Chapter 83: Barter
Nangong Yi's family came from Weifu, so it is inconvenient to publicize it, and there were no outsiders to participate in the reception banquet set up for them by Wanyan Jingchen, only their family and Nangong Yi's family.
It's a banquet, it's better to say it's a family dinner, the two families sit together, there are no hypocritical politeness, and no outsiders come to disturb them, just these two families, eating and drinking, talking and laughing, warm.
The Empress Dowager Namuhan accompanied Cai Wei to speak, the Emperor Taishang and Wanyan Jingchen were toasting Nangong Yi, several children couldn't sit still, and left the table early, running back and forth around the table, you chased me back and forth, having a lot of fun, Wanyan Ce also staggered with little short legs, running behind his brothers and sisters, because he was a little fat by his grandfather and grandmother, the flesh on his face was still trembling when he ran, very cute.
Wan Yanchao is basically chasing Sister Mingzhu, among these brothers and sisters, he likes Sister Mingzhu the most, not only because Sister Mingzhu is beautiful, but also because Sister Mingzhu is gentle and very good to him and Ce'er, not as arrogant as Brother Jin, always treating them as little children who don't know anything, in fact, he is only a few months older than himself, what is there to be proud of?
Brother Yu is very kind, but he is not as lively and cute as Sister Mingzhu, and he doesn't want Sister Mingzhu to laugh so much, he always has a dull expression, like a little fool.
How did he know the truth that great wisdom is as foolish, he only felt that Brother Jin and Brother Yu were not as good as Sister Mingzhu, so he only liked Sister Mingzhu and just wanted to play with Sister Mingzhu.
Mingzhu has never been so sought after, when she was with Brother Jin and Brother Yu, Brother Jin thought she and Yu'er were naΓ―ve, always took care of them, and made her very unhappy, although Yu'er was obedient, he never liked to play with her, he would rather go to the old turtle and stay with the old turtle for a day, rather than run around with her, it was not very interesting.
Now there are two younger brothers following her, and her sister calls her and runs around with her, so that her little vanity is satisfied, and her heart is also poked by the word sister, and she looks like a sister when she does things.
'Sister' means that she is an adult, she can take care of her little brother, she can let her brother follow her, look at her with adoring eyes, listen to her, just like when they followed her mother. She thought back to the way her mother took care of them, and helped Chao'er and Ce'er to take fruit to eat, and told them not to run around when they were eating, so as not to choke......
When the Empress Dowager Namuhan saw this scene, she said in surprise: "It's really a thing to a thing, Chao'er has had an idea since she was a child, and she doesn't listen to anyone's words, but I didn't expect to listen to Mingzhu's words like this, if he doesn't run, he won't run, and if he sits down, he will sit down, if I don't see it with my own eyes, I don't believe it will be like this." β
Xiangyun said: "That is, Chao'er was born to be a famous demon king of the mixed world, but he is not a master who listens to other people's words, he can listen to Mingzhu's words like this, it seems that it is the fate of heaven, if you want me to say, Cai Wei, let's be in-laws, you also know, Jing Chen and I are both gentle people, and we will definitely be very good to Mingzhu in the future, and Zhu'er will treat Mingzhu like my own daughter, okay?" β
Xiangyun had already mentioned this matter once last time in the Great Jin Dynasty, but Cai Wei refused, but Xiang Yun never gave up, especially when she saw her son of the Demon King of the Mixed World following Mingzhu like a little tail, which made her mind move, and she couldn't help but bring it up again and discuss it with Cai Wei.
Chao'er is very good, beautiful and listens to Mingzhu's words, but Cai Wei knows that Nangong Yi will never be willing to let her daughter marry so far, even if she knows that her daughter will be happy, but for her own sake, she will not agree to this family business, because he is reluctant to be so far away from his daughter, and even more reluctant to be away from his daughter for so long.
