Yu Yuan put Yu Tang and Xiang Shi in the inn, and took Xia Pinggui to Ping'an Restaurant to inquire about the news. Yu Tang was not idle either, she sent Miki out: "You go and inquire about Jiang's affairs, the more detailed the better." She also gave him dozens of copper coins, "Don't feel bad about money, buy a fried bag for someone. Melon seeds, sugar snap peas, etc."
Miki had heard Ah Shao brag in private, saying that he never did anything empty-handed for the eldest lady. He was very envious at the time. Of course, he was not envious of Ah Shao's rewards, but envied Ah Shao's ability to gain the trust of his boss. Now that he also had the chance, he was naturally overjoyed, he responded happily, carefully put the copper coins into his purse, and ran away.
Xiangshi looked at it and said with a smile: "After all, I am still a little younger, and I am not calm enough to do things. I need to hone it for a few years."
Yu Tang flattered his sister-in-law with a smile: "With my sister-in-law here, why worry that he won't be able to learn the skills?"
"How can I be as good as you said?" Xiang's face turned red.
The aunt and sister-in-law joked a few words with each other.
Xiangshi proposed to go out for a stroll: "If you don't go far, just take a look around."
The inn they lived in was also on Canal Street, which was very lively and bustling.
Yu Tang naturally wanted to accompany him.
The two went to Huanchai, changed into coarse clothes, covered their heads, and left the inn with Shuangtao and Xia Lian.
There was a silk seller next to them, and the two of them went in for a long time to shop, and bought two bolts of white silk, two bolts of white silk, and four bolts of hang silk with folded branches, and sent them to the inn for autumn shirts. As a result, they left the silk and satin shop, and saw a shop selling rouge and gouache diagonally opposite, Xiangshi got excited, and took Yu Tang to buy hair oil and face cream, and planned to bring some back for Wang and Chen.
Yu Tang was a widow in his previous life, and he was particular about simple and elegant dress. Now she is at the same age as Hua, clothes are easy to talk about, but she really doesn't know how to make up. Usually, she only needs to smear lip balm at most, which is considered grand. But what girl doesn't like to dress up? Yu Tang kept a plain face, but it was just because he was afraid that he could not draw well, and would be laughed at by others as "ugly people often do weird things". Hearing what Xiangshi said at this time, and looking at Xiangshi's clean and tidy makeup, looking at the radiant Looking at her face, she couldn't help but whispered to Xiangshi: "Sister-in-law, can you teach me how to do makeup? I, I don't know how to do this."
Xiangshi looked at Yu Tang in surprise, squeezed her face with a smile on her lips, and said: "You still need to put on makeup like this, and let us live. You, don't be blind." Toss it, just put on lip balm like now, and put on makeup, why not paint?"
When the two of them were talking, they would inevitably ignore the people and things around them, so Xiangshi bumped into someone suddenly. The other party let out a coquettish "Ouch", and Xiangshi and Yu Tang apologized repeatedly before they could see the person clearly. When they looked up, they realized that Xiangshi had bumped into a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, wearing a half-new dress. The old ones are full of golden beards, almond eyes and peach cheeks. She is very beautiful, but her eyes are rolling away. She holds a box of rouge in her hand and stands there enchantingly. There is a bit of frivolity in her beauty, not like A woman raised in a boudoir.
Yu Tang was dumbfounded.
Gao!
She actually met Gao Shi here.
This is really... evil fate!
But why is she here
Ordinary people will also go to Hangzhou City for shopping.
Yu Tang thought about it, and Xiang Shi over there said anxiously: "Miss, I'm sorry. Where did I hit you? Is it okay?" Then he looked up and looked around for a while, and told Xia Lian, "Quickly go and ask, look at this Is there a medical clinic nearby, let's take this lady to the medical clinic to have a look!"
But before Xia Lian agreed, a man came over, supported Gao, and asked eagerly, "What happened?"
Gao looked pitifully at the tall and handsome man in front of him with his big watery eyes and choked up, "Brother, I was hit, it hurts so much!"
Brother? !
Yu Tang carefully looked at the man whom Gao called elder brother, but no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't remember when he had seen this man.
Hearing the words, the man immediately stopped Gao Shi behind, and said displeasedly: "What do you think?"
My sister was bumped, shouldn't I first ask where the bump happened and how it went? Why do you look like you're about to quarrel
Yu Tang and Xiang Shi were a little confused, Gao Shi watched, pulled the man's sleeve immediately, and said in a low voice: "I'm fine, I'm fine. Let's go back early! lest the shopkeeper find you later."
Hearing this, the man's momentum disappeared immediately, and he turned his head and said to Gao Shi in a gentle voice: "Okay, then let's go back first." After speaking, he gave Yu Tang and Xiang Shi a hard look, hugged Gao Shi and swaggered away.
Xia Lian stomped her feet angrily, and said, "Who is that! I can see clearly that it was she who bumped into the eldest mistress and miss while walking, as if we had bumped into her. It was also the eldest mistress Miss He is so kind... "
"Okay!" Xiangshi stopped her and said, "It's fine as long as it's okay. It's dangerous to go on a boat and a horse. We must be modest and cautious when we are outside. If we can't make trouble, we don't make trouble. Since everyone is fine, let's treat it as a misunderstanding. Well, don't say any more."
