With Qin Hanzhen's help, Zhao Mo and Qin Jian successfully passed Qin Bai's test. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

- If Qin Bai hadn't said one more word to his granddaughter at the end: "I still have to practice the true characters, and my pen strength is weak." "It would have been more perfect.

Qin Hanzhen knew that his grandfather must have seen through the secret of being a gunman for Zhao Mo and Qin Jian, and he couldn't defend it, so he could only laugh dryly, so he accepted the increased calligraphy homework with a bitter face, and then turned around and quietly glared at Qin Jian and Zhao Mo.

Neither of them dared to say a word, so they could only express their apologies to her with their eyes.

After leaving from Qin Bai, they finally had a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. Qin Jian took her cousin to her cabin, laid out all the gains from yesterday's visit to Yangzhou City, and said generously: "Third sister, pick whatever you want, you can do whatever you want!"

Since I have already suffered a loss, it would be too stupid not to take advantage of it. Qin Hanzhen was not polite to him, and sat down happily and picked up the gift.

Qin Jian bought a lot of things, all kinds of rouge gouache fragrance lip grease, fresh and unique stitching and fine embroidery, purse, fashionable jewelry, comb grate, wind, printed exquisite embroidery pattern album, Yangzhou landscape silk painting, silk dough fan, paper folding fan, gauze palace fan, Jiangnan new famous poetry collection...... There are also some wooden silks, bamboo silks, and jade gadgets used for knick-knacks. I didn't see it clearly when it was dark last night, and now it's all packed in boxes, which is even more exaggerated. There are four large boxes of things here, and half of them can be taken up by fans of various colors alone.

Qin Hanzhen didn't understand: "Brother Hall, this winter is coming, why are you buying so many fans?"

Qin Jian said: "The styles of these fans are very good, I have never seen a better one in the capital." Although the season for using fans has passed, I can use them next summer by buying a few more. "You can still get a discount if you buy a few more fans in the season, but he has been picking in the fan shop for a long time, and all the female dependents in the family, including the Yao family, the Chen family, and the Xu family, have gifts.

It may sound like an out-of-season shopping. Qin Hanzhen didn't think there was anything wrong, but those rouge gouaches or something, were they a little more? She said to Qin Jian: "Although these fat powders are quite good, they don't have a long shelf life. Are you in too much of a hurry to buy so much now, or are you going to send someone back to the capital?"

Qin Jian felt a little inexplicable: "What kind of things are there? Before crossing the river, Uncle Jin Cheng should send someone back to Beijing to deliver the letter again, and when the time comes, I will send more than half of them back, and take the rest to Jiangning as a gift to my aunt and sister-in-law." He picked out two fine white porcelain bottles from the half box of fat powder, "I heard that the younger girl wiped it very well, I originally planned to buy it for my sister, why don't you take some back for the third sister?"

Qin Hanzhen was speechless: "I don't need to apply grease and powder at the age of my second sister, right?"

"How could it be?" Qin Jian stuffed the two bottles into her hands, "My sisters go out as guests, so naturally there will be times when they need to use fat powder." ”

Qin Hanzhen has been guarding filial piety since entering Beijing, no one has mentioned this matter to her, and she has never seen Qin Jinhua go out as a guest after applying fat powder, and she is deeply speechless about it. She took the bottle, took the cork of one of them, looked inside, and found that it was a milky white powder, which seemed to be used to paint her face, and she really didn't know what to say.

She cherishes her little face, so let's don't wipe anything she doesn't know the ingredients on her face. In ancient times, it was said that the lead powder content was heavy, and I don't know if it will ruin people's skin.

Qin Hanzhen considered that winter was coming, so he chose two kinds of fragrance and lip balm with moisturizing effect, took a few unique purses, wraps, and Yangzhou landscape silk paintings, and a group fan embroidered with bamboo branches on the bottom of the light cyan gauze, and finished the selection.

Qin Jian didn't care at all, and persuaded her repeatedly: "Pick two more, right?

Qin Hanzhen refused with a smile. These things are very good, the color of the fan is very beautiful, she took a fancy to it at a glance, and the scroll of Yangzhou landscape silk painting is also very good, it looks like a famous handwriting, but it is signed by a strange alias, I can't remember who it is. Now that her vision has been tempered, she can still recognize good things.

Qin Jian sighed: "There are really a lot of good things in Yangzhou City. Although the price is not cheap, there are many more patterns than in the capital, and they are all new flowers that have not been seen before! Those embroideries and other things, the workmanship is also more delicate than the common ones in Beijing, but I am afraid that they are comparable to those made inside. It's still what you sell in the shops on the side of the street. It's no wonder I've often heard people say that the business of the Jingcheng South Goods Store is the best. If you send goods from Yangzhou or other borders in the south of the Yangtze River to Beijing, you can earn ten times as much silver as you can resell. Those merchants are so cunning!"

Qin Hanzhen said with a smile: "Although it is common for merchants to be cunning and greedy, they cannot judge the price of a commodity just by the purchase price. Of course, judging by the traffic situation between Yangzhou and Beijing, the selling price is 10 times the purchase price, which is indeed an exaggeration. ”

Qin Jian thought for a while: "According to the third sister, it is understandable for the businessman to raise the price. But the stewards of the houses are probably a little more hateful than the merchants. I remember that my mother also sent someone to the south to buy things, and the fan used in the summer, the bamboo handle of the Xiangfei concubine, and the embroidered fan of the palace yarn, the price quoted by the person was ten times different from what I saw yesterday? The people sent out by our government to buy, whether it is the road fee, freight or wages, are all settled separately, and the people who buy are embarrassed to do this!"

