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"A few flaws can be repaired in a few days, so the princess can rest assured." The owner of Zhenbaozhai held the pearls made of thin silver threads in his palm, put them under the candlestick and squinted his eyes. After flipping through it, she smiled at Rou Ke who was showing anxiety in front of her eyes.

Rou Ke nodded, and said softly: "Then I will trouble you."

Qiao Qing who was behind hurriedly took out the deposit to pay the boss. After Rou Ke received the receipt, she still stared at the string of pearls on the counter that had accidentally broken through a gap, her steps never moving a bit.

Seeing this, the boss understood, smiled and took out a white glazed bowl from the wooden grid in the corner, and pointed to the decorations in it: "Look, princess, this bowl was originally on the eighth day of April during the Buddha Bathing Festival. It was bought at the stall of Ci'en Temple. Although there is a crack here, the color and texture are excellent. You should know that the firing process is extremely intensive. I bought it back and sewed and filled the leak day and night, and filled the bottom of the bowl on a whim. He wrote a few words—" He turned the white glazed bowl over, and saw that the bottom was really printed with six vermilion seal characters of "Three Years of Chunhua". "

My young lady still looked worried, Qiao Qing said bluntly: "If you can repair it, hurry up and fix it now, don't sell melons and boast to the old lady here!"

After all, Zhenbaozhai is a century-old store that has been passed down from generation to generation. The boss blushed at Qiaoqing's words, poked the innocent bowl angrily, blew his beard and stared: "Why am I just selling myself? You don't go to the neighborhood either." Ask me, when did Zhenbaozhai take over the business beyond our capabilities? If you say it can be repaired, it can be repaired! Even if you put a knife on my neck, I am old and dizzy and I can’t see clearly. Wait for a day and a half.' Under the guise of Zhenbaozhai, can you still grow your legs and run away by yourself?"

Qiao Qing is also unreasonable and hot-tempered, ignoring Rou Ke's hinting and admonishing eyes, raised her eyebrows on her hips and said angrily: "I don't know if the guise hanging at the door of your shop has long legs or not, so I don't know! If it wasn't for the fact that Zhuangzi's shop under the mansion closed early and went to several jewelry shops but no one accepted the job, why did you come to your place where you don't want to shit?"

Rou Ke frowned into a "Chuan" character, and softly reprimanded: "Don't make trouble for no reason."

Qiaoqing got angry, and the master's words were blown away from his ears, and then shrunk his shoulders and saw that the boss was gloating, and he pointed at the string of pearls angrily: "Do you dare to say that you are not boasting? This Do you know where the pearls are produced? Be careful not to scare your guts out by telling me!"

The boss was startled, glanced at the string of pearls, and then sneered a few times: "Isn't the utensils and accessories used by the royal family just for nothing? Even if these pearls come from the shallows near the coast of Gyeonggi, if the girl insists that they are top-grade tributes from Ryukyu Island, I will How dare you deny it? Why bother to bully others with words?"

The situation was inexplicably deadlocked, Rou Ke took a step forward and bowed slightly: "It's because I value this thing very much, and I regard it as my life. My girl is also anxious in her heart when she sees it in her eyes, and her words are inappropriate for a while, I hope you adults don't care about villains , don’t get acquainted with her.”

The princess, who was beautiful and beautiful, apologized in person, and the anger in the boss's heart dissipated immediately. He hurriedly lowered his knees, waved his hands, and said, "I can't do it, I can't do it." He twirled his beard for a while, and continued, "To be honest, I only repaired something exactly like this string of pearls in midsummer last year, so I agreed easily before, and I never wanted this girl to be regarded as a mediocre person who is greedy for money."

Qiao Qing is just a little maidservant in the palace, the boss respects her very much by calling her a girl, although she doesn't know how sincere she is, but she doesn't want to make a mistake, after getting this explanation, she lowered her eyebrows and lowered her hands in a pleasing way, Keep silent.

