11, shopping
Xiao Zhaozhao's support yesterday ignited Mrs. Tang's enthusiasm.
In the eyes of Mrs. Tang, Zhaozhao is really a good diner. She will use her big black and white eyes to watch people cook, and then follow people behind them like a small tail. She is also very serious when eating, and even the cake dregs will be picked up and eaten with chopsticks.
Early this morning, Lin Qingwei brought the little girl to pay her respects, and she said bluntly, "I plan to walk around the county and buy some vegetables. Wei girl, Zhaozhao, are you going out with me?"
Zhaozhao raised his ears when he heard this, and his eyes were immediately bright. His little head was lit like a chicken pecking at rice. But he didn't expect Lin Qingwei to shake his head.
Zhao Zhao saw her sister shook her head and stinged it, as if hot charcoal was poured on cold water. The light in her eyes dimmed. She shook her head and whispered, "I won't go."
"Zhaozhao." Liu hugged the little girl in her arms and touched her head apologetically, "Your sister doesn't like to go out, your grandmother just asks. On the contrary, I forgot before, and should take you out for a walk."
The government offices in Yunhe County are too dilapidated and there are many places that need to be repaired and repaired. They also have to buy and teach their servants. Liu is busy every day like a top. He rests with Lin He at night, and they sleep with them. They can't tell who is more tired than who.
Zhaozhao is young and is just when she is playing. Lin Qingwei has a birthmark on her face and doesn't like to go out, but there is no need to restrain Zhaozhao.
Zhao Zhao snuggled in Liu's arms, her voice was very light, but she was very firm, "I won't go if my sister doesn't go, nor should I..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Qingwei, who was sitting next to him, poked his head, "You told me yesterday that if you encounter an improperly preserved ancient painting, you bought it for me. I don't want to go out because I don't want to be teased by the birthmark on my face. If I don't go out and you don't go out, how can I buy something?"
Zhao Zhao was stumped by this problem at once. His eyebrows were mixed together, as if he wanted to find a way to have the best of both worlds.
A little girl with furry hair made such a thoughtful expression that made the old lady funny. She really liked Zhao Zhao. She walked off the seat and held Lin Qingwei with one hand and Zhao Zhao with the other, cleared her throat, and said with a stern face: "Anyway, I like the excitement, and one of you must accompany me out."
Zhao Zhao raised his eyelashes and looked at Lin Qingwei and Liu. They both looked at themselves with a smile. Although the old lady was stern, a trace of unhidden smile flowed out from her eyes. Zhao Zhao threw herself into the old lady's arms, "Zhao Zhao accompanied her grandmother."
The old lady laughed heartily, picked Zhao Zhao up, and kissed her on the cheek, "That's right."
Zhaozhao was held by the old lady like this and flew up. She giggled and put her little hands on her grandmother's neck.
Because Zhaozhao's hair had not grown yet, she wore a small hat when she went out. She looked around in the mirror, obviously feeling very rare. The hat was embroidered with a kitten pattern, which was made by Lin Qingwei on her previous whim.
She also asked her sister to add a string to the hat and tie a slip knot at her neck, so that even the wind could not blow away her little hat.
Zhao Zhao liked this hat very much. She grabbed the brim of the hat with both hands and turned it around in circles. The flower skirt was turned into a dripping circle by her.
Before leaving, he went to see Lin Shengyan. He heard the little girl say she was going out and was responsible for buying ancient paintings for Lin Qingwei. After thinking for a while, Mo Yan took ten taels of silver to the little girl. "If the price is too high, come back and tell me that I will ask Mo Yan to buy it."
Lin Shengyan had raised cucumbers and played cockfighting before, but he had never been to a large gambling shop, but he also made bets on a small arena. He had a good vision, so he accumulated some money in his hands.
In Kyoto, the silver is still useful. Now in Yunhe County, he is not good at taking it, and it is useless to take it. He wants to give it to his grandmother or mother, so he simply gives it to Lin Zhao, thinking that in the future, Lin Zhao will definitely let her have the silver in her hands and not worry about the money.
Zhaozhao had no idea how much it was for ten taels of silver. He only knew that the kidnapped wanted to sell her for a high price of more than fifty taels.
Zhao Zhao looked at Lin Qingwei and silently asked if he had taken the money. The latter whispered, "Thank you brother."
Zhaozhao put ten taels of silver into the embroidery bag and smiled sweetly at Lin Shengyan, "Thank you brother."
Lin Shengyan talked to Lin Qingwei alone, not knowing what to say. Now that Zhao Zhao has a tangible bond with his sister, “I don’t care as much as Weiwei, that is, I used to make some money in Kyoto.”
When Lin Shengyan saw Zhao Zhao touching the hat on his head from time to time, he knew that it was made by his sister Lin Qingwei. He praised him and said, "Viwei's embroidery work is very beautiful, and this embroidery case is very beautiful."
Lin Qingwei heard the words Weiwei, and her ears turned red, and she felt a little embarrassed. Her half of her face without a birthmark was covered with red glow. But the little girl Zhaozhao was still shaking her hand, "Sister, you also say thank you to your brother."
Lin Qingwei's long eyelashes trembled and she whispered, "Thank you brother." She thought to herself that she would do some embroidery work for her brother in the future.
If Lin Shengyan had good legs and feet, he would have to stand up and pinch his sister's cheeks now. But then he thought, if his legs and feet were good, he was afraid that they were still in Kyoto, and he would still be obsessed.
Thinking of the bastards he had done before, Lin Shengyan whispered, "I'm sorry for the past."
Zhao Zhao didn't understand what had happened before, so he looked at his brother and his sister, and his little hand held Lin Qingwei's hand and shook it.
