Chapter 5 Prosperous Beijing
More than eleven years have passed, but Su Huihui can still recall the scene when Qin Yu took her hand and walked down step by step.
The white stairs were very long, and she was tired of walking, so the master dragged her forward as if she hadn't seen it, until the gaze from a distance behind her was gone, and the figure on the tall building was also submerged in the smoky autumn rain curtain.
When she grew up, she understood that Master didn't want to make the person who had been watching his back sad. Her master likes to drink some wine when he has nothing to do, but she thinks that spitting out the truth after drinking is not universal, he doesn't mention a word at all, and then he starts to say that she is not right or that is not good, she can't imagine that a doctor who is usually indifferent is so picky in nature.
She had considered the relationship between her grandmother and her grandmother, if she went to Nanqi, would the master object? However, he once said that if you have the conditions, don't always stay in the same place, girls must see the world, otherwise they will suffer in the future. Master only mentioned how she got along with each other, and she naturally looked down on the country and region, as if their only hometown was Yuxiao Mountain.
Su Huihui has no prejudice against Nanqi, and her grandmother is still a Nanqi person. I heard that the mountains and rivers of Qi are very beautiful, and it is also a rich country, at least it is a place where you can find water everywhere for her to waste every day. She and Rong Jianchi put forward very strict requirements, they wanted a lot of vacations, and the salary could not be less. Rong Jianchi also added one, if she feels uncomfortable, she can recommend another person to quit by herself, which is quite free.
Although Huimin Pharmacy is directly under the Tai Hospital, the medical officers in it are uninducted official positions, and thirty or six stone rice per Chinese New Year's Eve is enough to feed her alone. Besides, her master's land and savings add up to a lot, and she also has a lot of money in Liang Kingdom. Thinking about it like this, Su Huihui was shocked to find that he was really not short of money, and it was more than enough to live a good life.
I don't know what the relationship between the Yan family and the palace is, the medical officers of Huimin Pharmacy are all appointed by the Tai Hospital, and they are dedicated to treating ordinary people, and a merchant can actually influence the affairs of the official family. She has heard of the Huimin Pharmacy in Beiliang, the institution seems to be complete, but it is actually a chicken rib, only in the event of a natural disaster will a group of people be transported to the disaster area to help, even the pharmacy in Mingdu also needs to raise its own funds, sometimes it can't be raised, in order to feed a large population, it will sell medicinal materials privately. It is even more difficult in the local area, the grain tax in various places cannot be collected, let alone the medicine tax, and the upper class has deducted the money, and it is pitiful that it is sent to the nine products.
Rong Jianchi said that the Huimin Pharmacy that the Yan family wanted to support, she didn't know how to support it, it was estimated that seeing that the Southern Qi and Northern Liang were half a catty and eight taels, the imperial court let it go, and took a fancy to the wide distribution of pharmacies in various places, and the abacus was in an uproar.
In any case, Su Hui warmed his thirty-six stone Lu rice, and when he went out to play in the mountains and rivers, he could also collect medicinal herbs in the name of collecting medicinal materials, which sounded very good.
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Uncle Alekun's blue eyes were full of reluctance, and Ayimu helped her pack several large bags of things and sent her to the lake with her family. Gulzar couldn't hold back her tears, wanting to give her her her favorite pair of golden rose earrings as a thank you gift, it seems that she didn't know about Ayimu stealing the earrings. Su Hui looked at it and excused himself, and Batur suddenly said: "Azgul, you saved Ana's life, our family is very grateful to you, I don't know if you are afraid of ponies?" We can give you a good horse. ”
Alekun was half a trader, and his family had a small amount of assets, that is, a large herd of livestock. Batur brought in a very small white horse, with slender limbs, no hair on his body, and big black eyes, standing meekly on the edge of the lake.
"It's going to be beautiful when it grows up! I just brushed it up and it's clean! ”
Su Huihui really liked it in her heart, but she didn't know if she could bring it in the army, and she didn't want to put it in Yan's caravan.