Rou Ke didn't show joy when she heard this, but wondered: "Exactly the same?" She thought for a while, then chuckled, "Pearls are big or small, and the grades of upper, middle, and lower can only be judged by their mellowness." Distinguish between the luster? Boss, you may have misread it at the time? This string of pearls, plus this silver thread, are only three strings in the Jin Dynasty alone, and there is nothing redundant."

Even if she meant to refute in her words, she tried her best to be humble and soft, and there was a bit of discussion, not arbitrary/resolute, which sounded quite pleasing to the ear.The boss nodded secretly in his heart, thinking of the few gossips he heard in the past about the rough marriage of the princess, he felt a little regretful, bowed and smiled and said: "I've been in charge of this small shop for most of my life, and I don't have the ability to get involved How dare you make a fool of yourself in this capital city of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon? They really are exactly the same, not the slightest difference."

"Then...can the boss reveal which dignitary it is?"

The boss's throat moved, and he was about to blurt out following Rou Ke's impatient eyes. He seemed to think of something, pinched his fingers to hold it back, and then smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! The rules of the shop cannot be broken. At that time, I promised to keep it secret, but I swore three fingers to my ancestors, so I dare not break it easily!"

Rou Ke calmed down and lingered on him patiently for about a stick of incense, seeing that he still hadn't let go, she finally thanked him and took Qiao Qing to leave.

"A gentleman should be slow in words and quick in deeds, think before he gets angry next time." Rou Ke and Qiao Qing walked on the wide bluestone streets, preaching softly.

Qiao Qing muttered, "Slaves are not gentlemen."

Rou Ke stopped, looked at her from the side, and still whispered softly: "Gentle, courteous and thrifty, you can be called a gentleman if you have one word, there is no difference between men and women."

Qiaoqing grew up in the palace since she was a child. Although she was a high-status domestic slave, she had accumulated a few lifetimes of virtue in serving Rou Ke before she could learn a few big characters, but she didn't understand the truth deeply.Normally, she must rely on Rou Ke to teach herself vividly by quoting the scriptures, but today, the string of pearls fell on the ground and broke during dinner, and then she got the specious clue again in Zhenbaozhai. Shen Suo was extremely distressed, so he didn't dare to disturb her mind any more, so he obediently said yes.

After turning a few long streets, you will be not far from Prince Yu's Mansion.

Unexpectedly, a few thick and gloomy dark clouds suddenly rolled across the sky, pressed together in one place, and rain fell with a splash.

It doesn't feel bad for my lowly body to be exposed to the rain, but how can Rouke bear it?

Qiao Qing dragged Rou Ke to hide under the eaves, looking around for restaurants and teahouses where she could take shelter from the rain.

The two drinkers ran past them lavishly, kicking and splashing a few strings of water.Qiaoqing has sharp eyes, and he can see where the seal on the wine jar came from in an instant, and then looked a few feet away, and there was a faint "Hui Xian" on the lantern in front of the door, which was swaying in the wind and rain. Lou" three black characters?

"Hey! Shopkeeper, do you have a brazier?" Qiao Qing entered the store and shouted loudly.

He found another seat sheltered from the wind, wiped the tables, chairs and benches with his dry sleeves, and was about to invite Rou Ke to come over and take a seat, warming up by the fire, not to catch a cold and get sick, but he saw her standing there like a green pine, staring at a certain place.

Qiao Qing looked around, but saw that it wasn't just Rou Ke, the guests and even the staff in the entire Huixian Building were all watching the fun with their chins resting on their chins, and couldn't help but stare dumbly and intently.

"Wu Yechi?" The woman holding the pipa in her arms paused for a moment, and after a while, she plucked the strings sadly, "The forest flowers withered in spring, too hastily..."

"Bang!" Tang Ci smashed the wine jar, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant was frightened by the sudden loud noise that she was going to go crazy with alcohol. Tangci shook his head, smirked and shook his index finger at the woman who also looked shocked: "Not this song, you can't sing, let me do it."

