Datang beauty walk

She went to Shanxi border. "Qiqing took a sip of tea and said, "Why did you embroider clothes for the princess?" "

"Master Zhou asked me to embroider it. After the princess saw the clothes I made for Master Zhou, she asked me to make one for her too. Master Zhou agreed to the princess." Danniang said, taking a teacup to drink Take a few sips of tea.

Qiqing heard Danniang keep talking about Mr. Zhou, so she asked:

"You are at Zhou Zhongxian's mansion, does he treat you well? How about others?"

"Master Zhou has always treated me very well, he is a gentleman." Dan Niang said gratefully.

"is it?"

Qiqing picked up the teacup, lowered his head and drank the tea, without further words.The room suddenly became quiet, and Tanniang's eyes caught the red lacquered loom again.

"When did you get that shelf?" she asked.

"Oh, when I passed by the street shop, I saw it was beautifully made, so I bought it, and I didn't know how to weave it, so I just left it idle." Qi Qing replied relaxedly, she put down the tea cup, and said: "Are you hungry? , shall I ask Grandma to cook you something to eat?"

"I'm not hungry yet," Tanniang said.

"It turns out that both of us are in Chang'an, I didn't know!" Qi Qing said with emotion.

"I didn't expect you to be in Chang'an, and we are not far away." Dan Niang also said.

"Bang bang bang!"

Someone knocked on the door outside, and Sun Mama came out from the east wing to open the door. She went to the door and asked:

"Who is it?"

"Me, grandma."

"Hey, it's General Wang!" Mama Sun opened the door, and it was Wang Ziqiang who came in.

"Mother Sun, is Qiqing there?" Wang Ziqiang asked.

"Yes, yes! General, please come in!"

Qiqing heard voices outside the room, and stood up from the couch, and Danniang also stood up.Qiqing walked to the door and said to Wang Ziqiang who was coming:

"How did you come?"

"The princess asked me to bring you a message."

As Wang Ziqiang said, he took the door curtain from Qiqing, bent down and walked into the room. Seeing that Danniang was also here, he smiled at her.

"This is General Wang—this is Danniang." Qi Qing introduced them.

Wang Ziqiang said in a clear voice:

"Ah, I guessed it a long time ago. You were the one that Qiqing couldn't find many years ago, which made her almost jump off the cliff and die..."

"Ziqiang!"

Qiqing interrupted Wang Ziqiang's speech seriously, and looked at him with reproachful eyes.Wang Ziqiang saw Qi Qing's face suddenly changed, so he stopped immediately, and swallowed the second half of the words he hadn't said yet.Danniang looked at Qiqing calmly.

"What message did the princess pass?" Qi Qing asked.

"His Royal Highness asked me to tell you that the time has been set, and I want you to prepare as soon as possible."

"When?"

"Three days later."

"I see, do you have anything else to do?" Qi Qing thought about it.

Because Daniang was here with Qiqing, and Qiqing had no intention of keeping guests, Wang Ziqiang said, "Then I'll go back. Daniang, please accompany Qiqing a little longer." He turned his voice slightly and said, "Qiqing Qing, come out!"

Qiqing followed Wang Ziqiang out of the room and went outside.Wang Ziqiang stopped under the plum tree in the courtyard, and Qi Qing asked him:

"what happened?"

Wang Ziqiang said softly:

"Qiqing, the relative you have been thinking about has been found now. Shouldn't you think about what I said about us?"

Wang Ziqiang asked her in a very low voice, but Qiqing was sure that Danniang in the room could hear them, so she couldn't help but glanced at the room—the bamboo curtain was lifted by the wind, and she saw Danniang standing Looking here.

"Go back first!" Qi Qing said.

Seeing that Qiqing didn't care about what he said, Wang Ziqiang was obviously disappointed.

☆, return

Seeing the prince leaving by force, Qiqing let out a sigh of relief and turned back into the room.Dan Niang had already sat back to her original seat, and after Qi Qing sat down, she said:

"This man is very cheerful. I can see that he likes you very much. You are a good match."

Qi Qing who had just sat down heard her words, and suddenly stood up again, and Dan Niang looked at her strangely.Qiqing stood there, paused for a while, and said:

"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll let Mama Sun prepare it."

"No need, I should go back now." Dan Niang said.

"Go back? Where are you going? Do you want to go back to Zhou Shilang's house? Since we met again, isn't this your home?" Qi Qing said in surprise and disappointment.

