Chapter 36 Chapter 36 A burst of charm, like a fox...
Because he had to go to the county to do some business, Tian Ge asked Qin Xiong to wake him up at dawn.
He sat up and lay in bed in a daze for a while.
It felt like I didn't sleep at all. My whole body felt sore, even though we didn't have any intimacy last night.
Qin Xiong had already gone to the kitchen to boil water for washing. Tian Ge had an idea in her mind. She pulled open her inner clothes and looked at the butterfly mark on her chest. In the light of the candle, the butterfly mark seemed to be brighter red than usual.
After repeated comparison, it is indeed red.
Is spring tide coming? Tian Ge thought with a rosy face, her body seemed to be hotter than usual.
But other than that, there are no other symptoms. Isn't it said that there will be special feelings during the spring period, and that there will be a strong desire...
Even when she was sitting on her second brother's ox cart, Tian Ge was still thinking and kept tilting her head to look at Qin Xiong.
"What's wrong?" Qin Xiong also noticed his abnormality and put his hand on his forehead.
Maybe it was because the morning wind was cold, my face felt a little icy when I touched it.
Qin Xiong took off his coat and covered Tian Ge's head with it.
The coat was full of Qin Xiong's scent, warm and with the aroma of soapberry. Tian Ge pulled the coat and sniffed it, and her heart, which had been beating fast, gradually calmed down.
Let the spring tide come, it’s time to come, anyway, Qin Xiong is by his side.
-----I don't know if I can sell all the handkerchiefs today.
Tian Ge gestured and said that last winter, he took some time out from his busy schedule to embroider many handkerchiefs and saved them all.
This morning I went to the small vegetable garden in the dark to pick some leftover peppers and garlic sprouts, hoping to sell them successfully.
"Yes." Qin Xiong answered softly.
The sky gradually brightened. Tian Er was driving the ox cart in the front, and the young couple were chatting in the back. Qin Xiong sometimes stopped talking and imitated Tian Ge, making simple gestures.
When they arrived at the county town, Tian Er went to do his business separately from them. Qin Xiong first accompanied Tian Ge to sell handkerchiefs. They found a place in a bustling place at the morning market and spread the handkerchiefs on a dark cloth.
Tian Ge's handkerchiefs were exquisitely embroidered. Qin Xiong was selling them beside her, "Handkerchiefs I embroidered myself, only three cents each." He greeted her with a smile and a strong voice, but the handkerchiefs he was selling were popular among the boys and girls. He was as skilled as a vendor who had been setting up the stall for a long time, and people came up to him from time to time to ask about them.
Tian Ge squatted beside Qin Xiong in admiration. He came out to sell handkerchiefs and could only wait quietly for people to come up and ask for the price. He could only use gestures to ask for the price.
Once, when his second brother was not with him, he made a gesture of three. The other party thought he was charging thirty cents for a handkerchief and scolded him for being delusional. He walked away without listening to his explanation and said as he walked that there was a mute over there who was crazy about money. Tian Ge was so angry that she wiped away tears.
Soon, more than half of the handkerchiefs were sold, and the garlic sprouts and chili peppers were all sold out. After waiting for a while, no one came to ask about it, so Tian Ge packed up the things and asked Qin Xiong to go to the blacksmith shop to buy a knife first.
Qin Xiong's knife was a little blunt, and the blade had been sharpened and thinned. It was time to get a new one.
Tian Ge wanted to find Qian Duo. He and Qin Xiong had made an appointment to meet at the rouge shop later.
The rouge shop was already bustling with activity during the morning and afternoon hours.
Qian Duo was busy when he saw Tian Ge coming into the shop. His eyes lit up and he asked the clerk to explain the situation to the customer first. He went to the door to greet Tian Ge, took Tian Ge's hand and said, "God of Wealth, you finally remembered to come to the county to see me today."
Tian Ge usually went to the county town only once in a long time. When Qian Duo caught her, she had to try on her makeup at the door. The reason was that Tian Ge's makeup trial was the best. The unsold rouge, brushes, and powder could be sold out immediately by just applying them on Tian Ge's face and letting everyone see them.
After a few interactions, Qian Duo also liked Tian Ge's straightforward personality, so she said she wanted to be friends with him.
