A piece of paper

"Beauty Lantern" was officially launched on the 20th day of the first lunar month, and quickly won the love of girls in Jingxian County. Before the New Year's Eve, and the family education has not been tightened, more than [-] girls and young women come to make lanterns every day. That's right, those families who are willing to give money to their daughters to play tricks have all taken care of them.

I didn’t make much money, but I met a lot of people, especially those women with purchasing power—for example, the daughter of the prefect family, the younger sister of the county office book, the beautiful girl newly married by the county clerk, and another example of a wealthy family. Yuanyuan girl of money.

Speaking of this round girl, Xian Jin was really impressed.

The girl was very beautiful, and when she came, she paid three hundred Wen, wrapped ten lanterns and made them slowly. Xianjin immediately asked Zhang Mama to help the big customer with all her strength, and sent Suo'er to the door to buy two boxes of pastries. Not being a mascot anymore, he exaggeratedly praised her next to her with a copper stove, "Wow! Your selection of this piece of bamboo is really good!"

"This diagonal is so neatly folded!"

"This bowl of paste is really thick!"

Xian Jin sensed Mama Zhang's frowning, looked at the shape of her lips, oh, the paste was pre-adjusted by Mama Zhang, and it was given as a gift.
Although the flattery was patted on the horse's leg, the gold medal salesman was not afraid of embarrassment at all, and turned around and sincerely praised the big customer's ingenuity-who the hell knew that this big customer was right in every step, and the finished product was scrapped in the end.

Out of the ten prefabricated products, she only made one finished product, which was discarded or had a few big holes created by ink, or the strips were glued wrongly and the lantern became a square, or the paper was glued together when it was folded in half, the lantern was finished. , that is, the paper is too thick to allow light to come through.
Seeing that the big customer was angry and ashamed, he was anxious to be a lantern.

Xian Jin hurriedly served a cup of tea and said with a smile, "The hanzi is elegant, the plum blossoms are fragrant, and the bamboo is quiet, but no one can say that the nameless flowers are not beautiful. Although your lantern does not look like an ordinary lantern, it is very beautiful It's unique!"

Xian Jin picked up the dark, opaque postmodern "lantern" that looks like a lantern but is actually a ball of paper with one hand. He is sincere and sincere. Dialectics, but it is a very interesting thing. Shangyuan night tour, thousands of lights are on, and you walk alone at night, everyone's lights are bright, but you are the only one whose lanterns are not on. Think about it, everyone was watching at that time. You, still look at those ordinary, bright lights?"

With all the lights on except one, where is everyone's attention?
It must be the one that is not lit!
This little girl is not very old, only twelve or thirteen years old, her face is chubby, the flesh on both sides of her cheeks is pink and tender, and her eyes are shining brightly hidden in the flesh, like a pure and happy koi that does not worry about eating and drinking .

When the koi girl heard Xian Jin's words, she sniffled and said nonchalantly, "Your words are really interesting. Confucianism, discussion, and dialectics. It's not far from what my father talks about every day!"

Xian Jin laughed and said, "Then your father must be an expert."

The koi girl was about to blurt out, but she understood Xian Jin's words, she forgot crying and sniffling, and Zhan Mou smiled with two dimples, "You talk about the same as my father, my father is Master, you are also boasting that you are a master!"

The koi girl covered her mouth and smiled, with several fat dimples on the back of her hands, she said softly, "You are so funny!"

Ah!
The koi girl covered her mouth and smiled, like the popular female celebrity Xiaoxiong Huahua who has no neck and is popular all over the country in later generations!
Xian Jin felt a cute blow to his chest!
Girls, they are so cute!

Xian Jin clutched his chest and packaged the post-modern works of art made of koi flowers, which were so beautiful and unique. He also asked Mama Zhang to draw a beautiful gold-sprinkled coral paper, and drew several cute tails with a reed brush The stick figure fish was placed on it, and a double-layered lantern was carefully made for the koi girl, "... wish you a happy new year, peace and joy!"

The koi girl's eyes are smiling like crescent moons.

On the day of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Chen Zuoniang brought her younger sister, You Niang, to join the show. Seeing that there were many people in the shop, the four or five square tables placed at the door were all occupied, and there were several familiar country gentry girls who were eating. Won stew, while waiting beside, Chen Zuoniang arranged for her younger sister, and then came to help Xianjin.

Chen Zuoniang's hands and feet were very dexterous, seeing that Suo'er didn't have time to separate the strips, she raised her sleeves and separated the six strips of a lantern first, then tied them with a thin thread, put them away one by one, and just handed them out when someone came.

Afterwards, another method used the same method to divide the paste with wide strips of bamboo strips, and then used six strips of bamboo strips, two lumps of paste and two sheets of paper as a unit, combed them in the same way, and divided the raw materials into many units one by one. .

