In a very small courtyard, two women brought food in.
Wan Qing and Li Xiaonan didn't dare to eat more, so they cleared away the food. The mother-in-law brought hot water in. The two women who had been waiting in the yard helped Li Xiaonan and Wan Qing wash themselves again, spread Li Xiaonan's hair, and comb it carefully.
, Wan Qing took the decision and chose a hairstyle. Her mother-in-law was very good at combing her hair, and she took a pair of lapis lazuli flowers and gold veils that Wan Qing handed over and put them on her temples.
Li Xiaonan stood up and took off her muslin jacket, only to see Wan Qing come out first carrying a tube top.
"You!" Li Xiaonan shouted as she clicked on this tube top.
Does this require her to change from the innermost to the outermost?
"This belongs to our cousin, not mine." Wan Qing explained hurriedly.
"I mean, this one also needs to be replaced?"
"Yeah, look at the material of your clothes. It's so thick. How does it match these?" Wan Qing picked up Li Xiaonan's cotton-padded jacket with one hand and shook it.
"Why can't we match it? There's no need to change this. I'd rather wear something that's comfortable for me." Li Xiaonan firmly rejected the thin silk tube top.
"Hey, okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Wan Qing sighed repeatedly, put down her tube top, and picked up a piece of underwear.
"How many layers should I wear?" Li Xiaonan reached out and rummaged through the pile of clothes.
"This is the first piece. It is washed pure white silk. This kind of fine silk is the finest and softest. It needs to be washed clean to make it comfortable next to the body.
"This is the second piece. There is a thin layer of silk cotton in the middle. It's the winter moon anyway, so we can't avoid it. This is what our uncle and wife pay attention to.
"This is the third piece. Only the collar and sleeves are embroidered, because only the collar and sleeves are directly exposed. Look at how good the embroidery is. Our uncle and wife like to pay attention to these details, saying that they are not ostentatious and decent.<
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"Then there is this piece of tulle. The embroidery on it is on this piece. Look, is it sober and elegant? This is also what our uncle and wife are particular about. It is said that the embroidery is embroidered on this organdy.
I can wear a few more clothes."
Wan Qing showed each item to Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan took several breaths as she watched.
This outfit, not counting the big white fox coat, must be more valuable than all their family’s belongings!
Except for the two most close-fitting items, Li Xiaonan changed into the clothes brought by Wan Qing from inside to outside, stood in front of the tall full-length mirror, and sighed, it turns out that a person relies on clothes and a horse relies on the saddle!
Wan Qing also asked her mother-in-law to comb her hair again and change her clothes. She wore a duck-shell green skirt with half of her arms exposed and half of her pine-green pipa sleeves, which was neat and tidy.
"You look good!" Li Xiaonan circled around Wan Qing.
"This is the festival clothes worn by the girls in our uncle's house. This is first-class!" Wan Qing turned around. She didn't envy this dress, she envied first-class.
"We have to go, it's almost time." Wan Qing put on her silk coat, picked up the white fox coat and put it on Li Xiaonan, and pushed Li Xiaonan.
"Do I belong to a girl? Then what does it mean for me to be with Mr. He, the shopkeeper?" Li Xiaonan asked while dragging her white fox coat and walking out.
"These clothes of yours belong to our cousin! Let's go quickly."
"Who am I?" Li Xiaonan caught up with Wan Qing and asked again.
"How would I know! Just ask when the time comes."
The two men followed the two women out of the corner gate, walked through half of a narrow alley with high walls on both sides, entered another corner gate, and walked along the houses for half a quarter of an hour. They stopped in a building with lights on.
In front of two floors, the mother-in-law stood and signaled her arrival.
Wan Qing stopped and motioned to Li Xiaonan to step forward.
"I don't know the road. I've never been here before." Li Xiaonan motioned to Wan Qing to go first.
"Look at our clothes. You are the master and I am the servant. How can I walk in front of you? Hurry up." Wan Qing urged.
"Is this why you picked this outfit for me?" Li Xiaonan muttered and stepped forward.