"If you don't go back, Mr. Zhou will be offended."

"Didn't you say Zhou Zhongxian treated you well?"

Qiqing turned her head to look at Tanniang and said, she saw Tanniang's gorgeous clothes and the exquisite headgear that matched the clothes.Suddenly, Qiqing seemed to wake up: "Ah, it turned out to be like this!"

After a moment of disappointment, Qi Qing said:

"I'll take you back. I heard that after Zhou Zhongxian's first wife passed away a few years ago, he never got married. Danniang, if you're interested, I'll marry you and ask the princess to witness the marriage as a matchmaker. For the sake of the princess, forgive him. , I won’t look down on you.”

Qiqing thought that Zhou Zhongxian never married her because Danniang was snatched by thieves and soiled her body, and he didn't give Danniang the title of official wife.

"I have no such intention!" Tanniang stood up angrily and walked out.

Qiqing sent Danniang to the gate of Zhou Shilang's mansion, and several maids came out to welcome her.Tan Niang said to her before entering the door:

"Go back, I'll see you in two days."

Qiqing got on the horse, looked at Danniang's back as she entered the gate of Zhou's mansion, and then left.

Danniang entered Zhou's mansion, and as soon as she got to her room, Zhou Zhongxian knocked on the door, Danniang opened the door to invite him in, Zhou Zhongxian sat down and said:

"Dan Niang, I went to the Princess Mansion today. Why did Xu'er and Yan'er clamor to find you because they couldn't see you after so long?"

Danniang told Zhou Zhongxian about going to the princess mansion, and mentioned Qiqing.Zhou Zhongxian asked in surprise after hearing this:

"You found your lost relative?"

"Yes, she served in front of Princess Pingyang."

"Princess Pingyang has many female generals. Are you talking about General Youwuwei Lu? I didn't expect that!"

Danniang didn't hear Qiqing talk about her position and rank, so she couldn't be sure whether the General Youwuwei that Zhou Zhongxian said was really Qiqing.

Zhou Zhongxian had met Qiqing before, but he only knew her identity, but not her name.After all, Qiqing stayed at the border with Princess Pingyang for a long time, and returned to Chang'an very rarely.And Qiqing is a subordinate of Princess Pingyang, and she is also a woman.And Zhou Zhongxian is the servant of the Ministry of Justice of the imperial court, one man and one woman, one civil and one military, and there is almost no chance to get acquainted with each other.Even if they meet, Zhou Zhongxian will not know that she is the relative Danniang has been looking for.

Therefore, what would happen if Qiqing and Danniang did not meet today?Perhaps in the future, none of them will know that they once lived in the Chang'an Imperial City at the same time, and that the other party will be so close to them, only one meal away, and they will be completely unconscious of each other.

Danniang said to Zhou Zhongxian again:

"I saw my lost relatives today. I wanted to come back tomorrow. I was worried that Yan'er would cry. I came back after sitting for a while. Please don't be offended!"

"How could it be? Since my wife left and left these two children unattended, you have been taking good care of them since you came to Chang'an. I am very comforted to take care of them until they are so old. I have really troubled you!"

"My lord rescued me from the tiger's den. This is what I should do. I will do my best to repay my lord's great kindness!"

"You are serious. You have done enough for my Zhou family in the past five years, but I still want to ask you..."

"My lord, as I said, I just want to take good care of Xu'er and Yan'er here, and I have nothing else to ask for." Dan Niang interrupted him.

"Oh," Zhou Zhongxian stood up, and said, "Then you rest! Wait a while, and I'll let Yan'er come to see you."

The next day, when Qiqing went to Dongshi, the comprador bought some gifts and asked someone to carry them to Zhou Shilang's mansion.

Zhou Zhongxian came back from court and was reading official documents in his study.The servant came in with the card and said:

"Master, Lu Qiqing, General Youwuwei of Princess Pingyang Mansion, please see me."

Zhou Zhongxian took the post, looked at it and said:

"Please come to the front hall."

"Yes."

After a while, Zhou Zhongxian changed into casual clothes and came to the front hall. Qiqing saw him, got up and said:

"Master Zhou!"

Zhou Zhongxian walked inside, cupped his hands, and said:

"Ah, it turned out to be General Lu. Last night, Tanniang said that her lost relative was General Lu, and Zhou was quite surprised when he heard you!"

Qi Qing said: Did you tell me so soon? !

