The next day, Yang Ruoning went to the girls' yard as agreed.

Under the big locust tree in the courtyard, several young girls are sitting around, listening to a woman in her 30s, dressed in fancy clothes. The woman who is showing off her flowers is the flower mother, who is in charge of all the girls in the building, and also full-time training the girls who have not had time to comb up. Here, a 14-year-old girl is considered an adult, and the girl in the building can accept guests on her 14th birthday, which is called combing. Fan Lou is one of the best stores in the capital, and the girl in the building is famous in the aristocratic circle of the capital for her beauty and talent, so the day of the girl in the building is also the most lively day in Fan Lou and even the whole capital. Ordinary people can feast their eyes and open their eyes when they come here; And those who have money can bid for the girl's combing rights. It is said that the highest bidder is Hui Niang, and the person who finally won Hui Niang for a few thousand gold is Luo Yuan, an 18-year-old boy.

In front of them, those little girls have not had time to comb up, and they look like they are eleven or twelve years old. They wore pigtails and looked childish and innocent.

Last night's wine was so strong that she couldn't remember when she went back to bed. As soon as I woke up today, it was already past lunchtime. She hurriedly packed up and ran this way, but it was still too late. Somewhat apologetically, she pulled a chair over and sat down near the door.

Hua Ma raised her eyes and glared at Yang Ruoning to show her dissatisfaction with her lateness, and then continued the lecture. In the first half of the class that day, Hua Ma demonstrated etiquette. Yang Ruoning listened to this paragraph with great interest, after all, learning etiquette may be very useful in the future.

And in the second half of the class, Hua Ma began to talk about virtue.

Hua Ma said that your most important task is to learn calligraphy, painting, singing and dancing, so that in the future, men will appreciate it and it is possible to capture the hearts of guests.

Hua Ma said that you must ensure that your body is in good condition, and you must dedicate it to the guest who is willing to spend a lot of money for you on the day of combing.

Hua Ma said, for example, you see, last year, a certain girl in our building went to a certain mansion and became the seventh aunt of such and such a master. You have to target her.

Hua Ma also gave an example, you look at Hui Niang, she became famous in one fell swoop on the day she combed it, General Luo Yuan spent a lot of money for her, and she has not been obsessed with it so far, she really envy all the women in the capital.

Yang Ruoning stared at Hua Ma's foaming face, and listened to it and lost her mind. She thought of Hui Niang first. If according to Hua Ma's statement, then Luo Yuan is actually affectionate to Hui Niang, could it be that the sweetheart Luo Yuan said is Hui Niang? But according to Luo Yuan's meaning that day, he was determined to marry his sweetheart, but the prophesied queen was not Huiniang.

Yang Ruoning thought again, it had been nearly a month, and no one had come to her because of the missing notice. Isn't the woman in the photo here? If she is in this capital, hasn't she seen her missing notice? Yang Ruoning wondered if she should change her way, after all, it was difficult for those women in the boudoir to see the missing notices posted on the streets and alleys. In the past few days, she found that there are tabloids like "newspapers" in Bianliang, which are published once a week, and the number of views in Bianliang City is also quite large. She wondered if she might try to put the missing poster on the tabloid.

Yang Ruoning was distracted like that for a while, until a little girl poked her. Only then did she come back to her senses and find that today's class was over, and everyone had gotten up to leave. She also hurriedly got up and hurried away.

At this time, it was only about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and there were still a few hours before the evening work. Yang Ruoning decided to go to the shop that issued tabloids.

It's not appropriate to say it's a small shop. The tabloid shop is a three-story building, with dozens of small workers responsible for copying and distributing, several writers responsible for collecting various "news" in Bianliang City, and several other miscellaneous small workers. Xu was because it was a midsummer afternoon and the weather was unusually hot, and when Yang Ruoning walked into the lobby, there were only a few sleepy workers in the lobby.

