Nine hundred and fiftieth IX Chenjia cloth village
It is already the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month, and in ten days, it will officially enter the fifth year of Jinghe. Many dignitaries in Kyoto have already begun to be busy with New Year matters at home.
Naturally, the people were also busy, and while they were busy, they also had some worries in their hearts.
The weather seems to be colder than in previous years, but there is no snow in Kyoto this year. Not only in Kyoto, but also in the 13 prefectures in the Gyeonggi region, there is no snow.
For experienced farmers, they naturally know what this means. If there is no snow this winter, the harvest next year will not be optimistic.
Ruo Qing's body has recovered, and she is getting busier with Goulan matters during the Chinese New Year. However, Zui Mo keeps a close eye on her and does not allow her to care about those things. She has a gentle temperament, so naturally she cannot resist Zui Mo. The two of them just go out.
When doing New Year shopping, sometimes there are three people, and Li Yi plays the role of carrying the bags.
Carrying bags for your woman is a happy thing. You don't need servants or guards to do these things for you.
According to his original plan, this year's reunion night should be spent together as a family. However, Zui Mo's wedding dress has been embroidered for a long time and has not been finished, and there is no good time to tell Ruo Qing. The big court meeting is approaching, so it is not difficult
Imagine that the whole of Kyoto will explode by then. Li Yi himself doesn't know how many things he has to be busy with, and his affairs with them cannot be done in such a hurry.
After walking half a street, he already carried a lot of things in his hands. Zui Mo and Ruo Qing walked in front, and he and Mr. Xu walked behind.
Since he started hanging out with his second uncle's father-in-law, Li Yi found that Mr. Xu began to become nervous. He was a lot older, and he slowly changed in the direction of sex. He had a serious tendency to be abused, and every time after being abused,
Just find a place to sit quietly, wandering around, not knowing what to think about.
In recent days, his state of mind has improved, and he no longer needs to find a quiet place to wander around.
After Xiaohong walked in, Lao Fang no longer had to go to Qunyuyuan, and naturally he no longer had to follow him. Old Xu was like a piece of wood. Li Yi was bored by himself, so he had to go up and look at the things they bought, curious.
Said: "Didn't I buy these things two days ago? Why buy them again?"
"I bought this for Mrs. Chen." Zui Mo glanced at him angrily and said, "Mrs. Chen is usually so kind to us. It's almost the Chinese New Year, so naturally I have to buy some gifts to send over."
Li Yi smiled and said: "In a family, the male leads the outside and the female leads the inside. I know you will think of these things..."
"Who is with your family..." Zui Mo glanced at her, held Ruo Qing's hand, and said, "Let's go to that shop to have a look..."
Ruo Qing looked at her and smiled, but was immediately pulled away by Zui Mo.
Li Yi found that since she let go of her heart and said those words that day, some things had changed.
For example, she started to unite with Ruoqing, making herself feel like an outsider... Now that she doesn't know her, she will take care of her after she gets married.
As for what she just said, he certainly wouldn't ignore it.
Although the Chen family was ransacked, their property confiscated, and their maids and servants dispersed, nothing was left behind.
Brothers Chen Chong and Chen Qing now run a cloth shop, which is not large in scale, but it is more than enough to support a family.
Of course, as the only designated supplier of ready-made clothing stores in Kyoto, they don't have to worry about business problems at all. Chen Chong didn't accept his gift, but he didn't refuse this. He was really a hypocritical guy who didn't mean what he said.
It is not easy to run a store in Kyoto, especially for a family like the Chen family, which was once glorious and then declined rapidly. Former friends may not always be friends, and former enemies may still be enemies.
These days, the people he arranged to work openly and secretly have cleared up so much trouble for them.
Seeing Zui Mo and Ruo Qing enter a shop, he quickly followed them.
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Chen's Cloth Shop.
This is a newly opened cloth shop in Kyoto. It has an ordinary name, but the people who run it are anything but ordinary.
In the former Duke's Mansion, there were two sons of the Chen family, one of whom was an official of Shizhong, the other of whom was a third-rank servant. They had numerous cronies and had unparalleled influence in Kyoto. They were the ones most common people and even dignitaries in Kyoto looked up to.
However, now and then, the Chen family today is just a commoner family, no different from most people in Beijing.
Common people often talk about the prosperous poor, but what they like to see even more are the rich and powerful in distress.
Many people come here every day, not to buy cloth, but just to take a look and see what the Chen family has reduced to when it was once glorious.
After Chen Chong walked into the store, he waved and said: "Li Jun, these pieces of cloth were ordered by the customer yesterday. They will be picked up soon. You can move them over there."
"Okay!" Chen Lijun, who was once one of the biggest dandies in Kyoto, was now wearing a very ordinary clothes. Hearing the words, he immediately ran over, picked up a few pieces of cloth with great effort, and put them on the other side of the shop.
Chen Chong opened a curtain and walked to a small room inside. He frowned and said, "Miaoyu, didn't I tell you to rest at home? Why are you here again?"
Among the women, Miss Chen San looked back, shook her head and said: "Staying at home is too boring, why not come over and teach them to embroider something..."
"If you feel bored, ask Xiu'er to accompany you to Goulan to watch a play. I heard that there has been a new play there recently..."
"It's okay, second brother, I have some work to do, so I feel at peace in my heart."
Chen Chong looked at her, shook his head slightly, and finally stopped talking.
Inside the shop, when he saw another customer coming in, Chen Lijun hurriedly stood up, walked over and asked, "Sir, are you just looking around or..."
A young man smiled and said: "Pick up the goods."
Chen Lijun nodded and said, "Please show me your order."
The young man took out a piece of paper from his arms. Chen Lijun looked at it, walked to the other side, and quickly picked up a piece of cloth and said, "This is your cloth. Check it. If there is no problem, pay the balance."
That’s it.”
The young man opened the piece of cloth, turned it over and over, and asked, "Is this cloth strong? Don't pass it off as good quality. If it's not strong, I won't pay."
Chen Lijun said with a smile: "Don't worry, sir, in the whole of Kyoto, you can't find any cloth that is stronger than what we have here..."
"Stab it!"
The young man stretched out his hand and pulled gently, and the cloth in his hand split.
He threw the piece of cloth on the ground, looked at Chen Lijun and asked, "Is this the strongest cloth in Kyoto?"
Chen Lijun looked at him blankly. In terms of pattern, the cloth here may not be as good as other places, but in terms of strength, this is the best in Kyoto. Who would have thought that the person in front of him could actually use it casually?
Will you tear this cloth apart with your hands?
The young man took out a few more pieces of paper from his hand, handed them to another clerk next to him, and asked, "These are the other pieces of cloth I ordered from you yesterday. Where are the goods?"
The guy pointed in a direction blankly and said, "Everyone, they're all there."
The young man strode over, opened a piece of cloth, pulled it gently, and after a sound like cracking silk, he threw the piece of cloth away and stepped on it.
"Stab it!"
"Stab it!"
"Stab it!"
…
All the pieces of cloth were like paper in his hands, torn apart easily and thrown to the ground.
He stood among the rags on the floor and said calmly: "Is this what you said is the strongest cloth in Kyoto?"
