Chapter 19: Caught in the Storm (2)
Ming Jue is still young now, if he tries his best to get close to Mr. Zhang, I'm afraid it's too early.
When Mingjue was older, she withdrew from the marriage with Shiquan, worked hard to make money, and invited Mr. to teach Mingjue knowledge alone.
After Ming Jue has achieved success in his studies and gained fame, he will go to Mr. Zhang of the Hanlin Academy and ask Mr. Zhang for advice.
Maybe Mingjue can rely on Mr. Zhang's point, and it is not necessary to say that he will enter the phase.
Seeing Mingjue gradually walking away, Sheng Mingyu did not continue to follow, but walked back the way she came, looking for peace of mind who was still waiting for her in the same place.
After finding Anxin, Sheng Mingyu found a teahouse facing the street, and she and Anxin went to the teahouse to drink a few teas.
Fortunately, when she went out today, she specially asked Anxin to find a few hangs of money to come out, otherwise she would not even be able to drink a bowl of tea when she went out today.
After drinking tea, Sheng Mingyu took Anxin's hand and wandered around the street.
The peace of mind that he had not been out of the house for a long time followed behind Sheng Mingyu, looking at everything with a curious look.
I want to walk over, touch it, and explore it.
Sheng Mingyu watched Anxin walk in front of a stall selling fat powder, watched her pick up a rouge in a celadon box on the stall, opened it and took a look, smelled the rouge again, touched her body, and there was no silver tael, so she could only put the rouge down again.
I just put it down one second, and pick it up again the next.
This was repeated several times, and even the boss of the fat powder stall was tired of peace of mind, and snatched the rouge from her hand.
"Girl, if you don't have any money, don't stand in my way. This box of rouge is not expensive, just two dollars. ”
Just two hanging money?
But now she doesn't even have two pennies.
Anxin has been serving by Sheng Mingyu's side for many years, although she is the big girl by Sheng Mingyu's side, it stands to reason that there should be a lot of silver per month, at least the box of rouge in front of her, she should still have spare money to buy it.
But the Sheng family's family is in the middle of the road, and the monthly silver of the maids and servants used to be distributed by Sheng Mingyu by selling their property, but later they really couldn't make ends meet, so they simply dismissed some lazy maids and servants.
Now the maids and servants left in the house have all been with the Sheng family for more than ten years, or they have no relatives at home and have nowhere to go, so they can only stay in the Sheng family to live, or they have a relationship with the Sheng family and cannot leave the Sheng family.
Peace of mind belongs to the former and to the latter.
When Sheng Mingyu was young, Mrs. Sheng pointed her to serve Sheng Mingyu. Until the death of the lady, the girl came out to be the master of the house, and she was always with her.
Now her monthly silver is only a penny a month, and this box of rouge in front of her asks her for two months of monthly silver, how can she give it?
Seeing Anxin hesitating in front of the fat powder stall for a long time, Sheng Mingyu knew that Anxin wanted this box of rouge, but she really couldn't get it for two hangs.
That being the case, she simply bought it for her!
I weighed the silver in the money bag, and there were only just two pieces of money, and if I bought this box of rouge, I was afraid that I would not be able to buy anything else.
It's really not good, bargain with the boss.
Sheng Mingyu approached Anxin, walked to the fat powder stall, and picked up the box of rouge that Anxin had just put in his hand.
"Boss, how do you sell this box of rouge?"
Looking at Sheng Mingyu's dress, the boss guessed that the girl in front of him must be a girl from a rich and noble family, and she was ready to blackmail Sheng Mingyu for a sum of money.
The box of rouge in front of me is afraid that it is not worthy of her identity.
The boss wanted to take out the best rouge gouache and show it to Sheng Mingyu.
"Girl, I'm afraid this box of rouge villains is not worthy of the identity of a girl. There's a better one here, girl, do you want to see it?"
As soon as the words fell, the boss had already taken out two boxes of rouge in white porcelain from the wooden box next to him.
He had already taken it out, and asked himself if he could see it?
Isn't that obvious?
But she just looks at it, and she doesn't really buy it.
Sheng Mingyu stretched out his hand and took the two boxes of rouge handed over by the boss.
