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On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the princess's mansion held a banquet and invited the ladies who were familiar with each other in Beijing to enjoy the plum blossoms and eat tea.

Huai'an was approved, and early in the morning, he took the carriage from King Qi's Mansion to pick him up, and went to the princess's mansion with the prince for a banquet. This is the first time that Huai'an has not attended a banquet with his father.

Princess Wenyang wore the crown dress of Yanju, sat gracefully on the soft collapse, the hall burned the earth dragon, warm as spring, the ladies also removed the big clothes outside, sat together, and accompanied Princess Wenyang to eat tea and talk.

Because Wen Yang is the sister of King Qi, all the people who go to him are not hot characters, most of them are handkerchiefs that they got acquainted with when they were in the room, and now they are married and have children, and they get together to gossip.

Many noble ladies brought their children to the banquet, they knew that Princess Wenyang liked children very much, but she resolutely refused to let her have children with the horses.

The horse is ugly in appearance and has a poor character, she is afraid that she is crazy to dare to have children with such a child!

Everyone chatted for a long time, and Princess Wenyang always felt that something was missing, and asked the female officials around her: "Hasn't the prince arrived yet?" ”

The female official lowered her voice and said, "Back to Your Highness, the prince and the little son of the Shen family are ...... Move the vegetables. ”

"Moving vegetables?" Wen Yang was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered his eldest nephew's plan to sell vegetables: "Oh...... Got it, send a few more people to help, and don't let them bump into it. ”

As soon as the words fell, Rong He's voice was heard entering the hall: "Aunt! ”

When everyone saw King Qi enter the palace, they all got up to greet each other.

I saw that Shizi was followed by a seven or eight-year-old child, wearing a silver-red and white-velvet jacket, with red lips and white teeth, and he was very handsome.

Huai'an was upright and gave a big gift to Princess Wenyang.

Wen Yang smiled: "Good boy, get up quickly." ”

After that, he invited everyone to sit down, beckoned to Huai'an, and asked him to come to him: "Do you remember Auntie?" ”

Huai'an has a bad memory, but he has never seen a few such an unspeakably expensive woman in his life, so he quickly recalled: "Remember! On that day, on the outskirts of Beijing, His Royal Highness came to the lake to pick up the son. ”

Wen Yang said: "What a clever! ”

After that, he was rewarded with a small bag of fine Hepu beads.

As the dowry of Princess Wenyang, the princess's mansion has its own rules, so it looks much more magnificent than the Qi Palace.

Passing through the winding path corridor, is a small area of more than 20 acres of garden, there is a gourd-shaped pond in the garden, the Wuzhu and Taihu Lake stone are surrounded by each other, and there are nine stone bridges, which lead to the lake center pavilion in the middle of the pond.

When the snow is fast and sunny, a green calyx plum blossom blooms by the lake, clusters of clusters, such as smoke and fog, and there are several camellia plants standing in the snow, bright and bright like fire, blooming in the cold.

The banquet was placed in the Lake Center Pavilion, and because there were no male guests, only two tables were set up for the junior children.

Huai'an and Ronghe still had "big things" to do, and they didn't put their minds on the food during the whole process.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, and plates of green cucumbers and snow-white melons were served, which made everyone look straight.

The matter of the head of the Qi Wang's Mansion making auspicious rui was known all over the court, but they never expected that there were so many "auspicious rui" that they could be placed on a plate and served on the table.

Everyone was surprised and discussed, but Princess Wenyang briefly introduced the origin of the melon and fruit, please taste it.

In winter, you can eat crisp cucumbers, and even sweet and delicious melons, which can be boasted of to the extent of summer!

The banquet was staggered, smiling and smiling, and the atmosphere was more enthusiastic.

As Shen approached, the feast came to an end.

Everyone left the back garden and came to the front hall, and when the tea was served again, they had to take the initiative to leave.

Who knew that when I went out and came to the front hall, a banner was pulled up on the square, with twelve big characters on it: clearing heat and detoxifying, beautifying and nourishing, green and healthy.

In front of the banner, a long table was set up, and on the long table were colorful vegetables, and two big Ah Fu, one tall and one short, with hoods, were dancing in front of the table.