The guards sent by Rong Jianchi smiled: "If it's really a good horse on the grassland, is it Wusun Tianma?" It's the first time I've seen white. This horse is very capable of running, and there is no hurry on the road, so it can be carried. ”
Uncle Alekun said proudly: "I have a few black horses at home, and this white one was bought from someone else's house. ”
Su warmed up and thanked them, and asked the guards to lead the pony and follow him to the place where he was yesterday.
The night was dark, and Rong Jianchi said gently, "Doctor Su has dinner?" ”
Su Hui said that it had been used. Rong Jianchi said: "I wonder if Doctor Su is uncomfortable at this moment?" ”
She immediately said, "Didn't the general say that it didn't matter?" But I have no objection. ”
Rong Jianchi smiled, "Doctor Su might as well call Brother Rong, the elders of Rong's family and Mr. Qin seem to be very friendly." I wonder if Dr. Su can tell me about Mr. Qin's early years on the way? ”
Su Huihui pondered for a moment: "Young Master Rong, in fact, I don't know much about what Master did when he was young...... It's a hurtful thing, he thinks so. ”
A corner behind the tree flashed silver, and she thought she had seen the flowers, and quietly moved to the right.
Rong Jianchi said: "I discussed it with Yan Gongzi and wanted to return to Beijing as soon as possible to resume my life. I've been waiting for a long time. ”
It seems that this Yan Gongzi does have magical powers.
Rong Jianchi seemed to unintentionally turn sideways slightly, and the silver behind the tree was completely blocked. Su Huihui smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, Gongzi Rong, I won't look around." ”
Rong Jianchi cleared his throat a little embarrassedly and didn't say anything. She followed Rong Jianchi, where a carriage had stopped and was about to leave.
"The army had already left half an hour ago, and Dr. Su sat in this car alone, and if he had any requirements, he told the soldiers who were rushing to the car. Rong has to go one step ahead. ”
Su Huihui expressed his gratitude, grabbed a few huge burdens and climbed into the car, and just sat down, the horse neighed, and the wheels rolled up.
She turned out a sparkling pale green bracelet in her bag, which was strung with an elastic silk thread that could be adjusted in size and was very convenient, and she never wore it on the grassland for fear of getting dirty. Nanqi is rich and has a lot of jewelry, and when she sees that this color is beautiful and wears it, she doesn't expect that there will be such boring people to get to the bottom of it. This was given to her by her mother-in-law when she left Mingdu that year, saying that each of the children of the Su family had a string as an adult gift, just because she no longer belonged to the Hailing Su clan after that, so she kept it in advance as a souvenir. She vaguely remembered that her father also had such an object in his hand, which seemed to be dark green, and she often used to play with it. Now that the deceased is deceased, it seems that her connection with her ancestors is only this.
In April, the Qi country is full of flowers, but after half a month of sunshine, the continuous rain from the coast of the sea all the way to the north, unstoppable. The embankments by the sea look lonely in the rough waves, and some cities and villages along the Yingshui River even use small boats to walk.
Su Huihui finally knew what it meant to be rainy in the south, she couldn't swim, and when she saw that the side of the road was full of miserable green lakes full of aquatic plants, she thought that if she fell, she would have to wash off a layer of skin. She misses the small hot springs under the Stacked Cloud Peak and the crystal clear pools on the mountain, and a deep sense of nostalgia wells up.
The Qi army entered from the northwest of the border, and walked for more than ten days to cross Yingshui by boat, when Yingshui had just entered the flood season and could barely sail, and Yan organized a fleet to pick it up. Su Huihui hugged the mast of the merchant ship and lived rather than died, she was not seasick, but she was very afraid that the waves would throw the ship up and down, and finally went ashore, her legs were weak and she almost fell, but the old military doctor helped her. Within half an hour of getting off the boat, Su Huihui's mind was full of the roar of white waves hitting stones, and she felt that she must not be able to sleep at night.
Rong Jianchi was careful, and sent someone to tell her that she could rest in Ningtai for half a day before leaving, Su Huihui refused, she didn't want to stay in this place for half an hour.
