Chapter 25
But the King of Huaiyang found that even though he was half asleep, the sweet fragrance of his breath still did not dissipate... It was really annoying...
So the remaining days of official Cui Jiu in Qingzhou were spent going out to visit friends and never returned all night.
On the day of the poetry, painting and tea party, many luxurious carriages suddenly increased on the streets of Qingzhou, and mud curtains were also set up on both sides of the road.
Miantang went out late, and stood on the second floor of the inn, looked down on the railing, and watched carriages passing by.
To be honest, although she was born into a famous family, she was a family of declining nobles. However, she had never had a leisurely and wealthy life to wander in tea parties.
Now that she married into a merchant family, she could not even preserve her reputation as an official.
When my father was young, he experienced the wealth of the Liu family at its peak. He just held on his shoulders, always thinking about shining his family again. When educating his children, he also talked about "how of the Liu family in the past".
But what if he had to do it all his life? He ended up in jail and died of torture.
And her half-brother was born to the old lady who had passed away from her mother. His biological mother was quite well-known, so her brother looked down on the stepmother who came back and forth, and from time to time she mocked her sister Miantang for being vulgar.
This made Liu Miantang naturally disgusted with the days of the high gate and deep courtyard. When he saw the carriages passing downstairs, the gilded treasures were carved, and the ladies who were protruding their heads were full of pearls and jade.
Although her carriage is simple and she lives only as ordinary people, she feels more comfortable when she is at her parents' home. The ladies and ladies can leisurely attend poetry and painting tea parties, and she has to go to the market to run her own business.
Because it is a stall, Miantang does not want to wear too beautiful clothes, which will attract unnecessary limelight.
So she only wore a blue cloth skirt, wrapped her forehead and hair with blue cloth, and looked capable of doing things.
The servant Mo Ru is capable. The stall he chose is very lively. In addition, it is at a fork in the road, and almost everyone who goes shopping will pass by this place.
Mian Tang directed the two mothers to put the porcelain from his shop on the table, and asked Guisheng, a shop clerk who came from W Province, to provoke the flag of the "Yu Shao Porcelain Floor".
Now she has figured out the tricks and should not just follow the route of being high and low, so this time she has also been covered with a number of zodiac decorations and white porcelain.
Mr. Chen has eaten pork cooked by mother Li these days, but the store has not opened. Perhaps he felt guilty and did not need Mian Tang to give him instructions to fill the porcelain with coloring and bordering. They are all different from the styles of other stores. They are painted uniquely and are very cute.
For a time, these cute and unique styles attracted a lot of people to come to see them.
Miantang decided to leave the goods, so he asked the guy to buy one free one. Buy a full zodiac ornament to get a small zodiac ornament. If you buy a whole set of plates, you will get a whole set of small zodiac signs.
For a time, many adults with children came to buy full shops. One was that full of belly was very big and looked very good. When they bought them back, they could help children accumulate copper coins. The other was that the little zodiac sign also attracted the children's preference.
There is even a collector who bought a plate for the sake of the entire set of zodiac signs.
Miantang and the two mothers were busy covering the plates and strips with yellow paper, and then banding them with straw ropes to make it easier for customers to carry them away, and they were so busy that they could hand over them.
It was not until noon that most of the shoppers looked for a place to eat, and the streets were a little deserted.
Miantang wiped the sweat from his forehead, not caring about eating the braised pork cooked cakes bought by Li's mother, counting the money in the box with interest. By the way, he used a thin rope to string the money into strings.
It feels so good to watch the money box gradually become full. The taste of counting money is more fragrant than eating...
But at this moment, a guest suddenly came to the front of the stall.
Miantang's light swept to a guest, and quickly put the money box and stood up to greet him.
But after seeing the person who came clearly with a smile on his face, it gradually solidified.
The visitor was not someone else, but the "beloved" Mr. Ziyu, who was called by Li's mother. He was still handsome and sad. Behind him, there were five or six followers, looking very unusual.
Miantang was deeply shocked by the courage of this young man. Even if she had something to do with him before, as a "begirl", how could he feel embarrassed to look for him in broad daylight?
At this moment, the young man stared at her and said with a heartbroken look: "Miantang, you left me to live such a life?"
Judging from his words, he looked down on merchants very much. Could it be that he realized that he was from a better family than a merchant family, so he ridiculed her?
Hearing this, Miantang was immediately lost his anger and said with a pair of charming eyes: "What's wrong with such a life? You have a house to live in, eat meat, and every piece of money you earn is clean. Where did you attract the young master's eyes?"
