With this lesson, Shi Yu didn't dare to find fault, but in this way, Xiao Man felt more and more lonely.

Although Xia Wanrou took her out shopping, and occasionally took her to the theater and listened to books, Xiaoman was always lacking in interest and couldn't raise interest in anything.

Lu Li has only been north for half a month, but Xiaoman has already lost a lot of weight.

"Xiaoman, you can't go on like this, look at your skinny, there is no meat on this face." Xia Wanrou looked at it and said distressedly.

Su Xiaoman waved his hand and said absentmindedly: "It's better to lose weight, and you can save some fabric by making clothes in summer." ”

Even though the other party was laughing, Xia Wanrou couldn't laugh at all, she sighed lowly, "I heard that there is a new storyteller in Qingshu Zhai, and I have already ordered someone to set a place on the second floor, why don't you go and see it now?" ”

Xiaoman shook his head, "I don't want to-"

Seeing that she was about to refuse, Xia Wanrou hurriedly took the lead and said: "This storyteller was invited from other places by Qingshu Zhai for a lot of money, it is said that the story he said is different from others, you should accompany me to have a look, okay?" ”

At this point, Xiao Man couldn't refuse, so he had to pack up a little and go to Qingshu Zhai with Xia Wanrou.

Qingshu Zhai is the most famous restaurant in Shangjing, because of the novelty of the dishes, the unique taste, and the willingness to spend a lot of money to invite the stage team and the storyteller, so it is quite popular in Shangjing, and there are many dignitaries and nobles to take care of it.

However, the price of this Qingshu Zhai is also surprising, not ordinary people can consume the restaurant, Xiaoman has only been to it once, and was shocked by its price, and secretly classified this restaurant into a place that must not be set foot in.

"Two ladies, Qingshu Zhai has arrived."

Xia Wanrou and Su Xiaoman entered the restaurant together, and were led up to the private room on the second floor, which was separated by a bamboo curtain painted with ink paintings, which was very elegant.

sat down, and the subordinates sent all kinds of food, and then quietly retreated.

Xiao Man was not interested, and he was not even interested in the refreshments on the table, Xia Wanrou on the side was anxious, and could only hope that the legendary storyteller would come to the stage as soon as possible, so as to arouse Xiao Man's interest.

Just thinking about it, there was a sudden sound of panic in the audience, Xia Wanrou hurriedly leaned over and saw the curtain under the stage slowly open, revealing half of the body of the storyteller on the stage.

"Xiaoman, look!" Xia Wanrou tugged at her sleeve, "You see that the person on that stage is the legendary storyteller!" ”

Seeing her so excited, Xiao Man couldn't help but poke his head out to look, but was frightened by the person behind the completely open curtain.

I saw that although the man was wearing ordinary clothes in Donglanguo, "he" was blond and blue-eyed, his nose was different from ordinary people's height, his lips were thin, and his complexion was whiter than ordinary people.

"His" hair was loosely tied with a red rope, and it was not combed into the hairstyle of a Donglan woman, especially when "he" was talking to the person next to him, Xiao Man didn't understand a word, and he became more and more puzzled.

"W-This?" Xiao Man turned to Xia Wanrou on the side for help.

Xia Wanrou didn't expect that the legendary storyteller with a very high reputation was actually a Westerner, but she had lived in Beijing for a long time and had seen a lot of Westerners, so she quickly reacted.

She chuckled and lowered her voice to explain, "This is the foreigner I told you before, most of them are from the other side of the sea, some have blue eyes, some have green eyes, and their hair colors are also different, and they are taller than the Donglan people, and whiter than us. ”

After speaking, Xia Wanrou said again: "Before, these Westerners just came to us to do business, but gradually after a long time, some people began to settle down in Shangjing, they have their own hometown dialect and customs, and the emperor also specially allowed them not to follow the customs, so there are more and more people who settle here, and there are people who marry Donglan women, and the children born are good-looking." ”

Su Xiaoman nodded as if he didn't understand, "It turns out that Westerners can also tell stories." ”

Hearing this, Xia Wanrou sneered and laughed, "I've never seen a Westerner who can tell a story before, so it seems that this time it's the right one." ”

The two were talking, and the storyteller in the audience was shocked and began to tell the story.

As Xia Wanrou expected, what this storyteller told was really different from those storytellers in the past: "he" was telling the story of the princess and the prince this time.

The content is probably that the princess was injured by her stepmother, and the prince of the country next to her passed by to rescue her, and then the emperor gave marriage, and the two tied the knot. Although the story is short, it is better than telling it well, and everyone applauded after listening to it, and even Su Xiaoman, who couldn't keep up his spirits in the past, listened very seriously.

After the story was told, the storyteller left in a dashing manner, Xiaoman and Xia Wanrou also left slowly, and when the two went downstairs, they were still discussing the story of Fang Cai.

But I didn't want to, Xiao Man suddenly accidentally stepped on the empty steps, Xia Wanrou exclaimed, but it was useless, Xiao Man resigned herself to closing her eyes and letting her body plant forward, but after a while, instead of landing on the ground, she fell into an unusually warm embrace.

