Chapter 41 The topic of taste
Wen Lingxiao hurriedly hurried and didn't show up until the Fu family was about to serve lunch. As soon as he arrived, the hall became even more lively. Wen Mianmian pouted and stepped forward to complain, "Uncle, aunt, my brother is the worst. I know that uncle
When he came back, he came quietly by himself and didn't even say he wanted to bring me with him."
"I only came here today to blame my brother."
Wen Lingxiao pretended to bow to her, "It was my brother who wanted to dominate my uncle's happiness. He was wrong. I apologize to my sister here. Please forgive me."
Wen Mianmian cleared her throat, "I will forgive you."
Seeing that Wen Yiqing was about to jump up and join in, Wen Lingxiao spoke first, "Forget it, you're going to school, it's useless to know."
Wen Yiqing looked at Wen Mianmian pitifully, "Sister, eldest brother is bullying me."
"Hahahaha~~~~"
Seeing the brothers and sisters messing around, Fu Youxian laughed out loud. In this way, he was really relieved.
At this time, the servants came back to report that the meal had been set, and everyone walked out towards the dining room chatting and laughing.
After dinner, everyone drank tea together again. Fu Rou leaned into Wen Mianmian's ear and said, "Mianmian, I've been away from Beijing for three years and I haven't been out since I came back. Why don't we go shopping tomorrow?"
Mrs. Fu heard this and said disapprovingly, "It's not suitable for Mianmian to go shopping now. Let's wait until later."
Now, Wen Mianmian is about to get married. Although she is under the age, she cannot be careless. She should avoid things that should be avoided. It is not appropriate to go shopping at this time.
Wen Mianmian also nodded, but her reason was for another reason, "As you know, cousin, there are only a few streets in Kyoto where you can barely walk around, but you can't go shopping in other places because there are horse manure on the streets."
Wen Yiqing interjected again, and said with excitement: "My eldest brother sent me to school. He rode majestically on a tall horse, and then he stuck out his butt and made a pile of horse dung. It really amused me to death."
Everyone was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help laughing, mainly because the scene was so vivid.
Wen Lingxiao's head was full of black lines. Why didn't he know that a little brother like a quail would become like this if he changed his temper?
It's natural for her daughter's family to want to go shopping. Fu Rou felt a little regretful when she heard that Wen Mianmian didn't want to go out. She said to herself, "Didn't we say we wanted to renovate the place when we left Kyoto? This hasn't changed after several years?"
At this time, Fu Youxian said, "It's much better than before. Now there is a special trading market for livestock. However, horses have to go into the city, and excretion is inevitable. Even if special sweeping is arranged, there are still invisible
when."
Wen Lingxiao also said: "Our capital city in Dongshu is quite good. I heard that Liang State moved its capital earlier, largely because the city was too filthy and smelly."
What Wen Mianmian didn't know was that if she had seen the Dongshu capital five or six years ago, she would have felt that the current environment was already pretty good.
At that time, not every household could afford Gongtong. The main reason was that the monthly price of pouring night incense was not low and they could not afford it. Some families could afford it, but poor families could only do it in the corner, and even women would wake up in the dark in the middle of the night.
It's because the grass by the river stuns people to death.
Speaking of this, Wen Lingxiao sighed again, "There is a gangster named Wang on the outskirts of the city who has a good brain. In the past few years, he has become a wealthy family by taking a few jobs of pouring night fragrance."
"Speaking of it, the job of pouring night fragrance is quite profitable. Last year, two families filed a lawsuit in the Yamen to compete for this job."
Wen Yiqing was puzzled, "How can you make money from this?"
Fu Li jumped out and said, "Stupid, only with manure can the fields be fertilized. Only with manure can the fields be highly productive."
"Let me tell you, the doorways here are huge. As long as you can open up the upper and lower levels, you can just sit at home and count money, and the profits will be extremely high."
"These are all organized by gangs. If you dare to go to other people's territory to collect night fragrance, you will have to fight."
Wen Yiqing stared with big eyes filled with admiration, "Second cousin, you know so much."
"Of course." Fu Li was very proud and waved to Wen Yiqing, "I have quite a lot of research on pouring night fragrance. I will explain it to you today."
Wen Mianmian's mouth twitched slightly. This topic was really becoming more and more 'flavorful'. What Pian Fuli said was very interesting, and people couldn't help but want to listen.
Fu Rou whispered in her ear, "When the sun comes out, my face is gray, and when it rains, my feet are muddy. Why is it so difficult to go shopping?"
Mrs. Wen smiled and said, "The street will be cleaned on August 15th. The street will be lively by then, so you can go shopping."
Then I thought that Mianmian would get married on the eighth day of August and be hungry, so it would be inconvenient to go shopping on August 15th.
"There are still a few streets in the city that are relatively clean."
Wen Mianmian sighed quietly. She believed that their worries at the moment were also the worries of many girls and ladies in the city. Isn't it just trouble to have money and nowhere to spend it?
Her desire to build a beautiful and clean street became more and more intense.
After talking for a while, Fu Youxian went to the study room with Wen Lingxiao and Fu Qian, and Fu Li talked about his notebook with everyone.
He was eloquent and emotional, and attracted several female relatives to listen attentively to his story about the chrysanthemum essence and the scholar. When he told the tragic part, Mrs. Wen even held the handkerchief to press the circles under her eyes.
Wen Mianmian drank tea to get rid of her drowsiness. She thought that serializing her second cousin's words in the newspaper would be popular. Well, she would tell Hua Jingyun later.
In the middle of the afternoon, Wen Lingxiao had something to do, so Wen Mianmian and her sister naturally refused to leave. They made an appointment to wait for Wen Lingxiao to come back for dinner in the evening, and then pick them up and go back together.
Although they couldn't go shopping, at Fu Rou's suggestion, Fu Qian still ordered someone to hitch a carriage, and the brothers and sisters went to listen to a play together.
In the largest theater in the city, people's heads were trembling. When the brothers and sisters arrived, there were no seats available. "What's going on today? Why are so many people coming to listen to the play?"
The three Fu brothers and sisters had just returned to Beijing, so they naturally didn't know much about things in Kyoto. Although Wen Mianmian had been in Kyoto, they had no information and were also blind.
Fu Qian found the boy who was running around. The boy apologized a few words and trotted off to get busy. Fu Li also found out the news, "They said it was a new play by the Jiuqu Troupe, and it was really good.
If you want to watch a show these two days, you have to book a spot in advance.”
"There is one show in the morning and one in the afternoon. Not to mention today, even the two shows tomorrow will not have seats."
"I don't know who wrote the script and made so much money."
Wen Mianmian felt that her second cousin was very envious when he said this. After all, his eyes were red and jealous.
Fu Rou looked delighted, "Since we can't listen to the show, let's just go shopping."
Shopping has a fatal attraction for girls, even if they know there is horse manure, they still go there.
Wen Mianmian was helpless, "Then let's go to Zhenbao Street."
"Okay, let's go see what styles are fashionable in Kyoto right now."
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Chapter completed!