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On the night of the Yuan Dynasty, the market was filled with flowers and the moon invaded my clothes.
Pingzhou City has reached its busiest time. The city gates are open and people are having fun all night long. Every house is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and every household goes out together.
Lin Jinrong stood at the corner of the street, repeatedly trampling the remaining snow in the corner into shape. Occasionally, he heard the crowd not far away burst into laughter, so he raised his eyes and took a look. When he saw Lu Yan's tall and thin figure, he was still crowded.
In the crowd, I lowered my head with peace of mind and continued to step on the snow.
"Ah Rong." Lu Yan squeezed through the people around him and came over holding an exquisite and small carp lantern high. He stepped forward with a smile, took Lin Jinrong's hand, and waved the lantern in front of her in a showy way: "Let me win for you.
A good light.”
Lin Jinrong reached out to take the lamp, looked at it carefully, and praised: "It's really a good lamp."
Seeing the seriousness on her face, Lu Yan couldn't help but laugh. He straightened the moth in her bun, took her hand and walked forward: "There are people who bought lantern balls in front of me.
This stall has been running for several years. I ate it when I was a kid and it tasted good. I’ll take you to try it.”
The two walked hand in hand through the lively crowd and arrived at a busy food stall at the corner of the street. They saw that the three or two small square tables had already been crowded with people. The couple making dumplings were very busy. The woman
While rolling and placing the dumplings, shouting hello, the man collects the money and serves the dumplings at the same time, which is really not fastidious.
Lu Yan asked Lin Jinrong tentatively: "Are you eating?"
It doesn't matter if she eats. During the days when she was escaping in her previous life, she had not eaten anything worse than this. Lin Jinrong was about to agree when she saw Lu Yan looking at her with hope. He clearly wanted her to agree. The words came to her lips.
He swallowed it again and shook his head slightly: "There are so many people and I don't know when I will be able to wait."
Lu Yan was a little disappointed, but he did not persuade her. He took her hand and walked forward: "It's still early, let's go over there. Let's take a look at Changshou, Li Zhi and the others can watch the excitement."
There was no need to stay at home, so of course Lin Jinrong didn't object, so he followed him to the front: "There is a night market, where is it? When I was a child, I went out to see the lights once with my uncle, and he took me there."
Lu Yan became more interested and pointed to a quiet small street in front of him: "The Box Street Evening Market is not far from here. It's just across here."
As soon as I walked into the small street, the hustle and bustle outside was far away. The bluestone paved on the street was old and polished by years of wind and rain until it was as smooth as jade. Together with the remaining snow in the corner, it looked particularly special in the moonlight.
Qingqing. Lin Jinrong picked up the carp lantern and followed Lu Yan quietly, walking along the dark green wall. The street entrance in front was brightly lit, and behind him was the lantern market. Everything was lively, but this one
The small street is quiet and silent, as if it has been forgotten by the world.
The moonlight poured down and covered the two of them. Lin Jinrong looked at Lu Mian, who looked calm, walked calmly, and held her hand tightly. For a moment, she felt that she had returned to the past. She couldn't help but have an idea,
If she hadn't been so silent and stubborn back then, and he hadn't been so taciturn, would they have been different? Even if they couldn't completely escape the second wife's plot, would the final outcome have been better?
Lu Yan noticed her silence and gently took her to his side. Without saying a word, he just tightened the fox fur on her body, touched the back of her head, and continued to walk forward with her.
The carp lantern in Lin Jinrong's hand hung down softly, almost dragging it to the ground. Lu Yan almost kicked it up and looked sideways at her, but saw her eyes lowered, as if she was about to fall asleep, and couldn't help but sigh.
: "Are you tired?"
Lin Jinrong cheered up: "Let's go ahead and find something delicious. I'll treat you to it."
Lu Yan looked at her with a smile: "Why?"
Lin Jinrong picked the lantern and said quietly: "I'll return the favor. If you give me a carp lantern, I'll treat you to something to eat."
Lu Yan laughed: "Do you have enough money? Why don't you take off your earrings to pay for the meal?"
Lin Jinrong also smiled: "That's my business. Just eat."
The two walked hand in hand through the small street, heading towards the brightly lit place in front of them. When they were about to reach the intersection, Lin Jinrong turned around and saw that the smooth bluestone slabs on the street reflected the moonlight, like a quiet flowing river.
She and Lu Yan were standing in the middle of the river. She gently touched Lu Yan and motioned for him to look back.
Lu Yan liked what he saw, but he was not very interested in poetry. He recited a sour poem and said: "If we go to the capital in the future, we must cross the river by boat. The river surface on a moonlit night is much more beautiful than this one."
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That night, the two of them wandered from the Xixiang Street evening market to the end of the street, trying no less than ten kinds of snacks, until Changshou found them. Lizhi was considerate and had already stuffed money into Lin Jinrong's wallet, so she also
I didn't really take off my earrings and treat Lu Yan to something to eat, but because money was hard to come by and I didn't bring much, I really spent everything.
It was already the third watch when we returned to the Lu family, and most of the people had already rested.
"It's terrible. If people know that we came back just now, we will definitely be scolded." Lu Yan took Lin Jinrong's hand and ran back to the room. Only the large and small packages of Lychee were left behind. Lychee couldn't help it.
I thought, people should not be judged by their appearance, so it turns out that Lu Mian also looks like this.
