Chapter 200: Entering Gangneung City Again

In the evening, Du Mei and the eldest girl drove the ox cart back to Dujiagou, and saw the two stunned people wandering on the side of the road with their heads down, boredom kicking the small stones on the side of the road.

"What's the matter, I've lost my money." The big girl laughed and quipped.

"I'm waiting for you." The two stunned turned their heads to squint at them, and the afterglow of the setting sun gilded them with a golden halo.

"What's the matter, there's trouble in Hanshan Town?" When Du Mei heard this, he immediately jumped off the ox cart anxiously.

"No, it's pretty good there, we'll be back in the afternoon." The second stunned man hurriedly shook his head and said.

"Then why are you, stopping us halfway, making me think something is wrong!" Du Mei said angrily.

"I want to go to the grain store with you tomorrow." The second stunned man rubbed his hands and said.

"Hey, the sun is coming out of the west today?" The big girl deliberately looked around and teased him.

"It's been hard to go outside for a few days, and it's okay to rest at home for a few days." Du Mei sat back in the cart and drove the ox cart slowly.

"I'm not tired, you're all going to town, I'm bored in the village alone." The second stunned man walked a few steps to keep up with the ox cart, he peeked at the big girl, and pretended to complain.

"That's okay, let's go with Ming'er, I'm going to Jiangling City the day after tomorrow, you two take care of each other." Du Mei saw that the second stunned man was sincere and not a joke, so he agreed to him.

Du Mei returned home, unloaded the ox cart, spring flowers and autumn fruits had been waiting for a long time, they saw Du Mei, immediately opened the chatterbox, chattering non-stop.

"Why didn't Sister Chunya come with you?" Du Mei waited for them to stop and asked with a smile.

"My cousin is embroidering wedding dresses and wedding quilts at home, and she is too busy to leave." Chunhua took Du Mei's arm and entered her house.

"Why don't you do her a favor." Du Mei said angrily.

"My aunt is already well now, and my cousin doesn't want her to interfere yet, not to mention that we are not good at embroidery." Qiu Guo sat on the stool and dangled his legs, saying self-deprecatingly.

"Then she's going to have a hard time." Du Mei poured them both a cup of tea.

"It's nothing, it's just that the big red wedding dress always doesn't fit, and it's been changed no less than three times." Chunhua said with a frown and a pout.

"Why is that?" Du Mei asked in surprise.

"She ......" Chunhua wanted to speak and stopped, and she looked at Qiuguo in the air.

"There's nothing to say here, maybe I can help." Du Mei said as he looked at their expressions.

"She's not ......" Qiuguo couldn't help it, and stretched out her finger to point at Chunhua's chest weakly.

Du Mei knew that although Chunya was pretty, her body was extremely thin. With shaved shoulders and a narrow waist, and the chest is not visible, I am afraid that it will not be able to stand up to the complicated wedding dress.

"Meizi, what do you do?" Seeing Du Mei pondering, Chunhua couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Let me think about it, when I come back from Gangneung City, maybe there will be a way, but I don't know." Du Mei had a flash of inspiration, remembering the dream she had had at night a few days ago. Fu Xiaoxue bought underwear, can she try to make one for Chunya?

"Du Mei is the smartest, he went to the capital to see the world, and he really came up with a way." Qiu Guo's eyes flashed with envy.

When the Chunhua sisters left, Du Mei found a piece of muslin cloth, cut and sewed an underwear according to her own size and according to the way in her dream. Due to the rush of time, she did not have time to embroider. I tried it on quietly, and it was really more comfortable to wear than the dirty clothes, and it was more supportive, but it was too short, and there were

Shameful.

Du Mei was ingenious and repeatedly modified it to make it fit the body better. In the unconsciously busy, the night is already late. Du Mei put the changed underwear in the closet before going to bed.

Early the next morning, the three of them arrived in the town with an ox cart and duck eggs. She explained a few words about what was going on in the grain store, and then went to Yu Jitang to help, she not only learned acupuncture and moxibustion from Zhong Yu, but also shared one or two for him.

Du Mei is very smart, the acupuncture points recorded in the book are unforgettable, and Zhong Yu is willing to teach without reservation, and she will soon be able to do it herself.

"Uncle Zhong Yu, I'm going to Jiangling City with Shopkeeper Ye tomorrow, and I won't be able to come for a few days." Du Mei stayed to accompany Zhong Yu for lunch as usual.

"Gangneung City? What to do? Zhong Yu stopped his chopsticks and said in a somewhat sharp voice.

"Shopkeeper Ye took over the embroidery work, and I will help him." Du Mei picked up a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs and handed it to Zhong Yu's bowl.

"Oh, he's such a busy man." Zhong Yu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, but still said a little dissatisfied.

Du Mei listened to what he said, as if she was a child with a temper, she was not easy to answer, so she had to bury her head in eating.

After dinner, Du Mei hid in his room to embroider his underwear, and the patterns were really seen in his dreams, and he didn't forget them at all. The flying needle is threaded, and the complicated patterns bloom brilliantly in her hands.

Du Mei saw it in the store, and stored some cotton in the key places of the underwear. She tried again, and the original pair of steamed buns turned into two upside-down sea bowls, Du Mei's face was red, and she screamed wildly in her heart: "This, this, this, absolutely not!" ”

Du Mei had to take out some cotton and rearrange it evenly. Try it on again, it is unusually obedient, and it is not particularly unnatural, but after Du Mei puts on the coat, she shows her figure is more tall and slender, and her snow neck is slender and perfect.