So the army continued to walk, although Su Huihui missed Yuxiao Mountain, but she knew that she would definitely not be able to go back in a short time, so it was better to go with the flow, and wait until Fanjing took the silver ticket and exchanged it for silver to enjoy it.
On the twenty-second day of April, the main gate of Fanjing was opened to welcome the triumph of the soldiers.
Su Huihui and Rong Jianchi easily got into a conversation, Rong Jianchi originally wanted her to live in her own house, but she first found the cleanest and most thoughtful inn to live in, so that she could familiarize herself with the entire Nandu before giving orders from above. Her little white horse was placed in Rongfu, and she asked the family to feed it with the other horses.
Fanjing is too big, and the pattern is similar to that of Mingdu, in fact, Su Huihui has only been to Mingdu twice for so many years, and she doesn't remember much about her appearance, but the current shops, restaurants, alleys, black hats and red skirts can evoke her few memories. When the city prospers to a certain extent, it has become this tense appearance. The inn is close to the city center, with three floors and many shops selling pastries and snacks underneath. Su Huihui never eats snacks, and walks by without squinting with a money bag, and the hawkers who see her every day don't want to see her.
It was past noon, and Su Hui went to the famous restaurant Mo to resign. She touched a few more nails on the way there, and the early summer sun made her a little overwhelmed, and when she arrived, it was past the usual meal time, so she sat down in the private seat on the second floor, studied the menu, and asked for a few signature dishes. The door of the restaurant is written on the verse of the previous dynasty of "Mo Ci Zhan wine is very persuasive, only afraid of the wind and flowers flying", the three floors inside and outside the building are decorated with elegance and generosity, and the store does not deceive customers, it is indeed a good place to fill the stomach.
Su Hui looked at the price of the food, which was not very expensive, so he asked the guy who poured the tea: "Your store is in the capital, and the ground rent alone is much more expensive than in other places, how can things be about the same as those in other state capitals?" Does the private room ask for more silver? ”
After pouring the tea, the guy said slowly: "The girl just came to Fanjing...... The private room on the second floor starts at a minimum of six taels and a maximum of ten taels, and on the third floor, there are two rooms that are eighteen taels, and the remaining sixteen taels. The girl is by the window, and only one tael of silver is added to the seat, and the one behind the screen and close to the musician costs two taels. ”
Su Hui warmed up and roughly calculated, one stone and half a tael of silver, and eighteen taels was her regular salary for twelve months a year. There is no shortage of rich people in the capital, especially rich people who are willing to burn money, and this restaurant can certainly make a profit.
She took a sip of tea, "I see this kind of tea on the first floor?" Your hosts are really generous. ”
The guy laughed, "yes." There are many guests, and we can't treat each one of them badly. If you're okay, I'll rush you? ”
Su Huihui nodded: "Your boss is willing to spend money, and he must be the master with a lot of money." He added: "The little brother is from the north." ”
A bell rang downstairs, and the guy hurriedly said, "Yes, yes! …… The owner is more than 10,000, who doesn't know that Yan's started with a restaurant! We are one of the several restaurants run by Lao Duanyang Houye in his early years. Wait a minute, the little one will go down and urge. ”
Su Hui looked at the busy figure of the guy leaving, and for a while he only thought of the eight big characters of "rich and noble, inclined to the court". It's really a person who goes to a high place, and the money also flows to a high place, and the Yan family is also in the court, I don't know how the lord of the country feels.
The flower cover on the second floor was extremely beautiful, and she stared at the hollow carvings of the twigs and butterflies and cranes on it, and her eyes almost had hooks. The walls of the private room are also very elegant, the colors are simple, and the patterns are faintly floating on it, no matter how you look at it, it is not something that the nouveau riche can use.
She liked the flower cover a few steps away. Seeing that it would take a while before the food was served, there was almost no one on the second floor at this time, and after looking around, there was only one box in the field of vision where there was a dozing little girl standing outside, Su Huihui walked over lightly to take a closer look, and touched it with his hand.
