Shopping
When they entered the living room, Aunt Xiao brought tea, and heard Rong Ruo mention that when I saw people preparing New Year's goods on the way here, I begged Rong Ruo to take me out for a walk, and I couldn't bear my soft grinding and hard bubbles Rong Ruo promised to take me out.
Although it is very cold but the sky is clear, there are a lot of people coming and going on the street, so long I am the first time to go shopping, I feel cold about all kinds of things, I looked back at Bihe, but also looked around everywhere, looking at Rong Ruo a faint look, more and more obvious we have not seen the world, busy retracting the curious gaze to make yourself a little more temperamental, but after a while it will be broken, see the strange will stop, Rong Ruo smiled and said: "If you like it, buy it", I was busy saying: "No, I just haven't seen it, I'm just curious", said and walked forward, Rong Ruo also followed me around, always felt that there were eyes staring at me behind me, but when I turned around, I didn't find anything, and when I turned around, I had that feeling, Rong Ruo looked at me like this and asked, "What's wrong?" , I think it's probably looking at Rong Ruo! Walking on the street, Rong Ruo's return rate was still high, and when he thought of this, he replied: "It's nothing, let's go!" , "Qingqiu, are you tired, let's find a place to rest!" After shopping for so long, I was really a little tired and said, "Okay!"
We should be in the most prosperous street in the capital now, followed Rong Ruo forward and walked not far into a teahouse, the guy seemed to know Rong Ruo, saw us come in and hurriedly greeted us to a box by the window on the second floor, Rong Ruo said: "Come to a pot of good dragon well before the rain, dim sum?" "Qingqiu, what do you like to eat?" I don't like to eat sweet, so I said: "Anything can be", and Rong Ruo said to the guy: "Then pick up your new tricks and come up with a few things!" , The guy agreed to retreat, I carefully looked at the layout of the box and the landscape paintings on the wall, thinking that the owner of this shop is quite tasteful, the tables, chairs, tablecloths, screens and landscape paintings on the wall in this room are correspondingly inherited, giving people the feeling as if they are in this landscape, the guy pushed the door in and put the tea and snacks in and was just about to pour tea when Rong Ruo waved his hand and said: "Please use it slowly", and then retreated.
Rong Ruo also sent Qingtong Bihe down to eat tea, and suddenly there were only two of us left in the room, I saw that Rong Ruo didn't speak and didn't know what to say, so I poured a cup of tea for Rong Ruo and myself, and then picked a snack to eat, the dim sum was very delicate and delicious, Rong Ruo picked up the teacup and put it down again: "Qingqiu, you ...... What I said to you that night, you ...... What do you think? "It's true that since that night, Rong Ruo and I have been a little uncomfortable when we are alone, but Rong Ruo didn't mention this again after that, I thought I heard it wrong! Self-inflicted! Now Rong Ruo suddenly mentioned it, I don't know how to answer, it's like now I'm not sure of my thoughts, looking at Rong Ruo's expectant gaze, I don't know what to say, Rong Ruo saw that I hesitated and didn't speak, retracted his gaze and said: "Okay, Qingqiu, you don't have to answer me now, I just want you to know my heart, I don't want you to promise me anything, can we get along like before?" , I looked at Rong Ruo and nodded, and continued to eat tea.
I was using a snack, and suddenly heard a cry downstairs, I walked to the window and opened the window to look out, only to see that not far from the east of the teahouse, three or four big men dragged an eight or nine-year-old girl, and a woman about thirty years old held the little girl's hand and refused to let go, the little girl was crying and calling her mother, the woman was also crying, a big man scolded and scolded the woman and pushed the woman to the ground, there were many people around watching but no one cared, watching the woman sit on the ground and cry I really can't stand it, said to Rong Ruo: "I'll go down and have a look", and turned around and walked out of the box and went downstairs.
Rong Ruo also followed me down, I walked out of the teahouse quickly, came to the woman, helped her up, and said to the big men: "Let go of the little girl, don't you see her crying?" , One of them looked at me and said: "Little girl, what kind of business are you in charge of", said and dragged the little girl away, I stepped forward to stop them and said: "Why do you want to arrest her, she is still so young", one of the heads of the head looks human: "Debt repayment, heaven is righteous, get out of the way", said to push me away, only to hear the sound of "ah" Rong Ruo has kicked him away, the other three people looked at Rong Ruo's extraordinary bearing, and did not dare to fight back, pointing to the woman and saying: "You go to ask her", I turned my head to look at the woman, When the woman saw me seeing her, she cried and said: "Because the child and her mother are sick, we borrowed their money, and the money was spent and I didn't look good at it, and I still owed debts, and the child's father was already working to earn money to pay off the debt, but they didn't wait, they had to use the child to pay off the debt", it turned out that this was the case, I secretly sighed, because of illness and poverty, there are really people in every era! Rong Ruo said: "How much do you owe them?" The woman said: "The twenty taels that I originally borrowed are now thirty taels", Rong Ruo waved his hand at Qingtong and said: "Give her fifty taels", I have no concept of money in ancient times, and I think of thirty taels a lot when I watch TV dramas? Qingtong took out fifty taels of silver and gave it to the woman, and I stepped forward and said, "Take thirty taels to pay off the debt, and keep the twenty taels for the New Year!" The woman didn't have time to thank you after taking the money, so she hurriedly stepped forward to give the big man thirty taels and pulled the child over, a few big men took the money and looked at us and walked away, and the onlookers also dispersed, and the woman pulled the child over and knelt down for us and said: "Thank you Miss Gongzi for saving the little girl, you are all good people, and the women will take the little girl away without retribution!" It's good to be a maid, and these twenty taels of silver women can't be harvested", Bihe and I pulled them up and said, "This eldest sister, you take the silver back from the child, what is the difference between us and those people just now?" Go back! Saying that, He Rongruo turned around and left, only to hear the woman behind him say: "Thank you, Miss."
