Chapter 13: Writing a Letter
"Did my uncle go well when he went to ransom people? Have you heard anything else? ”
The painting curtain nodded, "Liufu said that the uncle took the two servants to Liu'er Hutong to change into regular clothes, and as soon as Yu Yapo opened his mouth, he asked for five hundred taels of silver per person, a total of one thousand taels of silver before he was willing to let ......people go."
"So much, that Yu Ya Po is too lion to open her mouth! So how did Uncle Geng deal with it? ”
Geng Xingchen was angry and then curious.
The curtain smiled: "That Yu Ya Po herself drilled around the camp and made a living from this yin damage, in fact, she can make this business a living, or rely on her man, although the deed of Banjuan and Xianglan is in the hands of Yu Yapo, but if this deed does not go to the Yamen, they will still be the subordinates of the Bofu."
Yu Yapo got into the silver, but ignored such an important matter for a while, of course, it has always been related to her man's business, the uncle and Yu Yapo were very stalemate for some time, fortunately, her man came back from outside, he was a long-distance run Yamen, although he went to Ningfeng County Ya, but the county Ya was next to the government office, he also saw the uncle, so in the end only ten taels of silver were added, which was considered the carriage fee and the transfer fee. ”
"In a while, you will go and fetch one hundred and thirty taels of silver for Li Deng, and let him send it to Cicada Fei Hutong."
"Fifth sister, isn't it one hundred and twenty taels?"
Geng Xingchen was puzzled, "Xianglan is sixty taels, half a volume is fifty taels, plus ten taels of carriage and horse fees and transfer fees, I didn't miscalculate!" ”
She even counted it on her fingers.
Geng Xingshuang smiled, "Uncle took two poor masters to go together, these ten taels are hard work, you can't let people run in vain, and it's not good to let your uncle give this money." ”
Geng Xingchen nodded, "That's such a reason, my brother still has to settle the account, the fifth sister, I will pay half of the ten taels." ”
"Okay." Geng Xingshuang did not refuse.
The curtain took the silver, hurriedly ran to the outer courtyard to hand it to Li Deng, and hurried back.
"Why is it so urgent?"
Geng Xingshuang looked at the painting curtain that only took about a quarter of an hour to go back and forth, and was a little inexplicable.
"Girl, the carriage in the house went to Liu'er Hutong and stopped in front of Yu Yapo's house, it must have been to find Yu Ya Po, aren't you worried, girl?"
The curtain asked, gasping.
"Worried about what? Half roll and pandan have been taken away by their uncle. ”
"That'...... Girl, don't you wonder what the carriage of Bofu is for? I asked Yu Yapo to take people away in the morning, and I found them in the afternoon? Who sent this carriage, was it Mrs. Bo or Mrs. Second? ”
"Poof", Geng Xingchen covered his lips and smiled, Geng Xingshuang couldn't help laughing, and teased himself: "What kind of person brings out whom, painting the curtain, your curiosity is exactly the same as your girl and me." ”
"That'...... Girl, why aren't you curious today? The curtain looked confused.
"Because...... Your girl has changed her temperament, and now she only thinks about earning money, and she doesn't care about other idle things, so she can be at ease. ”
Geng Xingshuang looked serious, the curtain was stunned for a moment, and then said with some regretful "oh", "The slave and maid are awake, and the slave and maid will follow the girl in the future, don't be nosy......"
"Poof" Geng Xingchen couldn't help laughing again.
"Girl, you're lying to me again!"
Geng Xingchen smiled like this, and the curtain that fell into his girl's pit again immediately reacted and complained.
"Angry? Don't you want to know why Bofu carriage went to Liu'er Hutong? ”
"Hmph, the slave maid is going to ask Jinbao."
Geng Xingshuang sighed with some regret, satisfying other people's curiosity is also a very interesting thing, cheap Jinbao.
However, there is one more person who can satisfy her desire to talk.
