Chapter 72: Purple Pearl Necklace

After eating, Xiangyun went to the street to stroll, she hadn't visited the streets of Dajin for several years, I wonder if the shops she used to like to go to are still there?

Cai Wei readily agreed, and ordered someone to prepare the car and prepare the hidden guard, this trip is not only her and Chrysanthemum, but also Xiangyun, Xiangyun's body is the queen of Qingluo Kingdom, and there is no room for any mistakes, otherwise, it will bring great trouble to the Great Jin Kingdom!

Although Chrysanthemum doesn't like to visit those shops with rouge gouache and Zhu Hai jewelry, she still understands the principle of the minority obeying the majority, Cai Wei and Xiangyun have to go to the shops, so she has to follow...

on the street

In a special carriage with an ordinary appearance but as strong as an iron bucket inside, Cai Wei, Xiangyun and Chrysanthemum sat together, eating all kinds of dried fruits and drinking hot flower tea while looking at the street outside.

The streets outside are all newly built, much more beautiful and cleaner than before. After the earthquake, more than half of the shops in the capital collapsed, and those that did not fall were also crumbling, in order to avoid collapse and death in the future, Nangong Yi ordered that all the houses and shops in the capital must be demolished and rebuilt, and the state will give certain compensation. The state reimburses five taels for a house built for ten taels of silver, and the same goes for shops, and for a shop built for one hundred taels of silver, the state helps fifty taels.

These silvers were taken out of the treasury, and originally this year, the people in many places got a bumper harvest from the seeds produced in the Caiwei space, and the treasury was also unusually full, but after this disaster, the treasury was empty all of a sudden, and even the gold and silver sea that Caiwei had saved in the space were also spent, and all of them were used to help the victims.

Although Cai Wei is distressed, she has no regrets, and she can use the wealth of space to help the people survive the disaster, which can be regarded as making the best use of everything!

However, although the shops on the street are built beautifully, but the business of the shops is not good, after such a big disaster, the economy of the people has been hit hard, the restaurant that used to be full of guests is now barely having the general diners in the past, the jewelry store, the front of the silver building is even more crowded, no one cares, although the merchants have lowered the price of goods again and again, but the effect is not big, almost every family is a cold business, the appearance of the door is bleak.

"Hey, the loss caused by this earth dragon turning over to the people is too great, and I don't know how long it will take to recover to its original state!" Cai Wei leaned against the wall of the car, looked out the window at the deserted street, and sighed softly.

Xiangyun comforted: "It's okay, as long as someone is there, it will be fine." โ€

"Yes, as long as there are people, there is hope!" Cai Wei also laughed.

At this time, Chrysanthemum suddenly shouted: "Huh? Look, isn't that Sister Ning? โ€

She pointed to a storefront not far in front, "Cai Wei, Sister Ning has entered your Treasure Pavilion." โ€

When Cai Wei heard this, she leaned on the car window and looked over, and sure enough, she saw a back of Na Na entering her own treasure pavilion.

There was also a carriage with the mark of Ning Guofu parked at the door of the Treasure Pavilion, several domestic slaves and guards were waiting at the door, and two mothers-in-law and two maids accompanied her in.

Xiangyun said: "Let's go in and take a look, what new jewelry has been out of your house recently?" Is there a right one for me? โ€

Cai Wei said: "Recently, I've been busy with the relief of the victims, and I really haven't paid much attention to the goods in the shop, since you want to see it, let's go in and take a look, what do you like, just ask, I'll give it to you!" โ€

As he spoke, he knocked on the wall of the carriage and told the coachman to drive the carriage to the door of his shop.

After getting out of the car, the girls in the car behind also got out of the car, followed behind their own sons, and entered the Treasure Pavilion in a mighty way.

At this time, there were not many guests in the Treasure Pavilion, only a few peasant women who seemed to be rushing to the market, crowded in front of the counter selling velvet flowers, gossiping about the beauty of the velvet flowers, the color of the velvet flowers can not fade for a long time, etc., it looks so cold.

