The people Wei Yunlan just met by chance were the daughter of Lord Zhou, the commander of the Beiguan Camp, and the daughter of Sun, the commander of the Northern Army.
The two of them had not gone far yet, but when they noticed the commotion here, they followed and started to congratulate.
"Miss Wei is a great archer!"
"This deer is quite big. Tu You said he wanted to win this battle, but I think it will be difficult."
Wei Yunlan smiled modestly, stepped forward, and together with Tingxue secured the deer on the horse's back.
Miss Zhou, Miss Sun, and their maids also stepped forward to help.
"How about Miss Wei continue hunting with us, and I'll let my girl accompany your maid to deliver the prey first?" Miss Sun glanced at the horse that Tingxue was leading, which was already tied with prey.
It was noon, the sun was high in the sky, the warmest time of the day, and there was no rush to go back.
Wei Yunlan was just about to nod in agreement to this proposal when he noticed that the sky was getting a little gloomy.
"Is it going to rain?"
Wei Yunlan looked at the sky and changed his mind. "Should we get out of the forest first and meet up with the others?"
Miss Zhou and Miss Sun also nodded when they saw this. "It rarely rains in the north in autumn. The weather has been getting weirder recently."
"It's already cold, don't let us get caught in the rain. Let's go out quickly."
The weather changed suddenly. It was sunny and windless just now.
In the blink of an eye, the sky became gloomy, and cold winds blew through the forest.
Miss Sun and Miss Zhou's maids quickly took out the prepared cloaks and put them on the two young ladies.
Miss Sun's maid took out two silk cylinders from the bundle hanging on the horse's back, handed one to her own lady, and the other to Miss Zhou.
Miss Zhou waved her hands quickly, "I'm fine, it's not that cold. Miss Wei is wearing thin clothes, so give it to Miss Wei first."
"No need, I brought a cloak too." Wei Yunlan took out the goose yellow cloak embroidered with white plum blossoms.
This was what Xiang Yuying brought with her when she came to see her off when she left the capital.
Since arriving in the north and the weather turned cold, Wei Yunlan often wore this. The fabric was thick, but not heavy at all. When wrapped around her, she felt warm from the outside to the heart, as if her best friend was always by her side.
Seeing Wei Yunlan wrapped in his cloak and put his hands into the goose yellow cloak which looked particularly warm, Miss Zhou stopped being modest and took the things handed to her by Miss Sun's maid. She followed Miss Sun's example and put her hands in from both sides.
The soft and warm touch immediately made Miss Zhou's eyes light up.
"Xiu Xiu, was this made by your maid?"
"Xiu Xiu" is Miss Sun's maiden name.
Hearing this, she shook her head. "How can my maids have such skillful hands? This was bought from outside."
"A new shop opened in the city a few days ago, specializing in selling these exquisite things made of silk fabrics. I heard that it was opened by a big merchant from the Jiangnan area. The products are good, but they are not expensive at all."
"Why haven't I heard of it?" Miss Zhou asked puzzledly.
"This shop has only been open for a few days, and it's in the south city, so it's normal that you didn't know about it." Sun Xiuxiu said, "My mother only knew about this shop after she saw the housekeeper buy it. Look, she asked someone to buy more than ten of them at once."
"The fabrics and embroidery patterns of these two are relatively ordinary. My mother has two more embroidered with mandarin ducks and magpies. They look very beautiful. The mandarin ducks are embroidered just like the real ones. My mother said that she will add them to the betrothal gift for my future sister-in-law in two days." Sun Xiuxiu said excitedly.
The more Miss Zhou listened, the more curious she became. "Then wait a couple of days, take me over to have a look, and I'll buy a few pieces. Are they really not expensive?"
Even though her father holds a higher official position, her parents are very strict and the monthly salary she receives is less than half of Sun Xiuxiu's.
"It's too expensive. I can't afford it."
"It's really not expensive. One like the one I have in my hand only costs this much." Sun Xiuxiu stretched out her hand and made the number "five".
"Five taels of silver?" Miss Zhou looked bitter. Her monthly allowance was only four taels of silver. She did have some left over from last month, but it was only enough to buy an ordinary piece of clothing.
"What?" Sun Xiuxiu shook her head and said, "It's not five taels, it's five cents!"
"Five cents of silver can buy such fine silk?" Miss Zhou smacked her lips, "This is Jiangnan silk, right?"
"It's the finest Danzhou silk!" Sun Xiuxiu said, taking the thing in her hand and handing it to Wei Yunlan.
"Miss Wei, you should try it too. Is it quite warm? Is it not worse than a hand warmer?"
"It's very warm." Wei Yunlan nodded.
Looking at the familiar-looking hand warmer in my hand, I couldn't help but laugh.
She knew that Yunluozhai's business was good, but she didn't expect it to be so good that it attracted the attention of ladies in not only the south city, but also the northern half of the city.
From this perspective, the profit of this business may be even higher than initially estimated.
Maybe in the future, she would be able to import some silk and other goods from Luo Feng in Danzhou on a long-term basis.
"Yunlan, this way!"
When they were almost outside the forest farm, Huang Yuling, who was riding a horse from another direction, saw Wei Yunlan and waved and called out.
"I was just wondering whether I should send someone in to look for you."
"We happened to meet Miss Sun and Miss Zhou. Seeing that the weather was not right, we didn't go deeper into the forest and came out directly," Wei Yunlan explained.
"It's windy and it might rain. I'm afraid we can't continue today." Huang Yuling's face was full of regret for not being able to have fun.
It’s not easy to get her father to agree to let her go out hunting. After this time, it’s unclear when the next time will be.
As he was sighing with emotion, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that the horse behind Wei Yunlan, which was led by a maid, had a lot of prey tied to it. In addition to the common ones like hares and pheasants, there was even a fawn.
His eyes, which had just darkened, suddenly brightened up again, "Yunlan, did you also hunt a deer?"
Wei Yunlan nodded and said modestly: "It was also a fluke. Miss Sun and Miss Zhou happened to chase the deer near me."
As he said this, he looked behind Huang Yuling and saw that the horse following her was indeed carrying a deer.
Even the back of the horse she was riding had a lot of prey hanging on it, so the harvest was quite gratifying.
"It's a good thing that I have these prey, otherwise I would feel that this trip would have been in vain."
As they were talking, the four of them had already reached the edge of the forest.
Most of the people who had entered the forest to hunt earlier had now come out.
Qiu Yuehua came out earlier than Wei Yunlan and the others. She looked around and counted the number of people. "Is everyone out?"
"Then pack up and prepare to return to the city..."
"Ms. Qiu, please wait a moment."
An anxious voice interrupted Qiu Yuehua's words.
Liang Qiuyi's maid walked up to the carriage that had been parked outside the woods and said anxiously, "My young lady hasn't come out yet!"
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