"I didn't expect that Danniang would live in Master Zhou's residence."

"Congratulations on your reunion, General Lu, please sit down!"

Zhou Zhongxian's family served them tea and stood aside.Zhou Zhongxian glanced at the gift box that Qiqing asked someone to carry on the ground, and said:

"General Lu is here...?"

"I came to your mansion today, not for official business, but for private affairs." Qi Qing said.

"Oh, are you here to see Tanniang? I'll send someone to call."

"No need, I'm here today. Firstly, I want to thank Mr. Zhou for saving Danniang's life. These are gifts; secondly, I want to propose a marriage for Danniang. I hope Mr. Zhou can marry Danniang properly, and I also want to Please ask the princess to witness the marriage for the two of you, what would you like?" Qi Qing looked at Zhou Zhongxian and said.

"Rescuing Danniang that day is what Zhou should do. Why should General Lu thank you? Is it just a marriage proposal?...Let Zhou think again."

"Then I'll wait for news from Mr. Zhou!" Qi Qing stood up, bowed his hands to Zhou Zhongxian and said: "Don't bother me, leave!"

Zhou Zhongxian sent Qiqing away, went to the backyard house, and came to find Danniang.Danniang was sitting by the window of her room, concentrating on embroidering on Princess Pingyang's robe, when she saw Zhou Zhongxian coming, she put down the clothes in her hand.

"Danniang, when I asked you if you wanted to marry me yesterday, you refused. Why did Lu Qiqing come to my door and propose marriage to you today? I don't understand, and I haven't agreed yet. Come here and ask you?" Zhou Zhongxian sat down asked.

Danniang didn't expect that when she left Qiqing's residence yesterday, what Qiqing said last was true.Danniang thought to herself: Qiqing, she always does something unexpected.Dan Niang felt a little angry, she said:

"I think she must have misunderstood us!"

"You really don't want to at all?" Zhou Zhongxian looked at her and asked.

"My lord's favor, Tanniang will never forget it!"

Zhou Zhongxian sighed, stood up and left.

Danniang breathed a sigh of relief, and as soon as she sat down, she saw Liu Ye, Zhou Zhongxian's concubine, waddling into her room, Danniang stood up hurriedly, not knowing what she was going to do.

Liu Ye looked around in the middle of Danniang's room, walked around, and then sat in the seat where Zhou Zhongxian sat just now, and said softly:

"Don't say I'm just looking for trouble, I'm just reminding you! Our adults want to marry you several times, but I don't know, what do you think of yourself? Is it Miss Qianjin, who wants our adults to beg you many times? Or Do you think we adults are low-ranking officials?

If you look down on my master, you should leave earlier to make room, lest I be wronged.You let our adults hold you in the palm of your hand and worship you high, isn't it very satisfying?But you also have to weigh yourself, is this enough to qualify?It's okay for you to stay here, but don't take up someone else's position and make it impossible for us to get up.

Having said so much, don't blame me, I just have such a personality, so I can say whatever I want, well, since you are busy, don't bother me. "

After Liu Ye finished speaking, she twisted her slender waist and went out.It's not once or twice that she went to Danniang's room, she usually said some sarcastic remarks, Danniang also endured it, and didn't take it to heart, today Liu Ye said so many things more than usual, why don't Danniang think about it , her heart is hard to be as calm as water.

She sat in the room for a while, then took the clothes and began to embroider.

☆, expedition

The next day, Danniang gave the embroidered princess clothes to Zhou Zhongxian and asked him to send them to Princess Pingyang.And she changed her clothes and went directly to Qiqing.

When Danniang came over to Qiqing, Qiqing was kneading dough on the panel in her stove.

Grandma Sun is not feeling well today. She has felt dizzy since she got up in the morning. She didn't know if it was a cold or something. She drank a bowl of hot water and lay down in her room. Because it was not too serious, she didn't go to find it. The doctor saw her sick.

After Qiqing met Princess Pingyang at the princess mansion in the morning, he went to the East Market, bought half a catty of meat and some vegetables, and came back to cook in the kitchen.

She likes to eat noodles the most. When she was in her hometown in Qixian Village, she would eat two bowls of noodles every time Danniang made them. Chewy, you can eat a meal of noodles every ten days for more than 300 days a year.

