Seeing this, Yingchun couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.