How can children resist the temptation of large dolls, usually only in the temple fair to see this kind of big Ah Fu street performance, or crowds, can only see from afar, now close in front of the eyes, all excited, have stepped forward to interact with it.

The gentle type is nothing more than waving and hugging them, the brutal type is directly knocking on the hood, and the excited type is holding their hands and running around the field.

The two fathers-in-law in the hood were tired of holding their waists and panting, and the flower companion said, "Let's ...... What iniquity you have made! ”

Liu Banban said: "Don't talk in the vernacular, it'll be over in half an hour." ”

This is Huai'an's "strategy", let the two big Ah Fu lure away a group of bear children, and their mother can patiently choose vegetables.

The ladies gathered around the long table, and saw that there were more than 100 small baskets neatly stacked on the long table, and in each basket there were about a dozen cucumbers, four melons, and a few green leafy greens.

There were two signs standing next to the table, one of which read: "Ten taels and one basket, Tong Su is not bullied." ”

Another book: "Group purchase is 20% off, and five baskets are in a group." ”

Rong He and Huai'an guarded the stall and beckoned the ladies to come to choose, with a sense of déjà vu for the marketing and sale of goods by the tour group.

Where have the ladies of this era experienced such a scene, looking at the stalls in amazement, and thinking that they had come to the wrong place.

But look at those fresh melons and fruits, which are really attractive. Although it costs ten taels and one basket, after all, scarcity is expensive, and it is the legendary "auspicious".

Who doesn't want to take home a basket of "auspicious rui"?

"What is a 20% off group purchase?" Someone asked.

Huai'an explained: "Whether you buy it yourself or buy it with the sisters next to you, as long as you buy five baskets, cut the price by two percent, eight taels per basket!" ”

Everyone laughed: "There are still a lot of flower heads." ”

Then you teased them with every word and I made them happy, and they didn't take it seriously at all.

Huai'an looked at it, this can't be done, he glanced at Rong He, and magnified his move!

Rong He nodded, covered his mouth and coughed heavily.

At this time, someone in the crowd stood up: "I want five baskets." ”

Everyone was surprised: "Do you buy so much?" ”

"There is no way, there is a large population in the house, and each house must always be taken into account." The woman said, "Besides, how rare it is, I'm afraid there won't be this shop in this village after that!" ”

It was Mrs. Shou Anhou who spoke, and after Princess Wenyang was the matchmaker, Shou Anhou married his young sister to Ronghe's uncle Xiangninghou, and now he has been hired.

So this Mrs. Shou Anhou was invited by Ronghe.

When everyone heard this, they felt that there was a lot of truth, they were not different from the small people's homes, and the ten taels of silver had not been put in their eyes. Not to mention how expensive out-of-season vegetables are, countless poems can testify to.

The ancients compared winter cucumbers to ginseng and golden hairpins, such a rare thing, and with the name of "auspicious", it is only ten taels and one baskets at the moment, and the more I think about it, the more I feel that I have earned 100 million......

"Then I'll buy ten baskets, tomorrow's Yuan Festival, it's good to use them as gifts." Suddenly, someone asked.

Everyone's eyes lit up, auspicious melons and fruits are indeed a good choice for gifts!

When Huai'an and Rong He heard this, their mouths were almost grinning to the root of their ears.

Negligent, careless! I actually forgot to play the gimmick of "giving gifts".

After receiving the silver ticket, he immediately ordered the eunuch to choose ten baskets and load the noble lady.

The capital is full of powerful people, and selling a small shed of melons and fruits is like a glass of water spilled into the desert, which is in short supply at all.

In the blink of an eye, a cart of melons and fruits was sold out.

Only then did the ladies notice the bear children of their family, they were playing with the two big Ah Fu, some were dragging the big Ah Fu around, some were riding on the neck of the big Ah Fu, some were knocking down one, and four or five children were stacked on top of each other...... One by one, they completely lost their manners, let themselves go, and the chickens flew and the dogs jumped.

The eunuchs couldn't stop it, they didn't dare to take care of it, and they were afraid that they would bump into it, so they were stomping their feet and hesitating on the spot.

