There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 460 The Generous Zhao Shicheng (Part [-])
A nearby ready-made clothing store, Li Jiaoniang is a frequent customer there.

With her current economic ability, she no longer needs to make clothes herself.

Only occasionally make a veil for myself, or make underwear for her and Luo Cheng.

Because Pu'an County Wang Weifu made a private visit and recognized Li Jiaoniang as his adoptive mother, everyone on this street who recognized her respected her.

As soon as Li Jiaoniang led Hu An into the shop, a young man greeted him with a smile, "Miss Li is here? What do you want to buy?"

"A cloak with a wind and snow cap." Li Jiaoniang went directly to the second floor. The clothes on the second floor were better made. "Thicker ones. I bought them for my officials and His Royal Highness. I want two."

Hearing that they were bought for Zhao Cong, the clerk immediately said, "Yes, yes, our lady shopkeeper just made a few cloaks today, you can pick and choose."

Walking upstairs, the man called out to the shopkeeper's lady again.

The lady in charge is a middle-aged fat woman, and she immediately came out of the side room with a smile, and said hello to Mrs. Li, "Hello, Mrs. Li, this row is newly made in the past few days, and these are made today. Well, it's all made of new batting."

During this period, cotton was not popularized, and there was almost no cotton in the Jiangnan area.

According to historical records, it is only rarely planted in the arid area of ​​Northwest China.

People's warm clothes are either animal fur, or quilts made of kapok fillings, or quilts made of kudzu plants.

Li Jiaoniang thought that next spring, she would look for cotton seeds and plant cotton all over the barren hills outside the city.

Cotton wadding is much warmer than kapok wadding, and it is widely planted.

Kapok tree, less trees, less fruit yield.

The lady shopkeeper took off two cloaks and handed them to Li Jiaoniang.

A cotton cape with a crimson satin surface and a light apricot lining, and a dark silk lining with a black lining.

Both are new and of fine workmanship.

Li Jiaoniang picked another smaller one and gave it to Juan.

She asked the price.

The lady in charge said with a smile, "You are a regular customer, so you can charge two thousand cash for three pieces. Originally, our cloaks cost seven hundred cash each, so if you want two thousand one hundred cash, I will charge you one hundred cash less." .”

The lady in charge could talk, and the smaller one for Juan actually only cost [-] renminbi.

The original total was [-] Wen, but she deliberately raised the price and reduced it by [-] Wen.

Anyway, the price is not expensive, it is the normal price, so Li Jiaoniang doesn't care about it.

After buying the cloak, Li Jiaoniang took Juan back to the clinic.

Juan, a young boy, was very happy to get the new clothes, and kept asking Chun Ya if he was wearing the cape.

Chun Ya rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "It's not on a blind date, who will show you how you look good?"

Juan hummed, "Let me see for myself."

Luo Cheng and the others drank and ate until dark before returning.

Zhao Shicheng came to the medical clinic, agreed with everyone on the time to leave the city and go to Chenghuang Mountain tomorrow, and then went back to Tang Zhai.

Li Jiaoniang hugged the small heater and asked Luo Cheng what food and wine they had.

She and Chunya Juan were still hungry, but these big men were well fed.

Zhao Cong put a basket on the table, "Mother, Dad bought it for you, it's delicious."

Xiang Erbao put a bottle of wine on the table, and said with a smile, "There is also a catty of warm bamboo leaf green."

Only then did Li Jiaoniang raise the corners of her lips, "It's more or less the same."

She couldn't wait to open the lid of the food box, and when she saw the food inside, she subconsciously licked her tongue.

She is quite satisfied with Huzi's cook's skills.

Although it is not as good as her and Luo Cheng's, it is better than the cooking skills of ordinary tavern cooks.

She's hungry now, so she won't pick any more.

There are six dishes, including roasted elbow with sauce, scallion fish, sliced ​​foie gras, mushroom soup, stewed lamb chops with carrots, and stir-fried lettuce.

There is also a large bowl of rice, which is enough for three people.

Chun Ya smiled and found three bowls to share.

Juan rubbed his hands together, and quickly placed the chopsticks and wine bowl.

Xiang Erbao tapped Juan's head, "Little boy, drink less, be careful not to remember things."

"My wife didn't mention me, why did you say me? I'll just take a sip, a sip." Juan gestured with the wine bowl, marking a third of the way, "Just drink this."

Li Jiaoniang's face was dark, "If you can't drink, you can't drink. Drinking wine hurts your brain."

Zhao Cong also nodded, "Yes, I didn't drink either."

Juan licked the corner of his mouth, disappointed.

Li Jiaoniang smiled, and pushed the mutton soup in front of him, "Come, drink the soup, drink the soup and grow tall."

Juan had to drink the soup.