He has long said that he wants to recruit a son-in-law for his daughter, let his daughter and son-in-law live in the palace with them, and live under his nose, Cai Wei is also a child who loves her, and she is reluctant to marry her daughter so far, so no matter how good Chao'er is, it is no longer within her consideration, unless he can get into it, Cai Wei will never marry her daughter to him!
Therefore, Cai Wei smiled: "It's too early to settle now, anyway, there will be a chance to meet in the future, if they are really interested in each other, I am happy to find a good son-in-law!" However, if the two children don't have this mind, let's just tie them together, just add a pair of resentful couples, and make us separate, it's better not to be this family! β
The Empress Dowager Namuhan nodded again and again after hearing this, and said: "This is a good idea, let's try to create as many opportunities as possible for them to be together, and when they grow up in the future, they will naturally be childhood sweethearts. β
Cai Wei also laughed with her, and did not continue on this topic, but asked about another topic.
"Isn't there a custom of the Shangyuan Festival in Qingluo Kingdom? Why didn't we see a little festive atmosphere on the way here? β
Empress Dowager Namuhan said: "The fifteenth day of the first month of our Qingluo country is also a festival, but it is different from the Shangyuan Festival of the Great Jin Dynasty, the fifteenth day of the first month of the Qingluo country is the 'barter festival', that is, the people take out the things they don't use and go to the market to exchange for the things they can find for their own use, which is both applicable and interesting." β
The barter festival has a long history in Qingluo country, and it is not only on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but also from the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, and the first barter crowd is the poor middle peasants, most of whom exchange a few old clothes, farm tools, one or two livestock, or old furniture, old objects, etc.; On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the barterers were the middle and upper classes, and the goods exchanged were much more high-end, from silk and silk to slave houses, although they were not priceless things, but they were by no means affordable for the poor and middle peasants; On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the bartering is the aristocratic class and wealthy merchants of Qingluo Kingdom, and the exchange is priceless things, such as jewelry, granges, houses, or some novelty, this day is more lively, the people will come out to see these treasures, one to feast their eyes, and the other to have a long insight.
Cai Wei smiled: "It's really interesting, when I wait until the day of the barter festival, I will definitely go and see the excitement!" β
At this time, the staple food was served, which was a very thin pancake baked, brushed with a layer of cream, and the cream was sprinkled with some small red or black particles, shiny and beautiful.
Nangong Yi has eaten crepes, Cai Wei used to make strawberry pancakes and vanilla pancakes for him, they are all delicious, but he has never eaten the small black or red particles on the pancakes, I don't know what it is, but I heard Cai Wei smile and said: "Caviar, great, I haven't eaten caviar for a long time." β
The last time she ate caviar, she was still a gold medal bodyguard of a certain country, and she had come to this world for a few years, but she had never eaten it, which made her feel very kind to the long-lost taste, so she also ate a lot.
Caviar is divided into red caviar and black caviar, which are made of sturgeon roe and cod roe respectively, but there are no sturgeon roe and cod in the rivers of the Great Jin Kingdom.
After eating, their family was arranged to rest in a gorgeous palace, Chao'er was reluctant to part with Mingzhu, crying and making trouble to take Mingzhu back to his bedroom, so that his sister could sleep with him in his own small bed, hearing Chao'er's request, without waiting for Cai Wei to speak, Nangong Yi's face was already dark, and he clearly told the boy who was crying with snot and tears on his face, his baby daughter would never sleep with others!
Chao'er ignored Nangong Yi's dark face, stubbornly took Mingzhu's hand and cried, but refused to let go. Mingzhu is very embarrassed, she wants to coax her younger brother to sleep, but she doesn't want to make her father unhappy, what can she do?
Wanyan Jingchen and Xiangyun saw that Nangong Yi refused to let go, so they had to use force and arrest Chao'er away.
Chao'er cried and screamed in her father's arms: "I want my sister, I want Sister Mingzhu......"