Seeing this, Xiangyun sighed: "Even the most famous jewelry shop in the capital is still like this, so how can other families be afraid!" โ€

Cai Wei said helplessly: "This time the earth dragon turned over and the vitality of the people was greatly damaged, it is good that everyone can eat a full stomach, how can there be spare money to buy these flowers and jewelry to wear?" โ€

There was no business in the store, and the counter was chatting with the craftsman who made jewelry, and suddenly found Cai Wei coming in, and hurriedly walked out of the counter to say hello to Cai Wei.

"Owner, our business has been very bad recently, and we have sold more than 500 taels of goods this month, which is less than one-tenth of this time in previous years."

The shopkeeper brought over an account book, which clearly recorded the recent business, and he said with a sad face, "It's coming to the end of the year, this time of the year should be the peak season, but this year there is no one, even if there are people, most of them come in to see, and there are very few people who buy goods." โ€

Cai Wei smiled: "It's okay, the current economic downturn, business is not good is also the general trend, don't blame you, you just do your part, wages or anything will not be reduced because of bad business, and the benefits at the end of the year will not be less than last year, but the profit share is gone!" โ€

"Thank you, owner!"

The shopkeeper and the nearby jewelry generals listened to Cai Wei's words, and almost cheered happily, and the guys also smiled, as if they were happy.

Originally, because the business was not good, everyone was worried that they would be fired or that there would be no benefits at the end of the year, but they didn't think that the owner would be so righteous, and they would pay everyone a lot if they didn't make money, although there was no profit sharing, but the wages were a lot, plus the benefits distributed to everyone, it was enough for them to have a good New Year!

Speaking of welfare, every year on the New Year's Festival, Cai Wei will send a lot of things to the shopkeepers as welfare, such as fish, shrimp, greens, etc., there is no sea near the capital, the fish sold in the capital are transported from far away, the gold is very expensive, so, fish is not everyone can afford to buy, but there is a saying that there is fish every year, so fish is an indispensable dish on the table of the people's Chinese New Year's Eve, most people's homes use flour to make a put, should be appropriate, the conditions are solid, spend two hundred wen, A small fish with only an inch long is already a luxury.

Cai Wei's shopkeeper and guys, every year when the Chinese New Year is approaching, they can get a big fish nearly a foot long to go back, when they take this fish through the streets and alleys to go home, they see everyone's envious eyes, they all save face, everyone thinks that to work under the queen's hands, they must have accumulated virtue in their last life!

In everyone's thanksgiving, Cai Wei took Chrysanthemum and Xiangyun to the second floor.

The second floor of the Treasure Pavilion is a place to sell high-end jewelry, and the ladies and ladies of the wealthy families of the general eunuchs go up to the second floor to buy goods, and few buy them on the first floor, because the first floor is aimed at the common people, and the things sold belong to the lower middle and lower families, and the ladies and ladies of the large families disdain to buy things on the first floor.

As soon as I went up to the second floor, I saw that Ning Huaixiu was accompanied by a female guy, looking at a string of pearl necklaces with her back to them, she held the pearl necklace high, and looked at the color and roundness of the pearls through the sunlight on the glass window.

When Chrysanthemum saw Ning Huaixiu, she shouted happily: "Sister Ning! โ€

Ning Huaixiu turned her head when she heard the voice, saw Cai Wei and Xiangyun and Chrysanthemum, and said in surprise: "Oh, how could it be you?" What a coincidence! โ€

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately realized that he had been rude, and hurriedly blessed him deeply.

Xiangyun, like Cai Wei, is a noble queen mother, and she can't be called 'you', and although she is unconvinced by a thousand and ten thousand in her heart, she has no choice but to salute them because of the difference in identity.

Fortunately, why did Emperor Xiangyun come out in micro-service, obviously because she didn't want people to know her identity, so she waived the bow to them, and only bowed down respectfully.

