Wanqingsi

Chapter 35
I got up in the morning to look for Hongye, but the room was locked. After asking someone, I found out that Hongye had been ordered by Lord Jiu and went to the mansion of Lord Jiu.This red leaf, the day after tomorrow will be the first ten-to-eight knockout match of the "Super Oiran" competition finals, she is not nervous at all, she will go with her Ninth Master, and it will not be easy to practice her tunes.

Coming back from being bored, I wanted to practice the guitar for a while, but suddenly remembered that the guitar was left in the garden of the General’s Mansion, and wanted to ask Xiaohong to pick it up, but then I thought about it and gave up, anyway, I would never lose it in the General’s Mansion. I don’t need that thing either, it’s all used in the General’s Mansion, so let’s put it there, lest the little wild cat in the General’s Mansion think I’m fine and always find an excuse to run there to seduce her second uncle.

When I was bored, Aunt Jin came and brought the cloth doll sample I drew for her last time. I looked at these five cute and different cartoon pigs with a smile on my face, and praised repeatedly: "Aunt Jin , your masters at Jinxiu Zhuang are really ingenious, I can paint anything if you dare."

Aunt Jin was very proud and said: "That's okay, don't be afraid to say big words, as long as the girl can draw it, there is absolutely nothing I can't make in Jinxiu Village."

I nodded and said with a smile: "So, I really want to get some more things for my aunt to try. Does my aunt think there is a market for this stuffed doll in the capital?"

Aunt Jin smiled and said: "I was just about to tell the girl about this. When this product was just made, my two children liked it so much that they wouldn't let go of it. If I hadn't promised the girl to send it, I would just I'm afraid that everyone will give it to them. The young masters and ladies in the capital will definitely like this doll. If you have time, you might as well draw some more models for us to follow. I really didn't expect that such an ugly piglet can be made by a girl. It was so funny."

I smiled and said, "You are indispensable for tricks, Aunt Jin. I signed a contract with you, so I naturally want to earn more money. Madam might as well change a few more materials for making these dolls. Sometimes the fabric can be changed." If it is made into animal skin, the effect will be different, and of course the price will be more expensive. This kind of doll is sold to the children of rich families, and if it is done well, the female relatives will also like it."

Aunt Jin's eyes lit up: "Miss is right, I'll give it a try when I get back. If you think there is nothing wrong with this stuffed doll, then we will mass-produce it and put it on the market when we go back."

I smiled and said, "My aunt's samples are so well made, so naturally I don't have any problems. I still have some things here. I want to ask my aunt to help me take them back and make them."

"Did the girl draw a new pattern?" Aunt Jin looked at me at the moment as if seeing the God of Wealth. I smiled and gave her the blueprint I drew in my spare time, and said with a smile: "It's not a new pattern. Just something I need for myself."

"Oh?" Aunt Jin took it curiously, looked at it, her face changed slightly, she raised her eyes to look at me, and said with a forced smile: "Miss, this is..."

"Well, I need some simple clothes." I couldn't help laughing, I just drew some drawings of T-shirts, trousers, windbreakers, shirts, home clothes, plus a big backpack. I just wanted to make one, especially backpacks. I saw on TV that the ancients used to pack them. It’s so troublesome and inconvenient. Even if you sew a cloth bag casually, it’s more convenient and practical than packing it with a piece of cloth. I really don’t know these ancient people. What do you think.

"Young lady, these clothes look really weird." Aunt Jin forced a smile, "Can these really be worn?"

"Anyway, I wear it, so my aunt just do it." I am very confident in Jinxiu Zhuang's craftsmanship now, seeing Jin aunt's frightened look, I smiled secretly. Fortunately, summer is over, and I haven't drawn some vests and suspenders. scare you.I am really annoyed by this ancient gown and skirt. I remembered that when I was a child, I used to pretend to be a house with a group of children. I often used the sheets and quilts from home to wrap my body, pretending to be a lady and a maid. How enviable is the incredible panty skirt.Who knows that wearing this all day long is not the same as imagined. The wide robe and sleeves will get dirty if you don't pay attention, and your hands and feet are bound. It looks good, but it's troublesome to death.

"The girl doesn't know where these weird ideas come from." After all, it was a businessman who had seen the storm, and Aunt Jin quickly returned to normal. Looking at my drawings and pointing to the buttons I marked separately, her eyes lit up : "Girl, this button..."

"The material can be chosen by the aunt." I smiled, knowing that she is interested in this. There is no such thing as buttons in this era, and Aunt Jin is also a businessman with a keen sense of smell. "Wood, stone, gold and silver can be used as The materials and styles of this kind of button can also be changed in ever-changing ways, this button is more convenient than cloth buttons, if you want to promote it, you can do it, anyway, just send money to my account according to the contract."

Aunt Jin smiled coquettishly: "Look at what the girl said, if our business people don't keep their promises, this business will not go on. The girl's money is indispensable. I will go back here and give it to the girl." go."