After Geng Xingchen's master and servant said goodbye, Geng Xingshuang glanced at the curtain that had been informed of the answer and was satisfied, and was holding a cloth ruler to cut the curtain, and there was a painting in front of the curtain, which was a picture of a lady in the eyes of outsiders, but in the eyes of the curtain, it was a picture of clothing and ornamentation, not only the front of the painting, but also the back, from the jewelry on the bun to the clothes to the embroidered shoes on the feet, all of which were fine.
This essence is not only exquisite, but also fine.
But such a picture of a lady with gorgeous and fine makeup does not make people notice the gorgeous clothes and decorations on the woman's body at first sight, and the first impression must be that this woman is too beautiful, bright and beautiful, and has a noble temperament.
This is the effect that Geng Xingshuang wants to achieve.
The clothes she paints are used to flatter people, so that the owner of the clothes can achieve his most perfect state at the moment, not to dominate the crowd.
The painting in front of the curtain was the one Geng Xingshuang was most satisfied with before today, but after waking up this morning, its position automatically dropped to second, and the first position was still in her mind, and she would write the letter before she started writing.
Geng Xingshuang didn't bother the painting curtain, he took a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, spread the paper and grind the ink, and the ink gradually soaked into the paper.
"Brother Dumping Mo, there have been a lot of things in the house recently, my heart is really troubled, it is difficult to sleep and eat, my clothes are getting wider, my face is yellow and my hair is dry, wait for me to come one by one...... I wish my brother peace and success, and finally, the manuscript in my brother's hand can be sent with Hongfu with the letter, I am willing to try to read it for my brother, or I can make one or two suggestions, I dare not take credit, but I am willing to pay for my brother's hard work. ”
Write down the last word, the tip of the pen hangs on the paper, will it be too shameful to write like this.
But if you want to have a face, how can you ask for a book manuscript, she has really lacked spiritual food recently, how to say that word, it seems to be called "book famine", yes, it is a book famine, Geng Xingshuang feels that the world in the dream, there are many words that sound very strange at first glance, but after thinking about it carefully, it is very vivid.
It is precisely because of the shortage of books that during this time, in addition to worrying about the affairs of Mingshang Pavilion, he painted all kinds of clothing and decoration modeling drawings, only ten of them were painted, of which eight were to be discarded, all of which were half-rolled curtains that even Ruan's thought looked good, but did not achieve the effect that Geng Xingshuang imagined in his heart.
It is precisely because of this that Geng Xingshuang urgently needs a person who has a good aesthetic and can show a good aesthetic vision to the real thing.
deviated, Geng Xingshuang pulled his thoughts out of the money-making plan, looked at the letterhead that had been inked, thought about it, and added a sentence at the end, "If Brother Tanmo has been busy recently and has no time to write, you can also use the books purchased by Pingcheng Xinchu and Brother on the way to temporarily replace one or two, including but not limited to legends, scripts, history books, biographies, travelogues, etc......."
Geng Xingshuang loves to read, but the premise is that there must be a storyline in the book, she reads a sentence for the four books and five classics and other imperial examination books, and has to read a sentence of interpretation, neither interested nor patient, for poetry and songs, occasionally read it, but there is no such sensitive and thoughtful mind to empathize with it, but since four years ago, when she was a ten-year-old girl, she received a letter from Yang Tianmo, who had just gone to Pingcheng Wucheng Dart Bureau as an executioner and was also a reserve dart master, and along with the letter there was a book with a blue background cover that was not thick on one side. In the book "The Story of Clouds and Mountains", the first page was opened, and the title page read, "In the book, there is truth in the climate, and there is fiction in the truth, and the things described are all made up - Yunfeiyan!" ”
In other words, "The Legend of Yunshan" is a made-up legendary story, or a talking book.
At that time, Geng Xingshuang had not yet come into contact with this type of book, in addition to the books such as "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Text", "Kindergarten Qionglin" and other books he read during his enlightenment, he had only read "University", "Analects" and "Book of Rites" and other imperial examination books from his brother Geng Shuhuai, and the rest was to go out with his elders as guests, listen to a few plays, and know that the plays were all performed according to the play book.