Practice has shown that whether in ancient times or modern times, girls are always slow to go out.
Before going out, Li Shu said that she would go to the backyard to tidy up and come back soon. Then Zhu Pingan and the two children waited for almost half an hour before Li Shu and the maid Baozi finally arrived.
Putting on makeup, dressing up, and changing clothes should be the same as what modern girls do before going out.
Li Shu should have put on light makeup, which made her pretty face look even whiter, tenderer and more delicate. Her eyebrows were long and slender like a painting. It seemed that there was a method of drawing eyeliner in ancient times. After outlining with dark black, Li Shu's eyes seemed bigger and brighter than before, like a pool of clear water; her cherry lips were slightly upturned, with a seductive smile, which added a bit of charm.
Her black hair was also changed into a princess bun, on which was pinned a purple swan hairpin that was intricately carved and inlaid with purple crystals. A string of agate tassels hung down from the hairpin, which was dazzling and made Li Shu look even more radiant.
By the way, why did this girl change into new clothes again? A light green slanting-collar top, a light red skirt, a pink and white satin ribbon tied around her waist, and her sleeves fluttering... It seems that I have never seen this girl wear the same clothes twice.
Who could afford to marry such a spendthrift girl? Zhu Ping'an curled his lips.
"What are you looking at, huh..."
Li Shu was walking over from a distance and caught a glimpse of Zhu Ping'an looking at her with his eyes wide open. She was delighted but her pretty face was raised proudly and a heavy nasal sound came from her nose.
Compared with Li Shu, the little maid Baozi was much plainer. Although she was also dressed up, she pales in comparison to Li Shu.
"Fifth sister is so beautiful. I want to be like her when I grow up..."
The little Lolita girl had a very sweet mouth, which made Li Shu smile. She pinched the little Lolita's face and gave her a light kiss.
Relatively speaking, naughty kids are not that sweet-talkers.
"Fifth sister, you are so slow. You didn't wet your pants, so why do you need to change clothes..." The naughty child Li Yangong put his hands behind his back and wrinkled his fat face. He was dissatisfied that he had walked for half an hour less.
"Hehe... Sister, please be faster next time."
Li Shu looked at the naughty kid with a smile and nodded vigorously. Then the naughty kid suddenly felt a cold feeling on his back. He turned his head and looked behind him but there was nothing. It was so strange.
In the Ming Dynasty, it was not like what people nowadays think that girls were not allowed to go out of the house. If that were the case, wouldn't there be only men on the streets? From Zhu Ping'an's experience in the Ming Dynasty, ordinary families, especially those from poor families, did not restrict girls from going out. In addition to the much greater separation between men and women than in modern times, they could also go out. Of course, the frequency was much less. In ordinary poor families, girls also needed to do housework and work, which could not be done without going out.
Girls from wealthy families rarely go out, but it is not absolutely forbidden. They go out in cars or sedan chairs to block the view of outsiders, which is also a constraint of feudal ethics. Of course, there are girls who wear veils or veils when going out, but this is not a mandatory requirement. Most of them are married young women.
Linhuai Hou had someone prepare a covered carriage for Zhu Ping'an and his men to use when they went out on the street. The carriage had a canopy and window screens to avoid the prying eyes of outsiders.
It was very lively at the feet of the emperor. Except for the Linhuai Marquis Mansion, which was across a street, the place became lively again. There were numerous shops, various vendors hawking goods, monkey trainers, martial arts performers, people breaking stones with their chests, and so on. It was overwhelming.
Practice has shown that when girls go shopping, they pay the most attention to clothes and jewelry...
Shuntian City also has ready-made clothing stores. The styles and quality are much better than those in other prefectures and counties. There are many stores and you can see one from time to time; as for jewelry stores, they are countless.
When the carriage reached the fifth clothing store, Li Shu could no longer hold back and finally got off the carriage with her maid Baozi. Although the little girl was small, she was no less fond of shopping than Li Shu, and she ran to the clothing store with her short legs. Zhu Ping'an had no choice but to follow her with the naughty child.
After visiting several clothing stores, Li Shu bought three sets for herself. She didn't care about the size because she didn't wear them anyway. She just bought them back for the embroiderer to make according to the styles. Li Shu also bought one set for the maid Baozi and two sets for the sweet-mouthed little Lolita.
Seeing the little girl holding two new sets of clothes beautifully, the naughty boy Li Yangong was so envious that his eyes turned green.
"Fifth sister, why did you buy two new sets of clothes for little sister Nuoer, but not buy any for me?" The naughty child couldn't help but raise his fat face, walked up to Li Shu, and complained to Li Shu with green eyes.
"Handsome people don't need to dress up."
Li Shu squatted down, touched the naughty kid's chubby face with her delicate hands, and spoke to him lovingly.
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Upon hearing this, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but laugh and cough. This was indeed the behavior of a sinister girl.
Who told you just now that she was slow, and why did she change clothes if she didn't wet her pants... ... Looking at the confused kid, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help laughing.
The clothing store is probably just a warm-up, and the jewelry store is probably the main course.
After visiting only two jewelry stores, Zhu Ping'an already had a lot of jewelry boxes in his hands, all of which were bought by Li Shu. As for Li Shu's reasons for buying things, Zhu Ping'an was also stunned.
"Hey, this hairpin looks nice...buy it."
"Oh, this earring is so cheap...buy it."
"Well, this hairpin isn't pretty, but it's very special... Buy it."
"Hey, the color of this hairpin is different from the one I just bought... Buy it."
"Look, the stamen of this hairpin is smaller than the one at home...buy it."
“Although this hairpin doesn’t look very good, I think I should buy it.”
All of this was fine. Zhu Ping'an even heard Li Shu say when she was looking at a pair of earrings: "Although these earrings are not good-looking and I don't like them, there seems to be a voice deep in my heart telling me to buy them."
The consequence of all the shopping was that Li Shu quickly spent all the money she brought with her, so much so that when she returned to the carriage to go shopping and saw a piece of mahogany jewelry sold at a simple stall on the street, she had no money to buy it.
This is a simple stall set up by an old lady on the street. A wooden shelf is tied to a simple wheelbarrow, and some wooden jewelry is hung on the shelf.
What Li Shu liked was a hairpin with a phoenix carved out of peach wood. Although the carving was very delicate, it was much inferior to the jewelry Li Shu had bought.
"Didn't you buy a lot just now?"
Zhu Ping'an said casually that as he came from a poor family, he was a little uncomfortable with Li Shu's extravagant behavior. He guessed that Li Shu would not use many of the things she bought, which was a pure waste.
"Hey, I'll lend you twenty cents and I'll return it to you when I get back."
Upon hearing this, Li Shu rolled her eyes at Zhu Pingan, calling him a stupid blockhead, and then stretched out her slender hand.
"What's it worth? It's for you."
Why would Zhu Ping'an ask Li Shu to pay back the money? He had been eating the other person's chef's meals for so long. He shook his head and took money from his purse to buy the peach wood hairpin with a phoenix head, and casually put it in Li Shu's hand.
Zhu Ping'an didn't take it seriously. After putting the hairpin in Li Shu's hand, he bought two little rabbits carved from peach wood and gave one to the little Lolita and the other to the naughty kid who was drooling.
However, when Li Shu received the hairpin, her heart beat very fast, as if a lost deer was running around in her heart.
"Who cares~~"
Li Shu rolled her eyes and snorted disdainfully, but her delicate hands held the hairpin tightly. (To be continued.)