The Emperor Taishang and the Queen Mother, who followed behind Yan Jingchen, saw that the baby eldest grandson was crying so sadly, and he was very distressed, and the Emperor Taishang couldn't stop coaxing: "Oh, don't cry, Chao'er, wait for your grandfather to help you marry your sister back in the future, and let her sleep with you every day......"
In the evening, Nangong Yi's family went to bed on a warm and comfortable bed, and Cai Wei mentioned the 'Barter Festival' and said: "Yi, I put a lot of jade jade in Lingxi last time, and now they have almost evolved, I plan to exchange these jade jades for some food and go back, and if possible, exchange some gems, and keep them for Mingzhu as a dowry in the future." β
When Cai Wei mentioned exchanging jade for food, Nangong Yi didn't say anything, when he mentioned exchanging gems for his daughter as a dowry, Nangong Yi's face instantly darkened, and he immediately thought of the bad boy who coveted his baby daughter, and said decisively: "No need to change, our daughter is a priceless treasure more precious than any gem, and it is already cheaper to marry her daughter to them, and bring them a dowry?" Hmph, they're so beautiful! β
Seeing that Nangong Yi was jealous of her son-in-law, Cai Wei felt a little funny: "The jewelry is reserved for our daughter to wear, not for the son-in-law, besides, Mingzhu will marry someone in the future, and the son-in-law will be our son, why should you be like a black-eyed chicken, before you wait for someone to come, you have already made an enmity with your son-in-law, are you so naΓ―ve?" β
Nangong Yi was ridiculed by Cai Wei, and knew that his behavior was a little naΓ―ve, but he couldn't erase it and admit that he was wrong, so he hugged his baby daughter and fell asleep stupidly......
Early the next morning, Chao'er rushed to the palace where Cai Wei and they lived, accompanied by her grandmother, and when she saw Cai Wei, the Empress Dowager Namuhan smiled guiltily and said: "I didn't disturb you, Chao'er went back last night and made trouble for most of the night before sleeping, and I got up early this morning, I had to rush over to see my sister, I heard that you were up, so I brought this kid, hey, this child is too strong, I and his grandfather can't control him, I really can't do anything about him......"
Mingzhu just woke up, still wearing the pink pajamas designed by her mother, her soft long hair was draped behind her head, the big clear and bright eyes were not very awake, she sat there silently, looking like a lost fawn, and killed Chao'er's small heart in seconds, he looked at his sister blankly, and felt that he liked her more and more, even more than he liked his father and queen mother, grandfather and grandmother.
Nangong Yi has a very bad impression of Chao'er, a man, who cried a handful of snot and tears for the little girl, is really useless, and at the same time he despises Chao'er, he completely forgets that when Cai Wei disappeared that year, someone quietly shed the man's tears behind his back.
Although he has a bad impression of Chao'er, after all, he lives on other people's territory, so he has to give this stinky boy some face, so he agrees with his daughter to play with him with a black face.
When Chao'er heard that this uncle, who always had a black face, agreed that he and his sister were playing together, he happily pedaled over, took Mingzhu'er's little hand, and said flatteringly: "Sister, I will give you a gift, you will definitely like it!" β
Mingzhu said curiously, "What? β
Chao'er waved her little meat hand proudly, and immediately a palace maid came over with a white fluffy dog behind her, and offered the dog respectfully.
"Sister, this is my dog, called Xue Tuan'er, give it to you."
Empress Dowager Namuhan explained that Xuetuan is Chao'er's favorite pet and can't do without it every day.
In the eyes of children, there is no concept of money status, in Chao'er's cognition, the snow group is the most valuable thing in the world, he gave the snow group to the pearl, which means that in his mind, the weight of the pearl is incomparable.
Mingzhu also has no concept of money status, and when she saw the dog that was so fat that her eyes were almost impossible to find, she was immediately cute, and clapped her hands to express her liking. Seeing that Sister Mingzhu liked it, Chao'er was also relieved, he was afraid that he would give away his beloved baby, and Sister Mingzhu didn't like it.