She left happily, I called Xiaohong, and took two little cloth pigs and stuffed them into her hands: "I told you that the samples came out and I will give you two, take them to play with."

"Thank you, girl." Xiaohong blushed with excitement. Just now when I was talking to Mrs. Jin, I saw her eyes sneaking at the piggy a few times. It seemed that it was as I expected. Both women and children cannot escape the huge lethality of cartoon dolls.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, as if someone was yelling my name loudly, I opened the door and went out, stood in the corridor and looked around, and saw a mess in the hall on the ground floor, a young man in a rich robe was looking around Shouting loudly: "I want to see Miss Carmen, tell her to come out!" Several tortoise slaves tried to stop him, but were kicked away by the two burly men behind him.

I laughed out loud, Ji Pingan, this girl is really daring, she even ran to the brothel to play wild.But seeing Yueniang rushing out in a hurry, she apologized and said with a smile: "Young master, I don't know what our Miss Carmen has done to offend you to make him so angry?"

After all, Yueniang had a good look, and she could tell that Ji Pingan, who was dressed in brocade clothes, was not an ordinary person, so she just smiled.The doors of the girls' rooms were all opened, and they were peeping secretly one by one.But Ji Pingan turned his face away, and said arrogantly: "She didn't offend me, I came to help her redeem herself."

Yueniang was taken aback, and the girls also started whispering, Yueniang smiled, and said tactfully, "Master, you are joking, Miss Carmen lives in our red building, she didn't sell herself to us."

She would say it.Knowing that I don't dare to leave now, naturally he didn't tie me up with a deed of prostitution, and he could even shut the mouths of those who wanted to redeem me.I sneered, it depends on what flowers your Yueniang can make up.

Ji Pingan was really stunned: "You said she didn't sell herself to you?"

Yueniang smiled and said, "Yes, young master, Miss Carmen is just listing on our red building, she can leave whenever she wants, but young master misunderstood that we are leaning on the red building."

Ji Ping angrily said: "So, she is willing to degenerate and stay here voluntarily? Thanks to me..."

"Mother Yue." I interrupted Ji Ping'an's words, all the people on the ground floor looked up, I smiled, "Let this young man come into my room to talk."

Yueniang hesitated for a moment: "But, the girl was hired by General Ji, so it might not be convenient for other men to go in."

inconvenient?Then you still allow Chu Shang to come in and out?I sneered and said, "Don't worry, Mother Yue, this young master is from General Ji's residence."

Yue Niang didn't want to say anything else, when she heard that she was from General Ji's mansion, she couldn't offend her, so she bowed and said to Ji Pingan: "My lord, please."

Ji Ping An has been glaring at me since just now, I don't know where I got her again, I smiled, turned around and entered the room, curled up on the chair in front of the window, and asked Xiao Hong to prepare tea.After a while, Ji Pingan rushed in angrily, stood in the room and stared at me, I smiled at her and said, "Sit down."

"I won't sit on your dirty stool." Ji Pingan said angrily.Xiaoping came in with hot tea, frowned when he heard her words, put the tea on the low table of the couch, and walked out lightly.

"There is no clean place in this brothel? If Mr. Ping'an dislikes you, you shouldn't come." I sneered, seeing Xiaohong's expression just now, I knew that she was hurt by what Ji Pingan said, and I was also a little annoyed at Ji Pingan. "Come on, even if you are standing or not sitting, your feet will be dirty."

Ji Ping'an's face turned red and white at what I said, and rushed over angrily, sat on the chair beside me, looked at me through gritted teeth, and said, "How did you recognize me?"

I was drinking tea, and when I heard what she said, I couldn't help bursting out laughing. I put the teacup away, and laughed so hard I couldn't breathe: "Miss Ji, how successful are you in disguise as your own? Changed into men's clothing, the whole body moves, how can you look like a man? You can't cover up your voice, and people who don't know you may cover it up for you. I've seen you once, so I can see through it naturally. "

"There's a bit of a wink." Ji Pingan snorted, although his mouth softened, he continued to show his face with a sullen face.

I knew her temperament, so I didn't think it was disobedient, and said with a smile: "Miss Ji disdains to be in a relationship with a brothel girl like me, why is she condescending now, and came to the brothel to make trouble."

This darling of the Ji family is really daring and willful, and he doesn't even care about his own reputation, so he comes to the brothel whenever he wants.Ji Pingan snorted, and said: "My second uncle said that you saved me yesterday. I, Ji Pingan, don't like being favored by others the most. If you save me, I will help you redeem my body. From now on, we will never get along with each other. I owe you, I don't need to owe you any more favors."

Hehe, Miss Ji is really cute and straightforward.I smiled and said: "So, I'm afraid that Miss Ji will be disappointed. Didn't you hear what Yue's mother said just now? I just hung a sign in Yihonglou to live as a sojourn, and I didn't sell myself to her."

