Chapter 40: Spending a lot of money just to exchange for strange incense
The dust of the night has not yet dissipated, but the streets of the morning light are already overcrowded. The huge Kyoto has been fragrant for ten miles recently, and the fragrance wafts all over every alley and corner of the city, and it will not disperse for a long time.
If you buy a few boxes of rouge a few days ago, you can get a bottle of perfume as a gift, and it's worth the money. But this kind of activity only lasted for three days, which made those who realized the benefits of perfume regret not buying a few more bottles during the sale period.
The weather was crisp and breezy on this day. A few official wives had nothing to do, so they invited their girls to come to the lake to play.
"Mrs. Shen." Mrs. Shilang smiled and nodded to an official lady with the surname of her husband sitting next to her, and coldly smelled a strange fragrance from her: "The fragrance on your body must have been given by the event a few days ago, right?" ”
"That's right!" Mrs. Shilang's words simply reached Mrs. Shen's heart, and she nodded again and again: "The unique fragrance is indeed fresh in the memory of others, I was rushing to buy rouge at the time, and I thought that the perfume was just a useless plaything, and it was not bad to accept it to amuse me if I wanted to give it away, but who knew that it was selling so hot now." ”
She paused, but the smile on her face couldn't be hidden: "I only think it's a treasure now, and the name is novel." But what I like more is the taste, which is fragrant but not greasy, and the flavor is long-lasting. ”
"This fragrance is indeed a rare smell, Mrs. Luo Shao is really good!" A lady said appreciatively: "The son of the prime minister's family is really a blessing, marrying a good daughter-in-law who is talented, beautiful and rich!" ”
"Niang ......" heard that the daughter of Mrs. Shilang couldn't hold back the excitement in her heart, shook Mrs. Shilang's arm, and said coquettishly: "The bottle of perfume that my daughter bought before is almost used up, can my mother accompany me to buy a few more bottles?" ”
"Hey, hey, invite me along, and so will I!" Several other official ladies who played well with her hurriedly accosted her, for fear of falling behind.
Just ask which woman in Kyoto is not enthusiastic about this perfume now, several ladies tirelessly chattered, everything in their eyes seemed to have become vulgar powder, only themselves and the perfume are made in heaven and can enter their eyes.
Everyone has to sigh that this is full of perfume, and the good fragrance is there, but people don't get bored but like it. This strange fragrance has achieved such an achievement in just a few days, and it is really due to Jiang Qianqian's extraordinary courage and strategy.
The next morning, the morning sun was slightly dewed, and the dew was happily jumping on the petals. The rouge shop has not yet opened, and the door is full of people.
"This girl, what are so many people doing in that store, what can make you ...... like this" One of the officials who had just entered the city touched his head and asked one of the girls who was queuing in some surprise.
"You're a foreigner, aren't you?" The girl looked at him with strange eyes at first, and then she understood when she saw his baggage. Instead of answering, she asked, "Do you smell the strange smell wafting from the streets of Kyoto?" ”
"It smells so good!" He had never been here before, and thought it was a unique taste of Kyoto. Now that I hear others say this, is there any other mystery that can't be realized?
"Childe, look there, it's the shop we're lining up." The girl was still at the back of the line, and she simply pointed in the direction of the shop in front of her, and explained, "That's where the fragrance comes from!" ”
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"Do you see these people in line?" The girl laughed as if she was showing off, she looked at the little official with a blank face, and sneered, and said, "They are just like me throwing a thousand dollars in exchange for a bottle of such a strange fragrance!" ”
"Is it really that powerful?" The little official thinks it's just a fragrance, I really don't know what these women think, is it necessary?
Seeing that he didn't believe it, the girl puffed out her mouth in dissatisfaction. She hooked her finger in front of him and motioned for him to lean in, "Come closer!" ”
The little official's ears were red, but he still obediently approached her.
"This fragrance is emitted by Mrs. Luo Shao of the Prime Minister's Mansion and King Chen, who researched something called perfume together, and the girls like it." The girl pretended to be mysterious, and her voice was a little quieter: "If you can buy it for your favorite person, if she accepts it, then she should know your heart, and she ......" After that, the girl covered her face with a handkerchief embarrassedly: "You have to believe me, no girl will refuse perfume." ”
"Ahem, it's okay......" The little official interrupted her embarrassedly: "I don't have a favorite person yet!" ”
"Hahahaha, it's just a joke about the son." The girl sneered, and after saying that, she began to sigh again: "I came here early in the morning to line up, I hope the perfume will not be sold out by the time I get to the queue!" ”
"Isn't it just a bottle of perfume, it's sold out when it's sold out."
The little official muttered quietly, really a little incomprehensible. The girl apparently heard this, and deliberately ignored him. He sighed helplessly and continued on his way.
The streets are bustling with people, and vendors compete to attract customers. Qixiang's door is still crowded, and you can even hear the voices of the women's various emotions: "Don't squeeze, you stepped on my foot!" ”
Thinking of the good fortune of the prime minister's wife, several official wives who were good friends with her were envious.
Purchasing is a matter for subordinates, and naturally there is no need for the official wife to come forward in person. Some people who couldn't buy perfume hit the prime minister's wife with the idea of taking the opportunity to ask for a few bottles of perfume. Although they also knew that the perfume in Qixiang had been in short supply, if they had spoken hello to the prime minister's wife, it would not be a matter of notification.
Fortunately, the weather has been sunny recently, and several official wives asked their subordinates to hand over the stickers in advance, saying that they wanted to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion as guests.
Several people walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion under the leadership of the maid of the Prime Minister's Mansion and met the Prime Minister's wife, who had been waiting for a long time.
"You're here!" The prime minister's wife motioned for everyone to sit down, and asked the maid to serve tea and snacks.
Several people came with a purpose, and their minds were not on greetings, and they deliberately brought the topic to Qixiang.
"Mrs. Luo, your daughter-in-law's ability is not small!" Mrs. Rite took a sip of the fine tea in the porcelain cup and praised without hesitation.
The prime minister's wife sat on the top seat and looked at everyone's faces. Outsiders praised Jiang Qianqian, she was naturally happy to get it, so she went down the story: "Qianqian, this kid is really capable, and he is even better at business, so I don't have to worry about it at all." ”。
"Yes, our sisters envy you from the bottom of our hearts!" Several other ladies also symbolically boasted that no one wanted to have a good daughter-in-law like Jiang Qianqian.