Red Mansion: Fuyao River and Mountain

Chapter 127 Headband Rouge

Suyun stepped back in fear and asked timidly, "You come here every day, what do you want to do?"

The young man laughed and said, "Your father sold you to me as a concubine for five hundred taels of silver, and I can't even come to see my young wife.

Suyun's face turned red with shame, but she felt sad in her heart. She muttered unconvincedly, "You're talking nonsense. Why would my father sell me out?" But her momentum had weakened.

When the young man saw her timid and delicate appearance, he felt so fond of her that he wanted to hold her in his arms. However, he was afraid of offending the beauty and did not dare to act rashly.

"I have been selling off an acre of paddy field in my family because I don't have enough money. I will come to marry you tomorrow when the buyer comes back and I have enough money.

Although my family is not wealthy, we have a lot of wealth, enough for us to eat and use. When you come to my house, you don’t have to do those rough jobs. I will definitely treat you well..."

After listening to the boy's words, Suyun felt that he was nagging and was disgusted. The reason she didn't leave was that her bucket fell into the room and she hadn't retrieved it yet.

At this time, Dong Laoer's high-pitched voice was heard: "Suyun, where have you been again? Come back and make tea!"

Suyun shivered involuntarily and ran back into the house.

When Jia Cong saw Dong Laoer enter the inner room, the voices of the father and daughter talking could be heard faintly.

"Where have you been this time, you damn girl? You run around every day, be careful that you might be kidnapped by some kidnappers!"

"I went to the back of the house to get some water, and that Feng Yuan came again, saying a lot of nonsense."

"This prodigal son, a toad wants to eat swan flesh, he wants to buy you with that little money,"

Suyun said in a timid voice with tears in her eyes: "Dad, please don't sell me out. I can wash your clothes and cook for you."

I understand the second son's impatient voice: "Dad is not going to sell you, the family can't make ends meet anymore, Dad wants to marry you off so you can live a good life."

"Stop talking so much and go make tea for the customers. Your slowness will only delay business. Be careful..."

Jia Cong was no longer in the mood to listen to what was said afterwards. When he heard the name Feng Yuan and Su Yun begging Dong Lao Er not to sell her, his heart felt like it was struck by lightning.

There are such coincidences in this world. Feng Yuan couldn't be a person with the same name as someone else. Besides, the girl's name was Su Yun, which was different from what he had imagined.

At this time, the girl named Suyun came over with a teapot.

When Jia Cong saw her slender and graceful figure, with a delicate face like jade, she seemed out of place in this humble courtyard, and his heart could not help but be moved.

Then there was the pomegranate red headband tied on her forehead, which made her skin, as white as snow, look even more delicate and lovely.

Jia Cong's doubts grew deeper and deeper.

In a poor family's small courtyard, drinking tea is certainly not as particular as in a wealthy family's large courtyard. There isn't even any decent tea set.

Jia Cong watched Suyun walk to the door, squatted down, and carefully washed a teacup with boiling tea.

Jia Cong's heart moved, and he said to Dong Lao Er: "I want to buy the Japanese jade bottle you have, and I need a large quantity. I wonder how much stock you have on hand.

Dong Lao Er said, "There are seven hundred in total."

Jia Cong said calmly: "There are quite a few things. Please show them to me."

Dong Laoer's face was excited. When Jia Cong heard such a large number, he didn't even blink. This was a big fish.

Now I can finally sell these worthless and money-losing things.

Dong Laoer had lost all his savings on these things and had to sell his maid to make ends meet. Now he can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"There are a lot of things, so they must be heavy. Please go get them, Mr. Qian. I'll treat you to a great deal."

Qian Bin naturally had no objection. After all, if he made the deal, he would get half of the commission.

When Dong Laoer and Qian Bin went out to move the goods, Jia Cong and Su Yun were the only ones left in the room. Su Yun washed the teacup and poured a cup of tea for Jia Cong.

The two men's eyes met. Su Yun looked at Jia Cong with her watery eyes. She was slightly dazed, with a kind of charming and moving charm between her eyebrows.