After being ridiculed by her, the young master immediately showed pain and said slowly: "...Indeed, such days have always been what you yearn for... But, did you just follow that man so casually?"
Miantang didn't know why she was not clear about this man before, but today she had to say it thoroughly, breaking his thief heart and breaking his courage.
"Young master, who do I marry? If you can't get it, you can point fingers. You look at your decent person. Why do you have to mess with a married woman? Is your parents dead early and no one teaches you the rules of being a human being?"
At this moment, a long bearded entourage beside the young master couldn't help but shouted in a low voice: "Liu Miantang, how dare you talk to me like this!"
Mian Tang splashed the remaining tea in his hand without hesitation, poured them all over, jumped away, and then said to the follower: "From now on, I will always speak like this. That's your master, not mine. If you dare to talk, I will save a toilet and pour it on you next time! Guisheng! Use a broom to sweep the stall, and some dirty and smelly fall all over the floor. How can I welcome guests later?"
That was Guisheng's work was quick and easy. Seeing that the wife of the boss didn't like these people, he waved the broom so powerfully, and shouted broom unceremoniously: "Get up! Get up! Don't stand dirty our boss's stall!"
The guards behind Mr. Ziyu were obviously very arrogant. Seeing Miantang so rude, they all glared at him in anger and wanted to rush forward to argue with her.
But Mr. Ziyu had a pale face and immediately stopped them. Then he said to Miantang: "Since you don't want to see me, I will naturally not disturb you in the future. But you must know that you have always been the only one in my heart. It was you who misunderstood me and Yunniang..."
Miantang had no intention of listening to what he said, and just looked nervously at whether there was any black paint on Li's mother's face.
Today, this damn young man came to seduce him again. What should I do if my mom Li learns to my husband?
Seeing this, Li's mother was indeed strange in her face, and she kept wandering around the young master Ziyu, and maybe she was choreographing some affair in her rigid mind!
Miantang was now feeling lost and said impatiently: "If you like, follow any mother you like, what do I do! If you don't leave quickly, I will never want to see you again in my life!"
She said something more resolutely than when she left the mountain a year ago, and the elegant young man's lips were trembling slightly.
His lips were pale, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he turned around and left.
Mian Tang felt heartbroken for no reason. Looking at Ziyu's back, he seemed to have a feeling of sorrow in his heart that he had a bad heart and crawled up...
But when I came back to my senses, I confessed and prayed again: Amitabha Buddha, I have sinned and looked at the man's back for so long! My husband, you ignore me, it turns out that I deserve it...
But then she couldn't let go of her random thoughts.
Not long after the group of people left, the people on the street suddenly began to scream and ran and jumped. It seemed that someone was fighting in front of them, and the people kept shouting and shouting, and the people also fled everywhere. The street was in chaos, and from time to time, a stall was knocked over by the fugitives.
Miantang's stall was full of porcelain that could not help but touch. Seeing this, he didn't care about what was going on. He hurriedly called the old man and put the important porcelain into a box covered with hay to put it in a donkey cart.
When they hurriedly collected the stalls, a large number of officers and soldiers rushed to the streets and rushed towards the chaos.
When Miantang finally returned to the inn, there were still people on the first floor of the inn to discuss. I heard that many people died on the street just now, and blood was splattering all over the ground.
While listening to her ears for a while, she quickly checked whether there was any loss in her own porcelain.
After finishing reading and holding the money box in her arms, she let out a long sigh: "My goodness, the streets of Qingzhou are really messy... By the way, Mom Li, where did my husband go to make friends? Will he encounter riots on the street?"
Li's mother was also exhausted and paralyzed. Just now Miantang urged them to load the goods. One of the boxes hit her feet. Now it hurts so she could only rub it while saying, "The boss goes out of the city to visit friends, it should be fine..."
Mian Tang breathed a sigh of relief, and asked the servant Guisheng to call the doctor. Li's mother looked at her feet, thinking: The city is so troubled, and the city gate will be closed early and the curfew will be closed. I don't know where my husband will spend the night tonight.
She thought it was good, and that night, Cui Jiu did not come back.
However, unlike Miantang's imagination of living in a rural humble house and staying in a sleepless house, the King of Huaiyang was at this time on a gorgeous pleasure boat outside the city, accompanying his mother and several of the royal families invited to travel to the lake and the boat cruise together.
When the concubine brought her future daughter-in-law Lian Ulan, she had already missed the time when the tea party began. King Zhixiao of Huaiyang did not attend the tea party, and went out to the city to greet her mother. She casually brought her mother's handkerchief to visit the famous Yingricai Lake in Qingzhou.
Chapter completed!