Chapter 5: Oiran
Wait, even if she has to sacrifice her ego to commit herself to others in order to keep the store, she has to know where that old place is!
She had already begun to imagine that because she did not show up for the appointment on time, the gleaning workshop was seized, the goods were confiscated, and the ruined house in Xinchangfang was confiscated. He and Lianshan live on the streets, and they can only rely on her to pimp Lianshan to live, whining and mourning, in case they are caught operating without a license, and they will be imprisoned. It's creepy.
Go! A must go! You have to coax him when you go, how can you not bow your head when you are under the low eaves.
Shijingfang is a royal brand, and it has also had unlimited scenery, otherwise how could it be such a big house as Xinchangfang. But after all, the core competitiveness lies in Feng Sihai's golden road to the subordinates of General Ma, and now that Feng Sihai is dead, this road is absolutely amazing. In the business field, how many people hold gold to pave this road, and if it is broken, it will be broken for a lifetime.
It's really not good, so I can transfer this brand. Mingyi thought, it wasn't her ancestral business anyway, and she wasn't afraid of Feng Sihaituo's dream of scolding. I don't know how much I can sell, I have to use copper money consistently for a month, I need about sixty gold for a lifetime, and I can't get sick, and I don't know if there were any usury in the Tang Dynasty, so it's not safe......
After thinking about it, Lian Shan had already walked in with a stack of flowers: "Lady, are these enough?" Then he moved an old birdcage into the house, and found a red embroidered shoe in his bosom.
Mingyi's mind was no longer here, so he asked Lianshan to put the flowers aside: "Come, look at this." ”
Lian Shan glanced at it: "Liu joins the army and is itching again?" ”
Mingyi had goosebumps all over his body, and his voice trembled: "I can't even remember." What is this old place? ”
"Pingkangfang Xinglu Courtyard, remember to arrange a seat for Liu Senjun's teacher, as long as the teacher is there, he will be able to discuss." Lian Shan tore off the letter paper carefully.
"Master? Be......**? "Ming Yi is very happy, it turns out that he just took him to visit the kiln, and he didn't have to play in person, too, Chang'an has no shortage of stunning celebrities, how can the officials look down on her as a half-old milf.
Lian Shan looked at her deeply: "Lady, you never called Shi Niangzi like this before, you always say that she is a strange woman, the leader of flowers, and worthy of intersection." ”
A strange woman? It's hypocritical. Ming Yi estimated that this was probably the sympathy between the "Ming lady" and the teacher, a filthy rouge shop, a fireworks field, no one was more noble than the other. Come to think of it, Ming Niangzi has been co-opting this Oiran and relying on her to blow the wind on the pillow to deal with these petty officials of seven or eight grades. The county officials are not as good as the current management, for example, this Liu joined the army, and he must not be offended.
Lian Shan looked at Mingyi's ambiguous expression, lest she might offend people by hindering her sanity: "Although Shi Niangzi is not a Qing person, she is not the kind of woman who waits for a price to sell." The nobles in Beijing are vying to please her, and it is a trivial matter for her to stay for one or two nights because of her talent and character, and it is difficult to buy her a smile if she can't look at it. If it weren't for the fact that she could talk to the lady and gave Mo a big face, with him Liu joining the army, how could she invite the teacher and the lady to accompany the wine and sing songs. ”
Ming Yi grinned, it seemed that his mind was really dirty just now. It turned out to be drinking and listening to music, so she really wanted to see what the scenery of the Qinglou in the late Tang Dynasty was.
"Do you want to go to Xinglu Courtyard in advance to inform you?" Ming Yi remembered that since this Oiran was such a strange commodity to live in, he was afraid that he would not be able to see anyone without making an appointment.
Lian Shan smiled: "Then as usual, I brought a box of rouge over, and the master lady likes the peach fairy drunk the most." ”
Mingyi answered, and buried himself in sorting out the flowers. Even the mountains did not move.
The flowers were given by Aunt Lin, saying that she was busy watching her grandson and did not come to visit her mother's illness. The old birdcage was asked by Uncle Qin from the paper shop, and the embroidered shoes were one of the old clothes store that was lost, and I thought it was quite new, so I exchanged two peonies for it. Lian Shan held back for a long time, and finally finished speaking in one breath.
"Lianshan is so capable!" Mingyi looked up and smiled and touched his head.
The boy finally got the compliment, and Le Zizi ran out.
Pingkang Fang is very close to the East Market, but it takes some time to walk back and forth. When Lianshan returned, Mingyi decorated the birdcage and embroidered shoes, and dragged the rose petals down.