"Girl, this is a good rouge! If the girl wants two boxes, the villain will give the girl a cheaper, five taels of silver. ”
Five taels of silver?
Is this still cheap?
Sheng Mingyu opened the rouge box and looked at the color of the rouge, it was indeed good, with a faint floral fragrance, but it couldn't be worth five taels of silver?
These two boxes of rouge, if they go to another house, are only worth two taels of silver at most.
The boss in front of him wanted her five taels of silver, but he just looked at her dressed like a little girl who was not deeply involved in the world, and wanted to blackmail her for three taels of silver.
Sheng Mingyu smiled on his face, and picked up the box of rouge that he had just looked at with peace of mind.
"The two boxes of rouge are worth five taels of silver, so how much does this box of rouge cost to the store?"
The owner of the fat powder stall didn't react for a while.
The girl in front of me was dressed up, and she didn't look like the kind of person who used inferior rouge.
But since the customer asked, he still replied honestly.
"Girl, now this box of rouge in your hand is two hanging money, if the girl buys the two boxes of rouge just now, this box of rouge is given to the girl by the villain, and the villain will not accept your money."
The boss said, and looked at Sheng Mingyu in front of him carefully.
But the villain looked at the girl's dress, and the girl didn't look like a mountain village woman who used this inferior rouge. is still the two boxes of rouge just now, worthy of the identity of a girl. ”
After that, the owner of the fat powder stall picked up the two boxes of rouge that Sheng Mingyu had put down just now, and wanted to hand them to Sheng Mingyu's hand.
Sheng Mingyu didn't accept it, but took the box of rouge that Fang had just taken a fancy to.
"Boss, I want this box of rouge, but I only pay a penny, I don't know if the boss can sell it?"
When the owner of the fat powder stall heard that Sheng Mingyu only paid a penny, he immediately waved his hand, wanting to take the box of rouge that Sheng Mingyu was holding in his hand.
"Girl, if you want to buy rouge for a lot of money, the girl might as well go to other fat powder stalls and ask, where is there such a good thing in this world? This box of rouge is worth two pennies to say the least, and I won't sell it to you for a penny. ”
Seeing that An Xin had been staring at the box of rouge in his hand, Sheng Mingyu weighed the silver in his money bag again.
She went out in a hurry today, so she brought a few dollars, just drank tea, and spent more than a dozen, Ming Jue likes to eat pastries from Fangcao Zhai, and when she goes back, she will buy some pastries for Ming Jue.
She was really reluctant to spend two dollars to buy a box of rouge.
However, seeing that Anxin had been staring at the box of rouge closely, she still decided to negotiate the price with the owner of the fat powder stall again! Let the boss give her a cheaper price.
"Boss, this box of rouge is cheaper! Now I don't have enough money with me, and if I have enough money one day, I'll buy some of the things in your stall. What do you think?"
Hearing Sheng Mingyu say this, the boss of the fat powder stall was a little tempted.
Looking at the dress of the girl in front of her, she should be a girl from a rich and noble family.
Since she said today that she didn't bring enough money, he brought enough money every day, and came to him to buy a lot, and when the time comes, he will definitely not lose if he raises the price again.
After making up his mind, the owner of the fat powder stall opened his mouth.
"In this case, this box of rouge, I will take the girl a penny! It's just that the girl has to promise the villain, and when he goes out shopping again in the future, when he arrives at the villain's stall, the girl will come to take care of the villain's business. ”
Sheng Mingyu nodded, and dealt with the past first.
After paying a lot of money and taking the box of rouge, Sheng Mingyu pulled the peace of mind and quickly left the fat powder stall.
When he came out again in the future, Sheng Mingyu saw this fat powder stall and had to go around.
Otherwise, if the owner of this fat powder stall sees it, I am afraid that he will pull her to take care of his business.
How can she have so much spare money now to take care of his business.
Leaving the fat powder stall, Sheng Mingyu followed the road he came, pulled Anxin and went back in the direction of the Sheng family's mansion.
After walking for half an hour, Sheng Mingyu noticed that something was wrong on the street.
Fang Mingjue said that he was going to greet Mr. Zhang, but at this time, there was no one on the street, but there were a few more teams of guards patrolling the city.