After lunch in Zhuangzi, Nangong Yue asked with a smile: "Sister Fei, what other plans do you have in the afternoon? Your elder brother plans to take me for a stroll in Luoyue City."
Xiao Fei's eyes lit up immediately, and she couldn't wait to ask: "Sister-in-law, is there any place you particularly want to go?" She introduced enthusiastically, "There are still many places to go in Luoyue City, sister-in-law, you should still go Have you never been to Mazu Temple? There is also a small street in the market in the east of the city that sells all kinds of dried flowers and essential oils; there is a bookstore in the west of the city. , only students are allowed to copy by hand; there is also a musical instrument store near the city center, and the quality of the pianos and flutes made by the masters there is excellent... "
The more Xiao Fei talked, the more excited she became, and she felt lucky that she followed, otherwise, with the temper of the eldest brother, what good places could I take my sister-in-law to
She accidentally gave Xiao Yi a disgusted look, which made Xiao Yi almost turn his face, but seeing that Nangong Yue listened with gusto, she could only endure it.
Xiao Fei finally finished speaking, looked at Nangong Yue earnestly and asked, "How is sister-in-law? Where do you want to go today?"
Seeing that she was more excited than herself, Nangong Yue couldn't help laughing, her eyes were full of smiles, and said: "We have to go back to the palace before dark, the west of the city is near here, why don't we go to the bookstore you mentioned today how?"
"Sister-in-law is right." Xiao Fei clapped her palms and smiled, her dark eyes shining brightly, "I may not have been to that bookstore for a long time, and I don't know what new books have been bought there recently. Sister-in-law, I I just copied several lonely copies in that shop, and when I get back to the palace, I will show it to you..."
The two chatted about the book one by one, Xiao Yi at the side could hardly get in the conversation, thinking: This sister is really annoying!
After saying goodbye to the veterans, several veterans enthusiastically sent them out of Zhuangzi.
The carriage entered Luoyue City with a "da da", and then stopped steadily after turning a few alleys.
Xiao Yi personally helped Nangong Yue get out of the carriage, and then Xiao Fei also got out of the carriage with the help of the maid.
This bookstore named "Zhulizhai" is located in the depths of the alley, a little remote, so there are not many customers in the bookstore.
Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei walked into the bookstore hand in hand, and the strong fragrance of books and ink rushed towards them...
Xiao Fei looked around with burning eyes, and soon picked up a blue book, reading it engrossed.
Nangong Yue guessed that Xiao Fei might have forgotten that she and Xiao Yi were also here, and felt a little funny, so she dragged Xiao Yi to wander casually. As Xiao Fei said, this bookstore does have a lot of unique books, some of which are quite precious, and there are also poetry collections, music scores, calligraphy posts... It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Nangong Yue walked through several bookshelves, His eyes were suddenly attracted by a book called "Southern Xinjiang Materia Medica", so he picked it up and flipped through a few pages, with surprise on his face.
This "Southern Xinjiang Materia Medica" records some unique plants in southern Xinjiang. The author not only carefully drew the appearance of the plants, but also painted the fruits and stamens, and introduced the details of the plants in words. Appearance, function, some of the plants are even unknown to Nan Gongyue, who knows all kinds of herbs.
For Nangong Yue, this was really an unexpected surprise.
If you give it to your grandfather, your grandfather will be very happy!
Nangong Yue could almost imagine that her grandfather would not put it down after getting this book. Thinking about it, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Xiao Yi knew Nangong Yue's intentions at a glance, and immediately ordered Baihui to call the boss.
The boss was more than fifty years old, wearing a simple blue straight gown, half white hair, he looked like a scholar.
But before Xiao Yi could open his mouth, the boss said apologetically: "Madam, this book is a unique copy and is not for sale."
Nangong Yue had heard Xiao Fei say that this bookstore does not sell orphaned copies, but she was not too disappointed, and said with a smile: "Boss, I heard that although your orphaned copies are not sold, you can copy them here."
The boss just took a look and saw that Nangong Yue and Xiao Yi were either rich or expensive, and he was still a little nervous at first. A small shop like him is not afraid of meeting customers who have no money, and those who have no money will at most save the shop to copy books for him in exchange , but on the contrary, those high-ranking officials are in some trouble. Most of them can't tolerate others saying no to him, and they use their power to bully others at every turn. He is just a small business to make ends meet.
Listening to Nangong Yue's tone now, he knew that the other party was a reasonable person, so the boss felt relieved and said, "My lady, I can indeed transcribe books for customers here, and I only earn a little bit of embellishment fee, and customers are also allowed to transcribe books here." "" As he spoke, the boss looked embarrassed, "It's just that this "Southern Xinjiang Materia Medica" not only has text, but also pictures. The text is easy to transcribe, but those pictures are a bit troublesome. I'm afraid the people here can't draw them." The question is how can someone who has the ability to draw earn such a little bit of retouching fee.
Nangong Yue smiled slightly, this "Southern Border Materia Medica" is so meticulously and vividly drawn, one can tell at a glance that the person who wrote the book is quite good, and she didn't expect to find someone to help...
"Sister-in-law!" Xiao Fei heard the sound at some time, and volunteered to ask, "Why don't you let me draw a picture for you?" Xiao Fei looked at Nangong Yue expectantly, thinking: sister-in-law did it for her With so many, she finally found an opportunity to do something for her sister-in-law!
Nangong Yue's eyes lit up and she smiled. Needless to say, Xiao Fei's painting skills are also focused on her work. With her help in painting, she will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!
"Sister Fei, then I won't be polite to you." Nangong Yue agreed straightforwardly.
"Miss Xiao..." The boss looked at Xiao Fei in surprise, cupped his hands, and said enthusiastically, "Long time no see!" Considering her surname "Xiao", it should have something to do with the Zhennan Palace, maybe she is a member of the Xiao clan. And I'm afraid it's close...