Xia Lian didn't dare to say anything more, and Xiangshi dragged Yu Tang into the rouge shop.
But Yu Tang kept thinking about that man and the rouge in Gao's hand.
In the previous life, Gao seemed to have been using this kind of rouge all the time.
Yu Tang carefully looked at the items sold in the shop, and saw the kind of rouge in Gao's hand. She asked the clerk in the store: "How do you sell this rouge?"
The clerk smiled and said, "This is the signboard in our shop. It's called Sanyue Peach Blossom. After applying this rouge, my face looks like a peach blossom..."
Yu Tang interrupted the waiter and said, "How much is a box of silver."
The clerk didn't dare to sell any more, and immediately said, "Five taels a box."
Yu Tang took a deep breath.
But the guy laughed and said, "Don't think it's expensive, there is a reason why it's so expensive..."
Yu Tang's thoughts could not help drifting to the previous life.
Gao has a dowry, but her dowry is not much, and Yu Yuan didn't make any money in the early years. At least from her point of view, it is impossible for Gao to be able to use this kind of rouge all year round.
Yu Tang was in a mess, he pulled himself together and bought some things with Xiangshi and went back to the inn.
Yu Yuan asked someone to bring a letter, saying that he would not come back for dinner at night, and Miki, who went to Jiang's house to inquire about the news, hurried back to the inn when it was time to light the lamp.
Yu Tang and Xiang Shi had already had dinner, and they met Miki in Yu Yuan's guest room.
He drank half a cup of tea out of breath, and then happily talked about the Jiang family with the two: "I have found out everything. They live in Xiaosuhang Lane not far from here. The current head of the Jiang family His name is Jiang Chao, but he is only 22 or 3 years old. When he was 16 years old, his father died, and he sold his father's boat to run with his uncle. Within two years, he bought another boat. He began to work alone with a big boat, which was bigger than the one his father left him. Just two months ago, he suddenly said that he would form a boat to go to Sulu, and he also raised shares from everyone. Everyone thought he was whimsical, and the people who bought the shares were different. There are many, but there are many people who read jokes."
Yu Tang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "I asked you to inquire about Jiang's family, what do you think he bought shares for?"
Miki got off topic, touched his head and smiled embarrassingly, and said: "I have also found out about their family. Jiang Chao is neither married nor engaged. He only has one younger sister. The family got engaged and got married last year. Now he and his widowed mother live in a three-entry house, with seven or eight servants serving them..."
Jiang Ling, are you married already
Yu Tang was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Then have you ever heard about Jiang's aunt?"
Miki nodded repeatedly, and said: "I've heard of it. They said that their aunt was unlucky, and she married Chongxi, but who knows that my uncle's illness is getting worse and worse. Her mother-in-law sometimes talks about it with her neighbors. Said that I regretted letting Jiang's aunt go to celebrate the wedding."
Not to mention Yu Tang, even Xiangshi frowned upon hearing this.
Yu Tang sighed in his heart.
She said: "Then can you find out where Jiang's aunts usually go?"
Miki said: "I have made it clear. It is said that the old lady of the Jiang family is not in good health these days. The aunt of the Jiang family will go back to her mother's house every morning and evening to have a look. The rest of the time is spent at home serving the husband."
Yu Tang felt that Miki was quite good at handling things, so he praised him a few words, not to mention a dozen copper coins, and asked Shuangtao to bring a plate of braised pork, a plate of sweet and sour fish, and a plate of stir-fried amaranth. He made dinner.
Miki was happy, thanked again and again, and retreated to eat.
Xiangshi asked Yu Tang worriedly: "What are you going to do?"
Yu Tang smiled and said: "If brother comes back and says that Jiang's business can be done, I'm going to look for Jiang's aunt. After all, we are female relatives, so we can't go directly to Jiang Chao!"
Xiangshi worried: "Grandma Jiang's aunt doesn't go out, how can you see her?"
Yu Tang laughed loudly, and said: "We are doing business in a serious manner. If you want to see Jiang Ling, you can just ask for it. Why can't you see her? Even if she doesn't want to see me, I just ask a few more times and it will be done." , it must not be difficult, right?"
Xiangshi wants to say that things are not as simple and easy as you imagined, but when the words come to his lips, if you think about Yu Tang's words carefully, there is really a little truth in them.
She had no choice but to wait patiently for Yu Yuan to come back.
After Yu Yuan came back, he laughed hehe, and said to Xiangshi: "My sister, who can use five percent of her strength, never needs ten percent. Don't mention it, I think her lazy method is quite good." After finishing speaking , he held Xiangshi's face and kissed it with a "snap", which made Xiangshi's deer slam into each other but blushed like blood.
"Don't be like this, is there anyone else here?" After she complained softly, she asked Yu Yuan, "Should I call A-mei over now?"
"Call me over here!" Yu Yuan smiled, "We still have things to do tomorrow."
Xiang Shi personally invited Yu Tang.
The three sat down at the round table, Yu Yuan poured tea for them himself, and then told Yu Tang what he saw today.