At that time, Tanniang often made pickled cabbage noodles, green onion-flavored clear water noodles, and occasionally braised noodles with meat.Sometimes the noodle soup is topped with sesame oil fried in advance with pepper, chili, sesame, etc., and finely chopped coriander is also sprinkled.Smelling the aroma of prickly ash and chili, looking at the bright green and red soup, and eating the smooth noodles, Qiqing felt that that time was the sweetest moment in her life, and it was also a beautiful memory she would never forget.

Although those days will never come back, no matter what, I still have to live my life.Today, she thought about making that kind of noodles for herself and grandma.

She took a bowl of flour and put it on the board, kneading it with water according to Tanniang's method.She thought she could easily make such a bowl of noodles herself.When Tanniang used to cook, she sat by the stove adding firewood to the fire, and she also turned a blind eye to Tanniang's way of making noodles.However, she thought it was easy, but she didn't expect to add water to the flour first, and the water added at one time was a little too much, and the flour was too thin to blend together, so she had to add another half bowl of flour.

The dough was finally kneaded together by her. While she was kneading the dough, she thought that it was rare for her to have such a peaceful day. She wanted to happily spend this few quiet time with grandma.While she was thinking, Tan Niang knocked on her door.She dropped the dough on the panel, took off her apron and opened the door.

She didn't expect that Tanniang would come to see her so soon, she was very happy.However, seeing Danniang's serious face, as cold as autumn frost on her face, she didn't say a word when she entered the door, thinking it was Zhou Zhongxian's refusal to propose marriage, so she said:

"Danniang, don't be sad. If Zhou Zhongxian agrees to propose marriage, I'll give you a better match. So what if the woman loses her virginity? You were forced to do nothing back then!"

Dan Niang, who was walking in front, heard this, and the fire of depression in her heart finally broke out, and she said:

"So you think so? That's why you tried every means to push me out?!"

After Danniang finished speaking angrily, she turned around and was about to leave. Qiqing knew she had said something wrong, so she quickly grabbed Danniang's arm and said:

"I didn't mean that, Daniang, don't be angry!"

"Who told you to make up your own mind and worry about me?"

"Dan Niang, don't be angry..."

Dan Niang angrily came from the Zhou Mansion, and asked Qiqing to question the marriage proposal.Before she could open her mouth, she was so angry at Qi Qing's words that she couldn't stand on her heels and turned around to leave. Qi Qing tried to persuade her by talking badly.

Danniang finally entered the room and sat down, but Qiqing still wanted to know what Zhou Zhongxian thought about proposing marriage, so she had no choice but to hit Danniang in anger.

"Zhou Zhongxian, does he want to accept the marriage proposal?"

"It's not that Lord Zhou doesn't agree, it's that I don't want to marry him!" Danniang said angrily.

"why?"

"There is no reason, who let you take care of my affairs? You are so caring? In the future, don't go to Master Zhou again!" Dan Niang said in a blunt tone.

Qi Qing stood up and said with some excitement:

"Am I meddling in my own business? You are already 22, and I am your only family member. I told you that you would not kiss me and let you go home, but you refused. I really don't understand what is going on in your heart." Are you going to live in Zhou Zhongxian's house with this unknown identity?"

In fact, she herself is not small.

Danniang suddenly froze and said, "What are you thinking in your heart?" Qi Qing's words prompted Danniang to re-examine her own heart.

"What do you think?" Danniang sighed in her heart.

Qiqing saw Danniang sitting there, silent, and sighed in his heart:

"Forget it, as long as I see her safe, that's the greatest gift God has given me. Our time together is so short, why should I argue with her about these things?"

After calming down her fluctuating emotions, Qiqing went to the inner bed, took out a square box and put it on the table in front of Danniang. After she sat down, she handed a small cloth bag to Danniang.

"Give."

"what is this?"

Danniang took the hand and asked, uncovering the silk scarf, which contained a pair of emerald green jade bracelets inlaid with gold.She picked up a jade bracelet and looked at it and said:

"Such a precious thing..."

"I bought it yesterday. My family was struggling and I couldn't afford to buy you a gift. I wanted to give it to you when you got married, but I'm afraid I won't have the chance in the future. Do you like it?"

"Isn't it too expensive, this thing...?"

"You accept it!"

Qiqing opened the box again and said:

"This is a little savings I have saved on weekdays, and the deed of this house. I would like to ask you to keep it for me while I am away. I still want to see you tomorrow, but I may not have time tomorrow , now that you're here, I don't have to run away anymore."

"What do you mean by that?" Danniang asked, turning her gaze from the table to Qiqing's face, staring into her eyes.

