captive skylark

Chapter 118 Disappearing
It was raining lightly today.

Yunxi held up an umbrella, and took Yingshi out, going to the tailor shop along the river to pick up the clothes she ordered a few days ago.

Shuanghua persuaded her, "Why should the girl go there in person? Let Yingshi get it back for the girl."

Yun Xi refused, "That's impossible. I've been looking forward to it for several days, and I have to be the first to see it."

She sometimes has such a careless childish temper, Shuanghua has long been used to it, and he does not suspect him, but he just tells Yingshi, "Be careful on the road, don't let the girl get caught in the rain."

Yingshi just nodded in response.

After all, Shuanghua was still worried, so he asked Ah Pei, who was guarding the gate, to follow him from a distance.

Tonghua Lane is quite a distance from Yanhe Street, and Yingshi was cautious in every way, lest the water splashed from the bluestone slabs stain the girl's skirt, and she had to carry the rain dripping from the eaves.

So careful, in the end, I accidentally stepped into the water, and the new Ru skirt that I just wore a few days ago spread along the corner of the skirt, and a large area was wet.

Yun Xi pursed her lips and smiled, Ying Shi lowered her eyes and cried, "The girl is still laughing at me, if it wasn't for the girl who suddenly squeezed me just now, how could I have stepped into the water?"

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault." Yun Xi smiled and coaxed her, "I was also hiding from the rain under the eaves just now, and squeezed you because I didn't pay attention."

He looked down at her skirt again.

Sure enough, it was wet, and in the middle of winter, wearing such clothes could cause frostbite.

Fortunately, there is a clothing store not far in front.

The shopkeeper took out the newly made clothes, Yunxi put them into Yingshi's arms, pushed them to the back hall, "Go and change."

"How can this be done?" Yingshi was overwhelmed with flattery, and hurriedly refused, "This is a girl's skirt."

"What's mine and yours?" Yunxi pretended to be displeased, "I just stained your skirt, and I'll pay you for it. Besides, if you hang out in such wet clothes, you'll get sick tomorrow." I can't get out of bed. Will Shuanghua take care of me, the master, or you?"

She is especially worried.

Yun Xi said again: "What are you afraid of? Isn't Ah Pei guarding the door!"

Yingshi had always been clumsy and tongue-tied, but now she was speechless, so she had to take the skirt and go to the back hall to change it.

Taking off clothes and changing skirts, the total amount of work is no more than a cup of tea.

When Yingshi came out from the back hall again, the shop was empty, and there was no trace of the girl.

Hastily came out and asked Ah Pei at the door, "Where is the girl?"

Ah Pei made her ask in a daze, "Isn't the girl in the shop with you?"

"Oops!" Yingshi stomped her feet anxiously and cried out, "The girl is gone."

Ah Pei was also startled, and quickly passed her in to ask the shopkeeper.

It turns out that there is a side door to the clothing store, but it is blocked by the clothes hanging on it, and ordinary people don't know it.

Yunxi also came back last time, and quietly paid attention to it.

From the side door of the tailor shop, there is a long and narrow alley, which is connected to the official road outside.

Girls from the Zhao family would go to the temple to pray for blessings on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and the official road was a must.

In this drizzle, the carriage of the Marquis of Changning almost startled a girl who suddenly jumped out of the alley.

The coachman was terrified, he reined in his horse, the girl also fell to the ground in panic, and Haitangchun's skirt fell to the ground.

The maid in the carriage raised the curtain and asked, her eyes full of displeasure, "What's the matter? You're so reckless, if you fall off the girl, be careful."

The coachman was aggrieved, and pointed to the stumbling girl standing in front of him and explained, "This...a girl came out of nowhere, and the young one can't help it!"

(End of this chapter)