Now that you are here, don't leave. These days the county is celebrating Spring Festival. The county government is taking the lead in releasing lanterns by the river at night. Some nobles with free time from surrounding counties will come to watch the fun, and there will be a lot of people coming and going.
Tian Ge suddenly realized why there were so many people in the county so early today, and his handkerchiefs were sold so quickly.
"What handkerchief? Let me see it and sell it in my shop." Qian Duo said casually when she heard that he still had a few handkerchiefs that had not been sold.
The handkerchief is embroidered with exquisite craftsmanship, not inferior to those of the professional embroiderers in the county, but the quality of the base fabric is a bit ordinary, being the cheapest cotton cloth.
But when Qian Duo heard that one ticket only cost three cents, she widened her eyes in shock and kept thinking that Tian Ge had no idea how to make money.
"Look at this little deer embroidery. It must have taken you several hours at least, not counting the cost of the base fabric and colored thread. Your three cents isn't just giving it away for nothing." Qian Duo was very disappointed. "Well, I'll put a price of thirty cents on it and tell the clerk to say it was embroidered by a down-and-out embroiderer in the capital. If it wasn't for the need to get by, it wouldn't have sold. I'm here to help you out. If anyone wants to bargain, I'll go down to twenty-five cents at most, no more."
Qian Duo was satisfied with this argument and nodded, then changed her mind and said, "I think thirty cents is too little. After all, your embroidery skills are excellent and the patterns are exquisite. So, the ones with more complicated patterns will be fifty cents, and the ones with simpler patterns will be forty cents first."
Suddenly she became Tian Ge, a poor embroiderer in the capital. When she heard these words, she was so scared that she waved her hands.
He could still make a profit of three cents from selling it, but Qian Duo directly raised the price by dozens of times. How could this be possible? Tian Ge thought of the passerby who misunderstood him and said that he was crazy about money and had unrealistic ideas.
Someone happened to be looking at the handkerchief. Qian Duo didn't pay attention to Tian Ge. She just picked up a small wooden box, folded the handkerchief embroidered with a deer and put it in.
"Sister Chen, would you like to pick out a handkerchief? Take a look at this. It's a new arrival that just arrived today. It was embroidered by an embroiderer from the capital. I heard that she even embroidered a dragon robe for the emperor." Qian Duo came up to her with a smile.
"Is it true? I'd like to take a closer look." The woman called Sister Chen said in surprise.
Qian Duo spread the patterned side of her hand out on the ground, palm facing up, and said warmly, "You're already my regular customer, how could I possibly lie to you? Look at how finely crafted the embroidery is! If the embroiderer hadn't gotten into trouble, she wouldn't have come back to our small town to seek refuge. I just happened to become friends with her, so I took it as a good deed and accepted her handkerchief. If the news gets out about this handkerchief, I'll be so proud to share an embroiderer with the emperor."
This is indeed impressive.
"But why is this handkerchief made of cotton? You know, I usually use silk." Sister Chen was a little moved when she heard it, but she felt confused when she touched the fabric of the handkerchief.
"That embroiderer is down and out and desperate for money. Otherwise, we wouldn't have gotten such a great deal."
"The embroidery is really exquisite. The deer is so lifelike. How much is this handkerchief?"
"Sister Chen, you're my old customer, so I won't hide it from you. I appreciate talented people. I bought this handkerchief for forty cents a piece. The expensive part is the embroidery. I'll charge you fifty cents a piece. How about that?"
The woman usually bought silk handkerchiefs at Qianduo Store at the "acquaintance price" of eighty wen. Although the cotton handkerchief was really not worth the price, she thought about it because it was embroidered by the emperor's embroiderer and nodded after consideration. "How many do you have? If not, I will take them all and give them to others."
"Oh, I just like Sister Chen, you're such a straightforward person. Here, I have seven handkerchiefs. Take a look at the patterns first. If you buy more, I'll give you a discount. I'll sell them to you for forty-eight cents each."
Seven handkerchiefs were sold in the blink of an eye, and the woman named Sister Chen looked very happy.
After the people left, Qian Duo placed two heavy strings of money and a few dozen copper coins in Tian Ge's heart and waved her hand in front of his wide-open eyes. "Are you stupid? How much money can you make from selling a handkerchief for three cents?"
