"good."
The eldest young master Liu Zhi walked in the weaving room with a slightly fat body, looking at the weavers around him, and sometimes nodded to express his satisfaction.
The workers on each loom weave cloth with different patterns. Some weave pictures of pear blossoms, apricot blossoms, hundred blessings, mandarin ducks playing in the water, plum blossoms, and other patterns. The patterns woven are all very delicate.
Among Damo, in addition to the good cloth woven in Yanyang City, the capital, there are also excellent cloths woven in Suzhou and Hangzhou in Jianglai.
I heard that the ancestors of Liu Hongyuan, the owner of Liu's Cloth Shop in Beijing, moved from Suzhou and Hangzhou to do business in Beijing, which is why the business in Beijing has grown so much now.
Of course, rumors are just rumors, and Mr. Liu has never come forward to explain.
Therefore, every time people in the capital and people in Suzhou and Hangzhou discuss which place has the best cloth, they will often use this rumor to prove that Liu's cloth shop is from Suhang.
Although the price of cloth has increased, it has not affected the entertainment of couples and couples who are celebrating the Qiqiao Festival today.
"Husband, look over there." Xia Siqing pointed to the bridge over there with a smile on her face.
After hearing this, Su Runchen looked towards the bridge over there, and saw many pairs of lovers placing Kongming lanterns together on the bridge. There were all kinds of lotus lanterns under the bridge, and there were so many lotus lanterns that the water was completely covered.
"What, you want to set off the Kongming Lantern?" Su Runchen said with a smile on his face.
Xia Siqing nodded with a smile on her face.
Looking around, there was no one he knew. He who often took Xia Shan out with him in the past had forgotten to take her with him today. But with such a virtuous and beautiful wife, what could be more important?
"Walk."
Su Runchen took Xia Siqing's hand and walked towards the stall selling Kongming lanterns over there.
"Boss, how do you sell Kongming lanterns?" Su Runchen asked.
"The big one costs twenty taels of silver each, the medium one costs one tael of silver each, and the small one costs five hundred cents."
Although the price of Kongming lanterns is not so high on weekdays, Su Runchen thinks it is normal now.
Just because I walked around this way, I found that the prices of many things have increased. I thought that the Qiqiao Festival is once a year anyway, not to mention that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in the folk tale are only seen once a year. I looked at my wife who was extraordinarily beautiful today. , Su Runchen picked up a big Kongming Lantern.
It just so happened that the stall owner had some sense of conscience and put out pens and ink for free. You could use them, but you had to buy his lamp first before you could use the ink.
After handing over the money, Runchen waved his sleeves, picked up the brush from the pen holder, and started writing.
Although Su Runchen has not read many books, his writing is still pretty.
The outer shell of the Kongming Lantern is round. If the characters are small, you can write a lot. However, with Su Runchen's hands and the fact that her legs and feet are a little sore from walking all the way, she can hardly stand still. How good can she write? Finished writing.
A total of eight words were written, "May you have a safe life and immediate success."
Xia Siqing, who was illiterate, didn't want to ask more questions. In short, he just knew that these words meant blessings. Besides, what he liked was not the words written on them, but the appearance of the Kongming lanterns and the way they flew into the sky when they were released.
"Let's go." Runchen walked towards the bridge with a smile on his face.
Following in the footsteps of her husband Runchen, Xia Siqing walked onto the bridge.
From the bridge, you can clearly see the residential buildings of Yanyang City on both sides of the river. At a glance, the lights are bright and the water in the river is also very bright.
On such days, I suddenly felt that Yanyang City had become a scene of the Xinyuan Festival.
Before he could see enough of these scenes, the eldest young master Su Runchen glanced over and pointed at the Kongming Lantern.
After seeing it, Xia Siqing stretched out her white and slender hands to catch the Kongming Lantern.
Then, with the cooperation of the two, the Kongming Lantern was released and slowly flew into the sky, along with the various Kongming Lanterns, until it lost itself among the Kongming Lanterns.
"Are you happy today?" Su Runchen looked at his wife Xia Siqing with a smile on his face.
Xia Siqing nodded and looked at Su Runchen with a smile on her face: "Happy."
If his wife had a face like Cen Yinzhu, the second wife, Su Runchen probably wouldn't be like this, and might have joined the army like Yanzhi.
"It's getting late today. Let's buy some things and let's go back home."
Xia Siqing nodded.
When the two of them walked off the bridge, they saw fireworks being set off in the distance. The fireworks flew into the sky and blossomed into colorful flowers.
After staying to watch the fireworks, the two walked to the street over there.
Although it is getting late, there are still many people in Yanyang City still wandering in the streets and alleys.
The vendors will not close their stalls until all the customers are gone.
Today, all the cloth shops have increased their prices. Many people thought that the prices would not drop again after this increase, so they took all their belongings and went to each cloth shop to line up.
In Yanyang City, there is an area full of cloth shops. Because Liu's cloth shop is stationed here, many cloth shops want to use the reputation of Liu's cloth shop to increase the popularity of their own cloth shops. This is how Liu's cloth shop was formed. There are various sizes of cloth rows around.
"Are you sure?"
The voices of several handymen came from the Liu family's cloth warehouse.