There were dense lines on the flower cover, and she leaned up and bent over to look and sniff, it was a reddish-brown yellow pear core material, and the material was excellent. Su Huihui has studied pharmacology with Qin Yu since she was a child, and she is very sensitive to smells, and she prefers to smell the natural fragrance of some wood. Although the medicine house was small, the furnishings inside were extremely exquisite, and she once thought that her master had received ill-gotten gains, but later learned that it had all been moved from his original residence to the mountains.
If her master was here, she would never be allowed to do such a humiliating act. Su Huihui thought while touching, listening to the silk bamboo flute coming from the private room, and a smile appeared on his mouth.
Rubbing the smooth wood under his fingers, Su Hui warmed up and had an appetite even more. She wants to thank Mo Ci for the difference between noon and night, without that large number of blowing, playing and singing, warm wine, selling incense, and inviting customers, she is so accurate at this time, and she will not be found out if she does anything in low style......
I don't know how long I lingered, but suddenly there was a "ding-" sound in front of me, and the explosion and thunder seemed to sound in my ears, which was extremely clear, and I knew that it was outside the room when I heard it.
Su Huihui almost screamed.
With a shake of her hand, she quickly turned around and pretended to admire the Bogu frame behind the flower cover.
The things on the Bogu shelf are good-looking, but they don't have such a flowery appearance, Su Huihui looked at it silently, and urged the guy to hurry up, or the person standing at the door can go in or come out quickly! She stood for half a cup of tea, her legs were sore, and her stomach was singing about the empty city, but she hadn't heard the man's footsteps, and she didn't know whether she was still standing there or going in. Anyway, she didn't know when the sound of silk and bamboo stopped, she didn't know when the door opened, and she didn't know when the person walked out.
Su Huihui thought about it for a while, instead of having trouble with his ears and stomach, it was better to lose his face at once. She remembered the shadow that swept quickly when she looked up, and it seemed to ...... Did you wear a mask? Pretty high?
She remembered that the level of strangers was quite different, such as the guy who entertained her, and she couldn't remember what he looked like.
Su Huihui calmly walked to the seat by the window.
As soon as she lifted her foot, another crisp "ding-" followed.
She recognized as she walked, as if it were the sound of porcelain touching something hard. It's quite nice, Su Hui thought warmly, this is definitely intentional.
In just a few steps, the figure came to her mind again. That room is on the east side of the window, and it may not be the most expensive, but he can afford the box money and the musician's money, and he is definitely a rich man. But maybe a rich person invited him to dinner, but he had no money but had the right to let the family go through the back door or something.
Su Huihui thought so when he sat down, and felt a little dark.
The guy brought the food upstairs in time. Su Hui looked at the plates of delicately dressed food, and her mood was a little better, she turned her head sideways and said to the guy, "Is there a signature drink?" It's not too top-notch. ”
The guy touched his head and said, "Then I'll bring the liquor brand to the girl?" ”
Su Hui Hui said no, the guy verbally reported the name of the pot of wine, and she said that as long as the amount of two glasses, it would be feasible.
Then he asked, "You started telling me that your owner is rich, and I probably know a little bit about this, but what kind of money method is it?" For example, how many stores in the capital are owned by your owners? ”
The guy was about to go down, but when he heard her say this, he wondered, "Girl...... Isn't there a mistake? The little one kept greeting downstairs, and Huzi was called by the kitchen...... You're asking him, right? ”
Su warmly waved his hand and told him to hurry down.
The welcome guys in this store are all dressed up and about the same size, and the previous guy doesn't have any signs on his face, and the latter one is also a northern accent, so it's not completely impossible for her to admit her mistake.
Su Huihui covered his forehead, feeling that he was very wise to order wine to strengthen his courage.
The sound of silk and bamboo floated up unconsciously.
The aroma of the food jumped to the tip of his nose, Su Wen took a warm breath, slowly lowered his hand, and looked coldly at the door of the private room, the person leaning on the door panel was indeed still there, looking at her with a smile.
watched her lose face all the time, of course, she was in a good mood.