Qiqing said:

"The surrendered general Liu Heita rebelled again in Shandong, and captured several cities. The emperor issued a decree the day before yesterday, and named Princess Pingyang as the vanguard of the conquest, and the prince as the marshal of the rear army, to attack Liu Heita. Her Royal Highness has already told us An order has been issued, and the whole army will set off the day after tomorrow."

In the past, Qi Qing didn't have much feeling about sending troops to fight with Princess Pingyang.But this time, she was full of worries.

Several years of conquest and combat life made her accustomed to the cruelty and blood on the battlefield. How many men and women in the women's army died heroically under the cold swords and guns of the enemy.Her loyal comrades-in-arms Zhang Yonghe Han Liu, Li Tiehua and Zhang Cuiying were also killed in battle with the enemy successively.

However, the military order is difficult to disobey, the day after tomorrow, she must go out with the Niangzi Army in full dress, and tomorrow she will go to the princess' mansion to listen to the mission.Time is tight, because the imperial court has been preparing military rations everywhere in the past two days, and she still has a little spare time. Once the logistics and military rations are ready, she must go out with the princess.Now, her time with Tanniang is running out.

"How long will it be?" Tanniang bit her lip and asked.

Qi Qing frowned slightly and said:

"It may be as little as half a year, or as much as two or three years."

Danniang lowered her head and asked after a long time:

"Why did you wait until now?"

Qiqing didn't know how to answer her, and she didn't answer after all.

Gathering in a hurry, they will be separated again in a blink of an eye.Let's say goodbye today, and I don't know when we will meet again, maybe we will never see each other again.

A sad air of parting hung over them, as if life was always pushing them forward, and they were too small to fight against it.

On the day of departure, Danniang came to the fork in the road early to see Qiqing off. She saw that Qiqing was newly dressed, wearing a silver-white armor with eagle patterns on his shoulders.

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."

Qiqing said to Danniang, and then she jumped on the horse and sat on the horse's back solemnly.The red and brown horse circled in place, refusing to walk.

Qi Qing sat on the horse, looking at Dan Niang who was two feet away.Suddenly, she drove her horse to Danniang, leaned down, pulled Danniang upwards, and hugged Danniang to sit on her horse's back, saying:

"I'll take you for a ride!"

Qiqing turned the horse around, she lightly raised the whip in her hand, the long whip fell and hit the horse's buttocks, and the red-brown horse spread its feet and ran forward.The servants of the Zhou Mansion didn't react and were still in place.

At this time, it was still early, and there were very few pedestrians on the street.Qi Qing raised his whip, and the horse galloped straight forward.

Dan Niang was sitting on the horse's back, not daring to open her eyes, the horse was running too fast, she might fall off the horse's back if she was not careful.

After a while, she tried to open her eyes, but she didn't know which city street she was in.The red-brown horse was running fast, and with one leap, it had already crossed several pavements, and the willow trees by the street moved back quickly.Tanniang had never felt this way before, she felt tense and excited.

The horse quickly ran to the suburbs outside the city. The roads beside the fields in the suburbs became narrow and there were no pedestrians.Qiqing added a few more whips, and the horse ran faster and more carefree.

Danniang held the saddle tightly, all the muscles in her body tightened, her breathing became tense and rapid, and she felt the cool wind constantly blowing on her face.However, she felt that the horse's running speed gradually slowed down.She tried to look around, and saw the scenery on both sides disappearing rapidly.

Danniang suddenly felt refreshed, she relaxed, and gradually, her heart became empty, she seemed to forget everything around her, and she forgot that she was riding a horse.

After running for more than ten miles, Qiqing turned his horse's head and returned on the same road.After entering the city, the speed of the horse slowed down, because there were more pedestrians on the street.

When Qiqing brought Danniang back to the original place, the servants of the Zhou Mansion were still waiting there, Qiqing jumped off the horse, and after letting Danniang down, she said:

"I'm leaving!"

Then, Qi Qing turned around and stepped on the horse, turned the horse's head, only to hear the sound of the whip in her hand, and the horse galloped away.In a blink of an eye, Qi Qing and Ma disappeared at the corner of the street.

The author has something to say: Thank you Tuhua Paradise for helping to make the cover for free!

☆, selling brocade

Qiqing left on horseback, and Danniang returned to Zhou Mansion.A month later, Danniang resolutely left the Zhou mansion and moved into Qiqing's small courtyard in Xuanyangfang.