At this time, her heart was extremely disturbed, a kind of unwilling and resentful love surging this, in the previous life, Wu Xiangyun did not divorce Mo Zi at all, although in their marriage there were rumors that Mo Zili cheated on Miss Anguo Mansion, but later Mo Zili returned to the family, this Wu Xiangyun is just a young lady of Liguo Mansion, and when she saw her, she had to kowtow to her and shout: "Guifei Niangniang". Moreover, until she died, Qingluo Kingdom had not found the crown prince of Qingluo Kingdom, so there was no Wu Xiangyun, the queen of Qingluo Kingdom, but in this life, everything has changed, and it has become unrecognizable, and the fate of everyone who is related to Queen Mu has undergone a huge change, and those people and things that have nothing to do with her are still developing according to the trajectory of the previous life.

Perhaps, as long as she disappears, she will change back again......

Ning Huaixiu lowered her head and thought darkly.

She had narrowly escaped the previous times, but this time, she had to succeed, and she had to let her die no matter what......

"Sister Ning, are you going to buy jewelry? Wow, this pearl necklace is so beautiful! โ€

Chrysanthemum came to Ning Huaixiu's side, noticed the string of purple pearl necklaces in her hand, which were bright and round, and said in a loud voice: "Although I am not good at jewelry, I can also see that this string of things is excellent, my sister is really good!" โ€

Ning Huaixiu said with a smile: "It's really a good thing, but this year there was a natural disaster, and everyone has no money in hand, who can afford such a valuable thing!" โ€

After speaking, he returned the purple pearl necklace to the female guy's hand, smiled apologetically, and said, "Excuse me, I'll take a look at something else!" โ€

The female guy saw that the business was going to be yellow, and hurriedly said: "Miss Ning, this set of purple pearls is only one set in our Treasure Pavilion, I dare to guarantee that the entire Dajin is only this set, purple pearls are rare, there can be about one purple pearl in 10,000 river mussels, and with such a set of purple pearl heads of uniform size, color and shape, it is the strength of the country, and it is not something that can be done lightly, our Treasure Pavilion has also been saved for decades since its opening, and it was lucky to make such a set, if you miss it, in case it is bought by others, I'm afraid I won't be able to meet a second set of such jewelry in my life......

Ning Huaixiu said with a smile: "It's indeed a good thing, but I really can't afford more than 13,000 taels of jewelry, let alone more than 13,000 taels, even more than 3,000 taels, and I can't take it out, so, thank you for your kindness, or put it away and keep it and sell it to people who are destined for it!" โ€œ

Wu Xiangyun also noticed the necklace and liked it very much, but although she liked it and could afford it, Ning Huaixiu couldn't afford it, so she was in a hurry to buy it, which would inevitably make people feel that she was showing off her wealth or being embarrassed, so she endured it and planned to wait until tomorrow to come and buy it, anyway, others can't afford such a valuable thing!

When the female guy saw that the business was yellow and her commission had flown away, her heart suddenly turned a lot gray, and the smile on her face was not so attentive. Ning Huaixiu didn't care, and said to Cai Wei and the others with a smile: "Are you guys also here to pick out jewelry?" Why don't we go together? โ€œ

Cai Wei looked at Xiangyun and asked her to make an idea. Xiangyun had a few dealings with Ning Huaixiu before getting married, although he was not very familiar with him, but he knew each other anyway, so when he saw the other party's invitation, he did not refuse, so he said: "Okay, then let's go together!" โ€œ

They walked around the Treasure Pavilion, because Chrysanthemum didn't like it, and kept making a fuss about leaving, so they came out quickly.

After coming out, Xiangyun wanted to go to Mifangzhai to pick up a few rouge, but Chrysanthemum didn't like those pollen pollen, and wanted to go to the opera garden to listen to the play, the two had a difference of opinion, Cai Wei didn't know how to deal with it, Ning Huaixiu said: "It's better for you two to go to Fangzhai, I'll accompany Sister Shen to listen to the play, it just so happens that I also want to go to the play!" "Okay, okay, so let's decide!"

Chrysanthemum didn't want to waste time looking at those useless things, so as soon as she heard Ning Huaixiu's mention, she immediately loudly agreed.

So, several people said goodbye to each other, surrounded by many maids and women, Cai Wei and Xiangyun sat back in the original carriage, and Chrysanthemum got into the car of Ningfu, and the car drove in the opposite direction......