After such a thing, I didn't have the mood to go shopping, and walked all the way home, Aunt Xiao said: "Why did you come back so soon and have dinner?" , Without waiting for me to say, Bihe said: "No", Aunt Xiao said: "The old slave is going to prepare, young master, the girl has something to eat", Rong Ruo said: "Don't prepare me, I still have something to do, so let's go", I also said: "Just make it simple" Aunt Xiao listened to the words and went to prepare.
When I saw Bihe bringing tea, I said to Rong Ruo: "Let's drink tea and leave!" It's not bad for a while", Rong Ruo had to sit down and I said: ", Rong Ruo, thank you for what happened just now", Rong Ruo smiled and said: "Thank me for what, even if you don't care about me, I will take care of it", and then said: "I may not be able to grow up for the New Year, I have arranged it here, if you have something to find Mama Xiao, she will come back and forth to me, you are not familiar with this, don't run around", I secretly thought that I was not a child anymore, but I said: "I know, don't worry!" After drinking tea, Rong Ruo took Qingtong and left.
In the evening, when I was reading in the main room, Xiaolan said back and forth, "Girl, Qingtong is sending something", and I asked, "What is the gift?" Let him come here! Xiaolan turned around and went out when she heard this, and after a while, Qingtong and a little maid came in, holding a lot of things in her hand Qingtong said, "Sister, where to put it?" I pointed to the table and said, "Just put it there!" What are they? Qingtong put things away and replied: "Sister, you can see it yourself!" We're going back to our lives", he said and turned around with the little guy and went back to his life.
I put down the book in my hand, look at the things on the table, are all the gadgets I saw on the street today, and there is a box I opened to see, there are a few small snacks on a few sides, so exquisite is it eaten in the teahouse today, at that time I also praised the delicious, thinking that Rong Ruo really has a heart, Bihe pushed the door in and saw me looking at things and asked: "Sister, is this all sent by Qingtong just now?" I took a piece of snack and said, "yes! Come here for you, it's delicious, come and try it", I loaded two more plates and handed them to Bihe and said, "Take these to Aunt Xiao and Xiaolan to taste too", Bihe took the snack and turned around and went out.
It's the end of the year in a blink of an eye, and today is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, Rong Ruo hasn't been here since he left that day, probably very busy! Just sent Qingtong to send a few things, but also let people to measure the size to make clothes for me, in the courtyard made several sets for me, I sent the people away, only said that I have clothes do not have to trouble, embroidered for a long time The pattern is a little boring, put down the needlework in his hand and thought, the New Year is coming soon, and the New Year is a new beginning, I can't always be like this! I can't be a parasite all the time, only when I am strong will I feel secure, since I have come to this ancient world, I have to work hard to live here on my own, but what do I have to do? I don't understand anything here, the last time I asked Bihe about the silver, she laughed at it, the silver in the early Qing Dynasty was still very valuable, one or two silver can be exchanged for copper coins 15600 Wen, and more than 500 yuan, we may think that 500 yuan is nothing, but here a big man only earns more than one or two silver a month, no wonder the eldest sister will be because of thirty taels and to pay off the debt with a woman, I am glad that I met Rong Ruo, otherwise I don't know if I can live here until now, thinking of this, I called Bihe to ask her to accompany me to go shopping, I'm going to see if I can find business opportunities and find ways to make money.
Walking on the street, people come and go, all of them are busy preparing things for the New Year, selling all kinds of lanterns and window flowers, fireworks, and selling all kinds of dried fruits, peanuts, melon seeds, and I didn't see a reason for turning around for a long time, Bihe couldn't help but ask when she saw me wandering around like this: "Sister, what are you looking at back and forth?" The young master of the New Year's goods is ready to be delivered," I said, "Bihe, let me ask you, what do you think we should do?" Bihe said sullenly: "What are you doing?" , I saw that Bihe didn't understand what I meant and said, "Do business!" Can make money, that is, what kind of business do you think can make money? "Make money, is my sister going to do business to make money? Is my sister short of money? I told Aunt Xiao to go back to the young master", Bihe said, I was speechless when I heard Bihe say this! I just don't want to make money like that! I said, "That's not the case, Bihe, I think I want to earn my own money to support myself in the future, so I have to make money!" Bihe looked at me and said, "I understand, sister, but did you tell the young master?" "Not yet, I haven't figured out how to do it, what to do, and then tell him if it's okay when it's done, and you have to keep it secret!" You know! Bihe nodded and said, "Well, I will support you no matter what you do, sister", so touched! I'm really glad to have Bihe by my side, I looked at the prosperous area again, and talked about how much the annual rent of a shop is, whether there is any intention to sell, and how much does it cost? Until he felt hungry, he took Bihe to find a place to eat.