Danniang told Zhou Zhongxian that Qiqing is her relative, and now that her family has found her, she should go home and live.No matter how Zhou Zhongxian tried to persuade her to stay, she was determined to leave, and no matter whether Zhou Zhongxian was angry or angry, Danniang still came out from Zhou's house.

Qiqing went to the battlefield to fight the rebels, which made Danniang feel uneasy in her heart, and she only hoped to hear the news of Qiqing's return as soon as possible.After living in Qiqing's small courtyard in Xuanyangfang, Danniang felt a little more at peace.

For nearly two months, Tanniang never left home, sitting in front of the loom every day, and devoted herself to weaving.It seems that when Qiqing bought this loom, he knew that Tanniang would sit here one day.

In the rhythm of the "squeak" sound of the wooden loom, as the shuttle in her hands kept shuttling, Tanniang and the loom became a time-calculating machine, running at a leisurely pace every day.Finally, under her dexterous hands, the tens of thousands of silk threads were transformed into pieces of exquisite silk fabrics.

Danniang wrapped the finished pieces of brocade with old cloth, changed into a new suit, and went out with Sun Mama to Dongshi Street.

At this time, the sun was rising high and the streets were bustling with activity. Tanniang came to a store with her grandma.After looking at the store sign "Wufu Silk and Satin Shop" at the door, Tanniang walked up the steps and entered the store.

A short, fat man in a dark green robe with longevity pattern was taking care of the goods in the store.His face is so clean that everyone who enters his shop and sees him feels that there is not a single hair on his face.His face and his clothes are just like the arrangement of the goods in his store, clean and tidy.

"Shopkeeper, please take a look..." Tanniang said, putting the package in her hand on the cabinet in front of the man and opening it.

The shopkeeper of the "Wufu Silk and Satin Shop", after Tanniang opened the package, his eyes lit up, he moved over, carefully looked at the several colorful brocades in front of him, and asked road:

"Do you want to sell?"

"What do you think, can you accept it?" Dan Niang looked at the shopkeeper and asked.

"Here are four hundred Wen for you, I'll take these!" said the shopkeeper.

Upon hearing this, Danniang realized that the price was far from what she wanted, so she said:

"Four hundred Wen is too low, please add more."

"The price I offered is already very high. There are many such things now! How about this, I will give you five hundred cash. If it is okay, we will make a deal. If it is not good, you can look elsewhere." The shopkeeper said.

Danniang lowered her head and hesitated, this was the first time she went to the street alone to sell the things she wove.It was sold once or twice in Luoyang City before, and Uncle Lu and Qiqing accompanied them, and Uncle Lu discussed the price with the shopkeeper.

Although before Qiqing left, she took out all her money and house deeds to be handed over to her for safekeeping, but that day, Danniang didn't take over the money box, and Qiqing didn't insist on asking her to keep it, so she let it go. Back in the cabinet.

Later, when Qiqing left, she handed over all the silver taels she had accumulated to Sun Ma, and asked Sun Ma to hand over those silver taels and the house deed to Danniang in case something happened to her after she went out to war.

Ever since Sun Ma took care of the valuables that Qiqing entrusted to her, a stone has been hanging in her heart. She is worried every day. The things I gave her were lost because I didn't take care of them for a while, or I was worried that the key on the cabinet was lost.

After Danniang came out from the Zhou Mansion to live here, Sun Ma simply handed over all those things to Danniang and asked Danniang to keep them.In this way, the stone in Mama Sun's heart fell to the ground.

But after Tanniang moved into this small courtyard, she only took some of the money and used it to buy silk thread and some cloth.For the rest, she didn't move a dime, because she thought that Qiqing had exchanged her own life for the money in recent years.

When leaving the Zhou mansion, Danniang took the gold and silver jewelry that Zhou Zhongxian had given her before, and she didn't take any of the Lingluo clothes. She put them away neatly, and then took the door and left.

There are only a few scattered coins, which are a little money she has saved on weekdays.For more than two months, she and grandma used the little money they had saved for their daily living expenses.And that money is now gone.

"The two of us still have to eat. How can five hundred cash be enough for the next few months? If you don't sell it...forget it. If you sell it this time, go back and stay up all night to knit more."

Danniang thought of this, and was about to do business with the shopkeeper, when she saw a woman who came in before them and was looking at the materials in the shop.The woman picked up the brocade woven by Danniang to look at it, and the shopkeeper raised his eyes to look at the woman with displeasure.

