Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Abandoned Woman
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The small bridge flows, and there is an oil-paper umbrella on the bridge, and under the wide umbrella surface, the petite summer solstice girl is like the pole of the umbrella.
Yang Jing didn't hold an umbrella, and the drizzle came to his face, which made his whole person feel energetic.
He was already very familiar with Baling County, but he still needed Xia Zhi to lead the way in front, and after walking for two moments, he finally came to Cao's house.
The Cao family was originally also a big merchant in Baling County, doing cloth and satin villages and all kinds of miscellaneous department stores, Cao Enzhi should have taken over the family's business, but he participated in the imperial examination, and his identity was not the same.
Old man Cao originally wanted to hand over the business to his second son Cao Enrong, but Cao Enrong also wanted to study, so he didn't care too much about business, and the business gradually became much lighter.
After Cao Enzhi's unusual relationship with Peng Liancheng was exposed, the Cao family suddenly fell into the cold, and their business plummeted.
When Yang Jing came to Cao's house, the door was closed, and it took a long time before an old man with a front tooth came to open the door.
If it weren't for Yang Jing, Li Wanniang would have died a long time ago, Cao Enzhi would not have been rescued from the cellar, and Cao Enrong would not have been able to reduce his sentence to redeem him, saying that Yang Jing was the life-saving father of his Cao family, it would not be too much at all.
Came in the door, sat down in the living room, there was already a servant serving tea, Yang Jing saw that those beautiful little maids were gone, and the tea was only served by the old cook in her thirties and forties.
Xia Zhi stood behind Yang Jing with his head down, looking a little restrained, and quite a little emotional.
After sitting for a while and taking two sips of tea, Mrs. Cao walked out with her arms in her arms, and immediately saluted Yang Jing.
Yang Jing looked at it, the old man had a towel wrapped around his head, a sick face, and coughed violently twice from time to time, the old lady was also full of sadness, and she was also full of emotion for a while, and hurriedly asked the two old men to sit down and talk.
"The adults came to the cold house, it was really full of brilliance, the old man didn't greet him well, and I hope the adults will forgive me..."
Yang Jing couldn't help but think of the time when he was in Baling County, the old man's face was full of majesty, commanding, and then looking at the current downfall, he also sighed lightly in his heart.
"Don't be polite, old man, Yang took the liberty to come, and he was also abrupt, but he needed the help of his young grandmother on some official matters, which was really rude, but it was rude..."
Hearing that Yang Jing was looking for Li Wanniang's help, the second elder of the Cao family was also a little surprised, and the old man Cao sighed and didn't speak, but the old lady Cao took the lead in opening her mouth.
"It's a bad luck for you, hey... It's also a misfortune at home.,My idiot doesn't know what kind of madness he has now.,I'm drunk and dreaming all day long.,I don't care about it.,I made a mistake earlier.,I actually put Wan Niang off.,Now it's back to my parents' house..."
"Divorce Li Wanniang?" Yang Jing was also slightly shocked when he heard this, but he was relieved after thinking about it.
Li Wanniang is also benevolent to Cao Enzhi, but Cao Enzhi's mind has never been on Li Wanniang, there is such a scandal, if Li Wanniang can really be put home, it is not a good thing for Li Wanniang.
Nowadays, people have always had a misunderstanding about marriage in ancient times, thinking that most people in ancient times were feudal and conservative, but in fact, remarriage was not uncommon in ancient times, and many people did not reject remarried women as much as they imagined.
In ancient times, divorce was also a major event, and if a woman committed the "seven outs", the husband had the right to divorce his wife, which was nothing more than "infertility" and "unchastity" and other crimes.
Li Wanniang is a qualified wife and has not had children so far, I am afraid that it is also the reason why Cao Enzhi is not interested in women, so what excuse Cao Enzhi used to divorce Li Wanniang, Yang Jing does not know, and he does not want to explore.
After talking to the second elder of the Cao family for a few words, Yang Jing left the Cao family with Xia Zhi and came to the Li family instead, and really found Li Wanniang.
Yang Jing is also Li Wanniang's life-saving benefactor after all, and the Li family saw Yang Jing's coming, so they hurriedly welcomed him in.
Although Li Wanniang still dresses up as a woman, she lives alone in a small courtyard, and she does not step out of the gate, so she has no intention of remarrying.
In order to rescue, Yang Jing and Li Wanniang also had a skin-to-skin relationship, and it was still a little awkward for the two to meet, after all, although Li Wanniang had been married for many years, she was only twenty-seven or eighteen years old.
This age was already an old woman in ancient times, but for Yang Jing, she could only be regarded as a light mature woman.
At this time, Li Wanniang was a little thinner, her eyes were full of melancholy, and when she saw Yang Jing's visit, there was more brilliance in her eyes.
In order to avoid other people's gossip, the Li family and his wife should have stayed in the living room, but when they heard that Yang Jing came for business, and the summer solstice girl was present, they exchanged pleasantries with Yang Jing, so they found an excuse to leave.
Yang Jing put the box on the table and said to Li Wanniang, "Madam..."
As soon as this title was spoken, Yang Jing remembered that Li Wanniang had been given a leave of absence by Cao Enzhi, and smiled awkwardly and apologized: "Oh, it was Yang who made a mistake... The eldest sister of the Li family, don't be surprised..."
Li Wanniang heard the word Mrs., and her eyes were also dim, but when she heard Yang Jing change her name to call her eldest sister, she suddenly smiled again.
"What's the name of the eldest sister, it's weird and ugly, if the adults don't dislike it, just call the concubine a graceful girl..."
