Before leaving, Yan Lingyue asked Mama Li to take another hundred taels of silver and stuffed it to Wang Jinglan, so that she could continue to send the child to study in the school.

At first, Wang Jinglan didn't accept it, until Yan Lingyue said that she borrowed it, and when Xiaohu and Ah Fei could make money and then pay her back, Wang Jinglan could take it.

For this kind and beautiful sister, the two children like it very much. When sending Yan Lingyue out, she kept chattering about letting her come over to play often.

Xu did a good deed, and when she left the alley, Yan Lingyue felt happier than ever. After going to Yixiang Restaurant with Mama Li, I even asked for a private room by the window and ordered a large table full of wine and food.

After filling her stomach, it was still early to see that the time was still early, and Yan Lingyue went to Jinxiu Street with Mama Li.

The reason why it is called Jinxiu Street is because this long street is full of shops selling cloth and clothing, as well as daily jewelry. One by one, a dazzling array of dazzling.

Although the third aunt has made several clothes for Yan Lingyue, how can the youngest daughter's family have too many clothes, not to mention that compared to the other three young ladies of the Yan family, Yan Lingyue's clothes are really pitiful.

Mama Li accompanied Yan Lingyue, and the two of them visited several ready-to-wear stores in a row. Seeing that her young lady customized three sets of clothes in one go and bought three sets of hair noodles, Mama Li was excited.

Yan Lingyue thought that Mama Li thought she had bought too much, and she was a little weak-hearted, "Is it not enough silver?" Or am I going to go back to these heads? ”

When Mama Li heard this, she immediately hugged her head into her arms, "Enough, there is a lot of silver, not to mention the queen's recent reward, the third aunt alone allocated a lot of silver to Tingyu Pavilion, saying that she wanted to make up all the silver money that the second aunt had withheld from Miss over the years." ”

"What's so sad about that grandma?" Yan Lingyue helped Mama Li wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Mama Li snorted and said, "The old slave is emotional." Since Miss hit the ground, the old slave has been by the side of the young lady, and it has been almost fifteen years in the blink of an eye, and the young lady finally knows how to clean up herself, and the old slave is happy in her heart. ”

"Miss is already good-looking, but because she doesn't like to dress up, she will be compared to the eldest miss, the second miss and the third miss. After waiting for the two-day flower viewing party, the old slave must clean up the young lady beautifully, so that those who say cool things behind their backs are shocked. ”

Mama Li said and pulled Yan Lingyue to buy a lot of rouge gouache.

After moving everything to the carriage, Yan Lingyue realized that her back hurt when she left, so she went to the teahouse on the street with Mama Li.

At this time, the storyteller in the teahouse happened to talk about General Duan Shao who single-handedly broke through the northwest liukou and directly won the head of the enemy general, in exchange for the safety of nearly 10 million people in the northwest.

I saw Major General Duan wearing a silver helmet, armor, and a gold-plated belt around his waist, sitting on a tall horse, holding a silver spear, majestic and majestic. In the face of the most vicious enemy, his face does not change his face......"

The spittle on the stage was splashed, and the audience listened to it excitedly.

Yan Lingyue, who originally wanted to take a sip of tea and take a break, listened to the thunderous applause in her ears, and only felt her brain and eyes buzzing.

Major General Duan? Which one is it?

For these officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yan Lingyue really didn't understand.

Yan Lingyue was confused, but Mama Li on the side was fascinated by what she heard, and while applauding, she didn't forget to popularize knowledge for Yan Lingyue, "Duan Minghong, the young general Duan, is the grandson of General Duan's mansion, and he grew up in the northwest with General Duan Yangkun since he was a child......"

Xiao Er, who came to renew the tea, listened to Mama Li's narration, and was enthusiastic about her intestines, "General Duan's family, those are the great benefactors of our people." When General Duan was young, he fought in all directions and expanded the territory for our Great Zhou. When he was old and retired, General Duan inherited his father's business and stuck to the most difficult northwest to resist those aliens who were constantly making trouble. ”

Xu is seeing that Yan Lingyue was good-looking, the little brother at the next table also moved over, and continued, "Half a year ago, when our king personally conquered Northern Yan, the Northwest Liukou poured out of the nest and wanted to take the opportunity to occupy our great northwest. In that battle, General Duan Yangkun was ambushed and seriously injured, and General Duan Shao entered the enemy alone, and managed to fight his way out and rescue General Duan. In the next few battles, he went out on behalf of his father and defeated the enemy. ”

"I heard that more than a month ago, the king had already summoned Major General Duan back to Beijing to accept the reward, and he must have come back after calculating the time......"

Everyone in the teahouse was still discussing passionately. When Yan Lingyue heard the word Beiyan, she was in no mood to stay any longer. Immediately left the teahouse. When he was about to get into the carriage and leave, he was stopped by a violent cough.

Because the cough is so bad that it sounds like I have to cough out my lungs. Even Mama Li couldn't help but look over. I saw an old man in his fifties, with his back bent, sweeping the sawdust at the door of the store.

It was at this glance that Yan Lingyue was suddenly attracted by the carvings in the store.