Daniang saw that the woman was dressed in gorgeous clothes, gorgeous makeup, and a plump and graceful figure. She knew that she was a woman from a rich family, but she didn't know what she was going to do, and she didn't say anything.

The woman unfolded the brocade and took a closer look, and the two maids behind her also came to watch from behind.I saw that on the different background colors of blue, white, red and yellow in the brocade, vivid patterns such as snow plums in winter, orchids in spring, peonies in summer, and chrysanthemums in autumn were woven.The brocade fabric is smooth and delicate, the texture on it is tight and fine, and the colors are bright.

"Such an exquisite weaver, what a top-quality fabric!" Seeing the two maids, they couldn't help praising them.

"Shopkeeper, you said that there are a lot of fabrics like this now, why haven't I seen a few of them in your store?" the woman said, "If you don't want it—girl, you can sell it to me for a thousand cash!"

Dan Niang was startled when she heard this, and looked at the woman.

"Everything comes first, first served. She is going to sell it to me. What are you doing? I want a thousand cash." The shopkeeper said anxiously.

"[-] Wen, what do you think, girl?" the woman said again.

"Hey, they said I want it, why are you still increasing the price?" The shopkeeper hurriedly said, and he said to Dan Niang: "[-] Wen, I want it, so it's settled." ——Fu Sheng, Get the money now!"

The clerk in the store agreed, and hurriedly took [-] Wen from the cash drawer and sent it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper put the money in front of Danniang and said, "This is [-] money, you take it away." After he finished speaking, he took the brocade back.

Seeing this, the woman said, "What a pity, what a pity!" Then she left the shop with two maids.

Dan Niang asked Sun Ma to collect the money, and then the two walked out of the shop.After going out, Sun Ma said:

"This shopkeeper is too deceitful!"

"Thanks to that woman!"

Dan Niang took two quick steps, followed up, bowed lightly to the woman, and said:

"Just now, thank you so much!"

"It's a trivial matter, don't say thank you, I don't know what to call the girl?" The woman laughed.

"My name is Dan Niang."

"My surname is Liu, and my small character is Xirong. Did you weave those?"

"It was made by our girl!" Sun Ma said from the side.

"Daniang, you have such a superb craftsmanship, I really admire you!"

"You flatter me!"

"My home is in Yanfufang, where is your home?" Xi Rong asked while walking.

Danniang told her her address, and Xirong said after hearing this:

"Your home is very close to the East Market. As far as I know, the people who live there are usually officials in the imperial court. Why do you sell brocade? It seems that you are in great need of it just now. money?"

"The little girl sells brocade, but she is self-sufficient!" Danniang said.

Xi Rong stopped in front of a large ox cart, and asked Dan Niang:

"Where are you going now?"

"We're going back. If it's convenient for you, you can come and sit with me!"

"Is it convenient to pay a sudden visit?" Xi Rong asked with a smile.

"Why is it inconvenient, thank you very much just now!"

"That's great," Xi Rong sat in the carriage, and said to Dan Niang: "Come on!"

Danniang got into Xirong's Qixiang car, and Mama Sun followed.In the car, Xirong asked Danniang her age again. After Danniang told her zodiac sign, Xirong also reported her own age, but it turned out that Xirong was three years older than Danniang, so she told Danniang Comparable to my sister.

At home, Tanniang invites Xirong to sit down, and then serves refreshments.

"How many people are there in my sister's family?" Xi Rong asked.

"Three people, Sunma and I, and a half-sister, Qiqing, who went to the front to fight more than three months ago."

"Why, are there still women going to fight?" Xi Rong asked.

Dan Niang smiled.

"Sister, who did you learn from?" Xi Rong asked, walked to the loom under the right window, and said, "This loom is not ordinary!"

"When I was young, my mother taught me some weaving and embroidery skills when she was alive. Later, I didn't have any masters to teach me, so I figured out how to sew and mend it by myself until now. This loom belongs to my sister with a different surname, Qi Qing. What I bought." Tan Niang also walked to the loom and said.

"Dan Niang, you are very talented in weaving and embroidery!" Xi Rong praised sincerely, "Besides, I think your sister with a different surname, Qi Qing, loves you very much and can buy you such a high-priced loom."

Dan Niang looked at the red lacquer loom and just smiled.

☆, Mrs. Du's family