Although Jin'er also wanted to play with them, she saw that Chao'er was so flattering to Mingzhu and ignored herself, so she felt angry, so she simply called Yu'er to stop Yu'er, play with Yu'er, and don't pay attention to the prince of Qingluo Kingdom.
The Empress Dowager Namuhan was not worried about her baby Jin Sun being taken care of, so she hurriedly followed them.
Nangong Yi saw that her baby daughter was bought by a broken dog of the stinky boy, and she felt uncomfortable again, and said angrily: "Let's leave here tonight, that stinky boy from the province has come to haunt our pearl all day long." β
Cai Wei rubbed her eyebrows, and said helplessly: "We haven't done anything yet, we will go back without confiscating a grain of food, isn't this trip in vain, besides, Chao'er is just a three-year-old baby, is it interesting for you to be angry with him?" β
Nangong Yi snorted and said awkwardly: "Anyway, I just don't like that kid, at a young age, he will actually give a gift to the girl, he must be a flower and grass when he grows up, and he must not let him get involved with our daughter." β
Cai Wei was defeated by his theory, and said: "They are only three years old, they are still early to grow up, these words, let them grow up and talk about it, let's go out to do some business today, I want to get a cart of jade, exchange for some good gems and go back, you have to help me catch the car, by the way, I am inquiring about the price of food." β
"Okay!"
Nangong Yi agreed, his eyes were still looking outside, there was no daughter outside for a long time, and the Empress Dowager Namuhan didn't know where to play with her two little babies. Seeing that Nangong Yi was flustered, he decided to hurry up and leave Qingluo Country immediately after finishing it, so as not to let his daughter have feelings for that stinky boy...
After breakfast, Cai Wei and Nangong Yi took Jin'er and Yu'er to the market on the horse road they were riding on, and the eunuch who was sent to serve Nangong Yi's family wanted to help drive, but Nangong Yi refused, because outside the palace, Cai Wei had to take the jade out of the space, and she had to put Jin'er and Yu'er into the space.
When she got to the street, Cai Wei took Jin'er and Yu'er into the space, fished out some jade that had been carved and some rough stones that had not been carved from Lingxi, loaded a cart full of Dengdeng, and came to the jewelry store where she bought gems yesterday.
Entering the jewelry store, Cai Wei asked the owner of the jewelry store to inspect the goods first, and the jade and jade that Cai Wei took out were all good, although they were not as valuable as those ruby and blue sapphires, but they were more than the quantity. The owner of the jewelry store checked for a long time and gave Cai Wei a very reasonable price, Cai Wei was very satisfied, and went to choose her favorite gems according to this price.
She chose three pink diamonds of similar size, and prepared to leave them for the three treasures, and made them an ornament to wear on their bodies, and a few cat's eyes, a few rubies and sapphires, and a few emeralds, and only a few of each, but they were the best gems in the jewelry store.
After the exchange, Cai Wei carefully put the gem into the space, and went with Nangong Yi to inquire about the price of food.
It would be nice if the grain was also directly exchanged, so that they would not have to sell the jade and jadeite to buy grain, and they would be much cheaper to exchange these things directly to avoid being peeled by middlemen.
There is a chamber of commerce in the capital of Cheongla country, which is an organization organized by merchants spontaneously to protect the interests of merchants, and the members of the chamber of commerce are composed of big businessmen in Cheongla country, who do all kinds of business, and of course there are also grain sellers.
After inquiring for a while, they finally inquired about the Chamber of Commerce, and the couple went to the Chamber of Commerce to inquire, but they didn't expect to enter the Chamber of Commerce, but they met an old acquaintance!
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Ahem.,It's a little less updated today.,Tomorrow must be updated as soon as possible.γ
Oh, by the way, who could have guessed who this old acquaintance was? The first three guesses will have a prize!