The streets were crowded, and even the alleys were crowded with people. Many women who had not been out for a long time came out of the streets to take advantage of the excitement and festivities, rushing to buy fashionable silks and satins to make new clothes for the New Year.
However, the New Year's Day is not the most lively time in Beijing. The most lively period is undoubtedly the period from New Year's Day to Lantern Festival, with New Year's banquets, temple fairs, shrines, incense excursions, Spring Lantern Festivals, etc., etc., etc., it is an extraordinary event.
The shops along the street are all equipped with new products.
On the left are several shops selling practical furniture: bed tents, tables and chairs, clothes basin shelves, wall cabinets and bookcases, gold-painted square satin boxes, fruit table boxes, etc. In addition to business, there are also custom-made dowry items, small boxes for head and face, colorful vermilion, gold-painted matte and other dowry items. After all, there are many weddings during the New Year;
The shops on the right mainly sell kitchen utensils: sand pots, embroidered piers, flower baskets, coarse porcelain pots and jars, cooking brooms, brooms, rolling pins, garlic mortars, sieves, spoons and ladles... everything is available.
Of course, what attracts women the most are the shops that specialize in rouge, gouache, candies and pastries, as well as the things they wear on their bodies and heads...
Especially the younger sister Lin Long, who just came out of the countryside and stepped into the capital for the first time. She opened her curious eyes and looked around, wanting to visit all the shops.
Three women, it took them a long time to walk down one street - otherwise men would be afraid to go shopping with women! Especially men who have no money in their pockets, like Yang Fang.
It's not bad to have money in your pocket, and you can also get some sense of accomplishment from the satisfaction and excitement of women's shopping.
At this moment, the three of them walked into a rouge and gouache shop hand in hand. How could Lin Long ever put on makeup in the countryside? This was the first time for me to see many cosmetics. I picked up the "Face Balm" and took a look at it, and I picked up the "Hosta Powder" and smelled it.
Ren Ran also behaves like a half-man. He rarely wears makeup or powder, so he doesn't know much about these cosmetics and doesn't have much interest in them.
It is up to Yue Rong to explain and introduce her to them. After all, she is a beauty and naturally loves beauty. She is much more familiar with cosmetics than the two of them.
"Sister Long, this mountain pomegranate bird's butter is not suitable for you. It's too gorgeous. This purple mineral bird's butter looks more natural." Yuerong picked up a box of rouge and handed it to Lin Long, "If you want to buy it, buy this one!"
Lin Long looked at the rouge in his hand, and then at the one in Yue Rong's hand. He felt that the one in her hand did look more luxurious: "This should be more expensive, right?"
Ren Ran smiled: "What are you afraid of? Didn't your elder brother give you some silver?"
"Sister Ren, do you rarely wear makeup?" Yuerong asked Ren Ran.
"Yes, I don't have the patience." Ren Ran said.
"If you don't put on makeup, you still need to protect your hair to some extent." Yue Rong said, "I think sister Ren, your green hair is dull, you might as well try this Lanze, which is made from a mixture of frangipani and orchid. It is fragrant but not charming, fresh and refreshing. Elegance.”
"Wow! Sister Rong, you are so understanding!" Lin Long exclaimed, "No wonder you are so beautiful."
"Rong'er's beauty is natural, how can it be made up by makeup?" Ren Ran said.
Lin Long said: "Yes! I don't know which man will be so lucky in the future to marry a girl as beautiful as Sister Rong."
Ren Ran smiled and said in her heart: It's not your eldest brother anyway. Your eldest brother really wants to eat swan meat!
Yue Rongzheng was shy, and a big hand roughly pulled her body, and a man with a wretched and wrinkled face came closer: "Let me see how beautiful it is?"
But seeing that this man's head was extremely big and his hair was shaved, it looked big and round, which was really scary.
Yue Rong was startled and threw away his hand angrily.
The man turned his head and smiled and said to the thin man next to him: "It's pretty good..."
Ren Ran stepped forward, punched the man in the face hard, and cursed: "I've blinded you! You want to spend the New Year in the government prison, don't you?"
It was crowded just now, but now the man saw that the one who beat him was the famous female catcher of Fuyin Yamen, so he didn't dare to get angry, shrank his head and said: "It's you, catcher Ren, I didn't look at you just now..." Atonement for sin.”
"Get out of here!" Ren Ran shouted.
The big head picked up the thin man and squeezed out of the store in despair.
"Are you okay, Sister Rong?" Lin Long asked.
"It's okay." Yue Rong shook his head gently.
But after being treated like this by these two men, the three of them were in a much worse mood when shopping.
"Who are they?" Lin Long asked Ren Ran again.
"Shameless bitch!" Ren Ran said.
"I asked my brother to kill them!" Lin Long glared at the backs of the two men and said viciously.
"..." Ren Ran Yuerong and both of them were shocked. Is this little girl's film influenced by her elder brother?
These two people were both low-class thieves in the capital. One was nicknamed Big Headed Bighead, and the other was nicknamed Skinny Field Mouse. Now they were working with Jiang Hua to earn a living.
Speaking of Jiang Hua, one of his legs was crippled by Lin Linyou and he was imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. For the crime of harming women of good families, not to mention being executed, he was at least forced to serve as a frontier soldier.
However, his life was saved, and the person who saved him was said to be Ji Gang.
It stands to reason that with the status of Commander Ji, what kind of woman cannot be obtained? He should look down on Jiang Hua's "stealing jade and fragrance" methods.
No matter what, Jiang Hua managed to save his life in the end and lived a very nourishing life, even more nourishing than in the Dudu Mansion.
He also took in many disciples and younger brothers.
The two brothers, the big-headed bighead and the skinny field mouse, came out of the rouge shop. The skinny field mouse started shouting: "Brother, who is that? Why are you afraid of her?"
"That's the only female head catcher in the capital, a famous dominatrix." Bighead Bighead said. The skinny field mouse is not from Yingtian. He has just arrived in the capital recently, so he naturally doesn't know how to hunt for women.
"What's the point of being a female head catcher? The person above us is Mr. Jiang, and the person above Mr. Jiang is Mr. Ji!" the skinny field mouse said arrogantly. It was really a fight between dogs and men.
"Master Ji, there is an emperor on top!" Big Head Bighead said disapprovingly. .
"Then the punch you received...was in vain?"
"It's all in vain..." Bigheaded Bighead touched his red and swollen cheek.
The two of them were wandering along the street, thin and sharp-eyed, when they saw a girl in the crowd. She looked like a flower. Even though she was wearing Taoist robes, she could not conceal her extraordinary beauty. They quickly poked her.
When I saw the bighead carp, my eyes lit up!
The two of them knew that Ji Gang liked beautiful women. In addition to stealing and cutting hair, they also looked for beautiful women in order to win Ji Gang's favor. Not to mention being re-employed, it would also be nice to get a few taels of silver!
"Master Ji has had so many beauties, but how could he ever admire Taoist nuns?" Skinny Field Mouse said, "I heard that his old man is preparing for a family banquet and is in need of beauties!"
"That's right." Bighead Bighead knew that this was a good opportunity, "You stay here and watch, and I will repay Master Jiang!"
This beautiful Taoist priest is none other than Chen Wanran who came down from the mountain.
When Ren Ran and the others came out of Rouge Shop, they saw the two scoundrels Bighead Bighead staring at the beautiful Taoist priest. Several people looked over and secretly sighed at the beauty of this Taoist nun.
Men like to look at beautiful women, and so do women.
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