When Qin Hanzhen heard this, he couldn't help but take it as a warning. After the third room moved, it would be considered independent. When it comes to purchasing things, you still have to be careful, don't be deceived by the stewards and subordinates.

Zhao Mo said to Qin Jian: "You write down the prices of the things you saw yesterday, but you remember everything, and when you get home, show it to your mother, and she will deal with those dishonest people." ”

Qin Jian nodded: "If it weren't for the new homework assigned by the Third Uncle Ancestor, I would have planned to write it down last night." After saying that, he sighed again, "I still have a lot of places to go, and a lot of things to buy." On the way back, be sure to go shopping again. ”

Qin Han really didn't understand how Brother Lobby became a shopaholic, but he looked funny, so he laughed there.

Zhao Mo gently tugged at the edge of her cloak: "Cousin, I also bought a few things there, can you come over and see if there is anything you like?" ”

Qin Hanzhen followed him to his cabin. Zhao Mo bought much less things than Qin Jianjian, and there were no things like rouge powder, but there were a few good materials with elegant colors, which didn't look like a young man of Zhao Mo's age would wear them, and they were more suitable for little girls. In addition, there are all kinds of books, calligraphy and paintings, which are not antiques, but new things.

Zhao Mo smiled: "I don't know how to look at antiques, although these calligraphy and paintings are new objects, they look very good, I guess my uncle and grandfather will like it." ”

It turned out that it was bought to please his grandfather Qin Bai.

Zhao Mo also bought two very chic small hand stoves, one brass and one red copper, the workmanship is very exquisite, and it is very small, and adults can hold it in the palm of their hands with one hand. He said, "This is for your aunt and cousin, one for each person." In winter, it is warm and poopy (biàn) when held in the hand. ”

It's really heartfelt.

Qin Hanzhen was very moved, and when he looked back and saw that there were both piano scores and chess scores in those books, as well as a travelogue with extremely beautiful words, he was even more happy: "Cousin Zhao, can I borrow these books and take a look at them?"

Zhao Mo smiled dumbly, he put all the books in Qin Hanzhen's hand: "I originally bought it for my cousin, you just have to take it and read it." If I want to see it, I'll ask you to borrow it. He pointed to the horses again, "Sister take this away, I can't wear this color, but I match my sister." Since he saw Qin Hanzhen's figure on the deck early yesterday morning, he decided that this tender yellow willow green color was the most suitable for the third cousin of the Qin family.

Qin Hanzhen didn't expect that he bought the ingredients for himself, so he hesitated a little: "How is this good? Actually, I already have a lot of ingredients." Cousin Zhao, you are also young, and you are out of the filial piety period, so it doesn't matter if you wear clothes with a fresh color, you don't have to give them all to me. Maybe you can give it to someone, and give it to Sister Qingdai. ”

Zhao Mo smiled slightly: "Aren't I using it to give it away? It's just a few pieces of material, what can it be worth?" If my cousin refuses to accept it, and no one else is worthy of wearing them, it is better to throw it away." ”

Qin Hanzhen was speechless: "Where is there such an exaggeration? Don't just say throwing things at every turn, it's too wasteful!" She took all the materials and called Qingxing into the cabin to pick it up, thinking that she would return the gift by herself, and also send a few clothes suitable for Zhao Mo. Qingdai and Fei's mother both have a good hand of needlework, so they don't worry that Zhao Mo has no new clothes to wear.

Zhao Mo watched Qin Hanzhen accept the things, and a smile appeared on his face: "Third cousin, Yangzhou is good, but Jinling is also a very prosperous city. We don't have to worry about going back to Yangzhou every day, and when we get to Jinling City, I'll walk around with my cousin, okay?"

Qin Hanzhen thought for a while: "If my grandfather and grandmother are willing to agree, then it will naturally be better." I also want to see more of Jinling City. ”

Yangzhou City, Qin Hanzhen, Qin Jian and Zhao Mo have all gained a lot. After experiencing the book copying incident, the relationship between the three of them is a little closer than before, and since then, they often read books and practice calligraphy in one place to do homework.

Qin Jian unexpectedly found that the third cousin, who thought that she was studying later than her sister, was not much worse than her own in learning, and knew more unheard of miscellaneous studies than him, and she was surprised and admired in her heart. He secretly regretted that he had listened to the wind and rain in the past, and it was too reckless to judge his cousin's knowledge without knowing anything about her.

At the same time, he was more attentive to his homework. Otherwise, he can't compare his knowledge to Zhao Mo, if even his third cousin can compare to him, will he still have the face to see people?!

The time on board is calm and happy. The Qin family's fleet and Huang Jincheng's fleet soon arrived at the Yangtze River. The men sent by Huang Jincheng in advance had already prepared for the crossing of the river.

The weather was just right, the north wind was blowing, and there were no clouds in the sky. However, an old man who knew how to read the sky warned the people on the shore that the sky might change in two days, and that those who wanted to cross the river had better leave quickly.

Qin Bai discussed with Huang Jincheng and decided to cross the river immediately and go to Zhenjiang on the other side of the Yangtze River.