In the end, Xian Jin was in charge of sales collection, Chen Zuoniang was in charge of handing over a unit needed to make a lantern to the customer, and Zhang's mother was in charge of teaching and guiding how to make a lantern.

What is Wang Sansuo kid doing?

Little Wang Sansuo bought a bowl of wonton stew with the ten cents that Xianjin sent her, and stood side by side with the waiting girls, eating intently.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the busiest day. A few people work from the morning until the sun is about to set. Long ropes are tied across the alleys of Shuixi Street. The merchants close their doors one after another, hang up five-color paper strips, lantern couplets, and stick them on the trees. Candles, as "Hundred Branch Lamps".

The old house delivered the meal, but it was a pity that the meal was missed, and the meal was completely cold.

Chen Zuoniang was going to eat as soon as possible, but Xian Jin firmly disagreed, "Eating too much food and eating cold food is not a sign of longevity."

I also saw that Zhang’s mother had been making rice cakes for half a month, and she was sitting on the threshold and beating her arms. Thinking about it, she said, "Today we sold more than 400 lanterns, and each person got half of the money! No beauties are placed at night. The lights are on! I invite everyone to look at the lights!"

Now the shops on the street are closed, and the restaurants are presumably closed early. After a tiring day, it would be too chilling for people to go back to the old house hungry-there must be small vendors selling hot food at the lantern festival.

".The seafood wonton stew at the corner is delicious. The dried shrimps are finely ground, and then some dried seaweed and green onion are added. Rinse it with hot broth, tsk tsk tsk, that taste!"

"The white rice cakes on the back street are also delicious! I looked at the rice milk they ground, with a little bit of brown sugar on it, but it's actually seasoned with pear juice!"

"The pancakes by the splashing bridge are fragrant and crispy with chopped green onions wrapped in lard residue."

The only full-fledged child, Wang Sansuo, led the way to find food while chattering and appreciating it.

The four starved ghosts hanging behind her had green eyes, and the more they listened, the hungrier they became, and their saliva became more and more drooling.

Xian Jin gritted his teeth, "Wang Sansuo, reduce the money by half!"

Classmate Wang Sansuo, who was deducted half of the money for dividends, was depressed for a while, and Xian Jin, who was full of white rice cakes, coaxed him with a piece of sticky maltose, and then was led by Zhang Ma into various dance performances performed by actors in the streets.

Sisters Xian Jin and Chen Zuoniang wandered aimlessly in the lively place.

Jing County is really not that big, it’s about the size of a small county town in later generations. This Lantern Festival is well arranged. Three big lantern towers are erected in the city, and fireworks and firecrackers are set off. Each has its own ingenuity. In the eyes, shredded paper is like snow, all over the streets, and there are many layers of lanterns on the long poles. There are pearls hanging upside down, twelve lanterns, eighteen bachelors, spring festival couplets, windmills and wheels.
Xian Jin walked all the way, dizzying, well, he was indeed shocked by the aesthetics of the ancients.

There is a kind of elegant sense of wealth - after all, like the old man Shiquan in the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong, there should not be many ancients who have lively aesthetics and love to stamp their seals.

In addition to the sense of elegance and wealth, Xian Jin also discovered one thing - the people in this place are not poor, and in a really poor place, the common people would not drag their families out for a lively stroll during Chinese New Year, and would be happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Everyone who passed by Xian Jin, even if they were dressed plainly, even if they didn't have much, had a very contented and happy face on their faces.

Of course, there are also poor people, but even if the clothes and trousers have pudding, they are neat and clean.

Xian Jin sighed, "The parent officer in Jing County is indeed a good official."

Chen Youniang laughed cheerfully, but Chen Zuoniang blushed uncomfortably and turned her head to look at the ever-burning lantern under the Wuxi Bridge.

Xianjin is unknown.

Chen Youniang was stealthy, and whispered in her ear, "...Since the last county magistrate was robbed and killed by bandits on the mountain, there is still no county magistrate in our Jing County, only a Zhengbapin county magistrate from Juren presides over the matter."

Chen Youniang smiled muffled, "That's my sister's fiancé-in-law."

Oh, it's equivalent to praising someone's husband for a good job in front of his wife.

Fortunately, I didn't scold such nonsense as "the blue bricks at the door of the shop often accumulate water, it must be that the yamen has collected money and doesn't do anything".
Xian Jin laughed and lowered his voice, "Your sister has a good eye!"

Chen Youniang and You Rongyan said, "It's not my sister's good vision, but my great-grandfather's good vision!"

Oh, yes, in ancient times, the orders of parents, the words of matchmakers, and the opinions of the younger generation are nothing when it comes to marriage. No, they don’t even count as farts. He dared not even make a sound.

The great-grandfather of the left and right mothers is the patriarch of the Chen family, and the seventh uncle in Mrs. Qu's mouth.