"Uncle, are these carved by your own hands?" Yan Lingyue walked into the store and picked up the plum blossom hairpin placed on the wooden shelf.

The old man nodded and said, "It's all carved out by the old man little by little, if the young lady likes it, take it." ”

"How much silver?" Just when Mama Li was about to take the silver taels, the old man waved his hand, "Don't want money, give it to the young lady as a souvenir." Maybe the young lady is the last guest of the woodcarving house. ”

Yan Lingyue was a little puzzled, "How do you say this?" ”

"It's going to be closed," said the old man, "I'm going to sell this shop, and change some coils, so that the old man can take his grandson back to his ancestral hometown." ”

Yan Ling didn't know much about the market when she first came to the beginning of the month, but Mama Li has lived in the capital for decades, and she still knows about some of the old shops around her, "This woodcarving Zhai has been around for more than 30 years, how can you say that it will be closed?" ”

"It's been more than thirty years?" Yan Lingyue was surprised, "Then why do you have to close the door?" ”

The old man sighed, "This woodcarving is the old man's life's work, if he is really desperate, where would the old man be willing to sell it." As soon as the words fell, the old man picked up the rag and began to clean the wooden frame.

Although curious, it is not easy to inquire about other people's private affairs. Yan Lingyue walked around the shop twice, looking at the various wooden hairpins and bracelets placed on the wooden shelves, which were really exquisite.

It would be a pity if this craft declined.

"Can you take a tour of your shop, uncle?"

Old Uncle Xu didn't expect Yan Lingyue to visit the shop, he was stunned at first, and then nodded, "It's just that I want to ask this grandmother to help the old man keep an eye on it, the guy hired in the store has been dismissed, and now the old man is left alone." ”

Taking advantage of Mama Li's time to look at the store, Yan Lingyue followed the old man back and forth.

The shop outside is not large, and on the left side of the counter, there is a door leading to the inside. There is a table and a reclining chair in the room, which seems to be for people to rest. From the staircase in the middle you can go up to the second floor. On the second floor, there are a lot of solid wood, as well as a lot of semi-finished products, which seems to be the place where the old man usually carves handicrafts.

Standing on the second floor, through the window, there is a lively street in front and a small courtyard in the back. The small courtyard is boxy, although it is not big, but it has all kinds of internal organs.

"This yard is also the uncle's?"

"Yes, the old man has lived in this small courtyard for more than thirty years," the old man replied.

Going down to the second floor, the old man pushed open the side door of the inner room, and the entire courtyard came into Yan Lingyue's eyes.

This layout, she likes!

Yan Lingyue thought for a moment and said decisively, "In this way, I will pay seven hundred taels to buy this shop and the small courtyard." The old man can continue to stay, and the woodcarving can continue to open the door to do business. When I hired the old man to be the housekeeper of this small courtyard, I paid two taels a month. In addition, the shop sells silver money every month, we are fifty-five cents, how about the old man? ”

Five-five? It means that the old man is still half of the shopkeeper of the woodcarving zhai.

With the signboard of the woodcut Zhai and the location where it is located, seven hundred taels is actually not much. But the key is that Yan Lingyue's conditions are good! Not only does the woodcarving house no longer have to close, but he and his little grandson no longer have to run back to their ancestral hometown, and more importantly, they still have a fixed salary every month.

The old man, who had been sad for nearly two months, finally relaxed his brows, "Miss, can this be taken seriously?" ”

"Even if I can't be trusted, the fifth lady of Yan Mansion is always convincing," Yan Lingyue said, "Give the old man two more days, the old man can think about it again, or compare it again, if you are sure to sell it to me, you can take advantage of these two days to arrange it, and come to Yan Prime Minister's Mansion to find Steward Yan the day after tomorrow, and let him take you to me." ”

The fifth lady of the Yan Mansion? That's the princess of today's Nine Emperors who have not passed through the door!

Just when the old man was stunned, Yan Lingyue had already taken the broken silver from Mama Li and put it on the counter, "Then I'll take this hairpin first." ”

It wasn't until Yan Lingyue and Mama Li got into the carriage and left that the old man pinched his arm fiercely that he came to his senses. Rejoice in the moment!

But Mama Li couldn't figure out what her young lady was doing. Compared with the queen's reward, seven hundred taels is not much, but it is not a small amount. And their young lady is going to be the princess in the future, so what else do you want this shop to do?

Mama Li thought so, so she naturally asked.

Yan Lingyue listened to it and smiled, "Seven hundred taels, you don't need to put it there, it's just a few visible silver tickets." But if you buy a yard, with its location, it will only appreciate in value in the future, not depreciate. What's more, we bought not only the yard, but also the signboard of the woodcarving house. ”

"Since the woodcarving house can be opened for so many years, it means that it has the value of its existence. Besides, the old man's craftsmanship is so good, when the time comes, I will take the Nine Emperor Princes to go a few more times, and after opening the door, will I still worry about bad business? Sell something a little every month, and you can pay the uncle's two taels of wages. The rest is not all profit?! ”

Yan Lingyue thought about how cost-effective, "If it weren't for something urgent at that old uncle's house, I'm afraid I would never be willing to sell that shop and that small courtyard." ”