When the young ladies discovered that Xia Daohua was not accompanied by any maidservants, some of them immediately curled their lips slightly and began to roll their eyes silently.
Xia Daohua chuckled secretly. If I really brought a maid, it would be inconvenient for me to go in and out. How could I easily pull out a small e-scooter? Besides, I am just an ordinary citizen, so it is not appropriate for me to have a maid!
Xia Daohua didn't care, but someone cared for her.
Xie Fanglan frowned slightly, and the young princess Gu Shanrou also frowned.
After a moment, Gu Shanrou took Xia Daohua's hand and said, "Sister Xia, please walk with me." Xie Fanglan and Gu Shanrou exchanged glances, and Xie Fanglan warmly greeted the other ladies and went forward.
Although there are many proud young ladies who look down on others, there are also many who are smart and discerning. Judging from the situation in front of her, it is obvious that the lady from the Xia family is an acquaintance of the young princess Gu Shanrou, so it is better for her not to offend others.
So they all responded to Xie Fanglan, talking about what opera they wanted to listen to and what dishes they wanted to eat, and walked forward in a lively manner.
Gu Shanrou pulled Xia Daohua and paused. After a while, the two of them and the maid behind Gu Shanrou walked behind the crowd.
As the distance between them and the crowd grew, Gu Shanrou gently patted Xia Daohua's hand:
"Sister Xia, aren't you angry when they treat you like that?"
Xia Daohua smiled and said, "What's there to be upset about? The people I care about never treat me like that."
Hearing this, Gu Shanrou's sparkling eyes suddenly sparkled even brighter: "Sister Xia, I knew you were an extraordinary person!"
Xia Daohua said seriously:
"You're mistaken. I'm just a vulgar person. My eyes light up when I see money. Otherwise, I wouldn't be thinking about how to open a shop and make money all day long."
As he spoke, he couldn't help laughing.
Little Princess Gu Shanrou also laughed: "Haha, you said it so seriously that it almost scared me."
After they chatted for a while, Xia Daohua revealed her intention and asked the young princess, Gu Shanrou, if she wanted to invest in her business. Of course, Xia Daohua didn't need Gu Shanrou's money; she just wanted to borrow her brand to make things easier for herself.
Although Li Gan's maternal family is quite powerful, Xia Daohua feels that she cannot rely solely on that family.
With the participation of Gu Shanrou, although his profits would be diluted a little, he would have more than one banner to use as a cover.
Gu Shanrou immediately began to think seriously, and after a moment she said to Xia Daohua:
"I can't decide this on my own. I need to discuss it with my family. I'll send you a message once I have a result."
Xia Daohua readily agreed, "Okay. Waiting for good news."
As they talked, they walked hand in hand slowly along the road, continuing to appreciate the beautiful scenery of Xie's Xianmei Garden.
Entering the Fairy Plum Garden, the first beautiful sight is a forest of white plum blossoms, called the Sea of Fragrant Snow. This is the forest that Xia Daohua saw when she entered the yard just now.
The second beautiful scenery is a forest of red plum blossoms, called Flaming Mountain.
Gu Shanrou and Xia Daohua were busy talking in the back, but the ladies in front had already entered the Flaming Mountain.
Everyone looked at the brilliant red clouds that were like a dream and couldn't help but stop and admire them quietly for a while.
After a while, the ladies woke up from the shock brought by the beautiful scenery and said many compliments.
Xie Fanglan was both happy and proud, with a smile on her face that she couldn't hide.
The scene was extremely harmonious for a moment, and both the guests and the hosts were happy.
After they passed through the Flaming Mountain, they came to the banquet area ahead and sat down to rest.
This place is an open viewing platform. A few hundred steps away from the viewing platform, a stage has been set up. At this time, the stage has been set up, but the troupe is still backstage, waiting for the host to call for the show.
When Xia Daohua and Gu Shanrou arrived, several ladies were already getting impatient waiting.
However, although Xia Daohua was powerless, just a commoner, perhaps even a merchant, the young princess Gu Shanrou was not to be trifled with.
Gu Shanrou has a calm temperament and doesn't like to make enemies.
But her uncle, Gu Mingzhen, was a man of unpredictable temper. No one knew what words might offend him, and no one knew when he would come to settle accounts with you.
With him protecting her, no one dared to bully Gu Shanrou no matter how gentle and docile she was.
So, when Gu Shanrou appeared, there was an immediate chorus of greetings and greetings. Xia Daohua, walking beside her, was only a few steps behind, avoiding the greetings, but instantly received a bunch of huge rolls of eyes.
Xia Daohua couldn't help laughing when she looked at these girls.
She looked at them and felt like she was just looking at a group of children.
In fact, at this age, they can already get married.
Some women have even been engaged for a long time, and will soon be married off to someone else's family. They will become the mistress of the household, taking care of their husband and children, and managing a household, or even an entire clan.
However, Xia Daohua knew that they were no different from adults in this time and space and could not be treated as children, but when looking at them, she couldn't help but feel that she was looking at a group of children.
The list of opera orders circulated among everyone. After some politeness, the young princess Gu Shanrou was allowed to order first.
Xia Daohua watched with great interest as everyone from Gu Shanrou to Xie Fanglan and then to the other ladies requested several short plays that they had never heard of before, and then the actors came on stage and began to sing.
Xia Daohua didn't understand a word they said.
Alas, she hardly understood Peking Opera, and what was being sung here wasn't Peking Opera. It seemed to be a unique genre of the Great Chu Dynasty, completely different from the various operas Xia Daohua had seen in her past life.
Although she couldn't understand a word, the rhythm and charm, the singing and the acting, the steps and the postures were all quite captivating. Xia Daohua watched with great interest, guessing the plot based on the actors' movements and expressions, and she had a lot of fun imagining the plot.
In the blink of an eye, the play was over and the ladies gave tips.
Xia Daohua hesitated for a moment and also scattered a handful of copper coins.
This behavior earned her a lot of cold stares.
Yes, everyone else gave her silver ingots, but she gave her copper coins, counting them out as if she was afraid of giving too much. How could those rich ladies look down on such stinginess?
Xia Daohua didn't care. She picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, but frowned slightly and quietly spit the tea into her handkerchief.
She turned around and looked around, and found that Xie Fanglan, who was supposed to be sitting at her seat, had disappeared at some point.
There were also two other young ladies who disappeared.
One of them was a little girl with big eyes, dark skin, and a head full of jewelry. She rolled her eyes at Xia Daohua several times along the way.
The other one was the chubby girl who had gone shopping with Xie Fanglan in the "Daohuaxiang" store on its opening day.
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