Chapter 12: Half of the capital is here!
Xia Mu and Xia Qing went home after dinner last night, after all, one is a wife who is married, and the other is a young lady to be married in the boudoir, so it is impossible to stay here late.
Today is the first day we have moved into our new home, and since there has been no one living here, we have to pack up our home carefully. And there are only a few simple living facilities at home, and after discussing with Xia Hong, we are ready to pack up and go out to buy after cleaning up.
- Nianhe, after a while, the car will escape, and we will go shopping on the street.
-As my only younger brother, I can only tell him if there is something.
- Big brother, I haven't been to the capital yet. Is there anything to do in the capital?
- You haven't shopped, and neither have I.
- Nianhe, there are too many interesting places in the capital, there are teahouses, opera gardens, and the goods yard in the north of the city and the crickets and pots, let's go and see together.
-It's still my sister-in-law who treats me well!
-What's your name?
-Sister-in-law, I call you eldest brother, then Sister Hong'er, I am my sister-in-law.
I really didn't read this kid wrong, I didn't read it wrong.
- At noon, we went to the most famous Baiweiju in the capital, and ordered whatever you wanted, and my sister-in-law was treated!
Unexpectedly, Xia Hong not only affirmed this title, but also used it immediately, calling sister-in-law must be much kinder than calling Sister Hong'er.
- Thank you, sister-in-law, as long as it's not a wild vegetable or anything.
- Okay, don't think about eating yet, let's see what is still missing at home, let's go out and buy everything at once.
I thought about it and started wandering around the house to see what else I should lick.
- Big brother, there is nothing left in the kitchen except for a rusty pot.
- Buy, think about it, pots and pans, firewood, rice, oil and salt are all bought.
- Big brother, I can only cook wild vegetables.
Nianhe suddenly thought about this problem, he couldn't cook.
- Hong'er, do you know how to cook?
Xia Hong was born in such a family, and she usually stretches out her hands to eat and open her mouth, how can she cook, I don't even need to ask.
- We can buy some people.
Sure enough, this is the idea of living in a large family, and the problems that can be solved by silver are not called problems.
-Hong'er, I'll do the meal, I can do any work at home with Nianhe, and by the way, I can also serve you very well, you can just be responsible for enjoying it. Everyone has a value in their own life, and if we buy them into our house, they don't belong to them. We can do everything ourselves, and we have to create our lives with our hands.
-Brother Hanqing, you can cook, Hong'er supports you.
I turned my head to look at Nianhe, and just as I thought, he was casting an affirmative look at me.
What I said was more understandable than Xia Hong, Nian and Affirmation.
After tidying up the room, our group set off in a horse-drawn carriage.
- Big brother, this capital is much more lively than our Tsuen Zhou, and this square is bigger than our entire city!
Nianhe has never stopped except for the door of his home, looking east and west, he is so strange to everything in the capital but so curious.
I'm also a stranger, but I've watched TV dramas anyway, so I'm not as excited as Nianhe is.
- This is the capital, it is the foot of the Son of Heaven, and there is still prosperity that should be there.
I was also looking around, looking at the bustling capital and the ten-mile-long street was full of traffic.
- Brother Hanqing, let's find a tailor shop to make a few clothes for a few of us, and by the way, make a few quilts.
- Okay, Hong'er has the final say.
-A tailor shop, this name is good.
I looked up at the gold plaque of the tailor's shop
-Don't look at the name of this house casually, but the material is still very good. My family's clothes are all made by the guys here.
- That's it, I'll say it, Hong'er has the final say.
Xia Hong looked up at me, very affectionate.
- Guest officer, please, Childe, you took your wife to choose the materials? Whether it's tailoring or buying materials.
The guy from the tailor shop saw our group of three coming over, and hurriedly came over to greet us, Xia Hong and I walked into the shop one after the other, Nianhe followed closely behind, and Nianhe here seemed to be a subordinate.
There were ready-to-wear clothes on the shelves and tables in the shop, and I reached out and touched the material, which was soft and smooth to the touch.
- Nianhe, which one you value will let the shopkeeper try it for you, if you don't like it, just look at the materials on the wall, and say what kind of color materials you like.
Obviously, Xia Hong must have frequented this place and was very familiar with everything here.
- Miss, it turned out that you are here, the little one is far away, atoning for his sins.
The shopkeeper came out of the counter when he heard the news, and saw that Xia Hong was a frequent customer here, and he must be a big customer.
-Money shopkeeper, I haven't seen him for many days, how is business good lately?
- Thanks to the eldest lady. By the way, why didn't Miss Fourth come with you today? Miss, aren't you married, the day before yesterday on the street....
The shopkeeper must have heard that someone made a big fuss about the royal wedding convoy the day before yesterday, and he must have heard about the tragedy on the street.
How did we forget that! So I hurriedly gave Xia Hong a look and signaled that she couldn't stay here for a long time.
- Money shopkeeper, you can't talk to anyone about seeing me here today.
- Yes, Miss, this material...
-I will keep all the best materials, and I will let Qing'er choose them in a few days.
