As soon as the two of them walked to the door, Brother Shi Jiu suddenly remembered something, and looked back at Chang'an carefully: "Xue'er, since the first time we met, you have been wearing a gauze hat and a veil, and I haven't seen you before." Your appearance. If you just listen to your voice, you should be a handsome girl."
"After all, the imperial palace is where the emperors and concubines live. Those who can enter the palace must be beautiful. Think about yourself, do you meet this standard? Excuse my uncle for being rude, can you take off your hat now and take off your veil Open, let uncle take a look?"
Rong Changan never had any doubts about his appearance.
"I still met Aunt Wang, I'll take off my hat again."
Brother Shi Jiu thought for a while and nodded: "That's right, that's right! It's uncle who is in a hurry."
Then he took Rong Changan out of the door, creaked the door shut, walked out of the alleyway one after the other, came to the street, and walked to a wooden attic facing the street. The door downstairs was closed, Brother Shi Jiu knocked: "Aunt Wang, are you there?"
After yelling twice, Aunt Wang poked her head out of the upstairs, and when she saw that it was Brother Shi Jiu, there was a look of disdain in her eyes.
"Yo, who do I think it is? So it's Brother Shi Jiu! What kind of wind brought you here?" There was some mockery between the words.
Brother Shi Jiu didn't care either, and said with a smile, "I didn't come here to take advantage of business!"
Aunt Wang twisted her mouth and said, "What business can you help me with?"
Brother Shi Jiu: "It's cold in the street, why don't we open the door and let's talk upstairs."
Aunt Wang said very displeasedly: "Okay, wait a little bit!"
After a long time, Aunt Wang went downstairs and opened the door. At this time, an old man and a young woman came out of the house. Brother Shi Jiu knew seven or eight at a glance.
Aunt Wang must have introduced women to widowers!
Aunt Wang smiled all over her face: "Boss Yang, do you think Yuying is handsome? Can this work be done?"
That Boss Yang was also grinning, and squinted at the woman lewdly: "Cheng, Cheng, such a handsome girl, why don't I like it!"
Aunt Wang: "As long as you are satisfied!" She asked the woman again, "Yuying, what do you mean?"
Yuying wears heavy makeup, her face is full of spring, charming and charming, she looks like a woman who came out of a brothel and wants to be good. When her looks are fading, selling herself out in time and finding a good home is something she can't wait for. Besides, Boss Yang is a rich man, how can she be unhappy.
"Mother Wang, I have no objections!"
Aunt Wang smiled and said, "Look at you, you are really talented and beautiful! Since you have no objections, we will talk about the dowry when we come back next time!"
Boss Yang: "Okay, okay! I will never forget the benefits of Aunt Wang. Farewell!"
Yuying also said deeply to Aunt Wang: "I'm going back too, Mama Wang, just leave now!"
Boss Yang and Yuying, one behind the other, left the Wang family.
Aunt Wang glanced at Rong Changan: "What are you doing?"
Brother Shi Jiu was a little annoyed at Aunt Wang's indifference: "Why don't we go upstairs and say, it's cold here."
Aunt Wang smiled coldly: "Ninth brother, do you still remember what you said last time? Now you come to beg me? Come on, what's the matter, don't delay my time."
As he spoke, he took out a handful of melon seeds from his sleeve, threw them into his mouth and chewed them.
Brother Shi Jiu: "I told you to take advantage of the business. If you don't want to make money, then I'll leave."
Pull Rong Changan and leave. Aunt Wang wanted to vent her anger at first, but when she saw Brother Shi Jiu turn around to leave, she hurriedly pulled him back. She can't get along with anyone, and she can't get along with money.
"Brother Shi Jiu, I'm joking, don't take it seriously! Then let's go upstairs and talk."
The three of them came upstairs, Wang Po boiled a pot of hot tea and poured it for Brother Shi Jiu and Rong Chang'an. Afterwards, she sat down, looked at Rong Changan, and asked Brother Shi Jiu:
"Ninth brother, are you going to choose a husband for the girl next to me?"
Brother Shi Jiu waved his hand: "No."
