Xianyang old knowledge

They went around a lot of silk shops on the main street, and they also went to some shops at their own expense. Although the Tang family has a big business, the Tang family's family style is thrifty, and most of the family's clothes are customized at a unified time. The adult young masters of the Tang family all work in the family business, and there is a certain bonus at the end of the year, and the girls have a fixed pocket money before they get married, but it is much less than that of each young master. Xinjie was able to open Yuehuaxuan back then, also because of this income and the money he had accumulated.

These days, I want to make a big birthday for my grandmother, so the whole Tang Mansion can order new clothes, and there is a tent in the house to pay the bills. That's why the new moon dragged them to go shopping, and wanted to help them all tailor a set of clothes. Xinyue is now the only girl in the family who has not been out of the cabinet, and several brothers in the family are very fond of her, in fact, what she wants, it is easy to say it to any brother, but she is not willing to be too delicate herself, especially after Lian'er came to the Tang family, let her see a lot of things in this sister that her sister in the family does not have. And Lian'er has a good eye, every time she chooses the clothes she chooses, they look very special, elegant and elegant, so Xinyue also wants Lian'er to help her choose clothes.

In fact, not long after Lian'er came to Tangmen, she helped her grandmother and Xintian Counselor Baicaotang in many affairs, and she also studied medical books and pharmacology. So at the end of the year, grandma will call the shots, and she will also give her a bonus equivalent to that of the young masters, which is actually quite a considerable amount. But Lian'er rarely uses it. In addition to buying some daily necessities for myself, I bought something for my grandmother, occasionally bought myself some elegant clothes to make some elegant clothes for myself, and gave some small gifts to the brothers and sisters of the Tang family during the New Year. That day in the piano shop, even if she paid for it herself, she could buy the piano, but she didn't want to be so extravagant, after all, she was just living here, the people of the Tang family saved her, she should do things here, and she didn't know where to go in the future.

Xinjie walked slowly along the road with them, and greeted many acquaintances on the way. I met Ah Zhi at the door of one of his shop. The Ah Zhi family is very similar to the Tang family, his father used to be an official in the court, and now he is at home. At that time, Ah Zhi's father sent him to study in the Tang family's school for fear that his son would study badly, and they became friends. Ah Zhi later passed the government examination and the palace examination, and was recorded as the 147th in the outer armor that year, which is not in vain for so many years. He has been out and about, and recently prepared to be promoted to the prefect of Luoyang County, and will take office next month. This time, I took a leave of absence to come home to visit. Old friends who have not seen each other for many years are unusually affectionate. Ah Zhi told him that several of their former friends had basically studied together in the Tang family's homeschool, and they had made an appointment to have dinner at Wufang Pavilion at noon and asked him to go with him.

Old friends were naturally excited to see each other, but Xinjie seemed to be enjoying shopping with these two girls at the moment, the feeling of being lazy and lazy, he subconsciously glanced at Lian'er, and this action did not escape Ah Zhi's eyes.

"Let's make a new appointment another day, I'm shopping with my sister here."

"You have to eat when you go shopping, it's almost noon, or you will have dinner with us, and you will go shopping with them." Lao Lei also said that day, since he and I entered Beijing for the exam, we haven't seen you for more than ten years. I'm going to say hello to everyone. ”

Xinjie was helpless, so he could only ask Xinyue: "Yueyue, do you want to eat with these baba birds?" ”

Crescent Moon felt new to the name Baba Bird, and she and Lian'er both laughed happily.

"Look, they've all agreed, let's go."

On the way, Ah Zhi pulled him back and said, "When did you kid become so sexually sexual?" This is not your temper back then, so many women are looking for death and life for you, you don't care, why are you so afraid of the previous one today? You're a role model among our brothers, so don't you become fearful. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, that's my sister, you've known each other since childhood."

"Of course I know the crescent moon, who is that next to me?"

"That's my cousin."

"Nonsense, when did you have an extra cousin, your aunt didn't become a monk a long time ago. Oh yes, I remembered, they said two days ago that they met your Xiaojiu half a year ago with a fairy-like figure, saying that it was your uncle's niece, and it was her who dared to love, no wonder when that kid in Huangpi said it, his saliva was about to fall out, hahaha, I regretted that I married too early. ”

"Be quiet, keep your ears open. If you always talk like this, I won't take Yueyue and them with me, and my third uncle should scold me when I turn around. ”

Although the Tang family is a family, it is also a big family in Xianyang, but because the Tang family comes from the rivers and lakes, the daughters of the Tang family often walk around, unlike the ordinary ladies of the official family, who stay at home and twist and pinch. Crescent Moon has also gone out to play with a few older brothers. Because Lian'er was still in power two years earlier, Yixiang spent most of her time in Tangzhuang and never went to public. It's been a thing with Yixiang recently, so I just come out to walk around, and I only occasionally go out to run errands with Xintian or Xinye, or help my grandmother out to run errands, and rarely stay in public.

