Chapter 52: Identity

"You can use 'I want my own life' so well, and dare to say that your Chinese language is not good? You say yes, Aguirre? Xia Shuanghan said and looked back at Aguirre, who was walking at the end, trying to cheer up the young man who had not been in a high mood. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info However, falling out of love, this is not something that can be recovered in a few days, so ......

"Hey, people's hearts, it seems that only time can heal." Xia Shuanghan sighed helplessly in his heart and focused on the goods in the market.

"First of all, let's talk about tea, the first of the four major commodities. In the territory of Great Xia, tea is divided into three grades: upper tea, middle tea and lower tea, fine tea, that is, the so-called upper tea, such as what Junshan silver needle, Lingyun Baihao and the like, we do not need. The aliens outside the Guan, those with better family backgrounds, can only afford to drink the middle taste tea of Daxia, and the nomads and people in the water-scarce areas in the northwest only drink the lower taste of tea such as secondary tea and rough tea. ”

"Because of the limitations of their living environment, they basically can't eat vegetables and fruits on weekdays, so tea mainly plays the role of vegetables for them, which is used to regulate the balance of oil in the body and supplement the needs of the human body. Therefore, things such as tea art and tea tasting are completely luxury goods outside the customs and have no market. So when we purchase tea, medium and inferior tea can be opened. ”

"And then there's porcelain. Most of the aliens outside the border use metal utensils, pottery, and wooden utensils. Metal utensils are mostly made of copper or silver, with a small amount of iron, and together they form pots and lamps in the home, which need to deal with fire. Pottery serves as a water tank, a noodle bowl or a rice bowl, while wooden ware is mostly a bowl or spoon. ”

"For people of different races, it is very proud to have a set of white porcelain tableware at home, so as long as the ordinary porcelain on all kinds of bad streets in the capital can be transported to the outside of the customs, the price can increase more than ten times or even dozens of times. If the porcelain is kept properly and does not break, the larger the porcelain, the more expensive it will be, such as the large, beautiful vases, which can only be afforded by the wealthy Persian merchants. ”

"And then there's silk. Further north-west outside the Chuz Mountains, it is always very hot in the summer, and it doesn't rain for months. For those who live there, clothes made of cotton and linen are still too thick to wear in the summer. As a result, silk with a thin texture is always sold very well in the local area, and clothing with light colors that does not easily absorb sunlight is in short supply. Therefore, such as flower mouths and patterns, we don't need to consider the parts that people in Beijing are very concerned about, anyway, what patterns and decorations the locals want, they will use embroidery to solve them themselves. ”

"Finally, there is Chinese patent medicine. Among the aliens outside the Guan, the ratio of nomads to regular residents is eight to two. The vast majority of nomadic herders live in different places throughout the year because they change their pastures or search for water, so once they get sick, there is little way for them to find a doctor for treatment. Therefore, all kinds of Chinese patent medicines in Daxia have become essential items for their home travel. ”

"Reducing dryness and defeating fire, dissipating cough and phlegm, strengthening the stomach and eliminating appetite, bruises, swelling and pain, wind and cold runny nose, mosquito bites, in short, as long as it is a medicine that can be bought on the market, even if their efficacy is much worse than that of ordinary decoctions, it is also a popular food that everyone is fighting for. Therefore, in terms of medicine alone, if you don't go to the city in mid-April to make a reservation, then no doctor's house or pharmacy will be able to make such a large dose of pills at the end of May. ”

"And what about contraband such as iron and salt?" Lin Xiran's duty illness was committed again, you must know how many people die in vain for salt and iron every year, so he couldn't help but ask Baliya: "Have you been to the black market in the capital?" ”

"Tang Qiran! Please don't lead honest businessmen into crooked ways, okay? "Xia Shuanghan, who has been in charge of explaining, how can Lin Xiran talk about the black market again, he is not afraid that his true identity will be revealed, she is also afraid that he will teach Bariya and Argil badly!" There is a salt well outside Naming Village, so the salt eaten by the villagers is self-produced and sold, if you are so interested, you will naturally know about it when you go to Guanwai to see the salt fields in the future. ”

"I said, Brother Frost and Cold, is it really good for you to be so lenient with yourself and strict with others?" Lin Xiran joked: "You will be unhappy if I just said the word black market, so where did you know how to paralyze and disperse?" ”

"Hehe, I saw it in my dreams!" Xia Shuanghan shrugged as she spoke, stepped forward and led Bariya into the pharmacy on the street.