The boss has seen a lot of people, and he went out to see the world when he was young. Xiaofei's usual dress looks simple and elegant, but her temperament is not something that ordinary people can raise, and the things she uses are even more expensive but not expensive. Zhang Yang knew that Xiao Fei's family had some roots.
Xiao Fei nodded slightly to the boss, as a courtesy: "Boss, it has been half a year. I went to the capital last year, and I just came back..."
The Xiao family who just came back recently... Something seemed to flash through the boss's mind, and he couldn't help but glance at Xiao Yi. This young man's appearance is really outstanding, I heard that "that one" in the palace is like this...
How is it possible! The boss laughed heartily, how could such a big man come to his small bookstore.
"Miss Xiao," the boss asked, cupping his hands, "how about I arrange for you the wing room you usually use?"
From this tone, Xiao Fei is obviously a frequent visitor here to transcribe books.
Xiao Yi didn't know what expression to make, this sister is really a bookworm!
The boss personally led them to an elegant wing room, and provided pens, ink, paper and inkstones, tea and snacks.
So, the three of them got busy inside, Xiao Yi was in charge of transcribing the text, Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei were in charge of drawing the pictures.
The three of them have been busy for nearly two hours, but they have barely completed less than one-third of the progress. Nangong Yue is already very satisfied with this progress.
Seeing that the sun was starting to set outside, she said, "Ayi, Sister Fei, let's stop here today. This book is not in a hurry, we will continue to copy it when we are free."
Xiao Yi and Xiao Fei naturally had no objection, so the three of them left Zhuli Zhai very quickly.
Helping Nangong Yue into the carriage, Xiao Yi rode along with him, all the way to the direction of the palace. And when passing through a busy street, suddenly a surprise voice came from diagonally opposite:
"Big brother! You are the big brother, right?"
Xiao Yi reined in the reins, followed the sound, and saw a young gentleman wearing a brocade robe striding out of the Tayun Restaurant opposite him. He was in his twenties, obviously younger than Xiao Yi who was seventeen or eighteen years old. To be a few years older, but he kept calling Xiao Yi big brother.
This strange situation attracted many curious eyes on the street.
Xiao Yi frowned, overlapping the person in front of him with someone in his memory, and said, "Xiao Fanzi?!"
"Xiao Fanzi" twitched his brows, but he could only nod his head with a smile and replied, "Brother, it's me!"
Of course Xiao Fanzi has a name and surname, his surname is Yu, his first name is Xiu Fan, he is the fourth son of Yu General's Mansion.
As soon as he finished speaking, several young young men in Chinese costumes came out of the restaurant and said in one go:
"Big brother, really big brother!"
"Brother, I heard that you came back yesterday, I didn't expect to meet you here by such a coincidence!"
"Let's go, brother, let's buy you a drink!"
"I still have bright eyes. I recognized my eldest brother just now in the private room on the second floor."
"..."
Xiao Yi was also in a good mood when he met his long-lost old friends, as if their sparrow-like voices were not so noisy anymore.
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, originally planning to invite them to drink together next time, when Nangong Yue's soft voice came from the carriage: "A Yi, you go. Sister Fei and I will go back home first."
Now that Nangong Yue said so, Xiao Yi responded with a smile, ordered the coachman and the accompanying guards, then clamped the horse's belly, and went to the restaurant diagonally opposite.
The carriage carried Nangong Yue and Xiao Fei on their way home, and only Zhu Zi stayed by Xiao Yi's side to wait on him.
After Xiao Yi got off the horse, the waiter of the restaurant immediately led the horse away for him, and a group of young masters surrounded Xiao Yi like stars and moon, and entered the Tayun Restaurant. Xiao Yi was about to go up the stairs, when he suddenly thought of something, he stopped and said, "Xiao Fanzi, I'll ask someone to come over for a drink together."
"Okay!" Yu Xiufan also has a lively temperament, and because of Xiao Yi's intentions, he naturally hurriedly responded, "Of course, the more people there are, the more lively this drinking is!"
Several other people also echoed repeatedly, attracting the inquiring eyes of many drinkers in the restaurant.
Not to mention Xiao Yi, these young masters are all well-known figures in Luoyue City, and they often patronize this Tayun restaurant. After a while, someone recognized the fourth son of General Yu's mansion, the fifth son of Vice General Liu's family, and the second son of Huang Changshi's family...all of them were from famous families in Luoyue City.
Seeing that these young masters who are usually proud and arrogant are surrounded by a handsome young master, who is as attentive and thoughtful as his servant.
Who is this Mr. Li Li? Many people secretly speculate.
"Bamboo," Xiao Yi beckoned to Zhuzi, and ordered, "Go to General Tian's mansion and call Xiao Hezi to drink with us."
"Yes, my lord." Zhu Zi took the order and left the restaurant.
As soon as the young masters heard the title "Little Crane", they immediately understood each other's identity, and they all felt a sense of sympathy.
This must be the brother's new younger brother in the capital!
It must be so!
There are also a few young masters who think more. Fu Yunhe, the third son of Fu Yunhe from Yongyang Dachang Princess's mansion, came to southern Xinjiang with Xiao Yi the year before, it seems that he should be the "little crane" Xiao Yi said.
They looked at each other, the atmosphere became more active, they laughed and surrounded Xiao Yi and went upstairs.
Yu Xiufan originally booked an elegant seat on the second floor, but there were only leftovers left in it. Of course, he couldn't wrong Xiao Yi, so he ordered Xiao Er to prepare a larger private seat, and he spent a lot of money on it. Ask Xiao Er to serve another table of food and wine, plus ten jars of fine wine.