After the Lantern Festival, Lu Yan packed up his things and returned to the academy. The three brothers Lu Jing, Lu Lun, and Lu Gen went to Taiming Mansion to study again. Lu Yun's marriage had basically fallen into the dust, and there was no change. The only thing left was the matchmaker.
He went back and forth between the two families to discuss the details of the marriage and haggling over the price.
On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Lin Jinrong asked Mr. Shui to diagnose her pulse, and Mr. Shui prescribed another prescription for her: "The cold poison has almost gone away. Just take a few more doses of this prescription and it will be fine."
Lin Jinrong thanked him: "Because of me, the old gentleman has been lingering here and has never been with his family during the Chinese New Year."
"But it has nothing to do with you. I can leave if I want." Mr. Shui stroked his beard and smiled: "My family is simple, everyone is busy, and there are no big rules. During holidays, we just get together to have a meal.
When we talk, we mostly talk about illnesses and medicines. Cheongju is colder than Pingju. Your grandfather plays chess with me and your mother takes care of my daily life. There are no secular affairs to disturb me. I am more relaxed and comfortable than at home.
I came up with a few recipes. So we each took what we needed."
Lin Jinrong said gratefully: "Sir, he is a good man."
Mr. Shui made a pun: "I am not a good person, but I am broad-minded and can always look at the positive side of something. You... don't take that kind of medicine again in the future."
Lin Jinrong nodded slightly: "I won't eat."
Before the first lunar month came out, the Pingzhou and Qingzhou governments set up official gilt and jacquard woolen brown workshops respectively. According to the book, they took away more than half of the capable craftsmen in the Lu family's woolen brown workshop. Lu Jianzhong persuaded Wen County Prime Minister to give it to him.
A few old and weak soldiers were left behind, saying they were taking care of him as a favor, but in fact the workshop was considered abandoned. At this time, the contract signed between Lu Shao and the Mei family was about to expire, and there was still a full gap between a thousand pieces of refined jacquard gold and brown.
Three hundred horses.
Lao Fang walked as fast as he came. The day before, Lu Jianzhong didn't even know he was coming. The next day, he showed up in front of the Lu family's workshop, bringing carriages, horses and people to inspect the goods and pay for them. He was not merciful at all.
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Lu Jianzhong was very worried. He knew that he had fallen into the trap of Lu Yan and Lin Jinrong, but they could not find any evidence to prove that they knew in advance that the government would set up a government-run gold and jacquard wool brown workshop, so they would abandon the workshop.
After thinking about it for a while, I decided to throw it all away and went to Mrs. Lu to complain aggrievedly. I directly asked Lu Mian to come and talk to the Mei family, but he couldn't do it.
Mr. Lu didn't blame Lu Jianzhong for a word. He only ordered his servant to go to the academy to call Lu Yan back home. When Lu Yan returned to Pingzhou, he was not secretive. He went to see Lao Fang in an open and honest manner, and wore gold and jacquard hair brown.
One thing was settled smoothly, and a batch of fur brown that Lu Jianzhong had not disposed of earlier was given to the Mei family at a low price, and a contract was signed with the Mei family. After that, the Lu family gave priority to supplying the Mei family with the fur brown received.
, the Mei family gives priority to purchasing the hair brown provided by the Lu family. The Lu family all know that if they want to do business with Mei Baoqing, they have to go through Lu Mian. He doesn’t need Mr. Lu to establish his authority in front of the managers, he already has
gain one's own reputation.
Lu Yan fought this battle from the end of the year to the beginning of the next year, and won really well. Others didn't know the reason, and just thought he was young and capable, but Lu Yan knew the reason. If it weren't for Lin Jinrong, he would never have won such an easy victory.
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Regardless of the Mao Brown Bureau, let’s talk about this Mao Brown workshop. At that time, she asked him to find Wen County Cheng and inquire about the list of weavers who were good at this. He always thought that she really wanted to open a Mao Brown workshop.
He and Lin Shiquan also thought that they could open it in the future, but she said that she would talk about it later. After all these weavers were snatched away by Lu Shao at a high price, he thought that she was doing it to make localized smoke, and that one day she might not be able to do it.
I had to open it. But I didn't expect that something like this would happen in just a few days - these people were all forcibly recruited by the government into the official Mao Brown Workshop. The Mao Brown Workshop that the Lu family spent a lot of money to build became a
A loss-making empty frame.
Although he admires Lin Jinrong, Lu Yan has always been someone who refuses to admit defeat easily, and is even more tenacious. He must understand everything that others have taught him, so that he will not appear ignorant when faced with it again. Especially.
In front of Lin Jinrong, no matter from which aspect, he was even more unwilling to be embarrassed.
But he thought about this matter over and over again, and many places were still shrouded in fog. He really couldn't figure it out, so he had to shamelessly ask Lin Jinrong for advice: "Ah Rong, how could you have thought of getting this brown weaving shop at that time?"
Can't open it? Could it be that you heard someone say something and guessed it at once? "
Lin Jinrong was checking the cost of spring plowing. When he heard this, he denied without raising his head: "You think too much of me. How do I know anything and how can I guess anything? Didn't we discuss it with you? Mao Zhi
What happened in the workshop was to lure him into the trap, weave gold and brown hair and wait for the old man to come to receive the goods, and then treat them the same way and make them look ugly. Later, in the workshop, God wanted to kill him.
It's not that I would guess. I really haven't thought about opening a woolen weaving workshop." He pushed it away in one sentence.
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