Sir, can you marry me?

Chapter 49

In the early morning, Zhao Mingtang and Zhao's mother took Xiao Wenqing out to the streets to buy what they needed for the day.

Neighbors who knew that Zhao Mingtang got married last night saw their family and came forward to congratulate Zhao Mingtang on getting married, and strive to have a big fat boy next year.Zhao Mingtang clasped his fists to thank the congratulators, and Zhao's mother, who was carrying a bamboo basket, smiled and introduced to the neighbors in the neighborhood that this is her daughter-in-law, and everyone should take care of her in the future.

Xiao Wenqing bowed his head slightly, and bowed to them one by one after listening to Zhao's mother's introduction.When everyone saw her, they all said that she was worthy of being a maid brought up by an official family. Her speech and behavior were quiet and elegant, and she seemed to know more rules than commoner maids.Although they all saw the scars on Xiao Wenqing's right cheek that were not deep or shallow, they all thought that if it wasn't for this flaw, how could Zhao Mingtang marry her?
When she came to the street, Xiao Wenqing breathed a sigh of relief, she could finally walk in the crowd dignifiedly as a good citizen.

"Mingtang, Wenqing, let's go to the cloth store to pull some fabrics first." Mother Zhao said, leading the young couple to the East Street.She greeted acquaintances when she met them, and then warmly introduced her daughter-in-law to them.

congratulations……

Those acquaintances also knew that although Mother Zhao's son, Zhao Mingtang, had a decent job, he was ugly and disfigured, and had never been able to find a wife. Now that Zhao Mingtang was married, they all congratulated their mother and son.Looking at the new daughter-in-law, they also secretly praised ugly people as blessed. The new daughter-in-law has a slight blemish on her face, but she is really beautiful and has a lot of temperament.

Zhao Mingtang followed behind his mother, Zhao Mu, and Xiao Wenqing was half a step behind him by adhering to women's morals.The capital is very prosperous, the main street is full of traffic and shops.Zhao Mingtang carefully protected the slender Xiao Wenqing, preventing her from being bumped or squeezed.

Hejia Ironware Shop, Chenji Gold and Silver Shop... Wanxinglong Rice Shop, Qiansi Cloth Shop, Fugui Embroidery Shop... Customer Zailai Restaurant, Qianlixiang Tea House...

Xiao Wenqing, who followed the married lady Liu Yuzhi to the capital and has never left the back house of the Yushi Mansion, was dazzled and praised the prosperity of the capital, feeling that the current emperor is wise and his rule is as firm as a rock.

Mother Zhao led her son and daughter-in-law to the door of Xu Ji's century-old cloth shop.The shopkeeper's eyes were sharp, and he immediately greeted him with a smile, and said, "Aunt Zhao, do you want to tear the material? Please come inside. My cloth shop has recently arrived with a new batch of summer cloth. Come in and have a look, and pull a few pieces back to make summer clothes. .”

Zhao's mother smiled and said, "Li Er, this is my son and his wife. I'm going to tear some pieces of material to make new clothes for my daughter-in-law today." It was borrowed from Mrs. Xu yesterday.

"Hey, your son is married, congratulations." Li Er immediately bowed to Zhao Mingtang and said, "Master Zhao Mingtang, I have admired your name for a long time, and I saw you as a hero today. Come on, please come inside." Saying that, he Welcoming the guests into the store in a hurry.

In the store, Zhao's mother would introduce her son and daughter-in-law to the shopkeeper she knew, and then said: "I need to make more clothes for my daughter-in-law, so you can pick out some more fabrics suitable for the young daughter-in-law. "

The shopkeeper of the cloth shop took a quick look at Xiao Wenqing, and immediately brought several kinds of fabrics of light and elegant colors.In the Daqing Dynasty, the red yellow of the emperor, the purple of the officials above the fourth rank, the vermilion of the officials above the sixth rank, and the green of the officials of the seventh, eighth and ninth ranks.However, commoners basically only use blue, white, black and other cool-colored fabrics for clothes, and only young women wear some clothes with fresher colors.

Pulling apart the fabric and draping it over Xiao Wenqing's body, Mother Zhao tore off five pieces of fabric for Xiao Wenqing.Because Xiao Wenqing basically had nothing when she married into the Zhao family, her clothes needed to be newly made from the inside to the outside.

I also bought two pieces of white cloth, one piece of navy blue cloth, and a six-foot blue cloth, and Mother Zhao began to bargain.

"Boss, I bought so much in one go, you should be more polite and save a little money."

"Aunt Zhao, these are nine taels and four silvers in total. If the change is erased, I will count it as nine taels for you."

"Shopkeeper, the last two pieces of white cloth are scraps, and so is the navy blue one, how about eight taels together?"

"Ms. Zhao, you have paid too much. I have already underpaid you. You can't pay it back."

"Shopkeeper, I'm your regular customer. I don't go to the cloth shops near my home to come to you specifically. Is it because I want to take care of your business? Just eight taels, or..."

"Forget it, Aunt Zhao, you often take care of my business, so that's all."

"Shopkeeper, do you have any rags here, give me a few pieces."

"It's over at the tailor in the backyard. You can pick out some pieces yourself."

Xiao Wenqing was studying hard on the sidelines.Fragments of cloth can be bargained at a large price, and the rags cut by tailors in draper shops can be taken home to make shoe soles, embroidered purses, and mend old clothes.

Zhao Mingtang looked around the cloth shop idly, his eyes lit up when he saw the high-end fabric area.How beautiful and elegant would Wen Qing be if he wore clothes made of soft silk brocade?A temperamental young woman like Wen Qing should wear soft and comfortable clothes, sit at home, read books, embroider and play the piano, and enjoy the flowers and scenery in the garden.

Zhao's mother wrapped all the fabrics except the six-foot blue cloth with a piece of indigo cloth that she had bargained for, and handed it to Zhao Mingtang, "Here, let's go to the restaurant and see if we can order noodles." After the great-grandfather of the Zhao family moved from the Heyang countryside to the capital, the Zhao family had no family relatives in the capital, and Mingtang couldn't go home often, so she planned to book a table to go home and ask the neighbors in the neighborhood to celebrate Mingtang's marriage.

"Mother, I'll get it." Xiao Wenqing hurried forward and said.Zhao Mingtang took the package directly, glanced at Xiao Wenqing, and said that she didn't need to take it.

Zhao's mother smiled and said, "Wen Qing, a big man is by my side, so we women can't handle heavy things?" She put the six-foot green cloth rolled up and tied with small cloth strips in her bamboo basket .

Xiao Wenqing looked at the package in Zhao Mingtang's hand speechlessly, it was only eight pieces of cloth, a dozen or so pieces of larger rags, is this considered heavy?

After setting a table and an appointment time, Mother Zhao took her son and daughter-in-law to the sugar shop to buy two catties of brown sugar, and to the butcher shop to buy a pig's head.After shopping, she handed the brown sugar pig's head and the six-foot green cloth to Zhao Mingtang and Xiao Wenqing respectively, and said, "Mingtang, take Wenqing to Xu Shiwei's house to thank the matchmaker. I'll go home and make lunch first." There was a red envelope last night, no need to thank, Xu Qian and his wife are Xiao Wenqing's saviors and matchmakers, her son and daughter-in-law must go to thank the matchmaker.

(End of this chapter)