-----You are so awesome.
"What's the big deal? It's like Zhou Yu fighting Huang Gai. I didn't force my hand into their pockets. If they're willing to buy, I'll make money. If not, I'll happily send them away and wait for the next person with more money to come."
Tian Ge hadn't recovered from the shock yet, and when he looked at Qian Duo again, he felt both admiration and a hint of wariness.
He hasn't forgotten that when he and Qin Xiong were not together yet, Qin Xiong came to Qian Duo's shop to buy a handkerchief. At that time, Qian Duo didn't know about their relationship. She asked Qin Xiong for two hundred coins for a silk handkerchief.
To an ordinary citizen like him, this was simply a profiteer. The key was that he could still convince the buyer. If he hadn't stopped him at that time, Qin Xiong would have paid the money.
Luckily, we are already friends, so I won’t lie to him again.
Qian Duo pulled him to the door to try on makeup again.
Tian Ge had something on his mind. He wanted to ask Qian Duo about finding a shop, and also wanted to ask him what he could do to make money in the shop. So today he was particularly well-behaved and let Qian Duo gesture on his face, making him smile when he asked her to, and put on a stern face when she asked him to act cool.
Because of the Spring Festival banquet in the evening, there were more people watching today. Tian Ge was already used to being watched. After all, Qian Duo was there to stand in front of him. There was also a tall and strong man in Qian Duo's store who was specially hired by Qian Duo to keep the place under control.
A young farmer dressed in clean and simple clothes sat upright on a stool in front of the door. Under Qian Duo's makeup, he gradually became beautiful, which made people unable to take their eyes off him.
"Whose boy is this? Is he married?" someone among the onlookers asked.
"I don't know, anyway, this is a makeup tester hired by Boss Qian. Anyone with a good temperament and good looks can apply for the job, but this handsome guy has indeed tried it several times."
"She's so beautiful, but she can't speak and is mute. What a pity."
"Mute?" The man who had just watched from the outside for a while repeated this sentence. He was dressed in golden clothes and had a handsome face. He was obviously a young man from a wealthy family. He looked at the well-behaved young man at the door of the store without blinking, touched his chin, and seemed to be thinking about something.
The servant beside him suddenly felt something was wrong and whispered hurriedly, "Master, you can't bring anyone back to the mansion anymore. The master said he would break your legs."
"Go away, what do you know?" Bai Qingzheng scolded casually, "You've been with me for so many years, my father doesn't understand, and you don't understand me? If I don't take this poor, lovable kid home, who will?"
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"Is getting married really that good? You've changed." Qian Duo applied rouge to Tian Ge's cheeks. The skin under her palm was delicate and fair, as tender as the face of a baby who was only a few months old.
-----What has changed?
Tian Ge tilted his head slightly in confusion and asked with his eyes.
Qian Duo stepped back, gently held Tian Ge's chin with her fingers, looked at him, and was very satisfied. Then she answered Tian Ge's question, "Are men really that good at keeping people? Look at you, compared to the youthfulness before marriage, now..."
?
Why stop talking halfway?
Tian Ge looked down at himself. Coincidentally, he was still wearing the same peach pink jacket, black pants and black cloth shoes that he and Qian Duo had worn when they first met. Nothing had changed.
Qian Duo saw a red mark on the back of Tian Ge's neck that looked like a mosquito bite. He hadn't seen it before because of her hair. But when Tian Ge turned her head, he took a closer look. He couldn't help but click his tongue and leaned close to Tian Ge's ear, breathing sweetly, "You have such a charming aura from the inside out, you're really like a fox."
Tian Ge's face turned red, but fortunately Yanzhi helped to cover it up. If Qian Duo was not also a young man, he would really stand up and run away. He said the same thing as that lecher.
Qian Duo just smiled and stepped back. When she started to explain to the crowd, she suddenly met a pair of dissatisfied eyes with a dark face. Qin Xiong's physique was recognizable at a glance.
I don’t know how long she stared at it. Qian Duo was stuck for a moment, but she quickly adjusted herself and began to introduce her rouge, but she was laughing in her heart.
He can be so jealous of a little brother like him, so be jealous. I will treat him to a few more jars of wine in the future.
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