Text Chapter 8: Mingfeng Embroidery Building
Since you have to stay in Wanxian for at least half a month, it is naturally inappropriate to live in the inn all the time, Yi'er's baggage and belongings have been returned to the county government, and there is Cheng Chou's escort, the official office that has always only entered and not exited is back to the rules, Yi'er's things are intact, and all the things are back in his hands.
She has hundreds of taels of silver given by Jiang Jufang, as well as the silver ticket in the envelope given by Cheng Chou, although she didn't open the envelope at all, but the face value on the silver ticket must be a lot, speaking of which, she can be regarded as having a huge amount of money, but Yi'er knows better in her heart that since ancient times, a weak woman like her who seems to have no roots in duckweed, walking in this world is an extremely dangerous and difficult thing, and now with these wealth, it is even more like walking on the sword forest, as long as her belongings are exposed, Countless calculations and conspiracies will surely beckon her in the near future!
The so-called husband is not guilty, but she is guilty, not to mention that she is not even a husband with a family.
The gold and silver ingots cast by Dahui officials are divided into four kinds: one hundred taels, fifty taels, twenty and ten taels, and the exchange rate of the two is about 1 to 50, and most of the copper coins used by ordinary people for trading are copper coins, and the copper coins are five hundred for the same, and the two are one tael of silver. At the price at that time, an ordinary family of three people could chew no more than ten copper coins a month, which was converted into silver taels, and it was only five taels of silver, so even if Yi'er didn't count the silver tickets given by Cheng Chou, the hundreds of taels of silver were definitely not a small amount for ordinary people!
Yi'er rented an inconspicuous house in Dongping Lane in the east of the city, the landlord's surname was Gou, a widowed old woman, Yi'er called her Gou's mother-in-law, I heard that she also had a son, named Wei Ping, but I didn't know what to do outside, Yi'er lived in and learned that the person had not been heard from for nearly three months, and I didn't know whether he was dead or alive. That Wei Ping is thirty and two, he married a daughter-in-law in his early years, but Wei Ping did not do his job properly, only knew how to steal chickens and dogs outside, and then his daughter-in-law ran away with others, this Wei Ping became more and more unscrupulous, in a year, I didn't have to see him in a few days, Granny Gou talked about this son, it was a face of helplessness and remorse, and only added one sentence at the end, after the daughter-in-law ran away with someone, she was even if she had never given birth to this son!
Granny Gou's house is an old mansion, with a small courtyard, not big, there are only three main houses in the yard, and the kitchen and ear rooms are all added up, and there are only six rooms. There are three main rooms, Granny Gou lives in one, Yi'er lives in one, and one is empty, which is for Wei Ping to live in when he comes back, and it is used to pile up some sundries on weekdays, the conditions are not good, but it is better to be clean and simple, and not attract attention!
Granny Gou saw that Yi'er was lonely and lonely, and found that Yi'er was young in the weekday conversation, but she was steady, after all, she came out of a big family, she was knowledgeable and courteous, and she was generous in her speech, so she had a little more love and pity in her heart, and took good care of Yi'er in life, and later introduced Yi'er to Mingfeng Embroidery House to be an embroidery girl temporarily.
Originally, Yi'er only wanted to stay for half a month, but when the county government returned the guide, she continued to go south, but it was Gou's mother-in-law's words that made Yi'er change her mind: "Girl, you heard the old woman say that instead of going all the way to Jiangnan to join the relatives who have never met, you might as well find a suitable place and settle down for a while." It's not that the old woman can't trust your relative, it's just that you haven't been in touch before, what if your relative isn't in that place? What should you do if you are so reckless and can't find anyone? In my opinion, girl, if you just want to go to Pizhou, it's best to write a letter first, and if you have a reply, wouldn't it be much safer to go to find someone? ”
Going to Pizhou to join relatives is just an excuse for Yi'er to go to the outside world, so of course Granny Gou's words can't convince Yi'er, but Granny Gou is right, Jiangnan is thousands of miles away, and now Jiang Jufang has returned to the capital Xichangbo Mansion, after all, she is worried about it, if this will really go to Jiangnan, then about the news of Jiang Jufang, she didn't even have the place to ask!
Although she didn't think that she could return to Jiang Jufang's side again, at least, she had to know how Jiang Jufang would live if she really married the minister? Not to mention happiness at will, as long as she is safe, then she will be relieved, even if she goes to Jiangnan, her heart is also at ease, only if she is at ease, then she can truly welcome her own new life!
Therefore, she decided to simply stay in Wanxian for a while, although it is not close to the capital, but the news of the capital is only two or three days, and it is convenient to arrive, so she followed the advice of Granny Gou and went to the embroidery building to help, one can earn some chewing, and the other is much cheaper to inquire about the news in the embroidery building!
It's just that soon, the news of Jiang Jufang and even Xichangbo Mansion did not come, but the news of the overlapping of royal dynasties quickly spread all over the country.
In the fifty-ninth year of Dahui Zhaoming, Emperor Zhaoming, who reigned for fifty-nine years, failed to survive the number of Jiazi in the reign after all, and died in Xichun Garden, and the third son of the emperor, King Yang Ji of Qin, stood out from the princes, and with the support of Jiang Pei, the Duke of Ningguo, he successfully ascended the throne as the emperor, changed the name of the country to Qiming, and named the former Qin princess Jiang as the queen.
At this point, the rebellion of the kings in the 59th year of Zhaoming officially came to an end.