Wang Po: "Could it be that you choose your own wife for Brother Shi Jiu?"
Brother Shi Jiu snorted, with sullen eyes on his face: "I'm so old, if I find a woman to make noise, I'll die early! It's better to live quietly by myself."
Aunt Wang chuckled: "If you have the first time with a woman, you won't feel that women are noisy. It's neither choosing a wife for you nor a husband for her. What do you want from me?"
Brother Shi Jiu said: "Didn't you say a few days ago that some people in the palace asked you to find a few palace servants for them to enter the palace? Have you found enough people now?"
Aunt Wang frowned, struggling with her old face: "Oh, it's okay if you don't say it, but if you say it, I'll worry! There are still three or four people left. I've already agreed to the father-in-law in the palace, what can I do now?" That's good!—Brother Shi Jiu, could it be that she..."
Brother Shi Jiu pointed to Rong Changan and said, "She is my niece Xue'er, and she wants to enter the palace to find a job that can support her. Aunt Wang, take a look, can you bring her into the palace?"
Aunt Wang knocked on the melon seeds, squinting at Rong Changan: "Entering the palace is no different than anything else, but you can't be careless. Because you have to serve either the queen or the concubine, if there is any mistake, you will ask for help." I don’t know, what kind of person are you? Diligent or not? Clean hands and feet? If I recommend the wrong person, I will be punished.”
Brother Shi Jiu said: "Don't worry about that, my niece is absolutely diligent and clean, and she is honest and careful, there is no problem in serving the people in the palace."
Aunt Wang: "Furthermore, this palace is full of dignified people, and the girl has to be handsome and good-looking, not the kind of shameless person..." She said and glanced at Rong Changan again, the meaning was obvious, like Rong A person like Chang An, who wears a gauze hat and refuses to show his face, must not look much better.
Brother Shi Jiu also had this worry: "Xue'er, why don't you take off the gauze hat and veil now, and let Aunt Wang have a look to see if you can enter the palace."
Aunt Wang smiled and said: "Confucius said that judging a person by appearance is the lost child. This shows that the old master Confucius also judges appearance. In this society, who doesn't judge appearance? So, Xueer, take off your gauze hat and let your aunt take a look." , water spirit is not water spirit."
Rong Changan then stood up, stretched out his jade hand, untied the tassel of the hat, took off the gauze hat, and put it on the table, but a black mask was still covering his face.
Aunt Wang: "Quick, take off the mask too!"
But Rong Changan put his hand back again and unfastened the buckle of the veil. Aunt Wang and Brother Shi Jiu were dumbfounded!
Only when the veil was half-fallen, Rong Changan half-exposed his face, his skin was creamy and could be broken by blowing bullets, his not-thin-not-thick lips were as red as cherries, like the hazy moon in the light clouds, like the snow returning in the wind .
When the veil was all off, a cold and beautiful face was revealed in front of Aunt Wang and Brother Shi Jiu. All the words in the world were paled in front of her bright eyes and bright teeth.
This is a brand new face, a face made up with a human skin mask, it is no longer Rong Changan, but Xueer.
Aunt Wang couldn't help clapping her hands: "Oh, there is such an outstanding woman in the world. My Aunt Wang has seen her all her life, but she has never met her! What a pity, what a pity!"
Brother Shi Jiu came back to his senses and asked Aunt Wang, "What do you mean by pity?"
"Xue'er is beautiful, but she has a bad background. If she has a good background, let alone a talented person, even a noble concubine, I guess you have a role to play!"
He sighed three times in one sentence, and the sighs in his mouth continued, splashing out the melon seeds in his mouth.
Brother Shi Jiu also felt sorry: "Girl, you... have such an appearance, why do you want to enter the palace to serve others? Wouldn't it be better to find a good family outside?"
Rong Chang'an said: "Aunt Wang is right. I have a bad background and I am looked down upon by others. I will go to the palace and be next to concubines and empresses. When I come out, I can pretend to be a tiger, to earn face for my parents, and let others look down on me again." Don’t even dare to look down on our family.”