"Hey, aren't these the Su brothers and sisters?" Aunt Yang greeted Su Guangfu and his wife, then turned to look at the three children. "Hey, they are indeed beautiful and exquisite people. After changing their clothes, they look like fairies from the heavenly palace!"
Skinny Monkey also heard the noise and came over to join in the fun: "Hey, this Miss Su usually dresses like a boy, but now you can tell she's a girl."
Su Qingluan knew that although the skinny monkey was naughty, he had no bad intentions, so she just smiled and said nothing as he joked.
But the little girl next to him was a little unhappy, and said in a soft voice: "I am the young lady Su..." The little girl explained to the skinny monkey in a serious manner, "My elder sister is 'Mrs. Su', and I am the 'young lady Su'." She was ranked behind my elder sister!
She was clearly just a little girl of three years old, but she acted like a serious little adult. Several adults were laughing so hard that they fell over. However, Su Xuanhe was the only one who was left out. He laughed with the little girl, looking at everyone else with a puzzled look on his face.
Skinny Monkey and Aunt Yang chatted with the five members of the Su family for a while. Seeing that the sun was setting and Skinny Monkey had sold all his eggs, he went back first.
However, Aunt Yang sells fabrics. Although it is already late, there is no closing drum today and no curfew. She thought that she would take advantage of the crowds today to take out all the bright and colorful fabrics that she was reluctant to leave outside to gather dust.
If you can win the favor of some young man or woman, it will be another source of income.
Su Qingluan watched Aunt Yang hanging the cloth one by one on the long shelf. She leaned over to Aunt Yang's ear and said, "Aunt, how about I help you rearrange the order of these materials?"
Su Guangfu and Yang originally wanted to stop it, but Aunt Yang, who did business next to the Su family stall every day, could see clearly that the one who really came up with ideas and made decisions on the stall was not Su Guangfu and his wife, but their daughter Su Qingluan.
She believed that Su Qingluan must have some unique method, so she nodded readily.
Su Qingluan took a look at all the materials she planned to put on the outside, and arranged them one by one according to the depth and color of the colors. From the lightest solid color to the moon white with a slight bluish tint, then to sky blue, dark blue, and finally to black, and then to crimson, rouge, and water red...
In this way, all the colors are interwoven back and forth according to the rules of light and dark, so that all the fabrics can be connected to form a rhythm of colors with appropriate shades and distinct layers.
Moreover, Su Qingluan placed the glossy fabrics that were more like silk and brocade in the middle, while the materials that did not emit luster, such as cotton and linen, were placed on both sides.
The breeze was blowing, and the setting sun was shining on the pieces of cloth, creating shimmering waves, just like the surface of a lake with slightly ripples. Especially when the large "lake" with a very natural transition of colors rose and fell with the wind, it was particularly eye-catching.
As expected, this novel way of arranging and hanging the fabrics connected all the fabrics into one, forming a very unique "flag" that quickly attracted many customers to come and watch.
When Aunt Yang saw a customer coming, she immediately asked about the customer's life with a smile. Su Qingluan just secretly reminded Aunt Yang that after selling each piece of cloth, don't forget to replenish it with the same color to keep the transition of the entire "color ladder" natural.
Seeing that there were more guests at Aunt Yang's place, Su Qingluan and her parents took her younger brothers and sisters to Nong Moxuan again.
Nong Moxuan only has one clerk, and Mr. Xu didn’t come today.
However, the waiter told Su Qingluan not to worry, as the old man was in much better spirits. Su Qingluan nodded and secretly felt relieved for the time being.
As the sky grew darker, Su Qingluan saw the "night market" of this era for the first time.
To be honest, when it comes to the level of "bright lights", this era is definitely not as bright as the colorful neon lights of modern times.
However, all kinds of lanterns were hung on the treetops, roadside stalls and stalls on both sides of the road, making the whole town look like a Milky Way lit up with stars, with a unique hazy beauty.
Su Qingluan suggested: "How about we go to Hongfulou for dinner today?" To be honest, except for the first time she went there to "ruin the place", she had never had a proper meal there.
As one of the best restaurants in the surrounding villages, Hongfulou's "consumption level" was once out of reach for the Su family, who had previously found it difficult to even eat white flour and fresh meat.
But now if their family wants to go out for a meal, they can afford it.
So, the whole family went to Hongfulou with great anticipation and excitement.
Before entering Hongfulou, I saw a large promotional slogan on the banner in front of the restaurant. It said: "Today is Qixi Festival. For every one or two taels of silver spent on dining at each table, there will be a chance to enter a lucky draw. The more you spend, the more you win."
"The lucky draw is to redeem your bill for a 'Qiao Guo' when you check out. Each person can choose their own 'Qiao Guo' from the fruit plate from the day before. Once you pick one up, don't regret it. Break open the filling inside. Different fillings have different prizes."
Moreover, the prizes were displayed openly on a newly built shelf in the center of the lobby on the first floor. There were four layers in total, forming a tower with a large bottom and a small top. From bottom to top, the higher you went, the more valuable the prizes became.
Of course, these prizes are guarded by special personnel - what's more, as a restaurant that has been open for a long time, it will not be able to survive without some skills.
As one of the "behind-the-scenes producers", Su Qingluan certainly knew that most people could only draw the red bean paste filling. Sure enough, the red bean paste filling corresponded to a small bag of snacks or a pair of paper-cuts with good meanings, one of the two choices.
As for the higher-level ones with raisin filling, there are only twenty of them, and the corresponding prize is much more exquisite - a stationery set including a ruler, pen holder, pen washer, and inkstone.
Although these stationery items are not top-tier treasures, they should be of good quality, because Su Qingluan heard a passing diner muttering that if he could win this set of stationery, he could save twenty or thirty taels of money.
Thirty or fifty taels! Shopkeeper Liang was truly generous! Su Qingluan was astonished—this was only the "third prize"!
If prizes such as "writing brushes and ink" were basically for men in this era, especially students, then the higher-grade "chouguo" (sweet fruit filled with candied date silk) were for women - it was a set of head jewelry made of pearls.
The pearls were all round and bright, pure in color, with a slight pink tint. They looked dazzling and brilliant against the candlelight in the room. Even though Su Qingluan was an outsider, she knew that this set of headwear was not cheap.
However, the effect is also very obvious. Whenever young men and women enter this "Hongfu Building", there is no woman who does not want to "work hard" for this set of headwear - after all, there is a chance to win an exquisite headwear while eating, who doesn't want to make a small profit with a big investment?
Seeing this, Su Qingluan couldn't help but wonder, Boss Liang is so generous, what kind of precious prize must be the "salted egg yolk" first prize?
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