Lian Shan went out happily and came back with a bitter face: "Mother Yin of Xinglu Courtyard said that the master lady was unwell and couldn't see guests, even if the lady herself couldn't go. I inquired with Ling'er in the teacher's room, and said that the teacher's mother went to the city to offer incense a while ago, and encountered a mountain fire, so frightened that she left her soul and was in a coma for several days. I've just woken up at this time, and I don't recognize anyone. ”
"It's too much of a coincidence." Ming Yi muttered, didn't care about asking, just anxious, "Then will Liu join the army to blame?" ”
Lian Shan sighed: "Mother Yin is also afraid that the master lady will blame them for neglecting the lady when she comes to her senses, so she specially arranged for the other three Oiran ladies in Xinglu Courtyard to accompany her tonight, which is also a big face, Liu is naturally happy to join the army, but the expenses of the Oiran are on his account, and we always need to take care of the banquet tonight, and I am afraid that we will have to prepare the same money." ”
Ming Yi took out the copper coin he had just earned: "Fortunately, the pair of paper people came to make a fuss." ”
Mingyi briefly said that Mrs. Qiu came to provoke, and Lian Shan was indignant: "Her Hongyunfang has only been open for more than a year, and she has made some shoddy goods according to our rouge gouache, and sold them cheaply, and she has robbed us of a lot of business at the beginning." The old patron used something that didn't mean that, so she came back, she looked at the red eyes, and always chewed the root of her tongue everywhere, saying that the lady was not, what a scoundrel! ”
Ming Yi wanted to ask if what Mrs. Qiu said was really true, and this matter was related to whether she could take it for granted in the future. After hesitating again and again, he didn't know how to speak, and when he looked around, he lowered his voice and asked, "How much is what Mrs. Qiu said?" ”
Lian Shan's long eyelashes flickered a few times, licked his lips, and continued to look indignant: "Mrs. Qiu came to the door, just because her boss Qiu always circles around the lady with a dead face. The lady is straightforward and hearty, and has a wide range of contacts, and those boring spectators speculate nonsense when they can't get the favor of the lady. Today's talk about Wu Shaoyin, and tomorrow'er said that the horse dart head is nonsense. ”
Horse dart head? Mingyi's mind was buzzing, this compartment hasn't been done yet, why is there another horse dart. How broad is this Ming lady's travels? Could this be the legendary man?
"What's the matter with the dart head?" Mingyi rubbed his temples and muttered.
Lian Shan broke the flower stems of the lotus flowers one by one: "The Junling dart game that has risen in Yangzhou in recent years, the head of the dart, Ma Chengling, is also a rare success." Always go back and forth to Chang'an several times a year, and the lady met in Xinglu Courtyard, since then the sister and brother are commensurate, and the goods of the gleaning fang are also sold to Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road through his dart team, and he will come to Chang'an again next month. ”
Ming Yi frowned, if it is really as Lianshan said, Ma or something is a righteous child of the rivers and lakes, but it is likely to borrow some gold and silver to help her reopen the factory, and then she can expand the sales of products, she is simply a living nobleman.
As a result, it became less frustrating to spend the last of the copper coins on the flower wine.
After telling the rest of the decorations in the Lianshan store, Mingyi was worried about his clothes: "Wearing a mourning dress to eat and drink, will it defeat Liu's interest in joining the army." ”
Lian Shan reminded: "I don't remember the lady, the West House has a suitcase, among which there is the lady's men's Hu suit, with a white background and blue edges, which is also appropriate." ”
Mingyi didn't want to go to that fragrant room with Lianshan anymore, so she asked Lianshan to teach her to use flint and fire sickle to light a fire, and went by herself, although the sky was not dark, but the pedestrians on the road were sparse, so she simply asked Lianshan to prepare to close the store.
Then to the Westinghouse, finally made a fire, look at the candlestick on the candlestick slightly yellow, with the feeling of impurities, and modern and different, the fragrance comes from the candlestick, there are some black and gray particles, close smell, a shock, the whole person is in good spirits, about musk and the like, as the flame raises the temperature of the candlestick, the smell slowly ripples.
The suitcase is covered by a chaise long, no wonder I didn't see it last time. It is a huge wooden box with a dull color, and the surface is decorated with luodian flowers and birds, which is quite exquisite. On one side of the opening are several sets of clothes stacked on top of each other, with a striking pair of black wide-leg leather boots on top and two simple wooden boxes on the other. Mingyi's enthusiasm for clothes is far less than his curiosity about the two boxes, and he carefully holds it out, which is quite heavy.
One of the boxes shook with the sound of porcelain colliding, and when it was opened, there were more than a dozen small porcelain bottles, although they were all tightly plugged, they still smelled strange. The strips of cloth that wrap the corks are each written in small and thin letters: benzoin, musk, agarwood, borneol, etc. Thinking that these spices are worth a lot of money, Ming Yi became excited, it was really not good, and he could sell them for money.
Another box was opened with muddy yellow candles of different lengths, and when I took it out and smelled it, it smelled like bee pollen, which seemed to be made of beeswax. Since the collection is so secretive, it shouldn't be a bargain.
After carefully placing the two wooden boxes that now seemed to be shining with gold, Ming Yi got down to business: changing into her beard.
It was actually less difficult to wear a beard, with blue striped trousers tucked into black leather boots, and a moon-white robe with lapels and black vines on the lapel placket tied with a leather belt with silver buckles, which was not much different from modern belts. This neat dress made Mingyi feel better, and he felt relaxed all over.
Back downstairs, Lian Shan circled around Mingyi: "The lady's mourning bun doesn't match the Hu clothes." ”
Ming Yi took the bronze mirror and looked at it: "You can simply comb my hair in a bun, and cut a piece of hemp belt and hide it in the bun." ”
Lian Shan said, Ming Yi looked at his plain makeup in the mirror, thinking of Mrs. Qiu's over-the-top makeup, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that he was full of heroism and was so excited that he simply called Lianshan to paint her eyebrows thicker, and with this beard dress, he could simply pretend to be a weak man and coax a few big girls and little daughters-in-law to come back.
Despite this, when it was time to set off, Ming Yi's palms were sweaty again, and he grabbed Lianshan: "You accompany me to attend, I can't remember those people at all, I'm afraid it will be bad." ”
Lian Shan soothed: "Mother Yin will arrange everything." After sending the lady to the Xinglu Courtyard, Lianshan will go back to the shop to continue to decorate, and it is also necessary to rush to make the small cardboard box that the lady wants overnight. Last month, the Empress Dowager Guo died, and the curfew has been stricter recently, and the lady rests at the teacher's place as usual. ”
Sure enough, you are not allowed to move around at will at night, and Ming Yi thought of staying in the Qinglou overnight, and panicked again. If Liu joins the army and is interested, pull her to come with her for a 4p5p, how to eat.