"I heard it, I was even angrier when I heard it!" Ji Pingan stood up abruptly, glared at me and said, "You are obviously free, why do you stay in a place like the Red Mansion? You are really depraved and shameless, really I don't understand how my second uncle and Uncle Yu... would like a woman like you."

I laughed at myself, she thought it was her second uncle who hired me, and she saw me flirting with Mr. Yu in the garden, I'm afraid her hatred for me was even worse, and she thought I was a low-spirited woman.

"Miss Ji, not all people are as lucky as you. There is a high-ranking second uncle who provides you with a safe life." I picked up the tea cup and said calmly, "Most of them are helpless like me. The helpless common people have to earn their own money to make ends meet, and the life of the common people is not as easy as you think."

"The capital is so big, you can find a better job." Ji Pingan sat down angrily, and retorted disapprovingly, "Seeing that you have also studied for two days, there is no need to stay in the Yihong Building to make a living. It's really embarrassing for women."

"What's wrong with laughing?" I took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and said with a light smile, "I don't steal or rob, there's nothing to be ashamed of. To put it bluntly, who in this world isn't buying and selling? A businessman Selling goods for money, scholars selling their knowledge for a future, farmers and ordinary people selling their labor to support their families, why is it unreasonable for us brothel girls to sell their lust for a living? Goods, without those men coming up like dogs, the brothel industry has long been closed, and more and more can be opened, and the dynasties have repeatedly banned it? Miss Ji doesn’t look for reasons from those who buy it, but looks down on those who sell it People, what a joke." The implication is that it's not my problem that your second uncle hired me, but your second uncle's problem, so don't bother me in the future.

"You...! Nonsense! Nonsense!" Ji Pingan was overwhelmed by my subversive remarks, but he couldn't find a reason to refute. His face was flushed, he gritted his teeth and stared at me, unable to say a word for a long time.

I saw that she was so angry that she was a little soft-hearted. Although this little girl is savage, her heart is not bad. At least she knows that she should return favors when she receives favors.Besides, her ideas are deeply rooted in people of this era, and she has been educated like this since she was a child. Why would I bother with a little girl.

"But Miss Ji's love today, Carmen accepts." I smiled and looked at her sincerely, "You don't have to always take the matter of me saving you to heart, I was just a little effort yesterday, not worthy of Ji Miss is so troublesome to remember."

"I..." Ji Pingan muttered for a long time, but still didn't say anything, this little girl is really awkward.I turned my eyes and saw the three piglets on the round table, and said with a smile: "Miss Ji took so much trouble for me, and Carmen also gave the girl a few gadgets, I should just thank you for making this trip. "

"Who wants your stuff? We don't have anything in the General's Mansion..." Ji Pingan snorted disdainfully, and when he saw the three little cloth pigs I held in front of her, he suddenly stopped talking, with a gleam of joy in his eyes.

"Oh, Miss Ji doesn't like it, so forget it..." I made a gesture to take the piglet back, but Ji Pingan snatched it away, and said anxiously, "Hey..., since you have your heart set on it, um..., you bastard Son, I took it..."

She clearly likes it very much on her face, but she has to be arrogant when she speaks. What a brat, I watched her holding three little cloth pigs and couldn't put it down, so I couldn't help laughing.Ji Ping'an blushed, held someone's hand short, and spoke more politely to me: "You made this? I've never seen such a little puppet in Beijing."

"I drew a pattern and asked Aunt Jin from Jinxiuzhuang to do it." I smiled, "Mianxiuzhuang should sell it in a few days. If Miss Ji likes it, you can go to Jinxiuzhuang to order."

"Since you have such abilities, why bother..." Ji Pingan muttered for a while, then stopped, thinking that he knew that he had changed the subject again.I laughed, I'm not an insecure master.She paused, and finally said: "No matter how much my second uncle likes you, it is impossible for me to marry you into the family, you..."

This tone does not seem to be contemptuous.I smiled and said solemnly: "Miss Ji, don't worry, I never thought of marrying into the General's Mansion."

"That's not what I meant..." Ji Ping'an blushed, thought for a while, and whispered, "It's my birthday in three days, you..., come if you're free..."

Well?Is this how you turn an enemy into a friend?Wow, the power of these three little dolls is really infinite, and they subdued such an arrogant little wild cat all at once.I laughed, and Ji Pingan stood up awkwardly, and said angrily: "What are you laughing at, it's fine if you don't come." Then I hugged Piggy and walked out the door. I shook my head, this awkward child, I saw her Opening the door, he said with a smile, "I will definitely go to congratulate Miss Ji on her birthday."

She turned her head to look at me, and saw that my eyes were full of sincerity, the corners of my lips were grinning, and I was walking away with a smile in my arms.

——2006, September, 9
(End of this chapter)