"Mrs. Liu, have you heard?"

"What did you hear?"

"It's the newly opened shop in the East Market, it's beautifully built, the whole small building is snow-blue, and there is a bead curtain hanging at the door. I passed by the door that day and took a look, and there were hundreds of beads, all of which were made of glass, which was really a big deal! ”

"It's just a bead curtain, what's so strange? What's the name of that shop? What is being sold? Mrs. Liu was a little curious.

"Hey, we are a small family, which one is more knowledgeable than you Liufu. The building is called Mengjiang Building, and I didn't have a chance to go in and see it. However, my little sister got a pair of gold silk pillows a few days ago, which is said to have been bought in Mengjiang Building. ”

"Oh? Is it a pillow seller? There are four or five houses selling pillows on this long street, so why bother going to the East Market. ”

"Not only that, my little sister said that there are a lot of things in the store, which is just a dazzling eye, and in the end, it is the gold silk pillow recommended to her by the shopkeeper himself."

"So what is the difference between this golden pillow and ordinary pillows?"

"This is a god, my little sister has been using it since she used it, and the weather has obviously improved a lot in the past two days, and even the peach blossom dew on the face has been saved. I heard that the store is full of soothing things, maybe my little sister will get better after sleeping peacefully. Don't talk about that, Mrs. Liu, I heard that the general is going to return to the DPRK in the near future......"

Back at Liu's mansion, Mrs. Liu hurried back to the room and summoned the maid to beat her back. She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, her body has been getting worse day by day, and all the big and small affairs in the house are handled by her. Now, at the end of the month, the books in the account room have also arrived, and the mountains of ledgers have weighed her breath, and she can't even sleep at night.

Mrs. Liu looked at the bronze mirror on the side, although the woman in the mirror still had charm, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes became more and more profound; The fat powder can't cover the gradually yellowing face, and the dark blue is faintly visible under the eyes, if it is not for the grease, I am afraid that the white lip color will look even more gloomy.

She sighed and asked the maid who was pinching her shoulders: "Chun Tao, do you think I'm getting old too fast?" ”

The maid was surprised: "What is this thing that Madame said, you are still very young, and the master loves you very much!" ”

Mrs. Liu stopped talking and gently stroked her face, but she couldn't stop recalling today's conversation with Mrs. Wang in her mind.

"Mengjianglou......" she muttered.

"What did you say, ma'am?"

"Nothing. Chun Tao, find a time to accompany me out tomorrow, I want to buy something. "The maid should come down.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Liu got up to dress and freshen up for Master Liu.

"Madame won't sleep any more?"

"The ledger has not been checked yet, so naturally we can't snooze. What's more, the master is up, and the concubine naturally has to serve the master. ”

Master Liu stroked his wife's face: "Madame has worked hard." ”

It was almost time before the accounts were roughly reconciled for today. Mrs. Liu gently rubbed her eyebrows, only to feel dizzy. Fang remembered that she was going out, so she called Chun Tao to change her clothes, and the master and servant went to Dongshi.

When she came to Dongshi, Mrs. Liu understood why Mrs. Wang suddenly mentioned that shop, just because in Dongshi, this Mengjiang Building is really conspicuous: the snow-green pavilion, with the leather-colored lacquer roof, looks bright from afar; A row of glass bead curtains at the door blooms with colorful brilliance, like a dream; On it is a red sandalwood plaque, with three big characters on the inscription: Mengjiang Building.

Women always love things that sparkle, and Mrs. Liu is no exception. She stood at the door and gently stroked the glass, the glass refracted a piece of sunlight on her fingertips, fainting into her eyes, she couldn't help but lose her mind for a while, and then gently opened the bead curtain and entered the store under the reminder of Chun Tao.

Mrs. Liu stepped into the store, and I don't know where she touched it, and there was a sound of silver bells tinkling overhead.

Then a woman came out from behind the counter, who looked to be no more than eighteen or nineteen years old, with a light and graceful body, wearing an ivory-white skirt with a hemp and a silver-purple bottom sprinkled with flowers, and the green silk was loosely pulled up with a beaded emerald hairpin, revealing a snow-white neck; The skin is like clotted fat, the head of the mantis is like the eyebrows, the eyes are as clear as autumn water, and when looking forward to it, it has an elegant and elegant temperament; Although only half of the face is exposed by the tulle covering, it is also a soul-seducing beauty, and even women like Mrs. Liu and Chun Tao can't help but gasp when they see it.

"Welcome to Mengjiang Building, Madame is the first time to enter the store, I don't know what you want to find here?" Her voice is not as gentle as an ordinary girl's warbler, nor is it as soft and gentle as Jiangnan Nong's language; If you have to talk about it, Mrs. Liu can only think of comparing it with the wine of Xunxianju, the timbre has an intoxicating charm, and people can't help but listen to it.

"You're the shopkeeper?" Mrs. Liu had some doubts, how could such a young woman open a shop? Regardless of life experience, I'm afraid that such beauty alone will cause a lot of trouble. She couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Yes. Now Mengjiang Building has just opened, and I am the only one. In the future, I will probably want to recruit a few more people. ”

Mrs. Liu nodded: "I heard that Mrs. Wang's little sister once got a pair of golden silk pillows here, which is said to have the effect of sleeping and nourishing the skin. I've been sleeping hard lately, I wonder if you still have that kind of pillow here? ”

The woman smiled and patiently explained, "A hundred diseases still need a hundred medicines, and the same is true here." Miss Wang does not suffer from insomnia, and she is in the prime of life, so she naturally loves beauty more, so she recommends more goods with beauty and beauty effects. ”

Mrs. Liu nodded again: "Then what do you have for me?" ”

"Mrs. has a bad complexion, and I am afraid that she has suffered from backache and dizziness in recent days, which is caused by insomnia and is not difficult to understand." After speaking, she pulled out a wooden box from the shelf: "This is a dream soul incense, which has the effect of calming the nerves." Light it half an hour before bedtime for a restful night's sleep. ”

Mrs. Liu took it quietly, but she was a little disappointed in her heart. It turned out to be just some soothing incense, and she used a lot of it before, most of which had no effect.

Chun Tao went to the counter to settle the bill, and the master and servant walked out of Mengjiang Building.