The warmth in the building hit her face. Wan Qing took Li Xiaonan's white fox jacket and held it in her arms along with her own.
A young boy trotted out to greet him, "Girl, please come this way."
Li Xiaonan went in front, Wan Qing followed closely behind, and followed the boy through a very high and narrow aisle. At the bright entrance of the aisle, He Chengze, the old shopkeeper, was wearing a bronze brocade gown. When he saw Li Xiaonan, he immediately smiled and bowed. Li Xiaonan hurriedly walked a few steps and knelt down to greet her. Before she could ask, shopkeeper He smiled and said, "The prince has just arrived, please."
Shopkeeper He leaned forward and let Li Xiaonan go first.
"Shopkeeper He, please go first." Li Xiaonan quickly asked Mr. He.
Shopkeeper He took a step to the side, motioned for Li Xiaonan to come forward, and said: "Over there, in the green shirt, is Mr. Du from our Customs and Excise Department. That person over there is Mr. Luo, and next to him is Mr. Wang." p>
Li Xiaonan quickly followed Shopkeeper He’s introduction to recognize the person.
Shopkeeper He slowed down his pace, suppressed his voice, and introduced as he walked.
Gu Yan had his back to Li Xiaonan and was listening intently to a middle-aged man. The surrounding movement reached the middle-aged man. Gu Yan followed the middle-aged man's gaze and turned to look at Li Xiaonan, his eyebrows suddenly raised.
Li Xiaonan, who was following Mr. He's introduction and greeting with a smile, was so beautiful that he was a little dazzled.
This azure-grey outfit is really suitable for her. She is elegant and graceful, and she is completely different from the usual little girl look.
The sight of her in front of him made him feel as if he had seen Luxiu in the past. The feeling of seeing Luxiu for the first time was suddenly very clear. Luxiu was covered in moxa green, like a clear spring in a quiet mountain forest. At that time, he was mentally exhausted and exhausted...
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Gu Yan looked at Li Xiaonan intently, and he even felt the warmth and gentleness of Luxiu next to him...
"Master?" The middle-aged man next to him looked at Li Xiaonan, then at Gu Yan, who was in a daze, and called out cautiously.
"Oh!" Gu Yan was stunned, turned the folding fan in his hand twice quickly, pointed at Li Xiaonan and said with a smile: "This little girl is usually very fierce, can't you tell now?" p>
"Yes, yes." The middle-aged man's heart was lifted when he was asked by Gu Yan.
Who is this? Dare to be so cruel to the prince? Should I ask? What should I say? Where can I praise you?
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Li Xiaonan followed Mr. He and faced a gentle scholar in his twenties. When Mr. He introduced him as Mr. Liu of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, he couldn't hide his surprise.
She knows where Nanyang is and the customs and customs there. How can the Liu family in front of her look like Nanyang?
Moreover, she heard Gu Yan talk about the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce. Among the big merchants who took silk to the sea, the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce was ranked in the top ten. This head Liu was too young and delicate.
Opposite Mr. Liu looked at the surprise on Li Xiaonan's face, laughed, and bowed slightly, "The girl's grace is unexpected." After a pause, he smiled again: "Exceeding expectations. The girl is beautiful, as quiet as a forest.
The water in the deep pool moves like the white clouds coming out of the lake. I am clumsy and have no words to describe the girl's grace."
Li Xiaonan's eyes widened when she heard this, "Is this your Nanyang custom? You are called clumsy, what about those who are clever? Do you have to say a long poem on the spot?"
Mr. Liu laughed out loud, "If you want to see it, girl, I can stay up all night and express my admiration in my heart."
"Forget it, I'm the worst at poetry. I often have a headache even with rhymes. Do you like arithmetic? What about studying objects?" Li Xiaonan asked looking very serious.
Mr. Liu raised his eyebrows high and laughed again. He held his hands while laughing and said, "I made a mistake, but this is really what I said from the bottom of my heart. Please forgive me, girl."
Li Xiaonan bent her knees slightly and asked with a smile: "Does Nanyang also speak Daqi dialect?"
