When I came out of the barracks, I didn't go to Gu's mansion.

Chen Yi and they have not come out since they entered the palace in the morning, although Chen Yi said that he had greeted the Gu Mansion, but without him to accompany me, I categorically did not want to carry a large bag to his house for the first time.

When she was in Dingyan City, Xin Yi said that when she separated from her parents, she only brought celadon and her mother's dowry and two small maids who did heavy work, and the empty room in the courtyard was not suitable for living at all, so she packed it out and rented it out.

"But my family, as you know, the yard is full of medicine gardens, and the smell of Chinese medicine in the house is very strong, so few people are willing to rent it." Xin Yi said to me, "The location is relatively partial, the only advantage is that it is quiet, and it can be rented to you." ”

The imperial city in the capital is sitting in the north and facing south, and the layout of the urban area is roughly "rich in the east and rich in the west", that is, most of the dignitaries live in the east, many wealthy businessmen and wealthy families in the west, and the place where ordinary people live in the south.

Xin Yi and her parents were one of the few unofficial residents in the capital who did not have an official position, and I ended up renting her house for 500 yuan a month, which was an extremely good price.

With the rental voucher given by Xin Yi, I went to the tooth shop in charge of her family's rental affairs, handed over the money in one hand and the key in the other, and my residence in the capital was settled.

As soon as I entered the door, I could smell the fragrance of medicine in the courtyard, the medicine garden was luxuriant, and the houses were simple and quaint, which was simply my ideal place to live.

The tooth man who took me to see the house had been sneezed several times by the fragrance of medicine, and when he saw that I was satisfied, his eyes were full of disbelief.

I smiled and didn't explain, my honey, his arsenic, that's it.

"The proprietor of this house and his wife are practicing medicine, so they should be going out to see a doctor, and you can go to see them when they come back in the evening." After the tooth man said this, he covered his nose and "ran away".

I went into the house, put all my luggage, changed my military uniform and armor, and decided to go out and buy some groceries and women's clothes.

I finally had the opportunity to see what it was like in this capital, and my heart was excited.

Most of the shops in the capital are concentrated in the two largest markets, the East Market and the West Market. I went to Dongshi this time, and not long after the opening of the market, there was an endless stream of cars and pedestrians going to purchase, such a scene would never be seen in a small town like Shuangqi Town.

Eight streets and nine mo, soft red fragrant soil, the boundary of the capital is worthy of being one of the most prosperous cities in China, and the end is a splendid atmosphere full of flowers.

According to the information collected before, there are many ready-to-wear shops in the East Market, the most famous of which are Yun Jinju and Jade Embroidery Workshop - Yun Jinju is the industry of the imperial merchant Yun family in the people, with branches all over the country, and the clothing style is unique.

The jade embroidery workshop is the industry of the Yao family, a family of embroidery artists in Beijing, which is unique in the world with embroidery technology, and is equipped with a "skillful workshop" that specializes in cultivating embroiderers and tailors, and operates a business of customizing clothes and embroidery for many wealthy families and even royal relatives.

My residence was a little closer to Yunjinju, but I came quite unlucky, just in time for the new day of Yunjinju, the nobles in Beijing took the maids and servants of the family out of the long line, and when they got close to the door of the store, I had to change the route to the jade embroidery workshop.

Although this jade embroidery workshop is also full of guests, it is not as crowded as Yunjinju. As soon as I entered, I was greeted by a beautiful young woman, embroidered with several lifelike butterflies on her coat, fluttering her wings as she walked, which was very eye-catching.

Seeing me staring at the embroidery on her coat, she smiled unexpectedly, "What do you think of the embroidery in our jade embroidery workshop?" ”

I laughed and said, "It's really ingenious." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, I'm a guy from the Jade Embroidery Workshop, please come with me." The woman's smile added a bit of pride to it.

"Okay, do you have any clothes for young women?" I replied in passing.

"There are naturally a lot of clothes suitable for young women, but please tell me first, what kind of colors and styles do your masters like?" The female clerk pursed her lips and smiled.

I realized that something was not quite right: "My master? I bought the clothes for myself. ”

The clerk looked at me, still with a standard business smile on his face, "I said something offensive, don't be angry, girl, can I bring enough silver?" ”

As she spoke, she walked to the counter, took out a plain handkerchief and handed it to me—the handkerchief was simply embroidered with a few petals, but when I took it, as the surface of the handkerchief swayed, the petals had a real sense of falling, and if I looked closely, I could still see delicate dark lines on the fabric of the handkerchief.

"This handkerchief is the cheapest item in our store, and it costs fifty taels of silver." There was not the slightest contempt in her tone, just a fact calmly stated.

When I left Dingyan City, I had two hundred taels of silver with me, and in addition to the expenses on the road, I had about one hundred and eighty taels left when I arrived in the capital, but this did not mean that I had to spend all the money on my body to buy a piece of clothing.

I smiled and said, "Thank you for the recommendation, but I think I need to buy clothes from another store." ”

When the clerk saw that I was not ashamed to say these words, he said unexpectedly, "The girl's behavior is really impressive." ”

I said indifferently, "I just think that not being able to afford a dress is not a big deal for me, and there is no shame in it." ”

After hearing this, the clerk smiled and said, "I don't know what kind of official the girl's father, brother or husband is?" ”

"What does this have to do with buying clothes?"

"The girl doesn't know, all the ready-to-wear shops in this capital, the clothes sold must have the corresponding grade before they can be worn, and if they wear clothes that are out of order, they will be reprimanded by the rod." The clerk said, "Of course, the shops will also sell civilian clothes without grade, but such shops are mostly opened in the south, or the girl can also look at the ready-to-wear stalls in the East Market that do not have storefronts." ”

While not being able to afford clothes is not a big deal, not being able to buy clothes is not a trivial matter.

Before leaving, I asked the clerk, "I understand the grade, but I want to ask, if it is the daughter of the British government, what clothes can I wear?" ”

This time it was the clerk's turn to be stunned: "Whose daughter is the girl talking about?" ”

"The Gu family of the British Princess, are there many British Princes in the capital?" I was confused by her questions.

"Shhhh The clerk hurriedly said, "The British duke is the prince of the country, and he is a lieutenant of the dynasty, and the official residence is a product, and the ladies of his family can naturally wear it except for the royal family's clothes." ”

"Oh." I casually answered and walked out.

The female guy looked at my back in disbelief and disappeared at the door, and finally said to her colleague who was busy in the store, "I have something to do, go to the skillful workshop." Then he hurried out.