After saying that, our group hurriedly except for the tailor shop, did not dare to show up on the street for a moment, and went straight into the carriage.
Seeing that there are many people who know Xia Hong in this city, she can't blindly appear in the public's field of vision now.
So we had to drive back to Huajin Villa.
- What can I do, I can't go anywhere now. I can't take you to Baiweiju to eat delicious food.
- It's okay Hong'er, we can't go out, but we can ask them to send us things, if you want to eat, ask the restaurant to make things and send them over, and if there is anything short of use at home, let the guy send us what we need, and we will give the money.
- But then we can't choose for ourselves. I also want to personally choose a few outfits for you and Nianhe.
-Don't worry sister-in-law, after a while, you and your eldest brother will list the things we need to buy on paper, and I will go to the store-to-door store to show the shopkeeper, and then let them send the things over.
Nianhe's head melon is very smart, and he instantly understood what I meant.
- Or read and the smartest, then I will write to you now.
Xia Hong wrote a large piece of paper, for eating, firewood, rice, oil and salt, pots and pans, tables, chairs and benches, bedding for life, spoons for eating, wooden basins for washing faces, rouge for wiping faces, bowls for drinking tea, copper stoves for burning incense, wine vessels for dining tables, cushions on beds, bonsai in the yard, as long as Xia Hong can think of them, they are all written down, which is simply an uncomplete task for Nianhe, who does not know words or roads.
-Hong'er, you have written so much, I don't know a lot of things, let alone read and write, not to mention that he is illiterate, and he doesn't know a few shops in the capital, is it a bit too much for us to buy, let's buy important objects in life, and the incense burner and tea bowl will be in a hurry to buy another day.
Ninhe cast a grateful glance at me, and he should now regret his words about taking the initiative to buy on the streets.
Sure enough, the woman wanted to shop, and she couldn't stop anything.
- That's it, Nianhe, you go to the street to inquire about how to get to Xia Mansion, you go to Xia Mansion and secretly hand it over to Sister Qing'er, let her do it, usually She is the most active when it comes to buying things on the street.
- Okay, I'll go.
Nian He turned around and was about to go out.
- Be careful on the road and watch out for anyone following you, now you can't let anyone know your sister's whereabouts.
-Don't worry, big brother, I'll pay attention.
After speaking, Nianhe turned around and walked out of the small courtyard.
And Xia Hong and I are also tidying up at home, changing the placement of various homes at will, and also studying where to put the things we bought, of course, Xia Hong is more important to check everywhere in the house to see if there are any things that I forgot to buy, so that he can wait for Nian He to come back and let him buy them.
We cleaned up the house very well, and also discussed which table to eat and which table to drink tea, how many sets of tea bowls are usually placed on the table, and whether the incense burner should be placed on the seat or on the ground.
Anyway, after our heated discussions, we decided to wait for Nianhe to buy the things back before making plans.
Until near noon, Xia Hong and I were sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard, counting the lotus flowers in the pond, I said 67, but Xia Hong said that there were 68.
Suddenly, I heard the noise outside getting louder and louder, because Huajin Villa is relatively close to the palace, so there are few buyers and sellers, and it is usually quiet, and the noisy sound from outside makes me very curious, is there any excitement on the street?
But because of Xia Hong, I still think that more things are better than less, so I continued to count lotus flowers with Xia Hong.
But the sound is getting louder and louder, as if the inside is getting closer and closer, could it be that the people outside are coming for Xia Hong?
Xia Hong and I both looked flustered.
I grabbed a stick from the yard and prepared to lock the door, and then the door was ready, and if anyone came in, I would go up with a stick.
But I was just about to bolt the door bolt, Xia Qing suddenly pushed the door in, and Nianhe followed behind, with a satisfied smile on his face.
- Big brother, we're back!
Nian He said excitedly when he saw me.
- Eldest sister, Tang Gongzi, you don't know, today Nianhe and I moved half of the capital here!
Xia Hong and I looked at Xia Qing with a confused expression.
But I suddenly realized something, hurried out of the yard, and poked my head out.
-I'll go!
It's the only adjective I can think of right now.
Outside the yard from the door to the corner of this street, listening to dozens of cars, large and small, countless people.
The car at the head of this is a footpowered car, there is a whole cart of vegetables and fruits on the car, and there are pots and pans, wine steel, tables and chairs on the back car.
- Eldest sister, according to the list you gave me, I asked the shopkeepers to bring all the things, but there are many styles of things, I know you must want to choose by yourself, so I asked the shopkeeper to bring them, you can choose yourself.
I thought Xia Hong would be surprised, but no, she had already talked about Xia Qing would do this.
Xia Hong took out the veil from the house and put it on the right, afraid that others would recognize him, and then went out to start shopping in the car one by one, pointing with his hand when he saw anything, Xia Qing instructed the shopkeeper and the guy to move the things to the courtyard, and as soon as the car left, the car behind followed, and continued to park at the door.
Nian He also knew how to help in the past, only to look at the guys who moved things one by one, standing stupidly in place.