Lou Yunchun covered his eyes, feeling embarrassed for a moment.
"Master, do you want to eat? You've been lying down for a day and a night, I think you must be hungry."
"No, bring me some hot water. I want to take a shower." He reeked of sour alcohol, and even he himself found it disgusting.
"Coming right up."
After a while, the servant brought a bathtub, hot water, soap nuts and other bathing utensils, and helped him take a bath.
As the servant rubbed his back, he said, "That wine that Madam Xu sent was really strong. I've never seen the young master drunk before."
"Don't mention it again."
The servant knew he was embarrassed and annoyed, so he couldn't help but laugh to himself. He added, "Today, I heard that Master Yuan sent a letter inviting you to meet at Madam Xu's bookshop on your day off in three days. He said he wanted to read some book. I don't know what book it is, but it has the masters all swarming into that corner, so narrow that no one can get around."
"Three days later?"
"Ah, three days later."
"knew."
"Master is going?"
"Noisy."
The servant boy rolled his eyes and thought to himself, he is sending persimmons and pears, could it be that his young master has taken a fancy to that Madam Xu?
He thought again of the man he met in Xu Jiang's bookstore, and wondered who he was related to Madam Xu.
Xu Jiang looked at the fallen leaves all over the ground in front of the door and the big trees that became bare overnight, and only then did she truly feel that winter had come to the capital.
Looking at the flowers placed in front of the door, they also look decayed, making the already deserted bookstore seem even more desolate.
She moved the flowers into the backyard, and after some thought, she simply placed some popular leisure books to kill time on the original flower stand, and then wrote the words "free borrowing" on a wooden sign.
"Great! This way, people who can't afford books can also read." Hu Xu clapped his hands in praise. Then, looking back at the bare tree, he said worriedly, "But this tree looks so ferocious. I don't know how to decorate it."
"Hasn't Zhuchun painted face masks before? Why not buy some oil paper and cut it up, then draw some beauties' faces or pictures of ghosts and hang them up. That would be quite interesting."
"Won't it scare the guests?"
"Since ancient times, there's been a saying that ugliness is beauty. There are also works that are strange, bland, and there's no guarantee that someone will like this. If it really doesn't work out, we can just try something else."
"Okay, let's try it. I'll go buy some paper."
"Go ahead."
Not long after Hu Xu left, Yuan Zuzhi sent someone to deliver a letter, telling Xu Jiang that he would come to see the books the day after tomorrow and asked her to make preparations in advance.
What else can I prepare for just reading a book? He even sent someone to deliver a letter.
I guess there must be more than just Yuan Zu coming that day.
Xu Jiang thought about it carefully and felt that this was an opportunity to spread the name of her Zhanchun Bookstore.
She is eager to try.
Well, then let her prepare a banquet to thank the guests for their books and entertain them well.
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