The origin of the son of heaven and a courtier, the new emperor ascended the throne, indicating that the heavenly officials and the government will inevitably have a earth-shaking reshuffle, with the dragon to the merit of Ningguo Gong Jiang Pei for a while, the door of the Ningguo Mansion is about to be squeezed by those who dredge up and down within a few days, it is often said that the fire cooks oil, and the flowers are brocade is just like that, and the Ningguo Mansion has also become a popular object for ordinary people to ridicule after dinner.
It's just that for many ordinary people, who is the emperor and who is the minister, they don't care, they care about taxes and miscellaneous labor, so Emperor Qiming's next holy decree to reduce taxes has aroused the excitement of the crowd, and they have praised Emperor Qiming for his compassion for the people, and he is a rare virtuous Emperor Ming.
As for Xichangbofu, although Yier inquired in many ways, but whether it was during the reign of the first emperor or after the new emperor ascended the throne, although Xichangbofu was an old noble, it has long been out of the highest power center and reduced to a third-rate noble. So Yi'er has never heard a little news about Xichang Bofu, but thinking that Jiang Jufang is just a concubine born and raised in the outer room, and she is married to an old man as a continuation, it is not a glorious thing to say it, and it is reasonable that Xichang Bofu does not publicize it to the public, and according to the distance, Jiang Jufang may have just arrived in Jingshi Yundu, no matter how simple and perfunctory it is, after all, it is also a matter of marriage and marriage, three books and six ceremonies, and it will take at least several months to complete the procedures that should be taken, how can there be any news so quickly?
Mingfeng embroidery building of the owner surname Wei, known as Wei Niangzi, when young is the largest embroidery building in the north of the seven states of the three major offerings of the Tianwai Building, the Tianwai Building and the Jinxiu Pavilion in the south of the Yangtze River synthesize the North Building South Pavilion, in the weaving and embroidery, garment production on the two almost occupy half of the country, and the high-end market is higher than nine floors, the three major offerings of the Tianwai Building can be seen.
In fact, with Wei Niangzi's fame and prestige at that time, even if she retired from Tianwailou because of her old age and poor eyesight, as long as she was willing, countless big wealthy families lined up to hire her to be a nurturing lady with a lot of money, but Wei Niangzi politely refused one by one, and only returned to her hometown Wanxian County and opened this inconspicuous small embroidery building.
The low-end market of Mingfeng Embroidery Building, although some people admired the reputation of Wei Niangzi, but Wei Niangzi used his eyes excessively in his early years, and now his eyesight is extremely poor, so he can no longer do embroidery work in person, so he has to give up and return in a huff.
Such an inconspicuous small embroidery building, for Yi'er, is an ideal place to stay, and Wei Niangzi is easy-going, although her eyesight is not good, but her attainments in embroidery are still there. Yi'er followed Jiang Jufang earlier, and did not do less embroidery work, she is calm, calm, and dexterous, and her embroidery skills are extraordinary, and now she has to be guided by Wei Niangzi from time to time, a few days down, whether she makes money or not, her embroidery skills are advancing by leaps and bounds, and she has gone to the next level!
The landlord of the rent, Granny Gou, is charitable, and takes more care of Yi'er in life, and the embroidery building owner Jiawei is easy-going, and Yi'er is also favored, Yi'er is becoming more and more handy, which is in my heart to look back again to consider the original Granny Gou's words, I was a little moved, thinking that if I don't go to Jiangnan, I will stay in Wanxian, in fact, it is also a good choice!
In a blink of an eye, the Shangsi Festival has arrived, this day is also called the Daughter's Day, and it coincides with the new emperor's enthronement, it is the new emperor to issue an edict, and the Beijing division will hold a grand Shangsi lantern festival to celebrate, so that all the people can rest and the whole country will enjoy together!
Jingshi's lantern festival like Yi'er, ordinary people who are far away in Wanxian County naturally do not have the blessing of seeing the style, in fact, the Shangsi Festival is a carnival day for others, but for the embroidery building, it may not be the case.
The folk restraint on women in the Shangsi Festival is relaxed, and the rich lady who is raised in the boudoir will come out on this day to climb the heights, and the so-called male and female defense is also deliberately ignored on this day.
It is a lot of rich and noble people have made new clothes in advance in the embroidery building or ready-to-wear shop, in order to wear out on this day, Mingfeng embroidery building naturally also took some of this kind of business, unfortunately, early in the morning, there are people from the county Cheng Wu Lord's house, saying that there is something wrong with the spring shirt made for Miss Wu before, and Miss Wu found out when she was dressing in the morning, so she ordered people to rush to the embroidery building, hoping that the embroidery building can give a proper solution!
The customers are coming to the door, of course, this matter can not be ignored, but the invitation of the outside of the building, Wei Niangzi set off to Beikai a few days ago, and now there are only a few embroidery girls such as Yier in the Mingfeng embroidery building, and several other embroidery girls have made a mistake when they see the embroidery, and it also involves the official eunuch's house, all of them are frightened and white-faced, where is there anyone who comes out to respond?
Yi'er looked left and right, and thought about the care that Wei Niangzi took care of her on weekdays, gritted her teeth, and had to stand up hard, and carefully asked what was wrong with the spring shirt, but it was just the little guy in the Wu Mansion who came, where did he figure out the affairs of the ladies in the inner courtyard, and in desperation, Yi'er had to bring the embroidery box and go to the Wu Mansion with the little guy.