When the carriage came to a halt in an alley, the noise of the city had already poured into the ears, like a fast song, stirring up people's excitement.The people got out of the carriage.Tong said: "Do you know which silk village is cheap and good, we want to buy some cloth." ”Hai said: "When I was in Suzhou, I was afraid of the dust on the road, so I didn't bring new cloth, only some clothes.Now that we want to do some needlework, we really need to buy more. ”Zheng Qingchuan visited many silk villages last time, but she didn't compare them carefully, and she didn't know which one to recommend, she looked at Su Mu and waited for Su Mu to answer.Su Mu said: "It's better to buy something else first, and leave the cloth for the last to buy."
Because that silk house is a little far from here. ”Tong Shi hurriedly agreed with a smile, and said heartily: "It's good to hold a heavy cloth, but it's inconvenient to go shopping."
Let's go and see how big the street markets in other capitals are first," Tong took Su Liang's hand and walked in front.Hai took his son Su Yu by the hand.Su Mu held Ah Qing and Ah Yun tightly.This time, the four little guys did not go left and right in front of the back, but all followed behind.Zheng Qingchuan led Aqing, but it was not very convenient for the four of them to walk in a row like this, and pedestrians often crowded into the middle.Tong suddenly turned his head and said with a smile: "Little don't be, come here, I'll hold you" Zheng Qingchuan ran over with a smile and held Tong's hand, and the first feeling was that Tong's hand was very warm.After walking for a while, while walking, and watching, Tong and Hai stopped in front of a shop selling rouge and walked in.All kinds of rouge gouache are dazzling, and there are many colors, Zheng Qingchuan thought to himself: Ancient women also loved cosmetics, and even Su Liang, a little girl, carefully selected them, and whispered to Tong: "Mother, I want this kind of blush." ”Tong commented: "It looks very delicate, okay" Suddenly, she turned her head and asked Zheng Qingchuan: "Little bit, Aunt Tang will buy you a face to wipe your face, okay" They pursed their lips and laughed vigorously, obviously it was teasing the child.Zheng Qingchuan shook his head calmly, not moved.In fact, on the day of marriage, Mrs.
Quanfu painted her rouge, so that she didn't know her face, leaving a little psychological shadow She noticed that Tong and Hai bought all the ones that wiped their faces, painted their mouths, painted their eyebrows and dyed their nails, and almost all of them picked the cheapest ones, except for the rouge bought for Su Liang, which was more expensive.Tong and Hai have a small abacus in their hearts, they came to Beijing this time, although they brought a lot of silver, but good steel should be used on the blade If their husbands were admitted to the Jinshi, it was the time to spend money like flowing water, and they had to start seeking official positions, and they had to spend money to go to the Ministry of Officials to do something.I heard that if you don't take care of it, you may be sent to a barren place like the northwest.They had to save money to spend.Next door to the rouge shop happened to be a spice shop, and Tong and Hai went to buy spices again.Next, Tong and Hai just went shopping and didn't buy it.Near noon, Su Mu took everyone to a restaurant with a very Beijing flavor, and Zheng Qingchuan was not surprised to see two big characters posted on the wall: roast duck with a picture.Ah Yun shook Su Mu's sleeve and said that he wanted to eat cakes, and Su Mu immediately ordered Qingshan to go to the Heavenly Pavilion to buy it.Su Yu and Su Liang looked around, full of curiosity.The shopkeeper quickly brought two teapots, one with a cyan pattern on the lid and the other with a red pattern on the lid.Tong and Hai picked up one and planned to pour tea.However, what Tong poured out of the teapot was steaming light green tea, while Hai's poured out of the teapot was red cold and sour plum soup, Hai was stunned for a moment, a little dazed.Ah Qing pointed to the teapot and said, "I want sour plum soup" Hai came back to his senses and poured sour plum soup into the cup in front of Ah Qing.However, Hai's next step was a little trance-like, and his smile faded a lot.I have to say that Hai is superstitious, and she thinks what happened just now is like an omen.Tong's is hot tea, but hers is cold and sour plum soup, cold and sour, is it unlucky, is it related to her husband's admission to the Jinshi This thought, she felt cold in her heart, she was too nervous, and cold sweat oozed from her forehead.Tong asked with concern: "Second brother and sister, what's wrong" Hai smiled reluctantly, shook his head, and said weakly: "I'm fine." ”Tong handed her a cup of hot tea and said, "Maybe I'm dizzy from the noise, drink some hot tea and suppress the shock." ”After a while, Tong tasted the sour plum soup, and said with a smile to Su Mu: "The sour plum soup in this Beijing is not as sour as we make ourselves, and the taste is relatively light." ”Su Mu chatted with him.In this restaurant, Hai's never spoke again, his brows frowned slightly, he kept sweating, and he seemed to be preoccupied.After a full meal, Su Mu took them to a silk village that was not in the bustling section, and the plaque read: Su Ji Silk Village.Tong said with a smile: "This silk village is also surnamed Su, and we are destined" Su Mu said calmly: "This is the shop left by my father." ”There is a shallow sadness in his eyes.Tong and Hai both looked at Su Mu in surprise, obviously they didn't know that Su Mu still had a shop in the capital.Although this shop is not open in the bustling road, but after all, this is the capital, and Zheng Qingchuan, the capital where every inch of land is valuable, is also the first time to come to the Su family's silk village, and looked at it curiously.They walked into the Silk Village.The shopkeeper showed a surprised and happy expression, and hurriedly trotted over, shouting: "Shaodongjia" He called himself Huang, and said that the business in the shop has been good recently, and there are more regular customers.The shopkeeper Huang has only been in the Su family silk village for only one month, replacing the previous golden shopkeeper.Su Mu introduced to the shopkeeper Huang and said that Tong and Hai were his aunts and uncles, and they came to the shop to pick cloth.Su Mu didn't say much, and he didn't say much else.In the end, Tong and Hai picked more than 20 pieces of cloth, but the shopkeeper Huang never mentioned the matter of silver, but never mentioned the matter of silver, and diligently assigned the shopkeeper to carry the cloth to the carriage.When Tong took out the money bag and took the initiative to settle the bill, the shopkeeper Huang only looked at Su Mu and did not dare to make his own claim.Su Mu said: "Aunt doesn't have to be polite, it's the same if you come back in the future." ”Where is the same, the same is the same, no money is charged, or to take care of the business again, everyone heard in a fog.Tong and Hai persuaded them, but in the end they could only give up and put away the money bag.They were both moved and amazed in their hearts, they could be regarded as having seen the benefits of being an official, although Su Mu's father passed away, but the family wealth he left for Su Mu made them envious.They fantasized that if their husbands became officials, they would be able to live so comfortably.Everyone boarded the carriage, returned with a full load, and returned home with a lot of thoughts, and the Tong and Hai families measured the size of Mrs.