Xianyang City is not big, and it is easy to know that there is a disturbance, but because Lian'er basically does not show up, few people have seen her. When they arrived at Wufang Pavilion, Xinjie's friends were extremely surprised to see Lian'er, and several men kept secretly looking at her. Xinjie felt a little sorry for Lian'er at first, but she had always been accustomed to men's attention, so she was very calm, smiling and listening to a few of them chatting, occasionally talking to Xinyue. Xinjie also knew that Huang Pi was just a bit of a nymphomaniac, and he didn't dare to think otherwise. He sometimes felt that the prominent position of the Tang family in Xianyang restricted the marriage of the girls of the Tang family. In fact, the new moon is not small, but it is really not easy to find a matching family for her in Xianyang. He sometimes admires his brother-in-law, that is, Xinyu's husband, a small guard, one day, in love with Xinyu, he came directly to the door to ask for marriage, it doesn't matter how high the status of the Tang family is, how big the gap between the two sides is.

These people were very regular at first because of Xinyue and Lian'er sitting, but after three rounds of drinking, they were a little uncontrollable, and Ding Wen began to say: "We originally called Narcissus today, but she said that she was not feeling well, and she couldn't come, she didn't know that Xinjie was back, otherwise she would have crawled over." You kid is also very harmful, since the last time you spent the August Festival with her, and Lan Xin went to the scene with a sword, you haven't been looking for anyone, you have been gone for several years, and she has asked several times if you have come back. This topic came together, which made Xinjie uncomfortable. Usually he doesn't care, these girls in Xianyang City toss upside down for him, he is used to it. But today Lian'er is here, and he doesn't know why, and he is extremely reluctant to let people mention his glamorous history in front of her. He stole a glance at her and noticed that she was actually looking at him with a grin, which made him even more nervous. But these people are not finished yet, Huang Pi answered: "Brother, brother, I really admire you, even if you are an orchid, any of these girls in Xianyang City will look tense and pitiful when they mention you, how do you deal with them, you can also teach me." Let's just say that the red peony, a year ago, was finally going to be good, and before picking up the lantern, I saw it and asked if there was any news of you. ”

Xinjie coughed dryly, and his face gradually became red.

Here Ah Zhi is a clear-eyed person, when he was on the road to ask them out, he guessed his friend's heart, seeing him so embarrassed, it confirmed his conjecture even more, even if his friend didn't say anything about his cousin, but he wanted to win her favor is certain. Everyone's buddies for decades, of course he hopes that Xinjie can be happy, so he hurriedly helped him: "Xinjie, if you want to say, you are really hurt by Lan Xin, if it weren't for her, how could you be like this, wandering all over the world." Look at a few of us, except for Liangwei, who runs business outside all the year round, and is still floating like you, no matter how the mother-in-law in the family is, but they are all married and have a business, and some of them are children's fathers. In fact, you are the best among us, you want people to have talents, you want money to have money, you want status to have status. I'm a man, and if I were a woman, I'd want to marry you. He Liangwei next to him is also a sober person, so hurry up and follow. That's it, that Lan Xin is really splashy, and it's unreasonable, it's she herself who is sorry for you first, and she actually forces you to marry her, really, alas. Brother, have you met a desirable girl in the past few years? He Liangwei obviously felt that when he asked this sentence, Xinjie's eyes quickly glanced at his cousin, and it can be seen that he and Ah Zhichai are good. If there is a suitable one, hurry up and settle down to make your brothers happy and happy for you, and it is not a way to always float like this. I'm because I'm as fat as a winter melon, it's not good-looking, if I were half as good as you, I would have a family. Find someone who is reasonable and explain Lan Xin's matter clearly, and our brothers can testify to you. ”

"Has the white girl seen Lan Xin?" Ah Zhi asked, Lian'er shook her head, Xinjie didn't know what he meant. "If you haven't seen her, it's better not to see her for the rest of your life, you are so quiet and beautiful, like a fairy, if you want to see her, you have to be frightened by her. ”

"Speaking of Lan Xin, I saw her on the street a few days ago, you have to be careful." Huang Pi said.

Xinjie also had a headache when he heard this.

"Uncle Lan also came to her twice, and wanted her to go back to Liaodong's house with her, I don't know what happened." Crescent Moon couldn't help but say. "Uncle Lan said last time that he would take Wu'er back first, after all, it was his grandson. That child is so pitiful, Lan Xin is often absent, and often leaves it to the nurse to take care of for months without seeing anyone. ”

"This kind of woman is too selfish to be a mother. But Xinjie, thinking about it backwards, you are also lucky, fortunately you found it early, if you wait until you find out, it will be too late. Although the stinky lady in my house stinks, she is dedicated to the children and housework no matter what. As soon as Ah Zhi mentioned his wife, because there were allusions to the year, except for Xinyue and Lian'er, these people were all present, so they all laughed.

"Yueyue, white girl, don't be surprised, we're used to talking to your brother casually." He Liangwei is very considerate of them. In fact, he is just a little fatter, but he looks very neat. may have been running business outside for many years, especially good at being a person.