After a long day of work, it was finally done. Du Mei put away her needle and thread, packed a few more changes of clothes, and prepared to go out tomorrow.

The next morning, Du Mei came to pick up Du Mei, and it was still the carriage of two horses driven by stones, but this time only Ye Dan and her went together. As they were all young men, the stone drove the carriage very fast, and except for getting out of the carriage at noon and eating some pasta, he hardly stopped to rest, and galloped forward.

"Shopkeeper Ye, you tell me about the Oiran Contest." The two of them had to sit in the same carriage for four or five hours, and it was not a matter of always staring at each other, so Du Mei had to take the initiative to find a way to talk.

"This ......" Ye Dan only felt sweat on his forehead, and he didn't know what to say.

"You don't know? Let's talk about the girl who is going to order the clothes. Du Mei looked at Ye Dan's expression and hurriedly changed the topic.

"On the seventh day of the seventh month, it was originally the Qixi Festival, and it was also the Qiqiao Festival. I don't know from which year, more than a dozen Qinglou Chu Pavilions in Jiangling City agreed to select the Oiran on this day and arrange a list of hundred flowers, and this list will be used until next year's re-election.

The red people who are on the list will be sought after by the romantic people who spend their money, and their worth will naturally rise, and even the business of the Qinglou Chu Pavilion where she is located will be hot. Therefore, this day is comparable to the men's imperial examination, and it is necessary to select the top three in the flowers. Ye Dan said roughly, if he didn't say it, he would go to the Chunxiang Pavilion to measure the clothes of the light dancing girl, I was afraid that he would scare Du Mei.

"You...... The red man you are talking about is a dusty woman? Du Mei asked suspiciously, she had also seen some wild history stories, and she could understand a little bit.

"That's right, there are two kinds of women in the dust, the Qingqi people only sell their arts, and the red people are ......" Ye Dan really couldn't be unscrupulous in front of Du Mei

Say it, lest you offend her.

"Oh, the girl who ordered the clothes is trying to compete for the Oiran?" Du Mei didn't want to get entangled in that kind of thing, no matter who she was, since she ordered Luo Meixuan's clothes, she deserved the best treatment.

"The light dancing girl is the top brand of Chunxiang Pavilion, with excellent color, skills, and art, and she is one of the best in Gangneung City. Her call for winning the championship is very high, and there are very few who can compare with her. Ye Dan said softly.

An event like the Oiran Contest can also be regarded as a romantic affair, dignitaries, literati and artists will be more supportive, so Ye Dan will let Luo Meixuan take such a job, but he is also particular about taking the job, if the customer who orders the clothes can't bring him more benefits than the clothes themselves, he disdains to be with them.

"You said that the competition requires three sets of clothes, is there still a few rounds of competition?" Du Mei then asked.

"Well, to be able to win the Oiran, you must not only have a peerless appearance, but also know a lot of things, such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs. The competition is divided into three links, dancing is a must, in addition to the qin, zheng, flute, xiao, pipa and other optional performances, the last and most difficult, is with the literati and ink on the scene, drinking and singing and coping, and finally everyone votes for flowers to select the oiran. So these three links can't just wear one set of clothes. Ye Dan said carefully and listened to Du Mei.

"I see." Du Mei nodded, and there were some vague shadows in her heart.

When they entered Gangneung City, the sun was just setting in the west. Ye Dan still took Du Mei to settle down in Luomei Xuan, and when she saw her, she was very happy, and she kept talking around her.

"Shall we go now?" Du Mei asked after drinking the second cup of tea.

"Aren't you tired? Or go back tomorrow. Ye Dan asked a little worriedly.

"I'm not tired, I measured the size earlier, and I have more time to cut and embroider, and now there are not many days left before the Chinese Valentine's Day." Du Mei put down the teacup and said.

"That'...... Let's go, we shouldn't be on yet. Ye Dan was also anxious, and when he saw Du Mei say this, he agreed.

The Chunxiang Pavilion was not far from Luomei Xuan, and the stone quickly sent them to the door of a large house. It seems to have just opened its doors, and a few men are busy hanging up the red lanterns.

"Little brother, is mom here?" Ye Dan asked a guy about the bustard.

"Do you have a problem?" The guy was only in his early twenties, and he squinted at Ye Dan, who was dressed in an aqua blue robe.

"I'm here to tailor the light dancing girl." Ye Dan bowed.

"Well, come with me." The man clapped his hands and went inside. Du Mei followed behind Ye Dan and looked around a little curiously.

There is nothing to see from the outside, but inside it is full of lights and magnificence. Seven or eight women in heavy makeup, leaning or standing, were scattered upstairs and downstairs, some of them playing with their green jade hands covered with kodan, and some of them were whispering in one place.

As soon as they saw the guy bring in Ye Dan, they immediately surrounded him with a smile on their faces.

"I'm here to find my mother." Ye Dan saluted in a panic. At this time, there were already several coquettish and spicy women trying to lean into his arms.

"Oh, why is there a girl here?" The woman who was rejected by Ye Dan twisted the waist of the water snake and left unwillingly, and saw Du Mei who came in after her with sharp eyes.

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