Yang Ruoning explained the intention, and the little worker went into the lobby. After a while, a big-bellied man with a small goatee, black hair and white hair, and some yellow eyes came out. Xiao Gong introduced, "This is the Wang shopkeeper who is in charge here. Auntie, you can tell the shopkeeper what you want. ”

The shopkeeper Wang stroked his little goatee with his hand and looked Yang Ruoning up and down, very disdainful. "Auntie, I heard from Gang Xiaoer, you want to post news with us. You're looking for something, isn't it? ”

"Yes." Yang Ruoning hurriedly took out her missing notice. "That's it."

The shopkeeper took it and took a look. "What is this?"

Yang Ruoning said, "It's just a worthless thing." But it's more important to me, it's my brother's who has passed away, so I have to find it. ”

When the shopkeeper heard her say this, he immediately returned the drawing paper to Yang Ruoning. "Our "Jinghua Weekly", Bianliang is the first to publish, and it is a full-time publication to write about the anecdotes and business contacts that happen in Beijing every week. We have never sent such a missing notice. After that, he waved his hand and asked Xiao Er to send off the guest.

Yang Ruoning frowned. She is illiterate, although she has not read the content of the newspaper, but she has also heard Su Su talk about it, she knows that this tabloid actually has no content restrictions, but I don't know why the shopkeeper Wang refused? When Yang Ruoning lowered her head and stuffed the missing object notice into her clothes, she saw that she was dressed in coarse cloth clothes full of oil-stained oil that could not be washed off, and she suddenly understood something.

She raised her head and immediately called out to the king's treasurer. "Shopkeeper Wang, how much does it cost to board this thing for me?"

"How much? I'm afraid that my aunt can't afford it anyway. ”

Although she really can't afford to be penniless now, the king's shopkeeper's attitude of judging people by their appearance and looking down on people coldly makes her a little annoyed.

She pursed her lips and gritted her teeth, "Why don't you tell me the price first, maybe I can afford it?" ”

Shopkeeper Wang swept her from top to bottom a few more times and sneered. "Forty taels of silver, can you afford it?"

Yang Ruoning felt that her left eyelid twitched a little. Forty taels of silver, this is really a lion's mouth. She wanted to point at his nose and yat 'asshole' and then turn around and leave, but she also knew that this tabloid was the most widely read newspaper in the capital, and although the price was a bit outrageous, if she wanted to find something quickly, he really couldn't do it here.

Yang Ruoning took a deep breath and asked in a deep voice, "Do you have to be silver?" Is it okay to do anything else? ”

"It depends on what it is." Shopkeeper Wang didn't care and said casually.

Yang Ruoning touched the jade pendant given by Qing Ye in her clothes, she wasn't sure if she was going to give him this jade pendant. Aoye's jade pendant still looks quite valuable, and it should be worth forty taels of silver; But after all, this is not your own thing, just give it to others......

The shopkeeper Wang looked at her hesitant face, and decided that his judgment was correct, and the aunt in front of him really couldn't do anything. He glanced at Yang Ruoning, sneered, and turned around to go in.

Yang Ruoning stopped him. "Is this thing okay?" Yang Ruoning walked over and asked while shaking the jade pendant.

The shopkeeper Wang took the jade pendant, rubbed it with his hand, looked at it for a while, and then raised his head and smiled at Yang Ruoning, and immediately changed his extremely amiable tone. "Yes, of course."

Yang Ruoning looked at the shopkeeper Wang a little speechlessly. She pursed her lips and asked, "How long will you be able to climb it?" ”

"How long does Auntie want to climb?"

"Hmm...... I don't know...... How long will this keep me on the board? Yang Ruoning pointed to the jade pendant and asked.

"Hehe, there's no problem with how long the aunt wants to climb."

Shopkeeper Wang's words made Yang Ruoning wonder. Climb for as long as you want? Is this jade pendant so valuable? Did you lose money?

Alas, forget it. It's a big deal, go back and get a few more vases for Aono. So she said, "Then keep it on and I'll tell you when it's not on the board." ”

Shopkeeper Wang smiled so much that the folds on his face were squeezed together. "Okay, I'll get you out this week."