Luo Cheng had eaten with the second treasure, Zhao Cong, and sat drinking tea and chatting with Li Jiaoniang Chunya Hu An.

Li Jiaoniang put the rice in her mouth, and asked casually, "Brother Luo Cheng, what did you chat about? How did you eat wine until now?"

It's been two hours since I ate.

Luo Cheng smiled and said, "Zhao Shicheng is so generous."

Li Jiaoniang looked up at him, "Oh? How generous?"

Luo Cheng said, "He promised us that he will give us [-] guan in the competition next year."

Li Jiaoniang said in surprise, "I remember, didn't he have no money? How can he have so much money now? It was because he had no money that he sold the house. I heard his servant say that the other day, because his younger brother provoked Some kind of lawsuit, he wanted to pay five thousand guan, but he couldn't get it out, so he sold the house."

Luo Cheng said, "I asked him the same thing. He said that at this moment, at this moment, since he agreed, he can take it out, so that we don't have to worry about him, and we only need to raise the remaining [-] guan."

Li Jiaoniang said, "In this case, we will solve a big problem for us."

She took out part of the remaining [-] guan, and when the time came, she asked Zhao Cong's brother Zhao Gui for a part, and they got it all together.

Zhao Cong's brother took over the title of the family, so he must be able to get [-] guan.

Li Jiaoniang decided to write a letter first and notify Xuan Delang Zhao Gui in advance.

Let him also help prepare.

Thinking of this, Li Jiaoniang said again, "I don't know if Cong'er's brother Xuan Delang has made preparations for this matter, let's write a letter and tell him about our preparations, so that he can understand Brother Luo Cheng, what do you think?"

Luo Cheng said, "Zhao Shicheng said just now that he had met Xuan Delang when he was in Lin'an. Xuan Delang said he would make preparations, but I don't know what's going on. We should write a letter and discuss with him."

Li Jiaoniang said, "Although things are difficult, but with more people and stronger strength, difficult things are not difficult."

Luo Cheng walked to the counter and found the letter paper and envelope.

Zhao Cong was already very sensible, so he walked over, moved the candle to Luo Cheng for illumination, found an inkstone, poured it into clean water, and started to grind the ink.

"Father, I'm here to help."

Luo Cheng raised his head, looked at him and smiled.

The letter was unfolded, Luo Cheng thought about it for a while, and wrote down in detail what he discussed with Li Jiaoniang and Zhao Shicheng in the letter.

After finishing writing, Luo Cheng sealed it with candle oil and stamped his private seal.

The post house is closed at this time, so I can only deliver the letter tomorrow morning.

But Luo Cheng had to set off at Mao's tomorrow morning. At that time, the sky was not yet bright, and the post station was not open.

Luo Cheng then gave the letter to Xiang Erbao, "Erbao, send this letter to the post station early tomorrow morning, remember to affix three bird feathers, and send it to Xuandelang Mansion in Lin'an City as soon as possible."

Xiang Erbao accepted the letter seriously, "Understood, Brother Luo Cheng."

……

Early the next morning, Li Jiaoniang and the others woke up when the five watch stick rang. After breakfast, Luo Cheng harnessed the carriage, and Hu An drove the carriage, carrying Li Jiaoniang, Luo Cheng and Zhao Cong, to the north The city gate came.

Chenghuang Mountain is outside the North City Gate.

It is more than 100 miles away from here, so Zhao Shicheng said that they should hurry up.

At the gate of the city, Li Jiaoniang saw that Zhao Shicheng's carriage was already waiting there.

There is also a glazed lamp hanging on the front of the carriage.

Li Jiaoniang recognized it, it was a lamp that had hung in Tang Wan's bedroom.

Are these two items interchangeable?

Li Jiaoniang secretly smiled.

Zhao Shicheng, who was in the carriage, was hanging the curtain to watch Li Jiaoniang Luo Cheng's carriage arrive, and also saw Li Jiaoniang smiling at the headlights of his carriage, he didn't care, just said, "Luo Cheng, leave the city gate There is still a moment, let's wait here for a while."

Luo Cheng replied, "It's better to come sooner than later, it doesn't matter if you wait for a while."

Those who came to the gate of the city and waited for the gate to open were not only their carriages, but also some people who went out of the city to visit their relatives, or people who traveled far away, either in ox carts or mule carts.

The fronts of seven or eight cars all had headlights on them.

But they are not as exquisite as the headlights of Li Jiaoniang, Luo Cheng and Zhao Shicheng. Their two carriages are glazed lamps, while the others are just paper lanterns.

When hanging this kind of lantern, you can't run fast, otherwise, the candle will burn as soon as it touches the lantern paper.

A moment passed quickly.

A city gate soldier shouted, "Mao Shizheng, open the city gate!"

(End of this chapter)