Even in modern times, the big businessmen in the county and the people with real power in the yamen would explode.

Xian Jin nodded, and replied, "The head of a county is very suitable for the eldest daughter of our old Chen family. After three years of outstanding service, the county magistrate will slowly climb up the ranks." , now that you are not very old, it is just around the corner to climb to the magistrate and prefect, just around the corner!"

Chen Zuoniang finally turned around, suppressed her younger sister's troublesome mouth, and then slammed Xianjin's shoulder in reproach, "Poppy, don't talk nonsense! What are you crawling slowly, magistrate and prefect! Bapin, not to mention the imperial order !"

The voice was slightly lowered, "It's not the grandpa's decision. It was the marriage that was made when the uncle was in the limelight and served as the chief official of the Chengdu Mansion."

While speaking, his brows and eyes were a little downcast.

Immediately, Xian Jin understood the subtext, and had a score in his mind, the marriage arranged by Hope Star's father when he was in office, if his father died, would this marriage still be valid?Did the other party decide this marriage because there was an uncle in the Chen family who was the sixth-rank magistrate at the time?

Xian Jin saw that Chen Zuoniang's expression became visibly lonely.

A girl who is so methodical and quick in doing things.
Xian Jin hugged Chen Zuoniang's shoulders, and said with a smile, "Whatever he is, the eighth and sixth ranks! Even the Wenchang Pavilion Grand Scholars who entered the cabinet to pay homage to the chancellor are just a name! Our family is rich, and the monthly income is ten times more than his. There is still a lot of annual salary! Listen carefully, even if you get married, you have to keep your dowry well, and every copper coin must be used on yourself!"

This is pure nonsense.

Even if he earns the salary of eight lifetimes as an official in a month, when a businessman sees people in the court, even if he is just a small and low-level clerk, he has to be respectful and hunched over.

Knowing in her heart that Xian Jin was comforting herself, Chen Zuoniang pursed her lips and laughed.

As soon as Xian Jin finished talking in this room, a soft and soft voice flashed between the red lights and green lights in the other room, "Sister! Sister Beauty Deng!"

There are lights everywhere, and I don't know where this sound is coming from.

Show gold stepping look.

The flow of people was like weaving, and a black spot suddenly appeared among the brightly lit lanterns.

Following this black dot, he moved forward bravely at an extremely fast speed, passed through the crowded crowd, like a salmon returning to the flood season, worked hard to go backwards, and squeezed in front of Xianjin in an instant.

Oh, it's the koi flower girl.

Xian Jin saw that she was holding a wooden pole in the air, and looked down along the wooden pole. It was. It was the post-modern performance art lamp, but I was the unlit lantern.
Well. Sure enough, in a bright light, you will see the black spot at a glance.

Xian Jin greeted with a natural smile, "... from Shuidong Street? Is there a lamp building over there? Is it beautiful?"

Seeing that there was no one around the koi flower girl, she was not sure if she returned to the flood too quickly, or if she really came out to play alone, so she asked, "Did she come out alone?"

No matter how good the parents are, a girl has to pay attention when she comes out to play alone.

Look at Gusu City, the poor Ms. Zhen Yinglian was photographed by Huazi as the twelve beauties of Jinling and Xiangling.

Xian Jin pulled the little girl to his side, and was about to ask again, but saw the koi flower girl turned around and waved back excitedly, "Brother! Brother! This is the one who said the lights of thousands of houses, I walked alone to the night,'beauty Lamp' lady boss!"

Xian Jin looked back with a smile, and the smile froze on his face for a moment.

The elder brother of the little koi flower girl followed closely the steps of his younger sister, and his face was also stiff when he saw Jin's appearance clearly from the crowd.

Oh shit!

He should have thought of it earlier!
The bosses who are smart enough to play all kinds of tricks just to make money from selling things can be counted on one hand in Jing County!
His chubby sister, holding the lantern that was not lit at all, was eager to go out, and kept saying:

"Thousands of lights, I walk alone into the night!"

"Bamboo is quiet and quiet, and plum blossoms are fragrant. Even an unknown flower is very beautiful!"

"Even if everyone else is weak and weak, but I am a round pig, isn't it beautiful?"

Then the girl started dropping golden peas.

What are they talking about?
Is it a torn lantern?
No matter how you talk about it, it's about height, shortness, fatness, and body management! ?

He selfishly thought that the first two sentences might have been said by others, and the last sentence must have been added by his sister herself.

However, once his sister sheds tears, his father will definitely force him to submit.

Therefore, as they walked along the way, he watched his sister happily holding a black lantern, and received countless blank stares in surprise.
He should have thought of it earlier!
This kind of shameless way of making money can only be thought of by Chen Ji, a holly tree!
Continue to combine two updates into one, continue to combine two updates into one (mainly because the chapters cannot be separated, so just post them together)