Xinjie didn't want to dwell on these troublesome issues anymore, and subconsciously, he didn't want Lian'er to feel that his life was chaotic, or had been chaotic.

"Liangwei, is the Yahua needle shop on the corner of the street in front of you your family's business?"

"yes,"

"When we pass by there today, we see that they are unloading, and the new goods are not on the shelves yet, so you can come with us over there to have a look. I haven't been back for a long time, in addition to choosing some clothes for Yueyue and Lian'er, I also want to pick out some gifts for the rest of the family. ”

"You said it earlier, it's a new product that I just came back from Hangzhou, and I just arrived today, and we went there early after dinner, so as not to let the guys in the store put it on the shelves, and the good ones were picked up."

"Okay, I heard that you've had a good business in the past few years."

"It's okay, without your Yuehuaxuan, it's hot. But I'm still trying to discuss it with you, I recently opened one in Luoyang, and it's not bad. Half of the goods in our store are from our own embroidery workshop in Hangzhou, and I want to open one in the capital, in addition to selling Suzhou and Hangzhou embroidery, but also selling our homespun cloth. There are many people who are officials and businessmen in Beijing, and when they don't go out, they like to wear soft homespun clothes at home. There is no one in the city who spun and weaves his own yarn, so many of them bring their own homespun cloth from here. The weather here is drier, the cotton peaches are better, and the woven cloth is softer and more fitting than the cloth in many places. What do you think of this idea? ”

"Okay, you'd better make some home-cooked ready-to-wear, in this case, I don't have to let Gao Fei send me everywhere every year, why don't you open one where I have Yuehuaxuan?"

"Haha, okay."

"Brother, if you want me to say, you better marry a daughter-in-law and settle down as soon as possible, you can't let Goofy take care of these things for you for the rest of your life."

After eating, a few people made an appointment to drink together the next night.

"Yueyue and the White Girl will come together." He Liangwei is very attentive.

"Okay." Crescent Moon loved it. But Lian'er smiled and said: "Next time, we are here, so that you are very stubborn, many words are inconvenient to say, chatting is not fun, it is not easy for a few of you to get together." ”

"Where the words. We're just a few wild words, and we're used to it from novels, and nothing else. ”

"Let's come together," Ah Zhi also began to invite them, "The weather is good these days, or don't drink, it's not convenient for the girls to go out at night, let's go to Xinjie's Aoki Tea House for tea tomorrow afternoon." He felt a little that He Liangwei was a little drunk, not in the wine, maybe in the new moon.

So it was decided, and the others dispersed.

Leaving Ah Zhi to accompany them to He Liangwei's shop. Because Ah Zhi was going to Luoyang to take office, he also wanted to pick something as a gift.

He Liangwei accompanied the new moon very happily to pick up, Lian'er only glanced at everything, until she saw a piece of white silk brocade with a lily pattern on it, and stayed for a long time before looking at anything else. Xinjie has been watching her quietly, sometimes chatting with Ah Zhi and giving some advice on what he has chosen. After a while, he noticed that Lian'er was starting to look at some dark-colored silks, apparently choosing something for her grandmother. Xinjie suddenly felt that he should buy something for his father, who had never bought anything since he was an adult.

"Lian'er, can you help me pick one for my father?"

"Sir?" Lian'er was a little surprised, she had heard people talk about the estrangement between Xinjie and his father.

"yes, I've never done anything for him, I think I should buy him something."

Lian'er happily acquiesced, and she suddenly felt that this man not only had an innocent side, but also a soft heart, or a soft side of his heart. She quickly chose a brocade of dark checkered tapestry, low-key but with a good texture. After a while, she also chose something for her grandmother, but she didn't have her own. She began to slowly admire the embroidery on the wall, one by one.

"White girl, why don't you fancy the clothes for yourself, what kind of clothes does the girl like, I asked them to order it for you? Xinjie and I have been brothers for many years, so you don't need to be polite to me. He Liangwei asked her with a smile.

"Where, you've got a lot of good stuff here, it's just that I just made a set recently, and I don't want to waste it too much."

"Don't you save money for Xinjie, let him break the bank, buy you more materials to prepare, a beautiful girl like you, more clothes are common."

"That's it, don't spare this kid." Ah Zhi said the same. Apparently his friend's inclination was obvious, but the woman's mind was hard to fathom.

Lian'er knew that Xinjie had been watching her, and she didn't want to embarrass him too much, so she said, "Can the third brother give me that set of lily brocade?" ”

"Okay. Have you figured out what to do? You can ask the masters in Liangwei's shop to cut it for you, and their handiwork is also famous in Xianyang. She accepted it so simply, and it surprised him a little, and of course he was relieved.

"Oh, is it? Then I'll draw a pattern and let the master do it. Grandma's piece is also together. ”

He Liangwei called the tailor in the shop, originally wanted Lian'er to say, the master painted it, but she finished the painting in three clicks and asked him to do it according to the proportion. The master quickly measured her size and sighed. Xinyue has always liked Lian'er's dress, so she also asked to make a set with her.