Chapter 603: Re-famous
There is a content in the etiquette and secular rules, that is, the daughter's family is generally not allowed to go out again until the wedding ceremony, but since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this etiquette has been relaxed to generally not go to the banquet with the family, as for going out, unless there are some particularly conservative people, in fact, there are not many people who pay attention to it, and more are the noblewomen who have been married.
Mrs. Wei is by no means a legalistic elder, and Eleven Niang is very different in her eyes, and Mrs. Tai is not restrained in the small matter of going out, but now she has to be careful to maintain the illusion of disharmony between her grandchildren and grandchildren, and the needs of her grandmother are a little difficult for her granddaughter from time to time, and Eleven Niang needs Jiu Niang to intercede for her.
But today's Eleven Niang is no longer as playful as she was back then, and she went to the West Market today to meet the little million Pei Ying.
But it's not a very important thing, it doesn't necessarily have to be rushed today, in fact, there is another reason, Eleven Niang knows that she is about to say goodbye to Jiu Niang for a long time, but this can not be told directly to Jiu Niang, in order to make up for Jiu Niang's regrets in the future, I only want to have fun with her for most of the day today.
Pei Ying no longer ran the liquor store herself, but focused on Pei Zijian's Yizhen Xing, which was located in the middle of Xishi, in the center of this bustling center, her family's Yizhen Xing actually occupied more than a dozen facades, and there was a private room garden to entertain distinguished guests.
Eleven Niang is a "regular guest", as soon as the guy saw her, he directly invited people into the flower garden, and said: "The owner has just got a good thing, hide in the wing room to appreciate it, the guest first invite the elegant room to sit down, and wait for the villain to go to the court." ”
The private room is not only prepared with pulp drinks and snacks, but also a high mahogany shelf, on a high mahogany shelf, there are many jade treasures for guests to appreciate and buy, because the elegant room only entertains valuable regular customers, but also does not worry about theft, usually there are no men left in the room to promote, if the guests need, just ring the bell, and immediately there will be a man to come forward.
There is a knee case row rack in the window, and the Pei brothers and sisters improve the treasure catalog on the shelf, imitating the line bound book that has risen in a small range of scholars and literati since I don't know when, it is no longer a scroll decoration, it is more convenient to read, the catalog is divided into categories, a stack of gold, silver, pearls and jade, a stack of four treasures in the study, a stack of ceramic glass, a stack of antique calligraphy and paintings, and some not only have text descriptions, but even invite painters to depict samples according to the real thing, for guests to buy.
Jiu Niang this is the first time to come back here, so I feel very novel, sit down and hold the catalogue to read, not long to fancy a side of the stone inkstone, she does not like calligraphy and painting, this thing is going to buy to give the eleven Niang makeup, can be on the catalogue of different treasures, the price is naturally expensive, but the eleven Niang knows that Jiu Niang is also a "rich man" - Xiao's dowry is very rich, and he is good at management, but also many times more than when he got married, Qi Niang, Jiu Niang when the dowry is very considerable, for the rich man's gift, Eleven Niang never prevaricates.
Choosing a gift for her sister, Jiuniang didn't forget her husband, and still looked at the catalog very attentively, but Eleven Niang saw out of the window, Pei Ying came out of a side room and beckoned to her.
"Ninth sister look first, Pei Niangzi and I still have some trivial matters to say."
It's not a secret that Eleven Niang has a relationship with Xiao Million, so Jiu Niang didn't care, and raised her eyelids with a smile: "Go, I'll wait for you." ”
Pei Ying is still wearing a crisp lapel beard suit, stepping on a pair of vigorous scalp boots, and her hair is like that of a man, combing a bun on the top of her head, and stabilizing it with a green jade hairpin. ”
Why don't you go into detail about congratulations, and Eleven Niang doesn't twist it, so she gets down to business: "Where is Pei Langjun now?" ”
"I'm already going to Jinyang, first, I am secretly staring at Mao Wei's movements, and secondly, I am also preparing for the move."
Pei Zijian's status as a businessman today is conducive to action and will not attract attention.
"How are Yingniang's preparations here?" Eleven Niang asked again.