Su and began to make new clothes.Mrs.
Su first refused politely, and then the Tong family and the Hai family said that these cloths were given to them by Su Mu, and Mrs.
Su smiled and acquiesced.The aunt of the Su family next to her was so jealous that she bubbled sour at night, Zheng Qingchuan deliberately went to the small study to find Su Mu, and after sitting down, he asked: "Su Mu, is it easy for businessmen to be despised by others?"
Zheng Qingchuan has an impression.I didn't expect Zheng Qingchuan to think so deeply, Su Mu was a little surprised, and said lightly: "Why do you ask so much about agriculture and business, that is a matter of the previous dynasty, and this dynasty has a new law."
Businessmen can participate in the imperial examinations, they can be officials, and there is no difference. ”Zheng Qingchuan asked curiously: "Then can you continue to be a businessman after becoming an official" Su Mu smiled and replied easily: "You need to be more restrained, not too presumptuous, just do it."
For example, putting a shop in someone else's name. ”Zheng Qingchuan blinked, thinking: It seems that modern corrupt officials do the same thing, but it seems to be a little different.Corrupt officials are reaching out from other people's shops to take dry shares and dividends for nothing, and the method that Su Mu just said is to hide his property incognito and not take other people's things.Zheng Qingchuan wanted to continue chatting, but Ah Qing and Ah Yun came over and interrupted Su Mu's words.On the appointed day, Su Dong and Su Jing took their wives and children to Hong's house as guests, and Su Mu and Zheng Qingchuan also accompanied them.Ah Qing and Ah Yun knew that they were going back to Hong's house to live, holding their burdens, flattening their mouths, and sullen.They want to live in their own home, but now that there are more people in the family, it is more fun, they are reluctant to leave, and the most important thing is that they have a brother at home.Zheng Qingchuan stretched out his hand and hugged their little shoulders, because Su Mu was very cautious about Ah Qing and Ah Yun's affairs, for example, when he was on the street, he would hold Ah Qing and Ah Yun's hands tightly, for fear that they would get lost, and his well-thought-out decision would not be easily changed.Although Zheng Qingchuan has not been in the Su family for a long time, she has seen many times that Ah Qing and Ah Yun were sent to the Hong family by Su Mu, every time Ah Qing and Ah Yun will be coquettish and sulk, but coquettish will not work at this time.Tong and Hai are very nervous, tidying up the corners of their clothes and sideburns from time to time, often repeating it several times, Tong is still softly teaching her daughter Su Liang what to do later, Hai is finding free time, seeing that Ah Qing and Ah Yun are unhappy, they laugh and tease Ah Qing and Ah Yun to talk.When they arrived at the gate of Hong's house, the carriage stopped, and the coachman shouted: "Huh" Tong opened the curtain of the carriage and saw the big words "Hongzhai".She and Hai couldn't help but breathe deeply, so nervous that their inhaling voices suddenly sounded in the carriage.Ah Qing and Ah Yun looked at them curiously with their big clear eyes.Probably curious, how could adults be so timid Tong and Hai smiled a little embarrassed, pursed the corners of their mouths, did not dare to show their teeth, and the blush on their faces became even redder, as shy as a girl.The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a grandmother came to help the two ladies get out of the carriage, and then carried the children down one by one.When entering the door, Su Dong, Su Jing, Tong and Hai were particularly careful in their movements.Looking at them, Zheng Qingchuan felt for the first time that she was a person with thick lines, because she had never been so cautious about the threshold of the Hong family, and the threshold of the Hong family was made of ordinary wood, which was not precious, but the official of the old lady of the Hong family was too big, so the threshold of the Hong family was not ordinary, but precious, because if others wanted to cross this threshold, they needed to go through the permission of the Hong family.
So it seems that the people who have stepped over the threshold are also precious, right, the eldest lady of the Hong family and the fourth lady came to greet them in person, the fourth lady of the Hong family hugged Ah Qing and A Yun, and said with a hearty smile: "You two have been gone for a few days, and finally miss me, and you are willing to come back, and when you go back, I want to teach you two a lesson" Ah Qing and Ah Yun were a little anxious, and shouted in unison: "Don't spank" Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere was not unfamiliar all of a sudden.The eldest and second masters of the Hong family also appeared politely.Su Dong and Su Jing's faces suddenly had a kind of glory of being treated as honored guests.------ digression------ I'm a little late, I'm sorry, there's a chapter in the evening to fight for fatter: