Ten Miles of Red Makeup: The Legend of Ming Yu

Chapter 18
When they arrived at Naojie Street, before getting off the carriage, Xi'er took a scarf to Concubine Ming, and said, "Madam gave it to the servants. Although there are not many people who know the girl, but the girl stayed at Su's house to guard the old lady. It's not good to hang out on the street, if someone from the Hou's Mansion sees it and spreads it to the old lady's ears, the mansion will send someone to take us back to the mansion."

The ancients paid attention to filial piety. The elders in the family were seriously ill and were about to go to the funeral, and the younger ones still had leisure time to go shopping. This is not allowed.

Mrs. Su was ill for three months, and Su Li and the others hadn't gone out for two months, let alone attended any banquets. The only places they could go were those temples where they prayed and made wishes.

In order to be able to go shopping, wearing a square scarf is nothing, and not only Ming concubine, but even Xi'er wears it.

They strolled in front, and the two servants followed behind. Although they knew that their concubine didn't like it, they could only bear it.

As expected, it is at the foot of the emperor, this is Shengjing, there is an endless stream of pedestrians on the street, shoulder to shoulder, teahouses, restaurants, silk jewelry, blacksmiths selling rice... There are all kinds of shops, small vendors cross the street and the market, and the sound of hawking keeps coming and going.

The rare sugar seller in the previous life has a lot of candied haws, bright red, and the crystal-like candied haws hook the tongue.

Just as Ming concubine was about to buy a few bunches, there was the sound of gongs and drums not far ahead, and many people flocked there, even the candied haws seller turned around to gather there...

Xi'er likes to watch the excitement, so she pulled Ming concubine and said, "Girl, let's go and have a look."

It is a bookstore that attracts people with drums and gongs, and the title of the book is very domineering.

Ming concubine looked at the words on the plaque, while Xi'er said with a strange face, "Quyuanfang, why did you choose such a strange name? It's so ugly."

That's Zhuangyuanfang!
Ming concubine supports the amount.

Xi'er spoke in a loud voice, several people from the side heard it and looked over, her face was burning hot while wearing a veil. square.

Forget it, Wei Ming concubine is timid by nature, and she doesn't know much about reading and writing, so how can she teach the maids? It would be good if she can read a few words.

Xi'er didn't know that she had made a mistake, so she happily asked what the purpose of beating gongs and drums was, but when she asked clearly, she became dejected, "It's about poetry and writing inscriptions, it's no fun at all, let's go, girl."

It's not that it's not fun, but it's that none of them know how to do it, but it's okay to stay and watch the excitement. Seeing that the concubine won't leave, the young man said, "Would you like to buy books, Qingyaxuan is right in front."

You can choose a few books, Ming concubine said with a smile, "Just buy it here, it's [-]% off."

She doesn't like to look far away. Ming concubine walks away. Xi'er doesn't know how to get a [-]% discount, so she grabs her and says, "Girl, Qingyaxuan belongs to the Su family. It is the largest bookstore in Kyoto. All the books in it are available." Yes, what book does the girl want..."

Xi'er hadn't finished speaking when the little guy over there heard it and said with a smile, "You guys are ignorant and ignorant when you first arrive in the capital, and you came here deliberately to make things worse. It's okay to say that the Su family's Qingyaxuan is good in front of our Zhuangyuanfang. If you don’t inquire about it, now the largest bookstore in Kyoto is our Zhuangyuanfang, not Qingyaxuan!”

When the little guy said that, the young servant of the Su family became very angry, "The Su family has the most books in the world!"

The servant in Zhuangyuanfang let out a laugh, "So what if the Su family has the most books, do you think Qingyaxuan sells those rare books? The books in Zhuangyuanfang are at least [-]% cheaper than Qingyaxuan!"

It's [-]% cheaper, and you can buy another one or two for [-] cents. The business is naturally better than Su's Qingyaxuan.

The young servant of the Su family had nothing to say, Ming concubine said with a smile, "I haven't been out for more than a month. I don't know that the name of the No. [-] Bookstore in Kyoto has changed hands. I am ignorant and ignorant. I wish Zhuangyuanfang a prosperous business."

The young man in Zhuangyuanfang smiled and said, "This girl speaks well."

Mingyu smiled, turned and left.

After walking a little further, Xi'er muttered, "Zhuangyuanfang stole the title of Qingyaxuan's No. [-] Bookstore, why do you wish it a prosperous business?"

Is it worth being so serious to say a scene, Ming Concubine can't laugh or cry, "It's not that I wish Zhuangyuanfang's business is prosperous, so it will really be prosperous. Your girl, I'm not a golden talker. As for stealing the name of Qingyaxuan's No. [-] Bookstore , Don’t talk nonsense about this, and go back and read more, and don’t read the words you don’t understand in the future.”

Behind him, the boy couldn't help laughing when he thought of Xi'er's words about "Quanyuanfang". This is the biggest insult to Zhuangyuanfang.

Xi'er blushed, wishing she could stomp her feet and run away.

The boy thought that Ming concubine was going to buy a book, so he walked through an alley and went to another street. After walking for a while, he saw a magnificent tall building, and the boy said, "My cousin, that's Qingyaxuan."

In terms of style, Zhuangyuanfang is slightly better, but in terms of ancient charm, Qingyaxuan is more scholarly, and as for business... Qingyaxuan has suffered a complete failure.

Almost no one came in or out of Qingyaxuan, the only one I saw was Su Yang.

(End of this chapter)