"Soon, soon."
I saw two invisible figures walking back and forth in the warehouse.
The warehouse was filled with all kinds of brocades, silks and all kinds of flammable things, so no one dared to light candles or carry lanterns to illuminate them.
Once the warehouse leaks, Liu will lose a lot of money.
But other small cloth shops are not as strict as Liu Mansion, and they are allowed to pass the lanterns.
After a while, a voice rang out again: "Watch it."
A figure walked out of the warehouse. Under the illumination of the moonlight, it was a thin handyman.
The Liu family's warehouse is inspected every morning and evening.
The main purpose is to check if there is any kindling or thief.
After walking out, the two locked the door of the warehouse with the key and headed towards the resting place of the servants.
Suddenly a strong wind blew in Yanyang City, blowing the leaves and almost breaking the tree's waist.
The wind was so strong that I could faintly hear the roar of the wind.
At this time, a strong wind blew towards the Kongming Lantern, which was still unknown to where it was flying, and led the way for the Kongming Lantern.
With it, the strong wind took it to the top of Buhang's commercial street. At this moment, the wind suddenly stopped. I don't know who provoked Miss Feng. The wind suddenly became angry, waved its sleeves, and pointed the Kongming Lantern at those people. House after house was beaten away.
A sky lantern that had not yet gained a firm footing fell and rested on the roof of Liu's cloth store.
Just as he was about to get up, the Kongming Lantern was suddenly cut by a tile on his skin. The pain caused his heart to irritate his skin, and gas sparks began to form.
Seeing the Kongming Lantern like this, the angry girl Feng suddenly started to make trouble and blew it gently, making the sparks on the Kongming Lantern get brighter and brighter, and then ignited.
The Kongming Lantern has no arms and legs, so it cannot put out the fire by its own strength.
The wind girl became more and more naughty. She blew hard and set the roof of Liu's cloth shop on fire.
The fire grew stronger and stronger, burning the roof. Suddenly, a burning log fell into the warehouse and set fire to the silk brocade in the room.
The fire grew bigger and bigger, and thick smoke drifted into the sky.
At this time, most of the handymen at Liu's cloth shop were already asleep, and those who were not asleep were so busy that no one saw them.
The fire was getting bigger and bigger. Miss Feng, who had defeated the Kongming Lantern, didn't give up yet. She blew a big breath and the flames burned along the wooden wall on the side, bringing the fire to other cloth rows.
At this moment, Mr. Liu, who was a cloth shop owner of the Liu family, suddenly felt the urge to urinate. He stood up, opened the door, and was about to go to the latrine.
Suddenly, Mr. Liu felt that the moonlight was particularly bright today, and sometimes his face felt a little warm.
He looked to the side with confused eyes. He was so frightened that Mr. Liu had no intention of peeing because the urine had already come out.
He was so frightened that he hurriedly shouted: "The water has escaped! The water has escaped! Someone come quickly to put out the fire! Someone come quickly!"
As soon as Master Liu shouted, the servant who was sleeping hurriedly opened his eyes, put on a coat, carried a bucket, and rushed here with water.
Fortunately, the latrine was also burned down, otherwise Mr. Liu would have become a joke in Yanyang City tomorrow.
If the latrine hadn't been burned down, the joke must have been that Mr. Liu was so frightened that he peed when he saw the fire when he came out.
However, no one saw Mr. Liu's actions just now. Fortunately, this hut was burned down, which is understandable.
"Quickly put out the fire!" Mr. Liu's eyes became moist.
Seeing that his Liu family's warehouse was burned down, Mr. Liu's tears fell one drop at a time, and his heart felt like bleeding.
Knowing that the warehouse was burned, Liu Zhiyong, the eldest son of the Liu family, hurried over.
Looking at the warehouse with such a big fire, and looking at his father's sad look on the side, the eldest young master Liu Zhiyong comforted him: "Dad, it's okay. Don't be too sad, or you may have to start all over again."
Seeing the warehouse burnt down, Mr. Liu was not willing to listen to so many words of comfort. He was so anxious that he stamped his feet and didn't even feel his pants getting wet.
"What are you doing standing still! Go put out the fire! Go!"
"Okay, okay."
After responding, the eldest young master Liu Zhiyong hurriedly picked up a bucket and poured water into the warehouse. The entire Liu family came to put out the fire.
However, not only Liu's cloth shop was flooded tonight, but all the cloth shops in this area were flooded.
The fire was as ferocious as a wild horse, difficult to tame, and spread quickly.
Fortunately, the people in Yanyang City have kind hearts and came to help put out the fire.
Seeing that the fire spread too fast and was difficult to extinguish, smart people carried buckets and ran to the houses that had not been burned. They first poured water on them to prevent the fire from spreading.
At first, the people's power was too small, and it was like a drop in the bucket to put out the fire. Fortunately, more and more people came to help, and the fire was put out.
The fire has swallowed up all the houses in the area and turned them into ashes, and half of the entire Yanyang City has been swallowed up.
The worst thing was that of Liu's cloth shop. Not only the warehouse was burned down, but also the whole house was burned down. It was a pity that there were hundreds of looms and hundreds of woven silks and brocades.