It is said that when beautiful people face each other, there is always a special feeling between them, which can be regarded as a kind of luxury that birds of a feather flock together.

Suyun has always been timid and shy, but somehow she felt that Jia Cong looked very friendly and she unconsciously let down her guard in front of him.

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Suyun, the material of your headband is good, and the color is nice too. Can you show it to me? I want to buy some of this material for the women in my family."

Su Yun smiled sweetly: "Master, you have a good eye. Last time, my father and I went to Mr. Zhou to buy foreign goods. I saw a piece of shredded cloth that looked very nice, so I asked for it to make a headband.

Mr. Zhou said this is Japanese satin, a very expensive Japanese fabric, and it costs ten taels of silver to buy one foot.

As Suyun spoke, she took off the headband on her head and handed it to Jia Cong, but Jia Cong didn't take it at all. Instead, he stared at her blankly. Suyun couldn't help but reveal surprise in her watery eyes.

The moment Suyun took off her headband, Jia Cong saw a bright red rouge mole right in the middle of her snow-white and jade-like brows!
Su Yun was originally very beautiful. When she took off the headband that covered her face, her beautiful and exquisite rouge mole was exposed, like a pleasing ink painting that was instantly dyed with colorful colors.

She is like the phantom of the dragon girl beside Guanyin in the painting, pretty, innocent, graceful, elegant, like a dream, and very touching.

Jia Cong thought of Feng Yuan mentioned by Su Yun, and remembered that she begged Dong Lao Er not to sell her, and this place was Jinling, everything made sense!
This is not Suyun, it's clearly Xiangling!

The spoiled and pampered girl laughs at your foolishness, while the lotus flower is facing the snow in vain.

It is best to prevent the festive Lantern Festival, when the smoke and fire are extinguished.

It was a coincidence that she and I had this destiny and we met each other. It would have been fine if we hadn't met, but now that we have met, how can I remain indifferent?

Jia Cong suppressed the excitement in his heart.

"Suyun, why do you always wear a headband? Do you know how beautiful the rouge mole between your eyebrows is?"

"My father said that this red mole is a sign of ruin and bad luck. If someone sees it, no one will want me in the future and I won't be able to get married, so he made me wear a headband since I was a child."

Jia Cong gnashed his teeth: This damn Dong Lao Er made Suyun wear a headband since she was a child because he was afraid that she would be recognized. He was the kidnapper who abducted Xiangling in Gusu that year!

At this time, Dong Laoer and Qian Bin each carried a wooden box and moved into the house with difficulty.

When Dong Lao Er saw Su Yun taking off her headband, his face changed: "You silly girl, who told you to take off your headband? Why don't you put it on now?"

Qian Bin was surprised and said, "Dong Lao Er, your daughter's red mole is so pretty. Why does she need to wear a headband? She looks better without it."

Dong Lao Er didn't say anything, but just stared at Suyun fiercely. The little girl turned pale and tied her headband hurriedly. It was estimated that this was not the first time this happened.

When Jia Cong, who was standing by, saw this scene, his eyes suddenly became sharp.

Jia Cong opened the two boxes and saw that they were filled with Japanese water jade bottles in various colors of red, blue and green, which were very beautiful.

"Dong Lao Er, I want all these bottles. Each one costs eight cents of silver."

Dong Lao Er chuckled and said, "Master Jia, you are joking. Eight cents of silver per piece doesn't mean I will make a loss. I will give you the price of one tael of silver per piece."

Qian Bin on the side couldn't stand it anymore.

He said, "Dong Lao Er, you sold me four of them at eight cents each, and Master Jia bought seven hundred of them from you at once. The price per piece did not drop but instead went up. Is there anyone who does business like you?"

Dong Lao Er said to Qian Bin, "What do you know? I'm giving it to you at a discount so I can put it in your store to see how it goes. Now that Master Jia is here to do serious business, I naturally can't do business at a loss."

Jia Cong sneered in his heart, he actually wanted to raise the price, he really didn't know how to write the word death.

(End of this chapter)