Xiao Man quietly opened half of his eyes, but saw that the other party was actually a storyteller!

She got up with a red face and apologized again and again, but the other party just smiled: "It's okay." ”

"Your voice?" Xia Wanrou suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The storyteller smiled slightly, "I'm a woman, don't be surprised, Madame." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiaoman was even more surprised, "Can a woman also be a storyteller?" ”

The storyteller chuckled, "Men and women are the same, what they can do, we can naturally do, and there may be better ones." I'm going to catch up with the next one, so I'm sorry I can't talk for a long time, so I'm leaving. ”

Xiao Man listened to the storyteller's words thoughtfully, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time, until she returned to the Wei Mansion with Xia Wanrou, and she suddenly came to her senses.

He is good at making clothes and embroidery, and now Lu is not there, although he has the court's fortune, but Xiao Man understands the truth of sitting and eating empty mountains, she was able to maintain her life in Bishui Village before, and now she is in Beijing, and she will definitely be able to support herself with her own craftsmanship.

"Xiaoman, I have something I want to talk to you about." Xia Wanrou is colorful.

Xiao Manping retreated from his thoughts and corrected his attitude, "You say." ”

Xia Wanrou whispered, "I heard a lot about what Mr. Storyteller said today, you have such good craftsmanship, and your mind is also delicate, you are not inferior to those men in terms of intelligence and cleverness, if you can open a garment shop in Shangjing, I think it will be very popular." ”

Seeing that Xiaoman didn't speak, Xia Wanrou thought that she was worried about the problem of Yinliang, so she said: "Your craftsmanship is so good, it will definitely be prosperous in the future, while your shop has not yet opened, I must buy a share, so that I can sit and collect money, do you say okay?" ”

Xiao Man was moved in his heart, knowing that Xia Wanrou was worried that she didn't have the money to open a store, so she said so.

But she just wanted to follow the previous method to make money, but she didn't dare to think about such a big thing as opening a store, after all, this is Shangjing, not to mention every inch of land, there are hundreds of large and small ready-to-wear shops, where can I compare with these old stores?

"Xiaoman, your craftsmanship is so good, are you afraid that no one will patronize you?" Xia Wanrou persuaded: "You believe me, if you open a store, you will definitely make a lot of money." The storyteller was right, what men can do, we women can do too. ”

has said this, but Xiao Man is still very worried in his heart, he has no experience, where can he do such a big thing.

can see that Xia Wanrou has begun to plan which street to open a shop, Xiaoman is not good at pouring cold water on her, so she has to say: "Sister Wanrou, you are here to be the shopkeeper, will I give you a hand?" Let me do such a big thing, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it myself. ”

"Xiaoman, you are now a first-class lady, I have to kneel and salute you when it turns to be a grade, what else are you afraid of? Besides, if I pay the money, if I really lose, I will never blame you for half a point. ”

But it was because Xiaoman knew this that she was even more scared and uneasy.

She looked at Xia Wanrou nongistically, "Sister Wanrou, it's okay for you to let me stay at home and make embroidery, but if I open the door to do business, I'm afraid I'll mess up." ”

"If you mess up, you mess up, what are you afraid of?" Xia Wanrou was a little more bold, "Don't be afraid, you can rest assured to do it boldly, and I will bear it if something happens." ”

Su Xiaoman smiled gratefully, and was about to say something, when a male voice suddenly sounded behind him: "What do you want to do again, still jumping Xiaoman, and saying unashamedly that you are bearing, you are bearing?" I blushed for you when I heard it. ”

She hurriedly turned around, it turned out that Wei Xiuyuan had returned.

Xia Wanrou pursed her lips, and struggled powerlessly in the face of her husband's complaints, so she had to change the topic: "Hey, what are you holding in your hand, the letter?" For whom, I'll see. ”

Wei Xiuyuan had the intention to tease her, and deliberately raised the letter in his hand high, "If you have it, I'll open it for you to see." ”

"Wei Xiuyuan!"

Xia Wanrou complained, but obediently jumped over and over again to reach for the letter, but Wei Xiuyuan was very cunning, and changed her hand whenever she was about to reach it, which made Xia Wanrou gasp for breath for a short time, and finally had to give up.

The two little girls next to her looked at their lips and chuckled, and Su Xiaoman couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.

"Okay, I won't tease you, this is a letter to Xiaoman," Wei Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows, "Or is it a love letter, you rashly opened it and read it, if you let someone know, I'm afraid he will come back quickly to teach you a lesson." ”

Su Xiaoman got up when she heard this, her face was a thin red of excitement, she looked at Wei Xiuyuan expectantly, but she didn't dare to verify whether this letter came from him.

Seeing this, Wei Xiuyuan sent the letter over, "It is indeed sent by Lu Li, they have already arrived at the border, and two letters are sent in the morning, one is for the emperor, and this one is yours." ”

Xiao Man hurriedly took it and happily covered his heart on his chest, although he didn't need to read the content of the letter, he could also feel Lu Li's sincerity.