The two of them were sitting by the window, and they happened to see the gray cloth with the name Fudo Restaurant floating in the wind. If it wasn't a time-honored restaurant, no one would come.
Lamei has already cleaned the food on the table, and is now admiring the carved beams and paintings around the restaurant.
"Yes, yes, the customer is right. It's time to change." The shopkeeper echoed.
"Let's see what this looks like." Bai Haitang took out an indigo cloth, one foot wide and one meter long, which was more than enough.
"What color?" Although the shopkeeper was not an expert in Brie, his eyes lit up.
"To be honest with the shopkeeper, this cloth was dyed by me at home. It was sold out today, and there is only a small piece left, which can't be used to make clothes. Seeing that your restaurant sign is shabby, I just gave it to you." Bai Haitang placed the cloth.
into the hands of the shopkeeper.
"Giving it to me for free?" the shopkeeper wondered.
"It's already done before the meal. Are you afraid that we won't eat in vain?" Haitang said with a smile.
"No, no." The shopkeeper waved his hands repeatedly.
"I only have one small condition, that is, when your restaurant uses my cloth as a sign, don't be afraid that the small embroidered words next to it will be cut off and let it hang on it." Bai Haitang pointed to several Haitang Dyeing Shops in Qiaotou Village.
Character.
"Oh, I understand, it's easy to talk about." The shopkeeper was smart and understood immediately.
"Thank you very much. Goodbye." Haitang pulled Lamei out.
After passing the rouge and gouache shop, the two of them picked out some rouge and blush. Although it was not the best quality, it was much better than useless.
Haitang gave a piece of daughter-red cloth to the boss to hang outside the store.
The sign was replaced for free, and the cloth was made of such good quality. The condition was to place a small advertisement. In an era when there was no awareness of advertising, who would refuse?
Even the fortune teller was persuaded by Haitang and changed into her cloth.
It's a pity that all other colors are gone, leaving only oily green. Although it is not very coordinated, the fortune teller still happily accepted it.
The setting sun is like a golden millstone, sinking little by little, and the afterglow illuminates the entire county in splendor.
Bai Haitang was not in a hurry to go home. She and Lamei wanted to take advantage of the setting sun to take a tour of the county town. Bai Haitang looked at the surrounding shops more carefully.
The county town bathed in brilliance has a unique flavor. Unexpectedly, the streets are constantly flowing. There are more people at night than during the day, and it is even more lively.
Look at the girls putting up river lanterns on the bank, they have already prepared themselves.
"The county town is really different from our Qiaotou Village. Even the night is so brilliant." Lamei sighed in her heart. The unpleasantness during the day was driven away by the beautiful scene at night.
The two also bought river lanterns, made wishes, lit candles, and went down the river...
After setting off the river lanterns, Bai Haitang suddenly looked back. A woman's intuition reminded her that there seemed to be a pair of eyes staring behind her...
It's just a woman's intuition. But when I looked back, I saw nothing except the endless flow of people. Could it be that I was overthinking it.
It was getting late, so Haitang and the two pushed the cart back. They still had an hour to go.
Along the way, Haitang calculated, adding today's forty taels of silver, there is now a total of ninety-three taels. Not counting the scattered copper plates.
After walking for half an hour, Bai Haitang still felt that there was someone behind her.
She thought it was an illusion.
Little did he know that the two groups behind them were just following the two girls walking at night.
One is a nimble boy sent by the owner of Zhengyang Cloth Store to deliver cloth. He wants to know where Bai Haitang comes from and where the supply is.
The other group was the five or six guards from the Zhang Mansion during the day. They knew that Haitang had a banknote in her arms, and planned to rob her along the way and kill her to make a fortune.