Now it is the end of November, ordinary people, as long as they are not too poor, from now on, when they see the items that can be used for the New Year and have the right price, they will start to buy and prepare to store them for the New Year.

Those who have a good family background, but are far from being wealthy, have added a relatively large expenditure to the things they plan to buy for the New Year this year, that is, glass.

For the New Year, no matter what the family background is, cleaning the house, painting the walls, and beating cakes to prepare New Year's goods are all procedures that must be in place before the New Year.

This year's Chinese New Year is different from previous years, and there is one more thing in this world: glass. As long as the family situation allows, who doesn't want to have a good year?

Glass windows are different from existing hemp paper windows, and they need to have grooves inlaid with glass, so if you plan to use them for the New Year, you have to prepare them in advance.

So in November, more people started to buy glass.

Now, people who patronize the glass shop and prepare to restructure or replace the windows in advance have to hurry up the time to start construction.

Xia Yanqing and the two maids sat in the carriage, and from the window of the curtain of the car, they looked at the Qingyun glass store across the street, and they were really prosperous.

The location of this street is already good, there are many shops on both sides of the street, and there is a lot of traffic on weekdays, but when it comes to the peak shopping season, it is naturally more lively.

The business of each shop is good, or the price, or the purchase of things, from time to time there are customers in and out, a proper prosperous scene.

In the shopping boom at the end of the year, the business of Qingyun Glass Store is the most top-notch on the whole street. The doors and windows of the shop are all colored glass, and you can see the inside of the store crowded from the outside.

And the two gates of the glass store in and out of the guests, there is an endless stream.

Basically, those who go in don't come out empty-handed.

Some of them bought less, carrying two pieces of glass wrapped around straw rope alone, and walked out cautiously, for fear that their glass would be bumped and broken.

There are also people who buy a lot, take their subordinates, carry a stack of glass all the way and shout "be careful", and go out.

Empty-handed guests can also back down, seeing that at the end of the year, there are many things in every house, and they must not be scratched by the glass, and it is not good to be hurt.

There are also people who go in and out to meet people they know, greet each other, and greet each other.

In one shop, it is very interesting to see the various forms of life among all kinds of customers.

Not far from the Xia Yanqing carriage, there were two aunts in thick cotton clothes, looking like that, they brought their own children to buy glass.

The two aunts with cotton buns greeted each other, and then pointed to the plaque at the door of Qingyun Zhai on the opposite street, and discussed:

"His aunt, you also buy glass, right? Glass is something that is placed on the big side and supports the façade, so you have to buy something that is reliable. Or Qingyun Zhai's glass insurance. ”

Although the glass has been detached from Qingyun Zhai, there is a shop called Qingyun Glass Shop, but when people talk about glass, they still call it Qingyun Zhai.

Another aunt: "Isn't that it?" I'm not looking for this. If we buy things at home, of course, we have to buy them well. If you are careful, the glass will not break for a lifetime, so we will spend a little more silver and buy a good one. ”

"Well, I look at the teacups and bowls are not bad, and when the house is cleaned up, let's also buy a set to entertain guests during the New Year."

"Glass tea set, huh? That's certainly good stuff. It's a pity that the child's father has little work this year, so I'm afraid he won't be able to buy it. Next year, if the days are better next year, my family will also buy a set. Hey, you say, the daughter of the Xia family...... It's the woman who made the glass, I heard that she was still young, and she was able to make such a rare object, so this is the favor of God, right? ”

"Yes, how many generations of our ancestors, let alone using it, it is a rare thing that you can't think of. The woman of the Xia family, the cash cow, ......"

The voices of the two people talking gradually lowered, and the three of Xia Yanqing's master and servant were in the carriage, and they could still hear it talking about their own glass at first. The next voice is getting lower and lower, and when it comes to cash cows, nothing can be heard.

The summer banquet is full of black lines, and the adjective is ......

Xinxiu thought it was funny, swallowed the peanut cake in her mouth, patted the crumbs on her hands, lifted the curtain slightly, pricked up her ears, and tried to listen to the gossip of the two aunts.

It wasn't until the two young men who accompanied the aunt urged that the aunt couldn't say goodbye.

It wasn't until the two of them greeted each other and left that Xinxiu retracted happily and smiled at Xia Yanqing Balabala: "...... They said that your aunt and grandmother were born into the world as the god of wealth, and they also said that our ancestors didn't know how many wooden fish they had broken before they got a daughter like you. ”

"......" Xia Yanqing didn't know what to say.

Xinrong snickered and changed the topic: "Before, the slave maid was still worried, for fear that our warehouse would accumulate so much glass, and there would be no place to send it in the future." If you don't have the glass that you have hoarded this year, we are afraid that we will be out of stock now. ”

Xia Yanqing blinked, it seems that it is not easy to take such words.

"You're young, you didn't think there were so many things. Every year before the Chinese New Year, every household has to sprinkle and clean the courtyard and clean up the home. As long as you have a little savings, you are willing to spend the New Year brightly. ”

Xinxiu said: "That's also my aunt's boldness. This is not only the two slaves and maids who are worried, but Qiao is in charge of them, although they are making non-stop every day, but seeing that the glass cannot be sold, it is all backlogged in the warehouse, and they are also anxious. ”

"Really?" Xia Yanqing was surprised, Qiao Chensheng was calm enough, she didn't see that he was also worried at all.

"Yes, but during this time, everyone is left happy." Xinxiu smiled and looked at the most lively Qingyun glass on the whole street, and said, "It's a shame that we have saved the glass for a year, otherwise, how can there be a prosperous business now." ”

The two girls discussed happily, and Xia Yanqing didn't stop it, looking at the shops on this street by herself.

What catches the eye is that it was originally an ancient commercial street that was replaced as a fake. But being made by the bright glass windows led by Qingyun Glass Company, there is a sense of disobedience and the feeling of imposters with inferior means.

Needless to say, in addition to the necessary carved wooden lattices that can make your own store appear classy, the doors and windows are made of glass in a large area.

Although the current glass technology has not yet reached the level of making large glass, it can be divided into three compartments of a window, each with three pieces of glass, which can also increase the lighting area.

On the whole street, the glass used by Qingyun Glass Store is the largest, and although the rest of the shops are slightly inferior, they are more or less also used with glass.

Such a native ancient street, if it is moved to a modern film and television city, I am afraid that it will be overwhelmed by the spittle of tourists and audiences.

This kind of ancient street, which obviously added modern elements, made Xia Yanqing look very melancholy, and it seemed that some kind of ancient feelings buried in the bottom of his heart suddenly changed his taste.

She thought of the scenes that she often saw in the Ming and Qing dynasties, piercing the window paper to check the situation in the house. I'm afraid that even if drama arises in the future, there will be no such classic plot.

In describing antiquity, the way of listening to the news will be much more difficult. The eye will be glass, close the curtains, the kind of coincidence to hear the movement, can only look at the glass and sigh.

Xia Yanqing was stunned, Xinxiu tugged at her sleeve, "Grandma, in that carriage, it seems that there are the Tao family lady and Huang Qiurong." ”