Li Wanniang is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is also a talented girl who has read books, and it is indeed a bit cheesy to call the eldest sister of the family, although it is a little ambiguous to call her by her name, but Yang Jing has had a lot of intersections with her, so she doesn't want to worry about this kind of trivial matter.
"Yes, but Yang is stingy, I came this time, in fact, I have a business to ask Wanniang for help..."
Although he tried his best to shift the topic to business, when he talked about the word "Wan Niang", Yang Jing inevitably had some ripples in his heart.
"The concubine is just a superficial woman, but I don't know what I can do to help..."After Li Wanniang was driven back to her parents' house, she had nothing to do all day, and she couldn't get rid of her depression in her heart, and she was also depressed and lonely, if she could help Yang Jing do something, it would be good, but Yang Jing was a criminal case pusher, and she really didn't know what she could help.
Yang Jing was not verbose, opened the box, and then said to Li Wanniang: "This is the evidence of a case, Yang heard the Xia Zhi girl say, Wanniang, you know a lot about women's objects, so I want to ask Wanniang to help take a look." ”
"If you can determine the ownership of these objects through these objects and find some clues, it will help Yang a lot..."
When Li Wanniang heard this, she was immediately interested, but she didn't dare to touch the box, so she just poked her head slightly and glanced at the contents of the box.
Cao Enzhi rarely goes home, Li Wanniang is alone in the empty room, if you talk about women's red embroidery and weaving, Li Wanniang is indeed a good hand, and she also knows very well about the style of shoehorns and some women's jewelry and various clothing accessories.
In ancient times, women were very skillful, and handicrafts were basically women's compulsory skills.
For example, the embroidery foundation described by Li Wanniang is very popular in Baling, but there are few women who don't know Li Wanniang, and many women like to borrow the foundation and style from Li Wanniang.
In addition, Li Wanniang often runs the family's cloth and satin business, and this back and forth has gradually become an expert in the things used by those women in Baling City.
Seeing that Li Wanniang was a little restrained, Yang Jing took out a pair of gloves and asked Li Wanniang to wear them, so that she could safely check the items in the box.
Because the rubber gloves are too novel, Yang Jing doesn't want to be too public, so he has already asked Xia Zhi to prepare a few pairs of silk gloves, which will not cause any unnecessary trouble.
After Li Wanniang put on her gloves, she examined the objects from the box in the same way, and the melancholy in her eyes was swept away, replaced by a lean and focused.
"Most of these objects are... Most of them are things from Cairuiju, as far as the concubine knows, the master behind Cairuiju used to be a red card in the building, and later Congliang married the young master of the Baling Huang family, this Cairuiju thing is still good, but it is generally only sold to... Only for that kind of woman..."
Yang Jing also checked these women's things, and she didn't feel any difference at first, but when she heard Li Wanniang say this, she took a closer look and found that it was really different.
For example, some of the obscene clothes in it are different from those worn by ordinary women, which has the meaning of ancient erotic underwear.
She has done this business, and she is well versed in the preferences of the girls in the building, and knows how to use these women's things to increase the curiosity and interest of the men, while the girls in the green building or the secret prostitutes in the street usually don't go out to buy on the street.
The girls in the Qinglou usually let the girl or the turtle boy come out, and those secret prostitutes in the market do not have a good reputation, so they naturally dare not show their heads.
However, Cairuiju is taking a fancy to this, according to Li Wanniang's explanation, the work of Cairuiju is all women, these women will take the style model, and go to various buildings and secret prostitutes' homes to sell, such a business model is also very advanced.
Although Li Wanniang saw the origin of these things, no matter how many things there were, there was nothing she could do.
Because Cairuiju is a small handicraft workshop, and it has not been sold through Li Wanniang's satin village, Li Wanniang naturally has no way to know who these things are, and if she wants to understand, she can only go to Cairuiju to check the account records.
Some other things have also seen some clues, but Li Wanniang has too many things to buy and sell, and these objects do not have too many characteristics, and Li Wanniang is not sure who the owner is.
Although Yang Jing was a little disappointed, he also said that he understood very much, after all, Baling City was so big, and it was impossible for Li Wanniang to remember every guest.
Just as Yang Jing was going to try her luck in Cairuiju, Li Wanniang said with some hesitation.
"Your Excellency... There's something I don't know if I should say or not..."
Yang Jing waved his hand and said with a smile: "But it's okay, Yang came here today, isn't it just asking for your help." ”
Li Wanniang smiled a little reluctantly, and then pointed to the box and said, "My lord, although the concubine can't confirm the objects inside, she knows the origin of this box..."
"This box?"
"Exactly. This box is made of pineapple, the style is ordinary, but the gilt corners, lined with gold silk cloth, is not something that ordinary people dare to use... Even in the rich and noble family, some colors and patterns cannot be used, and gold silk cannot be used..."
Listening to Li Wanniang say this, Yang Jing couldn't hold back the excitement in her heart!
Yes, the ancient hierarchy and its strictness, for example, the Tang Dynasty respected black, the Song Dynasty respected red, high-ranking officials and emperors usually used vermilion, and bright yellow and gold have always been the color of the emperor, the dragon and phoenix pattern is not everyone can use, the official's supplement pattern also has a strict restriction system, gold and silver can not be used in the folk circulation!
Yang Jing has always focused on the objects in the box, but it is difficult to verify these objects, and there is only one box, wouldn't it be more convenient and faster to find clues through the box!
This is really a word to wake up the dreamer, and besides, Yang Jing also got a crucial message from Li Wanniang's words!
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