Cai Wei heard that Ning Huaixiu actually wanted to listen to the play with Chrysanthemum, she couldn't believe the direct ear, Ning Huaixiu had a break under her hands, her temperament Cai Wei still understood, she was a proud woman, she liked to write poems, and she was good at writing plum blossom characters, and the personality of Chrysanthemum was very different, but why did she suddenly get so close to Chrysanthemum?

If their identities are different, it may make sense, Ning Huaixiu is the daughter of a first-class family, and Chrysanthemum is a woman from a small family of Liupin, Ning Huaixiu has no reason to deliberately approach her, if you want to say that they have similar interests, it is even more impossible, Chrysanthemum's speech and demeanor should be vulgar in Ning Huaixiu's eyes, but she actually doesn't dislike Chrysanthemum, and even deliberately caters to her, and walks so close, looking at Chrysanthemum's affectionate appearance just now, I know that they have already crossed paths before, How so? This.... It doesn't make sense...

Cai Wei sat in the car, frowning and thinking bitterly, but she never came up with a clue......

In another car, Chrysanthemum said to Ning Huaixiu: "Sister Ning, you are so good, I know that you actually want to buy rouge with them, just to accompany me, you came with me to listen to the play!" โ€œ

Ning Huaixiu took out a ninety-nine fruit box from a few times, and was opening the lid of the box, when she heard Chrysanthemum's words, she smiled and said: "You are a clever ghost, you are really a crystal hearted and glass person, this is all seen by you!" As he spoke, he took out some dried fruits from it, dragged them with a handkerchief, and handed them to Chrysanthemum's hand, and said: "Sister is not all for you, think about it, those two queen mothers have not seen each other for several years, there must be a lot of self-conscious things to say, we still have more days to talk to the queen mother, so it's better to avoid them, let them talk about theirs, let's visit ours!" โ€

Chrysanthemum said "oh", and suddenly realized: "It's still my sister who is thoughtful, if my sister is not there, I must have argued with the queen of Qingluo Kingdom, hey, I'm so stupid, if there is anything in the future, I must ask Sister Ning first." โ€

Ning Huaixiu said: "Since you trust your sister so much, my sister asked you, in a few days, it will be the fortieth birthday of the second lady of the Liguo Mansion, do you plan to go to pay homage?" โ€

Chrysanthemum said: "I heard that the eldest young lady of the Liguo Mansion was stoned to death when the earth dragon turned over, and Mo Zili was also smashed and disabled, how can they still have the heart to hold a birthday banquet?" โ€

Ning Huaixiu said: "It is said that the old lady plans to borrow the second lady's birthday banquet to rush to the mansion and go to bad luck; Moreover, forty years old is a full life, and a person can only live a few full lives in this life, so the Liguo Mansion plans to do a big job. โ€

The second lady is Mo Qingshan's wife, Mo Zili's mother Bai, Chrysanthemum has rejected Mo Zili, and she has become a relative, so she naturally doesn't want to have anything to do with the Liguo Mansion, so she shook her head and said, "Don't go!" โ€

Ning Huaixiu listened, and said: "Look, Chrysanthemum, this is yours, Mo Gongzi saved your life, almost died for yourself, the second master and the second lady also ran to Bianzhou for more than half a year, I heard that the second master's health is not good, because he can't stand the weather in the north, he is really sick in Bianzhou, if it weren't for the arrival of the Yao Yuan's sentence, he almost died of illness, this qiฤ“ is not all because of you, so, you owe others, How can you ignore such a big thing as the second lady's birthday? At least you should go to pay a birthday to prove that you haven't forgotten the kindness of the jรฌ family! โ€

"Liguo Mansion is the home of Zhong Ming Dingshi, there is nothing missing, if you want to repay the kindness of others, you can't repay it with gold and silver, it is better to take advantage of the second lady's fortieth birthday to go to her birthday in person, in front of others, let the people in the capital see that you are frank and open, and there is no rumor about the relationship with the son; Second, it also makes the second lady and the son feel that you are a person with a heart, and you remember their kindness, so that the hearts of the people can be comforted a little, and they feel that they have saved your ...... in vain. โ€

