Three hundred and fortieth chapters where life does not meet
Shen Xingwan took Shen Ruoyan for a walk on the streets to learn about the customs and customs of Shangluo.
I bought some knick-knacks with local characteristics and asked about the location of Hua Chou. As a result, many people knew about it.
"The things sold in Huachou are interesting and cheap. You must go shopping. The shopkeeper is also very nice."
The young lady also enthusiastically showed them the way. It seems that Hua Chou has a good reputation in the local area.
The two of them walked slowly in the direction pointed by the young lady, and finally saw a store called "Hua Chou" at the end of the alley.
There are wind chimes hanging on the door of the shop, and there are several pots of flowers and irregular long wooden benches on both sides.
When they walked into the store, they smelled a faint fragrance. The waiter inside looked up and smiled at them, "Guests, please feel free to take a look."
The simple and elegant wooden cabinet is divided into small compartments, inside which are placed various kinds of rouge and gouache. On other wooden shelves are handkerchiefs, earrings, wooden hairpins and many other things used by women, which look very special. Exquisite.
The entire Hua Chou store is incompatible with this poor town. It is elegant, dreamy and stylish.
Shen Xingwan randomly asked about the prices of several items, and they were all ridiculously low.
"Is Shopkeeper Hua here? I have something to do with her?"
The waiter said, "The shopkeeper will come to the store every day. You can wait for a while. She will be here soon."
Shen Xingwan and Shen Ruoyan stood by the window waiting, while many female guests came in.
No matter how shabby their clothes are or how poor they look, the attitude of the waiters is always gentle.
These female guests walked around cautiously with expectations on their faces, picked out an item they liked, and spent their few copper coins to buy it, with happy smiles on their faces.
"Hello, Flower Shopkeeper!"
"The flower shopkeeper is here so early today."
As everyone said hello, a girl in red clothes, with her hair tied up and a long hair tied, and a smile on her face walked in.
He skillfully greets the customers in the store, chats and laughs with everyone. He looks cheerful and neat in his actions, and his smile is contagious.
The waiter said to her, "There are two girls over there at the shop looking for you."
She strode over and asked Shen Xingwan with a smile, "You two look at each other, and you don't know what you want to see me for."
Shen Xingwan smiled at her and slowly opened his palm. There was a jade talisman lying inside.
Shopkeeper Hua's expression changed slightly, and he quickly said, "Shall we chat upstairs?"
Shen Xingwan nodded and followed her to the second floor.
Shopkeeper Hua poured tea for them both personally, "Can you tell me how you got the jade talisman in your hand?"
"Your sister Huayan gave it to me," Shen Xingwan said.
"Sure enough, it was given to me by my sister. Then you must be very good friends of my sister. You can call me Huaxi." Huaxi's attitude became much more cordial immediately.
This jade talisman is very precious. When the Hua family sees the jade talisman, it is like seeing Hua Yan herself, so this jade talisman also has great meaning.
Shen Xingwan did not talk about Beirong when he came up, but asked curiously, "Huajiajia has a big business, why did you open such a small shop here?"
It doesn't look like it's making any money, so it's good if you don't lose money.
Huaxi's eyes suddenly changed and became extremely bright, "Because my husband is of blood from both countries, but I think he is very good."
It turns out that I was married to love.
"It's very poor here, and the women here have a particularly hard life. I like the smiles on their faces when they take away the things they like from here. I named this store Huachou because I hope to come to this store. Customers are happy when they walk out of here and can forget their worries for a short time." Huaxi was a little excited, maybe because no one had asked her about the meaning of opening this store for so long.
Shen Xingwan praised sincerely, "You are so awesome."
Opening a small shop in such a place creates a dream for the poorest women at the bottom and makes their lives a little sweeter.
Hua Xi stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, "I'm not that great. Compared with my sister, I'm not that smart, and I don't have much pursuit. Open a small shop and live the most ordinary life with the people I like."
"This is good. You know what you want." Shen Ruoyan was a little envious. It took a lot of courage for a girl to come all the way to such a difficult place and bloom her own flowers here.
Hua Xi said with a smile, "My sister has really good taste. You are different from others."
Many people said that there was something wrong with her brain. The Hua family was so rich, so she came to a place like this because her brain was broken.
Huaxi hosted them that day and treated them to the best local meal, saying that if they needed anything, just let them know.
Shen Xingwan just said, "There will be a lot of trouble in the future."
The exact cause of the trouble and the real purpose of her coming here were not disclosed.
This matter involved too much, so she didn't want to reveal too much before taking action, and she also wanted to understand the situation first.
It's only one day's ride away from the royal city in Beirong. In the past, people came to the royal city to do the dirtiest and most tiring work, just to have enough to eat.
But with the outbreak of war recently, the inspection of the royal city has been particularly strict, making it difficult for people here to enter again.
Shen Xingwan simply rented a house here with Hua Xi's introduction and lived there temporarily.
He went out every day to inquire about information from various channels. The people he brought also showed their skills and prepared to sneak into the royal city in batches. Otherwise, more than ten people acting together would be too ostentatious and could easily arouse suspicion.
On this day, they went to sit by the river as usual in the evening. At this time, many mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law gathered by the river, and everyone would chat while washing clothes.
Because the conditions are not good, the women here do all kinds of work, they are aggressive and powerful. They know as much as men, and you can know a lot about the surrounding situation from their mouths.
Shen Xingwan comes often these days, and after everyone knew that she was a distant relative of Huaxi, they were very kind to her and spoke without warning.
Shen Xingwan brought some snacks he bought and distributed them to the children who came with the adults. He sat here quietly and seemed to enjoy the cool air, but in fact he listened to the information revealed in their gossip.
The sky was getting darker little by little, and everyone left from the river with their wooden basins and went home to cook.
Shen Xingwan also headed back home, and halfway there he met Shen Ruoyan who was running away to someone who didn't know where to go.
The two sisters talked in a low voice while walking towards where they lived.
Suddenly at the corner, I met a man head-on.
Shen Xingwan didn't pay much attention to it at first. Even though he avoided it, the other party said "Huh" in surprise.
She looked over curiously and saw that she was really an "acquaintance." It turned out to be the Du Langjun from before. She didn't expect to run into him here after so many days.
"We meet each other everywhere in life. It seems that we are quite destined." Du Langjun looked like he had met his close friends in a foreign country and was very happy to meet him and them.
Shen Xingwan twitched the corner of his mouth, meeting him here at this time was both a true fate and a bad fate.