"It's all a family, so there's no need to say that." Lin Qingwei smiled, her eyes were bright and energetic. Perhaps she was sad and cared about it when she was very young, but now she is relieved. Looking at her brother's appearance, she actually missed her former spirit and a little domineering look.
Zhaozhao and Lin Qingwei did not stay at Lin Shengyan's place for long. They went to the side door to wait for Mrs. Tang.
When Mrs. Tang saw Zhao Zhao's hat, she praised: "This hat is so beautiful."
"Made it by my sister." I liked the hat very much with my little hands, and my eyes were curved and my eyebrows were filled with my eyebrows. "The kitten on it was painted by my sister, and made by my sister."
When Lin Qingwei heard the conversation between her sister and Coral, and the child liked these small animals, she embroidered the pattern of the white cat chasing butterfly.
Mrs. Tang touched her forehead with one hand, "Qingwei should pay attention to her eyes, but she is not allowed to do embroidery work with lights."
Her forehead was also written by Lin Qingwei. This child with a birthmark on her face has a much precocious personality than her peers and is very careful.
Lin Qingwei wanted to work, but she had to take care of her sister. "I slept with Zhaozhao at night, and I didn't even read at night or did embroidery work."
"That's good." Mrs. Tang stroked Zhao Zhao's back and said to Lin Qingwei, "Then I will take Zhao Zhao away and say goodbye to my sister."
"Sister, I will buy you good things." Zhao Zhao's little hand pinched the tip of his waist, and put twenty copper plates in it, and the silver of all sizes was 15 taels.
Lin Qingwei looked at the little girl's serious promise and couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, "Okay."
She took Mi Li to send her grandmother and Zhao Zhao out of the side door.
When they arrived in Yunhe County, they were riding in a carriage. Now their homes are not rich, and Yunhe County is not big, so they did not ride in a carriage, but walked.
Zhaozhao has no memories of the past. He had been in the monastery in the mountains earlier, and occasionally followed Master Hui'an to the mountain to beg for alms. The scenery she saw was nothing more than rural scenery. Later, he followed Liu and his party to the government office, and never left the yard. Now he saw all kinds of people in Yunhe County, and her eyes were almost not enough.
I looked at this candied haws and the one selling gypsum candy. However, although Zhao Zhao looked around, he grabbed his grandmother's hand from beginning to end and did not dare to let go.
Mrs. Tang looked at her appearance and thought of her origin. Although the little girl had no memory, she was still afraid of getting lost again, so she would behave like this.
Mrs. Tang wanted to buy food for the little girl, but she didn't want it. "If you don't eat well on the street, the dust will fall on the food. It's better to buy some delicious pastries when you go back, and you can eat it, dad, mother, brothers and sisters." She counted on her fingers and calculated how much things she wanted to bring back.
Mrs. Tang laughed as she heard this, and took the little girl to the candied haws, "Do you really want it? I don't know if there are any ones sold when you move forward."
Then I picked a candied haws, "Miss, do you want to try it? My wife is wrapped in thick sugar, so delicious."
Zhao Zhao glanced at the hawthorn wrapped in sugar, shook her head very simply, "The hands will be dirty, don't want it."
Mrs. Tang already knew Zhaozhao’s extraordinaryness from her son, and now she felt that she was not raised by a small family. Seeing that she was not greedy for these things, she said, “Okay, then I’ll buy it when I go back.”
In the absence of rushing to buy vegetables, Mrs. Tang said, "Let's go to the bookstore first to see if there are any improperly preserved ancient paintings."
Zhao Zhao nodded and arrived at the bookstore. The shopkeeper heard that he wanted to buy an improperly preserved ancient painting, and waved his hand to indicate that there was no one.
"If there is one, can you send a letter to the county government? It's said that the second lady wanted it." Zhao Zhao said to the shopkeeper.
Lin He has been in office for a month. It is not like the past county magistrates who are close to the large households in the county, but have gone to the townships under his jurisdiction and went to the county school in the county to see the teaching process. There are only one big bookstore in the county. When Lin He went to the county school, he also came to the bookstore to read books, so the shopkeeper had met Lin He.
The shopkeeper had a good impression of County Magistrate Lin, and he said curiously, "Are you the second daughter of Lord Lin?"
Zhao Zhao liked his identity as the second lady of the Lin family and nodded with a smile, "This is my grandmother."
Mrs. Tang also smiled and nodded to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper bowed to the old lady before saying to Zhaozhao, "The price of calligraphy and painting is high, especially those in ancient times. I have never ruined calligraphy and painting when I opened a bookstore."
"If so, then tell me if it's OK?" Zhao Zhao was not disappointed, and smiled sweetly at the shopkeeper.
Seeing the little girl's sweet smile, the shopkeeper suddenly thought of something and said, "I don't have broken calligraphy and paintings here, but I thought of someone. There might be broken paintings on Master Cen. Master Cen, who had taught Miss Qian before, got angry with the Qian family because of improper preservation of paintings and was unwilling to teach Miss Qian. It was because the Qian family gave those paintings to Master Cen, and Master Cen continued to give Miss Qian homework."
At this time, Master Cen should have gone to Qian's house. He thanked the shopkeeper like a little Zhaozhao, saying that he would visit Master Cen later.
The shopkeeper was funny when he saw Zhao Zhao's appearance and said to the old lady, "Master Cen is very knowledgeable. If your little girl wants to invite a female master after she is inquired, she can also go to that Master Cen."
Mrs. Tang said wonderingly, "Are you still a female husband?"
"yes."
Chapter completed!