She was moved by affection and reason, and Chrysanthemum also listened, lowered her head, and said while eating the fruit: "According to what you say, I should indeed go, but I'm afraid that my father and mother won't allow it, and besides, the Liguo Mansion didn't give me an invitation, and I can't go if I want to!" โ€

Ning Huaixiu said: "If my sister has this thought, it is better to wait for my sister to pick you up on the day of the second wife's birthday banquet, and then my sister will only say to Ling Zun Lingtang Let's go shopping, I don't think Ling Zun Lingtang will know, wouldn't it be good?" โ€

Chrysanthemum is a simple woman, and after listening to what Ning Huaixiu said was reasonable, she agreed: "Well, just listen to my sister's arrangement!" Then he began to think about bringing something to the Bai family as a congratulatory gift......

In the corner of the Treasure Pavilion, Zhao Yun looked downstairs and whispered to the people in the wheelchair: "Childe, they are all gone, and the carriage is gone, can we go out?" โ€

Mo Zili said gloomily: "Let's go!" โ€

Calling Yun said: "Then, Madame's birthday gift ......." โ€

"Let's talk about it later!"

Mo Zili sat in a wheelchair dejectedly, his face was as pale as paper, his heart was still "banging", he didn't expect to meet her here again, God really made a big joke with him, fortunately he saw her first and hid in time, otherwise, he would be even more embarrassed when she saw him looking like a wolf bรจi now.

"Yes!"

Zhaoyun pushed him and walked outside.

"Wait a minute!"

He suddenly remembered what she had seen when she first came up with the purple pearl necklace, she must have liked that set of things, and for some reason she didn't buy them, she had always liked purple ornaments, which he had only recalled after she had left him.

He owes her a set of jewelry, which has always been a pain in his heart, but fortunately, God gave him a chance to make amends, and he can finally make up for the regrets of his life......

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Three days later, Xiangyun and Wanyan Jingchen ended their trip to the Great Jin Dynasty and set off to return to their Qingluo Kingdom.

Before leaving, Cai Wei took out ten jars of wine from the space, dug up ten hundred-year-old ginseng and gave them to them, and made an appointment that next year the couple would take their children to Qingluo Country for a trip to gather with their family.

The Great Jin Dynasty went thousands of miles to Qingluo Kingdom, and the white-haired tiger ran there, which took about three days, compared to Xiangyun and his wife walking on the road for three months, it was already very short, and the children were getting older, and Cai Wei also wanted to take them out to see the world, so she made an agreement with Xiangyun!

With this agreement, parting seems less sad.

Mrs. Wu was very sad, crying breathlessly, she was just such a daughter, in the past, she patronized her son and Jian'anhou, she didn't take good care of her daughter, hurt her daughter, and only threw her to the nurse, so that she was closer to the nurse than her, and now she wants to love her well, but she has no chance......

"Mother, don't cry, otherwise, I won't leave, stay with you!"

Xiangyun was very distressed when he saw his mother crying like that, he wiped his tears and lifted the curtain of the car to get out of the car, so panicked that Yan Jingchen grabbed her and said: "You are the queen of Qingluo Kingdom, how can you live outside casually, since your mother-in-law is not worried about you, it is better to ask your mother-in-law to live with us in Qingluo Country for a while, and it will be the same when you are homesick and come back!" โ€

When Mrs. Wu heard this, she immediately looked at her son, and said that a woman is at home from her father, married from her husband, and her husband is from her son, and she doesn't dare to make up her mind as a woman.

The son saw that his mother did not refuse, but set his eyes on him, and knew that she wanted to go, and he didn't dare to make decisions about such a big matter, so he said: "Since my mother is worried about my sister and two little nephews, I will go to see them, and my son will pick you up in a few months, and by the way, I will also go to see the two little nephews. โ€

So, Mrs. Wu simply cleaned up, and followed her daughter and son-in-law to Qingluo Kingdom....