"My family's talents are so poor that adults laugh at me." I don't know if she is proficient at Pipa, how can she sing while playing the flute?The bamboo flute on his waist looked even more pointed at this moment. After the woman finished speaking, she saw that there was nothing she could do to help, so she had to stand still.

Tang Ci turned the wine bowls upside down on the table, and the wine bowls stood as they were.

The chopsticks barrel was too far away, and she might not be able to reach it when she was sitting. She stood up with a smile, and felt dizzy for a while and almost fell down. Fortunately, the woman helped her up quickly.

Rou Ke, who was a few steps behind Tang Ci, frowned slightly, and retracted the half of her outstretched foot.There were endless ridicules around her, and she glanced around lukewarmly, drawing everyone's attention and criticism to herself before giving up.

During the years of refusing to marry and marry someone else, he often showed his face for the sake of the palace's internal affairs, and was ridiculed and ridiculed.

Shaking out a handful of wooden chopsticks, Tang Ci grabbed them casually, holding two pairs in his left hand and three in his right hand. His figure was precariously precarious, which looked very funny.

Her eyes blurred, the wooden chopsticks hit her arm, she threw the chopsticks and hugged her arm and screamed for pain, her voice was weak like a woman's, causing all the spectators to laugh again like watching a monkey show.

The woman leaned down and taught her to hold a chopstick in one hand again, and tapped the edge of the bowl lightly, and only let go after hearing a crisp "ding".

Even when he was drunk, Tang Ci was extremely intelligent, and immediately followed the same pattern and knocked on the bottom of the bowls on both sides and the wooden table a few times, then raised his voice and babbled and sang: "Last night it was windy and rainy, and the curtains rustled in autumn. Candle residues and leaks break the pillow frequently, making it difficult to sit up and down.”

Say yes to sing, no tone to adjust the beat, it is more appropriate to classify it as read or fear.It's just that the lyrics are called melodies, and the lyrics are written according to the rhythm of the lyrics.

In addition, Tang Ci was extremely devoted, and his expression was so sad that the laughter and laughter gradually stopped, and he was actually immersed in inexplicable sadness.

With a sigh and a self-deprecating sneer, Tang Ci loosened his fingers, and the wooden chopsticks fell from it.

Seeing her holding on to the wine jar, she murmured to herself with blurred eyes: "Things in the world follow the flowing water, and it's like a dream. The road to the drunken country should be frequent, and besides-it's unbearable."

For a long while, the sound of sobbing and sobbing spread from her mouth, which seemed to be absent, only revealing the trembling back that was suppressed by others.

The woman pursed her lips, wanting to step forward to comfort her. At this moment, the luxuriously dressed girl who had gone to the shop to shelter from the rain stepped forward.Seeing her eyes fixed on Tang Ci, the woman knew that she should be someone she knew well, so she took a few steps back tactfully.

The person who made my heart hurt just a moment ago is close at hand, and the eyes of the public are also staring at him, and he may be made up to make up some bad words.Thinking of this, Rou Ke felt timid again, hesitated for a while, then raised her hand to caress Tang Ci's back, and comforted softly: "Young Master Tang, a man never sheds his tears lightly."

Rou Ke herself didn't understand why she sang the song "Wu Ye Cry" sobbingly, but she felt trembling all over, and felt a chill from the bottom of her heart. point.

Tang Ci was taken aback suddenly, tears and snot dripped down his lips and he didn't have time to wipe them away, he turned his head to look at the person passing by with red eyes, stared blankly for a long time, staring at Rou Ke's cheeks became hot, and suddenly a smile broke out on his face, He threw himself into her arms, embraced her slender waist, and whispered dreamily: "Ah Wei."

Although the voice was soft, Rou Ke could hear it clearly, her heart skipped a beat, A Wan, A Wan, A Wan...or...A Wei?

When he met Tang Ci's distracted but foolishly dedicated eyes, and then traced his browbones, mouth and nose carefully, he was shocked again.