Chapter 23: Changing Ingots
Xia Qing sighed, took some money, scraped together enough two hundred wen, and asked the kitchen to prepare two roast chickens and a jar of fruit wine. The second-class girl's usual food is not as good as the legend says, and roast chicken or something is not often eaten. Only the big girl in charge of the small kitchen can eat from time to time, and most of them are retreated.
The so-called fruit wine, then it is really a white wine, it is completely just juice. But that's it, it's delicious, too. For dinner that day, the seven of them ate so sweetly!
Xia Qing is not Xia Yu, the popularity is still good, several sisters in the same room know that she is actually Xia Qing, so she is only treated as Xia Qing, tomorrow morning she will be with a few other people, as a gift by the master to the Three Princes' Mansion, although everyone understands in their hearts, this is another mansion, not a master's subordinate, but they all gave farewell gifts, and very heartwarming, they are all sent money, poor family rich road, outside, a little more money is also good.
And Xia Qing in line with the principle of coming and not being rude, generously sent out the silk flowers and bead flowers of the original body, which is not poor and generous, but these silk flowers are the special head flowers for the girls in the general's mansion, so that the masters can know where they are working when they look at the flowers on their heads and their work clothes, so these objects may not be used when they go out. It's better to leave it to them. The two sets of uniforms from the General's Mansion that were issued before entering the mansion were also given to Jin Yu, and the two of them were almost the same size as they were waiting in this pantry. It is also much more convenient for Jinyu to have multiple sets of changing clothes. For a while, the big seven people were chatting and laughing in Xia Qing's room. It's all a half-sized girl, and it will sweep away the sorrow after a while.
In the evening, after lighting the lamp, Honggu took a little girl and entered the pantry, the little girl was carrying a tray in her hand, with a string of copper plates on it, and she actually sent the moon silver, although the moon silver of this month was still a few days away, but because Xia Qing was going out of the house, it was sent in advance, which is also considered to be Honggu's kindness, and there is no greed for money. (After all, it is a royal temperament and will not owe the wages of migrant workers, which is the reason why Xia Qing thinks.) )
Xia Qing's monthly case in January was 800 yuan, and the payment of wages made Xia Qing's escape fund 800 copper plates, 800 copper plates are a heavy pile, plus the copper plates in the original hand, it is not an ordinary weight. Xia Qing knew that there was a shortage of silver in ancient China, and there were often silver shortages in various dynasties, so the value of silver was very high. The folk circulation is basically copper money, the official is basically one or two silver to a thousand big money, the money village is now exchanged for huàn, actually one or two silver for the money of 1,200 three picks, has been much higher than the official regulations of 1000:1, money for silver deposit zài exchange rate problem. However, weighing the purse that the chief steward rewarded today, there is only a feeling of about four taels, (four taels can make a little girl become a murderer?) This purchasing power makes Xia Qing surprised and disappointed at the same time. With the original copper coins in his hand, he should be able to make up enough for a five-tael ingot. Looking at the red girl who was sending moon silver, Xia Qing smiled and said to her in a pleading tone:
"Aunt Hong, can you make it convenient?"
"What, isn't the number right?" Honggu was putting a sum of moon silver in Ruyi's hand.
"No, don't I have to go outside tomorrow, this money is too heavy, can you exchange it for silver for me?"
"A tael of silver, I don't have any broken silver!" Honggu felt that the exchange was not a problem, but the amount of exchange was a problem. Hearing this, Xia Qing took out the purse that the big butler rewarded. Then took out the two more money she had, Honggu swept her eyes and made up her heart a few times, and checked the reward silver purse, Honggu actually exchanged a small ingots of five taels for her at the official price!
Honggu is willing to be a favor, although the greater family is greedy for money, but he does not dare to stretch his claws to his own territory, hello, I am good, everyone, okay! Xia Qing, who didn't know why, also sent the purse rewarded by the big housekeeper to her, and took a brand-new five taels of ingots and put it in her purse. is still sighing at the kindness of people's hearts.
"When you go out, it's good to have a little silver money around, you have tightened these five taels of ingots, don't let people mix it up!"
"No, Honggu, except for this copper coin, this is my biggest net worth!"
"Your mother is also an unconscious person, she picked your body clean, this went outside, but how could she live under her own noses......"
Xia Qing didn't say anything, just smiled kindly and innocently. If you leave, everyone will be safe. But this is the inside story, don't say it!
Xia Qing changed to a small ingots of five taels, and the weight of the small purse was much lighter, and only one hundred and ten copper coins were in the purse. The happiest thing is that the silver and purse are handed over to Honggu, which is a hidden danger identified by Xia Qing, and it is a great joy to get rid of it.
On the last night in the General's Mansion, Xia Qing slept on her own small bed, opposite Rulan, who had to sleep in a room with her, the moonlight outside the window shone on the half-withered leaves of the plantain, floating with a layer of silver light, unable to sleep, let her mind float, knowing that the Three Princes' Mansion was not far from the General's Mansion, in this short distance, how could you get rid of the steward, the nurse and others and run away is a big problem, but once you enter the Three Princes' Mansion, it is really unfamiliar with life, and you can escape, that is a strange thing. However, you have to run, and you have to run again after entering the Three Princes' Mansion, otherwise the relatives of the original body will not be easy to pass, Xia Qing, who had a thousand thoughts in her head, squinted in a daze, as if she had a dream, she went to a courtyard, overlooking it from a high altitude, this is a very large courtyard, a duplex quadruple courtyard of nine into three roads, there is a back garden that cannot be seen at a glance, which is full of all kinds of flowers, at a glance you can see the wide mansions, pavilions, winding verandahs, red walls and green tiles, during which the fairy mist is shrouded, The clouds are steaming and the clouds are blue, and the eyes are separated by a piece of emerald green and five-colored brocade, which makes people feel relaxed and happy, like a fairyland. Unconsciously, Xia Qing has already walked into this courtyard, and there is a burst of fragrant flowers in her nose during the action, and the varieties of flowers in full bloom are only afraid that they have exhausted everything in the world, Xia Qing sighed in her heart that she is short-sighted, she really can't recognize too much, at least everyone who knows flowers has seen it, and there are many people who don't know it!
Xia Qing looked around at this courtyard, where is such a beautiful mansion? Could it be that she has arrived at the Three Princes' Mansion? Xia Qing couldn't figure out whether the reality was or a dream, but at this moment, she heard someone say, "Ah Xia, are you there?"
This is Rulan talking, Xia Qing shivered and the whole person woke up, only then did he realize that he was still in the small bed, it turned out that he was dreaming, and he was still in the general's mansion at this time, but this feeling was too real. Xia Qing shook her head and woke up, and said in her mouth:
"Lan'er, I'm here, what's wrong with you?"
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I'm sorry.,I almost forgot to update.,There's an alarm clock.,It's just a heart.,Stay for a while.,I'll stay!Alas,I'm sorry everyone!Tomorrow must not be delayed!