After Xiangyun left, Cai Wei's days returned to their former appearance, most of the time every day to stay in the space, in addition to practicing the internal skills, the main thing is that the space is long, she can teach the baby a lot of useful knowledge and common sense of life in the space.

Because the babies stay in the space for a long time, they are more sensible than babies of the same age, and they are all very healthy, from birth to the present, they have not been sick once.

Cai Wei not only taught them to swim in the Spirit Stream, taught them to identify various plants, but also taught them simple farming and harvesting.

This earthquake made her understand the importance of food, and also instilled the importance of food in the children in time, so that they can develop a good habit of paying attention to people's livelihood from an early age.

The children are very sensible, when the long eyebrows sow seeds in the space, they often walk on their short legs to help dig pits, sow seeds, cultivate soil, etc., although they don't do much, but Cai Wei is happy to let them do this, they can not only help the long eyebrows reduce the burden, but also exercise their physical fitness, but also allow them to cultivate their self-cultivation, Buddhism and Taoism take farming as one of the compulsory courses of practice!

The seeds that were saved in the space for the people to be planted next year were taken to satisfy the hunger of the victims, so Cai Wei deliberately reduced the planting area of green vegetables, planted food, and kept the seeds for the people to cultivate next year.

This year, many places in the south, that is, the land planted with the seeds provided by Cai Wei have obtained a huge harvest, and the grain yield is actually two or three times higher than in previous years. Either way, she has to give it a try, otherwise, just relying on the seeds in her space to plant the land, her space won't have to do anything else!

Today's space, as far as the eye can see, is full of greenery, in addition to the rice and wheat she often grows, she also grows rice, sorghum, corn, millet and other crops, specializing in the production of coarse grains. In addition, many sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes and pumpkins were planted to catch up with the famine.

In the woods, the bison was eating the harvested corn stalks and sorghum stalks that Changmei had cut for him, and a clean wooden barrel was placed next to it, in which was freshly milked milk, which was pure and natural, without any chemical preparations, and Cai Wei gave the milk to the children and men every day, and she drank it herself, which was the most nourishing.

After the earthquake, in order to help the people rebuild their homes, Cai Wei spent all the money she had accumulated over the years in the space, and it was difficult to gather such a large amount of money in a short period of time.

Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is to make a lot of money back and store it in the zร i space in case you need it.

However, the economy of the capital is so depressed, and even the surrounding cities are also in recession, it is impossible to make a lot of money!

Cai Wei thought about it and thought of a good idea to make a fortune quickly, that is, to do business abroad.

Like Qingluo Kingdom, Xianbei Kingdom and Liaodan Kingdom, the queens of these countries are all her people, I think she will not be deceived when doing business in those countries, as for Miao Jiang in the south, you can send someone to explore the way first, if the business is good, you can do it, if it is not good, the business of the other three countries is enough for her to earn!

In the evening, when Nangong Yi went down to court, Cai Wei mentioned this matter to him.

After hearing this, Nangong Yi touched her head distressedly and said: "Wei'er, you have helped me a lot, I really can't bear to let you worry about the people of the world anymore, I married you, I originally wanted to give you happiness, but I didn't think about it but dragged you down everywhere, first of all, the beggars, the old and the young, the sick and the disabled in the whole country rely on you to support you alone, so that I can sit firmly in the world and sit back and relax; Then there was another turnaround, so that you took out all your savings and reserves of food, and resettled the homeless victims, if it were not for your money and food, the post-disaster reconstruction work would not be completed so smoothly, and the world would not be so stable. My world can be so balanced, thanks to you, a virtuous helper, helping me take care of it, I am already very satisfied, I really don't need you to worry about the people anymore! โ€

Cai Wei said: "Let's be husband and wife, don't say anything to help or not, you are the father of the country, and you have a responsibility to the people of the Great Jin, and I am the mother of the country, and I should be responsible for the people of the Great Jin Dynasty like you, and the people of the Great Jin Dynasty are the children of the two of us, and we should be responsible!" Besides, I am the heir of Fuyou Island, and it is also my bounden duty to save the people of the world from suffering, so you don't have to have any burden, just help me find a way to find a suitable person to go out and do business! โ€

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