"You can leave at any time, just wait for the little lady's words." Since she learned that Eleven Niang secretly helped King Jin, Pei Ying didn't treat her as an outsider, and almost answered every question: "It's just that my brother and I went to Jinyang with us, and we suddenly moved from Chang'an, which may attract the attention of the Queen Mother." ”
"It's okay, then I will show the Queen Mother, I let your brother and sister go with you, although the Queen Mother knows that you are from the Pei clan, but after all, you are only the same clan as Jingzhao Pei, and I didn't pursue Pei Langjun's study under Pei Taifu back then, which shows that I ignored it from the beginning, and now it is impossible to care, she also knows that I have a relationship with your brother and sister, but treat you as an ordinary businessman, so as not to be suspicious."
This is Pei Zijian's skill, in order to gain a foothold in Chang'an over the years, there is no shortage of contacts with dignitaries, but only trying to make a profit is very obvious, and it is very measured, but it has not attracted any attention from the Queen Mother, if it weren't for the occasional mention of Xiao Million This strange woman in the business world, the Queen Mother may not know that the brother and sister are actually from the Pei clan.
Pei Zheng has become a passing figure, and she can no longer be a threat to the Queen Mother, and it is normal for her to ignore it.
"I heard earlier that Yingniang is appreciating the treasures, I don't know what kind of treasure it is?"
Because Shi Niang suddenly changed the topic, Pei Ying was a little stunned, and then took out a thing, but she was not in a hurry to show it, but mysteriously went to the window, flashed her eyes and motioned to Shi Niang to go over, and gently raised the thing in her hand, but it was a hand towel, because of the breeze outside the window, quietly floating in the air, and it took a while to fall.
It is a very light and thin cicada scarf, which is not very peculiar, and it is not worth the rare owner of the strange line, Eleven Niang was slightly surprised, and when she picked up the hand towel and carefully examined it, she found the wonder.
It turns out that on the hand towel that is as thin as a cicada's wings, there is an open-screen peacock embroidered, the stitching is fine and lifelike, the bird's eyes are flexible, and the tail screen seems to be paved with emerald, which is very gorgeous.
The lighter the silk yarn, the more difficult it is to embroider, because the embroidery thread must also be divided thinner, and this square hand towel, embroidered into such a complex pattern can also flutter with the wind for a long time, the embroidery thread how light and thin can be imagined, the most important in the process, not the material.
"Little lady, don't underestimate this hand towel, I customized it a few months ago, and it cost tens of thousands of dollars." Pei Ying explained: "This hand towel from the Ni Zhen Clothing Workshop, the owner's surname is Liang, set up a shop in the West Market for more than a year, the Ni Zhen Clothing Workshop became famous, only the rules of this clothing workshop are different from others, the owner pays attention to tailor-made, and does not allow guests to choose their own clothing color and even style, designed by the owner, the embroidery sample is determined by the embroidery lady, the guest pays a deposit first, I also wanted to embroider a set of dresses, but the owner has to wait until May next year to make it, I want to say, the result is the price of a set of dresses, customized a hand towel, even waited for several months. ”
This is the second time that Eleven Niang has heard the name of Ni Zhen Clothing Workshop, the last time was before Jiu Niang got married, Qi Niang sent that dress, which was from this shop.
She also suddenly understood why Pei Ying cared so much about this shop.
Sister Ying in the past, a female red can also be very exquisite, Pei Zheng wiped out the clan, the brother and sister decided to go into business, although the third brother Pei had that Chen Xuanchi secretly helped, but Sister Ying started by the embroidery workshop, I heard that the embroidery girl of the Nizhen Clothing Workshop has the skill of winning the sky, but I am afraid that I am still a little unconvinced, but now it seems that it should be convinced.
To say that the garment shop, at first was not accepted by the aristocracy, because the noble family has its own embroidery workers, very despised the craftsman of the garment shop rough craftsmanship, and later some businessmen, heavy money to hire painters, embroidery girls, to make ingenious dresses, gradually attracted the attention of aristocratic women, but most of them are only limited to embroidery, clothing tailoring is still not handled by outsiders, the garment workshop is still in an embarrassing position, even the embroidery workshop, is mainly to embroider screens, embroidery paintings and other furnishings.
For example, Ni Zhen Clothing Workshop does not even allow customers to choose the style of clothing, and has full authority to embroider and tailor by others, and the business is still so prosperous, which is really unheard of.
His embroiderer's hand is a real paving skill, as well as the unique aesthetics of the clothes from color matching to style, may be the root of creating miracles.
Eleven Niang remembered Jiu Niang's dress, although the style is not unconventional, but the combination of color and embroidery can set off Jiu Niang's demeanor and bearing, and the upper body has such a stunning effect.
Her mind moved, so there was one more place to play with Jiuniang this day, and it was naturally Nizhen Clothing Workshop.