Look.
Two big characters, written with a flourish of the brush.
It is made of dark brown rosewood, which is obviously extremely heavy and precious. It is engraved three-tenths deep into the wood and is coated with a thick layer of gold foil. The whole plaque looks gorgeous and rich. Under the plaque is a string of beautiful velvet flowers, and under the velvet flowers are several strings of thumb-sized beads. The wooden windows on three sides of the wall are made of slightly lighter light yellow rosewood, and the paper used to paste the windows is four-layer mother-of-pearl, coral and gold paper.
On the middle rosewood door panel hangs a wind chime with goose yellow feathers and rubies, and behind the wind chime is a small sign covered with red velvet cloth.
The whole store looked like a high-end club with at least four-digit per capita spending.
Hmm...how to describe it specifically...
The aesthetics of this store are very consistent with the Chinese aesthetics of wealthy people in counties of this size like Jingxian - full of jewels, glittering gold, and obviously worth a lot of money at first glance.
When the oilcloth was pulled down, everyone said: “Wow!”
It’s too...too...flashy!
Chen Fu raised his head to greet the "wow".
Someone raised his eyebrow and said to Chen Fu, "Third Master, what do you mean by 'look'? It's neither literary nor martial, neither poetic nor lyrical. Don't tell me you came up with this when you fell asleep in your mother's arms!"
He was just short of pointing at Chen Fu's nose and calling him a "mama's boy."
Chen Fu snorted angrily.
This guy is Huang Laowu from the cloth shop next door, and he is very annoying.
Everyone is a second-generation rich kid, but he insisted on being the goose standing out among the chickens. He had to open his own shop, first opening a steamed bun shop at the gate of the county government office, and then selling the Four Books and Five Classics at the gate of the mountain courtyard. Both businesses failed miserably - it would be strange if he didn't die. The county government office had food provided in the morning, so who would spend their own money to buy steamed buns at the gate? Everyone went to Qingcheng Mountain Court to study, so who the hell would study basic courses like the Four Books and Five Classics?
Isn't this just selling out in front of Wang Po?
I still suffer from the lack of culture.
Chen Fu rolled his eyes in his heart: the whole shop was decided by the dung beetle, including what kind of wood to use, what kind of window paper to paste, when to open, and in what form...
His daughter has arranged everything perfectly, and he has nothing better to do, so why would he bother about this?
He is different from others.
Others have to work hard to save dowries for their children, but his children can save dowries for others.
Just as Chen Fu was about to start talking nonsense, Xian Jin smiled and said, "Master Huang Wu, I'm afraid you won't have the opportunity to come and check and give me instructions!"
Huang Laowu was not convinced, "Although your store may look bright, I am not a poor man!"
Xianjin smiled, "'Look' is open for business, only for ladies and ladies, you..." Xianjin glanced at Huang Laowu and smiled very sincerely, "Why don't you try again in your next life?"
The onlookers said "eh", as if they didn't understand.
Xianjin smiled and took off the red velvet cloth behind the wind chimes, revealing two lines of words.
"The lotus is not as beautiful as the beauty's makeup, the west wind brings the fragrance of pearls and jade; general merchandise is popular and the finances are prosperous, the pink fields gather and the market sounds joyful."
Xianjin raised his voice, "'Kanba' only serves women. No matter if you are a girl in your boudoir, a married woman, or even a lady with children and grandchildren around her, you can all come to 'Kanba' to have some fun."
"From the store owner who collects money, to the waiters, to the clerks in the backyard, all are women."
"Girls, grandmothers, and ladies can rest assured that you can enjoy a pleasant time here safely, securely, and happily."
Everyone was in an uproar, but Chen Fu looked at Xianjin with burning eyes.
Ai Niang told him these thoughts.
Ai Niang said, "Nowadays, the streets and markets are mostly filled with men's restaurants, teahouses, and brothels... What about women? Where do women go? To embroidery shops? To banknote shops? To cloth shops? Where women go, they are doing work; where men go, they are mostly having fun."
Chen Fu's eyes were slightly moist.
Xianjin now opened a shop just for them.
If Ai Niang knew about this, she would definitely be happy.
Chen Fu lowered his head and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve. It was really...he cried to death.
The onlookers were stunned when listening to Xianjin's words. After looking at each other for a while, a girl standing in the front row, wearing an indigo-colored high jacket with colorful edges, spoke hesitantly, "...Then...then what can we girls do in the store?"
Xianjin raised his eyebrows and smiled, revealing a hint of cunning, "You will know if you go in and take a look, right?"
The girl's face was moved, but when she saw the ruby hanging under the window frame, she felt that she was short of money and her face turned red. "I...I..."
Xianjin replied at the right time, "All consumers who come into the store today will enjoy a 40% discount on all purchases, regardless of their spending. You only need to pay a minimum of 30 coins to enter 'Look' and take a real look."
Look! The door is wide open, like the Spider Cave without any barrier.
The girl hesitated, looking at the expensive rosewood door, then at the thin and tall girl who seemed to be standing respectfully behind the third master of the Chen family, but who actually spoke all the words. She pursed her lips and finally walked in.
If there is one, there will be two, and if there are two, there will be three.
It is very rare to find shops that are open only for women.
Thirty cents was just the price for three bowls of vegetarian noodles. Most women could afford it by gritting their teeth and standing on tiptoe. In the whole morning, five or six curious girls came in to "Look".
The first girl who entered the store felt it was strange to see the bookshelves that looked like ladders to heaven, the front desk made of heavy wood, the scattered tables and benches, and the fragrant aroma.
Not only is it unique, it's also very relaxing.
I don't know if it's the fragrance of the grass and trees in the forest in midsummer, or the round tables and stools placed in groups of three or two, or the large camellias and hydrangeas in the chests and flower pots, or the fact that the waiters and waitresses in the room are all young maids who haven't grown their hair yet, and the old women who walk steadily with tea in their hands...
This is a place that is completely free of oppressive masculinity.
Some only have fragrance and book smell...
The girl moved her nose and smelled a fresh scent of tea.
Xianjin smiled and pointed the way for her, "30 cents for a pot of tea, you can sit here until the sun sets."
Pointing to the wall of books on the east side, he said, "You can take some books and read them."
Then she pointed to a small chest of drawers in the southeast corner, on which were neatly arranged many pink-covered books. "You can also go and pick out any books you like. The books in our house are all very beautiful, with plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, stars, mountains and seas. Young girls, ladies and grandmothers should all like them."
Then he pointed to the slightly ajar light blue curtain in the inner room and said, "Inside is the Wutong Private Room. You can drink tea in the courtyard while looking at the water view. However, a pot of tea costs twice as much, about sixty coins, and you will also get four plates of seasonal cakes."
The girl listened intently.
Not only was I in a trance, but my hands and feet were even sweating.
Great...
This... this is a store that is completely and truly a women's business.
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