Chapter 14 A generous penny

"Okay, you stay vigilant all the way, go and go back quickly, I'll go back first. Jade sent the little gong out of the door, and was about to say goodbye and go down the aisle first.

"Sister walks slowly. Seeing that there was nothing to do, Xiao Gong bowed and saw her off.

Xiao Gong watched Jade walk away, then went out, walked to the carriage, said hello to the coachman, and then lifted the curtain. Looking at the carriage from the outside, it was still quite large, but as soon as the curtain was lifted, Xiao Gong looked at the eight wooden barrels that had filled the whole car, and then looked at their materials, he couldn't say anything, only laughed dryly.

A wooden bucket filled with water turned out to be not ordinary cedar, but precious cedar. Cedar wood grows in Sichuan, has a long growth cycle, hard wood, delicate texture, high density, corrosion resistance, and moderate fat content, which is the preferred material for making wooden barrels, but also because of its maintenance and cost, civilians simply cannot afford to use it. I know that the Prince's Mansion is a royal family, but I don't show off my wealth like this.

Of course, Xiao Gong knew that it was not the people of the Prince's Mansion who deliberately flaunted his wealth. The use of cedar wood is to be able to maintain the original temperature of the mountain spring water with the help of its own ultra-long thermal insulation effect. Second, it is also for the weight of the barrel itself. The finer the texture of the wood, the heavier it will be. In particular, although these eight barrels are only more than one and a half feet high, the walls of the barrels are a few inches thick.

Not to mention filling it with water, even the weight of the net bucket weighs several pounds. If you don't take anything, it will take at least half an hour to go to Yao Mountain. There was no one to help with these eight buckets, so she was the only one who went up and down the mountain to fetch water, and it was estimated that she would not be able to come back after dark, let alone catch up with dinner. Sure enough, I knew it was no good!

Looking at the little gong that had been staring at the bucket in the car, the coachman stepped forward and asked a little uneasy for some reason: "Auntie, girl, can you go?"

"Ahh Xiao Gong sighed, turned around and jumped, jumped into the car and sat down. The generous appearance made the driver on the side embarrassed to get into the car. However, the coachman seemed to be in a hurry, and after a pause, he stomped his feet, jumped into the car, sat side by side with Xiao Gong, and set off on horseback.

Because it's the back door, you have to go around another street to get to the nearest road. It can be said that it is the closest, and that is only relative, the prince's mansion is far from Yaoshan, even if there are few pedestrians on the road, you have to drive carefully when entering the bustling part of the city. Therefore, by the time Xiaoluo arrived at the foot of Yao Mountain, it was already almost an hour later.

It was just after noon, and the time had not yet arrived, and at this moment, the people who climbed the mountain in the morning were also descending the mountain one after another. Occasionally, there are a few people who go up the mountain now, but most of them are merchants who live on the mountain or deliver grain up the mountain, and Xiao Gong is carrying a bucket made of cedar wood at the moment, going up the mountain against the current, which is particularly conspicuous in the crowd.

However, as soon as Xiao Gong took out a bucket, the coachman rubbed his hands together again, and approached uneasily, as if he had something to say. Seeing this, Xiao Gong frowned puzzled, put the bucket on the ground and asked, "Is there anything wrong with you?"

"Hehe, yes, girl, that, the little one is not from your mansion, it was hired by a little brother on West Street. Of course, the little one will serve the girl wholeheartedly, but can the girl give this money to the little one first? It is not easy for the little one to come out to earn money, and it has not opened for several days. The girl is from the prince's mansion, so she shouldn't treat the little one badly. ”

Although the coachman is cramped, he still says a lot and clearly, and in a word, he wants money. I just don't know how much he wants. It seems that the money that Mama gave herself was to be paid to the coachman.

Since you want money, you can't help but give it, so Xiao Gong asked directly: "Then how much do you want?"

"No more, no less, half a penny is enough. When the coachman saw Xiaogong asking, he replied with a smile.

"Half a penny?" Xiao Gong was a little surprised, and asked, "Is half a penny enough? Didn't you say that it hasn't been open for a long time? What is the recent market?

"The average price is half a penny, and the small ones really don't want much! Girl, don't you wronged the little ones, if the small ones hadn't opened for a few days, and there were several mouths to feed at home, how dare the little ones ask the girls for money! Girl, you have pity on the poor little family of fifteen-" The coachman saw that Xiao Gong asked so many questions at once, and he fell to his knees in fright, kowtowing and explaining.

Xiaogong is most annoyed by kneeling, and what he is most afraid of is accepting other people's bowing, and he hurriedly helped the coachman up, and said helplessly: "You get up quickly, I don't mean anything else, I just want to learn about the market from you." Half a penny, right, I'll give you a penny, and you can take it back and buy some delicious food for the fifteen people at home. ”

"Thank you girl, thank you girl, the girl is really a person from the prince's mansion, and the people in the prince's mansion are all good people with good intentions!" As soon as the coachman got up, he heard Xiaogong say that he would give him a penny, and he knelt down excitedly again and kowtowed to Xiaoluo. Xiao Gong had no choice but to pick him up again and appease him for a while before he was able to pick up the bucket and go up the mountain to fetch water.

The interaction between Xiaogong and the coachman has attracted the attention of countless families who are ready to return from the beginning. Among the people who came down the mountain, there happened to be a demure and dignified, beautiful and gentle young lady and her maid Xiaolan. The picture of Xiao Gong handing over the money to the coachman happened to be clearly seen by them.

I only heard the maid Xiaolan say to the young lady: "Miss, do you see if that girl is from the prince's mansion? Why is she so generous that she actually gave the coachman a penny? Isn't she afraid that her master will go back and scold her for being stupid?"

"Don't talk nonsense, people must have the intention of giving so much money. You don't know anything, and you are not allowed to talk about others. Especially the affairs of the royal family, which should not be encroached upon. You are clever and clever, that is, you talk a lot. Next time, you see if I can take you out. When the young lady saw that Xiao Lan dared to talk about the people in the Prince's Mansion, her expression was grim and she reprimanded.

"Yes, Xiao Lan knows that she is wrong, Miss, don't leave Xiao Lan behind, Xiao Lan will never dare again. Seeing that Miss was angry, Xiaolan hurriedly pulled Miss Sleeve to admit her mistake.

"Let's go, let's go home. "That young lady saw Xiaolan like this, presumably this is not the first time she has made a mistake, maybe she is used to it. Therefore, she did not continue to pester, but just shook her head and prepared to leave.

"Yes, Miss, this way. Seeing that Miss forgave her, Xiao Lan smiled again and led the way. The carriage that picked up the young lady was already waiting for the side, Xiao Lan helped the young lady into the car, she followed closely and got into the car, and the two left Yaoshan.

On the way, the young lady still lifted the small curtain on the side of the carriage, and looked at the small gong that laboriously carried the barrel. It wasn't until the car turned around and she couldn't see Xiaogong's figure that she thoughtfully lowered the curtain and didn't speak again.

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