As winter approaches, a new river channel is built behind Zhuangyuan Street.
There are many shops on both sides of the river. The decoration of the shops is basically the same. There are also rows of persimmon lanterns hanging, which means "everything goes well".
There are two arch bridges on both sides of the river, named: "Changxin Bridge" and "Chang'an Bridge".
However, based on the origin of Zhuangyuan Street, ordinary people privately call the one on the street "Jinbang Bridge" and the one at the end of the street "Qingyun Bridge".
In this way, many students came to play, and some set up small boats in the river, drank wine and wrote poems.
Someone said: "I only hate that the river wind is short, and it doesn't fulfill the purpose of Jiangnan."
Recently, Wang Xiu heard Ji Yunwei murmuring that counterfeiting was on the rise in the market, and it seemed that someone was specifically targeting their store, and privately started grabbing business at low prices.
Most of the merchants had been dealing with the Ji family and the Song family for a long time, and they all did business on Zhuangyuan Street, so they came to tell him quietly.
The scattered merchants outside have begun to leave.
Ji Yunwei is not complaining because business is not good, but he feels that the people behind this are doing something disgusting.
He had looked at those products and found that although they were cheap, they were easily damaged and were not a good thing.
After Wang Xiu heard this, he planned to visit various shops.
It happened that the eldest princess also came to talk to her, so the two of them packed up and went to the street with the curtains on.
Because she was going to Zhuyuan Street, the eldest princess only brought four bodyguards with her, except Grandma Lu beside her.
Wang Xiu brought even less, only one maid to run errands.
The stewards of Zhuangyuan Street are Cao Bo and Geng Su. They are now Lu Yunhong's right-hand men and often visit the Lu family.
When they saw the eldest princess and Wang Xiu coming incognito, they knew they wanted to go shopping quietly.
But people were coming and going on the street again, so Uncle Cao quietly said to Geng Su: "It's rare for the madam and the eldest princess to come over, so you can follow them quietly and take a look. If there are any strangers or troublemakers, remember to deal with them."
Geng Su knew that Lu Yunhong valued Wang Xiu very much and did not dare to neglect him, so he quickly followed him with two young men.
After the group of them entered Zhuangyuan Street, Cao Bo looked up and saw a middle-aged man standing on tiptoe, looking at it, then turned and left.
Cao Bo was feeling confused when suddenly there was a sound on the tabletop. He came back to his senses and saw that it was Ji Yunwei who had arrived.
He immediately smiled and said: "Master is here, so early today?"
Ji Yunwei said: "My dad is here, I saw nothing happened so I came here. By the way, is there anyone else here today to solicit customers?"
Uncle Cao shook his head: "No, no, but Mrs. Lu and the eldest princess are here, wearing curtains and hats..."
"Yeah, my sister-in-law is here and she must be here to give me some advice. Then I'll go find them."
Uncle Cao: "..." He hasn't finished speaking yet!
It’s true, uncle!!
Uncle Cao felt his head sluggish. He just noticed something was wrong??
Why can’t I remember??
…
Wang Xiu and the eldest princess walked around for a while and found that there was nothing to buy. The two of them walked along the street, preparing to visit the shops on the other side of the river.
We talked along the way and it was calm.
Until Ji Yunwei rushed over and flashed in front of them holding two bunches of candied haws as a treasure.
If he hadn't seen his all-too-familiar face, the eldest princess's guards would have been kicked away by him.
But he was completely unaware, so he sent Geng Su away and said happily: "I knew my sister-in-law and Your Highness were here, so I came to accompany them as soon as possible."
Seeing his child-like expression, the eldest princess couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why do you want to keep me company? I think it's true that you're asking for advice."
Wang Xiu took the candied haws in his hand, handed a bunch to the eldest princess, and said: "Is it so early today?"
Ji Yunwei said: "Where is it, it's my father, he did my job!"
"Pfft." The eldest princess couldn't help laughing.
She said: "Ji Yunwei, you have already joined the officialdom, but your father is still so reluctant to let go?"
Ji Yunwei said: "He just loves me very much. I couldn't help it, so I just said my shoulder was sore, and he let me go out for a walk."
Wang Xiu shook his head, thinking about the adults' love for their children. Really...the children will always be his babies no matter how old they are.
However, it's no wonder that Ji Yunwei's temperament still acts like a child when he grows up.
Wang Xiu ate the candied haws, which was pretty good.
Aunt Lu looked at the candied haws in the eldest princess's hand and hesitated to speak.
Ji Yunwei saw it and said, "It's okay. I just asked the candied haws seller to eat a bunch first."
Finally, fearing that everyone might misunderstand, he explained: "I treated him to food."
In this case, it was hard for Grandma Lu to say anything, but she was still a little worried.
The eldest princess said: "We came out temporarily today, don't be afraid."
It means that if the news is not released in advance, there should be no one who would deliberately murder her.
Then she also took a bite. It was sour and sweet, but the candy was not very good and a bit hard. She took a bite but didn't eat it and handed it to Grandma Lu.
Grandma Lu wrapped it in paper and gave it to the guard.
Wang Xiu kept holding it in his hand and took a bite from time to time, which was quite a favor to Ji Yunwei.
Ji Yunwei then took them to see the round fan and some small carved objects, which were often used in the boudoir of his daughter's family.
Ji Yunwei picked out more than a dozen round fans for them, including ones with hairy dumplings, ones with quiet orchids, and ones with lotus flowers...
The artistic conception inside is very good, and it can be seen that the person who painted it is very proficient in writing and ink.
The eldest princess read it once and liked it very much, so she asked Aunt Lu to pay the money.
Wang Xiu said with a smile: "How much money do I have to pay for my own shop?" After saying that, he asked the shopkeeper not to accept it!
But the eldest princess said coquettishly: "Am I short of this money?"
Ji Yunwei wanted to stop him, but Wang Xiu knew the eldest princess's temper, so he said, "Okay. But I will pick another one for you. You can't refuse this, right?"
The eldest princess said: "I bought so much, it's time to give me a handful as a gift. I don't need you to choose, I will do it myself!"
After saying that, he picked a white folding fan on the shelf. There was a green jade bead hanging from the bottom, but the tassels hanging down were smoky purple.
She liked it very much and quickly opened it to take a look.
Unexpectedly, the inside was just dotted with gold and ink, and four big characters "Everything is fine" were written on the fan.
The character is not pretty, but it has some character.
The eldest princess knew at a glance that it was not Lu Yunhong and Pei Shan's handiwork, and she directly guessed: "In this case, Song Muting will not say it easily, and the only one is Ji Yunwei."
"Ji Yunwei, did you write this?"
Ji Yunwei said bitterly: "I'm showing off, but I can't sell it in the store for a few months..."
After hearing this, the eldest princess couldn't help laughing and said: "Since it can't be sold, let's just treat it as a gift."
After saying that, he handed it to Grandma Lu to pack.
Ji Yunwei hesitated to speak... his eyes flickered and his cheeks turned slightly red.
Seeing this, the eldest princess said directly: "Don't be embarrassed, I won't use it when I take it back, I will just put it in the warehouse."
Ji Yunwei: "..."
"Pfft" Wang Xiu couldn't help laughing.
She patted Ji Yunwei's shoulder and said, "Keep up the good work! Look, at least you can send it out, right?"