"In Nanyang, when you enter school, you first learn Daqi dialect, and the books you study are the same as those in Daqi. Nanyang people who don't study speak Nanyang dialect, and there are many kinds of Nanyang dialect." Mr. Liu explained in great detail.
"What about their looks? Are they all like you?" Li Xiaonan then asked.
"The one who speaks better in Daqi dialect looks more like me. The one who speaks Nanyang dialect is darker and shorter, and his eyebrows are slightly different." Mr. Liu smiled.
Li Xiaonan trailed off and said, "I understand."
"What do you know?" Mr. Liu asked immediately.
"Mandarin is also Mandarin in Nanyang." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.
Mr. Liu laughed out loud, "You really understand."
"The ancestral home of Mr. Liu is in Daqi?" Li Xiaonan looked at Mr. Liu.
Mr. Liu looked at Li Xiaonan with a smile and said nothing.
"I was presumptuous." Li Xiaonan quickly knelt down and apologized.
"If the girl is interested in Nanyang, I will invite her to try our Nanyang delicacies another day." Mr. Liu bowed and returned the gift, smiling.
"Okay." Li Xiaonan agreed casually, bent her knees slightly again, took a step towards the waiting shopkeeper He, and then bent down and smiled as shopkeeper He introduced her.
I’ll treat you to dinner another day, but that’s it for today, she understands it very well.
Mr. Liu also took a few steps to the side and was talking to someone, but he kept looking at Li Xiaonan from the corner of his eye.
This banquet named after dinner, the word "banquet" is fully reflected in the long table along the wall filled with all kinds of food, such as Pingjiang noodles, glutinous rice balls, side dishes, various snacks, the waiters are constantly going back and forth to replace the old ones with new ones.
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During the entire dinner, Gu Yan raised his glass and said a few words. The rest of the time, you talked to me, and I talked to you. Almost everyone gathered around Gu Yan, or stared at Gu Yan, looking for someone who could talk to Gu Yan.
A chance to say a few words.
Li Xiaonan just looked at people and didn't bother to eat anything. Wan Qing followed Li Xiaonan without stopping.
Fortunately, both of them were concentrating and neither felt hungry.
The dinner didn't last long, and Xu Zheng dispersed around the time. Li Xiaonan and Wan Qing returned to the small courtyard of the He family. The mother-in-law immediately brought in the food box and brought the food.
The next day, when Li Xiaonan woke up, it was already bright.
Hearing the noise, Wan Qing raised her head and took a look, then took Li Xiaonan's clothes and came in. She laughed before she said anything.
"During Yin Zheng's reign, Shi Kui came over to send a message, saying that our prince had ordered him to have breakfast with you after he had finished practicing. He said that if you got up early, just wait."
Li Xiaonan hurriedly turned around to look for the drip.
"It's already two o'clock in the morning. Our prince is so busy that he has already had dinner and went to the Customs Department." Wan Qing stuffed the clothes into Li Xiaonan's hands. "Our prince gave instructions before he left, saying that if you are Chen
Before you get up, I will give you some snacks for breakfast and won’t let you eat more, lest you not be able to have a good meal at noon.”
"I'm not from your family! I'm not usually this late. I was too tired yesterday." Li Xiaonan quickly put on her clothes.
"I asked about it. The snacks include meat dumplings, sugar porridge, sweet wine dumplings, whitebait spring rolls, ham shortcakes, shrimp siomai, and a mouthful of rice dumplings." Wan Qing laughed a few times.
, said in a lowered voice.
Li Xiaonan burst out laughing immediately, "I want a bowl of sugar porridge and a cage of shrimp siomai! Have you tried it?"
"I've been up since Yinzheng, and I've eaten early."
After Li Xiaonan washed up and had breakfast, Wan Qing went out to ask for a car. She came back a moment later and said, "It's the prince's order, and he asked you to wait until he comes back before leaving."
This was expected by Li Xiaonan. Since he asked her to take a look, he would definitely ask her what she saw.