Eunuch? How can there be eunuchs in the vegetable market?

Everyone suddenly realized that this was the princess's mansion, not a vegetable market!

For a while, some people shouted by name and surname, some people numbered three, and some people threatened to beat their buttocks, so they stopped, and each brought their little cubs back to teach them a lesson.

Rong He and Huai'an sat behind the vegetable stall, gloating and gnawing on melons, tonight they were destined to be sleepless, and they staged a touching godson drama of crying dad and calling mother.

Huai'an stuffed the silver ticket he received into Ronghe's small schoolbag, and the two of them happily went to thank Princess Wenyang.

Two companions in the corner, tired and paralyzed, are enjoying the sunset side by side.

"Today, we suddenly realized." The flower companion in the hood, the urn said angrily.

Liu Banban's brain was buzzing, and it took a long time to receive a message from his companion: "What did you realize again?" ”

Hua Companion said: "Losing the roots of children and grandchildren is a great blessing in life!" ”

Chapter 77

After the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, it was the ten-day Shangyuan Festival holiday, the officials were at home on vacation, and the heat of communication between officials and relatives in Beijing gradually decreased, and Xu Tinglan finally relaxed for two days.

A few years ago, her mother-in-law entered Beijing and drew a shopkeeper from her hometown to help, and she happened to be busy with all the trivial things at home. From the year before the year to the tenth day of the new year, I haven't been to the shop much.

The auspicious day of opening is now the eighteenth day of the first month, and she, the owner, does not take a look, and she is really relieved.

Huai'an pestered his mother to go together, and he was still thinking about the cooperation between the ready-to-wear store and the children's bookstore. Although the project was confiscated by Daddy, but everything must be seen through the phenomenon, as long as the mother is taken, how bold is Daddy to oppose it?

Rong He had already sent someone to Yaxing to inquire about the acquisition of the bookstore, Huai'an decided to copy the route of the Anjiang Children's Bookstore, and directly acquire a poorly run bookstore, as the address of the Beijing branch library, which could save some of the money for buying printing utensils, and if there was a stereotypical master, it also saved the energy of finding and hiring a master.

In addition, the capital is full of powerful and powerful people, and the relationship is complicated, and if a foreign bookstore wants to gain a foothold, it will definitely encounter many obstacles. The children's bookstore has the participation of King Qi's son, to a certain extent, it is equivalent to hugging King Qi's thigh, although this thigh is not thick enough, sometimes it is trembling, but it is better than nothing.

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Huai'an jumped out of the carriage and went to help his mother very well-behaved and diligently.

The two walked into the store, the first floor was cleaned and tidy, the tables, chairs and counters were wiped spotlessly, the guys went in and out to do their jobs, no one was lazy, and no one was gossiping.

Xu Tinglan's shopkeeper is not bad, this Zhou shopkeeper is running a cloth village in his hometown, and he is quite familiar with the silk business, so he was mentioned to the capital to take over the garment shop.

The downstairs was quiet, and the sound upstairs was particularly obvious, Xu Tinglan frowned, and vaguely heard someone arguing.

A clever guy came out of the backyard, and when he saw the owner coming, he hurriedly bowed and said hello: "Shopkeeper Zhou is on the second floor, I'll call him down." ”

Xu Tinglan stopped the guy and asked, "What's the noise up there?" ”

The guy shook his head and said, "I don't know, usually the shopkeeper doesn't ask us to go up at will." ”

"Got it, you go get busy first." Xu Tinglan sent his men away, took Huai'an, and climbed the stairs to the second floor.

The quarrel upstairs became clearer and clearer, and it turned out to be a man and a woman. The man is naturally the shopkeeper of Zhou, and the woman's voice is also very familiar, it is exquisite.

Xu Tinglan deliberately slowed down his pace, Huai'an was more like a little spy, sneakily hiding behind his mother and eating melons.

I only heard the shopkeeper Zhou say: "Whatever you want, you will do it, how can there be so much to say?" ”

Linglong's voice was obviously lacking in confidence, but the words he said were very challenging to the majesty of the leader: "But what you said is unreasonable." It's already spring, what are you doing with winter clothes in the most conspicuous position? ”