Throughout the day, Xia Shuanghan, Baliya and the others completed the task of selecting, comparing goods, and paying a deposit to order the four major commodities, and then it was time for them to go home.

"When the end of the month is free, Sister Shuanghan-brother, you must bring Chaoyang to play with us again!" At ten o'clock in the evening, by the Huitong Bridge, the largest entrance in the East Market, Baliya reluctantly said: "The day before yesterday, Uncle Xia took Chaoyang to stay with us for a while and left, saying that he was afraid of delaying our business, but you didn't see it, Chaoyang was so reluctant to walk at that time, what did the whole little face look like!" ”

"I know, at the end of the month, I will definitely bring Chaoyang over to find you, oh yes, and his two friends want to come too."

"Come on, come on, I like children the most!"

"Okay, then it's settled." Xia Shuanghan said goodbye to Baliya with a smile, then turned to face Lu Shaoyun and Lin Xiran and said, "Isn't it time for us to go back to the old place now?" ”

The old place that Xia Shuanghan mentioned naturally refers to Lu Shaoyun's Sanjin Courtyard located in the upper reaches of the Huitong River. In the past few days, in order to prepare the daily necessities needed for various businesses, Xia Shuanghan, Lu Shaoyun and Lin Xiran have purchased separately after dividing the list of items. Tonight, they need to check and settle all the items that have been purchased, and then redivide the additional items that Hazru had attached to the end of the list today.

Of course, horses and vehicles are naturally handed over to Lu Shaoyun and Lin Xiran to buy, after all, it is safer to buy horses and cars or leave them to men. It's just a pity that Lu Shaoyun's horse, which he knew at a glance was worth a lot of money, plus the wind that had been on the battlefield, could no longer ride outside the pass.

When night fell, the wind and rain rose suddenly, and after Xia Shuanghan, Lu Shaoyun and Lin Xiran and their entourage had dinner and counted their items, a light rain fell inside and outside the capital at the beginning of the lanterns.

After the rain in the valley in March, most of the Central Plains entered the rainy season, although the capital is geographically biased to the north, the rain comes relatively late, but before Xiaoman, the capital will also usher in the rainy season. On April 17, three days will be Xiaoman, and after Xiaoman, it will be the day when Xia Shuanghan and Lu Shaoyun got married in the previous life.

Is it the day of marriage? It's a bit melancholy for no reason.

"What do you think, can you tell me?" On the second-floor attic in the corner of the garden, looking at Xia Shuanghan leaning against the window and staring at the rain curtain in a daze, Lu Shaoyun couldn't help but be a little curious.

"I'm thinking, the results of Zirundian's exam should come out, I don't know how he did in the exam." Xia Shuanghan was still staring at the small garden outside the window, trying to clear the picture that had crept into her mind by diverting the topic.

"Then do you want him to do well or do you want him to do badly?"

"What do you say?"

"It should be that I hope he does well in the exam, but also hopes that he will not do well." The title of the gold list, this can be said to be the dream of all readers, if you do well in the exam and can go to high school, you will naturally be happy for Liu Zirun. However, if Liu Zirun hits the Jinshi, he will marry the young lady of the servant family, so if you don't want your sweetheart to marry someone else, you naturally don't want him to go to high school.

"Are you conflicted?"

“...... yes, it's very contradictory, it's very uncomfortable. Facing Lu Shaoyun beside her, the memories of her past life that had just surfaced in Xia Shuanghan's mind evoked a trace of melancholy and depression in her heart: Lu Tingxuan, in this life, I really don't want to repeat the mistakes of my previous life and marry into the place of Dingguo Mansion, so, please don't like me anymore, okay?